PLEASE READ BEFORE ORDERING 
In California sow wild flower seeds 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 form 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 a 242% 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 California 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 in this list. Please send us your require- 
ments if you do not find them listed. 
Lester Rowntree & 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 INDICATED. 
TRADE PACKETS 50 CENTS. 
PRICES SUBJECT TO CHANGE. 
Please Note: This list is Supplementary to our list of 1948. and should be used in con- 
junction with that list. 
SEED MIXTURES : 
California’s increasing population is sending many people into the deserts and coastal 
areas where special climatic and soil conditions make new forms of gardening important. 
We are prepared to make up seed mixtures to meet these, and other, special conditions. 
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TREES & SHRUBS 
The following are evergreen except where marked ‘’d” for deciduous. Some shrub 
seeds are sent out in the pod as they loose their vitality when shelled. 
CEANOTHUS JEPSONII. Musk Brush. 2 to 4 ft. Intricate, stout branches. Gray bark. Small, 
holly-like leaves yellowish-green above gray beneath. Flowers blue. Warm, open, 
rocky slopes in full sun. Central California. 
C. HYBRID. PAPILLOSUS X TOMENTOSUS var OLIVACEUS. To 6 ft. and as much through. 
Flowers blue. Leaves whiteish beneath. For dry, sunny gardens. 
C. HYBRID. “THEODORE PAYNE”. To 15 ft. A cross between C. arboreus and C. spinosus. 
Rich blue panicles to 8 in. long. Plants from this seed may show considerable variation. - 
50 cents per packet. 
CERCIDIUM FLORIDIUM. Palo Verde. 15 to 35 ft. Shrub or tree. Yellow branches and 
gray foliage. Yellow flowers. One of the best trees for the desert garden. Sandy washes 
of the Colorado Desert. 
CERCOCARPUS MINUTIFLORUS. San Diego Mountain Mahogany. To 10 ft. Multistemmed, 
spreading towards the tops. Small, hard leaves and tiny flowers. White-bearded seeds. 
Southern San Diego County. 
CNEORIDIUM DUMOSUM. 2 to 3 ft. Stiff, erect habit. Small leaves. Clusters of fragrant, 
white, single flowers. Fruits reddish-brown % in. globular. Whole shrub richly aromatic. 
Attractive all the year round. Chaparral of San Diego County. 50 cents per packet. 
DIPLACUS LONGIFLORUS. 2 ft. Bushy habit. Flowers in shades of indian and saffron 
yellow. Very long blooming season. Foothills of southern California. Hardy. 
ENCELIA ACTONII. 2 ft. Rounded bushes. Leaves gray. Flowers golden yellow 2 in. 
across. California deserts. “ae 
E. FARINOSA. Incensio. 3 ft. Broad rounded habit. Numerous large, golden-yellow flowers 
on leafless stems rising 12 in. above the silver-white foliage. Southern California deserts. 
ERIODICTYON CRASSIFOLIUM var NIVEUM. To 5 ft. Large, white woolly leaves. Wide 
flattened heads of lavender flowers. Dry gravel ground. 2000 to 6000 ft. San Luis Obispo 
County. 50 cents per packet. Hardy. 
ERIOGONUM CINEREUM. 2 ft. Small gray leaves. Flowers pale pink on dainty sprays. 
Coastal foothills. Southern California. 
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