collectors 
botanical 
often find here a’few RARE plants available nowhere else. 
i sita tes, 
and plant 
parks 
gardens, 
DOUGLAS FIR 
(California) 
Pseudotsuga taxifolia 
Giant lumber tree of the 
Pacific Coast—to 300 ft. 
May grow to 35 ft. in 20 
years. Not as hardy as 
the Colorado Douglas 
Fir. Zones 6-10 or Zone 
5 if protected when 
young. An excellent 
companion for Red- 
woods. One of the best 
ornamental evergreens, 
a fine Christmas tree in 
a tub. May be sheared 
_for hedges. Fine for 
dwarfing, has few pests. 
Prefers plenty of water, 
plus good drainage. 
Sizes 1-2-3-4-5. Prices A. 
Other Trees Now Ready 
For ZONE 6 or warmer For ZONE 7 or 
ITALIAN CYPRESS 
Cupressus sempervirens 
The world’s tallest slen- 
der evergreen, narrow 
column to 75 feet. Dark 
green foliage like juni- 
pers. Plant as solitary 
specimens, as a pair at 
gates, of 10 ft. apart as 
a wall of green. Our 
trees grown from seed 
from famous Mokelumne 
Cemetery in Gold Rush. 
Wood durable as Red- 
wood, lasts centuries. 
Zones 7-10. Dwarfed, 
makes accent tree in 
any collection. Sizes 6-7- 
8. Prices A. We hope to 
have small ones soon. 
For ZONE 7 or warmer 
MONTEREY 
CYPRESS 
Cupressus macrocarpa 
Famous wind-blown ev- 
ergreen of Monterey 
seacoast— one of the 
best for ocean winds. 
Grows to 75 feet—then 
it spreads to as much as 
90 ft. wide, often with 
trailing branches. Fine 
for windbreaks and 
stands pruning for 
hedges. Foliage like ju- 
nipers, dark green. A 
favorite for dwarfing— 
easy to train to rugged 
shapes, stands abuse. 
Cones small, crumble to 
bits. Zones 7-10. 
Sizes land 5. Prices A. 
MONTEREY PINE 
Pinus radiata 
World's fastest-growing 
pine—to 100 feet. We 
have one 30 ft. tall, 8 
years old from seed. It 
stands ocean winds, 
long, hot, dry summers. 
Fine companion tree for 
Redwoods. Is now the 
leading lumber tree of 
rainy New Zealand — 
logged in 25 years! 
Needles 3 in a bundle, 
4-6in., bright green. 
Zones 7-10. For dwarf- 
ing, it grows’ shorter 
needles, stands abuse, 
easily trained to rugged 
shapes. 
Sizes 1 to 8. Prices A. 
For ZONE 9 or warmer 
~HORSEHAIR TREE 
Casuarina equisetifolia 
Not a pine, but called 
Australian Pine in Flor- 
ida where it makes tall 
windbreaks along ca- 
nals, growing 3 to 5S ft. 
per year. Probably 
world’s best salt-water 
- and alkaline - resistant 
tree — unsurpassed for 
planting in salt marshes 
or alkaline deserts. Can 
live in 10 inch rainfall 
oron stream banks. 
Needles fine as horse- 
hair, in plumes like the 
Cassowary bird for 
which it was named. 
Fine for dwarfing. 
Sizes 2 to 8. Prices A 
JELECOTE’S PINE 
Pinus patula 
World’s most beautiful 
small pine. Needles fine, 
flexible, light green, to 
12 in. long. Droop-like 
green silk threads, open 
crown giving light 
shade, a decorative | 
specimen to 50 ft. or 
more. Grows in damp 
shady canyons in Mex- i 
ico, stands sun if well 
watered. Hardy only to 
20 above. Zones 9-10. For 
dwarfing, grow to 12 in. 
or more, needles droop- 
ing to table top. Very 
rare in U. S. and very «© * 
different. 
warmer 
Sizes 1 to 5. Prices A. she Pe 
