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Our friends are invited to visit our gardens when touring in Cali- 
fornia. We are situated near Long Beach at the town of Paramount 
(nee Hynes) about 20 miles southeast of Los Angeles, 16613 Gar- 
field Ave. (telephone Metcalf 3-1515 if you get lost!). 
hours 8 to 5 p.m. We can not always go around with you as a nur- 
seryman is like a farmer or housewife whose work is never done and 
there are always a myriad tasks which must be at- 
tended to on time. You are always welcome to browse. 
1876 - 1949 
We have been nurserymen for three generations, 
starting in Bordentown, N. J., moving to Hollywood in 
1894 when it was yet a village of orange and lemon 
groves. My own experiences have included work with 
the Park system of Los Angeles (conservatories, wild 
gardens, etc.), student of botany and landscape archi- 
tecture at Massachusetts State University, teaching 
horticulture in the schools of Los Angeles, assistant in 
Plant Introduction in the Office of Foreign Seed and 
Plant Introduction, Washington, D. C., exploring in 
Central America, coffee planting in Guatemala and 
general plant collecting in the tropics. My wife has 
always been an active partner of our firm and our 
sons have now joined us and we all hope to continue 
deserving your friendship and patronage. 
HIGHEST QUALITY 
We strive to give you the best plants that can be 
grown and our thousands of satisfied customers who 
have patronized us through the years attest not per- 
fection but a willingness to do our best and to learn 
and improve. 
Aerial view of our t acres of specialized nurseries. 

In the foreground are lathhouses, gl 
arge quantities of cacti we are sending to the four corners of the world. 
Amazon, 
everywhere. 
and Matucana. 
Lobivia and _ Erdisia. 
gonias and Fuchsias. 
some new cereus. 
Akers’ new genus, 
dark jungle depths. 
Armatocereus, 
snow capped peaks. 
CACTUS HUNTING IN SOUTH AMERICA 
As a plantsman South America has long attracted me and when in January, 1948, 
my plane reservations to Lima, Peru, were in my hands, a boyhood dream came true. 
In two short days the lights of Lima were twinkling through the velvety darkness and 
the plane. circled into a landing. 
Akers, who for the past three years had been collecting there. 
months of constant travel and exploration. 
Arequipa in the south and across the Andes four times to the western affluents of the 
the rivers Apurimac, Urubamba, 
Near Lima grew the handsome white Pseudoespostoa, lovely Peruvocereus, 
many new Milas and Loxanthocereus, Melocactus, Armatocereus, Haageocereus, Opuntia 
South at Arequipa grew Browningia, Trichocereus, Arequipa, Haageo- 
cereus, Tephrocactus, Corryocactus and Erdisia. 
Lake Titicaca I found Lobivias, 
There I was met by a fellow cactus fan, John 
Before me were three 
I journeyed from Piura in the north to 
Huallaga and Maranon, finding new cacti 
Ascending to the cold dark waters of 
and near the ancient city of Cuzco, Trichocereus, 
At the Inca city of Macchu Picchu grew glorious Orchids, Be- 
Along the Apurimac we found Trichocereus, Erdisia and a hand- 
Back at Lima we crossed to Huancayo through a 15,800-foot pass to 
find Oroya, Opuntia floccosa, Erdisia, Trichocereus, Morawetzia, Cleistocactus and Mr. 
Azureccereus. 
Junin to Cerro de Pasco, 
a new Trichocereus, Erdisia and Espostoa. 
Epiphyllum, not to mention glorious Palms, tree ferns and the myriad beauties of the 
From Lima we flew north to Chiclayo, 
Monvillea, 
nanthocereus and a glorious new Espostoa growing to 15 feet tall. 
dry hillsides a lovely pink Bougainvillea, 
Next we flew to Ecuador, to Quito, almost on the equator, encircled by 22,000-foot 
We drove north to Colombia and south to Ambato, finding Borzi- 
cactus and Opuntia and several tall Echeverias. 
cone of lofty Chimborazo. 
many old greenhouse favorites growing in the hot, humid jungle, Eucharis, Marantas, 
Fittonia, Dieffenbachia, Philodendron, Peperomia, etc. 
with their blowpipes and 
Santo Domingo and the curious Colorado Indians and glorious Orchid filled jungles 
We crossed again over the 15,000-foot Pampa de 
dropping down the Huallaga to Huanuco, where we found 
At Tinga Maria a Rhipsalis, Cereus and 
where we found three 
Melocactus, Peruvocereus, Haageocereus, Gym- 
Here also on the 
Hylocereus, 
We were entranced by the snowy 
Then down to the Rio Pastaza, where below Banos I found 
Also the savage Jivaro Indians 
shrunken human heads. Then down the western Andes to 
with thousands of pink or white Sobralias, Epidendrums and the lovely Cypripedium 
caudatum. 
Visiting got out two days 
which we crossed, 

The past year we have much im- 
proved our facilities and now well 
over a million plants are growing in 
our frames and greenhouses and many 
new plants have been added to our 
collection which we hope to distribute 
soon. 
Sincerelv, 
HARRY JOHNSON. 
1 before the revolution, 
Medellin, we found two Acanthocereus, Opuntias and Hylocereus. Then to Panama, 
visiting the botanic gardens, 
flew around a volcano in full eruption, an awesome spectacle. 
Flying over the jungle to Cali in Colombia, where we found Rhipsalis, Piptantho- 
cereus, Acanthocereus and Hylocereus, and then to Bogota, where only Echeverias grew. 
But down on the Magdalena I found a lovely Melocactus, 
tanthocereus and Hylocereus. 
two Acanthocereus, Pip- 
We were in Bogota when Secretary Marshall arrived, but 
going to Medellin. At Antioquia, below 
seeing few cacti. In Nicaragua we 
Arriving in Guatemala 
City we crossed to Coban, where I once was administrador of 
coffee fincas. In the desert mountains near Salama I found 
Melocactus Maxonii, Cephalocereug Maxonii, two curious Acan- 
thocereus, two Lemaireocereus, and higher two Hylocereus and 
Epiphyllum. Also a lovely Agave, Plumeria, and succulent 
pink flowered Tradescantia. Back at Guatemala City we flew 
over the magnificent jungles of El] Peten to Merida, in Mexico, 
to see the Maya ruins of Chichen Itza and Ixmul. There wo 
found Selenicereus Donkelaari growing at the sacred cenote, 
clinging to the very platform from which the virgins were 
tossed to their death in the cool green waters, Also we found 
Cephalocereus, Lemaireocereus, Acanthocereus and Consolea. 
Then Mexico City and home, 
Almost all of these Cacti are now growing in my green- 
houses and will be available to collectors. 
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OUR GUARANTEE 
We guarantee to send you healthy plants, true to 
name. Our packing is efficient and plants should 
reach you in fresh planting condition. If for any 
reason plants are damaged in transit and we are noti- 
fied within 5 days of receipt we will issue a credit 
card and make replacement with your next order. 
Since any plant can be lost through improper cultural 
methods, we cannot assume responsibility for losses 
after this period. 

ass covered frames and greenhouses, the physical equipment necessary to produce 
In the background are the acres of concrete pools in which are grown our other great 
specialty, plants for your water garden, Here we have one of the largest collections of aquatics in the country. Pools filled with glorious Tropical Water Lilies, with huge 
spar} ed, white and blue blossoms, the strong plants of which are shipped in the Spring to home gardens throughout the United States and Canada. Until you have 
tried our Tropical and Hardy Water Lilies you have not known how gloriously beautiful and successful a garden pool can be. Write for Johnson’s Water Lily catalog. 
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