
WEIGELA 
MAGNOLIAS 
Magnolia soulangeana. The large lily-like flowers of Chinese Mag- 
nolias are becoming more esteemed each year. They come at the 
end of the winter before the leaves. Outstanding flowers, beautiful 
rose-red margined with white. Give plenty of water and a good soil. 
Magnolia soulangeana nigra. Large dark purple flowers. Inside of 
cup-shaped flower lighter purple in color. 
Magnolia stellata, Star Magnolia. Neat growing small tree or large 
shrub. Free flowering in spring. Flowers 3 to 4 inches across, com- 
posed of many narrow pinkish white petals. 

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POMEGRANATES 
Punica granatum, Double Flowered. Flowering Pomegranate. A 
good size shrub with light green foliage and many double bright 
red flowers all summer. Drought resistant after established. Does 
well in interior areas. 
Punica granatum nana, Dwarf Flowering Pomegranate. Never 
reaches a large size. Excellent for low formal hedges or as a low 
shrub in foundation plantings. A lively little plant with red flowers, 
interesting red fruits, but small stature. 
SPIRAEAS or BRIDAL WREATHS 
Spiraea Anthony Waterer. Low 3-foot shrub, covered with masses 
of flat topped clusters of rosy-red flowers. Summer. Very hardy. 
Spiraea reevesiana, Double Bridal Wreath. Hardy shrub with grace- 
ful branches, light green leaves and masses of showy white double 
flowers of exquisite beauty. 
Spiraea vanhouttei. This well known shrub is grown in every part 
of the country. Hardy even in the most severe places, it graces the 
long arching branches with pure white flowers in such profusion as 
to suggest snow banks. 
LILACS 
Syringa persica laciniata, Cut-leaf Persian Lilac. The most reliable 
of all Lilacs for bloom in California. Good size clusters of real lilac 
flowers in spring and early summer. Blooms consistently. 
French Lilacs. Grafted plants of the best varieties in the following 
colors: White, lavender, purple and blue in both single and double. 
COMMON SNOWBALL 
Viburnum opulus sterile. This well-known hardy shrub is easy to 
grow in California. Abundant white globular flowers in May and 
June. Sun. 
WEIGELAS 
Weigela Bristol Ruby (Pat. 492). Rich ruby red trumpet-shaped 
flowers all summer. This new Weigela is one of the best yet devel- 
oped and far superior to the old Eva Rathke. Hardy. Sun. 
Weigela rosea. Large clusters of bright pink flowers in spring and 
early summer. 
All Deciduous Shrubs are hardy in California 

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