
ESCALLONIA ORGANENSIS 
ESCALLONIA 
Excellent evergreen shrubs of neat growth and good dark green 
foliage. They have showy flowers in large clusters. For open 
situations. Escallonias do especially well along the coast. Sun 
Escallonia montevidensis. Large glossy leaves and good size clus- 
ters of pure white flowers. About 6 feet high. Late summer and 
fall. Gallon container $1.00. 
Escallonia organensis. Erect shrubs with spreading branches. Fo- 
liage thick, flowers light pink. Gallon container $1.00. 
Escallonia rubra. Red Escallonia. Decidedly compact; foliage 
large dark green; flowers deep red. Gallon container $1.00. 
EVONYMUS, Golden 
Euonymus aureo-marginatus. A dwarf compact shrub that is 
hard to beat. Rounded glossy leaves margined in golden yellow. 
Stands shearing well and can be clipped into different shaped 
shrubs or hedges. Slow growing, excellent for foundation plant- 
ing. Gallon container 85c, 5-gallon container $2.75. 
GARDENIA 
Delightfully perfumed and much used for corsages cut simply 
to perfume the house. They are easy to grow in sun or partial 
shade when planted in a soil composed of leaf-mold, peat and 
sand. Drainage should be the best. Don’t cultivate around the 
roots, instead spread a mulch of leaf-mould to keep the soil 
moist at all times. 
Gardenia grandiflora. Mystery. Improved form with large double 
flowers. Profuse during summer, off and on throughout the year. 
Gallon container $1.25, 5-gallon container $3.50 and $5.00. 
HIBISCUS 
Lush glossy green foliag2 and abundant bloom tn summer. Give 
plenty of sun and a rich soil. 
Agnes Gault. The most popular flowered single pink. Flowers 
often measure 6 or 7 inches across. Gallon container $1.25, 
5-gallon container $4.50. 
Brilliante. Light scarlet, very bright and colorful. Gallon con- 
tainer $1.25, 5-gallon container $4.50. 
Crown of Bohemia. Beautiful double golden yellow. An excel- 
lent variety. Large plants in 5-gallon containers $5.00. 
Choice Selected Colors. We have several colors available. All 
are showy large flowered types, some very lovely shades. Single 
and double types. Gallon container $1.50, 5-gallon container 
$4250: 
LANTANA (Also see page 4.) 
Lantana camara. One of the indispensable shrubs for California. 
The uses to which it may be put in the landscape scheme are 
simply astounding—to cover banks, trained against walls as a 
vine, aS a ground cover, in pots, and even as a specimen shrub. 
It glorifies the space it occupies with brilliantly colored flowers 
that seem to change shades as they mature but never become 
unsightly. Full sun, little care will make them at home. Of course 
they like a drink now and then. Orange and red, pink and yel- 
low. Gallon container 85c. 
LAVANDULA, Lavender 
Lavandula vera, English Lavender. Dwarf compact shrubby plant 
with greyish aromatic foliage and tall slender spikes or bluish- 
violet flowers. Gallon container 85c. 
LIGUSTRUM, Privet 
Ligustrum lucidum, Wax-Leaf Privet. Very compact; glossy 
green foliage. Gallon container 85c, 5-gallon container $2.75. 
Ligustrum oralifolium, California Privet. Compact grower, fine 
for hedges. Available in two sizes. Plant 12’ apart. 
First size: Price per doz. $2.00; per 100 $13.50. 
Second size: Price per doz. $1.50; per 100 $10.00. 
NANDINA, Heavenly Bamboo 
Nandina domestica. Not a Bamboo but the foliage does resem- 
ble a small variety in many ways. Leaves light green tipped with 
pink and copper in early spring and assumes a vivid red in 
autumn. Bright crimson berries in generous clusters are showy. 
Gallon container 85c, 5-gallon container $2.75. 
PLEROMA, Princess Flower 
Pleroma grandiflora. Velvety bronze hairy leaves, reddish stems 
and very large purple flowers, often 3 inches across, in fall and 
winter. Showy and beautiful, does best in slightly acid soil. Gal- 
lon container $1.25, 5-gallon container $3.50. 
PITTOSPORUM (Also see page 8.) 
Pittosporum tobira. Handsome spreading shrub with glossy 
dark green leaves, clusters of fragrant white flowers in spring, 
followed by small yellowish pods which open to show the bright 
red seeds. One of the most useful ornaments for the west coast. 
Gallon container 85c, 5-gallon container $2.75. 
ROSEMARY 
Rosmarinus officinalis. Another in the group of fragrant foliaged 
plants. Used since ancient times as an “‘herb’’. Narrow dark 
areen aromatic leaves and light blue, almost white, flower. Gal- 
lon container 75c. 


PLANTS THAT MAY WELL BE USED WITH ANY OF THE 
ABOVE GROUP AND PLANTS FOR SPECIAL USES. 
CONIFERS (to enrich any plantings). Birdnest Cypress, Pfitzer 
Juniper, Spreading Yews, Mugho Pines. 
PLANTS FOR HEDGES. California Privet, Berberis, Viburnums, 
Pittosporums, Euonymus. 
PLANTS FOR SLOPES. 
Plumbago. s 
Star Jasmine, Australian Blue Bell, 



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