@ onrovia NURSERY COMPANY... ..224..%; Monrovia, California 
2¥4" Pot 1-Gal. 5-Gal. 
SOPHORA secundiflora. Texas Mountain Laurel (7) meg .60 2.50 
Evergreen shrub or small tree that bears violet-blue flowers dur- 
ing February to April. Flowers have a violet fragrance. The silvery- 
gray pods open to show the red seeds late in the fall. 
Spots... .30 
SPARMANNIAtafricana (9) 22) 17.2" 50175 
White hairy tree or shrub of Africa with alternately toothed or 
lobed leaves, having white flowers with yellow stamens. Moderate 
temperature, plenty of light and air. 
SPARTIUM junceum. Yellow Spanish Broom (7) = 54090 1:65 
Many bright green slender: branchlets almost devoid of leaves. 
Produces yellow flowers most of the year. Thrives on the desert or at 
the seashore. 
SPATHODEA campanulata. African Tulip Tree (10) eee | 50 
Eye-catching, large scarlet cup-shaped flowers appear in winter. 
Rapid growing—very rare. 
SPIRAEA Anthony Waterer. Dwarf Pink Spiraea (4) = 15 .40 ~~ 1.65 
Dwarf deciduous shrub about 2 feet tall, with compact growth and 
flat heads of rosy-pink flowers. Full sun. 
Spiraea aponica coccinea (4) 2 te 15 cae 
Small shrub similar in growth to Spiraea Anthony Waterer, but 
richer and cleaner in color. Blooms continuously through summer— 
flowers are a rose-red color. Almost evergreen. 
Spiraea prunifolia. Shoe Button Spiraea (4) a fey are bt oes 
A comparatively small shrub, seldom growing more than 4 to 5 
feet. It is of spreading, upright growth with graceful branches which 
are wreathed in early spring with double white flowers along the 
stems. Deciduous. 
Spiraea reevesiana (S. cotoniensis). Double Bridal Wreath (4). .15. —_ .40~—s*‘1..65 
Deciduous shrub to 5 feet with arching branches covered with a 
profusion of clusters of double white fiowers in spring. Hardy. 
Spiraea van houttei. Bridal Wreath (4) 15 .40 1.65 
All over the country in spring, blooming spiraea is widely planted 
and relished for the festoons of tiny white single flowers. 
STENOCARPUS sinuatus. Firewheel Tree (10) os 
Native to Australia, but grown outdoors in Southern California. 
Having bright red flowers hanging in heavy umbels. 
STEPHANOTIS floribunda (10) .25 .65 
A twining vine with leathery shiny leaves and pure white fragrant 
Waxy flowers, 3” pot... .40 
STRELITZIA nicolai. Bird of Paradise Tree (10). eee 61,00 74g be 
The flowers of this plant are of such exotic form and coloring as te 
suggest the head of a cockatoo. Has white flowers with blue tongues 
and flowers freely without special care. The foliage is similar to a 
banana, but more leathery and withstands wind and weather well. 
Strelitzia reginae. Bird of Paradise (10). .30 1.00 2.50 
The flowers have realistic bird-like heads in orange, blue, and pur- 
ple, that bloom during the fall and winter. Large banana-like leaves, 
leathery and tropical looking. 3” pot _____- .50 
BING Arpersicca ridthnaway (4). 17% .50 1.75 
An attractive lilac having long dense clusters of fragrant lavender 
flowers in early spring. This originated at the Hathaway Nurseries, 
Visalia, California. 
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