FUCHSIAS 
Please note that our fuchsias offered at wholesale are well-rooted plants grown in 2)/,” 
pots (Not 2” or 214” pots, but 2!/,” pots). It costs us more in time, materials and space to raise 
and ship 2!/,” stock, but it pays. When they reach you, our 2!/,” pot plants are ready for 4” 
or larger pots, or gallon cans. 
1955 INTRODUCTIONS 
For 1955 Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Hodges of Pacific Grove have again appointed us as 
their exclusive wholesale grower and distributor and we are, of course, equally pleased to 
be able to offer the new fuchsias of Mr. Horace M. Tiret of San Francisco. 
Merle and Ray Hodges raise their new seedling fuchsias in their famous Pacific Grove 
Fuchsia Gardens, from where have originated such fine varieties as Oregon Trail, Merle 
Hodges, Purple Sage, Royal Flush, Citation, Red Cap, Lilibet, and others. 
Horace Tiret is, of course, well known for his originations of former years, such as Rubeo, 
Swingtime, Enchanted, Streamliner, Lace Petticoats, Coronation, Voodoo, not to forget his new 
ones of the 1954 season we mention just two—Gay Paree and Wee One. 
Fuchsias by Brand, Jack Evans, Fuchsia-La, Haag, Hazard, Nelson and Waltz have been 
listed in our catalogues for years. This year we are pleased to add three new names as 
introducers of new fuchsias. Robert C. Erickson of San Jose for “San Jose,’ Leo A. Lee of 
Costa Mesa for “El Camino,” and R. A. Weber of Milwaukie, Oregon, for his “Golden 
Marinka.” 
Another new introduction, Pink Parfait, is featured on our list. While Clement Schnabel’s 
fine varieties of past years have been prominent in our catalogues, this is the first time we 
are introducing a brand new variety for him. 
This year again we have the pleasure of joint introduction with Victor Reiter, Jr., of his 
new 1955 originations. You may order them all from us—we are growing our own plants of 
the 1955 novelties listed below. 
The new seedlings are listed alphabetically. Price schedule is at end of description, 
page 7. 
BALI HI (Tiret)—Double corolla starts violet blue, opens to mauve-blue; tube and broad, 
upturned sepals white. Hanger with good foliage and an abundance of medium large 
flowers. Bali Hi stood the warm weather in Palo Alto quite well. 
BERKELEY (Reiter)—Originator’s description: This one is a large-flowered, free-blooming, 
vigorous variety. The opulent flowers of globular petalage and large recurved sepals hang 
in hundreds on a fast growing healthy plant. The flowers are basically brilliant Tyrian Rose 
but there is considerable seasonal variation in their coloring with marblings and edgings of 
varying intensity in the cooler season. The tube and sepals are paler than the petalage 
setting it off to advantage. We have introduced this one at the request of Mr. George 
Budgen to fill the requirements of a good plant suitable for cultivation and worthy of the 
name of our eastbay city, Berkeley, whose official flower is the fuchsia. “Berkeley” is a 
fuchsia for everyone, easy to grow, free and showy in flower and vigorous. 
CHEROKEE (Hodges)—Double corolla with large center petals and smaller out petals, many 
somewhat pleated. Flower opens purplish, then turns to a rosy hue with a smoky overcast 
toward petal edges. All petals are attached at the base to the broad deep pink sepals, 
causing the corolla to spread out flat as the sepals turn up. Exceptionally strong grower 
with dark foliage, best used as an espalier or hanger. Large flowers of most unusual shape 
and showy coloring. 
