CAMELLIA SASANQUA 
The popularity of the Camellia sasanqua has 
grown tremendously in the past decade. It is a fine 
evergreen shrub with beautiful flowers in the fall. 
Its foliage is small, dark shiny green with slender 
branches. It gives a softer tone and adds to the 
artistry of the landscape. There is no plant, in our 
opinion, more suitable for the southern garden than 
the sasanqua. 
The Sasanqua blooms in the fall, from September 
to December, and before the severe freezes. There- 
fore, it can be planted in a wider territory than the 
Camellia japonica and comes into bloom when nothing 
else is in color. It is much hardier than the japonica 
and grows in more different soils and withstands to 
a greater degree excess or lack of moisture, fer- 
tilization, etc. There is a large demand for the Sasan- 
qua as understock for grafting and it is probably the 
best understock. 
We offer the following two beautiful varieties 
which we have in very limited stock: 
SHISHIGASHIRA .. .. Imported from Japan. 
Flower semi-double to double, somewhat im- 
bricated, small, 2 to 2% inches in diameter. 
Color beautiful dark crimson red. Blooms No- 
vember to December. Foliage thick, dark 
green. Very slow grower and dwarf natured. 
Recommended highly for the small garden and 
also very suitable for pot culture. 
USU BENIL .. . Identical with Usuiro Kantsubaki. 
However, “Tsubaki” means Japonica, so tem- 
porarily we are calling this variety “Usu Beni” 
or light pink. This variety may be the same 
as Showa-no-sakae but we have not been 
able to trace it and do not definitely know yet. 
Flower semi-double to double, loose peony 
form. About 3 inches across. Color soft pink 
with some white variegation. Leaves very 
thick, deeply crenulated, extra dark green. 
Slow grower and dwarf in nature. 
12-18 in. l-year graft $ 8.50 each 
18-24 in. l-year graft 10.00 each 

CLEOPATRA .. . Semi-double, peony type, 3 inches 
in diameter. Rose pink in color. Very compact 
grower with dark shiny green leaves. Best for 
screen planting as well as individual specimens. 
DAWN .. .. Hardiest of all sasanquas. Blooms with- 
stands the severest freezes. Buds are perfect when 
others are frozen. Semi-double, ivory white with 
2 aA 
