Daphme Somerset (5) 
Plant Patent 315 
For the first time we offer a patented -plant, but this one was too tempting to resist! The 
patent is owned by our good friends The Wayside Gardens Co., Mentor, Ohio, from whom we 
have exclusive propagation and sales rights for the Pacific Coast, while they will handle all 
other parts of the country direct. 
We have tested this English Hybrid (also known as D. Burkwoodi Somerset) for several 
years so we are thoroughly familiar with its behavior. With us it is evergreen and of vigorous 
rather erect growth. Its main crop comes in spring when ends of shoots are completely surrounded 
with long-tubed deliciously fragrant flowers which are pink in bud, open practically white, and 
become rosy pink before they drop. In addition to this it has a moderate crop in fall and early 
winter. 
The picture on front cover gives some idea of its beauty, but, far from being exaggerated, 
really fails to do it full justice as we have had flower spikes twice as long as the cut would 
indicate. It is very hardy and of easy culture. A.M.R.HLS. 
Balled plants 18-24 in. $3.00, 15-18 in. $2.50, 12-15 in. $2.00; plants out of 4-inch pots $1.00. 
We shall not have enough stock to supply the nursery trade until next season. 
ERYTHRINA insignis, SHOWY CORALTREE, (914). This was mentioned in G.A. '38, but 
we said we knew little about it. Since then our specimen plant has flourished. The very showy 
flowers, pink outside and red within, are borne in large racemes making a fine effect. Pot grown 
1-114 ft. 60c. 
EUCALYPTUS. In G.A. ‘41 we described quite a number of the new small-sized species from 
West Australia. This year we will describe only two and quote the others in Part IL. 
E. caesia, (914). Small tree; grows to only 12 or 15 ft. tall, bearing beautiful pink flow- 
ers. Pot grown 2-2) ft. 75c. 
KE, macrocarpa, ROSE OF THE DESERT, (9). It is hard to believe that a Eucalyp- 
tus could possibly bear red flowers five inches across but our specimen plant has done 
so for two or three summers. Foliage intensely glaucous; growth extremely irregular. 
Best grown as a bush or on an espalier. All unduly long shoots should be kept short- 
ened in. Pot grown 12-15 in. $1.00. 
EUCRYPHIA glutinosa (E. pinnatifolia), (7-8). We are happy to be able to offer this beauti- 
ful Chilean shrub. It is one of the semi-evergreens; in cold climates its handsome pinnate foliage 
assumes autumnal tints and drops off but here it is partially evergreen. The large white almond- 
scented flowers are formed like those of Hypericum and appear during summer. Will not toler- 
ate limy soils, requiring about as much natural or artificial acidity as Azaleas and Rhododen- 
drons. Pot grown 8-12 in. $1.50. 
EUCRYPHIA intermedia (E. rostrevor), (8-9). Developed in England as a hybrid between E. 
glutinosa and E. billardieri. Like many hybrids it far surpasses its parents in rate of growth, so 
quickly makes a small tree with very attractive foliage and bearing a profusion of typically 
formed white flowers. Probably requires soil naturally or artificially acid. Pot grown 114-2 ft. 
$2.00, 6-8 in. $1.25. 
*GENISTA hispanica, SPANISH GORSE, (6). Here’s one for the Rock Garden and please 
don’t confuse it with Spanish Broom! Grows only a foot and a half or so tall, has spiny branches 
and is a solid sheet of yellow bloom in late spring and early summer. Pot grown 6-8 in. 60c. 
*GREVILLEA sulphurea (syn. G. juniperina), GOLDEN GREVILLEA, (9). This small shrub 
has the usual peculiar flowers of the Grevilleas, but unlike the others they are clear yellow. Our 
experience with it is too limited to say for sure, but we have an idea that it may prove to have a 
very long blooming season under California conditions. Pot grown 1-114 ft. 75c. 
GREYIA sutherlandi, (914). A large shrub or small tree from South Africa of rather irregular 
growth. Flowers are borne in spikes about six or eight inches long and three or four inches 
through. They are crimson, carrying long stamens with reddish-purple anthers. This was ex- 
hibited in bloom by Golden Gate Park at the Oakland Show in Spring 1938 where it attracted 
a great deal of attention. Pot grown 8-12 in. 75c, 4-6 in. 60c. 
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