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CAMELLIAS 
Floral Gems from China 
PRICE LIST No, 79 
SPRING 1941 
THIS IS AN HONEST PRICE LIST 
Here is a Camellia list that will help you 
save time and money in selecting a worth while 
collection of finer varieties, without experienc¬ 
ing the many disappointments of an amateur 
collector. 
No other Camellia list is just like this. 
While most catalogues offer Camellias by 
doubtful names, giving a very brief description 
of the flowers, or their color, the height of 
plants available in the nursery and price each; 
. . . this list leaves nothing to your imagination. 
This price-list gives exact information as to 
age, size pot each variety is grown in, the height 
of plants available, their character, and most 
important to you, we tell whether these plants 
have flower buds. For after all, one buys 
Camellias for their breath-taking awe-inspiring 
flowers which bring untold joys and new thrills 
to your life with their radiant floral beauty. 
Full, accurate descriptions with many 
illustrations of the Camellia flowers will be 
found in our 28-page 1940-41 catalogue No. 79. 
HINTS ON BUYING CAMELLIAS 
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Wherever you buy Camellias, choose the 
individual varieties wisely . .. for they represent 
a choice you make for a lifetime ... an 
investment to be universally admired, and one 
you will always treasure. 
There are countless good, bad and indifferent 
varieties, with flowers of various colors, forms, 
sizes and blooming periods. 
It is equally important to remember, too, 
a Camellia plant does not produce fully devel¬ 
oped flowers in quantity until they are five to 
eight years old. For this reason, young or 
small plants, while cheaper in cost, represent 
investments paying deferred divinends . . . they 
are a liability requiring much care and attention 
until they are old enough to bear a bountiful 
crop of exotic flowers. 
Whether you plant Camellias in your garden 
or grow them in a conservatory, pot grown 
plants are the natural choice of all experienced 
Camellia buyers. 
With pot grown Camellias you get the earth 
and all the roots undisturbed. All old time 
Camellia authorities caution against the slightest 
injury or pruning of Camellia roots. 
In digging field or bed grown Camellias at 
nurseries for shipment, it is almost impossible 
to lift the plants and burlap the ball of soil 
without chopping off the most active feeding 
roots, which often requires several years for the 
plants to reestablish themselves. 
Pot grown Camellias can be shipped safely 
or transplanted any month of the year, regard¬ 
less of weather conditions. 
The express charges for delivery of pot 
grown Camellias is usually about one fourth 
the cost for field grown plants of the same age, 
since the field grown plants weigh four to six 
times as much as pot grown Camellias. 
LONGVIEW has pioneered in selling pot 
grown Camellias. 
You, too, will find it to your advantage in 
buying pot grown, rare and fancy Camellias 
from a specialist who has devoted more than 
two decades collecting and growing the finest 
varieties of these breathtaking Floral Gems 
from China. 
For full descriptions and many illustrations of the Camellias offered in this 
list, see our 28 page catalogue No. 79, price 10c, postpaid. 
Make remittance payable to 
A BIT OF CHINESE PHILOSOPHY 
“For tlie mouth to desire sweet tastes, the eye to desire beautiful 
colors, (including Camellias), the ear to desire pleasant sounds, the 
nose to desire fragrant odors, ami the four limbs to desire rest and 
ease—these things are natural.“—Menlcus, 371 B. C. 
“LONGVIEW” CRICHTON, ALA., U. S. A. 
ROBT. O. RUBEL, Jr., Prop. Camellia Specialist 
