GARDEN DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION 
For Homeowners, Estates, Industrial Plants, a 
City, State and Federal Projects <a Ow eT, 
Most homeowners have a mental picture of the approximate effect which 
they wish to create in their gardens, but experience shows that only few 
possess the technical knowledge to choose the best and most economical 
method of achieving it. In addition to a knowledge of good design and 
arrangement, experience with the suitability of plant materials to various 
conditions is necessary, otherwise the completed garden is likely to dis- 
appoint the owners. 
Our Landscape Organization is a time-proved service, encompassing every 
phase of design and construction—from the installation of a lawn for a 
home of modest size to the complete development of a large estate, park, 
or industrial plant. 
You may select the complete service, wherein we take full responsibility 
from idea to finished product. Or, you may prefer our plan and counsel 
service, the preparation of a suitable plan, plant list, and the benefit of our 
advice, enabling you to carry out your own planting at a reasonable figure 
well within the range of your budget. 
Either way, you are assured of a pleasing and practical development. Trees, 
plants and shrubs are properly related to the architecture, to your own pref- 
erences, and to the existing conditions of terrain, soil, exposure, and climate. 
The facilities and responsibility of the West's oldest and largest nursery stand 
behind all work undertaken. 
An off-terrace view interesting the year around includes spring-flowering crabapple, 
summer-blooming vines, fragrant citrus tree and climbing roses. Imagination and a 
knowledge of plant material made this attractive corner. 
Telephone or write 
LANDSCAPE ORGANIZATION 
CALIFORNIA NURSERY COMPANY 
Niles, California 
Telephone Niles 3011 
.. + Or inquire at our nearest Salesyard, 
GLADIOLUS 
HISTORIC 
"OLD ADOBE" 
FOR SPRING 
PLANTING 
BULB 
Prices: 12 for $1.25; 100 for $8.50. 
BARCAROLIE—Finest salmon orange, ruffled. 
BEACON —Bright scarlet with cream throat. 
BLUE BEAUTY—Best of all medium blues: 
BURMA—Huge ruffled old rose. 
CHAMOUNY—Prize cerise red, silver edge. 
COMMANDER KOEHL (Pfitzer—Deep red. 
DR. F. E. BENNETT—Flame scarlet. 
FAIR ANGEL—Huge ruffled cream white. 
FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE—Fxtraordinary new 
white. 
GLAMIS—Most beautiful pink, pointed petals. 
GREENLIGHT—Huge greenish white, ruffled. 
MARGARET BEATON—Snow white, red blotches. 
PELEGRINA—Deep blue violet. 
PICARDY—Delicate glowing flesh pink. 
PURPLE SUPREME—New tall purple. 
RANGITATA—Earliest red. 
ROSA VAN LIMA—Clear apple blossom pink. 
SHIRLEY TEMPLE—Huge ruffled cream. 
SPOTLIGHT—Largest yellow, red throat. 
TAKINA—Giant light purple. 
RANCHO ARROYO DE LA ALAMEDA, 
RICH IN HISTORY 
Our Niles gardens and growing grounds are situated on land which comprised 
part of Rancho Arroyo de la Alameda, granted by Spain and confirmed by 
Mexico to Don Jose de Vallejo, first Administrator of Mission San Jose. Historic 
“Old Adobe,” now our guest lodge, once rang with the carefree laughter and 
gaiety of the Dons and their ladies in that almost forgotten time, far more than 
one hundred years ago. 
From the practical standpoint, Don Jose chose well. In early writings the Padres 
of nearby Mission San Jose mention the profusion of wild flowers that grew 
here. Blessed by rare advantages of fertile, deep topsoil and favorable climate, 
Rancho Arroyo also has excellent natural drainage and its own complete supply 
of water. Ownership of the property passed in the last century directly from 
members of the Vallejo family to the California Nursery Company, so there 
have been but two titleholders since the first days of white men in California. 
Through the years, crop rotation, the employment of nitrogen-fixing organic 
crops, and other scientific practices have maintained at this location the unique 
conditions necessary to grow plants and trees unsurpassed in quality the world 
over. 
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YELLOW HERALD—Fine new ruffled yellow. 
YELLOW EMPEROR—Reliable yellow. 
MIXED GLADIOLUS—Hand selected, choice varie- 
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