DECIDUOUS Spring Flowering SHHUDS 
VIBURNUM CARLESI 
Its Early White Blooms are Deliciously Fragrant. 
PHILADELPHUS VIRGINAL 
Snowy White Blooms, More Fragrant than Orange Blossoms. 
Syringa 
Philadelphia virginal. 8 ft. This is a greatly 
unproved form of the old-fashioned Syringa, 
with enormous snowy-white flowers, 3 inches 
across, surpassingly fragrant, so much so that 
they perfume the air for many feet around the 
plant, and cluster profusely along the tall 
arching stems. It is one of the most delightful 
spring flowering shrubs that can be planted in 
any garden, and the cut sprays make wonder¬ 
ful indoor decoration. Easily grown anywhere. 
Sun or part shade. See illustration above. 4-6 
ft., $1.00; 3-4 ft., 75c; 2-3 ft., 60c. 
The Fragrant Lilac 
The old-fashioned Lilac with its sweet- 
scented, delicately colored flowers does well in 
the cooler coastal or higher mountain regions 
of California, but is not to be highly recom¬ 
mended for the warmer interior valleys. 
Ambroise Verschaffelt. Deep pink. $1.00. 
Michael Buchner. Double, pale blue. $1.00. 
Pascal. Delicate pink. $1.50. 
Single Purple. The old-fashioned kind. 60c. 
Crepe Myrtle 
During the hot summer days of July, August 
and September the interior sections of Cali¬ 
fornia are sometimes a little devoid of color, 
but Crepe Myrtle (Lagerstroemia) is one de- 
endable shrub or small tree which always 
aunts a mass of color at that season of the 
year. They do not bloom so well directly on 
the coast, but anywhere in the interior their 
crinkled, crepe-like flowers are produced in 
great profusion. 
Prices on all varieties of Crepe Myrtles de¬ 
scribed below, except the White: 5-gal. con¬ 
tainers, 2-4 ft., $1.50; gal. containers, 11/2-3 
ft., 50c. 
Pink Crepe Myrtle. 10-20 ft. Lovely pastel 
pink. 
Red Crepe Myrtle. 10-15 ft. Watermelon-red. 
White Crepe Myrtle. 10-15 ft. This variety, 
with snowy-white blossoms, is rarely seen. 
Gal. containers, 1-2 ft., $1.00. 
Purple Crepe Myrtle. Rich lavender-purple. 
Dwarf Red Crepe Myrtle. Watermelon-red, 
growing to only 8 feet. 
Dwarf Lavender Crepe Myrtle. 8-10 ft. A 
beautiful dwarf lavender-blue variety. 
Spirea 
S. van Houttei. "Bridal Wreath." 8 ft. A 
charming shrub of moderate size which almost 
everybody knows and wants to enjoy in their 
garden. The arching wreath-like branches are 
loaded with their white flowers in spring. 4-5 
ft., $1.00; 3-4 ft., 85c; 2-3 ft., 75c. 
Spirea reevesiana. "Double Bridal Wreath." 
6 ft. Like the above but slightly smaller and 
the flowers are double, borne in great pro¬ 
fusion. 4-5 ft., $1.00; 2-3 ft., 75c. 
Spirea Anthony Waterer. 4 ft. This dwarf, 
compact Spirea bears bright rosy-crimson flow¬ 
ers in dense panicles from spring until fall. 2-3 
ft., 75c; gal. containers, 1-1V 2 ft-, 50c. 
Spirea trichocarpa. "Korean Spirea." 6 ft. 
A recently introduced plant from Korea. It 
makes a spreading shrub of dome-shaped 
habit, 4 to 6 feet high and as much across, each 
arching shoot becoming a solid plume of flow¬ 
er clusters in early spring, and the entire bush 
becoming a fountain of white. Hardy any¬ 
where. 3-4 ft., 85c; 2-3 ft., 75c. 
Viburnum Carlesi 
Snowball 
Viburnum opulus Sterile. 
"Snowball." 8 to 10 ft. 
The favorite old-fashioned 
shrub producing an 
abundance of white glob¬ 
ular flowers in May and 
June. Grows anywhere, 
in any soil, under all cli¬ 
matic conditions. 2-3 ft., 
75c; U/ 2-2 ft., 60c. 
Feathered Persian Lilac 
Syringa persica laciniata. "Feathered Per¬ 
sian Lilac." 6 ft. This is the finest Lilac for 
Southern California because it likes our dry 
summers and warm winters and can always be 
counted upon to display innumerable panicles 
of bright lavender flowers over the entire plant 
in the early spring. It has long arching 
branches, dainty fern-like foliage, and you can 
cut great quantities of sweetly fragrant laven¬ 
der blooms from it in the flowering season. 
3-4 ft., $1.75; 2-3 ft., $1.00. 
Blue Chaste Tree 
Vitex macrophylla. "Blue Chaste Tree." 8 
ft. One of the few hardy blue flowering plants, 
covered in June with 8-inch spikes of bright 
lavender-blue flowers. 
Thrives anywhere, 
preferring a dry sun¬ 
ny position. 3-4 ft., 
$1.00; D/ 2-2 ft., 60c. 
Viburnum carlesi. "Fragrant Viburnum." 4 ft. 
It will grow in almost any situation, being per¬ 
fectly hardy anywhere and is half evergreen 
in California. Dwarf and bushy, with gray¬ 
ish-green foliage, producing in early spring 
many heads of delicate coral pink blooms 
which become pearl white as they open and 
possess a most intense and exquisite fragrance. 
One of the most marvelously delicious scents 
that can be imagined. See illustration above. 
Part shade is best. 2-3 ft., $2.00; l'/2-2 ft., $1.50. 
CREPE MYRTLE 
Its crepe-like flowers are 
available in many lovely 
pastel shades. 
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Flowering Tamarix 
Tamarix parviflora. 15 
ft. A large shrub with 
reddish bark and slender, 
spreading branches, cov¬ 
ered in spring and early 
summer with feathery, 
pink flowers. Thrives al¬ 
most anywhere, doing 
just as well directly on 
the ocean front in the 
very spray of the salt 
water as in the hottest 
desert regions. Requires 
very little water and will 
grow in alkaline soil. 6-8 
ft., $1.00; 4-6 ft., 85c; 3-4 
ft., 75c. 
