C. E. PARSONS, 
Proprietor 
Greetings for 1938 — 
And may we thank you for your favors to us, for it is a privilege to send you 
this catalog. For twenty-five years past I have been mailing it out, and but few of 
its recipients are known personally to me. How nice it would be to sit down and 
talk over your planting plans. Figuratively, we can enjoy a little chat by the 
pool in the Sunken Garden illustrated below. For gardens are just the place to talk 
over one’s planting plans, especially if you are fitting up your grounds for pleas¬ 
anter surroundings. 
First, let me tell you of some good things to look for in this list of plant ma¬ 
terial. Some are new, some unusual, others rare, and all are desirable. Right at the 
bottom of this page is a list of hedge plants that differ from the customary privet. 
On Page 4 is the new Mayseptjan Chestnut, fine for shade and nuts. 
Pages 6 and 7 describe the new Junipers, Andorra and Conferta, Larch, Western Yew, Torreya, 
Hemlock, and Single Leaf Pine. 
Page 8 The colorful Cistus Purpurens, a bargain in Peonies, the Genista Standfordi and that Find¬ 
ing List that guides you to the right plant of the right size for your purpose. 
Page 10 Two Buddleias of charm, Isle de France and Alternifolia. Japanese Maples of graceful 
elegance. Here may also be found the Climbing Rose Mermaid and bush rose, Hinrich Gaede, both 
notable achievements. Rosa Rouletti, a miniature poem. 
Page 12. New tones in Fall color are displayed by the Vine Maple and Evergreen Elm. The Ring 
Leaf Willow carries curls from nature’s Beauty Parlor. 
Page 13 has distinctly different and new Ivies. Lonicera Heckrotti — how it does bloom. Weeping 
Cherry that is on your “must list.” 
Page 14 lists such aristocrats as Cotoneaster Apiculata and Parneyi, Euonymous Alatus; Chinese 
Opaca, Verticillata Hollies, Pyracantha Rodgersiana and Atalantoides. 
GIFTS THAT ENDURE. Everybody gives gewgaws, but you will give plants, always a welcome 
present to receive. Maybe a friend has a nice fresh pink little baby. Why not, as your present, a little 
tree to grow up with and prize in mature years? 
PLANTS NOT SHOWN will be procured for you, if not in our stock, as we cannot list everything 
we grow. Larger sizes than shown may be had in many items, also smaller sizes. Right now we have 
nice stock of Perennial Phlox (Page 11), Bleeding Heart, Gladiolus, Tuberous Begonia (Page 2). Early 
orders for these are indicated. 
Gratefully yours, 
HEDGE PLANTS 
In Small Sizes 
Size 
Per 10 
Per 50 Per 100 
Barberry Japanese. 
.15 
D 
10-12 
in. 
$ .75 
$2.75 
$5.00 
Boxwood Gold Tip. 
.12 
E 
12-15 
in. 
4.00 
17.50 
Boxwood Dwarf . 
.. 8 
E 
4-6 
in. 
1.50 
5.75 
10.00 
Broom, Scotch. 
Euonymous, Dwarf . 
.18 
E 
12-18 
in. 
1.00 
4.25 
7.50 
.10 
E 
6-8 
in. 
1.50 
5.75 
10.00 
Filbert (Tall Hedge). 
.60 
D 
12-18 
in. 
1.50 
5.75 
10.00 
Hawthorne, English . 
.18 
D 
6-8 
in. 
.75 
2.75 
5.00 
Holly, English . 
.18 
E 
6-8 
in. 
2.25 
5.00 
17.50 
Holly, English . 
.24 
E 
18-24 
in. 
7.50 
32.50 
20.00 
Laurel, English . 
.18 
E 
10-12 
in. 
3.00 
12.50 
Privet, California . 
.12 
D 
8-12 
in. 
.35 
1.50 
2.50 
Privet, California . 
.12 
D 
12-18 
in. 
.45 
2.00 
3.50 
Privet, Wax . 
.12 
E 
2-4 
in. 
.80 
3.50 
6.00 
Pyracantha, Yunnanensis 
30 
E 
6-8 
in. 
1.75 
7.00 
12.50 
Santolina . 
.12 
E 
8-10 
in. 
.75 
3.50 
6.00 
Figures after the name 
show 
distance 
apart 
in inches 
to plant. 
Letter after the name m 
leans 
D 
for deciduou 
s; E for evergreen. 
FILBERT SCIONS 
Filberts. Barcelona, DuChilly, Kentish Cob, Da- 
viana, Red and White Aveline, Sc per foot. Postpaid. 
Nottingham, Giante de Halles. Imperial. Noce 
Lunghe, Emperor and twenty other scarce varieties, 
10c per foot. Postpaid. Minimum order scions, $1.00. 
SUNKEN GARDEN AT GILLET NURSERY 
