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CALIFORNIA NURSERY COI.inc., NILES. CALIFORNIA 
Romncya coulteri. Matilija Poppy 
PHORMIUM 
Foliage plants of great economic, as well as 
decorative, value. The leaves are sword-shaped 
and have wonderful tensile strength due to a fine 
white fiber. Flowers are red or yellow, borne on 
stalks usually about twice as tall as leaves. 
P. cookianum variegatum (P. colensoi variega- 
tum). GOLDEN NEW ZEALAND FLAX. Much 
smaller than the following. Leaves average about 
throe feet long and are strongly marked with yel¬ 
low bands and stripes, all running lengthwise. The 
fiber is extremely fine, plentiful and very lustrous. 
Very handsome form. 
P. tenax. NEW ZEALAND FLAX. Loaves clear 
green, often six feet or longer. Flower stalks in 
proportion. The fiber is so plentiful that a small 
strip of the leaf makes excellent tying material. It 
is imported in great quantities from New Zealand. 
Makes large clumps of striking appearance. 
P. tenax variegatum. VARIEGATED NEW 
ZEALAND FLAX. Variety of preceding, identical 
in all respects except that leaves are conspicuously 
striped lengthwise with creamy white. 
RICHARDIA: Calla 
R. elliottiana. GOLDEN CALLA. S. Africa. A 
rare and beautiful species. Leaves have translucent 
spots. Flowers (spathes) are deep golden yellow 
and last ten days or more. There are two or three 
other “yellow Callas” offered, but they are far 
inferior to this. 
R. albo-maculata. SPOTTED CALLA. Growth 
low. Leaves deep green, spotted white. Flowers, 
borne on short stalks, are creamy yellow with 
crimson throat. 
ROMNEYA 
R. coulteri. MATILIJA POPPY. Southern Cali¬ 
fornia. Our finest native flowering plant. Half- 
shrubby, forming a large bush of silvery hue. The 
flowers are magnificent, sometimes six inches 
broad; petals purest white, center rich yellow from 
the numerous stamens. The fragrance is much 
like that of the pulp of a ripe orange. The indi¬ 
vidual flowers last many days and the plants are 
in bloom all summer. Difficult to propagate, hence 
scarce, but there is no difficulty about transplanting 
good pot-grown plants. 
RUDBECKIA 
R. laciniata flore pleno. GOLDEN GLOW. Tall- 
growing herbaceous perennial, bearing a great 
abundance of full, double, yellow flowers, lik’- 
Chrysanthemums. Blooms all summer. Splendid 
for cutting. 
RUSSELIA 
R. elegantissima. Hybrid. Dainty plant of trail¬ 
ing habit, with very small leaves and bright red. 
slender, tubular flowers about an inch long. Very 
pretty in hanging baskets. 
SAGINA 
S. subulata. BABY MOSS; PEARLWORT. Ev¬ 
ergreen plant completely covering the ground with 
its bright green foliage, which makes it look like 
moss. Has tiny, white flowers on comparatively 
long, slender stalks. Fine for shaded places. 
SALVIA: Sage 
Only the red bedding Salvia is ordinarily 
thought of under this name. Tt is, however, an 
enormous genus of over 600 species, of which 
comparatively few are cultivated. All are square- 
stemmed plants belonging to Mint family. 
S. involucrata. Vigorous grower, attaining 5 or 
6 ft. Flowers rosy purple, in long, loose spikes. 
Each pair of flowers spring from a pair of large, 
showy bracts colored same as flowers. 
S. leucantha. Mexico. Low-growing, shrubby 
plant with narrow, pointed leaves. Entirely cov¬ 
ered with white down. Flowers are white, but sur¬ 
rounded by a very conspicuous brilliant purple 
calyx. 
SANSEVIERIA 
S. zeylanica. BOWSTRING HEMP. Africa; Asia. 
Handsome foliage plant with stout, fleshy, erect 
leaves, which are light green, conspicuously varie¬ 
gated with broad, white, transverse bands. Ex¬ 
cellent for pot culture and can be planted out in 
frostless regions. Contains a valuable fiber of 
great strength. 
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