CALIFORNIA SURSERVCOjvt. NILES. CALIFORNIA 
Entrance to Office Grounds. Drive lined with Chrysanthemum frutesccns 
Common Marguerite 
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ASPIDISTRA 
Beautiful foliage plants used mainly for pot 
culture, though in a shaded and sheltered position 
they will thrive outside. Makes no stalk. Leaves 
long, large and wavy; spring up from the roots 
and stand nearly erect. Flowers curiously formed, 
livid purple and borne at surface of the ground. 
Of easy culture. 
A. lurida. China. As above; leaves dark green. 
A. lurida variegata. Variety of preceding strongly 
marked with creamy bands running the length of 
the leaves. 
CALCEOLARIA 
Shrubby Calceolaria. (Species unknown; doubt¬ 
less a garden hybrid.) Fine little shrub of low 
growth, bearing large clusters of highly colored 
flowers, brownish yellow, suffused orange red. 
Individual flowers are formed like “Lady Slipper” 
and are borne in good-sized clusters on stalks 
that bring them well above the foliage. 
CAMPANULA: Bell Flower 
C. pyra midalis alba. WHITE CHIMNEY BELL 
FLOWER. Austria. At first tufted and stemless. 
Before flowering it sends up a slender stalk eight 
or ten feet tall with short, erect branches, the 
whole covered with a profusion of pure white, bell¬ 
shaped flowers. Its unique habit and the pure 
beauty of the lovely flowers never fail to elicit 
admiration. 
Allemania. Salmon bordered yellow; tall; leaves 
green. 
Austria. Canary yellow; medium; leaves green. 
Burbank. Yellow; medium; leaves green. 
Florence Vaughan. Yellow spotted red; tall; 
leaves green. 
Geoffrey St. Hilaire. Dark red; tall; leaves 
purple. 
Italia. Bright scarlet; tall; leaves green. 
Mad. Crozy. Crimson scarlet bordered yellow; 
low; leaves green. 
Mont Blanc. Creamy white; low; leaves green. 
Mrs. Kate Gray. Orange scarlet, overlaid with 
gold; very tall; leaves green. 
Pres. Meyer. Cherry carmine; low; leaves 
green. 
Queen Charlotte. Rich scarlet crimson; low; 
leaves green. 
Sam Trelease. Ruddy orange with yellow base; 
tall; leaves green. 
CAREX: Sedge 
C. morrowi (C. japonica). JAPANESE SEDGE. 
Handsome, grass-like evergreen plant. Leaves have 
white stripe along each margin. Like a miniature 
Pampas Grass. 
CERATOSTIGMA 
C. plumbaginoides (Plumbago larpentae). China. 
Low herbaceous perennial rarely over a foot high. 
Branches red. Flowers shaped like common Plum¬ 
bago, but a beautiful deep blue and borne profusely 
in dense clusters during late summer and fall. 
CANNA 
Well-known flowering plants with large, tropical 
leaves, surmounted by spikes of showy flowers 
produced all summer. They prefer a rich soil and 
plenty of moisture. We grow the following vari¬ 
eties, all hybrids: 
Admiral Avellan. Orange scarlet; tall; leaves 
purple. 
Admiral Gervais. Scarlet; medium; leaves 
green. 
Alfonse Bouvier. Brilliant crimson; tall; leaves 
green. 
CHRYSANTHEMUM 
A diversified genus, including not only the ordi¬ 
nary Chrysanthemums, but also Marguerites, Py- 
rethrums, '‘Daisies.” etc. The named varieties of 
double-flowering Chrysanthemums are probably 
all hybrids between C. indicum and C. morifolium. 
Our list comprises: 
CHRYSANTHEMUMS 
Col. Appleton. Golden yellow. 
Convention Hall. Magnificent white. 
Glitter. Fine, glistening yellow. Flower solid 
and symmetrical; large; borne on stiff stems. 
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