Cumellis 
Floral Gems from China 
“Longview” Crichton, Ala. 

So Pople No Cnrich Ue with North while ssessions 
When you have grown these lovely Floral Gems from China you'll 
understand the secret of their magic charm. 
THE ENCYCLOPAEDIA BRITANIC records: 
“It (Camellias) appears to have been cultivated by the Chinese from 
time immemorial, and all our earlier introductions were obtained from 
that country.” 
A short time before the unwarranted invasion of China, by those 
double-crossing unscrupulous, fanatical war lords of Nippon, one of our 
customers in China wrote: 
“T have been around to several gardens. They, of 
course grow everything in pots. Camellias are a favour- 
ite flower with the Chinese, and even the elegant genile- 
man, who ordinarily would not soil his hands with any- 
thing like labor, will take care of a camellia plant.” 
Here in the United States, many of our customers 
are people internationally known. Their names appear 
in “Who’s Who” and the Social Register. They are bank- 
ers, lawyers, doctors, captains of industry as well as high 
officials at Washington, who find new joys in personal- 
ly looking after the culture of their “LONGVIEW” 
Camellias. 

| ih mM 
| 
‘hi 
Centuries ago, the Chinese discovered the advantage @ R @) WHI 
of growing Camellias in pots. Today, when buying 
Camellias, you too will find pot grown camellias superior to plants grown 
in the field or ground beds at nurseries. © 
If you buy field grown Camellias, of blooming age, (5 to 7 years old), 
it usually requires two to three years care before they become re-estab- 
lished and produce perfect flowers. The reason is, Camellias resent the 
slightest injury to their roots. And it is impossible to dig a Camellia 
from the field without injuring the vital terminal feeding roots. 
Remember too, the heavy ball of earth shipped with 
a field grown Camellia weighs 4 to 8 times as much as 
a pot grown plant of the same age. 
Express charges alone on this excessive weight of 
useless dirt often exceeds the initial cost of the plant. 
With pot grown Camellias you get the earth with 
ALL the roots undisturbed. Pot grown Camellias can 
be shipped safely any month of the year, at low express 
cost. 

THIS IS AN HONEST PRICE LIST 
Here is the only price list published in the United States, showing not 
only the size or heigth of each plant, size of pot, age of each plant, char- 
acter of growth, but MOST IMPORTANT from your viewpoint, it tells 
you if the individual plants in the different sizes had flower buds at the 
time this list was published. Nothing is left to your imagination. There’s 
no waiting two to five year for the first display of floral beauty when 
you buy budded pot grown comellias from “LONGVIEW”. 
Most of the plants offered in this list are old enough to bloom freely 
this winter, and every year to follow for many decades. 
ARE YOU LOOKING FOR CHEAP CAMELLIAS? 
Rooted camellia cuttings sell at 5 
to 30 cents each in wholesale quan- 
ties. One year old plants wholesale at 
10 cents to several dollars each, de- 
pending on rarity of the individual 
variety. 
, When you buy these BABY camel- 
a lias, they will need years of daily care 
‘“"* “before you can hope for the first crop 
Oe ee au of floral beauty. 
Your ardor for growing young Camellias will be dampened when 
you have to wait 4 to 6 years before they bloom profusely. 
Merced, Calif., Dec. 30, 1941. Indianola, Iowa. 




BLOOMING SIZE CAMELLIAS ARE NOT 
EXPENSIVE 
Florists have often paid us $15.00 each for Camellia plants that pro- 
duced $25.00 to $35.00 worth of flowers the first season. And each suc- 
ceeding year, these same plants yield a larger and more profitable crop 
of flowers for the owner. 
At the time this is being written, the finer corsage Camellia flowers 
are wholesaling at $6.00.to $9.00 a dozen according to trade paper reports. 
During holidays, Camellia flowers often wholesale as high as $18.00 
a dozen. 
A Camellia plant producing several dozen or more marketable flowers 
worth upward of $9.00 a dozen wholesale, represents a valuable possession 
and a gilt edge investment for the florist. 
Wherever fine Camellias are grown by the florists trade in the United 
States, “LONGVIEW” has been supplying the original plans from which 
many of these flowers are cut. 
From the time a Camellia is propogated until it comes to the stage of 
commercial flower production, it requires about 2,500 days of cultural 
care. During these seven long years, the plant must be shifted to larger 
size pots, watered daily during summer months, often syringed and fed 
with fertilizer. 
There is little of interest about a young Camellia plant to one who 
has the responsibility of its care. Only when it starts blooming in pro- 
fusion, can profits from the sale of the flowers or breath-taking thrills 
from its floral beauty be realized. 
TIME FOR SALE 
When you buy “LONGVIEW” budded, pot grown 
Camellias, you actually buy TIME. Time devoted to 
years of loving care bestowed on bringing these plants 
to flowering maturity. 
The few dollars paid for a “finished” budded plant 
represents a permanent investment, one increasing in 
| value each year as long as you live. A _ fine variety 
Camellia adds to your joy of living with quick profits 
to the florists, and there’s no years of care and waiting 
for flowers of captivating beauty. 
NOTICE OF ADVANCE IN PRICES 
Few changes have been made in our prices over last year’s list. 
In may instances you can buy plants one year older for less than 
they sold for last year. 
We will be compelled to advance all prices in our next list to be 
issued about February 1, 1943. 
Higher labor, materials and mounting taxes will necessitate an ap- 
proximate advance of 25 percent over rresent prices. 
Orders accepted from this price list, subject to stock being on hand. 
The right to advance price after February 1, 1942 without further notice, 
is reserved. 
DO YOU OBJECT TO HIGHER PRICES, ETC? 
Don’t condem our goverment for shortage of things you have been 
used to having. ... to higher cost of living and rationing. 
Just blame Adolph Schickelgruber, alias Adolph Hitler, and _ his 
epiliptic ally Hirohito, the sacred and inviolable pig of Nippon, who when 
he become Emperor, chose as the name of, his era, “SHOWA”. Translated 
from the Japanese, it means to those diabolical, insincere rats who inhabit 
Scum Island: “The Emperor of peace made manifest.” 
Don’t be mistaken. We lovegour enemies. We'd like to give the 
Japs half of the pacific. . . but let it be the bottom half, with a diving 
suit thrown in for Tojo to use inspecting his entire navy. 
BUY MORE AND MORE WAR BONDS. BUY 
THEM TODAY. Let’s get this conflict over with. 
In the meantime and for the balance of your life, to boost your morale, 
you will be engarrisoned against ennui if you grow “LONGVIEW” 
Camellias. 
Trenton, Mich. April 19-1942. 
Received two Camellias ordered My Camellias arrived in A-1 condi- 
from you in fine condition. I am in- tion, not a leaf or bud _ broken. 3 ¥ mellias from you and I want to 
deed pleased and proud of these Thanks for making such a fine se- Can not govern it long. thank you for sending such nice 
plants. R. K. P. lection for me. S 3K Si Old Chinese “Proverb. plants: G. M. 
: : ; Not 1 i : 
“An empire established by oppression of 29ng Ago we bought five Ca 
