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TAHOKA DAISY (Machaeranthera tanacetifolia). Annual but often perennial 
here. Produces great masses of daisy-like rich lavender blooms through summer 
and fall. The plants form neat, well rounded bushes about 12 inches tall and 
2 feet across. It has proved of exceptional value for garden display and as a 
cut flower. Lace-like light green foliage. 2V4-inch pots; gal. containers. • 
TRACHELIUM caeruleum. Large, dense heads of clear blue flowers on good 
stems during late spring and summer. Good foliage. Prefers some shade. Grows 
to 2 feet in height. Gal. containers; 2 Vi-inch pots. 
^TRAILING PLEROMA (Schizocentron elegans). A low creeping vine form¬ 
ing a dense carpet. The thin, reddish stems and small, bright green leaves 
form an excellent background for the many inch-wide, bright red flowers 
that appear from spring until winter. Flourishes apparently, in either sun 
or shade. Gal. containers. 
TRANSVAAL DAISY (Gerbera Jamesonii Hybrid). Plant in full sun in a 
well drained soil. Be careful in planting to see that the crowns are not 
covered. Use no fertilizer. When you water, irrigate, do not sprinkle. 
Make irrigations thorough but gnly as often as is absolutely necessary to 
keep the plants in condition. In most soils if cultivation is practiced, irriga¬ 
tions at intervals of one week to ten days should be sufficient. If your soil 
does not drain readily, hill up the soil and plant above the level of the 
surrounding ground. Blooming period, June until December or January. 
Probably no one perennial has brought as much happiness to Southern 
California as has the Transvaal Daisy. 
Pink, Red, White, Yellow or Orange. Divisions, 20c each. Gal. containers. 
Double Pink. Gal. containers. 
TREE MALLOW (Lavatera trimestris). Annual. Large, single rosy pink hollyhock- 
like flowers on a 3-foot bush. Fine for borders or for cutting. 21/4-inch pots; 
gal. containers. 
TULIP POPPY (Hunnemannia fumariaefolia). A shrubby perennial. Foliage like 
the California poppy but lighter in color. Flowers same in size as California 
poppy but canary-yellow in color. Plant in sun. Gal. containers. 
VALERIAN (Valeriana rubra). An attractive perennial, well foliaged with clean, 
inch-long leaves that are slightly touched with gray. Dense spikes of scarlet 
flowers appear in profusion through most of the year. Grows to 3 feet in height 
and as broad as tall. Plant in sun. 2 1 / 4 -inch pots; gal. containers. 
VENIDIUM fastuosum. From gray foliage arise in spring and summer 2-foot 
stems bearing rich single orange flowers with a dark center. Annual. Sun. 
Gal. containers. 
VERBENA. If you wish a maximum of color with a minimum of expense and 
labor, plant verbenas. They will reward you from spring until winter with their 
warm fragrant flowers. Properly cared for, verbenas should thrive for about 
three years. Cut back severely about February 1 and give them a heavy appli¬ 
cation of dairy fertilizer. Plant in sun. 
Assorted varieties. Cutting grown, blue, pink, red. 21/2-inch pots; gal. containers. 
Seedlings. Assorted colors. Flats of 100 plants, $1.25. 
Erinoides. Sand verbena. Purple. Flats of 100 plants, $1.50. 
*Venosa. Lilac purple. 2V2-inch pots; gal. containers. 
^Wenosa lilacina. Light lilac. Gal. containers. 
(*) PARTICULARLY USEFUL IN ROCK GARDENS 
