Our complete CATALOG of RARE PLA 
RARE PLA 
25¢ postpaid Published every little while by the OCT. 1954 
RARE PLANT CLUB, KENTFIELD, CALIFORNIA, U.S.A. 
These REDWOODS Grow In ALL STATES 
These two trees of the Redwood Family are NOT evergreen, but deciduous. Because they 
shed their leaves in winter, they are hardy in-all states and even in southern Canada. 
Dawn Redwoods are growing in S. E. Alaska, Wisconsin and New England. The Bald- 
cypress has been growing in Portland, Maine and in Syracuse, N. Y. for half a century. 
Fossil remains show that these two trees once grew over much of Europe, Asia and North 
America. As an accident of geological history, the Dawn Redwood survived only in 
China—and the Baldcypress survived only in our southern states, where it has learned to 
grow in swamps that would kill most Redwoods. 
The Baldcypress is the FIRST tree of the Redwood Family—a new family name of TAXO- 
DIACEAE was created for it by British botanists in the early 1800's. The Dawn Redwood 
is the LAST tree of the Redwood Family, having been found still alive in China, only 
about ten years ago. 
Today, there are perhaps 10,000 Dawn Red- 
woods growing in the U. S.—and only 1,000 
in China. One of our baby Dawns ten inches 
tall was planted near Milwaukee four years 
ago. It has stood 38 below zero and is over 
fifteen feet tall today. In warmer climates, 
they grow even faster! It MUST have water 
plus DRAINAGE! 
NOW—one or more species of our Redwoods 
are growing in 45 states—you too can grow a 
Redwood tree! 
Ls 4 7 
Ps bid * 
BALD CYPRESS Potted Size 3 Potted Size 3 DAWN REDWOO 
: Metasequdia 
Taxodium glyptostroboides 
distichum 
