PERENNIALS by TUTTLE BROS. 
For over twenty years we have been growing perennials, adding each year desirable new varieties, 
until we have acquired a collection which we are quite sure cannot be equaled in Southern California. 
We have bright flowered perennials for every location, wet or dry, hot or cold, for all types of soil, for 
borders, beds, rock gardens and dry walls. And we know our perennials! 
Please note, following descriptions, approximate heights plants will grow. 
PRICES: 3-inch pots, 15c each, $1.50 per doz., $12.00 per 100. Gal. containers, 35c each. A few varieties are slightly 
higher. 
Prices of these varieties are noted after the descriptions. 
Some varieties listed as gal. are growing in 34 gal. containers. 
NOTE: We have marked with an * the varieties particularly useful in rock gardens. 
*ACHILLEA tomentosa. Spreads a 
low evergreen mat of fern-like foliage. 
Brilliant golden yellow flower heads on 
4inch stems in summer. Showy. 
Drouth resistant. Sun. Gal. containers. 
AGAPANTHUS umbellatus. Lily 
of the Nile. Produces in summer large 
umbels of 30 to 40 flowers on fleshy 4- 
foot stems. Arching strap-like leaves. 
We have them in blue and white. Gal. 
containers, 40c. 
ALTHAEA rosea. Hollyhock. Excel- 
lent tall erect background perennials. 
Double Bright Red, Double Newport 
Pink, Double Salmon Rose, Double 
Yellow, Double White, Double Orange, 
Double Salmon Yellow. Gal. contain- 
ers, 
Single Mixed and Double Mixed. Gal. 
containers. 
ANEMONE japonica. Wind Flower. 
Remarkable perennials for late summer 
and fall bloom. Single 1 to 3-inch flow- 
ers are borne abundantly. Hardy. Shade 
or part shade. Gal. containers. We grow 
these varieties: Alba. Single white. 4-5 
ft. *Hupeh. Early flowering mauve 
rose. 11%4 ft. Margarete. Double deep 
pink, 3-4 ft. Prince Henry. Semi-double 
deep pink. 3-4 ft. Queen Charlotte. 
Flesh pink. 3-4 ft. September Charm. 
Single silvery rose. 2% ft. September 
Queen. Semi-double red. 2 ft. *Septem- 
ber Sprite. Sparkling mauve rose. | ft. 
Whirlwind. Double white. 3 ft. 
AQUILEGIA Columbine. Supply a 
wealth of bloom in partially shaded lo- 
cations in spring and early summer. 
We grow them in Blue and Lavender, 
Pink and Rose, Scarlet and Red, Yel- 
low, and White. Gal. containers. 
ASTER. Hardy perennials for sun or 
light shade. 
Frikarti. Wonder of Stafa. Finest of 
all hardy Asters. From June until De- 
cember this busy plant will produce 
continually and in abundance large 
lavender blue blooms. Plant is free 
branching. 2 ft. Sun. Gal. containers, 
40c. See illustration, page 36. 
CAMPANULA bononiensis. Pre- 
sents a charming display in summer and 
fall. Loose graceful spikes of good sized 
blue bells rise from attractive tufts of 
substantial foliage. Quite hardy. Shade. 
2 ft. Gal. containers. 
Calycanthema. Cup and saucer. Can- 
terbury Bell. Blue, Rose, White. 3- 
inch pots. 
*Poscharskyana. Handsome _ 1-inch 
bright blue flowers. Dense gray green 
foliage. Trailing. 1 ft. Shade. Gal. 
containers, 
CANNA. Excellent for showy sum- 
mer bloom in background plantings. 
The following are all outstanding large 
flowered varieties. Gal. containers, 35c. 
Firebrand. Rose pink. Richard Wallace. 
Yellow. The Ambassador. Red. Cheer- 
fulness. Bright orange beautifully edged 
with yellow. Gal. containers, 40c. 
*CERATOSTIGMA _ plumbaginoi- 
des. Bears intense blue flowers in 
great quantities through summer. Sun. 
6 in. Gal. containers. 
CHRYSANTHEMUM Astrid. A 
really exciting new dwarf hybrid of 
Chrysanthemum arcticum that forms a 
thick low mass of robust varnished foli- 
age, crowned through late summer and 
fall with single shell pink, yellow cen- 
tered flowers to 3 inches in diameter. 
Well worth growing for foliage alone. 
Hardy and disease resistant. Gal. con- 
tainers. See illustration, page 37. 
CHRYSANTHEMUM = maximum. 
Shasta Daisy. Useful for edging and for 
cutting. Sun. Gal. containers. 
Chiffon. Double 
longest when cut. 
quilled. Holds up 
1% ft. 
Pasadena. Huge single flowers on 4- 
foot stems. 
Snowdrift. Fluffy double white. 2 ft. 
Esther Reed. An outstanding 
Shasta—heavily double with a soft vel- 
Lasting flowers on 
1-114 ft. 
new 
vety smoothness. 
good cutting stems. 
tainers, 40c. 
Gal. con- 
CLIVIA miniata. Kafir Lily. In late 
winter and spring the huge umbels of 
salmon orange flowers will give you 
many a thrill. Dark evergreen strap-like 
foliage. Shade or filtered sunlight. 2 ft. 
5-gal. containers, $2.50; gal. containers, 
$1.00. 
*CONVOLVULUS mauritanicus. 
Spreading dense plant to 6-inches tall. 
Single l-inch heavenly blue flowers 
through summer. Sun. Gal. containers; 
3-inch pots. 
DELPH INUM. Pacific Hybrids. 
Light Blue, Dark Blue, White and 
Orchid. Gal. containers. See color 
illustration, page 34. 
DIANTHUS Pinks. 
the sun. 
Plant them in 
Intense fragrance. 
*Beatrix. Perfectly formed double 
red and salmon pink flowers, about one- 
half the size of a carnation are borne 
through summer and fall. Gal. contain- 
ers. 
Caryophyllus. Carnation. Plant car- 
nations in the sun and they will bloom 
through most of the year. The varieties 
offered here are the finest obtainable. 
Barbara Farr. Deep satiny scarlet. 
3-inch pots, 30c. 
Joyce. Maroon. 
3-inch pots, 35c. 
Lenora. White. Pink pencilling. 3- 
inch pots, 25c. 
Maytime. Shell pink. Strong stems. 
3-inch pots, 30c. 
Moonbeam. Clear yellow. 
plant. 3-inch pots, 35c. 
New Deal Ward. Dark pink. Vig- 
Orous. 3-inch pots, 25c: 
Opal. Pat. White with red mark- 
ings. 3-inch pots, 45c. 
Pharoah, Orange tinged with pink 
and red. 3-inch pots, 35c. 
White Maytime. Rich pure white. 
Beautifully formed. 3-inch pots, 30c. 
Blooms heavily. 
Bushy 
Evelyn. Semi-double carmine pink. 
Bloom all summer. Excellent for cut- 
ting. Gal. containers. See illustration, 
page 36. 
*Rock Garden Mixed. Dwarf types 
in mixed shades for edging or the rock 
garden. Gal. containers; 3-inch pots. 
*Ruth Elaine. The most outstanding 
of all dianthus, Through the whole sum- 
mer and fall this variety is ablaze with 
large single rosy red flowers with ma- 
roon centers. Good stems for cutting 
and remarkable fragrance. Gal. contain- 
ers. 

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