Abelia schumanni 
Abelia floribunda 
Abelia grandiflora 
Plants for Every Conceivable Use . . . 
in the WeiJX 
EVERGREEN TREES .nd SHRURS 
# Here are broadleaf evergreens for sun or shade, heat or cold, dry or 
wet locations; with flower or berry they provide brilliant color for 
every month in the year. In size they range from little sprawling things 
suitable for rock gardens to tall, spreading shade trees. Their wide 
use marks the great difference between California gardens and those 
of other sections. With their evergreen foliage they form the perma¬ 
nent background of the garden and by their continuing cheeriness 
year 'round beauty is assured. 
ABELIA 
Abelia grandiflora. (Glossy Abelia) (S) 
China. Foliage glossy green with 
bronze shadings; flowers tubular, al¬ 
most an inch long, white, flushed pink, 
and continuing throughout the sum¬ 
mer. Fine for foundation plantings or in 
the shrubbery border. Balled, 4 to 5 ft., 
$2.50; 2 to 3 ft., $1.50; gal. cans, 50c. 
A. floribunda. (S) Mexico. The most 
showy of the Abelias. The long tubular 
flowers of rosy scarlet are borne in 
greatest profusion though the flower¬ 
ing season is not as long as that of 
other varieties. The plant is rather 
sprawling in habit. Likes an acid soil 
and fairly cool situation. Gal. cans, 75c. 
A. schumanni. (Schumann's Abelia) (S) 
China. With us this semi-deciduous 
shrub blooms from May to November. 
Flowers ore lavender-pink, much larg¬ 
er and more showy than Abelia grandi¬ 
flora. Grov/s 6 to 8 feet tall. We con¬ 
sider it one of the finest flowering 
shrubs in our list. Balled, N/z fo 2 ft., 
$1.50; gal. cans, 75c. 
A. triflora. (S) Himalayas. Foliage long 
and narrow. Flowers small, white 
faintly flushed with pink; very fragrant. 
Rare. Gal. cans, 75c. 
ABUTILON . . . Flowering Maple 
Abutilon. (S) Half-hardy shrubs with 
maple-like leaves. Flowers are pendu¬ 
lous and bell-shaped; almost constantly 
in bloom. V/e can supply these beauti¬ 
ful plants with pink, yellow or orange 
flowers. Gal. cans, 2 to 3 ft., 50c. 
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A. Dwarf Orange. (S) Small tree or 
shrub with large leaves; flowers 
orange-red, opening flatter and held 
more erect than other abutilons; blooms 
from April to December. Will grow in 
fairly heavy shade. New. Gal. cans, 
60c. 
A. megapotamicum. (S) South Amer¬ 
ica. Slender branched, almost trailing 
shrub that can be trained as a vine. 
Yellow flowers with showy red calyx 
giving a Chinese lantern effect. Blooms 
constantly. Gal. cans, 60c. 
ACACIA 
Acacia baileyana. (Cootamundra Wat¬ 
tle) (T) New South Wales. A really 
handsome tree with silvery blue fo¬ 
liage and brilliantly colored golden 
yellow flowers; blooms in January and 
February. 5-gal. cans, 7 to 8 ft., $2.00; 
gal. cans, 3 to 4 ft., 50c. 
A. baileyana purpurea. (T) Identical 
with common A. baileyana except in 
color of foliage which is attractively 
tinged with violet and purple. Gal. 
cans, 3 to 4 ft., 60c. 
A. cultriformis. (Knife Leaf Acacia) (S) 
Queensland. A handsome shrub with 
triangular, glaucous green leaves; 
flowers yellow in axillary racemes ap¬ 
pearing in March and April. Gal. cans, 
5 to 6 ft., 75c; 3 to 4 ft., 50c. 
A. dealbata. (Silver Wattle) (T) Austra¬ 
lia. A fast-growing tree; foliage glau¬ 
cous and finely cut; flowers golden yel¬ 
low appearing in February and March. 
Fine for street planting. Gal. cans, 4 to 
5 ft., 50c. 
Azalea Appleblossom 
