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T HAS BEEN our custom in the past to publish our descriptive catalogs of Fruit 
and Ornamental Stock separately as catalogs Number 1 and 2. The present 
publication, corresponding to the 9th edition of Ornamental Catalog, combines 
the two and describes everything we are propagating at this date. While this 
edition is intended to last four or live years, we are continually acquiring and 
testing new introductions in both departments. These will be briefly described 
in annual price list as offered for sale. 
PRICES. This book contains only descriptive matter; no sizes or prices. Stock is con¬ 
tinually varying in size, prices fluctuate with supply and demand and long experience has 
shown us that the only satisfactory plan is to issue price list every year entirely separate from 
descriptions. In this way we offer each season only what we actually have on hand for sale, 
give detailed and accurate specifications as to sizes, and quantity rates based on amount of 
each item on hand. On the other hand the descriptions can be made much more complete and 
comprehensive than when necessarily abridged to meet the limited space available in a combi¬ 
nation of the two. Price list is mailed annually to all customers about Dec. 1st. Copy will be 
sent free on request at any time. 
VISITORS INVITED. Descriptions and illustrations assist greatly in making intelligent 
selections, but seeing the actual plants and '‘talking things over” are better yet. So whenever 
possible we strongly advise and invite all customers to visit the nursery. Our office and 
grounds arc on the State Highway less than a mile west of Niles. If coming by train take 
Southern Pacific to Niles, phone us from station and we will send conveyance; or better, advise 
us beforehand of time of arrival and number in party and we will meet train. 
TERMS AND CONDITIONS. Information about ordering, terms and conditions of sale, 
extent of guarantee and other similar matters will be found on inside front cover of annual 
price list. 
ORNAMENTAL DEPARTMENT 
ARRANGEMENT. After being subdivided into several classes, such as Conifers, Broad 
Leaved Evergreens, etc., all plants are arranged by botanical names. This applies both to the 
genera included in each division and the species under each genus. This may seem too techni¬ 
cal to some, but tests of other plans have proved quite unsatisfactory. At least two-thirds of 
the trees and plants grown here have no well known common names; these must be listed 
botanicallv anyway. Using an arrangement based on a mixture of common and botanical 
names as in our last edition resulted in closely related plants of one genus being widely sep¬ 
arated and caused much needless repetition of characters in descriptions. It was an honest 
effort to simplify matters, but results showed that it only complicated them. In every case 
where a plant has a common name it is given immediately after the botanical name. It is only 
the arrangement that is based on the latter. 
As catalog is thoroughly indexed for all common names and synonyms, as well as botan¬ 
ical names, any desired item can be quickly located. 
NOMENCLATURE. Following the precedent of our last edition and in accordance with 
resolutions adopted by Pacific Coast and California Associations of Nurserymen, we have 
adopted as a standard for botanical names the Cyclopedia of American Horticulture by L. H. 
Bailey (1900 edition)—Bamboos and Washingtonia palms excepted. We had hoped that the 
1914 edition would be completed so that names could be revised to comply with it, but as this 
catalog goes to press it has been published only through the letter K, so is, of course, unavail¬ 
able. Reference can be made to 1900 edition for more detailed and technical descriptions 
under the primary name given for each plant. Where there is another botanical name in more 
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