FIVE NEW natura owarr MIDGET REDWOODS 
AVAILABLE ON L Y FROM RARE PLANT CLUB 
The SPIRE 
Solitary, this Midget grows bushy at the 
base, with spire Slender and ereet. If 
crowded, it is more spire-like. The small 
leaves are light-green, linear like flattened 
needles, arranged either in complete spi- 
ral arrangement, or in V-shaped fronds. 
Leaves have either a graypgreen back oF 2 
faint silver. Older bark grayish-brown. 
Younger shoots have a brownish scaly berk 
overlayimg green, each seale terrmating 
in a linear leafhet. 
Root-sprouts may be eut off below ground 
and rooted easily as cuttimgs-or allawed to 
grow to make a dense clump or hedge. 
Growing this tree as a spire is best, as 
the Compacta variety is far better where 
dense growth is desired. Ideal for a tub 
tree, Christmas tree or for dwarfing. 
The COMPACTA 
Foliage and bark like the SPIRE, but the 
trunk forks, with many more branches-- 
grows dense and bushy with rounded shape. 
Removing the tip or leader buds, makes it 
more bushy. Root-sprouts may be allowed 
to grow to make a dense clump of tiny 
trees crowded close--or for a hedge. 
May be developed as a rounded shrub, by 
nipping off leader buds at tips. Makesa 
beautiful lawn specimen, a perfect tub 
tree, or a very dense living Christmas 
Tree, Makes a superb DWARF, either as 
a solitary, or as a clump of miniatures, 
for a larger dish. 
Dense clumps of Compacta in nature, hint 
that this Midget should make one af the 
finest of evergreen hedges, with litthe root 
spread trouble. 
The RUSSET 
Foliage light-green tinted with reddish-tan 
--making a uniquely beautiful russet mini- 
ature accent tree. We have seen nothing 
like it, in the thousands of native and im- 
ported plants grown in California. 
Bushy when young. When older, tends to 
drop its lower limbs and carry a rounded 
crown atop a slender trunk -- especially 
when crowded or in a DRY location. 
Appears to be the ONLY drouth-resistant 
tree in the Redwood group-grows in rocky 
adobe soil, wind, and hot, dry spots. Yet 
those we have here, have retained their 
russet color, even during our 4 FEET of 
winter rains! 
A unique lawn specimen, tub-tree or ideal 
for dwarfing--stands hot- dry conditions. 
