ENJU NURSERY «rs wisroey 
In 1907 Mr. and Mrs. Fred G. Petersen started a 
small nursery selling chiefly fruit trees. The rich 
Sacramento Valley was new and many farmers were 
still blasting stumps from their recently cleared lands, 
making way for orchards and grain and their new 
homes. Very few ornamentals were sold from Lindo 
Nursery but as a hobby and with a love of flowers, 
Fred Petersen collected and grew Camellias, a shrub 
and flower he had learned to love in the big European 
nurseries where he served as an apprentice when a boy. 
His collection of these beautiful flowers grew and with 
it his reputation as a grower of fine varieties. His 
won the first prize at the first Camellia Show in Sac- 
ramento, and the Lindo Nursery has maintained the 
start he gave and boasts a fine array of Blue Ribbons 
from Camellia Shows in the years to follow. The 
collection of Camellias grew and the hobby started 
in 1910 has grown to a collection of more than 500 
varieties. It has become the chief specialty of the 
Lindo Nursery, now under the management of George 
F, Petersen, the son, who like his father, has made 
Camellias his hobby as well as his business. 
Visitors are welcome to come to Chico and see the 
West’s most famous collection and in late February 
and early March the array of blossoms under lath is 
a beautiful sight. 
POLLECTUHS SEND USsy.OURS PROBE IS 
For years this nursery has catered to those who are 
making a hobby of collecting fine Camellias. We con- 
tinue to increase our collection of rare varieties so that 
we may offer an ever greater number to the collectors. 
By long experience we have weeded out the undesir- 
able varieties and offer the finer ones. You may be 
assured of an honest opinion on the relative merits of 
varieties we offer. 
As Camellias have frequently been misnamed and 
several synonymous names may be given to a variety, 
collectors complain of duplications. Every effort is 
made to avoid sending duplicates. Great care is exer- 
cised to appraise our customers of duplications in their 
orders. 
We further urge you to send us your Camellia 
problems. We will gladly help where possible, re- 
gardless of whether these problems:are cultural or such 
as choosing a suitable color range. It is also possible 
for us to help you to choose varieties that will give a 
blooming season of six or seven months. Few flowers 
will provide bloom for so long a period. 
We are always glad to help you with your Camellia 
problems and invite your correspondence. 
