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Hanging on our Christina Thee 
Ornamenting our Christmas tree (as they 
will the homes and gardens of your luck- 
iest friends!) are some of the choicest 
plants our lath and glass houses have to 
offer. As a matter of fact, the Christmas 
tree itself could be yours in the form of 
a STAR PINE (Auracaria excelsa) that ele- 
gantly stylized bright green living Christ- 
mas tree, to be tubbed for its early life 
to serve as your indoor tree, and then set 
in your yard to greet each successive yule- 
tide season. ($7.50 in six inch pots). 
On the lower left dangles a bizarre and 
vivid ANTHURIUM of the glossy long- 
lived blooms so arresting at the florist's. 
Our strain will grow and flower in the 
home to evoke the admiration of all. (From 
$7.50). 
Immediately above it appears the rare 
AECHMEA FASCIATA a_ spectacular- 
flowered member of the pineapple family 
whose soft pink pine-cone shaped flower, 
studded with irridescent blue ‘'jewels'’ may 
last six months surrounded by a whorl of 
silver and green leaves. For indoors or out, 
$7.50 in five inch pots. 
The single leaf above cannot begin to 
demonstrate the bold character of PHIL- 
ODENDRON EVANSII, the handsomely 
endowed offspring of elaborately cut P. 
Selloum and gigantic-leafed P. Speciosum. 
New and outstanding, $12.50. 
The uppermost pendant on our tree con- 
tains the perennial exotic favorite, a hy- 
brid CATTLEYA ORCHID, ideal for the 
lady on your list who would like to pick 
her own corsage. Blooming plants in lovely 
shades of mauve, easy to grow, from $7.50. 
Descending the tree again we encounter 
Los Angeles’ newly-selected official flower, 
the colorful orange and blue BIRD OF 
PARADISE (Strelitzia reginae) which is at 
its flowering peak during the winter months. 
From $6. 
Next, LAELIA ORCHIDS festoon our 
tree. The glossy rosy-lavender flower. 
sprays nod gracetully from hanging bas- 
kets or wall plaques, as easily grown as 
Begonias! Blooming plants from $5. 
At the right base of the tree hangs one 
of natures most startling creations, thé 
STAGHORN FERN (Platycerium alcicorne) ~ 
whose fronds are green replicas of a 
stag's antlers. Grown on patio wall, tree 
trunks, against natural stone or brick, it 
becomes more majestic as it progresses. 
Mounted on fern trunk, from $7.50. 
Topping our tree is the all-time favorite 
flower, the ROSE, and our fine bare-root 
stock of new and traditional roses will be 
available for Christmas delivery this year, 
priced from $1.25. 
Jn other houses and sections of our 
nursery you will find a complete selection 
of traditional gift plants from budded or 
flowering CAMELLIAS for the beginner 
or collector, from $2.; and the seasonal 
HOLLIES and holly-like plants, from $4.50; 
floriferous AZALEAS in many colors and 
sizes, from $2.50; and exceptional RHO- 
DODENDRONS in flower, $10. and $15.; 
to the oldtime favorites, brilliant POIN- 
SETTIAS and PEPPERS, lovely CYCLA- 
MEN, dainty Saint Paulia (African) VIO- 
LETS and gay PRIMROSES, all modestly 
priced! Gift wrapping, of course! 
We've Spread G Table 
Our little store-on-the-drive will feature _. 
a holiday table, spread not with tasty eat- 
ables, but with equally mouth-watering 
gifts for the enthusiastic gardener. |m- 
ported hand tools designed for indoor 
gardening, in light durable, rust-proof 
aluminum ($3.95); Corona shears, forged 
for precise cutting that will make pruning 
easier and more efficient (from $2.50); 
smart new aluminum flower pots for in- 
door use, ($2.50 a set); soil-testing kits, a 
must for the serious gardener ($2.98 and 
$5.89]; are but a few of the tempting 
array. : 
Designed to add to your holiday pleas- 
ure are such items as Fireplace Crystals 
($1.); Aero-Snow, a pressurized canned — 
snowstorm for your tree and decorations - 
($ .70); conlkeal candles to dispel linger- 
ina odors of tobacco, etc. ($1.). yas 
Books, practical and beautiful, for be- 
ginner or specialist; packages of bulbs, 
promising a spectacle of spring bloom; 
plant novelties, and every form of useful — 
garden equipment will be available for 
"your selection, so be sure to browse about 
when you go in to ask for a salesman. — 
P.S. Now that the weather hints of win- 
ter you may warm yourself while shopping 
with a cup of steaming coffee (with or with- 
aut cream and sugar) from our new coff 
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