
DOUBLE FLOWERED TEA TREE 
HOLLY 
Ilex aquifolium, English Holly. For Christmas decorations this Holly 
resembles the traditional American Holly with its spiny leaves, bright 
glossy dark green and bright red berries on the female plants. 
Porous soil, preferably partly shaded. Hardy. 
Two Very 
Useful 

MEYER LEMON 
Ornamentals 
Ilex cornuta, Chinese Holly. Differs in the broader leaves with 
fewer spines. Nice dark green foliage and as a berry bearing 
shrub very showy. Perhaps a little more desirable than the English 
Holly for California gardens. Very hardy. 
Ilex cornuta burfordi. This holly is adapted to the milder climates. 
Has the deep dark green foliage although almost without spines 
and clusters of bright red berries in winter. Excellent for Christ- 
mas berries. Very hardy. 
SWEET SPIRE 
Itea ilicifolia, Holly-leaved Sweet Spire. One of the finest dwarf 
shrubs—to 3 feet and spreading. The holly-like dark green leaves 
densely clothe the graceful stems and conceal the tiny fragrant 
white flowers. Hardy to 15°. 
LANTANAS 
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 glori- 
fies 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. Hardy to 25°. 
Dwarf varieties. Yellow, white, Radiation (orange-red), pink. 
Tall varieties. Orange, white, and pink. 
Lantana sellowiana, Trailing Lantana. Mauve flowers cover this 
foot high trailer most of the summer. Freezes out in places but 
readily comes back. Sun. 
TEA TREE 
Leptospermum laevigatum, Australian Tea Tree. Graceful shrub 
with long curving branches, fine greyish-green leaves, and small 
white flowers in spring. Dry soils with good drainage and sun. 
Makes an excellent windbreak. Hardy. 
Leptospermum reevesi (L. laevigatum compactum). A compact 
growing shrub with slightly greener foliage. White flowers. Hardy. 
Leptospermum scoparium flore pleno, Double Tea Tree. Erect 
branches, finely cut foliage and double bright rose-pink flowers 
often 34 inch across make a very showy shrub in spring. Hardy. 
TEXAS RANGER 
Leucophylium texanum. Dwarf shrub growing 3 to 4 feet high with 
soft bluish green leaves and violet-purple flowers in late summer. 
Full sun, it is fine for dry places. Very hardy. 

