Thunbergia 
SKY FLOWER 
THUNBERGIA GRANDIFLORA. Sky Flower. India. A splendid 
climber for Southern California growing rapidly and blossoming very 
freely with a succession of beautiful soft lavender blue flowers through¬ 
out the year. The individual blossoms are fully three inches across, and 
hang in conspicuous clusters. The twining stems are clothed with 
beautiful large, soft green, pointed leaves. Everyone likes this vine at 
first sight, and should have at least one. If frozen down it comes 
right up and is soon blooming freely again. 4-inch pots, $1.00; 6-inch 
pots, flowering size, $2.00. 
Bronze Bougainvillea 
BOUGAINVILLEA MRS. PRAETORIUS.. A color so new, so dis¬ 
tinct, so spectacular that it is impossible to describe it! Rich golden 
bronze, with overtones of pink, orange, and even yellow, glistening and 
shimmering in the sun like burnished metal. A chameleon Bougain¬ 
villea. This vine with its glorious color and freedom of bloom will 
sweep into popularity as has its parent plant, the Crimson Lake. To 
see it is to want it in one’s own garden, rambling over the corner of 
the house or pergola. Wherever it is placed it will always be a promi¬ 
nent display of color. 1 gal. containers, $2.00; 5 gals., $5.00; boxed, 
$15.00. 
ERYTHRINA CAFFRA 
A single cluster of bloom with which 
trees are completely covered. 
Coral Tree 
ERYTHRINA CAFFRA. South 
Africa. One of the largest of the 
genus eventually making a spread¬ 
ing tree, 40 feet in height. There 
are a few such specimens in South¬ 
ern California which attract visitors 
from miles away with their spectac¬ 
ular display of blooms, which ap¬ 
pear just after most of the leaves 
drop in Winter and before the new 
ones appear. At that time the trees 
are simply aflame with their vivid 
scarlet flowers. Flowers are borne 
at other seasons, but not in such 
great profusion. They may be kept 
as large shrubs by pruning, and the 
cut branches of flowers make dec¬ 
orations which will elicit exclama¬ 
tions of astonishment from the 
most blase. 4-inch pots 75e; lar¬ 
ger $1.00 to $3.50. 
ERYTHRINA POIANTHES. South 
Africa. Another shrubby species, 
making a large bush. The flowers 
are rich, growing crimson, with 
very long petals, produced on a 
long conical spike in spring and 
early summer. An exceedingly 
scarce and distinct variety. $1.50. 
ERYTHRINA CRIST A-GALLI. 
Brazil. A very hardy bushy form 
developing a small trunk if not 
frozen back but forming a shrub 
if this top is frozen to the ground. 
The flowers are large crimson-red 
and are borne in great quantities 
from spring until frost. For bed¬ 
ding out in colder climates it is a 
valuable plant. 75c; larger speci¬ 
mens $1.75. 
This genus of shrubby trees is one of 
the showiest and most interesting groups 
of flowering plants for Southern California. 
Interesting and beautiful conservatory 
plants, and one of them is valuable in the 
East for bedding out in spring, removing 
the roots to a dry cellar as soon as the top 
becomes frozen back. 
ERYTHRINA CRISTA-GALLI 
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