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FOUR RARE TREES 
to PLANT or DWARF 
BIRD‘’S NEST 
CYPRESS 
Chamaecyparis lawsoniana 
—var. nidiformis 
Dense variety of grace- 
ful Lawson Cypress—s0 
to 100 ft.—likes water. 
Horizontal branches ra- 
diating from dense cen- 
ter. Few pests or dis- 
eases. Zones 5 to 10. 
Also fine for dwarfing— 
foliage like cedars. 
Sizes 1-2. Prices A. 
MIDGET 
ALBERTA SPRUCE 
Picea albertiana 
—voar. conica 
Dense midget evergreen 
from Canada. Very 
hardy. Zones 2 to 10. 
Foliage fine, medium- 
green. Slow - growing, 
larger in mild climate. 
Plant in any state. Su- 
perb for dwarfing or as 
tub tree. Easy to dwarf. 
We also have them 5 
years old, already 
dwarfed. See our dwartf- 
ing folder. 
Sizes 1-2. Prices B. 
 KOSTER’S 
BLUE SPRUCE 
Picea pungens 
—var. albertiana 
The lightest blue of the 
Colorado blue spruces— 
foliage bluish - white— 
grafted to insure color. 
A broad pyramid — 
grows about one ft. per 
year. Plant in any state 
—Zones 2 to 10. Stake in 
early years to insure up- 
right growth. May go to 
100 ft. Dwarfs easily to 
rugged shape. 
Size 2 only. Prices B. 
“Living Fossil’ 
GINGKO 
Gingko biloba 
Ancient Chinese tree— 
fern-like leaves show 
relationship to ancient 
tree-ferns and cycads. 
Grew in N. America ten 
million years ago. May 
grow to 120 ft. —huge 
downtown 
Boston.. Deciduous — 
Zones 4 to 10. A favorite 
in Orient for dwarfing. 
Sizes 2-3-4. Prices A. 
GET THESE BOOKLETS 
MUCH of the 3 information in these two 
booklets, on ‘Redwood Trees and how to 
“GROW them, is NOT available anywhere 
else. It was gathered from five years of 
world-wide correspondence--from GROW- 
ING Redwoods--and from letters sent us 
by people who are growing our Redwood 
Trees--in the U, (re Europe , Asia, Africa, 
Australia and | South America. These book- 
lets cost thousands of dollars! 
Wyou Too Can Grow A Redwood Tree''--by 
W. Warren Anderson. 16 pp., 11 photo 
illustrations, 6x.914, paper cover--$.50 
Founder. of the Rare Plant Club scores 
FOUR FIRSTS: (1) Photos of BOTH Calif. - 
ornia Redwoods up to a century old, grow- 
ing in eastern U.S. (2) Describes the com- 
plete ''Redwood Family", 15 species plus 
21 varieties, (3) Tell w to GROW them 
in other climates than California. Tells 
where you can get baby Redwoods, SIX 
species NOW, others soon. Wherever the 
ground freezes in winter, the SPECIAL 
CARE described, is INDISPENSABLE! 
“15 REDWOOD TREES and Where They 
Grow. By W. Warren Anderson. ONLY 
published description, photos and winter. 
hardiness data of. the. ~15.Redwoods (Taxo- 
Ciaceae ‘that are still living -- with sizes~ 
and prices of these ready to ship. 6 x 9-- 
postpaid-$. 30 
We also have Three Folders--10¢ each. 
“€ MIDGET REDWOODS--the five NEW vari- 
eties of natural dwarf Redwoods discover- 
ed in California. We alone have them. 
in adie 
YOU CAN DWARF TREES--tells how to 
get 20 baby-trees to dwarf, and handbook. 
- "Redwoods of the Past’’—by Dr. Chaney, 
University of California Professor who saw 
the Dawn Redwoods in China. 8 pp., 10 
photo illustrations and world map showing 
where fossils of the Dawn meeeaed and 
Coast Redwood have been found. The au- 
thentic story of the famous Metasequoia, re- 
cently found alive in China, after it had 
been believed to be extinct for 20 iinet ae 
years! 
_Our CATALOG of RARE PLANTS — 25¢ 
postpaid. Does not include baby trees for 
DWARFING—-get our DWARFING Folder 
10¢ postpaid. 
BOOKS 
BIG TREES. By Walter Fry, U. S. Commis- 
sioner and John R. White, Supt. of Sequoia 
National Park. xvi-- 152 pp. 40 photo illust. 
Sz x 842 cloth—-$2.50. Fry lived beneath the 
Giant Sequoias 50 years-White 18 years. 
REDWOODS OF COAST & SIERRA. By James 
C. Shirley —- 84 pp. 28 photo illus. 6x92 
boards—-$2.00 Forester and botanist, former 
ranger-naturalist in Yosemite Park’s Mari- 
posa Grove of Sequoias, has studied them 25 
years. Includes data on 13 members of Red- 
wood family. 
BONSAI Miniature Potted Trees. 
Kobayashi, 
By Norio 
_pub. by Japanese Government. 
177 pp. 109 photo illustrations. 514x714 
cloth cover, with tree order-$2.25; Alone 
-$2.75 postpaid. 
