LEONARD COATES NURSERY COMPANY, MORGANHILL, CAL, 
Pennington, Calif., April 9th. 
the trees are unquestionably the cleanest and evenest rooted stock I have ever inspected. 
(Signed) M. Bros. 
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Lompoc, Calif., April 11th, 1918. 
We are much pleased with the trees and plants you sent. Mrs. E. A. 
San Mateo, California, April 11th. 
Last shipment arrived in ’good condition and I am much pleased with the plants. A. R. G. 
. Germantown, Calif., Mar. 15th. 
we are just planting the nursery stock we bought from you and are very much pleased with the same. 
G. & L. 
Sebastopol. Calif., April 10th. 
Some of the prune trees purchased from you some years ago were a sight to behold last season. I would not 
mind having fifty acres as good. A. E. S. 
ORNAMENTAL DEPARTMENT 
Special Attention of Customers 
It will be noted that this catalogue contains FULL DOUBLE IN¬ 
DEX of all nursery stock of the Leonard Coates Nursery Company, 
giving both the SCIENTIFIC AND THE POPULAR NAMES of all 
Trees, Shrubs, Plants, Flowers, etc. This innovation is to facilitate the 
instant finding of the customers’ wants in any particular line. 
San Francisco, Sept. 10, 1918. 
Mr. Leonard Coates, 
The Leonard Coates Nursery Company, 
Morgan Hill, California. 
Answering your favor of the 28th inst. I can truthfully state that I have had the most gratifying 
success in the growing of ornamental trees and shrubs purchased from your good selves in the past 
seasons. Your system of an established growth in a container is certainly an insurance against 
failure arising from a disturbed root system, or lack of sufficient moisture. Balled plants from 
nursery rows have always proven very unsatisfactory to me. Growth is retarded for one or more 
seasons through a disturbance of the root system and furthermore an excessive quantity of water is 
required to once again establish the tree or shrub. 
Where water at any or all times is not to be had, in sufficient quantities to promote a steady 
growth, a subject with a crippled root system will droop much more quickly than one removed 
from a box, can or pot. 
Yours very truly, 
(Signed) G. It. 
ABELIA GRANDIFLORA (e.). Free flowering 
Mexican shrub, with shining leaves and small 
bell-shaped light pink firs; hardy; straggling 
habit. Potted, 1-2 ft., 40c ea., $3.50 per 10. 
ABERIA (e.). Small African tree or shrub, bear¬ 
ing an edible fruit of pale purple color. 50c ea. 
ABIES CONCOLOR. white SPRUCE (e.n.). Hand¬ 
some, tall growing tree, native of Pacific Coast. 
In tubs 4 ft., $2.50 ea. Balled or in 5 gal. 
cans 1-2% ft., $1.50 ea. 
ABIES DOUGLASI. douglas spruce .(e.n.). 
Stately pyramidal tree, native of Pacific Coast. 
Balled or in 5 gal. cans, 1-2 ft., $1.00 ea.; 2% 
ft., $1.75 ea.; 3 ft., $2.50 ea. 
ABIES MENZIESI. sitka spruce (e.n.). Alaska 
to California. Tall, slender tree of beautiful 
appearance. Balled or in 5 gal cans, 1-2 ft., 
$1.25 ea., $10.00 per 10; 2-3 ft., $2.50 ea., 
$20.00 per 10. 
ABIES NORDMANNIANA. nordman’s fir (e.). 
Native of S. E. Europe. Very handsome tree; 
leaves flat, dense, shining. Balled or in 5 gal. 
cans, 1 ft., $1.25 ea., $10.00 per 10. For rather 
low growing group, specially recommended. 
ABIES PUNGENS. blue spruce (e.). Colorado. 
Esteemed for its beautiful blue foliage and 
symmetrical growth. In pots, 1% ft., $2.50 ea. 
Balled or in 5 gal. cans, 1 ft., $2.50 ea., $20.00 
per 10. 
We Are Not Agents—We Grow Our Own Stock 
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