CALIFORNIA NURSERYCO:,mc.. NILES, CALIFORNIA 
MISCELLANEOUS PLANTS 
W E group here everything, excepting Roses, not included in previous divisions: Semi-woody 
I lants, Herbaceous Perennials, Bulbs, Grasses, Bedding and Border Plants, Greenhouse 
and Conservatory Plants, etc. Hence it will readily be seen that some of our very finest 
plants are necessarily placed here. 
ABUTILON: Flowering Maple 
Semi-evergreen shrubs of strong, loose growth 
and moderate hardiness. Most kinds have leaves 
lobed like Maple. Flowers drooping and mainly 
bell-shaped, of various shades of red and yellow. 
Varieties are as follows: 
ACHILLEA 
A. ptarmica “The Pearl." Herbaceous perennial 
growing - a foot or two tall. Bears an abundance of 
small, pure white, full, double flowers all summer. 
Flowers keep excellently when cut. 
AGAPANTHUS 
Boule de Neige. Pure white. Very free bloom¬ 
ing. 
Due de Malakoff. Crimson, veined carmine. 
Eclipse. A variety of Megapotamicum. Leaves 
daik green, handsomely blotched with croamv 
white. 
Golden Fleece. Bright yellow; very free flower¬ 
ing. 
Megapotamicum. Tropical America. Distinct 
species. Leaves long and slender, not Maple¬ 
shaped. Calyx almost covers petals, which open 
very slightly. Pistil and stamens protrude con¬ 
spicuously. Calyx red, petals yellow. 
Savitzi. Leaves large with a broad, white mar¬ 
gin. The plants grow dwarf and compact. Ex¬ 
cellent for bedding. 
Sensation. Bright orange salmon, veined red. 
Petals overlapping and recurved. Flowers very 
handsome. 
Thompson’s Double. Orange yellow, veined red; 
very double. Leaves dark green spotted creamy 
yellow. A distinct species. 
Evergreen, tuberous-rooted, stemless plants. 
Leaves strap-shaped. Flowers like lilies, borne in 
large, showy umbels on a stalk two or three feet 
tall. Bloom all summer. Prefer moist location. 
A. umbellatus. AFRICAN LILY. Cape of Good 
Hope. Flowers blue. 
A. umbellatus albidus. Variety of preceding with 
white flowers. 
A. umbejlatus mooreanus. A variety of compact, 
dwarf habit with dark blue flowers. 
AMARYLLIS 
For other plants usually cultivated under this 
name see Hippeastrum and Sprekelici. We propa¬ 
gate but one true Amaryllis. 
A. belladonna. BELLADONNA LILY. Cape of 
Good Hope. A great favorite. Leaves are strap- 
shaped; appearing during the winter, they die to 
the ground in early summer. The solid, leafless 
flower stalks soon appear, attaining a height of 
two feet or more and bearing a number of beautiful, 
fragrant, pink, tubular flowers. 
Adiontum capillus-veneris imbricatum. Venus-Hair Fern 
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