California Flowerland 
ORCHIDS and EXOTICS 
For California Gardens or Conservatory 
EPIDENDRUM O’BRIENIANUM 
This lovely orchid grows easily in the garden or in pots in rich soil with good 
drainage, preferably in a half-shaded location. It blooms the year around, the 
exquisite miniature orchid blooms 
produced in long sprays or long 
stems. Wonderful in floral arrange- 
ments and long lasting. Grow them 
outdoors in California and in win- 
dow gardens in the East. Price, pot-  « Aly 
ted plants, each $1.50. 

CYMBIDIUMS 
CY MBIDIUMS 
Easily grown, Cymbidiums produce great 
sprays of real corsage size orchids, in many 
lovely hues of pink, claret, amber, chartreuse, 
bronze. Flowers are in great demand by florists 
for making corsages, especially for daytime 
wear, and last many days in floral decorations. 
What a delight to grow your own orchids! No 
glass house is needed; plant them in well-drained 
soil in partial shade, or grow them in pots. In- 
structions for growing Cymbidiums sent with 
each order. 
We have a wonderful selection of strong potted 

clumps, Each $15.00. Large blooming specimens, a VEN me 
$25.00 to $75.00. : A . 
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blooms are produced on these odd plants. They will 
flower in pots and are ideal for porch and window 
boxes. As easy to grow as begonias or geraniums. 
They have glistening, satiny petals in vivid shades 
of orange-red, pink, salmon, rose, some with violet 
ORCHID CACTUS throats. Potted Plants, blooming size, Each 50c. 

BILLBERGIA 
Among the most interesting plants 
that can be grown in California gardens, 
or in pots as house plants in the East. 
They are of easy culture, growing in 
filtered sunlight, such as in a lath house 
or where the branches of a tree provide 
partial shade. They may be grown in the 
ground, or in pots, or pockets among 
rocks. They prefer a soil .lightened by 
peat moss or leaf mold. 
BILLBERGIA NUTANS. See illustration. 
Few flowers lend themselves to such de- 
lightfully unusual arrangements, the 
combination of colors in the flowers and 
bracts are almost unbelievable, combin- 
ing jade green, deep metallic blue, and 
old rose. In 4-inch pots, Each $1.00. 
BILLBERGIA HYBRIDS. Similar in habit, 
but combining new colors in the bracts 
varying from rose to scarlet, and the 
pendant blooms are various shades of 
blue, green, with bright red marks. Some 
are exceedingly spectacular. Each $1.50; 
in bloom, $2.50. 
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