Iam very happy to announce my association with Mr. E. K. Balls the noted 
English plant collector and specialist in rock-garden construction, whose intro- 
ductions from the Near East, Africa, Central & South America have so enriched 
the gardens of England and the U.S.A. 
Lan Ore Ww WTir 
PLEASE READ BEFORE ORDERING 
In California sow wild flower seed at the beginning of the rainy season. 
Californians order early. If the land can be watered, seed may be sown up 
to the end of April. In eastern gardens sow in Spring as soon as the ground is 
workable. Rake the seed lightly into ground which has been dug or plowed and 
then smoothed over. 
Terms are cash with order or we will send C.O.D. if one-third is paid as 
a deposit. Please use enclosed order blank and give substitutes for the amount 
of fresh seed of some species is small. Postage is prepaid in U.S.A. only. Seeds 
are insured only at the customer's request. We take no responsibility for safe 
carriage. 
California Customers note. California law requires that a 2¥%2% retail 
sales tax be paid on every purchase. Please add 242% to your order or we 
must refer back to you before shipping. This is required for shipment to Callif- 
ornia addresses only. 
We have a large number of seeds of native species which are in too small 
quantity to catalogue or were obtained too late to be included. Please send us 
your requirements, if you do not find them listed. 
Lester Rowntree and E. K. Balls give no warranty, express or implied, as 
to description, purity, productiveness or any other matter, of any seeds we sell, 
and we will not be in any way responsible for them. 
PRICE OF PACKETS TWENTY-FIVE CENTS UNLESS OTHERWISE INDI- 
CATED. 
TRADE PACKETS 50 CENTS. 
PRICES SUBJECT TO CHANGE. 
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SHRUBS 
The following shrubs are evergreen except where marked ‘‘d"’ for deciduous. Some 
shrub seed are sent out in the pod as they loose their vitality when shelled. 
ACACIA CONSTRICTA. 6 feet. Round heads of bright yellow flowers, fragrant. Dry mesas 
of the southwest. Hardy. d. 
A.FARNESIANA. Sweet Acacia. 9 ft. Fragrant yellow flowers. Will do well with less dry 
conditions. 
A. GREGII. Catclaw. To 7 ft. Fragrant yellow flowers. Stands drought and sun. __ d.. 
ADENOSTOMA FASCICULATUM. Chamise. 4 feet. Spreading habit. Short crowded linear 
leaves. White spiraea-like bloom. Chaparral slopes. 
ARBUTUS MENZIESII. Madrono. Tree, 30 feet. Red to vermillion bark. Magnolia-like 
leaves. Clusters of white, waxy, urn-shaped flowers. Large red berries. Mountains of 
northern California to 4,000 ft. Hardy. 
ARCTOSTAPHYLOS. Manzanita. Evergreen shrubs with crooked branches, dark red, 
smooth and glossy. Varying from small trees to mat-forming creepers. They have urn- 
shaped flowers and decorative berries. An important part of the Chaparral growth which 
clothes the slopes of the California hillsides. All are of high value for form in the garden. 
ARCTOSTAPHYLOS ANDERSONII. 4 to 12 ft. tall, with a distinct trunk. Large leaves borne 
thickly along branches. Flowers pale pink in large, dense clusters. Coastal hills central 
and northern California. 
A. ANDERSONII var. AURICULATA. 6 ft. Crowded, over-lapping leaves with marked basal 
lobes. Thick terminal clusters of white flowers. Large, russet berries. Very local in 
coastal mountains of central California. 
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