You'll Enjoy a Visit te Better Gardens’ Nursery le 
Whether you are a new home-owner 
needing a complete landscape service, 
from plan to planting, or are already so 
‘’planted’’ you could barely find room for 
one more shrub, you will find pleasure 
and profit from a browsing-tour of our 
very complete Nursery. 
Besides Azaleas and Camellias, our spe- 
cialties include: 

HIBISCUS, RED MONARCH 
CYMBIDIUMS 
Ask for our current Cymbidium List, 
issued quarterly. 
GARDENIAS 
The lovely, waxy-white, intensely fra- 
grant double blossoms of the ‘Cape Jas- 
mine” reach their perfection on bushes of 
the Mystery strain of Gardenia grandi- 
flora. These healthy, evergreen bushes 
thrive in full sun or partial shade through- 
out the West. 1-gallon containers 90c; 
5-gallon containers $3.50. Packing and 
shipping extra. 

STRELITZIA, BIRD OF PARADISE 
HIBISCUS 
The shrub with all the superlatives: 
the largest flowers; the widest range of 
colors and shades; the longest season of 
bloom . .. practically the year-around; 
one of the fastest-growing of all shrubs, 
and one of the easiest to grow! Many of 
the colors and varieties are still scarce and 
little known, however, and BETTER GAR- 
DENS takes pride in being able to offer 
this most complete selection. Prices are 
for l-gallon and 5-gallon container 
plants, respectively. 
Agnes Gault. Coral pink single. $1.00; 
$3.50. 
American Beauty. Rich rose-pink single. 
$1.50; $3.50. 
Apricot Single. Medium-large soft or- 
ange. $1.00; $3.50. 
Bali (Crown of Bohemia). 
ange. $1.50; $4.00. 
Butterfly. Bronze yellow, rich red center. 
$1.00; $3.50. 
California Gold. Yellow, tipped orange 
single. $1.50; $4.00. 
Glorious. Yellow, copper, and gold single. 
$1.50; $3.50. 
Kamepuaa. Coppery-orange and lilac sin- 
gle. $1.50; $4.00. 
Kate Sessions. Immense coral-red single. 
$1.75; $4.50. 
Kona (Double Agnes Gault). 
pink. $1.00; $3.50. 
Luna. Large crepy buff-yellow single. 
$1.50; $3.50. 
Oahu. Bronzy-coral, brown center, single. 
$1.00; $3.50. 
Orange Double. Deeper than Bali. $1.00; 
$3.50. 
Pride of Bel-Air. 
$1.50; $4.00. 
Purity. Fragrant pure white single. $1.50; 
$3.50. 
Red Double. Medium-large, 
$1.00; $3.50. 
Red Monarch. Huge double, muted deep 
red. $1.50; $4.50. 
San Diego Red. Vivid 
$1.00; $3.50. 
Von Kleinsmid. Clear 
$1.50; $3.50. 
White Wings. White with red eye, single. 
$1.00; $3.50. 
Double or- 
Double 
Purest yellow single. 
rosy-red. 
scarlet single. 
double yellow. 
UNUSUAL PLANTS 
Every garden is different, and requires 
special consideration and treatment. For 
this reason, BETTER GARDENS carries 
a most complete and varied stock of per- 
ennials, ferns, shrubs, and trees. We be- 
lieve that our trained landscape men can 
find the solution to YOUR problem from 
this extensive and unusual collection. 
INDOOR PLANTS 
From a very complete stock of foliage 
plants for indoor home decoration, Our 
plant stylists create beautiful and long- 
lasting miniature-garden effects in a wide 
choice of pottery, copper, and brass bowls, 
wall pockets, terrariums, etc., Or in your 
own container. 

PHILODENDRON CORDATUM 
ROSES 
Dormant bushes, climbers, and three- 
bud tree roses are available during Janu- 
ary and February; similar types available 
in 5-gallon containers balance of year. 
(Ask for our 1949 Rose List.) 
SPECIMEN MATERIAL 
Large shrubs, well-established in large 
pots and tubs, not only can give you a 
desired immediate effect, but will greatly 
add to the enjoyment of a patio, outdoor 
living-room, or garden picture if allowed 
to remain in the container. 
BETTER GARDENS has scores of choice 
- specimens for your selection. For instance: 
Aralia Sieboldi. Immense glossy-green 
“tropical’’ foliage for shade. 
Azaleas. Come in see our large specimens 
in bloom in early spring. 
Camellias in tubs and barrels. 
Ficus nitida, the outstanding glossy- 
leaved, slow-growing evergreen. 
Gardenias, with their fragrant flowers, 
rich green foliage, and compact, bushy 
growth. 
Laurus nobilis, the Bay Tree. Ideal for 
standard trees. 
Meyer Lemons, for their bushy growth and 
ornamental fruit. 
Podocarpus, the Fern Pine. Use for lacy 
effects against a shaded wall; or for 
screens; or for an Oriental touch. 
Trees. BETTER GARDENS spccializes in 
evergreen shade trees, with representa- 
tive specimens in large tins, and large 
and small boxes, in the nursery for your 
convenience. 

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