Other Deciduous Shrubs 
Plants in this section will be dug bare roots unless otherwise specified. 
CERATOSTIGMA minus (C. polhilli) (7.) As we imported this in 1937 we have had plenty 
of time to become charmed with its beauty. Dainty is the word for it! Much branched 
with extremely slender shoots. Probably won’t get much over 3 ft. tall. A most indefati- 
gable and continuous bloomer from early spring until late fall. Having notched triangular 
petals the flowers are shaped like a Maltese cross. Color is a soft pastel blue. Butterflies 
love this shrub and can almost always be found on it. Pot grown 12-15 in. 85c. 
CHIMONANTHUS praecox grandifloraa IMPROVED WINTERSWEET (7). This is a 
rare large flowering form of the plant known as Calycanthus praecox or Meratia praecox 
so greatly esteemed for its very early, intensely fragrant yellow flowers. Here it usually 
Pie Remit in early December and continues into spring. 3-4 ft. $2.00, 134-2 ft. 85c, 
-lY4 ft. CG 
*CORNUS florida rubra, RED FLOWERING DOGWOOD (4). The form of the Eastern 
Dogwood with pink or reddish “flowers.” Growth erect. In the warmer parts of California 
it should have partial shade and mildly acid soil. Autumnal foliage tints are gorgeous, 
surpassing the natural white flowered form. 5 gallon can 3-4 ft. $3.50; gallon can 2-2% 
ft. $2.00. 
*DAPHNE genkwa, LILAC DAPHNE (5). This had become so scarce that we had a 
hard time getting even a start on it. Four years ago we imported plants from the Orient 
and have been working up a stock since. The large lilac-blue flowers are borne all along 
the last foot of the branches, mainly before the leaves appear. In climates like ours it is 
semi-evergreen at least in mild winters. A charming uncommon shrub attaining about 3 
feet. Balled 18-24 in. $2.50, 15-18 in. $2.00, 12-15 in. $1.50; pot grown 8-12 in. $1.25, 4-6 in. 
$1.00. 
MERATIA—See Chimonanthus above. 
*PAEONIA suffruticosa, TREE PEONY (5). Called Tree Peony because unlike the com- 
mon herbaceous forms, it makes wood and becomes a real shrub of very slow growth. We 
have been growing them 14 or 15 years but mainly by raising seedlings from imported seed 
collected from the finest named varieties in the gardens of the Orient. It requires patience 
plus as the first flowers usually appear the sixth year but sometimes not until 10 years or 
even more! We never sell a plant until it blooms. We then give each a number and make 
a record of color, size, petalage, etc., so it can be sold the following year. Grading is based 
on excellence of flower, the top rating being XXXX (equal to the best named varieties) 
and lowest X. This season we can offer only 7-year-old field grown balled plants in XXXV 
(just under the top) and XXX grades at $7.00 and $6.00 respectively. Colors now available 
are white, many tints and shades of pink, with a few reds. (There are no whites in XXXV 
grade this season.) In ordering give your color preference and if pink whether light or 
dark and we will make suitable selection. 
STYRAX japonica, JAPANESE SNOWBELL (5). Look out! This is not Snowball, but 
Snowbell, so called from the very handsome white bell-shaped fragrant flowers borne on 
long stems in leafy racemes. The plant has a very graceful habit. Pot grown 1-1% ft. 75c. 
VIBURNUM. In G. A. ’42 we took a chance on prophesying that the new and at present 
little known Oriental species would soon become decidedly popular. We still think so as 
“they have what it takes.’ This year we describe a few below and quote others in Part II. 
V. betulifolium, BIRCHLEAF VIBURNUM (5). A large shrub of erect rapid 
growth; its blue-gray branches are decked with glossy birch-like leaves. The white 
flowers are of no particular consequence but are followed by great masses of red 
berries in large clusters. 4-5 ft. $3.00, 3-4 ft. $2.25; gallon can 2-3 ft. $1.00; pot 
grown 1%4-2 ft. 75c. 
V. dilatatum, LINDEN VIBURNUM (5). A handsome shrub of moderate size. 
It bears large clusters, four to six inches wide, of white flowers followed by glis- 
tening vivid red berries which remain long after leaves fall, sometimes all winter. 
Plants offered have been grown from seed so show some variation. 2-2% ft. $1.50, 
1-1% ft. 85c; pot grown 2-2% ft. $1.00, 1%4-2 ft. 85c. 
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