VENTURA EPIPHYLLUM GARDENS 
MONMONIER’S MINIATURES 
Theresa M. Monmonier’s Empress Hybrid 
Beautiful Miniature Flowers and Graceful Plant Growth. 
An Exquisite Cut Flower. Prices for Small Plants. 
We gave a great deal of study and 
thought in selecting the varieties to cross 
for our Empress Hybrids, not only to strive 
to obtain the finest in formation, but also 
for hardiness and floriferous qualities. 
BALLERINA: Inner petals trumpet 
shaped, salmon-pink in 3 tones; outer petals 
darker salmon, beautifully recurved. <A 
full-petaled flower of excellent form. Fast 
growing; free blooming. 75¢ 
BAMBI: Exquisite fuchsia color; darker 
center stripe toning into carmine throat. 
Inner petals trumpet shaped; deep fuchsia 
back petals long, recurving, gracefully spi- 
ralled. Flowers and growth slightly larger 
than German Empress. Tremendously pop- 
ular. $1.00 
BELLE ROGERS: Clear all-coral pink 
3- to 4-inch flowers; graceful rosette form. 
Plant growth comparatively heavy. Beau- 
tiful, unusual color. $1.50 
BETTY CO-ED: Even, sparkling, vivid 
all-pink; perfect rosette form. Smaller than 
Rosetta. Small, hardy growth. Free flower- 
ing. $1.00 
BALLERINA 
BUTTERFLY: Shades of brilliant pink 
similar to Sea Breeze. Flowers are larger 
with Jonger outer petals. Free flowering; 
fast growing. $1.00 
BUZZ BOMB: Red-orange with gold 
striping on tan background. Inner petals 
form a bell; outer petals erect. Not avail- 
able at present. 
CAROL: Very double phlox-pink varie- 
gated with white; center striping of white 
on all petals. Graceful formation; beautiful 
carriage. Compact growth. $1.00 
CHARMAINE: Clear pink; rose center; 
small, pointed petals. Fine formation. 
3-inch diameter. $1.00 
CHIFFONESE: Pink with lilac suffusion 
throughout. Inner petals wavy, semi- 
pointed. 38-inch. High lustre. Limited. $1.50 
CHIMES: Lavender-pink inner petals 
form wide cup, crimped on edges; outer 
petals longer, reflexed. High lustre. Small 
plant stems. Very graceful. $1.00 
DARLENE: Deep pink; scarlet center. 
Larger than ‘Gay Senorita” with similar 
plant growth. $1.00 
DRAGONET: Coral to purple with high 
lustre; throat crimson. Outer petals show 
prominent white mid-stripe. Shaped like 
“Sea Breeze.’ $1.00 
DRYAD: Deep rose inner petals; outer 
petals darker. Color like ‘Rosetta’; 
Deutsche Kaiserin form. Firm texture; 
high lustre. Growth flat and triangular. 
$1.00 
FAIRY-BELL. Magenta to fuchsia; outer 
petals red. 75¢ 
FILIGREE: Pink-lilac tones. Lacy pat- 
tern and color of this tiny flower are in- 
describable. Not available at present. 
GAY BAGATELLE: Tyrian rose. So 
much color in so small a flower, the small- 
est developed so far in this “Rosetta” form 
and color. Plant very small and compact. 
$2.50 
GAY SENORITA. Pale rose veined with 
dark rose, blending with scarlet throat. 
Small and dainty, truly a gay senorita! 
Deutsche Kaiserin in size and growth, but 
with broader, rounding petals. $1.00 
