NILES, ALAMEDA COUNTY, CAL. 
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ORNAMENTAL DEPARTMENT 
All ornamental trees and plants are named and arranged in conformity with our new 
Descriptive Catalog (Semi-Centennial Edition) just issued. It is profusely illustrated, carefully 
written and may be depended upon as accurate. For each ornamental tree or plant it gives 
the botanical name, common name, native country, height attained and concise but sufficiently 
comprehensive description. Fruit trees are also included. 
As it is practically a condensed Cyclopedia of Horticulture for the Pacific Coast, it is well 
worth the price charged for it, 25 cents, but we will gladly send a complimentary copy to any 
customer on request. 
PLEASE NOTE 
Where size of box is specified, the plants have been dug and established in the box. Boxed 
means that the plants are still in the ground, but on account of size will be dug into a box 
instead of being balled. Balled plants have the ball of earth wrapped in burlap and should 
always be planted without removing it. Plant burlap, rope and all, just as it is. 
NOVELTIES 
The following are offered this season for the first time with a few exceptions which have 
been offered in a limited way for one or two seasons. Descriptions are condensed; for more 
extended data see new Descriptive Catalog. Prices are given at proper points in following 
pages. 
CONIFERS 
PODOCARPUS nageia. Japan. Quite dis¬ 
tinct from P. macrophylla. Leaves about 
half as long and an inch broad. Usually 
somewhat glaucous. 
BROAD-LEAVED EVERGREENS 
ACACIA cavenia. Chile. Small tree with 
very minute feathery leaves. Flower heads 
unusually large, orange yellow and in¬ 
tensely fragrant, surpassing any other 
Acacia. 
ACACIA podalyrlaefolia. Australia. The 
earliest Acacia to bloom, even ahead of 
A. baileyana. Leaves shaped like A. cul- 
triformis, but larger and covered with sil¬ 
very down. Flowers rich yellow. 
AGON IS flexuosa. Australia. Very graceful 
small tree with slender, drooping branches, 
long, narrow leaves and numerous very 
small, white flowers. 
ALECTRVON excelsum. NEW ZEALAND 
OAK. Medium-sized tree with pinnate 
leaves somewhat like Oregon Grape. Very 
resistant to drought. Will make a hand¬ 
some street tree. 
ANGOPHORA lanceolata. Australia. Closely 
related and rather similar to Eucalyptus, 
but makes a smaller tree with slender 
branches. Flowers white. 
CORDIA francisi. South America. Rare 
shrub of tall growth, with dark green leaves 
and white, tubular flowers. 
EUGENIA uniflora. Surinam Cherry. Very 
handsome shrub with large, glossy leaves, 
bearing delicious edible fruit. Highly orna¬ 
mental. 
FICUS ulmifolia. A “Rubber Tree” with 
rough, Elm-like leaves. Bears edible figs. 
MAHON IA fortunei. China. Distinct species 
of dwarf habit. Leaflets long, narrow and 
pointed. 
PSIDIUM friedrichsthalianum. Costa Rica. 
A Guava of entirely distinct appearance 
from the common sort. Said to bear small, 
pear-shaped, edible fruit. Not yet tested. 
RHAMNUS purshiana tomentella. DOWNY 
CASCARA. California. Similar to ordinary 
Wild Coffee, except that leaves become 
thickly coated with white down. 
SOPHORA tetraptera microphylla. New 
Zealand. An “Edwardsia” with very small 
leaflets and fine, slender branches. Bears 
large, yellow, pea-shaped flowers in droop¬ 
ing racemes. 
STATICE arborescens. TREE STATICE. 
Canary Islands. Shrub with erect, bare 
stems and a rosette of very large leaves. 
Flowers, borne in very large clusters, are 
surrounded by “everlasting” blue calyx. 
Very fine. 
SYZYGIUM operculatum. Himalaya region. 
Tree or large shrub with large, glossy, 
leathery leaves. 
VERONICA decussata variegata. Brilliantly 
variegated form of this popular blue-flow¬ 
ered Veronica. Originated with us. 
DECIDUOUS TREES 
LABURNUM vulgare aureum. GOLDEN- 
LEAVED LABURNUM. Same as Common 
Laburnum except that leaves are brilliant 
yellow. Very showy all season. 
DECIDUOUS SHRUBS 
DEUTZIA scabra candidissima. Growth vig¬ 
orous and erect; leaves dark green. Flow¬ 
ers double and pure white. 
DEUTZIA scabra plena (D. crenata rosea 
plena). Growth like preceding; leaves 
lighter green. Flowers double; white, 
tinged rose outside. 
EDGEWORTHIA gardneri (E. papyrifera). 
Asia. Flowers produced in globular heads 
very early in spring before leaves appear. 
Almost as fragrant as Daphne, to which it 
is closely related. Unique and very at¬ 
tractive. 
SYRINGA (Lilac). 
Belle de Nancy. Brilliant satiny rose with 
white center; double. Clusters large. 
Very fine. 
Mad. Abel Chatenay. Pure white; double; 
panicles compact. Free blooming. 
Philemon. Very dark purple; single; pan¬ 
icles of small or medium size. The dark¬ 
est single-flowered variety. 
CLIMBERS 
ACTINIDIA chinensls. Very strong growing 
deciduous vine. Leaves large and rounded. 
Branchlets covered with red hairs. Flow¬ 
ers white, turning yellow. Quite out of 
the ordinary. 
BOUGAINVILLEA glabra variegata. Leaves 
brilliantly and freely variegated with 
creamy white. 
FICUS pumila minima. A variety of com¬ 
mon Climbing Fig with very tiny leaves. 
MILLETTIA megasperma. EVERGREEN 
WISTARIA. The most valuable novelty in 
climbing plants for many years. Perfectly 
evergreen. Flowers rosy purple, becoming 
nearly white. Blooms very early and stays 
in bloom for a long time. Seed pods also 
very striking. 
PASSIFLORA ligularis. Peru. Leaves very 
large, heart-shaped and not lobed. Flow¬ 
ers greenish white; corona white and ruddy 
purple. Fruit edible. 
MISCELLANEOUS 
GERBERA Jameson i hybrida. HYBRID 
TRANSVAAL DAISY. These new hybrids 
run from white through straw, yellow, pink 
and salmon to a rich, brilliant red. Our 
exhibit at Spring Flower Show in Palace 
of Horticulture, P. P. I. E., received much 
favorable comment. 
HIBISCUS manihot (Abelmoschus manihot). 
Tall-growing, herbaceous perennial. Flow¬ 
ers mallow-shaped, very large, bright yel¬ 
low with purple eye. 
