' NEW PLANTS 
We specialize in rare plants that 
you do not find in most nursery cat- 
alogs. Such rare plants usually cost 
more to produce. It takes several 
years to get a new plant, learn how 
to grow it, get a supply ready. Our 
list of rare and imported plants is 
continually expanding — we hope 
to have other new plants ready 
each year. 
NEW PLANTS we hope to have SOON. 
A black-and-gold velvet ''sweet-pea". 
A "camellia" that contains BLUE. 
A "crysanthemum" that grows on a bush. 
Several orchids native to Greenland! 
World's Only 
GREEN ROSE 
ROSA CHINENSIS - VAR. VIRIDIFLORA 
Probably the most ancient form of rose-- 
has not yet learned how to make petals. 
Soft, yellowish - green sepals, slightly 
twisted, surround the stamens--each with 
a cherry-red stain at its base. As bloom 
matures, it turns more-yellowish inside, 
and the red stains become streaks, making 
a weird, unique rose--a strange novelty. 
Typical rose leaves, medium sized and 
thin. Moderately thorny stems. May be 
trained as bush or climber. Potted plants 
from Cuttings, small but vigorous growers. 
A FEW now ready. Each-$4.75. 
The REDWOOD ROSE 
ROSA GYMNOCARPA 
One of the world's smallest wild roses, 
Dainty weeping bush ideal for dwarfing in 
a pot--or may be grown to 10 ft. tall in 
favorable location planted. Small, neat 
leaves, moderate prickles. Flower wild 
rose color and sh2;e, little odor. 
Blooms early, in deep shade of giant Red- 
wood trees-acid oak-leaf mold next best 
to Redwood humus. Same culture as ferns. 
We have some potted three years. We hope 
some day to offer this rose DWARFED-- 
as it should be even better. Each-: $3.50 
ROBERT LOUIS 
STEVENSON VIOLET 
Nearly a mile high on Mount St. Helena, 
on the path to the old Silverado mine, 
climbed by Robert Louis Stevenson in his 
honeymoon days, when he wrote "Silverado 
Squatters'' -- we found this white violet. 
The path was carpeted with violet plants 
so tiny they looked like a dichondra lawn. 
The leaves’ were 1/4 inch diameter and the 
violets only about 1/8 inch size. Beside 
the path, they were average sized plants 
and flowers, which suggests that this vio- 
let can be planted, grown as a pot-plant, 
or DWARFED. Miultiplies fast, by both 
seeds and runners. Large potted plants- 
$2.75 each.. Small plants-$1.00 
