FUCHSIAS 
Please note that our fuchsias offered at wholesale are well-rooted plants grown in 2!/)” 
pots (Not 2” or 214” pots, but 2” pots). It costs us more in time, materials and space to raise 
and ship 21/2” stock, but it pays. When they reach you, our 2!/.” pot plants are ready for 4” 
or larger pots. They are stronger, better grown plants that come along faster and sell earlier. 
Our fuchsia plants are clean. No cyclamen mites, two-spotted mites, red spider mites, 
white flies, mealy bugs or other bugs on the stock we ship. We use the latest specific 
insecticides, properly applied. This refers not only to fuchsias, but to other plants listed 
here—all from 2!/.” pots and all clean stock. 
1954 INTRODUCTIONS 
For 1954 Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Hodges of Pacific Grove have again appointed us as 
their exclusive wholesale grower and distributor and we are, of course, equally pleased to 
be able to exclusively offer the new fuchsias of Mr. Horace M. Tiret of San Francisco. 
Merle and Ray Hodges raise their new seedling fuchsias in their famous Pacific Grove 
Fuchsia Gardens, from where have originated such fine varieties as Oregon Trail, Merle 
Hodges, Purple Sage, South Pacific, Royal Flush, Citation, Yankee-Doodle, and others. 
Horace Tiret is, of course, well known for his originations of former years, such as Rubeo, 
Bouffant, Swingtime, Bewitched, Enchanted, Streamliner, Lace Petticoats; not to forget his 
new ones of the 1953 season we mention just two—Coronation and Voodoo. 
Evans & Reeves and Walker & Jones fuchsias have been listed in our catalogues for 
years. However, this is the first year we have been given the privilege of helping them 
to bring out their first year introductions. 
A new name in the fuchsia field is Mrs. Carl Rasmussen, who discovered “Green ‘n 
Gold,” a sport of Glendale. 
Wherever fuchsias are grown, some of them are bound to be Reiter originations. Every 
year since 1937 many now famous varieties have come from his La Rochette Nursery in San 
Francisco. In fact, California fuchsias and the name Reiter are so closely linked that it is 
entirely needless to introduce Victor Reiter, Jr., to our customers. So it is with great 
pleasure that we announce joint introduction with La Rochette Nursery of the new 1954 
Reiter originations, listed below. You may order them all from us—we are growing our 
own plants of the 1954 Reiter fuchsias. 
The new seedlings are listed alphabetically. Price schedule is at end of descriptions, 
page 0O. 
AFTERGLOW (Reiter)—Originator’s description: This is a bushy plant of medium vigor with 
arching branches and with quantities of double flowers in the light flame colorings. The 
medium sized flowers open from cream colored buds that unfold into frilly, double, 
powder-puff flowers of unfading pale flame (HCC 23/2). The tube and recurved sepals 
are creamy, the sepals coloring pale rose with maturity, but the puffy airy petals holding 
their same pale flame coloring throughout their life. One of the most delicately attractive 
fuchsias we have ever offered: an extension of the pastel tones into pale salmons. The 
combination of flame and cream give a warmth to the flower which connoisseurs will 
appreciate. 
BETSY ROSS (Walker & Jones) Trade Mark Reg.—Double corolla a rich blue-violet. Small 
tube and outside base of upturned white sepals deep flesh color, inside sepals blush, 
tipped pale green. Low branching habit, good foliage and small-to-medium sized flowers 
produced in great abundance make this variety an ideal pot plant. 37}/2c. 
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