Flowering Perennial Plants 
Yellow Flax 
Reinwardtia indica. "Yellow Flax." A 
shrub in mild sections but dies down in 
the winter in colder sections. One of the 
finest winter and spring blooming yel¬ 
low flowered plants that can be grown. 
Thriving in either sun or shade, its 
large 2-inch, bell-shaped, bright yellow 
flowers throwing a splash of brilliant 
sunshiny yellow into the often colorless 
winter landscape. Becomes 2 to 4 feet 
high. Gal. containers, 50c; 4-inch pots, 
35c. 
Reinwardtia tetragyna. Similar to the 
above with smaller plants (2 feet high) 
but bigger flowers, borne in great pro¬ 
fusion. A solid bouquet of yellow blooms 
throughout the winter. Gal. containers, 
50c; 4-inch pots, 35c. 
Rehmannia 
Rehmannia angulata. A splendid per¬ 
ennial for a shady location, sending up 
its 2-foot spikes of delicate lavender-pink, 
bell-shaped blooms in steady profusion 
throughout the spring and summer. Its 
roots spread out and make a clump 3 or 
4 feet across but not dense. It can be 
planted to come up here and there 
among other shrubs or plants. 4-inch 
pots only. 
Salvias 
Salvia azurea grandiilora. Sends up 3 
foot spikes of brilliant sky-blue flowers 
in the spring. It looks best when given 
support against a wall or fence. Gal. 
containers, 50c. 
Salvia grahami. A brilliant red Mexi¬ 
can Salvia, 3 or 4 feet high, the 1-inch 
blooms borne in terminal racemes pro¬ 
duced in late summer and fall. Full sun. 
Gal. containers, 50c. 
Salvia involucrata. A 4 to 5 foot plant 
with large clusters of red flowers thru- 
out the spring and summer. Likes partial 
shade. Gal. containers, 50c. 
Salvia leucantha. A 2-foot shrub, send¬ 
ing up in the late summer and fall many 
spikes of woolly purple and white 
blooms. Full sun. Gal. containers, 50c. 
Salvia mexicana. A 3-foot plant with 
1 -foot spikes of exceedingly brilliant dark 
blue flowers borne in January in South¬ 
ern California, a most welcome bloom¬ 
ing time. Erect, neat looking habit. Gal. 
containers, 60c. 
THE BLUE TRACHELIUM 
A splendid cut flower, blooming all summer, 
PELARGONIUM SUE JARRETT 
Brilliant flowers of deep pink, light pink, and flesh. 
A New Pelargonium 
Pelargonium Sue Jarrett. For those who like the brilliant 
shades in the Pelargoniums or Lady Washington Geraniums, 
we offer this fine new variety. The flowers are a beautiful 
shade of deep pink, light pink, and flesh. Very large, a strong 
grower and free bloomer. 6-inch pots, $1.00; 4-inch pots, 75c. 
Star Clusters 
Pentas carnea. Here is one of the finest low growing, flow¬ 
ering plants that can be grown in the milder regions of South¬ 
ern California, for its handsome rounded plants to about 2 feet 
high and as much across are perpetually in bloom from early 
spring until late fall, bearing great quantities of lovely bright 
g ink flowers in big heads while the foliage makes a lovely 
ackground for the blooms. A good cut flower too. In colder 
sections it may be grown as an annual Gal. containers, 60c; 
4-inch pots, 40c, $4.00 per dozen. 
Plumbago 
Plumbago larpentae. A low growing bushy little plant with 
the deepest blue flowers you can imagine, borne in late sum¬ 
mer and early fall. A good plant to use between rose bushes 
and thrives in sun or shade. Gal. containers, 40c; 4-in. pots, 30c. 
Pentstemon 
Pentstemon Sensation. Pentstemons 
are particularly valuable in Califor¬ 
nia for their winter blooms, but they 
bloom almost the year around. A 
giant flowered strain, ranging from 
white to deep crimson. 
Pentstemon heterophylla. A native 
blue flowered Pentstemon growing to 
18 inches or 2 feet and blooming for 
many weeks in spring and summer. 
Statice 
Statice perezii. Tufts of broad shiny 
leaves and immense candelabra-like 
heads of purplish-blue flowers. Sun 
or part shade. Gal. containers, 40c; 
4-inch pots, 25c. 
The Blue Trachelium 
Trachelium caeruleum. Many enjoy 
it more than any other plant in their 
garden. Grows to 2 feet, with hand¬ 
some dark green foliage, and in late 
summer produces great spreading 
panicles of bright blue flowers which 
keep indefinitely. Big flat leaves. 
Sun or part shade. Gal. containers, 
40c; 4-inch pots, 25c. 
Violets 
Violets—Princess of Wales. Large, 
single flowers, long stems, delicious¬ 
ly fragrant. 
Viola rosina. A handsome new 
Viola, producing great quantities of 
dainty flowers of deep pink, with a 
most intoxicating delicious fragrance. 
Trailers and Ground Covers 
Cover your banks and bare ground 
with green foliage and bright flowers 
by using these ground covers and at 
the same time prevent that old thief 
Erosion from robbing you of your 
soil. 
The price on all varieties listed be¬ 
low, except those noted: 4-inch pots, 
25c each, $2.50 per dozen; 2V2-inch 
pots, $1.00 per dozen, $7.50 per 100 
$60.00 per 1000. 
Convolvulus mauritanicus. "Blue 
Morocco Creeper." An easily grown 
trailer, covered throughout spring 
and summer with many bright violet- 
blue flowers, 1 to 2 inches across. 
Splendid for sunny banks. 
Fragaria chiloensis. "Wild Straw¬ 
berry." Handsome big Strawberry 
foliage and large bright red berries. 
Spreads rapidly over the ground. 
Trailing Lantana. One of the finest 
plants in the world for trailing over 
sunny banks and walls. A mass of 
lavender flowers during most of the 
year. Fast growing. Gal. containers, 
35c; also sizes above. 
Gazania 
Gazania aurantiacum. A splendid 
ground cover for sunny places, mak¬ 
ing a dense mat of foliage. Covered 
with myriads of large, showy, bright 
orange flowers. We have also Ga¬ 
zania splendens with bright lemon- 
yellow flowers. 
Gazania pavonia. Deep orange, 
very brilliant. Large flowers. 4-inch 
pots, 30c each, $3.00 per doz. 
Periwinkle 
Vinca major. "Periwinkle." Cheer¬ 
ful bright green foliage and bright 
blue flowers. Covers ground fast. 
Does best in partial shade. Flats of 
100 plants, $3.00. 
The Spanish Shawl Plant 
Schizocentron elegans. From Mex¬ 
ico comes this colorful little plant 
which covers the ground thoroughly 
without becoming too vigorous. Only 
an inch or two high. Like a man¬ 
tilla, it spreads on the bare ground 
and trails over the rocks its rosy 
purple flowers which gleam against 
the background of bright green foli¬ 
age like the pattern of a Spanish 
Shawl. 4-inch pots only, 40c each, 
$4.00 per dozen. 
Mesembryanthemums 
That counterpart of California, South 
Africa, has given us some of our 
finest plants for covering banks or 
bare ground with these bright color¬ 
ful carpets which with their blaze of 
color put the finest products of the 
looms to shame. They like full blaz¬ 
ing sunlight and require only a rea¬ 
sonable amount of water. 
M. browni. Bronzy orange flowers 
carpet it in the spring. 
M. Crimson. Brilliant crimson flow¬ 
ers two inches across. 
M. giganteum aurea. Beautiful yel¬ 
low flowers. 
M. Purple. Small purple flowers. 
M. rosea. Large, rosy pink blooms. 
Shrubby Mesembryanthemums 
Most Mesembryanthemums are 
ground covers and spread out close 
to the surface. A few become shrubby 
plants 2 or 3 feet high, and these are 
listed below. 4-inch pots, 25c each, 
$2.50 per doz. 
Mesembryanthemum speciosum — 
Makes a mound of light green coral¬ 
like foliage, 2 feet high and 2 feet 
across, completely covered in spring 
and summer with brilliant coppery- 
red flowers, 2 inches across. 
Ruby Queen. Ruby-red flowers. 
Tenuifolium. Royal purple blooms. 
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