
GERALDTON WAX FLOWER— 
CHAMAELAUCIUM CILIATUM 
YESTERDAY AND TODAY 
Brunfelsia floribunda, Yesterday and Today. Bushy, well rounded 
shrub with lustrous green foliage and flowers throughout the year. 
Flowers open blue-violet fading through lilac to almost purée white. 
Fragrant, they last well when cut. Sun or partial shade. 20°. 
BOXWOODS 
Buxus japonica, Japanese Box. Best taller growing Box for Southern 
California. Rounded glossy green leaves and lush dense growth. 
Always neat and attractive. Trimmed specimens available. Sun 
or shade. Hardy. 
BOTTLEBRUSH 
Callistemon viminalis. Beautiful large weeping shrub with bril- 
liant red brushes on drooping branches. An excellent shrub for 
specimen since it will stand more water. Hardy to 15°. 
Camellias 
Rare and Unusual Varieties 
$3.00 and up, depending on size and variety. 
Many other varieties, including novelties, available at the Nursery. 
Alba plena. Finest of all white camellias. Fully double flowers often 
6 inches across. Lovely and delicate. 
Colonel Firey. The finest of all red camellias. The flat flowers are 
a rich glowing crimson often 6 inches across. 
Dearest (Finlandia). Popular semi-double white of exceptional 
beauty. Porcelain texture of the petals is beautiful with yellow of 
stamens. 
Debutante. One of the finest newer varieties with beautiful fully 
double ball-shaped flowers in a delicate shade of pink. Ideal as 
a corsage flower. 
Emperor of Russia. One of the more unusual red camellias. Large 
outer petals appear to enclose two or three smaller flowers, which 
really are the twisted and recurved smaller central petals. Bright 
scarlet. Dwarf habit. 
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Julia Drayton. Huge flowers, often 7 inches across, are uniformly 
brilliant scarlet, beautifully veined. Double with high pointed 
center. Very fine. 
Kumasaka. Large loose double rose-pink flowers with a pleasing 
fragrance. Center petals curled and twisted but showing the 
golden stamens. Many large flowers; good growth. 
Pope Pius IX. Large double red flowers. Good growth, light col- 
ored foliage. New and rare, one of the best in our list. 
Prof. Sargent. Unusual scarlet flowers. Fully peony-type. Free 
flowering variety. Semi-dwarf. Rates among the top few of camellia 
elite. 
Standard Camellia Varieties 
$1.50 and up, depending on size and variety selected. 
Alba superba (John G. Drayton). Best semi-double white. Pure 
white with enormous petals. Flowers 4 to 5 inches across. 
Amabilis. Tall growing shrub producing dainty single white flowers. 
Early flowering. 
Belle Romana. Large light pink double flowers profusely striped, 
splashed and pencilled with crimson. Popular and rare. 
Chandleri elegans. Largest and most popular peony-flowered ca- 
mellia. Soft rose with a center of tightly curled petals, often show- 
ing white markings. 
Cheerful. Clear bright cherry red. Very double medium size 
flowers. Late and profuse in bloom. Sturdy shrub. 
Ornamental evergreen shrubs of exquisite beauty and highly 
prized for their flowers during the winter months. After 
blossoming the dark green glossy foliage and dense habit of 
growth make an attractive appearance in the garden. Many 
varieties listed here are much sought after for their scarcity 
is well known. 
Camellias are easy to grow in a shady, sheltered location, an 
acid soil with good drainage in which generous quantities 
of leaf mold or peat have been added. They require generous 
amounts of water during the growing season but this should 
never become stagnant for lack of drainage. Withhold water 
and fertilizer during the dormant season when the flowers 
appear. All are hardy in southern California. 
CAMELLIA CHANDLERI ELEGANS 

