IN FLOWERING SHRUBS 
The Brilliant-Berried 
Pyrancanthas 
The evergreen Hawthorns are exceedingly 
valuable for their great wealth of bright col¬ 
ored berries in the fall and winter, which re¬ 
main on the plant for many months. Easily 
grown anywhere. Full sun. 
Price on all Pyracanthas below: 5-gal. con¬ 
tainers, $1.75; gal. containers, 50c. 
Pyracantha atalantoides. 5°. A magnificent 
new variety from China, upright in growth, 
with dark lustrous green foliage and many 
brilliant scarlet berries clustered profusely up 
and down the branches. Not only a beautiful 
sight when the berries color up in fall and 
winter, but in spring as well when it is covered 
with a white halo of bloom. 
P. lalandii. "Burning Bush." 8 ft. 5°. The 
most popular variety, growing more slender 
and erect than most others, with a wealth of 
bright orange colored berries which it holds 
all through the fall and winter. 
P. formosana splendens. "Splendid Fire- 
thorn." 8 ft. 5°. For spectacular quantities of 
big, brilliantly colored, rich red berries this 
variety has the entire group surpassed. We 
rather think it is the best red-berried variety 
of all, the biggest, brightest and glossiest 
berries. Compact and richly foliaged plant. 
Pyracantha kansuensis. 10 ft. 5°. This new 
orange-berried variety, only recently intro¬ 
duced from the far interior of China, bears 
such enormous masses of its bright berries 
that it seems impossible for the bush to hold 
them all. A solid flaming massof berries. 
P. yunnanensis. 10 ft. 5° This is one of the 
largest and most vigorous growers in the 
Pyracanthas and has probably the most at¬ 
tractive foliage, larger and finer than most 
other kinds. This variety varies a great deal if 
grown from 
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Gem of the Rio Grande 
Senecio confusus. 22°. An extremely showy 
Mexican half-climbing clambering shrub from 
the regions of the Rio Grande, with thick 
masses of shiny foliage, bearing all summer 
long clusters of the most brilliant orange-red 
flowers. Very few plants will furnish as much 
brilliant color as this one. Stands any amount 
of heat and likes dry soil. Full sun. 5-gal. 
containers, $1.75; gal. containers, 75c. 
Autumn Color 
Stranvaesia davidiana. 10 ft. Zero. A splen¬ 
did large Chinese shrub little known in Cali¬ 
fornia, with glossy 4-inch leaves which turn 
brilliant shades of red and orange in the fall, 
although they do not drop. Also has great 
quantities of brilliant fruits like little red ap¬ 
ples, and is one of the most colorful and 
valuable large shrubs for California gardens 
because of the new picture that it presents in 
each season of the year. 5-gal. containers, 
2-4 ft., $1.75; gal. containers, 1V2-2 ft., 50c. 
Sutera 
Sutera grandiflora. (South Africa). 2 ft. 
22°. If you like blue flowers, we highly rec¬ 
ommend this new introduction from South 
Africa, for the 4-inch clusters of flowers at the 
ends of the upright branches are a lovely 
clear bluish-lavender—the same color that you 
see in distant California mountains on a clear 
fall day. Blooms all through the late summer 
and fall, and is a good cut-flower. Likes the 
sunshine, even though it may be pretty hot, 
and grows easily anywhere. Should be cut 
between blooming seasons. See illustration on 
preceding page. Gal. containers, 75c. 
The Trumpet Bushes 
Tecoma gairocha. 18°. An extremely hand¬ 
some Trumpet Flower bush from Argentine, 
which grows to 6 or 8 feet and produces 
throughout the spring and early summer many 
brilliantly colored yellow and scarlet trumpet¬ 
shaped flowers in clusters. 5-gal. containers, 
$1.75; gal. containers, 50c. 
Tecoma stans. 6-10 ft. 22°. Big, fast grow¬ 
ing shrub, smothered in late winter with many 
spikes of 2 inch bright yellow trumpets. See 
illustration below. Free blooming and very 
showy. Full sun. 5-gal. containers, $1.75; gal. 
containers, \ l /z-2 ft., 50c. 
PITTOSPORUM RHOMBIFOLIUM 
Stars from Mexico 
Thryallis braziliensis. (Mexico). 4 ft. 22*. 
A plant that we consider just about perfect for 
the average California garden because it 
grows easily under all conditions of soil and 
climate, stands heat, drouth and considerable 
cold, is attractive in appearance with long 
2-inch leaves, and from July to January is cov¬ 
ered with star-shaped yellow blooms in many 
flowered panicles, each flower 3/ 4 Q f an inch 
across. A most satisfactory plant because of 
its ease of growth and long blooming season. 
Full sun. 5-gal. containers, 2-3 ft., $2.50; gal. 
containers, 75c. 
The Purple Princess Flower 
Tibouchina semidecandra grandiflora. (Bra¬ 
zil). 6 ft. 22°. An improved, large-flowered 
form of this colorful plant (which used to be 
called Pleroma), with soft velvety bronze- 
green foliage and quantities of glorious 4-inch 
royal purple flowers, borne almost 8 months in 
the year. Full sun. 5-gal. containers, $1.75; 
gal. containers, 60c. 
Star Bush 
Turraea obtusifolia. 3 ft. 18°. A new South 
African introduction which we are offering this 
year for the first time and which we highly 
recommend. It makes a compact, handsomely 
foliaged small shrub, carrying during most of 
the summer many star-shaped Jasmine-like 
pure white flowers, 1V 2 to 2 inches across. It 
stands plenty of heat and will grow in either 
full sun or part shade. A shrub which is just 
the right size to fit into most gardens, 5-gal. 
containers, $2.00; gal. containers, 75c. 
Viburnum 
Viburnum tinus. “Laurustinus." 10 ft. 15* 
South Europe. Well-known winter flowering 
shrub, covered with flesh-colored blooms when 
flowers are scarce. A splendid large hedge. 
Full sun. 5-gal. containers, 2-3 ft., $1.50; gal. 
containers, 50c. 
Viburnum suspensum. 8 ft. 15°. A luxuriant 
mass of shiny dark green leaves from the 
South Sea Islands. Sun or shade. Boxed 
specimens, 4 ft., $7.50; tubs, 3 ft., $4.00; 5-gal. 
containers, $1.75; gal. containers, 50c. 
Victorian Rosemary 
Westringia rosmariniformis. "Victorian Rose¬ 
mary." 3 ft. 20°. A bushy little shrub only 
recently introduced from Australia. The 
gray-green foliage resembles that of Rose¬ 
mary. Small white flowers are produced in 
great profusion all over the plant. We like 
this shrub very much. 5-gal. containers, $1.75; 
gal. containers, 60c. 
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