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A rosarian's dream of surpassing beauty and boundless
vigor comes true in this leader of the world’s finest roses.

by Armstrong Nurserles, Inc.

Copyright 1940

Genuine “Armstrong Ciirus”
are individually labeled, and
the name Armstrong Nurser-
ies is on each label.

The Armstrong
Seedless
Valencia Orange

This is the second season in
which trees are available to Cali-
fornia planters of a summer ripen-
ing Orange without seeds—The
Armstrong Seedless Valencia. The
ordinary Valencia universally used for sum-
mer orange juice contains from four to eight
seeds, usually six or eight, which must be
strained out each time that juice is squeezed.
We feel that this seedlessness is a valuable
characteristic which will be welcomed by
the housewives of the country.

In appearance the Armstrong Seedless
Valencia is similar to the ordinary Valencia,
but possibly finer textured, with much less
rag and a little better quality. The original
tree has been observed over a period of
eight years, never failing to bear a heavy
crop of beautiful seedless fruit, and the va-
riety has been reproduced and tested in
other locations with the same results. Al-
though an occasional seed may be found,
you will have to hunt through hundreds of
fruits to find one.

California's winter ripening Navel Oranges
have long been popular and famous be-
cause of their seedlessness, and now seed-
less Oranges may be had throughout the
year. You can throw away your orange
juice strainers when you have this new
Seedless Valencia in bearing.

Each Per 10
l-year trees.... : $20.00
DEX CATMITC CS eee eee 2.75 22.50

10 assorted citrus sold at the 10-rate; write
for prices on 25 or more trees. See ‘Home
Citrus Trio,’’ on page 3

The Armstrong Seedless Valencia is pro-
tected by U. S. Plant Patent No. 124. Every
tree sold carries a tag bearing this number,
and unless it does carry such a tag, it is
not a genuine Seedless Valencia.

The New
Armstrong Seedless

Valencia Orange

See Above

U. S. Plant Patent
No. 124

Above, in color, is shown the Armstrong
Valencia Orange. When cut in half, these
fruits show only clear, crisp, juicy flesh, with
no seeds in evidence. Compare this fruit with
the ordinary Valencia illustrated at the right
with several seeds showing. Why have to
bother to strain out these seeds? Grow your
juice seedless on the trees.

COMPARE THE FRUIT ABOVE WITH THE ORDINARY VALENCIA (AT RIGHT)

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Armstrong Select
Citrus Trees

There is a Difference

Not all citrus trees are the same. You have seen some
orange trees loaded down with high quality fruit and others
that were scrubby things with little or no fruit on them and
that possibly of an inferior type. Care after planting has a
lot to do with it (that is up to you), but in most cases the
kind of mature tree you get is determined by the kind of
young tree you plant (that is up to us).

For 51 years (under the same management) Armstrong
Nurseries have been furnishing superior citrus trees to the
orchardists and home planters. Many of the finest and larg-
est producing orchards in this state are planted with Arm-
strong-grown trees.

We Claim No Magic

No magical secret methods are involved
in the production of this superior type of
citrus tree by the Armstrong Nurseries but
painstaking attention to the details of seed
selection, rigid grading of seedlings, mod-
ern bud selection methods and careful
growing and digging practices produce an
Armstrong tree which is inherently vigor-
ous and productive. Every tree will estab-
lish quickly for you for it is taken up with
a big ball of light soil around the well-
developed roots, insuring adequate mois-
ture penetration after planting. Armstrong
citrus trees have won first prize at the Los
Angeles County Fair (the biggest in the
United States) for the last seven years, so
plant Armstrong prize-winning citrus and
five, ten or twenty years from now you
will still be well pleased with the results.

New Varieties

New varieties of citrus are continually
being introduced and improvements in
existing varieties being made. We are con-
stantly testing, growing and offering for
sale trees of these new kinds when we
feel that they are worth while. Only from
the Armstrong Nurseries can many of these
little known but delicious citrus fruits be
obtained.

When to Plant

Citrus trees can be planted at almost
any time during the year in California,
although the spring months are prefer-
able. Trees are supplied with a burla
wrapped ball of earth on the roots, auch
trees weighing from 40 to 60 pounds each.
Bare root trees may be supplied if spe-
cially requested and we make shipments
to distant points with bare root trees to
save transportation expense.

Shipments Abroad

With our careful methods of packing,
we ship citrus trees safely to any part of
the world, and Armstrong trees may be
found growing and producing in all of the
citrus-producing countries in the world, in-
cluding Palestine, U.S.S.R., Morocco, South
Africa, India, Australia, Spain and the
countries of Central and South America.
For such shipments the earth is removed
from the roots and the tops cut back to
reduce weight.

Mandarin Oranges
(TANGERINES)

The Mandarin Oranges, or Tangerines, as
they are more popularly called, are splendid
fruits for home planting because of the heavy
crops of sweet, juicy, uniquely-flavored fruit
which they produce and which is liked by all
the family.

Price on Mandarins (Except Clementine)
2-year trees................... $2.75 each, £25.00 per 10
Boxed ispecimens= aaa $15.00 each

We particularly recommend the first two
Mandarin Oranges listed below, Kara and
Kinnow, which were originated by Dr. How-
ard B. Frost of the University of California
Citrus Experiment Station at Riverside, and
which were first offered by us two seasons
ago. We think they are just about the finest
eating of all the citrus fruits—or maybe we
should say drinking—because these beautiful
golden, thin-skinned Mandarins are bursting
with unbelievable quantities of the most de-
licious, sweetest and richest flavored juice
that ever trickled over the palate. How full of
vitamins they must be, and what a pleasant
way to take them.

With their exceptionally rich flavor, their
large size, their long ripening season (Jan-
uary to May) and their heavy bearing quali-
ties, they put all of the other Mandarins in
the background.

Kara Mandarin. This hybrid between Sat-
suma and the King Mandarin is the largest of
these two new varieties. Its beautiful rich
orange flesh, while firm, is exceptionally ten-
der and juicy, and so sweet and rich in flavor
that it can be diluted fifty per cent with
water and still taste better than most citrus
juices do taken straight. It is an entirely new
flavor in citrus fruits. February to April.

Kinnow Mandarin. These smooth-skinned,
glossy, yellowish-orange fruits are a little
smaller than the Kara, but both in tree and
fruit this variety is the most beautiful in
appearance. The tree is a heavy bearer,
producing great quantities of the handsome
delicious fruits, exceedingly juicy and full of
flavor. January to April.

Clementine Mandarin (Algerian). An
early Tangerine, ripening just after
Satsuma and long before the others,
bearing large quantities of its deli-
cious, sweet, medium size fruit. Its
dark green, glossy, compact foliage
makes it one of the most beautiful of
citrus trees. December to March. 1-
year trees only, $2.50 each, $22.50 per

Satsuma (Owari). The hardiest or-
ange that we grow, and for this rea-
son can be planted where other citrus
fruits will not succeed. It is also the
earliest Tangerine to ripen, maturing
long before Christmas, and its big
flat, loose-skinned deep orange fruits
are sweet, tender and juicy. The tree
is a dwarf, seldom more than 10 feet
high, bearing while very young. No-
vember to March.

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Kara Mandarin

You can get more juice
out of these beautiful
golden orange fruits than
you would believe possi-
ble, and you will find that
the juice has the most de-
licious flavor of any citrus
fruit that you have ever
eaten. These are strong
statements, but we have
seen so many people open
their eyes and smack their
lips when they first taste
these delicious fruits that
we have little fear of be-
ing contradicted.

Both of these new Man-
darins—Kara and Kinnow
—are not only delicious to
eat and bear heavily but
are different in flavor.

Every Armstrong Citrus Tree carries an

Armstrong label.

Myrtle-Leaved Orange

Myrtle-Leaved Orange (Chinotto Orange).
This is not a tree but a beautiful small orna-
mental fruiting shrub which becomes about 8
feet high, rounded and spreading, densely
foliaged with most handsome, little pointed
myrtle-like leaves, graceful in habit, loaded
every winter and spring with beautiful little
golden yellow fruits. The fruits are a little tart
to eat but make splendid marmalade, and on
the French Riviera they are highly prized
when candied. Quite hardy (15°), it grows
easily almost anywhere, and we consider it a
very valuable fruit, ornamental for the gar-
den. Balled, bushy plants, $2.50 each; gal.
containers, $1.00 each.

es
Otaheite Orange

Otaheite Orange. Splendid for a small pot
or tub plant either for outdoor or conserva-
tory use is this dwarf Orange. It makes a
spre@ding little plant with the characteristic
handsome deep green citrus foliage, and
bearing, even while very small, quantities of
small 2-inch orange-yellow fruits, of no value
to eat, but-exceedingly ornamental. Quite
hardy and will thrive in a comparatively small
container for a long period ot time. 5-gal.
containers, bushy, 11/,-2 ft., $2.00; gal. con-
tainers, 75c.

Meyer Lemon

Big, yellow-orange fruits, full of
juice, borne on a handsome tree
with larger, more fragrant blooms
than most citrus trees And the
Meyer is much hardier than other
Lemons, growing easily almost any-
where in California. See complete
description on page 4.

Kumquat

Nagami Kumquat. This little semi-dwarf
tree from the Orient has a great abundance
of its small, golden orange, olive-shaped
fruits scattered over its rounded head of deep
green foliage during most of the year. The
tree seldom becomes more than 8 feet high,
bears almost immediately after planting and
is perfectly hardy almost anywhere in Cali-
fornia. Until you have tasted Kumquat mar-
malade, you have not eaten the best. Two-
year trees, $3.00 each. Boxed specimens, $15.00.

Eustis Limequat

Eustis Limequat. A cross between the Lime
and the Kumquat. The fruit resembles a light
yellow Lime and is thin-skinned, firm, very
juicy, almost seedless, and is delicious when
used like the Lime for beverage purposes.
The tree is small, of rapid upright growth

producing fruit almost immediately after plant-
ing, and bearing exceedingly heavy crops.
Ripens through six months ot the year.
ier than the Lime. Two-year tre

Hard-

es, $3.00 each.

Bearss Seedless Lime
First Choice for Home or Commercial Planting

Home Citrus Trio Offer

Every family needs and uses winter oranges, summer
oranges, and lemons during the entire year. Every real
California home planting should include one or more trees
of these healthful vitamin-giving citrus fruits, and, of course,
you will want to plant only the best. To make it easy,
therefore, for every home planting to include at least one
tree of each, in the very best varieties, we have arranged
this Home Citrus Trio at a special low price. It includes the
following three varieties:

Robertson Navel Orange. Delicious seedless Navel oranges
on a heavy producing, early bearing tree ripening through-
out winter and spring. California's finest winter orange.

Armstrong Seedless Valencia. Delicious juice oranges
throughout summer and fall. The only summer orange with-
out seeds.

Armstrong Seedless Lemon. A lemon as fine in quality as
any that can be grown, with the additional feature of no
seeds to fish out of the juice.

One tree of each of the above varieties (regular single
rate value $8.25) in the large, 2-year size for $6.75. Ask for
the “‘Home Citrus Trio.”

Armstrong Citrus

The Piquant Limes
Everybody knows that limeade is one of the most delicious and
refreshing of all drinks. Lime trees grow rapidly and bear fruit almost
at once and continue to produce heavy crops. They are more sus-
ceptible to frost than other citrus fruits, and in colder sections the
Eustis Limequat (see page 2) or the Calamondin (see opposite page)
should be planted since their fruits will serve the same purposes as

those of the lime.

The Best Lime

Bearss Seedless Lime. This is the
largest and finest of all, predominai-
ing at the present time in both com-
mercial and home plantings. It has all
of the good qualities one could ask for
in a Lime, producing heavy crops of
beautiful, seedless, highly acid fruits
with rich Lime flavor, ripening most of
its fruit in the summer when Limes are
most in demand. The tree is large and
vigorous, almost thornless, and slightly
hardier than the Mexican. Limes have
been the best paying citrus fruit in re-
cent years. One-year trees, $2.00 each,
$15.00 per 10; 2-year trees, $2.25 each,
$17.50 per 10; boxed specimens, $15.00.
Write for prices on 25 or more trees.

Mexican Lime. This old favorite Lime
is still the best known variety in Cali-
fornia. Its small, light green, oval
fruit, strongly acid and richly flavored,
is just the right size for one drink of

ade. The semi-dwarf trees bear ex-
tremely heavy crops, ripening all
through the year. This variety and

Bearss are the two commercial Limes.
Two-year trees, $2.25 each, $20.00 per
10. Write for prices on 25 or more trees.

Sweet Lime

Sweet Lime. The fruit of this vari-
ety has the characteristic Lime flavor,
but the juice is so sweet that it may
be taken without sugar. Large, yellow,
very juicy fruits which look like a
shortened lemon. A large, handsome
tree which bears enormous crops of
fruit, and is considerably hardier than
either Bearss or Mexican. You will
find this fruit excellent to eat any time
out of hand and that the juice makes a
most refreshing and unusual drink
l-year trees, $2.00; 2-year trees, $2.25.

This Is the Way Your Armstrong Grapefruit Trees Will Produce

This photograph of a cluster of 47 Marsh Seedless grapefruit was taken in June,
1938, on a young Armstrong tree. Mr. J. C. Watt, in charge of our Citrus Depart-

ment, views the results of his efforts.

Bearing Citrus Trees

We call particular attention to the
large Fruiting Size Citrus Trees which
are priced with the other grades. These
are three and four-year-old trees, with
carefully trained heads, and most of
them have already borne fruit. They
are taken up in large boxes weighing
300 to 400 pounds, so that all of the
root system is intact, and we recom-
mend them for planters who want im-
mediate results both in appearance and
in bearing qualities. The tree of the
Robertson Navel shown in the illustra-
tion on page 6 gives some idea of their
size and appearance, although most of
them are not quite as large as that
tree. We invite inspection of them by
planters who find it convenient to visit
our Display Yards.

For Potted Plants

Certain citrus varieties lend them-
selves to use as potted plants, keeping
in good condition in a small container
for a reasonable time. For the patio,
outdoor stairway, garden walks and
terraces in many California gardens,
there is no more delightful potted plant
than one of the citrus trees, with its
glossy foliage, fragrant blooms and or-
ange or yellow fruits. We have grown
certain varieties in bush form as pot-
ted plants and have found them io be
very popular. Full descriptions of these
varieties, with sizes and prices, are
given under each variety in this sec-
tion of the catalog, but for easy ref-
erence we mention them here. All are
very hardy (15°) except Pink-Fleshed
Lemon (22°).

Meyer Lemon. See next page.

Calamondin. See next page.

Otaheite Orange. See page 2.

Pink-Fleshed Lemon. See next page.

Myrtle-Leaved Orange. See page 2.

Grapefruit (Pomelo)

Every family is using more and more grapefruit each
year, and every home grounds should have a tree or
two, for they are easily grown with little care in most
of California. There is considerable difference in the
strains of Grapefruit. We are confident that the buds
from which Armstrong Grapefruit trees are grown come
from the finest type now available.

Prices on Grapefruit trees same as for Eureka and Lis-
bon Lemon at top of opposite page. Write for prices on
25 or more trees. Ten assorted citrus sold at the 10-rate.

Marsh Seedless. All commercial plantings of grapefruit
in California and Arizona are of this variety. The fruit
is large, practically seedless, with a thin rind, abundant
juice, and exceptionally fine flavor. The tree is a vigor-
ous and compact grower and bears very heavily. Grape-
fruit in the Southwest are thinner-skinned and sweeter
in the inland desert sections, but in all locations the Marsh
Seedless is the best variety. The buds for Armstrong
Marsh Seedless trees are taken from the progeny of the
famous orchard belonging to Colonel Dale Bumstead near
Phoenix, Arizona, an orchard widely known throughout
the Southwest for its heavy production of fine fruit, the
result of four generations of the most careful bud selec-
tion. Ripens December to May inland, May to August near
the coast.

Thompson Grapefruit. (Pink Marsh Seedless.) A sport
of the Marsh Seedless Grapefruit which bears fruit with
decidedly pink flesh. In the desert regions of California
the Thompson has richly colored deep pink flesh, almost
red, while in districts nearer the coast the flesh has a
lighter, delicate pink color, varying in intensity through-
cut the ripening season. Aside from the novelty of col-
ored flesh, the Thompson is a splendid seedless Grapefruit
just as good in quality as the Marsh, wherever grown.

PE ae

Armstrong Citrus Trees give you the same fine
results others have been getting for 51 years

Lemons
There are so many uses for Lemons that no home garden should
be without a tree. Most Lemon varieties are not quite as hardy as
orange trees, but for home use may safely be planted anywhere
except in the very cold interior or northern districts. For these
colder sections we recommend the Meyer Lemon (illustrated on

page 2).
than the Armstrong Seedless.

Prices on Lisbon and Eureka
Each Per 10
1-year, 1/2-5/g in. caliper-...51.50
1-year, 5/g-3/ in. caliper... 1.70 14.56

2-year, 34-1 in. caliper...... 1.75 15.00
2-year, 1 in. up caliper... 1.85 16.00
Boxed specimens, fruiting

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Ten assorted citrus at the 10-rate.
Write for prices on 25 or more trees.

Eureka. In recent years the lead-
ing lemon for both commercial and
home planting; fruit uniform, of med-
ium size, of the highest quality. The
seeds are few and the juice is abun-
dant. The tree is almost thornless.
It bears continuously all through the
year and ripens most of its fruit in
the summer. The California lemon in-
dustry is largely founded upon the
Eureka. If you want a Lemon like
the Eureka but entirely seedless,
plant the New Armstrong Seedless
Lemon.

Lisbon Lemon. Although not planted
as widely as Eureka, the Lisbon is
highly favored in certain sections be-
cause the tree is exceedingly strong
and vigorous, much more so than
Eureka, and it is also much longer-
lived. The buds for our trees were
taken from an orchard tree which
had a production record of 2749
pounds of fruit in one year and has
been consistently near that figure.
The parent tree was grown trom buds
selected by Mr. A. D. Shamel of the
U. S. D. A. for type, production and
vigor.

For milder locations we think there is no finer Lemon

/ The New
Armstrong Seedless

Armstrong Seedless Lemon. Now
we are able to otter to California
planters what we have been wanting
for a long time—a Lemon of the fin-
est quality with no seeds. Gone is
the inconvenience of fishing seeds
out of your lemonade. The variety
was discovered in Riverside a few
years ago and has been tested in a
number of locations with the same
uniform results, a total absence of
seeds. Where planted with other
Lemon varieties, an occasional seed
may be found due to cross-pollina-
tion, but even then the seeds will be
so rare they will be found only once
in hundreds of fruits.

Seedlessness would not be worth

while unless quality was present. In
this new Armstrong Seedless Lemon,
however, the quality is just as good
as in the famous Eureka Lemon to
which this variety is almost identical
in every respect except the presence
of seeds. The fruit is large, smooth-
skinned, juicy, and the tree bears
heavy crops. Just as the Armstrong
Seedless Valencia Orange does
away with seeds in summer orange
juice, so does this new Lemon dis-
pense with seeds in lemonade. Plant
Patent No. 342.
One-year trees, $2.50 each, $20.00 per
10. Two-year trees, $2.75 each, $22.50
per 10. Write for prices on 25 or more
trees.

Fruits of Calamondin

Oriental travelers will tell you
that because of its rich flavor and
abundance of juice it is one of
the finest fruits in the world for
beverage purposes.

Enjoy some new taste thrills soon by
planting a few easily grown, hardy
“Armstrong Citrus Novelties.”

Hardiest and Juiciest

Beautiful, densely-foliaged citrus variety from

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Something New—Real Pink Lemonade the Philippines, probably the most resistant to cold of all

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was created. The foliage is striped and variegated in many shades of green, oreieS fee Sy as aS hea Bees 5 th u Teh
pink, and white, but is normal and vigorous otherwise. The fruit is of medium res ee an ae esate ees ce Berea ace Eee
size, juicy, and of good quality (it is a sport of Eureka), but astonishingly ° ie ae aap 7 htt As Fee rp g tor oe eae
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a rich pink color. With its pink flower-buds added, it is a most unusual and Be See ae t iE Ss Te a Y a tee $2.25 ¢ es =
unique tree—exceedingly ornamental as well as useful. l-year trees, $2.50; ee SOc Sacer ee $2 25. ts Sat ed een ee} hoses 2
Aes trees, $2.75; bushy plants in 5-gal. containers, $2.00; gal. containers, -gal. containers, bushy, $2.25; gal. containers, $1.00.

Calamondin.

Sampson Tangelo
The Golden Fruits of the Sampson Tangelo Yield a Most Delicious Juice.

The Famous Meyer Lemon
Illustrated in Color on Page 2

Meyer Lemon. A Lemon tree that does not freeze even in the
most severe California frosts, which ripens fruit almost throughout
the year, fruits that are orange-colored, bigger and juicier than
the average Lemon and make the finest lemon pie you ever tasted.
A tree that is beautiful in appearance, has the biggest and most
fragrant citrus blooms (not white but pink), which grows easily
anywhere in California (or anywhere in the South and Southwest)
from coast to the hottest desert valleys, and bears heavy crops
always. This is the Meyer or Chinese Dwarf Lemon, the ideal home
Lemon tree. As a single tree, for a hedge or as a pot plant the
Meyer will give satisfaction. The tree-shaped plants listed below
will make a large tree more quickly but are not so ornamental to
start with as the bushy type.

Prices on Meyer Lemon: Tree-shaped, l-year, $2.00; 2-year, $2.25:
bush form, gal. containers, 12-18 inches, 75c each, $6.50 per 10;
S-gal. containers, 11/.-2 feet, $1.75 each, $15.00 per 10; tubs, 2-3
feet, $3.00 each; boxed specimens, $15.00.

Tangelos, Delightful Citrus Hybrids

The Tangelos are citrus hybrids obtained by crossing the Tan-
gerine and the Grapefruit. They are easily grown, bear very heavy
crops at an early age and are just as hardy as Oranges. Better
than Grapefruit for coastal areas, because they get sweet there,
while grapefruit does not.

One-year trees, $2.25 each, $20.00 per 10; boxed specimens, $15.00.

Sampson Tangelo. This is the best known of the Tangelos, and
its golden-yellow, glossy skinned fruits are filled with a delicious
orange-red juice which combines in a delightful way the zestful
tang of the grapefruit and the sprightliness of the Tangerine. Next
to the Kara Mandarin we consider this to have the most delicious
juice of all citrus fruits. February to May.

San Jacinto Tangelo. This variety resembles its Grapefruit par-
ent more than Sampson, the big, loose-skinned, yellow fruits being
very juicy and tender, while its delicious, unique flavor makes it
an excellent fruit with which to vary the monotony of grapefruit.

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Armstrong Citrus

The New Robertson Navel Orange

The finest winter ripening orange for California—that is what
we claim for this new, improved, early ripening, heavier producing
orange. Young trees two and three years old are loaded down
with fruit, bearing two or three times as much as irees of the
Washington Navel of the same age, and it continues to far outbear
that variety after the trees are mature. You will not have to wait

for fruit on the Robertson because it starts producing almost as
soon as you plant the trees.

The best winter Orange, anothe
exclusive Armstrong product.

Why the Robertson Navel Outbears Other Oranges

The photograph below shows why the Robertson Navel always
sets a heavy crop. The larger cluster of fruits on the right are

Robertson Navels, while the smaller fruits are ordinary Washington
Navels. Both are average specimens of each variety picked in the
same orchard on July 10th. The fruit of the Robertson is so large
in June and July that hot weather affects it but little, while it causes
the smaller fruits of the Washington Navel to drop.

Robertson Navel
Oranges

The Robertson Navel ripens its fruit two to three weeks be-
fore the Washington Navel and has the longest season of any
winter orange—an important commercial characteristic in early
ripening citrus areas. Robertsons were sweet, colored and ready
to pick in the San Joaquin Valley during the first week in No-
vember of last year. In appearance, color, tenderness, flavor
and juiciness, the Robertson is equal to the finest Washington
Navel, making it the best eating orange in the world. The
fruit is smooth, uniform and nearly all of it in the desirable

medium sizes.
The Finest Winter
Orange

The Robertson Navel is the best winter
orange and the one you will find most
profitable because—

1. The flavor and quality are equal to
the finest Washington Navel.

2. The Robertson is by far the heaviest
bearing Navel Orange, far more produc-
tive than the Washington Navel. It con-
sistently bears more boxes per tree and
per acre, even though the tree is slightly
smaller than Washington.

3. You can pick the fruit three weeks
ahead of the Washington Navel—well be-
fore Christmas, before the heavy winter
frosts.

4. The Robertson tree usually starts to
bear as soon as it is planted.

Look for the name Robertson Navel and
the U. S. Plant Patent No. 126 on the
label. Without these it is not a genuine
Robertson.

Prices on the Robertson Navel
l-year trees, $2.50 each, $20.00 per 10.
2-year trees, $2.75 each, $22.50 per 10.
Boxed specimens, $15.00. Write for special
low prices on 25 or more trees. Ten as-
sorted citrus at the 10-rate. See also

“Home Citrus Trio’’ Offer on page 3.

Standard Orange Varieties

~ ~- Prices on All Orange Varieties Below

Per 16
l-year, 1/2-5/g in. caliper $12.50
l-year, 5/g-34 in. caliper. 14.50
2-year, 3/4-] in. caliper... 15.06
-year, | in. up caliper.......... 16.00

Boxed specimens, fruiting size..
Write for special low prices on 25 or more trees. Ten assorted

citrus sold at the 10-rate.

Washington Navel. This famous seedless, winter ripening Orange

is largely responsible for California’s world-wide citrus fame. The fruit
is large, with the characteristic navel at the blossom end, and in
flavor, juiciness and general high quality, it is not excelled by any
other Orange. The skin peels off readily, while the sections are easily
separated without breaking. While easily grown anywhere in South-
ern California, it is at its best in the foothills and the valleys a few
miles removed from the coast. December to April.

Armstrong Seedless Valencia. Described and pictured on page 1.

Valencia. The best summer orange the world over is the Valencia
As the Navel season closes in the late spring, the Valencias begin
to ripen and are available throughout the summer and fall months.
The medium-sized fruit is juicy and sweet, with few seeds, and the
tree is the largest of all citrus varieties. Most of the summer orange
juice consumed in the United States comes from the Valencia. If you
want your orange juice absolutely seedless, you will want the new
Armstrong Seedless Valencia described on page 1. April to October.

St. Michael. Sometimes called ‘‘Paper-Rind’’ because of the thinness
of the skin on the medium sized, richly flavored fruits which are
exceedingly sweet and juicy. An excellent home fruit, ripening be-
tween the Navel and the Valencia. February to April.

The Best Blood Orange

Ruby Blood. This is the best Blood Orange. Of medium size, very
sweet and juicy. In mid-season the flesh is streaked with red and
when fully ripe is blood-red, the color extending through the peel
to show a red blush on the outside. The bright red juice is valuable
for beverages, and the fruit meets any home use. February to May.
One-year trees only.

AEG

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Sub-Tropical
Fruiting Trees
and Plants

One of the most delightful things about owning a home
place in California is that you can grow and enjoy so
many interesting and unusual tropical and semi-tropical
fruits. Some grow on bushes, some grow on trees, and the
Armstrong Nurseries for years have specialized in seeking
out and growing the best of these unusual fruiting trees and
plants which are at the same time most ornamental in the
California garden.

For California's most popular subtropical fruit, Avocados,
see pages 21 and 22. For additional interesting and fruiting
ornamental trees and plants, see page 59.

The Natal Plum (Carissa)

Carissa grandiflora. ‘‘Natal Plum.”

5-8 ft. 18°. A lovely large shrub from

South Africa, uniquely beautiful in flower, fruit and foliage. The rich glossy green

foliage makes a splendid background for the star-like, intensely fragrant, white
blossoms and the brilliant scarlet fruits which are about the size of a date or
larger. Fruits and flowers appear at all times during the year. Naturally grows
to a height of 6 or 8 feet with the same spread, but may be trimmed lower if
desired. The fruits are edible, and when cooked they make a delicious jam sug-
gestive of cranberry jelly and plum jam. The plant thrives in the extreme heat

tal plants.

of the desert or in the cool moist weather of the coast, and is hardy almost
anywhere in California. Plants in 5-gal. containers, $1.75; gal. containers, 60c.

Both of Them Three Years Old

Both Paulette and the Robertson Navel Orange tree shown
above are three years old, and the Robertson is bearing its
second big crop of fruit. Paulette knows where to get her
vitamins.

Want to Work Over Your Old Trees?

Unauthorized reproduction of the Robertson Navel, either as
nursery grown trees or as top-worked orchard trees, is pro-
hibited under the terms of the United States Plant Patent Law.
Licenses for top-working orchard trees to the Robertson Navel
may be secured from the Armstrong Nurseries. Write for in-
formation if interested in top-working.

Robertson Navels for Arizona Planters

Trees of the Robertson Navel for planting in Arizona can be
secured from Mr. H. H. Wasser, Nurseryman, Route 2, Box 217,
Phoenix, Arizona; also licenses for top-working orchard trees
in Arizona.

The Natal Plum

Its brilliant scarlet fruits, hand-
some foliage, and fragrant flow-
ers make it one of California’s
most ponvular fruiting ornamen-

California Olives

Olives will do well almost anywhere in California, thriving with a minimum
of care and water. Hardy down to 10°. With their soft gray-green perpetual
foliage, they give that exotic, subtropical effect which is part of our Cali-

fornia atmosphere.

For orchard and often for home
planting Olive trees are dug without
earth on the roots and are sold by
caliper because the trees are pruned
back severely when shipped. The
heights given below indicate sizes
before trees are pruned.

Prices for Bare Root Olive Trees
Each Per 10

Wn-S/g in. cal. (3 to 4 ft.)....$1.50 $12.50
5/g-3/4 in. cal. (4 to 5 ft.).. 1.75
34- 1 in. cal. (5 to 6 ft.).... 2.00
l in. up cal. (6 to 8 ft.)...... 2.25 20.00
Write for prices on 25 or more trees.
Sevillano priced at 25c per tree ad-
ditional.

For ornamental planting in South-
ern California we can supply and
recommend trees with a ball of earth
on the roots, the tops unpruned.
Prices for Balled Olives, Unvruned

Each Per 10

Balled, 4-5 ft. (2 in. up)$2.25 $20.00
Balled, 6-8 ft. (34 in. up) 2.75 25.00

For ornamental planting we have
larger boxed specimens at $15.00,
$17.50, $25.00 and $100.00 each.

Olive Varieties

Ascolano. Larger than any other
variety grown in California. Big,
oval, wine-colored fruit of exception-
ally fine quality.

Manzanillo. The rich dark purple
fruit is a little larger than Mission
and of splendid pickling quality. It
is now the leading commercial vari-
ety.

Mission. The well-known variety
introduced by the Spanish Padres.
Large irees of this variety are still
bearing fruit at some of the old Mis-
sions. Fruit deep purple turning to
jet-black.

Barouni. Will probably bear larg-
er and more regular crops than any

other Olive.

Sevillano. The famous ‘‘Queen
Olive,’ gigantic in size and excep-
tional in quality. The trees are hard
to propagate, therefore priced at 25c

each more than other varieties.

Ak eel

The Delicious
Tropical Mango

Haden Mango. 30°. That delicious,
fragrant and most famous of all trop-
ical fruits, the Mango, grows and
bears very well in the frostless coas-
tal and foothill regions of Southern
California, although it is not to be
recommended for other sections.
Trees must be kept well mulched
and given plenty of water. Cali-
fornia grown Mangos have all the
aromatic rich flavor so easily re-
membered by those who have eaten
the fruit in the tropics. The Haden is
the best variety for planting in this
State, and we have picked delicious
fruits of this variety in October, 1940,
grown within ten miles of Ontario.
Plants in 5-gal. containers, 1-2 ft.,
single siem, $5.00 each.

Melons on Trees

The Papaya is one of the most de-
licious table fruits of the tropics and
while too tender for most of Califor-
nia, it will grow and bear fruit in
sheltered frostless locations. The lux-
uriant, large leaved, tropical appear-
ing plants grow with great rapidity
and should bear their large, luscious,
melon-like fruits within two years.

Papayas require a warm, sunny,
well drained location with plenty of
water and fertilizer and must be kept
growing rapidly in order to be a suc-
cess. We cannot guarantee the plants
that we send out to be successful be-
cause there are comparatively few
locations in which they will thrive
in California. Since the male and
female flowers of the Papaya are
borne on separate plants at least
three plants should be planted to-
gether in order that at least one of
each sex will be present. 5-gal. con-
tainers, 3-4 ft., $2.50; 6-inch pots $1.00
each; $9.00 per 10.

Armstrong Select
Fruiting Trees

The Australian Nut (Macadamia)

The Macadamia is an evergreen sub-tropical nut tree from the Eastern coast
of Ausiralia, with a dense rounded head of long narrow dark green leaves, and
attains a height of 20 to 35 feet. The nuts are about 11 inches in diameier,
round and hard shelled with a tender white kernel very rich in flavor, and
are usually borne in considerable quantity. The irees begin to bear in 5 to §
years irom planting, are healthy, vigorous, and easily grown. Hardy down to
26 degrees. The Macadamia is a beautiful ornamental tree, and its delicious
nuts make it doubly valuable. Balled, field grown, 5-7 ft., $3.50; 5-gal. containers,
5 to 7 fi., (slender), $3.00; gal. coniainers, 1 io 2 ft., $1.25.

Australian Nuts
One-half natural size.

Guavas

For eaiing fresh and for jelly the Straw-
berry and Yellow Strawberry Guavas are the
finest small fruits that can be grown in Cali-
fornia. They all make very handsome orna-
mental shrubs with their beautiful evergreen
foliage, and are splendid for a medium-sized
hedge. Ripen September io November.

Strawberry Guava. 5 ft. 17°. Handsome,
glossy-leaved large shrub producing an
abundance of luscious deep red fruits about
the size of a large strawberry, highly prized
for eating when fresh and unequalled for
jelly. Hardy and easily grown anywhere in
California. For a real treat for all the family,
a clump of two or three, planied as orna-
e ° menial shrubs, will be one of the finest im-
The Peruvian Pepino provemenis that can be made in any home
garden. 5-gal. coniainers, 3-4 ft., $1.75; gal.
containers, 60c.

Strawberry Guavas

-The Pepino (Solanum muricatum) is a handsome
evergreen fruiting shrub from Peru, becoming 3 feet Yellow Strawberry Guava. Similar io the
in height, producing from September ali through the above but the yellow fruit is slightly larger
winter into the late spring quantities of large, oval, and has the finest flavor of all the Guavas.
: Z : = : 5 9-gal. containers, 2-3 ft., $1.75; gal. contain-
bright yellow fruits splashed with violet, 4 io 6 BES (Ae

inches in lengih. The fruits are tender and juicy, i

excellent in salads and other dishes. The planis are Lemon Guava, Very large fruits, as big as

a pear, but ihe flavor is a bit strong. Grows

3 A : ‘ :
hardy down ito 30° and are easily grown in any soil rapidly to 6-or 8 feet, and more tender than
in full sun or part shade. 5-gal. containers, $1.75; the above two varieties. Gallon coniainers,
gallon containers, 60c. 1-2 ft., 60c.

McPherson Cherimoya

When you dip into one of these with your breakfast spoon, you get one of
life’s most thrilling epicurean delights.

Cherimoyas

The Cherimoya is considered by many (including ourselves)
to be the most delicious of the sub-tropical fruits. Originally
from the highlands of Ecuador and Peru, it is now grown
throughout the Tropics and semi-iropical climates of the world,
and everywhere is highly prized for the delicious flavor and
quality of the large, green, heart-shaped fruits, which vary
from a few ounces to more than five pounds in weight, with
smooth, white flesh of the consistency of ice cream. They ripen
in winter when fruits are scarce.

Cherimoya irees are fast growing, hardy down io 25°, and
Tequire about the same treatment as a citrus tree. They grow
rather quickly to a height of from 12 to 20 feet, come into
bearing in about three years, and should be planted aboui 20
to 25 feet apart. Next to the Avocado, we consider the Cheri-
moya io be the most promising commercial possibility of all the
subtropical fruits because of the exceptionally fine quality of
those big, delicious, creamy fruits which everyone likes the
first time they taste them.

All Cherimoyas: 3-5 ft. trees, $3.00 each, $27.50 per 10.

Booth. A big, heart-shaped fruit which for several years has
been the most popular and widely planied of all Cherimoya
varieties. From a ten-year-old iree on our growing grounds
near Pomona we picked from January 23rd to April 26th, 1940,
292 delicious fruits.

Deliciosa. There is no betier eating Cherimoya than this
one and no kind that will bear more heavily. The fruiis are
unique in appearance, with curious protuberances.

McPherson. The variety shown in the illustration. Very uni-
form in shape and of particularly fine quality. The largest tree.

Ryerson. A beautiful, smooth fruit, our newesi variety, added
because of its consistent heavy bearing habit and exception-
ally fine flavor. Matures late after other varieties are gone.

Whaley. The biggest fruit of all, becoming as much as 3
pounds in weight. When you have these out of the icebox for
breakfast, you'll have to divide them—one is too much for any
one person to eat even though his appetite is huge.

BW,

Sub-Tropical
and Plants

The White Sapote

The White Sapote is a strong growing evergreen tree, con-
siderably hardier than most of the subtropical fruits, and thriv-
ing anywhere in California where the Orange tree grows.
Stands temperatures down to 20° without injury. The trees bear
enormous crops of fruit which look like green apples, ripening
all through the summer. The flesh has a rich, peach-like flavor.
The fruit of *he Sapote is very easily digested and contains
much pepsin, beneficial to those with digestive disturbances.
Eat them chilled out of the refrigerator in the morning for
breakfast or in between meals, out of hand or with a spoon.
A distinctive, unique and easily grown fruit, the good qualities
of which are not half appreciated in California plantings.

Price on All Sapotes, l-yr., $2.50 each; 2-yr., $3.50 each.

_ Pike. This variety of Sapote is an enormous bearer, and
its fruits, whiie not very large, are borne in big clusters.

Suebelle. Larger fruit than the Pike and of excellent qual-
ity. Well known in San Diego County, where it originated.
Many planters believe it to have the finest flavor of all.

Wilson. Probably the heaviest bearer of all, most of the
crop ripening in the late summer and fall. It is not unusual
for a tree of this variety to bear one thousand pounds of
fruit in one year, and it sells for a good price too.

Loquats

The Loquat is much hardier than most other sub-tropical
fruit trees and thrives almost anywhere in California except in
the mountain and desert regions. Loquats ripen in early spring
when other fruits are scarce, and have a sprightly aromatic
flavor which everyone enjoys, while Loquat jelly is just about
the most delicious thing of its kind. The Loquat is a splendid
small evergreen tree for ornamental purposes alone. Hardy
down to 15°.

Fruit Clusters and Tree of the Wilson Sapote
The Trees Bear Enormously of These Fruits with the Peach-like Flavor

Pineapple Guavas—Feijoa

This attractive large shrub attains a height of about 15 feet, but can be
made into a smaller compact shrub by pruning or can be used for a large

All varieties of Loquats: Balled, 4-5 ft., $3.00; 3-4 ft., $2.50;
2-3 ft., $2.00.

Early Red. Yellowish-orange fruit, tinged with red; sweet,
juicy, orange flesh. Earliest to ripen. February to April.

Advance. One of the best loquats for general use; large,
pear-shaped, deep yellow fruits with delicious juicy white
flesh. March to June.

Champagne. The big yellow-skinned, white-fleshed fruits are
exceedingly juicy and richly flavored, with more acid than
Thales. March to May.

Thales. The very large fruits of the Thales are deep orange
in color and have rich orange flesh, much sweeter than the
white-fleshed kinds. Ripens late, and suited only to the coastal

hedge. The upper side of the leaves is glossy green and the lower side

silver-gray, while the showy flowers have conspicuous red stamens. The
fruit, ripening in the fall, is delicious to eat and has a delightful aroma
which lasts for days and is suggestive of pineapple, strawberries and ba-

nanas. A bow! of fruit will fill a room with delicate fragrance.

The plant withstands temperatures down to 5 degrees without injury, and
the foliage, flowers and fruit combine to make it an interesting plant at all
times. Do not confuse ordinary seedlings of this variety with the large-fruited
grafted varieties which we offer below. The seedlings usually bear small
fruit or may not bear at all.

All varieties below: Balled, bushy, 3 to 4 feet, $3.50; 2 to 3 feet, $2.50; 11/,
to 2 feet, $2.00; gallon containers, $1.00 each, $9.00 per 10.

counties. May to June.

Smells Delicious—Tastes Delicious

Eugenia jambos. ‘“‘Rose-Apple.’” A mass of broad, thick,
shining green and bronze foliage, 8 or 10 feet high, luxuriant
and handsome. It bears beautiful small, round, creamy white
rose-flushed fruit, 1!/, to 2 inches in diameter, deliciously rose-
scented, which may be eaten fresh or used to make fragrant
jelly or candied fruit. Large, showy, white flowers also. Does
best in protected coastal regions or foothill areas in full sun or
part shade. 5-gal. containers, $1.75; gal. containers, 75c.

Choiceana. The fruit is the size of a large hen’s egg, 3 inches by 2],
inches. This variety is the very finest Feijoa, but Coolidge or Superba musi
be planted with it to insure cross-pollination.

Coolidge. A long oval fruit, not quite as large as Choiceana or Superba,
but which never fails to bear a crop even when planted by itself because
the flowers do not need cross-pollination.

Superba. Beautiful, big, round fruits, almost as large as a billiard ball.
Must have another variety with it to insure cross-pollination

Passion Fruit
Shown at right.

Coolidge Feijoas

Passion Fruit

In Australia the Passion Fruit is
grown on a large scale commercial-
ly, but its possibilities have only
partially been realized in Califor-
nia. It is a splendid ornamental
fruiting vine for the home, growing
rapidly on fence or pergola. Hardy
to 28°. The seed from which our
planis are grown are taken from
the largest fruiting type and heavi-
est bearing vines to be found in
this State. This is important be-
cause inferior strains are sometimes
sold. The glistening purple fruits
about the size of a hen’s egg, are
exceedingly fragrant and may be
eaten fresh or used in many table
delicacies. 5-gal. containers, $1.75;
gal. coniainers, 60c each, $5.00 per
10.

Climbing Chayote

Chayote. Big, pear-shaped, green-
ish fruits, crisp like a potato but
less starchy. More delicately flav-
ored than squash. A fruit of many
uses borne on a perennial, climb-
ing, ornamental vine which wiil
grow as much as SO feet in one
season. See also page 59. Fruits
for planting, 25c each.

Oye

Armstrong Hardy Deciduous Fruit Trees

Apples

As a rule, the green or yellow Apples, par-
ticularly Winter Banana, Yellow Bellflower,
White Pearmain, and Rhode Island Greening,
do best in the lower altitudes of Southern
California, while the early summer-ripening
Apples such as Red Astrachan and the new
Valmore are also especially successful there.
The late red Apples should only be planted in
the foothills and mountains of Southern
California.

Prices on Apples
(Except Valmore and Transcendent Crab)

Caliper Approx. Ht. Each Perl0 Per 100
UAlGkineeup yo mtonC mite Bey) $6.50 $45.00
Vo-MWl Gieinse 24 to) Oiiteee ee .70 6.00 35.00

Ten assorted deciduous fruit or nut trees sold at
the 10-rate; for price on 50 or more trees see price
paragraph at right. Write for prices on 250 or more.

Listed in Approximate Order of Ripening

Red Astrachan. Nearly covered with large crim-
son stripes; juicy, crisp, and rich in flavor. A heavy
bearer, it has been Southern California’s most de-
pendable early summer Apple and a popular Apple
everywhere for many years. July.

Gravenstein. Very large, round fruits, beautifully
striped with red, and of the finest quality. The ear-
liest commercial Apple, particularly good near the
seacoast. August.

Valmore. The new, red, summer ripening apple.
See illustration and description at right. August.

Winter Banana. One of the most dependable
Apples for all districts. And particularly for the
regions adjacent to the coast in Southern California
because it is quite resistant to delayed foliation
which sometimes bothers Apples in mild winters.
Large, handsome fruits, clear wax yellow with a
delicate blush. A delightful flavor and aroma. Sept.

Rhode Island Greening. The favorite green apple
of the entire country. Large, rotund, yellowish-green,
with juicy mellow flesh. For cooking purposes it
is unexcelled. October.

Delicious. Everyone knows Delicious, a magnifi-
cent variety of fine appearance and delightful fla-
vor; large, conical, brilliant red, slightly splashed
with yellow; flesh fine grained, crisp, and juicy.
The standard of excellence in the apple. November.

Jonathan. One of the best apples grown. Brilliant
red striped with carmine, almost round, with crisp
white flesh. Only to be grown in good apple sec-
tions. October.

Yellow Bellflower. A standard market variety of
California, best in the coast valleys. Oblong fruits
with a pale yellow waxen skin, beautifully blushed
on one cheek. October.

White Pearmain. An oblong greenish-yellow apple,
medium to large, juicy and mildly flavored. It bears
well and has long been a standard variety, particu-
larly for cooking. A good keeper. November.

Winesav. A standard late red apple, round, beau-
tifully colored, and of splendid quality, but in South-
ern California suitable only for the higher altitudes
December.

The Best Crab Apple

Transcendent Crab Apple. There is nothing to
equal crab apples for jelly and preserves, and a
tree or two in the home orchard is extremely desir-
able. Transcendent is the best of all crabs for gen-
eral use. Attractive medium sized yellow fruits,
beautifully striped with red. Remarkably vigorous
and immensely productive anywhere in California,
including Southern California. August.

Transcendent Crabs 10c per tree higher than other
Apple varieties.

Quinces

The Quince is a splendid fruit for preserves, the
flesh becoming a beautiful dark red when cooked.
The trees thrive and bear well almost anywhere.
No fruit has a more delightful fragrance when
picked from the tree.

Caliper Approx. Ht. Each Perl0 Per 100
11/16 in. up, 6 to 8 ft $6.50 $45.00
2-11/16 in. 4 to 6 ft 6.00 35.00

Pineapple. One of Luther Burbank’s originations,

with a round, short-necked, golden-yellow fruit. The
flavor and aroma are suggestive of the pineapple.
October.

Smyrna. Extremely large fruits, delightfully fra-
grant when fresh and delicious when cooked. Bears
enormous crops. October.

Please Read Before Ordering Fruit Trees

TIME TO PLANT. The only time to plant all of the deciduous fruit and nut
trees listed on pages 9 to 14 is during the months of January, February and
March, for it is only at that period that the trees are dormant and in condi-
tion to be dug and shipped. They are all handled without earth on the
roots at that season and cannot be handled at all during the rest of the year.

PLEASE READ YOUR PLANTING INSTRUCTIONS. Planting instructions
are sent with each order. Please read them carefully before unpacking and
planting. We advise the use of Tree Protectors on all deciduous fruit trees
when first planted to avoid the danger of sunburn since sunburn is the
starting point for many tree diseases and insect injuries. They cost but a
few cents and are a valuable insurance. Tree Protectors are listed on
page 38.

PRUNING. We prune all small assorted lots of deciduous fruit trees before
we deliver them. We do this for your convenience, and if you want your
trees received unpruned, please request this on your order blank. Larger
orders for commercial orchard planting will not be pruned before delivery.

DISTANCE APART. This information is condensed in a table on page 38.

PRICES. Ten assorted deciduous fruit and nut trees sold at the 10-rate.
Fifty assorted trees sold at 10c per tree less than the 10-rate. If 10 or more
of one variety are included in an order totaling 50 or more trees, the 100-
rate applies on those varieties.

Valmore Apple

Valmore—A New Southern California Apple

Valmore. This beautiful, new summer ripening apple is a splendid addi-
tion to those varieties most suitable for Southern California conditions, and
ranks right along with Winter Banana and White Pearmain in its consistent
bearing qualities in this area. It bears heavy crops in the San Joaquin
Valley and should do very well in all other districts.

The big, round fruits of Valmore are magnificently colored, in fact, we
have never seen a finer looking apple than these bright red fruits, with
their underlying golden yellow color, often striped and blotched with scarlet
and yellow on one cheek. Valmore is deliciously flavored, sweet and juicy,
making delicious apple sauce and apple pie. Since it is the only red-
cheeked apple that we can definitely recommend for the lower altitudes of
Southern California, we suggest including it with every home planting
where an apple is needed. U. S. Plant Patent No. 238. 6 to 8 ft., $1.00
each, $9.00 per 10; 4 to 6 ft., 90c each, $8.00 per 10. Write for prices on
25 or more trees.

en Qye

Delicious Babcock Peaches

Armstrong Selected Peach Varieties

For Southern California and other mild winter sections of the South-
west, we particularly recommend Babcock, C. O. Smith, Early El-
berta, Australian Saucer, Lukens Honey, Early Imperial, and the new
Golden Blush, for they all are more adapted to mild wintered sec-
tions than other Peaches, seldom failing to bear a heavy crop. Bab-
cock, Early Elberta and Early Imperial are important commercial va-
rieties, while Golden Blush will soon join them in our opinion.

Caliper Height Each Per 10 Per 100
V2 in. up, 4 to 6 ft.....6 .70 $6.00 $35.00
¥g/p in., 3 to 4 ft..... 60 5.00 30.00

C. O. Smith and Rio Oso Gem 10c
per tree higher than above prices.
Golden Blush 15c per tree more. Write
for prices on 250 or more trees of any
variety. See other quantity rates in
column at left.

All peaches are listed below in or-
der of ripening, and all are freestone
unless otherwise stated.

The Earliest

Australian Saucer. This little early
white-skinned, white-fleshed Peach gets
its name from its peculiar flat shape;
exceedingly sweet, juicy, and deli-
cious. It is not affected by mild win-
ter climates and ripens a large crop
always. For this reason it is one of
the most satisfactory Peaches for
warm climates. June.

Leeton. A recent introduction of the
U. S. Department of Agriculture. It isa
good-looking, round, yellow-skinned
fruit, speckled with red, and richly
flavored, sweet, yellow flesh, slightly
red at the tip. Clings slightly to the
pit. Its rich flavor, firmness and earli-
ness establish it as the first good yel-
low-fleshed peach to ripen. We can
highly recommend it. Early June.

Babcock. Ripens just after Leeton
and just before Early Elberta. See
right-hand column.

New Early Elberta

Early Elberta. This new early ripen-
ing peach is becoming much more im-
portant commercially in California than
its later ripening namesake, Elberta,
and both for home and market we can
recommend it highly. The medium size
fruit is almost round, yellowish, with
a rich red cheek and a beautiful or-
ange-pink cast to the skin. The flesh is
of excellent quality, almost clear yel-
low, very firm so that it makes an
excellent shipping peach for market-
ing. For Southern California one of its
most valuable characteristics is the
high resistance to delayed foliation so
that it should produce a crop every
year. Middle July.

Hales Early. One of the earliest of
the white-fleshed peaches and excep-
tionally fine for home use. High qual-
ity, greenish fruits, beautifully
splashed with red. Flesh white, juicy
and sweet. Late June.

Best for Eating

Maxine. Another new introduction
of the U. S. Department of Agriculture
which is one of the finest eating
Peaches that can be imagined. Me-
dium size, golden yellow fruits, deeply
blushed with red, _ yellow - fleshed,
sweet and of exceptionally fine flavor.
Much better eating than most of the
older and better known peaches. Mid-
dle July.

Early Imperial. One of the first good
yellow-fleshed Peaches to ripen, it has
been a leading early yellow freestone
for commercial and home use for many
years. Medium sized fruit, skin deep
yellow shaded crimson; firm, rich yel-
low flesh. Partially resistant to de-
layed foliation in Southern California.
Middle July.

Rochester. A very large, highly col-
ored, yellow-fleshed fruit, mottled red,
excelled in size only by J. H. Hale,
and its yellow, juicy, sweet flesh is
much better flavored than Hale. A
firm, beautiful, long-keeper, it has been
consistently profitable in the Los An-
geles markets. Middle July.

C. O. Smith

C. O. Smith. Even more resistant
than Babcock to delayed foliation and
will never fail to provide a large crop
of beautiful peaches every year in the
mild wintered sections of the south-
west. Too soft to be a commercial va-
riety, it is larger than Babcock and is
a wonderful Peach for home use. Its
richly flavored, juicy white flesh is de-
licious indeed. Priced 10c higher per
tree than other varieties. Late July.

Early Crawford. Known for many
years as one of the finest early yellow
Peaches. Very large, round fruits, col-
ored rich red and golden yellow;
marbled yellow flesh rayed with red at
the pit. It has a rich flavor, pleasant
aroma and abundant juice. Late July.

Showiest Blooms

Lukens Honey. One of the finest and
sweetest of all Peaches for home use,
the little greenish-white peaches with
their white flesh and abundant juice
possessing a sweetness and flavor un-
excelled. Lukens rank along with Bab-
cock, Smith and Saucer for dependable
bearing quality, and even in the hot-
test interior sections always comes
through with a big crop. It has the
largest and most beautiful blooms in
the spring of any of the fruiting
peaches. Early August.

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Now the leading home and market peach of Southern California,

Southern California's Favorite

Babcock. Unquestionably this Peach is now the most
popular Peach in Southern California both for home plant-
ing and as a market variety even though there are but
a very few trees in production as compared with older
kinds. And no wonder, because juicy, richly flavored Bab-
cock Peaches are so much superior to most older Peaches
that once they have tasted Babcock, most consumers want
them in preference to all other kinds in its ripening stage.

For four years now Babcocks have brought almost
double the amount per pound that most other market
Peaches have brought at the same time in the markets—
market reports will verify this statement, The fruit keeps
firm and good looking for many days after picking, and the
fruit ripens over a considerable period so that it is easy
and economical to pick and market.

The Babcock was introduced chiefly because of its habit
of bearing a heavy crop of fruit every year in mild win-
tered regions regardless of weather conditions. The tree
bears the first summer after planting and attains large size
with astonishing speed. It is an extremely high quality
Peach, beautiful in appearance, with a smooth fuzzless red
cheek, and juicy, sweet, richly flavored white flesh.

The fruit is not large and to get the best results the trees
must have plenty of water in the spring and summer prior
to the ripening season, must be heavily thinned and should
be given an application in the spring of fertilizer containing
plenty of phosphate. Handled in this way Babcock will pro-
vide great quantities of the most magnificent and most de-
licious Peaches that can be grown in California. Middle
July.

Golden Blush Peach

: These Two Contrast- i
Re Bese one There Is a Ditterence
trate the Reason Why :
Varieties Such as

Babcock, C. O. Smith
and Golden Blush are

e

A r being Planted in
Southern California.
Read the Caption Be-
low This Picture

Carefully.

Elberta. This variety has been for many years, and siill is,
one of the finest Peaches. The name Elberia is almost as well
known as the word Peach itself. Good.sized, oval, yellow
fruits with red cheeks, juicy and well flavored Early August.

J. H. Hale. This long-famous and popular variety has stayed
at the top because of its exceptional appearance. The big,
round fruits, with their beautiful yellow skin, richly marked
with deep red and carmine, have always sold well and except
in mild winters the variety bears excellent crops in Southern
California and elsewhere bears them every year. The new
Golden Blush is much betier eating. Early August.

The Outstanding Yellow Peach

Golden Blush. (Patient Applied For.) Each year that we
have observed this fine new yellow-fleshed Peach, with yellow
skin and red cheek, we have become more enthusiastic about
its exceptionally fine quality, appearance and free bearing
habit. The beautiful big fruits, slightly more elongated than
round, are beautifully blushed with red, and in flavor and
juiciness Golden Blush far exceeds the better known J. H. Hale
or Elberta. Time after time when mild winters cause the older,
better known kinds to set a poor crop of fruit, Golden Blush
is heavily loaded; in fact, we have not seen a poor crop on it
yet. We have now observed it long enough so that we can
not only recommend it as a splendid home Peach but a fine
commercial Peach as well, to ripen between J. H. Hale and
Rio Oso Gem. Middle August. Price on Golden Blush: 15¢ per Both Trees Planted at the Same Time
tree more than other varieties as priced on preceding page. -

Rio Oso Gem. This splendid new Peach is just as fine in
appearance as the famous J. H. Hale, but ripens two weeks
later and is much superior in quality to that variety. The fruit
is very large, round, and brilliant dark crimson in color shad-

The Tree on the right is a Babcock; that on the left is a J. H. Hale.
They were both planted in the same orchard in February, following a mild
winter: and the pholographiwas fakentin July of the: same year. The Bab-

5 esa ~ IS cock tree was not injure y the mild winter and has made an enormous
oes ope Peete eens slanting pean chy growth. J. H. Hale, being susceptible to delayed foliation following a mild

- Yucaipa-Beaumont district. Late August. Plant Patent No. 84. winter, did not leaf out normally and almost a year’s growth was lost. The
10c per tree higher than regular rates. same thing happens to mature trees, causing a loss of the crop on J. H. Hale

and similar varieties but not affecting Babcock, Early Elberta, C. O. Smith,

Krummel. One of the latest freestone Peaches and a good Golden Blush, Lukens Honey and to a lesser degree Early Imperial.
market variety. Fruit large, lemon yellow, lightly blushed with
carmine; flesh yellow, red at the pit. Now the best of the

late summer freestones for any purpose. Late September. Canning Peaches
Millers Late. This late variety has absolutely no competition F ‘ : E
in its season. A fine large, yellow freestone of excellent qual- We offer the following three clingstone Peaches for canning. The

ity, and a heavy bearer. With this variety you'll pewe fine first two are yellow-fleshed and are widely planted for commercial
Peaches almost up to Thanksgiving. October-November. orchard use, while the third is a white cling for home use only.

Royal—the Finest of All Apricots Peaks Cling. As a mid-season canning Peach, Peaks has no superior. The
fruit is large, uniform and round; skin clear golden yellow; flesh
firm, sweet and deep yellow right to ihe small pit. A very heavy
bearer. Middle August.

Sims Cling. Sims Cling is undoubtedly the leading commercial
canning cling of Southern California because it bears more con-
sistenily than any other cling and is of very fine quality. Fruit
larger than average, golden yellow outside and in; flesh clear
yellow to the pit. For home or commercial planting, there is no
finer Cling than Sims. Laie Augusi.

White Heath Cling. Creamy white, blush on sunny side; flesh
white; tender, juicy and delicious. A fine late white cling for
home use, and there is nothing more beautiful nor more delicious
than home canned white peaches. Middle September.

Apricots

Because Apricots ripen early in the summer before most other
fruits are ready they are particularly enjoyed and are easily grown
in almost any pari of California.

Caliper Height Each PerlO Per 100
Y/-11/16 in., 4 to 6 it... ; $6.00 $35.00
3g-Wo in., 3 to 4 ft. 5.00 30.00

Write for special prices on 250 or more. Ten assorted deciduous
fruit and nut trees sold at the 10-rate. For price on 50 or more as-
sorted trees, see price paragraph in right-hand column on page 9.

Newcastle. The earliest Apricot on our list to ripen, although
the quality is not as high as in the later varieties. Medium size,
round, pale orange in color. A good commercial fruit in early-
ripening sections, and because it ripens early it is the one Apricot
that does well in the desert. May.

Royal. The leading Apricot for commercial planting and for the
home. Medium size; skin orange yellow, often with a red cheek;
flesh deep orange, rich and sweet. A very heavy bearer. If
planting but one Apricot tree, we recommend Royal as being the
variety to choose, for it will prove most satisfactory in all sections,
from coast to inland valleys, and it is the variety most certain to
produce a good crop for you every year. Early June.

Moorpark. If you want the finest flavored and best quality apri-
cot to eat, this is it. The large, round, deep apricot fruits, blushed
on the sunny side, are unbelievably delicious. A shy bearer in
the interior districts but exceptionally fine on the coast. Early July.

Tilton. One of the largest and most beautiful of all Apricots,
heart-shaped, with a beautiful, deep rich apricot color. The fruit
is very richly flavored, sweet and juicy. A shy bearer in coastal
regions but particularly fine in the interior valleys, and the very
latest apricot to ripen. Early July.

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Armstrong Nut Trees

Big Brown Chestnuts

The Chestnut does particularly well in California,
producing very heavy crops of nuts even while young
and making beautiful ornamental shade trees with
dense, dark green foliage and symmetrical tops.
Heavier crops will be secured by planting two va-

rieties.

Marron Combale.

magnificent tree.
$2.00 each, $17.50 per 10.

Marron Quercy. A splendid Chestnut with fine big dark
colored nuts, borne in enormous quantities even while the
It is a smaller tree than Marron Combale
and more adapted to locations where the space is limited.
8-10 ft., $2.75 each, $25.00 per 19; 6-8 ft., $2.25 each, $20.00

tree is very young.

per 10; 4-6 ft., $2.00 each, $17.50 per 10.
Chinese Chestnut.

the greatest of ease.
ft., $1.50 each, $12.50 per 10.

Walnuts

Walnuts grow vigorously and bear heavily
everywhere in California except in the high
mountains and the desert areas. They make
a wonderful shade tree for the home, but give
them plenty of room.

Prices on Walnuts (except Willson Wonder)

Each Perl0 Per 100
10bton|2Ziftect— == :
8 to 10 feet. = 744 50. ‘
6 to 8 feet. = GR 15.00. 125.00
4 to 6 feet... 1250s 1225022 110.00

Write for Special Price on 250 or More

Placentia. The Placentia is the most popu-
lar and profitable Walnut in Southern Cali-
fornia. The nuts are roundish oval, smooth,
with a thin strong shell, of the most desirable
medium size, and the trees produce exception-
ally large crops.

Eureka. Ranks second to Placentia as a
commercial nut. Very large, elongated nuts;
shell light straw color, very heavy and welt
sealed; cream colored, plump, waxy kernels.
A better quality nut than Placentia but does
not bear as young as the latter nor so heav-
ily. Hardier than Placentia.

Payne. A very popular commercial Walnut
in the central valleys of California because
of the extremely early and heavy crops borne
by the young trees and because of its hardi-
ness. Exceptionally high quality.

Franquette. Owing to its lateness in bloom-
ing, its hardiness and dense foliage, this va-
riety is favored in colder sections. The nut is
large, elongated, smooth, tightly sealed.

Willson Wonder. Called the ‘Jumbo Wal-
nut’’ because of its enormous size, the nuts
often measuring more than 2 inches in diam-
eter. The trees bear very young and heavily
and are somewhat more resistant to cold than
most of the other varieties above. 6-8 ft.,
$2.00 each, $17.50 per 10; 4-6 ft., $1.75 each,
$15.00 per 10.

Pistachio Nuts

The knowledge of most people concerning
the Pistachio is that it has a nice green color
and imparts a very pleasant flavor to ice
cream. It is less generally known that Pis-
tachio Nut trees will thrive in California wher-
ever the fig and olive do well. They are
hardy deciduous trees of small size, ihe nuts
appearing in large clusters like a loose bunch
of grapes. California and Arizona are the
only two states where they have been suc-
cessfully grown.

Nuts are borne only on the female irees and

at least one male to each 10 trees or less is
necessary for pollination. We have two ex-

cellent nut bearing varieties, Aleppo and
Bronte, and the pollinizer, Kaz.

6 to 8 ft. trees... $3.25 each, $30.00 per 10
5 to 6 ft. trees... 3.00 each, 27.50 per 10

Write for prices on 50 or more

If you want the largest and finest of all
Chesinuts and lots of them, this French variety will be your
choice. Great handsome mahogany-brown nuts of the highest
quality produced in enormous quantities on a very large and
6-8 ft., $2.25 each, $20.00 per 10; 4-6 ft.,

The above two kinds are budded vari-
eties of European Chestnuts, while these Chinese Chestnuts
are seedlings, varying slightly in size and quality, with big,
round-headed, spreading tops and large, rounded nuts, much
sweeter than the European Chestnuts, and shelling out with
6-8 ft., $1.75 each, $15.00 per 10; 4-6

Marron Quercy Chestnuts
Amazing as it may seem, the
is only one
year old from the bud, and it
bore 50 nuts at this age.

tree shown here

Almonds

Two or more varieties of Almonds
must be planted together, in the right
combination, to secure successful polli-
nation, since one Almond tree will not
bear alone. Good combinations are
Nonpareil and Drake or Texas; Non-
pareil and I.X.L.; Jordanolo and Ne Plus
Ultra or I.X.L.

Caliper Height Each PerlO Per 100
Yp-11/16 in., 4 to 6 ft....... $ .70 $6.00 $35.00
¥Yg-'Wo in., 3 to 4 ft. .60 5.00 30.00

Jordanolo. A new Almond which we highly
recommend for Southern California because of
its resistance to delayed foliation and its ex-
tremely heavy bearing habit which is in evi-
dence wherever it is planted in California. A
very large, vigorous tree, with heavy, dense
foliage, bearing abundant crops of large,
long, soft-shelled nuts of a superior quality,
shelling out easily.

Drake. Bears well and adapts itself to all
almond districts. Medium- size, almost round,
with a medium soft shell, plump and well
filled. A good pollinizer for Nonpareil.

Nonpareil. Probably the most valuable com-
mercial Almond for California because it bears
uniform heavy crops, does well almost every-
where, and because of its large, smooth,
plump kernel and its paper-thin shell.

Ne Plus Ultra. Chiefly valuable because of
its attractive outside appearance and gener-
ally large size. The nuts are large and long
with a soft corky shell.

I. X. L. This variety brings the highest price
for nuts marketed in the shell because of its
attractive appearance. Medium sized, soft
shelled nuts.

Texas. Produces extremely heavy, consistent
crops of small, soft-shelled plump nuts, ex-
cellent for shelled kernels. A good pollinizer
for Nonpareil and Drake.

Something New

McAllister Hiccan. An interesting hybrid of
the Pecan and the Hickory. The nuts on this
tree are so big that you have to back away
a couple of feet to get a good look at them.
They are fairly thin-shelled and good quality.
Young trees are growing in California, but so
far, none of them are old enough io bear
nuts. You'll be surprised at the beauty of the
big glossy leaves and the enormous vigor of
the tree, which make it well worth while as
an ornamental shade tree alone. 10-12 fi.,
$4.00; 8-10 ft., $3.50; 6-8 ft., $3.00.

Filberts

Filberts (Hazelnuts) make large bushes and
thrive in cool moist areas. In regions of hoi
summers they do not bear well. Two (or better
yet three) varieties must be planted together
to insure cross-pollination. We have Barce-
lona (the best variety), also Du Chilly and
White Aveline. $1.25 each, $11.00 per 10.

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Eastern Black Walnuts

Thomas. No nut has ever equalled the old
Eastern Black Walnut for flavor but the ker-
nels were very difficult to pick out of those
hard shells. This new selected strain of the
Black Walnut, easily grown in California, has
all of the old delicious rich flavor but has a
comparatively thin shell, cracking easily. A
beautiful big tree anywhere, and we know
it bears big crops in California because we
picked them in our own orchards from young
trees last summer. 8-10 ft., $3.00; 6-8 ft., $2.50;
4-6 ft., $2.00.

Stabler. This variety has the largest nut of
all the selected strains of Eastern Black Wal-
nut. It makes a medium sized tree with thin-
shelled nuts from which the meats are easily
removed when cracked. Usually starts to bear
in the second or the third year after planting.
4-6 ft., $2.50.

Pistachio Nuts as They Look on the Tree

get good results.

l0toml2iee
8 to 10 feet.
6 to
4 to

250 or more irees.

Burkett. A valuable Pecan for
California and Arizona, producing
exceptionally heavy crops. The nut
is large, round, very thin-shelled,
the whole meat coming out very
readily.

Nellis. This splendid Pecan seems
to thrive and bear well in the
coasial districts of California where
other varieties are not entirely suc-
cessful. The long, thin-shelled nuts
shell out easily and are of excellent
quality. In September 1940 Nellis
pecans won first prize for pecans
exhibited at the big L. A. County
Fair for the llth year in succession.

Armstrong Pecans

Pecans

The Pecan is a tree which adapts itself to a wide range of
climatic and soil conditions, being perfectly hardy everywhere in
the Southwest, growing well almost anywhere but bearing good
crops only where high summer heat and a long growing season
are experienced. Pecans must be well irrigated throughout the
dry season. They are already a profitable commercial crop in
certain desert areas and are now being more widely planied in
other interior valleys. A fine home shade iree any place. All va-
tieties below will bear alone and need no cross-pollination.

All of the Pecan trees that we send out wiljl be pruned back
severely, ready for planting, because this is necessary in order to

Each Perl0 Per 100
---)3-20 $30.00 $250.00

Ten assorted deciduous fruit and nuit trees sold at the 10-rate.
For price on 50 or more assorted, see page 9. Write for prices on

Caloro. The nui is very large,
long and tapering and cracks and
separates from the shell easily and
perfectly. The tree is most hand-
some, growing tall and slender,
with beautiful large, luxuriant folli-
age. Best in hot interior sections.

Success. This has been the most
widely planted of all Pecans in
Southern California and the finest
and oldest bearing trees are of this
variety. Large and oblong, with a
medium thick shell and a kernel of
the finest flavor.

Mahan Pecans, Natural Size Mahan—The World's Finest Pecan

Amazingly large nuts, with shells almost as thin as a peanut.

The sensation of the Pecan world is the gigantic new Mahan. The

Every genuine Mahan tree sold in California carries nuts of the Mahan are enormous, averaging 21/2 inches in length, and

an Armstrong tag.
to the pound—an amazing figure.

the paper thin shells cracking almost as easily as a peanut, are
completely filled with richly flavored kernels. They average 31 nuis

e The Mahan is a strong growing tree, bearing at a younger age than

most Pecans, and producing heavy crops. In the Yuma Pecan District it

U er ersimmons has largely superseded other varieties, and while trees in other seciions
of California are still young and comparatively untried, we have had

excellent reports from these young trees from all over the State. Mahan

: : E Tee F is a magnificent, luxuriantly foliaged, fast growing shade tree for the
Every year in California more people are enjoying in home, in addition to its amazingly good and astoundingly large nuts.

November and December ripe Hachiya Persimmons with

sugar and lemon juice, a dish fit for a king. If you like 10 to 12 feet.
i 5 8 to 10 feet...

your Persimmons soft to be eaten as a salad fruit, you Giiomontaeu

will probably want to plant the popular Hachiya. If you 4 to 6 feet.

Each Per 10 Per 100
A $47.50 $450.00
= GH 42.50 400.00
.- 4.00 37.50 350.00
men OLN!) 32.50 300.00

prefer to eat your Persimmon out of hand, you will want Mahan is a copyrighted variety and is grown for planting in California

the popular non-astringent Fuyu or the new large fruited exclusively by Armstrong Nurseries.

Jumbu. Persimmons are quite ornamental trees because

the leaves turn bright colors in the fall, and the richly Jumbu Persimmon—New Non-Puckery Kind

colored orange-red fruits are beautiful either on the tree sese-neeeee sa
or as table decorations. Seen

Price on Hachiya Persimmons
Each Perl0 Per 100
4 to 6 feet... .---1.10 $10.00 $85.00
3 to 4 feet... = 1200 9.00 75.00
The above prices are for Hachiya. Fuyu trees are 10c per tree
higher; Jumbu 25c per tree higher.

Hachiya. This has long been the most commonly planted and
best known of the Persimmons. Very large, conical fruit of bright
orange-red, with sweet, rich, mellow flesh. Astringent until fully
ripe and then very fine indeed. A large, well grown Hachiya is
one of the most beautiful fruits grown.

The New Jumbu Persimmon

Jumbu. This is the third season that we have offered this new,
non-puckery, large fruited Persimmon of which we think very
highly. It is somewhat similar to Fuyu in general characieristics
and is absolutely non-astringent but is much larger, slightly more
conical in shape, and ripens a few days later. It is the finest and
largest non-astringent Persimmon that we have seen. The fruit is
good to eat at all stages after it has begun to color, and it is
delicious eaten while hard or after it has become soft. The trees
of the Jumbu Persimmon are priced at 25c per tree higher than
the prices given above.

ask 10c per tree more.

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Armstrong Prune
and Plum Trees

Selected Plum Varieties

Most varieties of Plums will bear heavier crops
if certain other varieties are planted nearby as
pollinizers. Santa Rosa, Beauty and Wickson
all successfully pollinate the blossoms of most
varieties, as well as each other, and we advise
including some of these in all Plum plantings.
Beauty and Santa Rosa bear the heaviest crops
everywhere. Mariposa is the best eating.

Prices on Plums (Except Mariposa)

Caliper Height Each Per 10 Per 109
11/16 in. up, 6 to 8 ft... : $6.50 $45 00
Yo-11/16 in., 4 to 6 ft -70 6.00 35.00
¥g-Y2 in., 3 to 4 ft... -60 5.00 30.00

Ten assorted deciduous fruit and nut trees sold at the
10-rate; 50 assorted trees sold at 10c per tree less than
the 10-rate. If 10 or more of one variety are included
in an order totalling 50 or more trees, the 100-rate ap-
plies on those varieties.

Listed in approximate order of ripening

Beauty. Fruit large and beautiful, deep crimson with
amber-crimson flesh. A never-tailing bearer every place
always, quite resistant to delayed foliation. June.

Santa Rosa. Possibly the most widely planted Plum
in California, and certainly one of the handsomest.
Large oval, purplish-crimson fruit, covered with light
blue bloom. Flesh amber, veined with crimson. Splen-
did for market and home use. Not only is it a good
pollinizer to increase the crop on other varieties of
Plums, but it is resistant to delayed foliation and will
bear a crop every year, even after mild winters in
Southern California. Late June.

Climax. One of Luther Burbank’s finest introductions.
Very large, heart-shaped, with a beautiful deep red
and yellow color. Flesh is golden yellow, richly flav-
ored. Late June.

Satsuma. The well-known Japanese blood Plum, so
prized for preserves. Large, almost round, deep red
outside and in, firm, juicy, and of fine flavor. Must be
planted with other varieties to secure good crops. July.

Red Rosa. A new Plum which is very similar to the
Santa Rosa in appearance, having the same bright col-
ored purplish-red fruit and amber colored flesh, but
which ripens fully one month later, long after Santa
Rosa is gone. The fruit is more firm and crisp than
Santa Rosa, and it keeps longer. A splendid home and
market Plum. Late July.

Green Gage. An old favorite, with medium sized,
oval, greenish-yellow fruits; rich, sweet, and juicy. Suit-
able only for northern districts or the higher altitudes.
Late August.

Damson. Famous old Plum for jam and preserves,
producing enormous crops of little oval, purplish-blue
fruits with tart, juicy, yellow flesh. September.

California Prunes

Prunes are merely Plums with a higher percentage of sugar which
will dry without removal of the pit. They are handsome in appear-
ance, and most people do not realize how delicious they are when
eaten fresh from the tree or stewed for the table. Why depend on
dried prunes in the summer when you can enjoy fresh ones which are
so much more delicious and palatable. All Prunes will bear better if
several kinds are interplanted for cross-pollination.

Sizes and Prices Same as for Plums, Above

Tragedy. The best early Prune and always a
favorite because of its attractive high quality dark
purple fruit with yellowish-green flesh; firm, sweet,
and richly flavored.

Sugar. Very large, dark purple fruit, tender,
sweet and suyary; particularly fine for home plant-
ing in Southern California, where the tree is ex-
ceedingly productive in all sections. July.

Standard. Possibly the handsomest and finest of
all Prunes for home use or as fresh fruit for the
market. The big oval fruits are deep purple with
a rich blue bloom, and the flesh is amber colored,
sweet and juicy. Particularly fine in the valley
situations of Southern California where other
Prunes do not do quite so well. August.

French Improved. The standard commercial dry-
ing variety which has made California Dried
Prunes famous. Large oval fruits of deep purple,
with sweet sugary flesh, produced in great quan-
dities. September.

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Mariposa Plum
No Plum Makes Better Eating Than This Big, Blood Red Beauty

Mariposa
The New Blood Plum

Mariposa. (U. S. Plant Patent No. 111.)
In our opinion, there is no finer Plum for
eating than the big maroon-red fruits of
the Mariposa, a new Plum variety which
we introduced several seasons ago. The
gigantic fruits are overlaid with a glow-
ing lilac bloom, and the blood-red flesh
has a honey-like sweetness, abundant
juice and a surpassing flavor which is
impossible to describe in words. The
skin, while tender in the eating, is quite
thick and the flesh is firm so that the
Plum keeps remarkably well. There is
no bitterness to the skin or pit, for this
magnificent Plum is sweet and full of
flavor all the way through. Mariposa
should have a tree of Satsuma, Climax
or Santa Rosa planted nearby for pol-
lination purposes, for it usually does not
bear a large crop if planted alone. Late
July.

Prices on Mariposa Plums

Height Each Perl0 Per 100
$7.50 $60.00

: 7.00 55.00

3 to 4 ft... .70 6.00 50.00

Two Late Plums

Wickson. A popular plum for many
years. Very large, heart-shaped fruits,
straw-yellow in color, blushed with
cherry-red; flesh amber colored, crisp,
juicy and luscious. July.

Becky Smith. Not only one of the most
beautiful Plums grown, but the very lat-
est to ripen, appearing after all the
others are gone. Big, round, bright red
fruits, crisp and sweet, of splendid qual-
ity for eating and shipping. Late Sept.

Espalier Fruit Trees

Espalier Fruit Trees, those unique and
interesting trees which are trained to
grow in one plane only and which lend
an unusual and beautiful note to any
home planting when placed against
walls or fences or in patios, will pro-
duce quantities of excellent fruit, even
larger and more highly colored than that
grown on ordinary trees. We have avail-
able for general distribution this season
Apples, Figs, Dwarf Pears and Grapes,
in several different varieties of each fruit
in various forms, such as Fans, Cordon
and Double U. These are supplied as
large balled specimens: 5-year speci-
mens, $10.00; 4-year specimens, $7.50;
3-year specimens, $6.00.

Standard Prunes

Beautiful purvle-sinned,
amber-fleshed
fruits. full of
health and
goodness.

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English Morello
The ‘‘Pie’’ Cherry That Always Bears

Nectarines "Fruits of the Gods"

The tree of the Nectarine looks like a Peach tree, but the fruits are smooth-
skinned and the rich, aromatic flesh has a flavor and character all its own. The
name means ‘the fruits of the Gods,” and the Gods surely did know their fruits.

Caliper Height Each Per10 Per 100
Yp-11/16 in., 4 to 6 ft.....6 .70 $6.00 $35.00
3g-Y2 in., Sito 4othe es 60 5.00 30.00

Ten assorted deciduous fruit and nut trees
sold at the 10-rate. See other quantity rates
on page 9.

Gower. The earliest Nectarine, large,
round, skin pale green overspread with
deep red; flesh is white, sweet and juicy.
The earliness and firmness of the fruit make
it a good market variety. Early June.

Gold Mine. These great red and yellow
fruits, with juicy white flesh, exceptional in
flavor and quality, are among the most
beautiful of all Nectarines. Also this vari-
ety is more resistant to delayed foliation
than other kinds and consistently bears the
largest crops in Southern California. For
one variety in that section, we recommend
this heavy bearing kind. Early August.

Stanwick. For many years has been Cali-
fornia’s leading Nectarine. Extremely large
fruit, the skin pale green, shaded purplish
red; the flesh white and juicy, with a most
delicious aromatic flavor. Early August.

Boston. Immense bright yellow fruit, with
a red cheek and rich yellow flesh. The
yellow fleshed Nectarines while not quite
so spicy and piquant as the white fleshed
varieties have a sweeter and richer flavor
which many people prefer. Late August.

st

Pomegranates

Wonderful Pomegranate. One of the most
ornamental of all fruit trees with its bright
scarlet hibiscus-like flowers and big crimson
fall-ripening fruits. Pomegranates grow
quickly into a large 8-foot bush and thrive
anywhere from the seacoast to the hottest
desert valleys, doing best where there is
considerable heat. There is no finer center
piece for the Thanksgiving or Christmas
table than a bowl of big red Pomegranates,
and it’s fun to eat them too. Wonderful is
the largest and most highly colored of all
Pomegranate varieties. Very large fruit,
rich bright crimson in color, and the highly
colored garnet flesh is very juicy and of ex-
cellent flavor.

Height Each Perl0 Per 100
4 to S feet : $6.50 $45.00
3 to 4 feet.. 70 6.00 35.00
2 to 3 feet 60 5.00 30.06

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All genuine and exclusive Arm-
strong products can now be obtained,
not only at our Ontario Display Yard
but at our new Branch in North Hol-
lywood at the corner of Magnolia
Boulevard and Coldwater Canyon
Drive.

Big, Red-Cheeked Stanwick Nectarines

_ Armstrong

Deciduous
Fruit Trees

Cherries

In the coast and valley regions of Southern California the
Sweet Cherries do not bear, but they are entirely satisfactory
in the rest of the state. The ‘pie’ Cherries, Morello and Rich-
mond, will bear large crops any place, and while a little
tart to eat fresh, they are splendid for pies and preserves.
Several varieties of Sweet Cherries should be planted to-
gether for cross-pollination.

Caliper Height Each Perl0 Per 100
1WV/G aneup Onto) Seite $ .75 $6.50 $45.06
Io—N/AG ings 4torGhite 70 6.00 35.06
3/g-l/2 in., Seton4 ites .60 5.00 30.06

Ten assorted deciduous fruit and nut trees sold
at the 10-rate; 50 assorted trees sold at 10c per
tree less than the 10-rate. See price paragraph
on page 9 for additional quantity rates. Write for
prices on 250 or more.

Listed in Order of Ripening
Tartarian. The very finest cherry to eat fresh,
and along with Bing making up the largest per-
centage of the profitable commercial cherry plant-
ings. Sweet, rich, and juicy, with a rich, tempt-
ing, purplish-black color. The robust erect trees
are heavy bearers. A good pollinizer for Bing

and other sweet cherries. Early June.

Richmond. Excellent early sour cherry, similar
to Morello, but ripening two weeks earlier. Rich-
mond and Morello are the cherries that we rec-
ommend planting in the Southern California coas-
tal and valley districts. Early June.

Morello. Fruits very large, handsome, dark
wine-red, with a sprightly aromatic flavor; flesh
tender and melting. A small round-headed tree,
bearing heavy crops no matter where planted.
We highly recommend Morello as the very finest
cherry for planting in those coastal and valley
sections where sweet cherries do not bear. June-

Bing. A very large, dark red sweet cherry of
extremely handsome appearance, and since it
has the firmest flesh of all cherries, it is splendid
for canning and shipping. Plant Tartarian with
it as a pollinizer. June.

Royal Ann (Napoleon). A magnificent cherry
of the largest size; pale yellow with bright red
cheek; flesh firm and sweet; tree an enormous
bearer. The leading commercial canning cherry-
Late June.

Lambert. The largest sweet Cherry and one
of the latest to ripen. Very large, heart-shaped;
rich red in color; very firm fleshed,
and most beautiful in appearance~
Not a heavy bearer, but makes up
for this deficiency in size and qual-
ity. Late June.

Dwarf Pears

Bartlett, Beurre D’Anjou, and
Winter Nelis Pears are available on
dwarf root stock, the trees never
getting more than about 8 feet high.
This dwarfing causes the tree to
begin bearing almost immediately,
and they bear immense crops, con-
sidering their size. They are splen-
did for small places, and for home
gardens will be found more satis-
factory, we believe, than the stan-
dard Pear trees listed at top of next
page. 4-6 ft., $1.25 each, $11.00 per
10; 3-4 ft., $1.00 each, $9.00 per 10.

(See Standard Pears at top of
next page.)

Pears

Pears thrive best in the higher altitudes of
Southern California, but bear well in almost
all sections. Winter Bartlett is the best bearer
in the low altitudes in Southern California.

Caliper Height Each PerlO Per 100
Wo-11/16 in., 4 to 6 ft.. .-$ .70 $6.00 $35.00
3g-'/2 in., 3 to 4 ft.. 60 5.00 30.00

Write for Special Prices on 250 or More

Bartlett. The most widely cultivated Pear in Cali-
fornia, large, buttery and melting, with rich flavor;
tree a vigorous grower, bears abundantly. Bartlett
has every quality needed for a perfect home and
market Pear. August.

Seckel. Fruit small, but well colored, and there is
no other variety which possesses such exquisitely
flavored perfumed juicy flesh, even the skin being
spicy. September.

Beurre D’Anjou. Large, yellow, marked with russet
and crimson. Tender, sweet and juicy. An excellent
pollinizer for Bartlett. October.

Winter Nelis. The standard late ripening Pear.
Fruit small, russetted, with a ruddy cheek; a delec-
table, rich, aromatic flavor. Enormously productive,
and the fruit keeps for a long time after picking.
This variety is most resistant to delayed foliation;
therefore, bears heavier crops in the coastal and val-
ley districts of Southern California. December.

Winter Bartlett. A small Pear, similar to Bartlett
in shape, color and flavor but smaller and ripening
quite late. The tree is productive and the fruit keeps
remarkably well. This variety, along with Winter
Nelis, is the best bet for coastal and valley regions
in the southern part of the State. November.

Tree and Fruit of Lang Jujube

This tree is three years old. Jujubes bear at an early
age.

Chinese Jujubes

The Jujube is a small deciduous tree which bears,
often the first year after planting, great quantities of
small dark brown fruits which are sweet and crisp
when eaten fresh, which makes an excellent jam
when cooked, but are most often used as delicious
candied fruits.

The tree grows anywhere with ease but bears best
in the warmer interior valleys. Hardy and will stand
zero temperatures without injury. Fruit ripens Sep-
tember and October. Our grafted, field grown trees
will bear almost at once.

Height Each Per 10
A HOW OM ESC tee es eee ere ee ce eee, $12.50
3 to 4 feet.. 11.00
2 to 3 feet. 10 00

Lang. Large, pear-shaped fruit, Mf to 2 inches
long, shown in photograph above. Produces a great
abundance of fruit and often bears the first year
after planting.

Li. This variety has the largest fruit of all, often
2 inches in diameter, round in shape. Has a very
small pit and is deliciously sweet and crisp.

Luscious Big Brown Turkey Figs, Natural Size

California Figs
California is one of the few parts of the world in which Figs attain the
utmost perfection, and in the late summer and fall there is no fruit which is
more enjoyed fresh, whether eaten out of hand, sliced with cream and
sugar, or in jam, than sweet, delicious highly-flavored Figs. Figs should be
thoroughly irrigated at least once each month during the summer and even
oftener during hot weather. See pruning suggestions under each variety.

Height Each Perl0 Per 100
5 to 6 feet...........8 .75 $6.50 $45.00
4 to 5 feet. .70 6.00 35.00
3 to 4 feet... .60 5.00 30.00

Ten assorted deciduous fruit and nut

trees sold at the 10-rate. Fifty assorted .
10c per tree less than =

trees sold at
10-rate. If 10 or more of one variety
are included in an order totalling 50 or
more trees, the 100-rate applies on
those varieties. Write for prices on 256
or more trees.

Brown Turkey. We consider Brown
Turkey to be just about the finest Fig
for general use in California. The fruits
are very large and long, a rich pur-
plish-brown in color, becoming deeper
purple as they mature, with rich straw-
berry-red flesh, fine grained, sweet
and juicy. It seems to bear equally
well, whether it be directly on the
coast or in the interior or desert val-
leys. Larger and finer Figs will be
produced if the trees are heavily
pruned back in the winter.

Brunswick. This medium sized, light
brown, short-necked Fig is known as
Magnolia in Texas. The fine-grained,
sweet, brownish-amber flesh is deli-
cious. The tree is smaller than many
other varieties and will stand more
cold than any other Fig that we grow.
It is, therefore, adapted to a wide
range of territory. Produces larger and
better fruit if left unpruned.

Calimyrna (Smyrna). The largest and
finest Fig grown, of enormous size,
round and flattened at the end; a
greenish-yellow skin and coarse red-
dish-amber pulp. The fruit has a rich-
ness and meatiness not found in any
other Fig and is the standard commer-
cial variety for drying. Will not ma-
ture crop unless pollinized by the fig
wasp (Blastophaga grossorum) which
breeds in the wild Capri Figs. A Capri
must be planted nearby and infested
with the wasp to obtain a crop on the
Calimyrna. Prune severely in winter.

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Kadota Fig

Kadota. This is the finest white Fig for
most+of California and one of the finest Figs
for all purposes, since it will can, dry, pickle
or ship fresh and give excellent results in
every case. Many people prefer it to any other
fig for eating fresh. Of medium size, with
waxy, smooth, yellow-white skin: and pale
amber flesh. Extremely sweet and rich, mak-
ing just about the best fig jam ever tasted.
Bears extremely heavy crops all through the
summer and fall. It does best in the interior
valley where the summers are warmer. It
is not necessary to prune Kadota trees back
heavily in the winter unless you wish*to keep
the tree low for convenience in picking, for
heavy pruning decreases the quantity with-
out increasing the size.

Capri. Capri Figs are valueless in them-
selves but provide a home for the fig wasps
which are necessary to pollinize the Calimyr-
na. The planting ratio is one Capri to twenty-
five Calimyrnas or less.

Mission. The well-known California Black
Fig brought to California by the Mission
Fathers. The fruit is medium to large, with a
long neck; mahogany-violet in color, with
brownish-red flesh. Thrives in all sections,
coast to desert, and the tree is enormously
productive even under adverse conditions
where little water is available. Better and
more fruit is produced on Mission if the tree
is left unpruned.

White Adriatic. Very large, elongated, yel-
lowish-green fruit with a short neck; flesh a
bright strawberry-red, somewhat coarse but of
excellent quality. This Fig has long been
known as one of the very finest of white
Figs. Heavy pruning will increase size of
fruit but decrease quantity.

White Genoa. A very large pear-shaped
variety with a waxen yellow skin and sweet
amber pulp, somewhat similar to Kadota but
much larger. White Genoa bears much more
consistently in the immediate vicinity of the
seacoast than other Figs. Prune like Adriatic.

Sodus Purple Raspberry at left, ordinary Red Raspberry at
tight, photographed on silver quarter dollars, actual size.

A Spectacular New Raspberry

Sodus Purple Raspberry. Here is something new! A berry that was
offered last season by us for the first time in California and which we
have found to be exceedingly well adapted to our conditions. Great,
large, rich purple berries, four times as large as the ordinary black
Raspberry, borne in enormous sprays. Juicy, sweet, rich flavored, with
the good old raspberry aroma and flavor. The berries are most de-
licious to eat with sugar and cream and are unexcelled for jams.
Young plants put out in the spring grow amazingly fast and will pro-
duce berries the same season if well cared for, this readiness to bear
being one of its finest characteristics. A cross between the black Rasp-
berry and the red Raspberry, one of the most satisfying and delicious
berries that you have ever tasted. 30c each, $2.50 per 10, $15.00 per 100.

Red Raspberries

Cuthbert. The deep red fruit is large, firm, sweet and fine
flavored, borne on tall, heavily foliaged plants. The fruit is
sold on the Los Angeles market as Casberry. It is by far the
finest red Raspberry for this section and most other sec-
tions. Plant 2 feet apart in rows 6 feet apart. l5c each,
$1.25 per 10, $5.00 per 100.

Black Raspberries

Munger. This is the finest Black Cap Raspberry that we
have observed under California conditions, producing great
quantities of Jarge jet-black berries, sweet and highly flav-
ored, never dry and seedy This variety does best in Calli-
fornia, the plants are bigger, more heavily foliaged and
protect the berries better. 15c each, $1.25 per 10, $8.00
per 100.

Armstrong Berries

The Gigantic Boysenberry

_ Ever since the Boysenberry was introduced we have claimed that
it was the very finest berry that could be grown in California. Not
only has this proved to be true for California but it seems to do
just as well in almost all sections of the United States.

The Boysenberry is the largest of all berries averaging 1!) to 2
inches in length and 1 inch in diameter. The berries are jet-black,
highly flavored, and they pick, keep and ship in a way that brings
delight to the heart of a berry grower. Housewives know that they
make the very finest pies, jams and preserves. ;

Boysenberries produce exceptionally heavy crops. The big, vigorous
vines are simply loaded with the big fruit clusters which start to
ripen early, just when berries are most in demand. Boysen has been
remarkably hardy and adaptable in a wide range of climatic con-
ditions, having safely stood temperatures as low as 14 degrees below
zero in the Middle West.

Plant the vines 8 by 8 feet, without irrigation, or 6 by 6 feet, with
irrigation. Fertilize the ground with some kind of barnyard fertilizer
the first summer after the plants have started to grow well, and again
the following winter. Keep the plants well watered during the sum-
mer. The vines should be allowed to grow on the ground the first
summer after planting, and then trellised before they start to grow
the next spring. After the berries have been picked, the old canes
which have borne the fruit should be cut off level with the ground
and removed. The new canes appearing at that time, which are the
fruit bearing canes for the next season, can be allowed to grow on
the ground until the following spring and then put up on the trellis
as before.

One-year transplants..........-..-2-- 2. $.30 each, $2.25 per 10, $15.00 per 100
Strong rooted tips 20 each, 1.50 per 10, 8.00 per 100
(Tips, $40.00 per 1000, 500 at 1000-rate.)

Blakemore

California’s Finest Strawberry

Boysenberries
(Natural Size)

This beautiful big
berry should be the
very first one se-
lected to go into your
garden. A few vines
will give you all the
fruit that the family
can use.

Youngberries

Youngberry. Has been popular for
some years but has now been re-
placed to some extent by the Boysen-
berry. Remarkable keepers and ship-
pers, the berries are deep wine color,
changing to jet black, with an ex-
quisite piquant flavor. The seeds are
so few and soft that they may be
considered as_ practically seedless,
and make splendid jams and jellies.
Extremely vigorous and heavy pro-
ducers. Plant on wire trellises 6 to
7 feet apart. Rooted tips, 15c each,
$1.25 per 10, $6.00 per 100.

You will be sure of getting the
most value for your berry plant
investment if you make sure
that the Armstrong label is on
the plants you buy.

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Asparagus

Paradise. Heavy production, early
maturity and exceptionally fine qual-
ity characterize this new Asparagus,
with the big, stalky green stems.
Produces enormous crops. 10 for 50c,
25 for $1.00, 100 for $2.50, 1000 for
$17.50.

Mary Washington. Has been the
most popular kind, ripening early
with many tender, crisp green tips.
Plant Asparagus | foot apart in rows
4 feet apart. 10 for 40c, 25 for 75c,
100 for $2.00, 1000 for $10.00.

Rhubarb

Cherry. The brightest-colored kind,
with large, bright red stalks; the best
flavor and quality. Heavy roots, 25¢
each, $2.00 per 10, $12.50 per 100.

Bigger, Better Berries More Quickly ... That Is
What You Will Get From Armstrong Berry Plants

Blackberries

Crandall’s Early Blackberry. (Maca-
tawa.) One of the earliest berries to
ripen, producing great quantities of
medium size, firm, sweet blackberries,
with few seeds and almost no core. It
never fails to bear and will grow un-
der more adverse conditions than any
other berry, being hardy everywhere.
It ripens in June and July, with a
lighter crop in the fall. The big upright
bushes need no support. Plant them 5
feet apart in rows 8 feet apart. l5c
each, $1.25 per 10, $8.00 per 100.

Himalaya Blackberry. The canes
often reach 40 feet in one season, and
bear enormous crops of excellent, med-
ium sized, juicy black berries. Ripens
over a long season from June to late
fall and provides plenty of berries after
Youngberries and Boysenberries are
gone. Plant on a trellis 10 feet apart
in rows 8 feet apart. 15c each, $1.25

Texas Wonder

Texas Wonder Blackberry. We aie
indebted to the great State of Texas
for this splendid Blackberry which
thrives all over the southern half of the
United States. The berries on the vig-
orous vine are large and coal black.
They keep and handle exceptionally
weil and are very attractive to look at,
and the plants bear so heavily that in
the ripening season they are literally
black with berries. Trailing the first
summer but grown as a bush there-
after. Plant 4 feet apart in rows 8 feet
apart. You'll be enthusiastic over your
vines of Texas Wonder. 2Cc each, $1.50
per 10, $10.00 per 100.

Currants

Perfection. A good quality bright red
Currant, with a rich mild sub-acid fla-
vor. The plants bear heavy crops
wherever conditions are suitable. 25c
each, $2.00 per 10, $10.00 per 100.

per 10, $6.00 per 100.

Big, Dark Red, Thornless Loganberries, Not a Scratch in an
Acre-Full.

Juicy Loganberries

Loganberries. Long a favorite on the entire Pacific Coast,
these vigorous, hardy, trailing vines produce enormous crops
of very large, long, dark red berries with a rich sub-acid fla-
vor, which have long been famous for their excellent jams,
jellies and preserves. This is a selected strain of the old type,
just like the new Thornless Logan described below, but some-
what thorny. 15c each, $1.25 per 10, $8.00 per 100.

Thornless Loganberries

Thornless Loganberry. Just like the other Logans above but
the canes are absolutely thornless, making picking a pleasure.
Bears and grows even more vigorously. 25c each, $2.00 per 10,
$15.00 per 100.

French Artichokes

French Green Globe. The finest Artichoke for market or home
use. Large, fine flavored buds. It is easy to grow artichokes,
and they thrive almost anywhere in California. Just plant them
6 feet apart, irrigate them occasionally in the summer-time.
Cut back to the ground in September and water and fertilize
them for winter and early spring crops. You will be surprised
at tiene crops you will get. 25c each, $2.00 per 10, $17.50
per 100. : :

Sodus Purple Raspberry
The Fruiting Sprays shown here, only Half Actual Size,
were taken from One-Year Plants.

Luscious Armstrong Strawberries

Out of the many hundred Strawberry varieties on the market, we have
selected the very finest for California conditions, and varieties properly
selected from this list will cover the season from early to late. The new
Sugarsweet is an exclusive Armstrong introduction.

Prices on Blakemore, Dorsett and
Carolina: 25 for 75c; 100 for $2.00;
1000 for $8.00. For prices on other
varieties see end of descriptions be-
low. Fifty at the 100-rate; 500 at the
1000-rate. Write for prices on 3000 or
more.

The Reddest

Blakemore. In color, earliness,
quality of berry, and size of crop, it
is a great advance in Strawberries.
Possibly its biggest advantage is the
beautiful bright red color which does
not change after the berries are
picked or after they are preserved.
Because of the firmness of the ber-
ties, they keep and ship extremeiy
well and are easy to pick. The foli-
age 1s very large, shielding the ber-
ries from the birds and sun and giv-
ing them a lovely color.

Dorsett. The big, firm, bright red
berries are extremely handsome in
appearance, and the quality is ex-
ceptionally fine, sweet and juicy,
with plenty of real Strawberry flavor.
The plants produce even larger crops
than the heaviest bearers among the
other varieties, producing two big
crops per season, one in the spring
and another in the early summer,
with a few scattered berries almost
any time during the year. Only
Blakemore can compete with it as a
commercial berry.

Carolina (Missionary). One of the
best berries for hot interior sections,
particularly in sandy, poorer soils. A
heavy producer of good quality fruit.
Fine not only for the market but for
the home as well.

Longest Season

Gem Everbearing. One of the ever-
bearing varieties with big, fine look-
ing berries, not as high in quality as
Rockhill, but the plants are less ex-
pensive because they produce more
runners. It bears well in the fall
after all the spring kinds are fin-
ished and is particularly good as a
commercial berry. 25 for $1.00; 100
for $3.00; 1000 for $10.00.

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The Sweetest

Sugarsweet. Big, bright red berries
so sweet that you can eat them with-
out sugar, and so tender that they
just melt away in your mouth. This
new non-acid Strawberry is some-
thing quite different in the strawberry
world and will appeal to all those
people who want their strawberries
sweet. Most people do as demon-
strated by the fact that when these
berries have been placed on the mar-
ket they have brought almost twice
as much per box as the ordinary
type of strawberry, and the purchas-
ers clamored for them at the price.
Those unfortunate people who are
allergic to strawberries may find that
the. lack of acid in this variety will
enable them to eat strawberries and
enjoy them without subsequent dis-
comfort. The lack of acid does not
impair the full rich strawberry flavor,
in fact, to many people it enhances
it. It is a heavy bearer, too, which
starts to bear in March and continues
for five straight months without a
pause. Ten for $1.00; 25 for $2.00;
100 for $6.00; 1000 for $50.00.

No Runners

Rockhill. The best of the so-called
Everbearing type. The berries are as-
tonishingly large and beautiful, ex-
tremely fine in flavor, and the plants
bear much earlier and later in the
season than other types. Rockhill
makes no runners, and if you have
ever grown Strawberries, you know
that after several years the bed gets
so full of runners that little fruit is
produced.

This is not true of Rockhill, and
you will not wear yourself out chop-
ping off runners to make the plants
bear. The lack of runners makes the
plants more expensive, but certainly
it is worth it to get more and better
berries with less work. 10 for $1.00;
25 for $2.00; 100 for $6.00; 1000 for $40.

Gooseberries

Oregon Champion. Large round,
transparent, pale green fruit of excel-
tent quality. Gooseberries are a de-
light where they can be successfully
grown, but they do not bear well in
the lowlands of Southern California.
25c each, $2.00 per 10, $10.00 per 100

Armstrong

Grapes from all over the world do won-
derfully well in California, and every home
place has room for a few vines somewhere.
It takes only two years after planting to get
good crops on most Grape vines, so it is
not necessary to wait for results. Plant
home grapes 6 feet apart each way.

The Grapes which are typical of Cali-
fornia are those that have been gathered
from Persia, Turkey, Armenia, Anatolia,
and from the Old World vineyards of
France and Germany, but we are also for-
tunate in being able to grow the American
Grapes which are so much liked in the
Eastern States, such as Concord and
Niagara.

Armstrong Grapes Give Big Returns in a Small Space

The Earliest Grape to Ripen

Pearl of Csaba. Since we first introduced this delicious
little amber colored Hungarian Grape several years ago,
it has become amazingly popular. It ripens many weeks
before any other variety that we now have, and unlike
many early fruit varieties it is a high quality Grape, almost
seedless, with a pronounced Muscat flavor, delicate and
refreshing. If you want to enjoy the first Grapes of the
season, include Pearl in your planting. June. 30c¢ each,
$2.50 per 10, 15.00 per 100.

This is an Armstrong-grown Pearl of Csaba Grape-Vine

planted by Mr. F. Cid at Guadalajara, Mexico, in January.

1936. This photograph was taken in May. 1937. Armstrong
Vines get results.

Prices on Grapes (Except Where Noted)

Each Per 10 Per 100

l-year Rooted Vines........... $0.25 $2.00 $10.00

Ten assorted Grape vines sold at the 10-rate.
Twenty-five of one variety sold at the 100-rate.
Write for prices on 500 or more.

Varieties are listed in the approximate order
of ripening. Those kinds suitable for arbor have
the letter

T’’ following the name.

California's Famous Seedless Grapes

For eating fresh the three following kinds are just about as fine as
any Grape that can be grown in California. They all ripen early
when Grapes taste the best. Leave the canes 18 to 24 inches long

when pruning.

Black Monukka. T. A seedless black
Persian Grape much resembling Thomp-
son Seedless, except that the berries
average one-third larger and are pur-
plish black when mature. Very large,
loose bunches borne in great profusion.
A splendid early eating Grape ripen-
ing 10 days before Thompson, and if
we had to pick out three or four va-
rieties only for our own enjoyment,
this one would have to be included.
Early August. 25c each; $2.00 per 10;
$15.00 per 100.

Giant Everbearing

Giant Everbearing. An extraordinary
hybrid, which is the most rampant and
vigorous grower that we have ever
seen in a grape vine, young vines
sending out 10 or 15-foot canes almost
immediately after planting, and for
covering an arbor or similar structure,
there is nothing finer. It ripens its
fruit not in one crop but over a period
of three months, and the little bunches
of reddish-black berries, while not ex-
ceptional in eating quality, make the
most beautiful and delicately flavored
grape jelly and juice that we have
ever tasted. 35c each; $3.00 per 10.

Malaga

Malaga. A leading shipping variety
and one of the finest table Grapes.
Bunches very large and loose; berries
large, oval, vellowish green, with a
thick skin and firm, sweet, rich flesh.
Does best in hot climates, but is one
of the most dependable bearers any-
where. August.

Ribier. This is the great big blue-
black Grape that you see in the mar-
kets, one of the largest and most hand-
some Grapes grown in California. Ex-
tremely large, round, almost black ber-
ries in medium size bunches, very
sweet and rich in flavor. August.

Rose of Peru (Black Prince). T. Has
large loose bunches of big round black
berries, crisp, sweet, and richly flav-
ored. A grape that you can plant any-
where, coast, valley or desert, and al-
ways get exceedingly heavy crops. Is
such a strong grower that it makes a
wonderful covering for arbor or fence.
September.

ze Oi

Thompson Seedless (Sultanina). T.
The well-known little greenish-amber
seedless Grape so popular the couniry
over. It is widely planted commer-
cially for raisins and the fresh fruit
as well. Bears enormously, producing
very large bunches of the delicious
sweet, mild berries. August.

Sultaninad Rosea. T. Exactly like
Thompson Seedless, but colored a
beautiful blush pink, deepening to red
in the sun, ripening several weeks
later than Thompson. 30c each; $2.50
per 10; $15.00 per 100.

Delicious Muscats

Black Muscat (Muscat Hamburg).
These large black berries have decid-
edly the richest flavor of any Grape
that we grow, exceeding even the
Muscat of Alexandria described be-
low. It is a great favorite with every-
one. 25c each; $2.00 per 10; $15.00
per 100. August.

Muscat. The famous Muscat of Alex-
andria. The favorite white, highly
flavored table and raisin Grape of
California. The big, al, green ber-
ties have a rich, sweet flavor which
any connoisseur of fresh Grapes will
tell you is the very finest there is.
Bears just as well under coastal con-
ditions as it does in the warm inland
sections. September.

Flame Muscat. Exacily like Muscat,
with the same rich flavor and large
berries of that famous variety but
bright red in color. Ripens three to
four weeks later than Muscat. 35c each,
$3.00 per 10, $20.00 per 100.

Dattier. A big bunch of long, amber,
exquisitely flavored Dattiers will give
more sheer enjoyment in the eating of
them than any other Grape that we
grow. Both bunches and berries are
very large, with a sweet mild flavor
and melting flesh. We will wager that
the kings and caliphs of Persia had
this variety served to them when they
wanted the best from the royal vine-
yards. September. 25c each; $2.00 per
10; $15.00 per 100.

Grape Vines

The New Golden Muscat

_ Golden Muscat. Here is a new Grape which we can enthusiast-
ically recommend. Some people prefer the Eastern ‘'slipskin’’
Grapes, while others prefer the California vinifera type Grapes,
but everyone likes this new kind, which is a hybrid between the
tichly flavored Black Muscat and the green Eastern slipskin
Grape, Diamond. This new variety has retained the golden green
color of the Eastern Grape but has gained the exquisite Muscat
flavor and has delightfully combined the characteristics of the
two different types. It is a vigorous grower and heavy bearer
everywhere from the hot inland valleys to the coastal regions,
producing its large, handsome berries in big, loose bunches. 50c

each, $4.50 per i
The Best Red Grape

Maraville de Malaga. (Molinera.) A wonderful red market and
shipping Grape, and unexcelled for home use as well. The berries
are extremely large, round, and bright red, sweet and richly flav-
ored, and so firm that the skin can be peeled off like an orange.
The best red Grape for most purposes. September.

Mission. T. Medium size, round, sweet, black berries produced
in enormous loose bunches. One of the old standard wine Grapes,
brought from Spain by the Mission Fathers centuries ago. Because
of its quality, sweetness, juiciness and the enormously heavy
crops that it always bears everywhere, it remains a favorite.
September.

Lady Finger (Rish Baba). Got its name because the berries
are very long, slender and white-skinned. Large long bunches:
flesh crisp, tender and sweet. Late September.

Zinfandel. Probably the most famous Wine Grape of California,
bearing an enormous quantity of compact bunches of very juicy,
sweet, black Grapes. The most dependable kind for juice pur-
poses. September.

The Famous Black Hamburg

Black Hamburg. T. One of the famous table Grapes of the
world, with large bunches of coal-black, round berries, very firm,
juicy, sweet and rich. A fine Grape for home and local markets.
Late September.

Gros Colman. T. Berries of this variety are as large as small
plums, borne in immense clusters. Berries a rich blue, firm and
crisp, and extremely handsome in appearance. October.

Flame Tokay. One of the leading shipping and table Grapes of
California. Berries rich red with lilac bloom; flesh firm, crisp and
sweet, and the bunches keep for a long time after packing. One
of the finest and best liked of the late fall Grapes. October.

Black Morocco. These great round, purplish black Grapes are so
large that they resemble small plums. The berries are sweet and
crisp and borne in large compact bunches. Probably the largest of
all Grapes and so late that they may be picked right up to
Thanksgiving. October. 25c each; $2.00 per 10; $15.00 per 100.

Hardy American Grapes

Golden Muscat

The new hybrid between the
Eastern American Grape and

the California vinifera

with an exquisite Muscat fla-
vor. A Grape for all climates.

Shown here two-thirds
size.

This type of Grape, of which the Concord is a typical example, is quite hardy
and is extensively grown in the eastern and middle western states. They are
sometimes known as ‘'slipskins,’’ are usually strong growing vines, are all suitable
for arbor and trellis, and do well anywhere on the Pacific Coast, with the excep-

‘tion of desert sections. They require more frequent irrigations in summer than the

other Grapes.

Each Perl0 Per 100
Price nce eee ee ween $0.30 $2.50 $15.00

Write for prices on 250 or more.

Good Old Concord

Concord. The most widely known and popu-
lar of all American Grapes.

Produces pro-

Ontario. Not only the earliest Eastern type
grape but one of the very finest green-skinned
ones, with big berries in medium sized
bunches which ripen early and hang on the
vines for a long time if you want to leave
them. Deliciously sweet and rich flavored
and the vines are exceedingly vigorous. 35c
each, $3.00 per 10, $20.00 per 100.

Delaware. The little red berries of this va-
riety, sweet and juicy, have just about the
finest quality of any Eastern Grape, and it
bears heavily every place. Early August.

Pierce (California Concord, Isabella Regia).
Similar to Concord, but the berries and
bunches are larger and the vine is a strong
grower. It is one of the finest of the American
Grapes for California, and if you are just
going to plant one black Eastern Grape, we
suggest this one. August.

Niagara. The standard American green
Grape, holding the same rank among green
kinds that Concord holds in the blacks. Ber-
ries large, pale-yellow, tender, sweet and
juicy. August.

fusely its medium size bunches of blue-black
Grapes, which everybody says have the fin-
est flavor of any Eastern variety. For grape
juice and jelly, nothing excels it, and it ripens
large crops in California. August.

Catawba. This has long been the standard
ted Eastern Grape, with a vigorous produc-
tive vine and splendid high quality fruit.
Deep maroon-red in color and rich in flavor.
Late August.

Isabella. A fine large, glossy black Grape,
with a thick skin and a musky flavor, which
many people prefer to Concord. It is a much
More vigorous vine than Concord, with big
leaves and bigger bunches. September.

A Fine Arbor Grape

Christmas. It you want to cover an arbor
or fence quickly and get many fine Grapes
every year, there is no finer variety that you
can plant than this origination of Luther Bur-
bank. An enormous grower, covering great
spaces, with fruit similar to Concord in color
and flavor but ripening two months later.
One vine will produce five times as much as
a Concord vine. 35c each.

— 20 —

Grape,

natural

Espalier Grapes

For planters who wish older and larger
vines which will give immediate results in
covering wall or arbor, we have fully grown
vines of Black Hamburg, Black Monukka,
Concord, Pierce, Niagara, Maraville de Ma-
laga, Thompson Seedless, Ribier, Giant Ever-
bearing and Golden Muscat trained in 7-
foot branched columns’ with horizontal
branches as plants with a large ball of
earth on the roots. They will start to bear
immediately, in fact, they have already borne
fruit. In the varieties above we have 4-year
specimens at $7.50 each and 3-year specimens
at $6.00 each. We also have larger, heavier
plants of Thompson Seedless and Ribier, 5-
year specimens at $10.00 each.

Husky Grafted Grapes

There are several reasons for planting
grapes grafted on vigorous disease-resistant
roots. First, they are much more vigorous and
make larger and, therefore, more heavy bear-
ing vines; second, they are entirely resistant
to Phylloxera and partially resistant to Nema-
todes, small soil parasites which sometimes
bother grapes in California and elsewhere.
They bear sooner too, usually the first year
after planting. In colder climates than Cali-
fornia, where vinifera grapes are wanted, we
recommend that these grafted vines be planted
since they will give far better results than the
cutting grown vines, and they are worth the
small additional cost anywhere.

Vines grafted on resistant roots available in
the varieties named below:

Each Perl0 Per 100
Price pies ee EE ACS ve $0.50 $4.50 $35.00
Black Hamburg Maraville de Malaga
Black Monukka Muscat
Black Muscat Ribier
Dattier Pearl of Csaba
Malaga Thompson Seedless

Tokay

Armstrong

California
Avocados

Thick-Skinned Avocados

All Avocado varieties listed here, except those in the
right-hand column on the opposite page, have thick,
shell-like or leathery skins, and include most of the
commercial sorts for long distance marketing. They are
comparatively tender and thrive best in the coastal
and transitional areas. For the colder sections, only the
Hardy Type of Avocado as listed on the opposite page
should be planted.

Anaheim. Possibly the heaviest producer of all varieties, par-
ticularly in the coastal districts, and especially valuable for
inter-planting because of its tall, slender habit of growth. The
oval, glossy green fruit, weighing 18 to 24 ounces, is not of
exceptional quality but it remains popular and profitable be-
cause of its extremely heavy crops. Coastal and transitional
areas. 28°. May to August.

Benik. This is one of the finest flavored and highest quality
Avocados in our list. The fruit is of medium size, 20 ounces,
pear-shaped, maroon-purple, with a small seed, while the
handling qualities and marketability are excellent. It is one of
the finest early summer fruits for both home and market in the
coastal and transitional areas, and is a good bet overlooked
by many planiers. 27°. May to August.

Dickinson. We like to recommend this variety for regions
adjacent to the coast because there it is a sure-shot bearer,
producing extremely heavy crops, far outbearing Fuerte and
most other kinds year after year. Medium size oval fruit, with
a thick, rough, pebbled, dark purple skin and a flavor and
quality of the very highest. Its hard shell interferes with its
marketability in the East, but for home use and local market
there is nothing finer. Coastal area only. 28°. March to Aug.

Important

Avocados require more water than citrus trees,
and throughout the summer must be given fre-
quent thorough irrigations. Also they should
have plenty of fertilizer for best results. Be sure
to read the planting instructions which go out
with each shipment of our Avocado irees.

Mr. John S. Arm-
strong, President
of the Armstrong
Nurseries, holding a cluster of
Jalna Avocados borne on a
young tree two years old from the bud.
There were seven fruits in this cluster.

Armstrong Avocado Trees Are Best

The fruit of the Avocado is now used in almost every home in California, and more
and more it is becoming a much enjoyed every-day food. The Avocado tree not only
is the source of many splendid healthful fruits in the California home planting but it is
a beautiful ornamental shade tree as well. If the right varieties are selected, Avocados
can be grown in almost any part of California except the mountain and desert regions,
and there are varieties which ripen during every period in the year. To pick the right
varieties for your location, see bottom of page.

Armstrong Avocado Trees are all grown
upon selected seedlings, and we use the
utmost care in the selection of the buds.
Mr. L. E. Nigh, under whose personal super-

The New Avocado, Leucadia

Prices on Avocados
(Except Cole Fuerte)

vision every Armstrong Avocado Tree has Each Per 10
been grown for the past twenty-six years, $3.00 $27.50
is known as the most successful Avocado = Ps) 25.00
propagator in the State. 2.50 22.50

All trees are shipped with balls of earth ae ute

(weighing 60 to 90 Ibs.) on the roots, except
in the case of long distance shipments, for
which the trees are usually dug with bare
roots, packed in moss, with tops pruned.

The ripening date given for each variety

Write for prices on 25 or more trees. Ten
assorted Avocados supplied at the 10-rate.

is only approximate, since the exact time
of ripening varies with the location. The
minimum temperatures given after each va-
tiety in the descriptions are approximate
only, since damage from frost varies greatly
according to the condition of the tree, the
time of the year, and the location.

Climatic Adaptation

Avocado varieties vary considerably in
their adaptation to the different types of cli-
matic conditions that we have in Southern
California. In order to make it easier for
planters to pick out the varieties best adapt-
ed to their location, we are quoting from the
1936. Year Book of the California Avocado
Association (as outlined by Professor R. W.
Hodgson of U.C.L.A.) three climatic zones io
which we refer in our descriptions:

1. The Southern Coastal Belt.
from Santa Barbara to San Diego.

2. The Transitional Belt
including such areas as Monrovia, La
Habra Heights, Whittier, Tustin, Ana-
heim, Fullerton, Brea, North Whittier
Heights, Yorba Linda, La Mesa, Escon-
dido, Fallbrook, Vista, and foothills of
Santa Barbara and Ventura Counties.

3. The Interior Belt
extending from Pomona, east and from
Corona, north.

Fuerte

Fuerte. Still the finest Avocado for
commercial or home planting in Califor-
nia, as it has been for many years,
staying at the top because of the uni-
formly high quality of the fruit, its
heavy production, splendid marketabil-
ity, winter ripening season and frost
resistance. While it has been planted
in all Avocado districts, it does not
bear as well in extreme coastal and
interior districts and is at its best in
the transitional area. In that area there
is no better Avocado for commercial
production, and, of course, it is a
splendid home fruit.

The fruit is elongated, pear-shaped, of
medium size, with a smooth, green, leathery
skin and creamy yellow, buttery flesh of
exceptionally fine flavor, being excelled in
this respect by no other Avocado.

The tree is large and spreading, and
ripens its fruit in winter, although it usually
can be picked from late fall until early
spring, the fruit hanging on for a long time
after maturing. Fuerte is considerably hard-
ier than most other thick-skinned Avocados
but not as hardy as the thin-skinned Mexi-
can varieties. 24°. December to May.

Cole Fuerte. New, heavier bearing strain
of Fuerte. See next page.

at)

The Hardiest Avocados

The thin-skinned Mexican Avocados listed below are
quite hardy and are only damaged by extremely heavy
frosts—if at all. They are, therefore, best for planting
in the interior valleys and may safely be grown wher-
ever Oranges succeed. The fruits are smaller than the
thick-skinned kinds, and because of their thin skins
they are not suitable for long distance shipping, but
are splendid for home use and local markets. The
varieties below are listed in the approximate order of
their hardiness.

For prices see preceding page.

Benedict. A small, smooth skinned, black pear-
shaped fruit of exceptionally fine quality. It
originated in Butte County, and in the cold win-
ter of 1937 it proved to be the hardiest of all
the Avocados that we grow, being undamaged at
temperatures down to 18 degrees. Bears extreme-
ly heavy crops and thrives almost anywhere in
the foothills and valleys of California. September.

Mexicola. One of the hardiest Avocados and
one which can be counted upon to bear con-
sistently, nearly always fruiting the second year
after planting. The fruit is small, dark purple,
of excellent quality and fine for home use. A
large, vigorous tree which will stand plenty of
heat, cold and wind. Bears enormously in all
areas. 19°. September.

Our First Choice

Duke. We believe this splendid kind to be the
finest of all Avocados for home planting in the
colder interior districts. It is an oval, green fruit
which looks like a small Fuerte and is much
larger than the average thin-skinned variety. It
will be enjoyed in the home as much as any
Avocado that we grow. Any surplus sells well in
the local markets, for it is a fine appearing fruit.
Duke will grow almost anywhere in the valleys
of California from the northern end of the Secramento

Edranol Avocado
Smooth buttery flesh, no fiber, exceptionally fine quality.

The New Edranol

Edranol. All reports continue to indi-
cate that this is one of the most prom-
ising new varieties of Avocados that has
come on the market in recent years. The
fruit is dark green, pear-shaped, with a
small seed, and the flesh has a beautiful
smooth buttery appearance, without the
discoloration which is often present in
many other kinds when fully ripe. There
is no fiber in the flesh and the flavor is
so delicious and pleasant that everyone
enthuses over it. The tree is a slender,
vigorous, upright grower which takes
little room and is splendid for inter-
planting, bearing well wherever tested,
but seems to be best adapted to the
coastal and transitional areas. Ripens in
the late spring and early summer. 26°.
May to August.

Best Summer Avocado

Nabal. A leading summer-ripening
Avocado in all Avocado-sections of Cali-
fornia ranking second only to Fuerte
as a commercial kind. Fruit round, 16
to 20 ounces, with a smooth leathery
green skin and a very small seed, of
exceptionally fine quality. The name is
a Guatemalan Indian word meaning
“abundance,’’ and one look at a Nabal
tree hanging full of its great clusters of
beautiful fruits is enough to justify the
name. Coastal and transitional areas.
28°. June to September.

Queen. This is the largest fruited Avo-
cado on our list. Its big, purplish-ma-
roon, pear-shaped fruits weighing 11/2 to
2 pounds. Because of its extremely high
quality and consistent bearing habit, it
makes a splendid home fruit, and there
should be a few trees in every commer-
cial planting, particularly in coastal and
coastal - foothill districts. A beautiful
spreading and exceedingly ornamental
tree. Coasial and transitional areas. 28°.
March to October.

Valley to the Mexican border, and-the tree is large,
vigorous and beautifully foliaged. Does not bear quite

as consistently in the coastal districts. 20°. September-
October.
Leucadia. This new thin-skinned Avocado promises to

be one of the best of the hardier varieties. It is a beau-
tiful appearing fruit, with a thin, smooth, purplish-black
skin, larger than the Puebla and of better quality. ft
bears heavier crops than Puebla, particularly in the
coastal regions, and will undoubtedly displace that
variety there. The tree is exceptionally strong, vigorous
and fast growing. Probably will be satisfactory in all
areas—coastal, transitional and interior—but has only
been definitely proven in the coastal area. 23°. Oc-
tober-November.

Jalna. A new heavy bearing Mexican variety with
green pear-shaped fruits of splendid quality. Wherever
observed the trees have borne very heavy crops, and
in addition it is one of the most beautiful Avocado trees
in appearance—spreading, symmetrical, with handsome
luxuriant foliage. The photograph on the opposite page
showing a large cluster of fruit borne on a tree only
two years old from the bud is some indication of its
bearing qualities, and we believe we can enthusiastic-
ally recommend it for all areas. This variety and Leu-
cadia ripen much later than the other three Mexican
varieties above, and at least one of each group should

be planted: if possible to lengthen the fall ripening
season. 22°. December.

For Big Summer Crops

Avocado trees have been an Armstrong specialty for 30 years.
The Armstrong labels means that it is just about the best
Avocado tree than can be grown.

Ryan. Commercial growers have been looking for a medium
sized-pear-shaped green fruit to ripen after the Fuerte season
is over, and this variety answers this description so well that
the fruit often brings almost twice as much per acre as have
other summer Avocados. It is one of the heaviest and most
consistent bearers yet discovered in Avocados. The trees are
big, spreading, vigorous growers and have borne enormous
crops wherever planted. The quality of the fruit is good. Its
period of summer ripening, its heavy bearing habit and its un-
usual resistance to frost are other advantages. Transitional
area best. 25°. May to October.

— Cole Fuerte. For a number of years the Variety Committee
of the California Avocado Association have been searching for
a strain of the Fuerte variety which would bear a heavy crop
every year instead of an extremely heavy crop one year and
a light crop the next. In Ventura County, at least, the Cole
strain of the Fuerte has been a regular and heavy bearer every
year. We think it shows great promise for both home and
commercial planting. This strain differs from the Fuerte variety
only in its possibly improved bearing habit. (Prices 25c per
tree higher than rates given on preceding page.)

Puebla. This variety still remains a popular home and com-
mercial variety for ihe late fall and early winter season. Oval
fruit; 8 to 12 ounces; deep maroon purple in color. Its smooth,
yellow buttery flesh is exceptionally rich and fine. Produces
great quantities of fruit, and has no equal for beautiful appear-
ance of both tree and fruit. Sometimes a shy bearer direcily
on the coast and is best suited to the transitional area. 26°.
November to February.

Fruits of the Duke, Finest of the Hardy Avocados

Bad 99) kat

Everblooming Arctotis

It is impossibe in two
pages to even mention many
of the varieties of Perennial
and Annual flowering plants
that we have available at
different seasons of the year.
We list here only a few of
the best Perennials in sizes
which will give immediate
bloom. A visit to our sales-
yard will enable you to see
many others. We have all
the standard varieties of An-
nuals and Perennials in
flats, at reasonable prices.

All Armstrong prod-
ucts now available both
at our main Display
Yards in Ontario and
our new Cash Branch at
North Hollywood at Mag-
nolia Blvd. and Cold-
water Canyon Road.

Blooms all year in many colors

Prices on Perennials Listed

Unless another size is specifically mentioned
the plants listed below are available in gal-
lon containers only at 40c each.

SAVE APPROXIMATELY 10%

When you purchase 5 ot one variety, or 15
or more assorted ornamentals, including per-
ennials, evergreen shrubs, evergreen irees,
conifers or vines, you are entitled to deduct
Sc per plant on all plants priced at 60c each
or less. For further reductions, see table on

page 45.
For a Shady Spot

Japanese Anemone. ‘Windflower.’’ Deli-
cate, 2-inch, waxy blooms on tall 2-foot stems
over large, handsome foliage. Plant in shade
or half-shade. We have two varieties,
Crested Pink and Whirlwind (pure whiie),
both are semi-double. Gal. containers, 60c.

Aquilegia Crimson Star. A free blooming,
sturdy, compact Columbine with large, spec-
tacular crimson anc white flowers. Gal. con-
tainers, 50c.

Aquilegia (Columbine). 3-4 ft. There is
nothing finer for the semi-shaded, moist spot
for spring bloom. Many delightful cclors.

Everblooming Arctotis

Arctotis acaulis. One of the most popular
perennials that we have ever offered is this
bushy South African plant, 1 to 2 feet high
and as much across, which frequently car-
ties 40 or 50 magnificent 3-inch flowers at one
time in brilliant shades of orange, yellow,
lavender, pink, white or purple. Each plant
is different in color, and while they are at
their best in late fall, early winter and early
spring, they usually produce blooms during
most of the entire year. Full sun. Gal con-
tainers, 50c.

Aristea ecklonis. Spikes of intensely blue
flowers, 18 inches high, in spring or early
summer on a dense, handsome, all-year
clump of narrow, grass-like foliage. Full sun
or part shade. Gal. containers, SOc.

Aristea platycaulis. Same as above but
plant is larger, flower spikes taller (21/2 feet)
and flowers larger. Gal. containers, 50c.

Aster Frickarti. This is one of the finest
perennial flowering plants that we grow and
will provide a mass of lavender-blue flowers,
2 to 2!/, inches across, from June Ist to De-
cember lst without a break. Not only a
splendid show in the garden but excellent for
cutting. Grows easily anywhere. Full sun
or part shade. Gal. containers, 60c.

Calla Lilies

Calla aethiopica. The big white flower that
everybody knows. Splendid for shade.

Calla Elliottiana. “Golden Yellow Calla.”
The showy flowers are a rich golden yellow
and the large, bright green leaves are
marked with silver. Gal. containers, 60c.

Calla Baby White. Dainty, miniature white
blooms only 12 inches high. 4-inch pots, 40c.

GOO Se

Calceolaria tomentosa. See page 24.

Showy Cannas

Handsome, big foliage and large, showy
flowers, blooming from early summer until
frost. Full sun. Root divisions, 25c each,
$2.00 per 10 of one kind.

Eureka. 3 ft. White, yellow center.

Favorite. 5 ft. Golden yellow, dotted red.

Mrs. Pierre S. duPont. Clear light pink.

President. 5 ft. Orange-scarlet.

Razzle Dazzle. .3!/, fi. Orange, yellow
spots. .
Wyoming. 5 ft. Orange flowers, bronze
foliage.
Chrysanthemums. We list here only the

Korean Chrysanthemums which are particu-
larly fine for most gardens because they
bloom three times as long as the old Chrys-
anthemums, beginning in the middle of sum-
mer and continuing right through the fall.
Magnificent colors, dainty single or semi-
double flowers.

Apollo. Apricot-red.

Ceres. Primrose-yellow, shaded pink.

Diana. Rose-pink, shaded lilac and salmon.

Mars. Deep cerise-red.

Mercury. Cerise-pink.

Fine for Cutting
Chrysanthemum mawii. ‘Moroccan Chrys-
anthemum.” 8-inch clump of fern-like foliage,
many 1!/)-inch pink blooms on 12-inch stems.
Splendid for cutting. Full sun, dry soil. 4-
inch pots, 40c; $3.50 per 10; flats of 100 small
plants, $4.00.

Armstrong Perennials

Glorious Delphiniums

Delphinium Pacific Hybrids. A glorious
new strain of Delphinium, with huge, double
flowers, 2!/, to 31/2 inches across, in long,
well proportioned spikes. The colors range
from pale blue through the various shades
of deep blue, lilac, turquoise and azure. The
plants grow 3 io 6 feet in height. We have
them divided into Dark Blue Shades and
Light Blue Shades if you want them sepa-
rated.

Blue Dianella

Dianella tasmanica. One of the mosi beau-
tiful and permanent little perennials that we
grow, one which we recommend enithusias-
tically for a shady or semi-shady spot. The
2-foot clump of grassy foliage is beautiful
the year around, while in spring it bears
spikes of the most brilliant sky-blue flowers
which turn later in the summer into big, 1/)-
inch oval berries in a lovely and fascinat-
ing shade of turquoise-blue. We have never
been able to decide whether the flowers or
the berries are the loveliest, but the berries
in particular are beautiful for bowl arrange-
menis. Gal. containers, 60c.

Fairy Wands

Dierama pendula. A delightful clump of
grass-like foliage, 2 feet high, which carries
in the spring 3-foot stems, slender, wiry.
swaying in the breeze, from which hang the
lovely pink, bell-shaped flowers. Excellent
for cut material and beautiful in the garden.
Full sun or semi-shade and plenty of mois-
ture. Gal. containers, 60c.

Dimorphotheca chrysanthemifolia. Each plant
becomes 2 feet high and 4 feet across.
covered in late winter and early spring with
long-stemmed, bright yellow flowers like big,
single Chrysanthemums, exceedingly showy
and free blooming. Full sun.

Dimorphotheca ecklonis. Large, spreading
plant becoming 4 feet high and more across,
with large, 3-inch, pale blue flowers in late
winter and spring.

Echium fastuosum. ‘‘Pride of Madeira.”
Makes a plant 4 to 6 feet high, 4 feet across,
covered with enormous blue flower spikes in
June. Dry soil, full sun. Gal. containers, 60c.

Beauty in Blue and Gold

Felicia aethiopica. We sincerely hope that
you will find a sunny or a semi-shady spot
somewhere in your garden for this newly in-
troduced, shrubby perennial because we
want you to have the same thrill and pleas-
ure that we received from seeing its beauti-
ful, deep blue, 1-inch flowers, with their cen-
ter of intense golden yellow. About 2 feet
high and as much across. Blooms in late
winter and early spring. If you are just
picking out two or three plants from this list,
be sure to include this one. If we could find
words more enthusiastic, we would use them
here. Gal. containers, 60c.

Day Lilies bear these beautiful, sweet-scented flowers on 2 to 4 foot stems

Geraniums

Geraniums bloom almost the year around
in California, and often are at their best in
the middle of winter. Fine for the open gar-
den or for pot plants for wall, patio or terrace.

6-inch pots, 60c; 4-inch pots, 40c

Gertrude Pearson. Salmon-pink, white eye.

Maxine Kovalesky. Copper-scarlet.

Paul Crampel. Rich vermilion-scarlet.

Poitevine Improved. Bright salmon-pink.

Radio Red. Brilliant single scarlet.

Sensation. Deep dark red.

Transvaal Daisies

Gerberas. There are few more beautiful
and popular cut flowers in California. than
these lovely flowers. We offer a large-flow-
ered, long-stemmed. strain in colors ranging
from straw through pink, yellow, orange to
brilliant scarlet and crimson, including a
large percentage of the darker shades. We
sell only mixed colors. Full sun. Gal. con-
tainers, 50c; bare root divisions, $1.50 per 12.

Geum Mrs. Bradshaw. Brilliant scarlet
flowers. 2 ft. Full sun. Also Geum Lady
Stratheden (bright yellow).

Perennial Sunflower

Helianthus angustifolia. Hundreds of bril-
liant golden yellow flowers, 3 inches across
on a 6-foot plant. In our opinion, the finest
September blooming perennial . Full sun. 50c

Heliotrope. Popular favorite for half-shade,
blooming in late summer and fall. Exceed-
ingly fragrant. We have Queen Margaret
(light lavender), Snow Wreath (creamy
white) and Black Beauty (rich violet). 4-inch
pots, 40c.

Everblooming Day Lilies

Hemerocallis. ‘‘Day Lilies.’ For a good
looking clump of foliage or a border in full
sun these are splendid because they never
stop throwing up their handsome flowers fror
early spring to late fall, and they grow eas-
ily in any soil under all conditions. We offer
Flava (sweet-scented, clear yellow), J. A.
Crawtord (apricot-yellow on 4-ft. stems —
magnificent), Kwanso (double flowers of gol-
den bronze), and Aurantiaca (single, orange-
yellow).

Heuchera sanguinea. ‘Coral Bells.’ Spikes
of red flowers, 18 inches high. Shaped
like Lily-of-the-Valley. Shade or part shade.
4-inch pots, 40c, $3.50 per 10; flats of 100
plants, $3.00.

Iris. We have many lovely varieties of
Bearded Iris on display in our Salesyard.

Kniphofia. ‘Red Hot Poker.’’ Grassy
clumps, flowers on long stems, very showy
throughout the summer. We have Grandis
(giant orange-scarlet, 6-8 ft.), Pfitzeri (rich
orange-scarlet, 3-4 ft.), and Royal Standard
(bright yellow tipped with scarlet, 4 ft.).

Marguerite. Popular, free blooming, fast
growing, winter and spring blooming plant.
We have Single Yellow and Sing!e White.
Become 3-4 ft. high. Full sun.

Mesembryanthemums. Splendid ha!f-shrubs
for full sun and need little water. We have
a number of kinds, including Blandum
(large, pink, 2 ft.), Tenuifolium (royal purple,
3 ft.) and Speciosum (brilliant flame-scarlet,
3 ft.). For low growing, ground cover types,
see page 37.

Morea iridioides. Iris-like plant, white
flowers marked with yellow and blue. Blooms
from spring to late fall. Full sun. Morea
bicolor has creamy yellow flowers with brown
markings.

Pelargoniums

For coastal regions there is nothing finer
than the brilliant-hued Pelargoniums (Martha
Washington Geraniums). 3-4 ft. Both sun
and half-shade. All following varieties, 6-
inch pots, 75c; 4-inch pots, 50c.

Dieners Giant. Salmon-pink, brown blotches.

Easter Greeting. Red, black blotches.

Edith North. Rose-pink, darker pink center.

Lavender Queen. Clear lavender.

Mrs. Laval Improved. White, deep purple
and black.

Springtime.
white.

Sue Jarrett.

Ruffled pink petals, bordered
Salmon-pink, shaded rose.

Phlox Arendsi Louise. You will find this
one of the most delightful summer blooming
plants for garden or table decoration. Its
rounded, 12-inch plants, low and bushy, are
surmounted by heads of big, pale blue
flowers, delicate and lovely in coloring. Light
shade or sun. Gal. containers, 60c.

Perennial Phlox

For great masses of bloom over a long sea-
son in the richest and loveliest of colors, for
cut flowers, for banks of brilliant color
throughout the summer and fall, there is
nothing better than these easily grown, glori-
ously hued Phlox which are never-failing in
their profusion of big, bright colored flower
heads. Root divisions, 30c each, $2.50 per 10.

Bridesmaid. White with carmine eye.

Daily Sketch. Enormous trusses of indi-
vidual flowers, salmon-pink with vivid crim-
son eye. 3 ft.

Leo Schlageter. Such a brilliant shade that
when the sun shines on these brilliant scar-
let blooms with a decided orange underglow,
you almost have to shade your eyes, the
color is so brilliant. Probably the best red
Phlox. 3 ft. high. Blooms early to late.

Mrs. Chas. Dorr. Rich lavender, free bloom-
ing and a delightful color.

Mrs. Jenkins. The best pure white Phlox,
exceedingly free flowering and always to be
depended upon. 2!/2 ft.

Rijnstroom. Bright, cheerful, glowing rose-
pink. Large trusses, large flowers. 3 ft.

Salmon Glow. A lovely flame-pink with
salmon shadings, lilac and white tints at the
center.

Von Hockberg. Brilliant rich red.

Dwarf Blue

Plumbago larpentae. For rich, bright sum-
mer blue in the garden, there is nothing finer
than this low, dwarf, spreading plant. It is
fine for clump or border, 6-8 inches high,
and covered with the most beautiful deep
blue flowers all through late summer and fall.
Full sun or part shade. Gal. containers, 40c;
4-inch pots, 25c each, $2.00 per 10.

Rehmannia angulata. Two-foot spikes of
bell-shaped, lavender flowers. Excellent for
a shady spot. Blooms in spring and sum-
mer. Grows rapidly, blooms freely.

Pentstemon heterophylla. ‘Blue Gem.”
Dwarf. 12 inches. Bright blue. Exceedingly
effective for sunny blue border. Gal. con-
tainers, 40c; flats of 100 plants, $3.00.

Pentstemon Sensation. Giant flower spikes,
many colors, white to deep crimson, mostly
rose-pink. Blooms almost entire year. Sun.

Reinwardtia indica. A brilliant, flashy spot
of sunshiny yellow in the middle of winter, 2-
inch, bell-shaped flowers in great quantities.
Sun or shade. 2-4 ft. Gal. containers, 60c.

A Winter Bloomer

Saxifraga megasea. Big broad leaves close
to the ground and 12-inch heads of pink
flowers in winter. Shade, plenty of moisture.
50c.

Schizocentron elegans. ‘Spanish Shawl
Plant.’’ One plant spreads out four or five
feet but is only an inch or two high. Bril-
liant rosy purple flowers against bright ever-
green foliage. Part shade. 4-inch pots, 40c.

Scilla peruviana. Low grassy plant with
big, showy, 12-inch flower spikes of bright
sky-blue, borne in June. Part shade.

Shasta Daisies.
excellent for cutting. We
(large flowers, long stems)
(giant semi-double flowers).

Showy in the garden and
have Pasadena
and Snowbank

Statice perezii. ‘Sea Lavender.’’ Tufts of
broad, shiny leaves and immense candelabra-
like heads of purplish blue flowers which can
be cut and dried to keep indefinitely. Fine
near coast.

Trachelium caeruleum. Great spreading
panicles of bright blue flowers which keep
indefinitely. Handsome dark green foliage.
Sun or part shade.

Lavender Surprise

Tulbaghia cepacea. You'll have a pleasant
surprise in July and August when you view
on the end of 18-inch stems the lovely laven-
der mauve flower heads of this little bulbous
plant. Makes a good sized clump 6 to
inches across in time, grows in any soil. Sun
near coast, part shade inland. 50c.

Verbenas. See page 37.

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Chrysanthemum mawii
Dainty pink blooms, fine for cutting

Yellow Peruvian Giant

Calceolaria tomentosa. This startling new
plant was brought back from the Peruvian
Andes a couple of years ago by the Uni-
versity of California Plant Exploring Expedi-
tion. The massive, fast growing plant grows
to 9 feet or more in one season and bears in
the spring great 12-inch clusters of magnifi-
cent golden yellow flowers, 1!/2 inches long,
in shape like the florist Calceolaria or Lady
Slippers but many times enlarged. Best in
light shade or full sun near the coast. You
will be surprised at the rapidity of growth
and the enormous size of the brilliant flow-
ers and the large number which the plant
displays. Gal. containers, 85c.

Violets. What plant can equal the fresh,
sweet fragrance of the Violet and the de-
lightful loveliness of its coloring? The an-
swer is, ‘‘none’’. We offer Princess of Wales
(the longest stems and finest fragrance),
President Herrick (larger foliage and larger,
deeper violet flowers but shorter stems) and
Viola rosina (lovely little pink blooms). Flats
of 100 plants, $3.00.

Fragrant Herbs

Thyme. Useful garden plant.

Variegated Thyme. A lovely scented clump.
Sage. The old-fashioned kind.

Variegated Sage. Lovely colored foliage.

Perennial Sunflower (6 ft.)

Philadelphus Virginal
Snowy White Blooms, More Fragrant Than Orange Blossoms

Flowering Almond

Amygdalus alba nana. ‘Dwarf
White Flowering Almond." 6 ft.
This beautifut shrub bears a mass
of little double, white flowers in
early spring, and is particularly
effective when planted among
evergreens so that its beauty is
displayed against a background
of green. 2-3 ft., 85c.

A. rosea nana. ‘Dwarf Pink
Flowering Almond.” 6 ft. A little
plant of rare beauty with small
buttonlike flowers of soft pink
which completely cover the
branches. 2-3 ft., 85c.

Flowering Dogwood

Cornus florida. ‘‘Flowering Dog-
wood.”’ 10 ft. Handsome summer
foliage, turning to autumn colors
in the fall, and great numbers of
large, showy, single, white flow-
ers in spring. Grows readily any-
where except in desert Halt-
shade. 2-3 ft., 85c; 1l/-2 tt., 75c.

Cornus florida rubra. ‘Red
Flowering Dogwood.’ 8-15 ft.
Like the above but with very
lovely rose-pink blooms. Protect
from hot sun. A beautiful little
tree for the edge of the lawn

since it takes plenty of water.
2-3 ft., $1.75.

size.

For Summer Blue

Ceanothus Gloire de Versailles.
8 ft. One of the finest of blue
flowering shrubs. Half evergreen
on the Pacific Coast and hardy
anywhere except in desert reg-
ions bearing all spring and sum-
mer large flower clusters of rich
bright blue, the flowers being
much larger than those of the
native California Wild Lilac de-
scribed on page 47. 5-gal. con-
tainers, $1.75; gal. containers, 75c.

Redbud

Cercis canadensis. ‘‘Redbud. ‘15
ft. An exceedingly showy small
tree in early spring when cov-
ered with small, bright rosy pink
flowers. Easily grown without
care and producing a brilliant
effect in the spring. A fine cut
flower, too. Bushy, 6-8 ft., $1.25;
4-6 ft., 75c.

Coral Bush

Erythrina herbacea. ‘Coral
Bush.” 4 ft. 18°. A surprising
plant with a clump of almost
leafless stems arising from the
ground, bursting into the most
amazing mass of brilliant coral-
red blooms in early summer. Full
sun. 5-gal. containers, $2.00; gal.
containers, $1.00.

Flowers of Desert Willow
Shown here one-half natural
: Lovely lavender and yel-

“® low orchids of the desert.

Armstrong Deciduous

Flowering Quince

Cydonia japonica rosea. 6 ft.
The earliest deciduous shrub to
flower, its leafless branches dis-
playing the brilliant rosy-red
flowers in January, and if cut
before that time and placed in
water in the house they will
often open up even in December.
All of the Flowering Quincés have
handsome glossy foliage through-
out the summer and like a loca-
tion with plenty of sunshine. 2-3
tty ones

Cydonia japonica rubra. 6 ft.
If you went the finest of the
Flowering Quinces, this is it. Im-
mense great blood-red blooms,
borne in great profusion over the
entire plant. Also blooms with the
very earliest in January and Feb-
ruary. Cut in the bud stage, they
will open in beautiful shades of
pink in the house. 2-3 ft., $1.00.

Cydonia ‘“‘Corallina.”” 6 ft. A
new Flowering Quince with flow-
ers in a most beautiful and deli-
cate shade of salmon-pink. 2-3
ft., $1.25.

Flower Arrangements

Cydonia candida. 6-8 ft. Its
sprays of large snowy-white flow-
ers are very lovely and unusual,
and when cut and placed in
water in the house, make exqui-
site table decorations, keeping
for many days. Often sets two
crops of blooms, one in early
winter and the other in the late
spring. 2-3 ft., $1.00.

Cydonia contorta. ‘‘Crooked
Quince.’ 4-6 ft. A very pictur-
esque and odd variety, ihe
branches turned and twisted ev-
ery few inches, bearing quanti-
ties of beautiful snow - white
blooms in the winter and spring.
Every time you cut a branch of
this beautiful Quince you'll have
a different and unique table dec-
Sito 2-3 ft., $1.25. 6-inch pots,

1.00.

Desert Willow

Chilopsis linearis. ‘Desert Wil-
low."" 10-15 ft. 5°. A surprising
native California plant from the
hottest, sandiest parts of the
Southern California desert. Looks
like a small Willow but breaks
out in the summertime with the
most lovely, orchid-like, trumpet-
shaped flowers, 2 inches long in
delicate but brilliant shades of
lilac, lavender and yellow. Easily
grown anywhere. Full sun. Dry
soil. Gal. containers, 75c.

Golden Bells

Forsythia fortunei. ‘Golden
Bells.“" 8 ft. Handsome, clean
foliage and showy yellow flowers
borne in great profusion along
the slender branches in late win-
ter and early spring, it being one
of the first spring flowering
shrubs to bloom. 3-4 ft., $1.00:
2-3 ft., 75c.

Snowdrop Tree

Halesia carolina ‘Snowdrop
Tree, or “Silver Bells.’’ 8-20 ft.
5°. If you have never seen one
of these beautiful large shrubs
in bloom in the spring, then you
have missed one of the most
beautiful sights seen in any gar-
den. Every horizontal branch is
hanging full of little pendulous,
white, bell-shaped flowers, like
little silver bells. You can almost
imagine them tinkling as you
gently shake a branch. Likes the
same conditions as Dogwood,
shelter from the hottest sun and
plenty of moisture. Splendid for
the edge of the lawn. Nothing
finer tor cut flower material. 3-4
ft., $1.25; 2-3 ft., $1.00.

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The hardy, spring flowering
shrubs listed on these two pages
will grow over a wide range of
territory in almost all climates,
and most of them grow easily
and quickly, providing plentiful
spring or summer color with little
effort.

Beautybush

Kolkwitzia amabilis. “‘Beauty-
bush.” 6 ft. A fine hardy flower-
ing shrub from Central China,
forming a beautifully foliaged
bush, fountain-like in habit, every
branch in the spring becoming a
plume of lovely bell-shaped pink
blossoms, mottled with orange.
A shrub that will thrive almost
everywhere in sun or shade. Ex-
tremes of heat, cold and wind
do not bother it. Requires little
attention but provides much
beauty. 2-3 ft., $1.25; 5-gal. con-
tainers, $1.75.

Crepe Myrtle

Lagerstroemia. During the hot
summer days of July, August and
September the interior sections of
California are sometimes az little
devoid of color, but the Crepe
Myrtle is a dependable shrub or
small tree which always flaunts
a mass of color at that season.

Prices on all varieties of Crepe
Myrtles described below, except
the White: 5-gal. containers, 2-4
ft., $1.75; gal. containers, 60c.

Pink Crepe Myrtle. 10-20 ft.
Lovely pastel pink.
Red Crepe Myrtle. 10-15 ft.

They do not bloom so well di-
rectly on the coast, but anywhere
in the interior their crinkled,
crepe-like flowers are produced in
great profusion.

White Crepe Myrtle. 10-15 ft.
This variety, with snowy-white
blossoms, is rarely seen. Gal.
containers, 1-2 ft., $1.00.

Purple Crepe Myrtle. Rich lav-
ender-purple. Gal. size only.

Dwarf Red Crepe Myrtle. Wa-
termelon-red, growing to 8 ft.

Dwart Lavender Crepe Myrtle.
8-10 ft. A beautiful dwarf laven-
der-blue.

Lemon-Scented
Honeysuckle

Lonicera fragrantissima. ‘‘Lem-
on-Scented Winter Honeysuckle.”
6-8 ft. If you like fragrant flow-
ers and like to cut sprays of ex-
ceedingly fragrant blooms for the
house, you will want a plant of
this vigorous, spreading, half-
evergreen shrub, with spicy, fruit-
scented, little creamy-white flow-
ers, which appear in California
from January to March, in the
dead of winter. Handsome sum-
mer foliage, too. Full sun. 2-3 ft.,
$1.50; gal. containers, 60c.

Wintersweet for
Fragrance

Meratia praecox. ‘*‘Winter-
sweet.” 6 ft. This much-branched,
handsomely foliaged shrub cov-
ers itself before winter is over
with lovely, waxy, pale yellow
blooms like miniature star-like
magnolia blooms which scent the
air for yards around with a most
delicious fragrance like a mixture
of Jonquils and Violets. The love-
ly fragrant blooms, each one inch
across, are produced in great
profusion. A better plant for Cali-
fornia than the Sweet Shrub
(Calycanthus) since the flowers
are larger and brighter. Sun or
part shade. Gal. containers, l/-
2 ft., 85c.

All Armstrong products now
available at two Display
Yards, Ontario and North

Hollywood.

Spring Flowering Shrubs

Chinese Magnolias
(See color illustration on page 35.)

Magnolia soulangeana nigra. 8-10 ft. In
gardens the world over the deciduous,
spring flowering Magnolias are much
loved and admired for their great lily-lke
blooms in the spring, and this particular
one is one of the best varieties because
it does not get too large for the average
garden ang blooms much more profusely
and over a longer season than most
kinds. The plants are covered for almost
three months in March, April and May
with the beautiful flowers which become
5\/, inches across when fully open, rich
reddish purple on the outside and creamy
white inside. Grows easily almost any-
where but does best with a considerable
amount of moisture. Large, bushy plants,
full of flower buds in winter, balled, 4-5
ft., $5.00; 3-4 ft., $4.00.

Magnolia denudata “‘Yulan.’’ 20-25 ft.
One of the oldest and best known of the
Chinese Magnolias and renowned for the
great freedom with which it produces its
6 or 7 inch ivory-white blooms. A speci-
men of this variety covered with hundreds
of its magnificent flowers in the early
spring before the leaves appear is a sight
that cannot be forgotten. This is the Lily
Tree pictured on the ancient paintings,
porcelains and embroideries of the Chi-
nese. Balled, 5-6 ft., $6.00; 4-5 ft., $5.00;
3-4 ft., $4.00.

Magnolia rustica rubra. 10-20 ft. The
flowers are the deepest in color of any
that we list, and extremely large. Cheery
rose-red, each petal edged with white.
Balled, bushy, 3-4 ft., $4.50.

Magnolia stellata. ‘Star Magnolia.’’
6-10 ft. The first of the Magnolias to open
its blooms in the spring and possibly the
most charming of all. Star-shaped, snowy
white blossoms with about 15 narrow
petals, the flower about 3 inches across.
They cover the entire bush in the bloom-
ing period, and every little plant we sell
should bloom during the next flowering
season. Sweetly fragrant, too. Balled, 2-
22 ft., $4.50; 11/2-2 ft., $3.50.

Syringa

Philadelphia virginal. 8 ft. This is a

greatly improved form of the old-fash-
ioned Syringa, with enormous’ snowy-
white flowers, 3 inches across, so sur-

passingly fragrant that they perfume the
air for many feet around the plant. It is
one of the most delightful spring flower-
ing shrubs and the cut sprays make won-
derful indoor decoration. Easily grown
anywhere. Sun or part shade. 4-5 ft.,
$1.00; 3-4 ft., 85c.

Red Flo. Pomegranate

Punica rubra. ‘‘Red Flowering Pome-
granate.”’ 5-8 ft. A fast growing shrub,
with big, showy, double, red flowers, 2
to 3 inches across, borne in great profu-
sion in early summer. We highly recom-
mend it for planting in corners against
walls and in the patios of California
homes, where we guarantee it will be an
unfailing source of beauty because of the
plentiful rich color and the attractiveness
of the handsome bronze and green foliage
throughout the spring, summer and fall.
3-4 ft5, 75c; 2-3 ft), 60e:

See also the Dwarf Carnation-Flowered
Pomegranate on page 35 and Fruiting
Pomegranate on page 15.

Smoke Trees

Rhus cotinus. “‘Smoke Tree.’’ 8-10 ft. A
handsome large shrub with good looking
summer foliage, surmounted from July to
October with many loose, feathery panicles
of minute, smoke-grey flowers which give
the effect of a dense cloud of smoke. The
foliage turns a rich yellow in the fall.
Grows easily anywhere. Full sun. One of
the most unique and unusual small hardy
trees. 4-6 ft., $1.75; 3-4 ft., $1.50.

Rhus cotinoides. 8-20 ft. Larger than the
Smoke Tree with larger foliage. Very good
looking in the summer, and while the
flower panicles are not as showy as those
of the Smoke Tree, the autumn color is
much more brilliant, the leaves turning
to various rich shades of scarlet and or-
ange. Full sun. 3-4 ft., $1.00; 2-3 ft., 85c.

Spirea

S.van Houttei. “Bridal Wreath.”’
8 ft. A charming shrub of mod-
erate size which almost every-
body knows and wants to enjoy
in their garden. The arching,
wreath-like branches are loaded
with their white flowers in
spring. 3-4 ft., $1.00; 2-3 ft., 75c.

Spirea reevesiana. ‘Double
Bridal Wreath.”’ 6 ft. Like the
above but slightly smaller and
the flowers are double, borne in

great profusion. 3-4 ft., $1.00;
PS tion, SCE

Spirea Anthony Waterer. 4 ft.
This dwarf, compact Spirea
bears bright rosy-crimson flow-
ers in dense panicles from
spring until fall. Gal. contain-
ers, 50c.

Persian Lilac

Syringa persica laciniata. ‘Feathered
Persian Lilac.’’ 6 ft. This is the finest Lilac
for Southern California because it likes
our dry summers and warm winters and
can always be counted upon io display
innumerable panicles of bright lavender
flowers over the entire plant in the early
spring. It has long arching branches,
dainty fern-like foliage, and you can cut
great quantities of sweetly fragrant laven-
der blooms from it in the flowering sea-
son. See illustration in color on page 35.
Bare root, 2-3 ft., or 5-gal. containers,
$1.75; gal. containers, 60c.

Eastern Lilacs

The old-fashioned Lilac with its sweet-
scented, delicately colored flowers does
well in the colder winter climates of Cali-
fornia, but does not bloom as freely in
the lower coastal valleys. All varieties,
heavy 2-year plants, $1.25.

Ambroise Verschaffelt. Single, pink.

Claude Bernard. Dble., purple and lilac.

Mme. Lemoine. Dble., large snow-white.

Michael Buchner. Dble., rich violet-pink.

President Fallieres. Dble., wine-purple.

Vauban. Double, purplish-lilac.

Single Purple. The old-fashioned kind.

Pink Tamarix

Tamarix parviflora. 15 ft. A large shrub
with reddish bark and slender, spreading
branches, covered in spring and early
summer with feathery, pink flowers.
Thrives anywhere from the ocean front
in the very spray of the salt water to the
hottest desert regions. Requires very
little water and will grow in alkaline
soil. 4-6 ft., 85c.

The Old-Fashioned
Snowball

Viburnum opulus Sterile. ‘‘Snow-
ball.”” 8 to 10 ft. The favorite old-
fashioned shrub, producing an abun-
dance of white globular flower clus-
ters in May and June. Grows any-
where, in any soil, under all climatic
conditions. 2-3 ft., $1.00.

The Blue Chaste Tree

Vitex macrophylla. ‘Blue Chaste
Tree.’’ 8 ft. Good blue flowering plants
are scarce, and this hardy one is cov-
ered in June with 8-inch spikes of
bright lavender-blue flowers in great
profusion. We guarantee that it will
be one of the finest flowering plants
in your garden during that period, and
it never fails to bloom. Grows easily
anywhere in any soil but prefers a
sunny position. If the old blooms are
cut off at the end of the blooming sea-
son, it will bloom again in August.
4-5 ft., $1.75; 3-4 ft., $1.25.

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Flowering Quince
The Deep Scarlet Blooms of Cydonia Japonica Rubra

The Rose-Pink Weigela

Weigela rosea. 6 ft. The large clusters of tru -
shaped, rose-pink flowers make a wonderful arenes
in the spring and early summer, nestled in the
large, bright green foliage. The lovely shade of
bright pink displayed in its flowers is unequaled in
the spring flowering plants. 3-4 ft., 85c., 2-3 ft., 75c.
ees Eva: Rathi: 4 ft. Bears rich ruby-red

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Weeping Mulberry

White Birch

Betula alba. ‘‘European White Birch.”’ 30 {t. Its
picturesque white bark, dancing, shimmering foliage
and slender, graceful shape make the White Birch a
favorite everywhere. It is particularly desirable near
streams or pools. 10-12 ft., $2.50; 8-10 ft., $1.75; 6-8
ft., $1.25.

Betula alba laciniata. ‘“‘Cutleaf Weeping Birch.”’
20 ft. The beautiful weeping Birch with a straight,
snowy-white trunk from which the bark peels, deep-
ly cut leaves, and slender pendulous branches. 6-8

ft., $2.50
Mentebello Ash

Montebello Ash. 25-30 ft. In general habit and
appearance it resembles the Arizona Ash but is a
much better tree, in our opinion, for all sections
from coast to desert, with bigger, deeper green
foliage, a more dense, compact head, and it is not
attacked by red spider as is. the Arizona Ash some-
times. No bothersome seed-pods to clean up. Orig-
inated in Montebello in Southern California, and al-
though little known we highly recommend it as one
of the finest, fast growing, deciduous shade trees
for all of the Southwest. Just right in size for the
average parkway or small garden, holding its fol-
iage late in the fall and coming out early in the

Deciduous Shade Trees

These trees, which lose their leaves in winter, grow easily anywhere including
the desert regions. They are more desirable than evergreen trees where cool summer
shade is wanted in the hot season with the soothing warmth of sunshine in winter.
Most of them grow very rapidly. In addition to the sizes given on these pages, we
have large specimens of most of these trees. See them at our Display Yards. Sizes

and prices given upon request.

Quantity Rates

When ordering ten or more of one va-
riety of Deciduous Trees or Shrubs, de-
duct 10 per cent from the price. Write for
prices on 25 or more.

Maple Trees

Acer dasycarpum. ‘“‘Silver Maple.’’ 60
ft. This Maple grows readily anywhere
on the Pacific Coast and makes a beau-
tiful, fast growing shade tree. Displays
every fall leaves of the glorious autumn
shades. 10-12 ft., $2.00; 8-10 ft., $1.50;
6-8 ft., $1.00.

Bigleaf Maple

Acer macrophyllum. ‘“‘Bigleaf Maple.’’
60 ft. Big deep green leaves, a foot
across, and amazingly rapid in growth
when young. It makes a beautiful, big,
spreading, densely-foliaged tree in a very
short time. Better in every respect than
the Silver Maple except that it does not
have much autumn color in the leaves.
6-8 ft., $2.00; 4-6 ft., $1.50.

Trident Maple

Acer trifidum. “Trident Maple.’’ 15 fi.
A small tree fitting into the average
home garden, with typical 3-inch Maple
leaves in a rounded compact head. The
foliage has the most magnificent autumn
coloring of any Maple or any other tree
that can be grown in California, brighi
red shades, and bronze. Being a small
tree, it is not a rapid grower. Full sun.
5-6 ft., $1.75; gal. containers, 3-4 ft., 75c.

Acer atropurpureum. ‘“‘Red-Leaved Jap-
anese Maple.”’ 6-10 ft. A beautiful small
tree or large shrub, with graceful, ele-
gant, deeply cut maple leaves, rich red
in color all through the season. A rich
spot of color wherever planted. Best in
part shade, with plenty of moisture.
Grafted plants with the most handsome
type of foliage. Balled, 21/,-3 ft., $3.50;
gal. containers, 2-2!/) ft., $1.25.

spring. 6-8 ft., $1.50; 4-6 ft., $1.00.
Arizona Ash

Fraxinus velutina. “Arizona Ash.’ 30
ft. One of the finest trees for planting
in the arid desert sections of the South-
west, although it makes a splendid tree
near the coast as well. It requires little
water and thrives in alkaline soil, grow-
ing with great rapidity. 8-10 ft., $1.75;
6-8 ft., $1.25; 4-6 ft., 85c.

Modesto Ash. 25-30 ft. Has gained
local fame in the San Joaquin Valley,
originating in the town of Modesto, and
very similar to the Montebello Ash above
but a little lighter green. Both this va-
riety and the Montebello are better than
the Arizona Ash for average conditions.
6-8 ft., $1.50; 4-6 ft., $1.00.

Hackberry

Celtis occidentalis. *‘Hackberry.‘’ 60-80
ft. A fine shade tree for the hot, dry
southwestern country, forming a large,
widespreading head of light green foli-
age. Is not affected by any insects or
fungi, and grows in any soil and under
all conditions. We recommend it highly
for Imperial Valley and Arizona. Amer-
ican Elms will not grow in the desert,
and this is a good substitute. 8-10 ft.,
$1.75; 6-8 ft., $1.25; 4-6 ft., 85c.

Celtis australis. 40-60 ft. A smaller
tree than above. 4-6 ft., 85c; 3-4 ft., 75c.

Maidenhair Tree

Ginkgo biloba. 30-40 ft. Foliage like
Maidenhair Fern many times enlarged,
turning brilliant yellow in the fall
months. A shimmering spire of gold at
that time. Easily grown anywhere.
Grows tall and slender. Specimen trees,
7-8 ft., $5.00; 6-7 ft., $3.50.

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Sweet Gum

Liquidambar styraciflua. “‘“Sweet Gum.”’
30 ft. This is one tree which provides
just as much color in the fall in Cali-
fornia as it does in the East, and in
November and December it is a solid
pyramid of rich shades of gorgeous red.
A splendid small parkway tree. Thrives
anywhere from the ocean front to desert
valleys. 5-6 ft., $3.50; 4-5 ft., $2.50; 3-4
ft., $2.00.

Umbrella Tree

Melia azedarach umbraculiformis.
“Texas Umbrella.’ 30 ft. A splendid tree
for either coastal regions or hot interior
valleys. A large, dense, symmetrically
rounded crown of fern-like leaves, fast
growing, the branches radiating from
the trunk so that the entire head has
the appearance of a gigantic umbrella.
Large panicles of lavender flowers in
summer. This is a greatly improved and
desirahle form of the China-Berry Tree
so well known in the Southern States.
Heavily branched trees, 7-8 ft., $1.50;
6-7 ft., $1.25; 5-6 ft., $1.00.

Chinese Flame Tree

Koelreuteria bipinnata. ‘‘Chinese Flame
Tree.’ 20-30 ft. Zero. Here is the finest
new deciduous shade tree introduced
recently. It forms a rounded, compact
head, with great long, pinnate, deep
green leaves, exceedingly handsome.
The large, bladder-like seed-pods, borne
in late summer and early fall, are bril-
liant orange-red in color. 3-5 ft., bare
root or S-gal. containers, $1.50; gal. con-
tainers, 85c.

Chinese Pistachio

Pistachio chinensis. ‘Chinese pistachio.”
20-40 ft. A handsome round-headed tree
with attractive pinnate foliage. Before the
leaves drop they turn brilliant glowing
hues of scarlet and crimson. Grows well
anywhere from seacoast to desert. 6-8 ft.,
$1.75; 4-6 ft., $1.50.

Sycamores

Platanus orientalis. “European Syca-
more.’ ‘Oriental Plane.’’ 60 ft. One of
the finest deciduous shade and street trees
in existence. Grows rapidly, has large
maple-like, bright green leaves, is sym-
metrical and uniform in shape, and grows
almost anywhere. Makes a dense shade
and may be heavily pruned if desired.
An all-purpose tree for summer shade.
12-14 ft., $3.50; 10-12 ft., $2.25; 8-10 ft.,
$1.50; 6-8 ft., $1.00. Also large, heavy
specimen trees, the branches already hav-
ing a spread of 6-8 ft., with trunks 21/)-3
inches caliper, $7.50; 2-21/2 inches caliper,
$6.00; 11/,-2 inches caliper, $5.00. You will
have a shade tree immediately if you
plant these last named beautiful specimens.

Platanus racemosa. “California Syca-
more. 60 ft. Throughout all of Califor-
nia this has been one of the most popular
home shade trees, and is undoubtedly the
most beautiful native California decidu-
ous tree, with its picturesque green foli-
age and irregular mottled white trunk.
Grows easily anywhere and is indifferent
to soil or moisture, making a particularly
fine lawn specimen. 10-12 ft., $2.50; 8-10
ft., $1.75; 6-8 ft., $1.25. Also large speci-
men trees with a branch spread of 6-8 ft.,
trunks 21!/,-3 inches caliper, $7.50; 2-2%/
inches caliper, $6.00; M/,-2 inches caliper,
$5.00.

Sycamore Clumps

To provide planters with picturesque
specimens of California Sycamore posses-
sing several main branches growing ir-
regularly from the base of the tree, we
offer low-branched clump-like trees. 10-12
ft., $2.50; 8-10 ft., $2.25; 6-8 ft., $2.00.

California Sycamores

Make beautiful lawn specimens. These are young trees.

Mulberries

Morus nigra. ‘Persian Mulberry.’ 10-15
ft. If you are planting a Mulberry pri-
marily for the fruit, then this is the va-
riety you want, for it has the largest and
finest fruit of all, two inches long, juicy
and aromatic, splendid for juice or pre-
serves. The tree is smaller than the other
Mulberries. 3-4 ft., $1.50; 2-3 ft., 1.25.

Morus pendula. “Tea’s Weeping Mul-
berry.’’ 8 ft. From a height of eight feet
the branches of this beautiful little weep-
ing tree curve gracefully right to the
ground, forming a dense umbrella-shaped
head which may be left to grow naturally
as a beautiful lawn specimen or may be
trained out horizontally over a frame-
work to make a wide roof of living green.
Grows anywhere. 2-year, $2.00.

M. rubra. “Hicks Mulberry.’’ 40 ft. A
strong, upright, fast-growing tree with
dense foliage, thriving anywhere and fur-
nishing excellent shade. Bears good sized
delicious black berries. A tree for the
bird-lover, whether it be robins or only
White Leghorns. Splendid for chicken
ae 10-12 ft., $1.75; 8-10 ft., $1.50; 6-8 ft.,
E25.

Fruitless Mulberry

Kingan Fruitless. 30 ft. One of the finest
shade trees for any region, particularly
the desert sections, for it gives dense
shade in an amazingly short time and
stands any amount of heat, drought, cold
and alkali. For street and many garden
locations, fruit on a Mulberry is undesir-
able, and this variety is absolutely fruit-
less. Only the Chinese Elm can compete
with it for vigor and all-around desira-
bility in the hot climates. 10-12 ft., $2.25;
8-10 ft., $1.75; 6-8 ft., $1.50; 5-6 ft., $1.25.

Poplars

P. monilifera. ‘Carolina Poplar.’’ 40-60
ft. Exceedingly fast growing tree which
attains large size quickly. Of tall, broadly
pyramidal form with dense foliage. Easy
to grow on the desert or near the coast.
10-12 ft., $1.50; 8-10 ft., $1.00; 4-6 ft., 75c.

P. nigra Italica. ‘‘Lombardy Poplar.’’ 50-
75 ft. The tall, slender, narrow Poplar so
valuable for lining driveways, tall border
planting, or for accentuating certain types
of architecture. Grows very rapidly. 12-14
ft., $2.00; 10-12 ft., $1.50; 8-10 ft., $1.00;
6-8 ft., 7c.

Cottonless Cottonwood

Thornber Cottonwood. 50-75 ft. A splen-
did fast growing large shade tree for Ari-
zona and the inland arid sections. Very
large size, vigorous growth, clean white
bark and handsome foliage of the Cotton-
wood but with none of the bothersome
“cotton’’ so objectionable on many Cot-
tonwoods. 10-12 ft., $1.75; 8-10 ft., $1.25:
6-8 ft., $1.00.

The Fast Growing Chinese Elm

40-60 ft.

Flowering Crab Apples

Even one Flowering Crab in a garden will
provide a delicate spot of color so delightful and
picturesque that its blooming period will be one
of the important events of the year.

Malus aldenhamensis. “Aldenham Crab.’’ i0-
20 ft. Its richly colored, semi-double, blood-red
flowers are the loveliest of all the Crabs and
are borne against purplish bronze foliage, which
in itself is very beautiful. The flowers are fol-
lowed by purplish red, l-inch fruits. 8-10 ft., $1.00.

Malus arnoldiana. ‘Arnold Crab.’’ 8-10 ft.
Dwarf and bushy with very large rose colored
flowers, turning white as they age. 6-8 ft., 51.00;
4-6 ft., 85c.

Bechtel’s Crab

M. ioensis Bechtelei. ‘‘Bechtel’s Double Rose
Flowering Crab.’’ 8-12 ft. Covered in early
spring, just after the foliage appears, with large,
beautiful, fully double flowers like small roses
in a soft, delicate pink color, deliciously violet-
scented. Exceedingly free flowering. 3-4 ft., $1.00;
2-3) it}, (8oc:

M. mandshurica. ‘Manchurian Crab.’’ 20 ft.
The very earliest Crab to bloom, and its pure

white flowers are the most fragrant of all the
Crabs. 3-4 ft., 85c.

M. theifera. “Tea Crab.’’ 15-20 ft. Buds are
reddish pink, opening to pure white stained with
pale pink, the flowers 2 inches across. Every inch
of the tree is covered with blooms, and it is the
verv quintessence of Crab Apovle loveliness.
Blooms late. 6-8 ft., $1.00; 4-6 ft., 85c.

Flowering Cherries

There is no more exquisitely lovely flowering
tree for the garden than the Flowering Cherries,
covered as they are for a long period in the
early spring with thousands of dainty, delicately
colored blooms. Since the trees are easily grown
and require little care (except plenty of water,
which they should have), all California gardens
should have at least one Flowering Cherry. In
the warmer inland valleys they should be shel-
tered from the sun on the west or south side.

Campanulata. 20 ft. A very early bloomer, the
brilliant rosy-red single flowers appearing almost
two months before the other kinds, and it never
fails to bloom heavily. 6-8 ft., $1.25; 4-6 ft., $1.00.

Daybreak. The earliest next to Campanulata,
and we guarantee that it will provide a profusion
of beautiful blooms every spring. Its very large,
single, pink flowers appear before the leaves in
such profusion that the tree is a cloud of pink.
If you plant but one Flowering Cherry, we
recommend this one. 6-8 ft., $1.25; 4-6 ft., $1.00.

Kwanzan. 15 ft. Deep double pink flowers, red
buds, rich bronze foliage. 3-4 ft., $1.00.

Mt. Fuji. 15 ft. Buds light pink, opening to very
large, fully double flowers of snowy white like
those of Shirofugen pictured below. 4-5 ft., $1.25.

Shirofugen. 15 ft. Deep pink in the bud, pale
pink in the open flower. Great magnificent
tresses of blooms like the illustration below. 4-6
ft., $1.25; 3-4 ft., $1.00.

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Manchurian Crab
Snowy-white, very fragrant, the first to bloom.

Flowering Peaches

For spring color nothing excels the Flower-
ing Peaches, which grow with the greatest
ease anywhere and never fail to produce a
great profusion of bloom. The trees are not
only a source of great admiration in the gar-
den but they enjoy having their branches cut
for indoor use. The price on all varieties be-
low: 4-6 ft., 85c; 3-4 ft., 75c.

Early Rose Pink. The earliest of all.

Early Red. A magnificent ruby-red.

Pure White. Immense snow-white blooms

Purple-Leaved Plum

Prunus pissardi. An excellent flowering
Plum with deep purple foliage covered with
small, pale pink blooms in spring. It has long
been one of the most popular of the flower-
ing fruit trees. 6-8 ft., $1.00; 4-6 ft., 85c.

Flowering Cherry Shirofugen

Imagine a tree covered with these lovely
pink flower clusters, each bloom; two inches
across.

Ulmus pumila. “Chinese Elm.” No tree in our |
entire list will exceed this one for rapidity of growth, and —
it is being very widely planted all over the country, par- :
ticularly in dry interior sections, because it adapts itself to
any climate and is indifferent to extremes of heat, cold,
drouth and alkali. It is one tree which can be planted any-
where and which will be certain to succeed. Often grows
to 30 or 40 feet in three years. A good-looking tree, too,
giving plenty of shade. 16-18 ft., $5.00; 14-16 ft., $3.00;
12-14 ft., $1.75; 10-12 ft., $1.25; 8-10 ft., $1.00. Also large
specimen trees, 2!/,-3 inches caliper trunks, $6.00; 2-21/,
inches caliper, $5.00; 11/,-2 inches caliper, $4.00.

Weeping Willow

Salix Babylonica. 40 ft. The well-known picturesque
“Weeping Willow.’’ Large, spreading top and long pendu-
lous branches. Thrives in dry or wet soils and grows rapid-
ly. 12-14 ft., $1.75; 10-12 ft., $1.25; 8-10 ft., $1.00.

A Flowering Apricot

Flowering Apricot “Charles Abraham.” 10 ft. This is one
of the most beautiful spring flowering deciduous trees that
can be imagined. The 11/, to 2 inch, fully double flowers
are borne thickly along the reddish brown branches before
the leaves appear, the color is deep rose-pink, and they
are spicily fragrant. The bloom is carried over an unusu-
ally long period. Sun or part shade. 4-6 ft., $1.00.

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Armstrong Coniferous Evergreens

Dwarf Golden Arborvitae

Golden Column Arborvitae (Shown below)

Illustrated at Extreme Right

The Conifers or Cone-bear-
ing Evergreens include many
trees, and shrubs. almost all
of them with needle or scale-
like evergreen foliage. Most
are native to cold climates,
and are admirably suited to
mountain regions and other
areas where the tempera-
tures are low. However, most
of them do equally well any-
where in the California val-
leys or coastal regions.

Quantity Rates
For special rates on 5 piants
of one variety or 15 assorted
trees and shrubs, see page 45.

Live Christmas Trees

Cedrus deodara. ‘“‘Deodar.’’ 75 ft. This fa-
mous Cedar from the Himalaya Mountains is
one of the best known and most loved conifers
used in California and the Southwest. Since
it eventually makes a magnificent tree of
pyramidal form up to 75 feet in height, with
great sweeping branches, it should be given
plenty of room. Its silvery blue-green foliage
is better suited to our Southwestern land-
scapes than the darker evergreens of the
North, and it thrives in our warm dry sum-
mers. See illustration opposite page. Balled,
6-8 ft., $5.00; 5-6 ft., $406; 4-5 ft., $3.00; 3-4
ft., $2.25; 2-3 ft., $1.5; gal. containers, 75c.

Compact Deodar. A strain of Cedrus deo-
dara which is much more dense and compact
in growth, than the usual type. The trees
are very full, symmetrical, slower in growth
than the normal Deodar, seldom exceeding 25
ft. in height. Balled, 4-5 ft., $5.00; 3-4 ft., $3.50;
2-3 ft., $2.50; gal. containers, $1.50.

Cedrus atlantica glauca. ‘‘Blue Atlas Cedar.’
40 ft. A beautiful symmetrical bright tree
with foliage of intense silvery blue. It has a
straight central trunk with many rather stiff
side branches, and its beautiful blue color
makes it stand out against a background of
lawn or darker green foliage. Balled, 6-7 ft.,
$5.50; 5-6 ft., $4.50; gal. containers, $1.00.

Lawson Cypress

Chamaecyparis Lawsoniania alumi. ‘Blue
Cypress.” Popular because of the beautiful
metallic silvery-blue color and the symmetrical
pyramidal habit of growth. Thrives anywhere
in the West except in desert sections. Ulti-
mately reaches 12 feet, but not for many
years. Balled, 4-5 ft., $3.50; 3-4 ft., $3.00; 21/,-
3 ft., $2.50; 2-21/, ft., $2.00.

C. lawsoniana stewarti. ‘““Golden Lawson
Cypress.” 8 ft. A brilliantly colored pyramidal
plant, the foliage an intense golden color.
Balled, 2'/2-3 ft., $2.50; 2-2'/2 ft., $2.00.

C. lawsoniana wisseli. 5 ft. Rich blue-green,
compact foliage, growing into a narrow
dwarf column. One of the most beautiful of
the Lawson Cypress. Balled, 3-4 ft., $3.00.

Stately Incense Cedars, With Pungent Foliage

Juniperus Sabina Tamariscifolia
(Below) Excellent for Foreground Planting

New Fast Growing Hedge

Cupressus forbesi. ‘“‘Tecate Cypress.’’ 15-20
ft. Right here in Southern California has been
found a little known native Cypress which
seems to be, from trials during the last few
years, the finest fast growing medium sized
windbreak for the Southern California area.
The Monterey Cypress, which has long been
used for this purpose, is very short-lived due
to attacks of borers and fungus 19 which
this new Forbes Cypress seems to be immune.
The plants grow with extreme rapidity, and
we have observed trees planted 6 feet apart
when only 6 inches high which in 30 months
are from 11 to 13 feet high and have com-
pletely filled in as a solid hedge. The beau-
tiful silvery green foliage fills in thickly and
does not die out in the center. We believe
it will entirely displace Monterey Cypress as
a windbreak in most of Southern California.
It makes a beautiful specimen tree also,
forming a tall compact column of silvery green
foliage in a very short time. For windbreak
plant 6 to 8 feet apart. 5-gal. containers, 2-4
ft., $1.75; gal. containers, 1-2 ft., 60c; flats of
100 small plants, $4.00 per 100, $35.00 per 1000.

Cupressus arizonica. ‘Arizona Cypress.’’ 40
ft. A beautiful bluish-green cypress of narrow
pyramidal form from the mountains of Ari-
zona and Northern Mexico. A handsome tree
for desert sections, and when planted in hedge
form makes an excellent windbreak. 5-gal.
containers, 4-5 ft., $1.50; gal. containers, 2-3
ft., 50c; flats of 100 plants, 6-8 inches, $3.00.

C. macrocarpa. ‘Monterey Cypress.’’ 40 ft.
The well-knewn picturesque native California
Cypress. Widely planted for hedae and wind-
break near the ceast. Gal. containers, 2-3 ft.,
35c; flats of 100 plants, 6-8 inches, $2.00.

Italian Cypress

C. sempervirens. “Italian Cypress.” 60 ft.
Tall, slender, green spires, invaluable as
accent points in the landscape planting. Our
trees are the true narrow type, holding their
narrow shave permanently. Boxed, 10-12 ft.,
$10.00; balled, 6-8 ft., $3.50; 5-gal. containers,
5-6 ft., $2.00; gal. containers, 2-3 ft., 60c.

$3.00; 2-3 ft., $2.00.

tiful dwarf form of

$2.50; 2-3 ft., $2.00,
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Golden Fern Cypress

Chamaecyparis obtusa crippsi. ‘'Golden
Fern Cypress.’ 3-4 ft. A most beautiful,
graceful, dwarf form of the Japanese Hinoki
Cypress, with arching, fern-like branchlets,
dark green shading to bright gold at the tips.
One of the few conifers small enough to fit
into the small garden, and particularly beau-
tiful in winter, when the foliage is delightful.
Semi-shade. Gal. containers, 85c.

Prostrate Junipers

Sizes Determined by Spread, Not Height

Juniperus conferta. ‘Shore Juniper.’’ Never
more than 1 foot high and spreading to 7 or
8 feet, this Creeping Juniper from the coast
of Japan does well anywhere in California,
except the deserts. The dense dark green
foliage is very attractive. Balled, 2-3 ft., $2.50;
11/,-2 ft., $1.75; gai. containers, 85c.

Juniperus sabina tamariscifolia. A dense,
compact mound of gray-green foliage, spread-
ing to 5 or 6 feet but never more than 18
inches high. The foliage never changes color,
and there is nothing finer for a corner where
a low, spreading plant is wanted. Balled,
2-2Yp ft., $2.25; 1-2 ft., $1.75; gal. cont. 85c.

Semi-Prostrate Junipers

J. chinensis Pfitzeriana. ‘‘Pfitzers Juniper.’’
8 ft. Has bushy, wide-spread, horizontal
branches, and forms an immense flat, irreg-
ular head of bluish-green foliage, graceful
in outline, 6-8 feet in height and the same
across. Heat or cold, sun or shade, seacoast
or desert, it does equally well under all con-
ditions. Balled, 4-5 ft., $3.50; 3-4 ft., $3.00; 2-3
ft., $2.50; 11/,-2 ft., $1.75; gal. containers, 85c.

Juniperus chinensis Armstrongi. “‘Armstrong
Juniper.’” One of the finest dwarf evergreens
is this hybrid Juniper which makes a dense
mass of soft gray-green foliage about 2 feet
high and becoming about 5 feet across.
Splendid for the foreground of any planting,
thriving equally well in sun or shade and
adapting itself to any climate. Balled, 2-3
ft., $2.25; 11/2-2 ft., $1.75; gal. containers, 85c.

Narrow Irish Juniper

Juniperus hibernica fastigiata. ‘‘Narrow Irish Juniper.’’ 6-8 ft. A very
narrow and erect columnar plant, similar in shape to Italian Cypress
but staying much smaller and entirely different color—glaucous blue-
green. A very attractive conifer for framing doorways or accenting
columns, where great height is not desired. Eventually becomes about
ll, to 2 ft. in diameter but seldom exceeds 6 or 8 ft. in height. See
illustration opposite page. Full sun or semi-shade. Balled, 3-4 ft.,

Blue Alligator Juniper

Juniperus pachyphlaea. ‘Blue Alligator Juniper.” 8 ft. A beau-
the Alligator Juniper, native to Arizona and
New Mexico. It makes a loose, round-topped shrub, with most in-
tense brilliant blue foliage, more brilliant than any other conifer
that we grow. Hardy anywhere in western United States and
thrives under all conditions. Balled, 5-6 ft., $3.50; 4-5 ft., $3.00; 3-4 ft.,

es e
Upright Junipers

J. chinensis columnaris. ‘Column Juni-
per.’ 10 ft. A tall, narrow column with
extremely blue, dense foliage. Long-lived
and handsome, thriving in any climate.
Balled, -6-7 ft., $3.50; 5-6 ft., $3.00; 4-5
ft., $2.50; 3-4 ft., $2.00.

Juniperus californica glauca. “Blue
California Juniper.’’ 10 ft. A native of
the high desert mesas, making a beau-
tiful, small, pyramidal tree in cultivation.
Silvery blue when young, darker green
as the plant matures. Hardy any place.
Balled, 3-4 ft., $2.00; 2-3 ft., $1.50.

A Picturesque Beauty

J. chinensis torulosa. 8 fi. A semi-
dwart, picturesque plant with densely
crowded, tufted branches which looks as
if it had been trained artificially in old
Japan. Splendid near a pool or in the
background of a rock garden. For pic-
turesque beauty it is without equal.
Either sun or half-shade. Balled, 6-7 ft.,
$5.00; 3-4 ft., $2.50; 2-3 ft., $2.00.

J. virginiana pyramidiformia. 8 ft. For
a tall narrow column, wider than Italian
Cypress but not nearly so high, there is
nothing finer than this beautiful speci-
men, which becomes only about 2 feet
thick at the base. Bluish-green in spring
and summer. Purplish-plum in fall and
winter. Hardy and easily grown any
place. Balled, 4-5 ft., $3.00; 3-4 ft., $2.50.

Incense Cedar

Libocedrus decurrens. ‘Incense Cedar.”
25 to 50 ft. A native of the California
mountains and one of our finest ever-
green trees. Makes a tall, dense, com-
pact pyramid with deep’ green, lustrous
foliage which is delightfully fragrant and
pungent. It grows easily anywhere and
is a magnificent tree anywhere in the
Southwest. Balled, 6-7 ft., $5.00; 5-6 ft.,
$4.00; 4-5 ft., $3.25; 3-4 ft., $2.25; 2-3 ft.,
$1.50; gal. containers, 1-2 ft., 75c.

The Fern Pine

Podocarpus elongatus. 15 ft. South
African forest tree which in California
gardens makes a beautiful medium-sized
plant with soft, fine-cut green foliage,
fern-like in appearance. It makes a dark
green tracery against stucco walls and
has become increasingly popular over
the past few years since it has become
better known, and fits beautifully into
the finest California plantings. Sun or
half shade. 4-5 ft., $4.00

Pines

Pinus Canariensis. ‘Canary Island
Pine.’’ 80 ft. One of the most beautiful
and permanent of all Pines for Califor-
nia. Extremely long needles in large
tufts. The new growth is silvery white.
Tall and slender. Balled, 5-6 ft., $3.00;
4-5 ft., $2.50; 5-gal. containers, $1.50;
gal: containers, 50c.

P. coulteri. “‘Big Cone Pine.’’ 75 ft. A
picturesque native of the California
mountains, making a dense, conical tree,
when young, and more open, with very
long needles, when mature. Has the
biggest cones of all the native Pines.
Balled, 1!/,-2 ft., $1.50.

P. halepensis. ‘“‘Aleppo Pine.’ 50 ft.
A rapid growing Pine suitable for quick
effects, particularly in dry locations.
Longer lived than the Monterey Pine
and similar in appearance. Tubs, 6-8 ft.,
$4.00; balled, 5-6 ft., $3.00; 4-5 ft., $2.50;
3-4 ft., $2.00; 5-gal. containers, $1.50;
gal. containers, 50c.

P. pinea. “Stone Pine.’” 80 fi. Those
who have traveled in Italy will remem-
ber this picturesque tree which develops
a broad umbrella shape when mature.
When young it makes a dense, broad,
heavy cone-shaped tree, one of the most
handsome Pines we grow. Balled, 4-5
ft., $3.50; 3-4 ft., $2.50; gal. containers,
60c.

P. radiata. ‘‘Monterey Pine.’’ 60 ft. A
well-known native of the California
coast. Very bushy when young, with
bright green foliage. Valuable for quick
effects because it is the fastest grower
of all Pines. Although native to the
coast, it grows readily inland, but is
not long-lived there. 5-cal. containers,
$1.50; gal. containers, 50c.

Giant Sequoia

Sequoia gigantea. “Giant Sequoia.”’
The famous Big Tree of the Sierras, the
oldest and largest of all living things.
A trim, sturdy pyramid when young
with blue-green foliage. Grows fairly
rapidly, is beautiful at all ages, and
makes a majestic specimen for poster-
ity. Thrives almost anywhere in Cali-
fornia except in desert regions. Balled,
5-6 ft., $7.50; 4-5 ft., $5.50; 3-4 ft., $4.50;
2-3 ft., $3.50; 2-21/. ft., $3.00; gal. con-
tainers, $1.00.

S. sempervirens. ‘“Redwood.’’ 150 ft.
The well-known California Redwoods are
among the largest and most picturesque
trees known. They grow rapidly into
beautiful specimens and thrive readily
anywhere on the Pacific Coast except
on the desert. 5-gal containers. 3-5 ft.,
$1.75; gal. containers, 11/2-2 ft., 60c.

Hedge of Forbes Cypress

_The silvery green trees shown above are 12 feet
high. They were planted 30 months before this pic-
ture was taken as little 6-inch plants, 6 feet apart.

The Yews "Garden Aristocrats"

Taxus baccata dovastoni. ‘“‘Dovaston Yew.’’ 5-6 ft.
Semi-upright, widespreading with dark green, arching
branches. Sun or shade. Balled, 2-3 ft., $2.50.

Taxus hibernica. “Irish Yew.’’ The well-known, ex-
tremely slow growing, narrow upright Yew, so useful
as a very narrow column in formal gardens or framing
doorways. Balled, 4!/-5 ft., $10.00; 4-41/. ft., $7.50; 31/,-4
ft., $6.00; 3-31/2 ft., $4.00.

The Majestic Deodar Cedar

Irish Juniper Arborvitaes
Beautiful, Dense, Blue-
Green Column Note: All Arborvitaes should be planted in full

sun only.

Thuja beveleyensis. “Golden Column Arborvitae.’’
15 to 20 ft. The tallest and stateliest of the Chinese
Arborvitaes, growing into a narrow column of gold-
en-green foliage, particularly eftective for specimen
planting or for framing a doorway. Needs full sun-
shine to bring out the rich golden color. Balled,
6-7 ft., $3.50; 4-5 ft., $2.50; 3-4 ft., $2.00.

T. orientalis Bakers. A tall, narrow column of
bright green foliage, growing eventually up to 12
feet. Balled, 4-5 ft., $2.50; 3-4 ft., $2.00.

Thuja pyramidalis. ‘Green Pyramidal Arborvitae.”’
15 it. A tall, narrow column of bright green foliage.
Fast growing and thriving anywhere in any climate.
Balled, 4-5 ft., $2.50; 3-4 ft., $2.00; 2-3 ft., $1.50.

T elegantissima. ‘“‘Golden Pyramid Arborvitae.”
12 to 15 ft. Similar to Beverleyensis but not as tall,
with a broader, more bushy base. The green foliage
is tipped with golden bronze. Balled, 5-6 ft., $3.00;
4-5 ft., $2.50; 3-4 ft., $2.00.

Dwarf Evergolden Arborvitae

Thuja orientalis aurea nana. “‘Berckman’s Dwarf
Evergolden Arborvitae.’’ 6 ft. This is the most popu-
lar dwarf conifer grown in California and in the
Southwestern States. Dwarf, compact and broadly
conical in form, the tips of all the branches are
covered with bright gold throughout most of the
year. See illustration at top of opposite page. Balled,
2Yo-3 ft., $2.75; 2-2, ft., $2.25; 12-2 ft., $1.75; 15-18
in., $1.50; gal. containers, 75c.

Thuja Bonita. The most perfect of the dwarf, cone-
shaped Arborvitae, with dark green foliage. Never

exceeds 5 feet in height, broad and compact. Balled,
11/,-2 ft., $1.75.

Flowers of the Orchid Tree

Showy blossoms of pink. purple and yellow cover the tree in May.

Pearl Acacia

Acacia podalyriafolia. 15 fi. 18°.
This dwarf spreading Acacia has
the showiest and mosi spectacular
flowers; immense clusters of bril-
liant big canary-yellow flower balls
borne in profusion right through the
middle of winter, from November
to February, and usually in full
bloom at Christmas time. Beautiful,
large, velvety blue-gray foliage
which makes a perfect background
for the lovely fragrant flowers. 5-
gal. containers, $1.75; gal. con-
tainers, 60c.

Clouds of Gold

Acacia pubescens. 12 ft. 15°. A
beautiful large shrub or small tree
which is renowned the world over
for the magnificent mass of golden
yellow, fluffy blooms borne in Feb-
ruary and March. In cold climates
this variety is grown in green-
houses for cut flowers, but here in
California we can enjoy its golden
color and sweet perfume in our
gardens. Blooms much later than
the Pearl Acacia. 5-gal. containers,
$1.75; gal. containers, 75c.

Flowers of the Cape Chestnut

These pink flower clusters, shown here much reduced, are 6 inches across.

Broad-Leaved
Evergreen
Trees

Nothing improves the California landscape more than evergreen

trees. We need all of the green foliage that we can get and we
need summer shade.

Save Approximately 10%,

When you purchase 5 of one variety, or 15 or more assorted
ornamentals, including evergreen shrubs, evergreen trees, conifers,
vines or perennials, you are entitled to the following reductions:
Listed Each Rate
$0.60 or less_.
1.50 or less
1.75 or more.

Deduct 5c per plant
Deduct 10c per plant
Deduct 25¢ per plant

Write for prices on 25 or more of one variety of evergreen
street trees.

Fast Growing Acacias

Price on all Acacias below: 5-gal. containers, 5-7 fi., $1.75; gal.
containers, 60c.

Acacia Baileyana. 30 ft. 15°. Probably the most handsome oi
all Acacias, with beautiful fernlike, silvery blue-green foliage.
Completely enveloped from January to March with great sprays
of lovely fragrant lemon-yellow flowers. Large spreading and fas
growing, it makes a beautiful garden tree.

A. dealbata. ‘Silver Wattle.’’ 40 ft. 18°. Faster and larger grow-
ing than ony other Acacia, giving remarkably quick resulis and
becoming, in very short time, a large, spreading tree with fern-
like leaves of bluish-green, covered in late winter with a wealth
of golden yellow flowers.

A. floribunda. “‘Everblooming Acacia.’’ 25 ft. 18°. A fast grow-
upright tree, making a dense round head. Long, narrow leaves,
small creamy yellow flowers blooming consianily during summer.

A. latifolia. 15 to 25 ft. 18°. Much used for background and
low, bushy effects because with a little pruning it makes a dense
mass of foliage, thriving anywhere, even where exposed to direct
ocean winds.

An Acacia for the Small Garden

Acacia elongata. 15 fi. 15°. An unusual small growing Acacia,
and fine for the average garden because of its small, compaci,
bushy shape and ihe great freedom of its bright yellow, early,
fragrant, bullet-shaped blooms which line every branch in March.
Excellent for cut sprays. 5-gal. coniainers, 3-4 ft., $1.75; gal. con-

tainers, 60c.
The Orchid Tree

Bauhinia purpurea. “Orchid Tree.*’ 22°. 15 ft. An exceedingly
showy small tree with itwo-lobed leaves and quantities of magni-
ficent large flowers, deep pinkish-lavender in color with brilliant
markings of purple and yellow, 3 inches or more across. It grows
easily anywhere excepi direcily on the coast, standing any amount
of heat and a considerable amount of cold. It makes a good cut
flower, and if you would like a whole tree full of orchids in your
garden, just plant one of these beautiful Bauhinias which will
cause your neighbors to come from blocks around in May or June
to admire the sight. Tubs, 6-8 ft., $4.00; 5-gal. containers, 2-4 it.,
$2.00; gal. ontainers, 1-2 ft., 75c.

The Camphor Tree

Camphora officinalis. ““Camphor Tree.” 10°. 75 fi. The Cam-
phor often attains great size, but not for many years, and because
of its moderate growth and regular form it is often used as a
parkway or garden tree. Always handsome with its dense, bright
green, glossy foliage tinged with rich bronze in spring. See pho-
tograph page 32. Boxed, bushy heads, 6-7 ft., $10.00; S-gal. con-
tainers, 5-6 ft., $1.75; gal. containers, 2-3 ft., 60c.

The Megnificent Cape Chestnut

Calodendrum capensis. ‘“‘Cape Chestnut.’ 15°. 40 ft. The finest
native flowering tree of South Africa and just as fine here in
California. Makes an immense globular head of foliage which in
early summer is almost solidly covered with great 6-inch panicles
of unbelievably beautiful rosy-lavender blooms. Not difficult to
grow, quite hardy (partially deciduous in colder areas). Full sun,
light soil, little water. 5-gal. containers, 4-6 ft., $2.00; gal. con-

tainers, 85c.
The Carob

Ceratonia siliqua. “Carob.” 16°. 40 ft. Admirably adapted as a
tree for ornamental street planiing, or as single specimens, its
symmetrical shape and dense, glossy, evergreen foliage, the same
throughout the year, makes the Carob one of the most desirable
street trees. It is long-lived, deep-rooted, does not become too
large, and is a most satisfactory tree under all climatic conditions.
Boxed, bushy heads, 6-8 ft., $10.00; 5-gal. containers, 5-7 ft., $1.75;
gal. containers, 2-3 ft., 60c.

Write for prices on 25 or more of one variety of evergreen street
trees.

SRY he

Casuarina

Casuarina Stricta. ‘‘Beefwood or She
Oak.*’ 30 ft. 15°. A fine street tree for
all locations from coast to desert. Very
hardy, withstanding alkali, drouth,
heat and cold. Fast growing with
needle-like foliage, resembling a Pine.
Gal. containers, 50c.

Lilies of the Valley

Clethra arborea. “Lily of the Valley
Tree.’’ 20 ft. 20°. This beautiful little
evergreen tree from Madeira with long,
shiny 4-inch leaves is loaded in the
late summer and early fall with mag-
nificent panicles of little, white, cup-
shaped flowers which are extremely
fragrant. Its handsome foliage, dainty
flowers and exquisite fragrance all
combine to make it one of the most
valuable small flowering trees in ex-
istence. Full sun near coast; sheltered
location imland. Plenty of moisture. 5-
gal. containers, 4-6 ft., $1.75; gal. con-
tainers, 2-3 ft., 75c each.

Coral Tree

Erythrina corallodendrum. ‘‘Coral
Tree’’. 15-20 ft., 24°. One of those bril-
liant flowering trees of the Tropics that
you read about which can easily be
grown in the milder sections of
Southern California. In the late winter
it drops most of its leaves and covers
itself with magnificent orange-scarlet
flowers almost 3 inches in length, and
then becomes so startlingly beautiful
that it will cause a sensation from
five blocks away. 5-gal. containers,
$2.00 each.

Shade for Patios

Ficus nitida. 20 ft. 15°. A compact,
rounded head of thick, rubbery leaves.
Grows well in locations where there is
very little room for roots. Fine for small
parkways, patio corners and other
locations where a irim little tree is
wanted. Coast or inland. Tubs, 6-8
ft., $3.00; 5-gal. containers, 5-7 ft.,
$2.00; gal. containers, 85c.

Evergreen Mexican
Ash

Fraxinus uhdei. ‘‘Shamel Ash.’’ 25-30
ft. 15°. Mr. A. D. Shamel of the U. 5S.
Dept. of Agriculture was in Mexico
several years ago and admired this
splendid evergreen Ash so much that
he brought back seeds for propagation
in California. We like its dense, dark
green foliage, its convenient medium
size, and its clean, cool, trim appear-
ance. The young trees have qrown
very rapidly here. Balled, 6-8 tt.,
$3.00; 4-6 ft., $2.00; 5-gal. containers,
2-4 ft., $2.00.

Snowy Sweet-Scented Magnolia Bloom
Magnolias are offered on next page.

Fruitful Shade

If you would like to have in your
garden beautiful, luxuriantly foliaged,
evergreen shade trees which will also

rovide excellent fruit, we suggest a

uke, Jalna or Leucadia Avocado tree
See pages 22 and

59.
Useful Eucalyptus

Eucalyptus citriodora. ‘‘Lemon-Scent-
ed Gum.” 20°. 80-100 ft. A picturesque
tree which sends a slender, straight
white trunk towering to a great height,
with a graceful crown of foliage at
the top. Grows rapidly, and the long,
slender leaves are pungently lemon-
scented. 5-gal. containers, 5-6 ft., 51.75;
gal. containers, 3-4 ft., 60c.

The Best Windbreak

Eucalyptus globulus. “Blue Gum.”’
18°. 150 ft. One of the fastest grow-
ing trees in the world and the most
widely planted in California. Much
used for windbreaks and fuel; thrives
anywhere except in very cold sections
or in the desert. The young growth
has a beautiful blue color. Gal. con-
tainers, 3-4 ft., 50c; 2-inch paper pots,
10-15 inches, $10.00 per 100; flats of
100 small plants, $2.50 per 100; $22.50
per 1000.

E. globulus compacta. ‘‘Busky Blue
Gum.” 18°. 20-30 ft. A variety of the
Blue Gum which has no main trunk but
is very bushy and densely branched,
forming a symmetrical, round, compact
head. 5-gal. containers, 5-7 ft., $1.75;
gal. containers, 2-4 ft., 60c; 2-inch
paper pots, 10-15 inches, $10.00 per
100; flats of 100 small plants, $3.50 per
100, $32.50 per 1000. A very small per-
centage of the plants from flats may
be the regular blue gum.

E. polyanthemos. 15°. 40-75 ft. Med-
ium-sized, spreading tree, with round
leaves, thriving anywhere in California
qr Arizona, being resistant to extreme
frosts, heat or drouth. Gal. containers,
3-4 ft., 60c; flats of 100, $3.00.

E. rostrata. “‘Red Gum.” 12°. 80-120
ft. A rapid grower that endures much
heat, severe frost and considerable
drouth. Widely planted as a frost cov-
er, windbreak and shade tree. 5-gal.
containers, 5-7 ft., $1.50; gal. contain-
ers, 3-4 ft., SOc; flats of 100 small
plants, $3.00; $27.50 per 1000.

E. rudis. “‘Desert Gum.’’ 12°. 75 to
100 ft. A valuable species for the cold
interior valleys, since it is hardy down
to 12 degrees. Much used in Arizona
and Imperial Valley. A vigorous, rapid-
growing, erect tree with round leaves
when young, lance-shaped when older.
5-gal. containers, 6-8 ft., $1.50; gal.
containers, 3-4 ft., 50c; flats of 100
small plants, $3.00 per 100; $27.50 per

Scarlet Eucalyptus

Camphor Tree
California’s Most Popular Street Tree

New Dwarf Flowering Eucalyptus

These lovely new Dwarf Eucalyptus, with colored blooms
of exceptional beauty, have just been introduced from little
explored portions of Western Australia and because of
their small size are adaptable to small gardens. Most of
them do best in the coastal regions and sheltered foot-
hill sections.

E. caesia. 15 ft. 20°. Lovely weeping sea-green foliage
and long, drooping racemes of rose-pink flowers which
make the most beautiful cut sprays for the house that you
have ever seen. S-gal. containers, 4-6 ft., $2.00; gal. con-
tainers, $1.00.

E. erythrocorys. “Golden Flowered Eucalyptus.”’ 15-20 ft.
20°. Exceedingly brilliant scarlet flower caps, which drop-
ping off reveal the loveliest golden yellow flowers on bright
red stems. Combined with the lovely long leaves, the whole
combination is vivid and exceedingly attractive. Easy to
grow, too. See color illustration on page 34. 5-gal. con-
tainers, 4-6 ft., $2.25; gal. containers, $1.00.

E. grossa. 4-8 ft. 20°. Very dwarf, bushy, with blue-
ain foliage and golden yellow flowers. Gal. containers,

E. sepulchralis. 20-25 ft. 20°. Long, slender, weeping
branches, lovely foliage and large, primrose-yellow flowers
of great beauty. Gal. containers, $1.00.

Handsome

Eucalyptus ficifolia. ‘Scarlet
Flowering Eucalyptus.’’ 20-25 ft.
20°. One of the most glorious
sights in California is one of these
trees in full bloom, with its great
clusters of brilliant scarlet flow-
ers set in a background of large,
dark, glossy leaves. It is a rather
dwarf tree and does not take
much room, thriving best near the
coast. Needs plenty of water. 5-
gal. containers, 5-6 ft., $1.75; gal.
containers, 2-4 ft., 75c.

E. sideroxylon rosea. 15°. 30-40
ft. A tall, slender tree of moder-
ate size, with masses of delicate
pink flowers contrasted with the
slender silvery-gray leaves. A
more uniform grower than the
Scarlet Eucalyptus and much
hardier, thriving in almost any
climate. 5-gal. containers, 5-7 ft.,
$1.75; gal. containers, 3-4 ft., 60c.

E. viminalis. ‘‘White Gum.’ 125
ft. 10°. One of the most beau-
tiful of the Eucalypti, with a
smooth white trunk, shedding its
bark in long ribbons. A wide-
spreading picturesque crown,
long pendulous branchlets and
narrow lance-shaped leaves. Al-
most as fast-growing as the Blue
Gum and much hardier, thriving
from the seacoast to the hottest
desert. 5-gal. containers, 5-7 ft.,
$1.75; gal. containers, 2-3 ft., 60c;
flats of 100, small plants, $3.00

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Fiarpullia

Harpullia arborea. 24°. 40-50
ft. If you want a tree that is just
about as handsome the year
around as any tree that we can
possibly grow in California and
which has the added advantage
of being quite rare and unusual,
we heartily recommend this beau-
tiful tree from the South Sea
Islands. The foliage is large, lux-
uriant and a bright glossy green
in color, and it grows into a
dense round-topped tree of the
most magnificent proportions. The
flowers are inconspicuous, but in
the late fall, just in time for
Christmas, the great brilliant red
seedpods cover the tree, making
it look like the most beautiful
Christmas tree that you ever saw,
and they hang on most of the
winter. Hardy any place in the
coastal or milder foothill sections
5-gal. containers, 3-4 ft., $2.25;
gal. containers, 1-2 ft., $1.00.

Grevillea

Grevillea robusta. “Silk Oak.’’
15°. 75 ft. A tall, slender tree,
with fern-like leaves; covered in
summer with comb-like golden
yellow flowers 6 inches long.
Drouth and heat resistant. 5-gal.
containers, 6-8 ft., $1.50; gal. con-
tainers, 50c.

Armstrong Broad-Leaved
Evergreen Trees

Flame Tree

Sterculia acerifolia. ‘‘Flame Tree.’’ 18°. 50 ft. This
unique tree, with large, shining, maple-like leaves,
is covered in the early summer with many cup-
shaped blooms of rich red on scarlet stems. In the
southern coasial counties it is one of the showiest
flowering trees that can be planted, a solid mass of
dazzling color, even more vivid than the Scarlet
Flowering Eucalyptus. Boxed specimens, 4-6 ft.,
$10.00; gal. containers, 85c.

Sterculia diversifolia. “‘Bottle Tree.’’ 25 ft. 15°.
Excellent for narrow parkways and dry soils be-
cause of its small, narrow pyramidal shape and
deep-rooted habit. Excellent for the desert. 5-gal.
containers, 5-7 ft., $1.50; gal. containers, 50c.

A Flowering Oak

Tricuspidaria dependens. 15°. 25 ft. A small flow-
ering tree from the canyons of the Andes in Chile
which at first glance looks like one of our California
Live Oaks, but no Oak ever produced the quantities
of little, white, bell-shaped flowers which this iree
displays in great drooping clusters throughout the
spring and early summer. Easily grown but likes
plenty of water. A good tree tor planting in the

An Avenue of California Live Oak Trees

A splendid tree for street planting or home grounds throughout all of California. lawn—a location which many trees dislike. 5-gal.
containers, 6-8 ft., $2.00; gal. containers, 3-4 ft., 75c.

Hymenosporum Parkinsonia

Hymenosporum flavum. (Austra- Parkinsonia aculeata. 18°. 15 ft.
lia.) 20°. 25 ft. This tall, slender, This beautiful native of the Colo-

The Evergreen Elm

Ulmus sempervirens. “Evergreen Elm.’’ 25 ft. Zero. A small

small tree has the most sweetly rado Desert thrives in dry soils al- tree with a spreading crown of slender drooping branches and
fragrant flowers of any evergreen most anywhere in the Southwest. bright green leaves. For a small home shade tree we highly
tree that you can grow in your During the early summer it is a recommend it. Next to the Carob, the Evergreen Elm is probably
California garden. It has handsome = great mass of small bright yellow the most popular street and garden tree planted in Southern Cali-
foliage all the year, and in spring _ flowers, a striking contrast to the fornia at the present time. Drops its leaves for short time in cold
and early summer produces masses = smooth, bright green bark of the sections. Boxed specimens, 2-3 inch caliper, branched head, $20.00
| of long, tubular, ray Yellow une aad eat ete. o7goF coniaing (same size bare root January lst to March 15th only $15.00);
| blossoms, many times the size and ers, 4-6 ft., $1.75; gal. containers, balled, 8-9 ft., $5.00; 5-gal containers, 4-6 ft., $2.00; gal. containers,

| with many times the fregrance of 2-3 ft., 60c. 3-4. ft, 75c.

orange blossoms—believe it or not! e

Grows anywhere except an desert Live Oaks
sections. Tubs, 4-6 ft., $4.00; 5-gal. sgh o A é
containers, 3-5 ft., $1.75; gal. con- Pe nereU ey, Coa ft Califemia
tainers, 75c. : :

California Laurel

5 : Umbellularia californica. ‘‘California Laurel Bay Tree,’’ Oregon
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Jacaranda ie ance cc ns ole uote cece me trees, with a compact, round-topped crown of dense, dark green

Jacaranda mimosaefolia. 30 feet. best native species, with medium foliage. The leaves have a pungent, aromatic fragrance when

22°. One of the handsomest flow- sized, toothed leaves, making a crushed, and dried you can use them to flavor soup and meat.

ering trees grown in Southern Cali- large, dense, handsome, fast grow- Grows slowly but easily anywhere with little care. 5S-gal. con-
tainers, 2-4 ft., $2.00; gal. containers, 75c.

fornia. Forms a round, symmetrical
head of light green, fern-like foli-
age, and in June the entire tree is
a mass of light violet-blue tubular
flowers. Balled, heavy, 6-8 ft., $3.50;
5-gal. containers, 5-7 ft., $1.75; gal.
containers, 3-4 ft., 60c.

Shade—And Nuts

Macadamic ternifolia. ‘Australian
Nut Tree.’’ 20-30 ft. 26°. Just be-
cause this beautiful evergreen sub-
tropical tree bears some of the
most delicious nuts in existence,
there is no reason why we should
not recommend it for shade as
well, and we do heartily. See page
7. Balled, 5-7 ft., $3.50; S-gal. con-
tainers, 4-6 ft., $3.00; gal. con-
tainers, $1.25.

Southern Magnolia

Magnolia grandiflora. ‘Southern
Magnolia.*’ 60 ft. 5°. Has beauti-
ful dark green, heavy, shining foli-
age, and in the summer and fall
produces its magnificent large
pearly-white flowers 6 to 8 inches
across, intensely fragrant. Although
a tree of comparatively slow
growth, eventually it makes one of
the largest and noblest specimens.
Should have a considerable amount
of water when young. Balled, 56-7
ft., $4.00; 5-6 ft., $3.00; 4-5 ft., $2.00;
5-gal. containers, 3-5 ft., $1.75; gal.
containers, 60c.

Dwarf Magnolia

Magnolia exoniensis. ‘‘Dwart
Magnolia.’ 15 ft. 5°. To those who
want a Magnolia for a small yard
we highly recommend this variety.
It is a variety of the Southern Mag-
nolia above, but much more dwarf
and slower growing, blooming
when very young. Balled, branched,
5-6 ft., $4.00; 4-5 ft., $3.00.

ing tree. We can enthusiastically
recommend it for planting on home
grounds, for parkways and street
planting, and for any other location
where a good-sized, fast-growing
evergreen shade iree is wanted.
Boxed, big bushy heads, 9 ft. high,
$17.50; balled, heavy caliper, 5-8
ft., $3.50; 5-gal. containers, 4-6 ft.,
$2.00; gal. containers, 60c.

Pepper Tree

Schinus molle. “California Pep-
per.” 18°. 50 ft. This unique and
beautiful tree has become so iden-
tified with California that it stands
as a symbol of the Golden State.
Grows anywhere with little care.
Its handsome foliage and red ber-
ries, which stay on through the
winter, and the gnarled, rugged
trunk, make it a picturesque tree,
and because of the fact that it
thrives so easily and shades a
great space of ground under con-
ditions unsuited to many more
pampered trees, it will always be a
valuable tree for California. Boxed,
bushy heads on 6-8 ft. stems (2-3
inches in caliper), $8.50; 5-gal.
containers, 6-8 ft., $1.50; gal. con-
tainers, 3-5 ft., 50c.

Seasons Reversed

Metrosideros robusta. ‘New Zea-
land Christmas Tree.” 15-20 ft. 15°.
A tree that blooms at Christmas-
time in New Zealand, blooms in
the middle of suminer here because
we are on the other side of the
Equator, but the striking, dark red
flower clusters, borne against the
greyish green foliage of the little,
bushy tree are handsome at any
time cf the year. Gal. containers,

60c.

The Handsome Evergreen Elm

Eucalyptus
erythrocorys

Beautiful Dwarf
Flowering Eucalyptus, Fine for Cut Flowers.

Scarlet and Gold Flowers

Eucalyptus erythrocorys. “Dwarf Golden Flowered Eucalyptus.’
15-20 ft. 20°. This lovely little tree with its rich golden yellow
flowers and red stems (the flowers are covered with a brilliant
red cap before they open) is one of the best of the new Dwarf
Flowering Eucalyptus recently introduced from Western Australia.
The flowers make the most beautiful cut material for home deco-
ration that you can imagine. Suitable for the milder climates of
California only. 5-gal. containers, $2.25; gal. containers, $1.00.

Finest Holly for Southern California

Ilexa cornuta burfordi. ‘Burford Holly.’’ 8-15 ft. Zero. Most Hollies
do not thrive in our warm mild-wintered climate but this one does
exceptionally well. The foliage is large, deep green, and so glossy
that it looks as though it had been varnished. A Holly would not
be a Holly without red berries, and this one has plenty of big,
bright red ones like those illustrated below, and bears them
over seven months of the year. It reaches its ultimate height
slowly. S-gal. containers, $2.75; gal. containers, $1.00.

Burford Holly, Two-Thirds Natural Size

Cistus Silver Pink, One

Rockrose Silver Pink

Cistus Silver Pink. 10°. 3-4 ft. This
Rockrose with its delightful clear
dainty coloring is a most delight-
ful shrub. Has beautiful greenish-
gray foliage, while in early sum-
mer it produces every day for sev-
eral weeks great quantities of its
dainty blooms. 5-gal containers,
$1.50; gal. containers, 60c.

Australian Fuchsia, Splendid Winter Blooming Shrub

of the Loveliest of the Rockroses

Australian Fuchsia

Correa pulchella. 22°. One of the
finest foreground shrubs for Cali-
fornia gardens, making a dense
mass of foliage, 4 or 5 feet across
but only about 18 inches high. The
little, pink, bell-shaped flowers are
borne in the winter from November
to April. Sun or shade. 5-gal. con-
tainers, $1.75; gal. cont., 75c.

All-Climate Flowering Plants for
the West and South

The flowering ornamenial shrubs illustrated and de-
scribed on this page are but a few of the many Am-
strong ornamental planis which can be grown with ease
in almosi any garden in the Wesiern or Southern States
hich need no special care, no special climate
and which will siand extremes of heai and cold.

Low Growing. Such easily grown planis from 2 to 4
feet in height, include, in add ition to th Carnation
Flowered j }

Medium Sized Plants. Handsome fl
aging from 4 io 8 feei in height
“choosy” as

{o}
Pt

they he
FESO eet I thi inty
flowered he
Whiie Fl

the glossy ees red-k
53), the graceful Beauiyl
on page 25).
Large Shrubs 6 to 10 geet In
include the old favorite Si

cation group

Palle

: glorious crimson-berried Graber’s Pyrac (se
| “2 : cover) and ihe Blue Flowered Chasie Tree (page 26).
Flowers of the New Dwart Flowering Pomegranate
s ° e e
New Dwarf Pomegranate Feathered Persian Lilac Chinese Magnolia
Punica granatum nana “Carnation- Flowered Syringa persica laciniata. “Feathered Per- Magnolia soulangeana nigra. 8-10 In

gardens ihe world over the deciduous spring
flowering Magnolias are much loved and ad-
mired for ily-like blooms in the
spring. This ticul variety is one of the
very besi for verage garden because it
does not gei ioo large, making a compaci
rounded bush, and because it blooms pro-
fusely and over a long season. The planis
are covered for almost three months during
Mar rch, April and May, the beautiful
which become aboui 5!/2 inches across
when fully open, a rich reddish purple on the

’

Dwart Pomegranate” 3-4
of exceeding illiant scarlet carnations,
and double, borne on bushes; how would
you like io have planis that will mrovide such
blooms? It's easy—you'll have it in this much
improved new dwarf Pomegranate, wiih its
fresh bronzy-green summer foliage, brighi col-
ored flowers and small crimson fruits borne
in the fall and winter. Perfectly hardy almosi
enya Heres ing ‘on “coast or in desert
equally y losing ‘its leaves in
winter in colder climates. Plant in full sun.

sian Lilac.’

ing branches, dainty
can cui great quan
lavender blooms from
son. Never f 1

Please do noi confuse this ‘with the old type weather, ana it thrit eutside and creamy white inside. Large bushy
Dwarf Pomegranate, it’s a different plant and North or South. For ] f of flower buds, balled, 4-5 ft.,
so far as we know, offered only by Armsirong. 5 gal. coniainers, 3 -4 $3.00; 2-3 ft., $2.25.

5-gal. containers, $2.00; gal. coniainers, 75c. ft., $1.00; gal. conta See other Magnolias on page 26

Magnolia Soulangeana Nigra

Feathered Persian Lilac One of the loveliest of the Chinese Magnolias

You Have Made It Possible. Thanks!

Dear Friend and Customer:

We thank you for making 1940 a banner year for us. For the first time in our 5] years
history, we have opened a branch salesyard away from Ontario. It is the support that
you, our clients, have given us, which has made it possible for us to take this step at a
time when all business expansion must be given careful thought and consideration. Only
because you want and demand the kind of quality product we produce has this new
project been feasible.

Our new branch display yard is located in North Hollywood at the corner of Magnolia
Boulevard and Coldwater Canyon Road, convenient to those of you who live in the San
Fernando Valley and adjacent areas. Some of the most capable and experienced land-
scape architects and salesmen in the Armstrong organization are on duty at the North
Hollywood Branch, and all Armstrong products will be available there. It will be operated
on a cash basis.

The issuance of a new Annual Catalog is always a big event to us in the Armstrong
organization, It gives us a chance to leave a glorified calling card with you, typical of
the character of our firm. We take a pardonable pride in the fact that many of our com-
petitors in Southern California use this publication as their selling guide and plant bible.
You will find many items missing from this Catalog which have been previously listed.
In a few cases this may be because we are temporarily short of stock, but in most cases
the varieties missing have been found wanting, and have been superseded by better,
newer, improved kinds,

It is a big job to get out this Catalog each year, but we enjoy doing it and talking to
you through its pages, particularly about the new things that we have found or originated.
We have gone to a lot of trouble to find them, test them and propagate them, and now
that we have a chance to tell you about them, we cannot refrain from doing so enthusi-
astically because we have seen and tasted their beauties and flavors ourselves.

You may be interested in knowing how we get these new plants and fruits. Hundreds
of letters must be written to seed dealers, nurserymen and plant collectors, not only in
this country but in far away lands in all five continents. The best plant collectors are
not good letter writers, and information, seeds and plants must be procured by a long
series of communications, thereby greatly reducing the deficit of our Post Office Depart-
ment. Material is then shipped in by mail, air express, by steamship and as personal
baggage to Ontario, sometimes being many weeks enroute and not always arriving alive.
Often several attempts must be made to secure a particularly valuable plant for trial.

Many trips are made by the Armstrong research men in this country, inspecting and
observing new plants and fruits wherever grown, and here at Ontario these new introduc-
tions are carefully planted and tried out to determine their value. Most of them must be
discarded for a new Armstrong introduction must be definitely superior to older kinds. In
the year 1949 we tested more than 650 varieties of new ornamental plants alone. Out of
the large number that we test each year a few hitherto unknown or little planted gems
are approved for introduction by our head research man, Mr. H. C. Swim. The head of
our Propagation Department, Mr. Frank Smythe, then expertly builds from our few plants
a stock to offer to you planters. Thus new plant introduction is slow and laborious but is
one of the most interesting parts of our business.

We are net content to merely search out from all over the world, new planis, but
our Research Department is actually creating new kinds through a program of plant
hybridization which is increasing in scope day by day. The new Charlotte Armstrong
Rose, illustrated on the cover of this Catalog, is the finest product yet to come from our
hybridization work. Thousands of crosses must be made and thousands of seedlings tested
and thrown away to get one new rose or fruit variety which is new and sufficiently im-
Proved to recommend to you. our friends and customers.

Most of the descriptions in this Catalog must necessarily be brief and condensed. We
endeavor to augment them with illustrations, many of them in color, reproduced as accu-
rately as we can make them with four colors of printer's ink. If you live in Southern
California and can visit our Display Yards at Ontario or North Hollywood, the salesmen
that we have on duty can give you much additional information. We are rather proud of
our sales force. They are not just clerks—they are trained men who over a long period
have studied and worked with the materials that they are selling. That is why you can
depend on what they tell you.

We hope that you will not think of us as just a business house. We are intensely
interested in the products that we grow and sell. We value your goodwill and friendship
and want you to have the best of success with the materials you purchase from us. If you
find something wrong with our service or with our materials, we hope you will tell us
about it. If you have had particularly good success with some of our trees and plants,
we would certainly enjo: hearing about that, too.

Sincerely,

Tae and Manager.

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Protect Your Trees

Yucca or Paper Tree Protectors
All young deciduous fruit trees and
deciduous shade trees should be

rotecied for the frst season at
easi by the use of Tree Protectors
or Tree White in order to Prevent
Sunburn which may lead to ser-
ious injury from borers. Tree pro-
tectors also offer the finest protec-
tion from rabbits and uirrels
which may gnaw the bark of trees.
Easily attached. Use 30-inch for
Walnuts and Pecans; 24-inch for
Peaches, Apples, Apricots and most
deciduous trees; 18 inch tor Citrus
and Avocados, Figs and low head-
ed Peaches. 50 at the 100-rate; 500
at the 1,000-rate.

Each Per 100 Per 100
30-inch.____. $0.05 $3.00 325-00
24-inch._____.05 2.75 20.00
; 2.50 17.50
Tree White. The very finest ma-
tenal for making a preparation to
Paint tree trunks to prevent sun-
burn. Simply mix the powder with
water to the desired consistency.
ae package, 75c; l-lb. package,
Bs,

Arnold Spray Gun

The Arnold Sprayer has been
successful in the gardens of hun-
dreds of our customers. You can
be equally as successtul in control-
ling your garden pests and dis-
eases. And best of ail, it’s fun
instead of a chore. Use an Arnold
cna let the water pressure do the
work.

Cartridges are offered below to
control aphids, rose beetles, cater-
pillars, sod worms, leaf rollers,
Genista worms, mealy bugs, rust
mites, leat hoppers, thrip, white fly,
mildew, red spider, rust and black
spot.

Arnold Deluxe Sprayer; shut-off,
transparent, metal threaded car-
tridge chamber, 36-inch angle noz-
zle, all exposed metal chromium
plated —..

Combination Set—Arnold Standard
12-inch Sprayer with 6 assorted
cartridges 0-00

Arsenate of Lead Cartridge (for
Caterpillars and Beetles), 25¢ each.

Bordeaux Mixture Cartridges (for
Mildew, Rusti, Black Spot), 25c each.

Colloidal Sulphur Cartridge (for
Red Spider, Rust and Mildew), 25¢
each.

Nicotine Cartridge (for Aphids),
35c each, 6 for 2.00

Pyrethrum-Rotenone Cartridge (for
Sod Worms, Genista Worm, Aphis),
35c each, 6 for 2.00.

Oil Cartridge (for all scale in-
secis) 25c each.

Sa A075

Planting Distances

Variety Ft. Apart
Oranges, Lemons —— —___]8 to 25
vocados ae Dito du
Peaches, Apricots -20 to 25

Pears, Apples, Figs—______20 to 35
Walnuts and Pecans._____.40 to 60
Olives SE 30ito1 35
Jujubes, Low-Pruned Figs——12 to 16
Grape Vines —____________. 6 to 8
Blackberries, Boysenberries - 6 by 8
Raspbernes —.—.. ee siby=s.
Strawberries .......—..----—- lz by 3
Eucalyptus for Windbreak — 4to 8

No. Plants to An

Acre
Distance Apart No. Plants
8 teet by 8 feet__..__.. 680

8 feet by 10 feet... 545
16 feet by 16 feet... 170
18 feet by 18 feet-______._ 134
20 teet by 20 feet...__._._._ 188
iteet by 22niectee 0
95) feetaby 25) feet= = 09
40 feet by 40 feet... __27
50 feet by $0 feet—.—aa————- «17

ARMSTRONG SELECT LAWN GRASS SEEDS

Armstrong Lawn Grass Seed is the very finest that can be obtained. If we were willing to
‘sell our customers anything but the best we could offer grass seed at a few cents per pound
less, since it can be obtained in a great many different grades which vary in percentage of
germination, freedom from weed seed and other factors. We feel that our customers want only
the very best seed and we, therefore, stock nothing else. When you purchase Armstrong Lawn
Grass Seed you are making the very best kind of a start toward a perfect lawn. Some grasses
are better than others for certain locations, and if in doubt regarding the best grass to use
for a certain location, write us and we will be very glad to give you our advice.

Prices Quoted Below are Subject to Change. Write for Prices on Larger Quantities.

Armstrong’s “Sunny Lawn” Mixture. The
very finest lawn mixture for most lawns which
receive plenty of sunshine. Composed largely
of Blue Grass and Clover with several other
species which help to make up a perfect
lawn. One pound plants 200 square feet (20
by 10 feet), 80c per lb., 3 lbs. for $2.25; 10
lbs. for $7.00.

Armstrong’s “Shady Lawn” Mixture. A
splendid mixture of various grasses made up
for locations largely in the shade. One pound
covers 150 square feet. $1.10 per lb.; 3 lbs.
for $3.10; 10 lbs. for $9.50.

Poa Trivialis. Fine for shady situations.
1 lb., $1.10; 3 lbs. for $3.10; 10 lbs. for $9.50.

Kentucky Blue Grass. The basis for most of
the finest California lawns is Blue Grass.
Although there are a number of grades of
Blue Grass commonly sold, we carry only the
best. One pound covers 150 square feet. 65c
per lb., 3 lbs. for $1.75; 10 lbs. ior $5.00.

White Clover. Makes a brilliant green lawn
by itself but is often combined with Blue
Grass. Particularly fine for winter sowing
in Bermuda Grass. Gives very quick results.
One pound covers 200 square feet. $1.35 per
lb.; 3 lbs. for $3.75; 10 lbs. for $11.00.

Trailers and Easily Grown Ground Covers

One flat (18 inches square) plants about 200
square feet.

Ajuga reptans. “Carpet Bugle”. A flat mat
ot handsome, dark green, small leaves which
carpets the ground with an aitractive mat
of foliage in shady spots where there is
plenty of moisture available. In spring and
summer sends up dainty little blue flower
se with flowers like tiny blue bugles.
$2.25 per flat.

Arenaria Caespitosa. A dense moss-like lit-
ile ground cover. Has been offered in Cali-
fornia under the name of Pinehurst Lawn. Re-
quires no mowing. Coast or inland. Full sun.
$2.00 per flat.

Baccharis pilularis. ‘Prostrate Coyote
Bush.” A native Californian. This dark green,
dense, prostrate ground cover never growing
over a toot high and spreading to 6 or 8
feet is just the thing to cover that dry sunny
=e which you cannot mow. Flats of 100,

Convolvulus Mauritanicus. “Blue Morocco
Creeper.” An easily grown trailer, covered
throughout spring and summer with many
bright violet-blue flowers, 1 to 2 inches
area which you cannot mow. Flats of 100,
pois, $7.50 per 100.

Summer Green—
Autumn Color

Euonymus radicans coloratus. “Creeping
Euonymus.” A dense flat mat of large, deep
green foliage all spring and summer, turning
bright red in the winter but never dropping.
Stands desert heat, hardy to zero, grows in
any soil. Will grow under irees. Sun or
shade. Flats of 100, $4.00.

Fragaria californica. “California Wild Straw-
berry.’ Deliciously sweet little berries and
an excellent ground cover for shady loca-
ions. Flats of 100, $2.25.

Fragaria Chiloensis. “Wild Strawberry.”
Handsome big Strawberry foliage and large
red berries. Sun near Coast, part shade in-
land. Flats of 100, $2.25.

Gazania Aurantiacum. A splendid ground
cover for sunny places, making a dense mat
of foliage. Covered with myriads of large,
showy, bright orange flowers. Also Gazania
splendens with yellow flowers. Flats of 100
$1.25 each.

The Ivy leaved Geraniums are excellent
ground covers. We have the following var-
ieties: Deep rose-pink, flesh-pink, lavender;
white, flushed pink, all in 4-inch pots at 35c
each. $3.00 per 10.

English Ivy. A favorite ground cover fot
sun or shade. Flats of 100, $2.00.

Lippia Repens. A grassy ground cover mak-
ing a dense mat of foliage, thriving in any
soil, in hot locations and requiring little
water. Siands trampling, requires no mowing.
One flat plants 200 square feet. $2.00 per flat.

Mesembryanthemums with their blaze of
color put the finest products of the looms to
shame. They like full sunlight and require
only a reasonable amount of water. Remem-
ber them at the San Francisco Fair? $2.25 per
flat. Two varieties below.

M. Crimson. Brilliant crimson flowers.

M. rosea. Large, rosy pink blooms.

Pachysandra terminalis. “Japanese Spurge.”

hardy evergreen ground cover standing
zero weather. One of the few ground covers
that grows well under trees. 21-inch pots,
$7.50 per 100; flats of 100 plants, $3.00.

Verbenas. We grow the large, giant flow-
ered variety from cuttings. Immensely supe-
rior to the small flowered, weakly colored
seedlings usually sold. Extremely showy for
a sunny spot. We have Beauty of Oxford
(pink), Lavender Queen, Radio Red and Snow
White. Flats of 100, $3.00.

Graceful Bamboos

The Bamboos grow easily in almost every
location and their noble clumps of graceful
stems, their wealth of soft green foliage and
their informal lines of symmetry make them
indispensable for certain landscape effecis.
All Bamboos: 5-gal. containers, $1.50; B. nana,
B. ventricosa and Phyllostachys nigra also
available in gal. containers at 75c each.

Bambusa nana. “Striped Bamboo.” 6 fi. A
dwarf arching clump, with slender canes
striped green and gold. 15 degrees.

Bambusa ventricosa. “Buddha Bamboo.” A
little dwarf Bamboo, never over 3 feet high,
grown by the Chinese as a pot plant.

Bambusa multiplex. “Dwarf Fern-leaved
Bamboo.” 8 ft. A dwarf variety with graceful
arching branches and finely-divided fern-like

leaves, forming a broad dense clump. 15 de-
grees.

Dendrocalamus latiflorus. ““Giant Bamboo.”
The very largest and tallest of all, reaching
a height of 60 #. in time and making an
enormous clump with great rapidity when
once established. 18 degrees.

Phyllostachys bambusoides. “Giant Timber
Bamboo.” Sends up many stout canes to an
eventual height of 40 feet. 15 degrees.

Phyllostachys nigra. ““Black Bamboo.” 8 it. A
fine unusual variety with black stems head-
ed with beautiful feathery foliage. 15 degrees.

See ae

Red Top. Useful for a quick durable turf.
1 1b., 50c; 3 Ibs. for $1.25; 10 lbs. for $3.75.

Seaside Bent. Probably the most admired
velvety lawns in California are of Seaside
Bent, but it requires more careful attention
than other lawns, must never be allowed to
get dry, and requires more frequent cutting.
Fine in aes: ore ud covers 300
square feet. 5 er Ib.; s. for $3.10;
10 Ibs. for $9.50. :

Bermuda Grass. Suitable for hot dry sit-
uations where other grasses will not grow.
One pound covers 200 square feet. 5l{c per
Ib.; 3 lbs. for $1.25; 10 lbs. for $3.75.

Western Perennial Rye Grass. A good hardy
lawn for hot dry climates and for shady
Piaces, also for freshening up Bermuda lawns
in the winter. Makes a quick effect. One
pound covers 100 square feet. 45c per lb.; 3
lbs. for $1.25; 10 lbs. for $3.75.

Meadow Fescue. A broad leaved, deep
Teen grass much used for lawns in the San

ernando Valley and other hot summer cli-
mates. Stands plenty of abuse. 50c per Ib.; 3
Ibs for $1.25; 10lbs. for $3.75.

A New Lawn

Dichondra repens has taken Southern Cali-
fornia by storm during the past year and
is being widely used at the present time.
It requires no mowing, no renovating, is
not ected by brown spot or lawn moths
and takes no more water than the ordinary
Blue Grass and Clover lawn. Dichondra is a
low, creeping plant with Clover-like leaves,
spreading by means of runners which ga
just slightly below the surface of the soil and
spread quite fast. It can be used for any
piupore for which you would use a grass
awn and for a permanent deep green covei
seems to be excellent around stepping stones.
Sun or semi-shade. For lawn use, one {flai
will ipee about 200 square feet. Price $2.00
per iat.

Make it Grow With Vigoro

If you want a “picture’’ garden, one ad-
mired by everyone, the plants should be fed
regularly with Vigoro, the complete plant
food. Vigoro contains all 1] of the elements
planis need for proper nourishment. That's
why they develop extensive roots as well as
luxuriant foliage and blossoms. It is a par-
ticularly fine fertilizer for lawns, greening up,
Ppepping up your lawn in no time, and the
effects are long-lasting. It is odorless and
easy io apply, too.

We recommend Vigoro because we know
that if used according to the simple direc-
tions included in every bag and package it
will give you amazing results at very low
cost. Get a supply of this complete, plant
food at once and feed everything in your
garden—lawns, flowers, shrubs and trees. The
Tesults will be very gratifying indeed.

100) 1b cq eee oo

50° Ib: Ubag ssa eG
25 lbs bag.
10 lb. pkg....... eeeecs ety!
9. lb. pkg... ees
1 Ib; | pkgis. eee

Better Plants with Peat

Peat Moss. This finely ground, centuries
old moss from Canadian peat beds is just
the thing to lighten heavy clay soils and
to mix with sandy soils so that they will re-
tain moisture better. There is nothing better
for this purpose. Also it is almost a neces-
sity for use in Southern California to provide
an acid soil for Azaleas and similiar plants
which require an acid soil with plenty of
moisture. EES for Camellias too.

Each bale contains 20 bushels of humus
and will cover at least 300 square feet one
inch deep. Fifteen to twenty pounds of peat
moss dug in around each newly planted
shrub or tree will pay big dividends and in
light sandy soils will save enough water to
pay for itself many times over. Be sure to
soak the peat in water before mixing with
the soil. rge bales, $4.25 each; one-half
bale, $2.25 each; 214 cubic foot bags, 85c;
three-quarter cubic foot bags, 40c.

TOPICAL INDEX TO

Fruits

Benes eaten Yd
Australian Nut............ 7-33
Avocados ...............-21-22
B
Berries ............
Blackberries
Boysenberry
Calamondin .............. 4
Carissay 2 eee 6

Chayote -. 8
Cherimoyas ............... 7

Cherries... 15
Chestnuts... 12
Citrust 3 oe as 1-5
Currants ........................18
D-E
Deciduous Fruits........ 9-16
Dwarf Girus = Se 2-3-4

Grapes -n.ceeeoeoe 8
Grapefruit —........
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Macadamia ......-..-....—7-33
Mand dart: ee LD
Mango oececesnsssesseneneseeee 6
Myrt Svecred Orange.. 2

Natal Plum ................. 6
Nectarines

a 6
Oranges ..........-.... _1-2-3-5
Otaheite Orange.......... 2

Pecans) 2 13
PePin0 a2n.eeecreneeeeeeeeen en 7
Persimmons _..............._.13
Pineapple Guavas....__ 8
Baice ie ee eee V7)

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Pomegranate ......._... 15

Pomelos 25223 3

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Quinces —..

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17

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Sapotes, .:2..2 8

Strawberries —..._.....18
Sub-Tropicals —.. 6-8
Tangelos —.W..—........ 4

Tangerines ee,
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Walnuts .............-...]2

Youngberry ............._17

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Ornamentals

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7 .Vol-) b (oe 45
Abutilons ~..W......... 46
Acacias) eins 31
Acer
Actinidia -.. 2. eeee.-....59
Adenocarpus ...
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Almond, Flowering .....25
Ampelopsis .....-.. 60
Anemone ae
Antigonon
Apricot, Flowering........ 28
Arborvitaes ................ 29-30
Arbutus .._... wwe AS
Arctotis: <2 en er 23
Brena yidd oneeeeeceeneeceeeen nes 37
dst oi eee ee 27-32

Asters .......... en 32A5
Aucubal sea aes 45
Azaleas ....... eee: 4
AA ZOYC) | es TS 46
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Bamboo w.ccccsseececneeneonees 37
Barberries .....0.....-...... 46
Bauhinias ....W........31]
Beauty Bush................. 25
Beloperone .....................46
Berberis -n..c..scscsscssscoeen 46
Betula is ee a 27
Bignonias 60-62
blige) o Vivendi eee RN 27
Bird-of-Paradise 08
Bletilla ............ -..49
Boston Ivy... ...60
Bottle Brush.... 47
Bottle Tree......... 2639
Bougainvilleas ............ 60
Bouvardias q.........W........ 46
Boxwood ou... 47-55
Brachysema .........--...-. a6

Breath of Heaven...

Bridal Wreath ................ 2
Brooms
Brunfelsia ..
15 To Co | -) Co Sire 747
Calceolaria .............. 24-47
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Callistemon ...................47
Calodendrum ............... 31
Camellias ..................43-44
Camphor ......... a3
Candolleq ........... 46
Cannas_ ...........-.. 23

Cape Chestnut..
Cape Jasmine....
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Casuarina
Ceanothus

Ceratonia own 31
Ceratostigma .............. 48
Cercis

4
Chamaecyparis ..........29
Chamaelaucium ..........48

Chamaerops ................ 59
Cherries, Flowering....28
Chilopsis windeSocbo eee tee 25
Choisya .........
Chorizema
Chrysanthemums ...._.... 23
Cienfuegosia ................. 48
Cissus) 2a 60
Cistus) es --34-48-49
Clematis -..........---.--..60
Clethra® 2S eee 32
Clivia a ee 49

Cocos) 2 een E2359
Columbine ..............
Conifers _.............29-30
Convolvulus ................. a
Coprosmd oon ceet ese eeeene
Coral Trees.............. BS
Coral Vine n,n...
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Cotoneasters ~ 2... 49
Cottonwood ........ceecee-- 28
Crab, Flowering...........- 28
Crepe Myrtle W.......-....-. ra
Crotalaria ......... vs
Cup of Gold.... sags
Cydonia as 25
Cymbidium ... =
Cypress ......... ee -
Cytisus 22 oso. 45
D
Daphne ne eee 50
Deciduous Sha

Delphinium ......
Deodar

Deutzia 50
Dichondra 37
Dierama 23
Diosma ....

Distictis ....

Dogwood ........ 29
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Ec haivarra oon 23
Elaeagnus 50
Blige eee
Epidendrum
Eranthemum ................. 50
Ericaapeese nn Se ees 50
Eryiheape nes a 5
Erythrina ............... 25-32
Escallonias ....W.............. 50
Eucalyptus ... 32-34
Eugenias .......... ....8-51
Euonymus ....._.. 37-50
Eupatorium 0... css. 51
Euryopse ees 50
Evergreen Grape....._.... 60
Evergreen Shrubs -42-58
Evergreen Trees......31-33
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Fatshede rd .......ccc-ceccenes 51
Ratsic a ae 51
Felicia: 23-51

Ficus) e261
Firethorn ~.....---.2--...---- 96
Flame Trees .............27-33
Forsythig® ....2--.....0.00---.-25

Bragen Gin 37
Fraxinus ........-..........27-32
Fremontia ...........-.-...- ol
Fruiting Ornamentals...59
Fuchsias ............. 34-49-51
Gall vesict 2. sececcccecnmecee —oil
Gardenias .........--.-— 51
Gaudichaudia .............60
Gea Zaid oeneseennencemeeneneees 37
Gelsemium ....
Genistas
Geraldton Wax

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Geraniums
Gerberas ........
Ginger Lily.

inkgolpescst eee 27
Golden Bells.................25
Grasses,

Ornamental............ 37-59
Grevilleas ................32-52
Ground Covers ............37

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Hackberry .......—........27
Halesiai cf 25
Hamelicry eee 52
Hardenbergias ............. 61
Harpollica) a2
Meaiier acs e ee eee a
Hederq)), 2 eee 37-
Heda Plants..29-47-50- 23
Hedychium ...............~ Boz,
Helianthemums ..__52
Helianthus ...........—....24
Heliotrope . ....-......~.... 24
Hemerocallis .............. 24
Herbs ee 24
Hibbertia .....................61
Hibiscus) yas 52

Hollies —..............34-53-55
Holmskioldig cesses...

Honeysuckle ~......25-61-62
HydrangedS ~......-.sec.c--: 53
Hymenosporum 08

Hypericum .....-....c....-52

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Jercarrarmnl ener 33
Jasmines ....47-48-53-61-62
Junipers. .........-...::--2- 29-30
Koelreuteria ....—........-... 27

Kolkwitzia .....
Kudzu Vine .

Kunzed eeeseneneeeen 53
Landscape Service q......41
Rantanas)es ee -03
Laurels ........... 33-53

Laurustinus ....
Lavatera .......

Lavender .......-.---e----0-0-- 4
Leptospermum ............ 54
Leucophyllum ...............54
libocedrus 30
Ligustrum ~........-.-se00-+ 54
Vilacs) 20 "95-26-35-47-48
Lilli-Pilli Tree ......51
Lily-of-the-Valley Tree..32
Lip pichhe sso 37-54
Liquidambar ............-.-... 27
Lonicera .......... 29-6)
Euculia =e aed
Magnolias .......... .26-33-35
Mahonid ...--.e nen 55
Malpighia ._.... 04
Malus... a... ----28
Malvaviscus -.0.......:cc0-0-+- 55
Mandevillea ... 61
Maple ........---.-. w--2 7-46
Marguerite ..........—........ 24
Matilija Poppy...........07
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Mesembryanthe-
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Metrosideros ..............33

Mint Bush -_W.-..56

Morec ....

Mulberries ~......-...—
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Myrsine

Myrtus

Nandinci eee 09

Nierembergia ............ ---04

Oaks ss SRC}

(©) (Yo se (-) ¢- ee 55

Orchids _........ 31-42-49

Orchid Tree ........-...-= 31

Oregon Grape.........-. 55

Osmanthus 9 q.........-...0. 99

Oxeraie ee ee 62

Pachysandra cian

Pampas Grass.

Parkinsomia 2... 233)
Peaches, Flowering__..28
Pear, Evergreen. pee AP AE 56
Pelargoniums pees 24
Pentstemon ...._........24-5]
Pepper Tree ....u........-..- 33
Perennials ..................23-24
Philadelphus ......... 26-62
Phlox 2 ae 24
DRociie Palm... 259
Phormium ....... 222.99
Photiniasie ee 55
Pines (022 =n30)
Pistachio) ea ea 7
Pittosporums ........_.... 56
Planting Guide.........36-40
Riatanus) aaa 27.
Plumbagos .._...24-48-62
Podocarpus ...........-.30
Poinsettias «0.1... 96
Polygonum ................ 62
Pomegranate,
Flowering........_ 26-35 -: pe
Poplars ee
Princess Flower... “3
Privets -..2...2......_54

Prostanthera ........._......56
PPUNUS -cececesceenececese---28-56
Punica .............-.....26-35-56

SINCE 1890

CATALOG

Pyracanthus

Pyrostegia 8
Pyrus) 222K. .--06
Quercus #2 33
Quince, Flowering.......25
Raphiolepis ~.-—._...... 57
Redbudweee= 25
Redwood ......... eh 30
Reinwardtia ene):
Rhamnus ........ 57
Rhus: eee 26-57
Rhynchospermum. .........62
Ribes a. 23 ee a ay/
Rockroses

Romneya ....

Rondeletia

Rose-Apple ....
Rosemary .....

Roses) so
Ruellia: ee
Salix —.. 28
Salvias . ey/
Saxifraga 24
Schinus 33
Schizocentron 24
Senecio -~....... <soy/
Sequoias ..... 30
Shasta Daisy... 24
Silverberry ..... 00
Smoke Tree... -26

Snowballa ee 26
Solandrajeee se ee 62
Solanum .. 7-62
Sollya ...... 57
Spartium .. m5?
Spirea .... ..26
Star Bush 58
Statice ...... 24
Sterculia ......... ahs}
Stranvaesia ....... sey)
Strawberry Tree............ 45
Strelitzicg 2... eecesencne 58
Streptosolen ...W..........— 08
Sun-Roses_ «00+

Surinam Cherry.............. 51
Sutera) E58
Sweet Gum...... ey
Sweet Olive -....-...ec.- 55
Sweetspire W.n...cecsccenee-s 2

Sycamores ..
Syringas ar ala) -26-35- eo

Ramarixie see 26
CEXUS 3 eee ee 30
Tea Plant ....... —---08
Tea: Treen nee 54
Tecoma 58-62
Tecomaria .-..62
Teucrium 98
Thea -58
Thuja

Thunberg

Tibouchina

Trachelium
Tree Roses....
Tricuspidaria ..
Trumpet Vines
Tulbaghia

Turraea ........

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Ulnus)) ee .-28-33
Umbellularia ... reek)
Umbrella Tree ..............27
Vv

Verbenas ..........-.....37-54
Virburnums

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Violets, s.5 ss 24
Vitex
Vitis
Washingtonic Palm.....59
Weigela (222 eee 26
Willows ...2......... 25-28-55
Wintersweet .............. 25
Wisterias eee 62
Xylosma) 58
OWS) aasertscednensecteeesstonen 30

Supplies

Fertilizer (Vigoro)........ 37
L di 37

awn Seeds... cece Ss
Peat Moss ....

Spray Gun

Tree Protectors..........-- 36
Tree White..........—...-..= 36

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A GUIDE TO SUCCESSFUL PLANTING

Herein we offer lists of plants for special places. By cross reference to several lists you can find the type of plant that
is wanted for a given location. For instance, Bush Honeysuckle will be noted as a fragrant summer blooming plant that will
grow in the mountains, while Cassia is a fragrant winter blooming plant that will do well in the desert. The number after
each name is the catalog page where descriptions are to be found.

PLANTS FOR THE DESERT

Shrubs

Adenocarpus (46)
Arborvitae (30)
Arbutus unedo (45)
Bottle Brush (47)
Broom (49)

Buddleia (47)
California Holly (55)
Cassia (4

Chinese Photinia (55)
Chuperosa (46)
Cotoneaster (49)
Desert Rose (48)
Euonymus (50)
Hibiscus (52)
Lantana (53)
Leucophyllum (54)
Ligustrum (54)
Myrtus (55)
Nandina (55)

Oleander (55)
Pampas Grass (59)
Pfitzer’s Juniper (29)
Pittosporum (56)
Pomegranate (26-56)
Pyracantha (56)
Rockrose (48-49)
Rosemary (57)
Spirea (26)

Tamarix (26)

Tea Tree (54)
Viburnum (58)

a f Trees
eppo Pine (30)
Arizona Cypress (29)
Ash (27-32)

Bottle Tree (33)

Carob (31)

Casuarina (32)
Cottonwood (28)

Desert Gum (32)

Desert Willow (25)

Elm (28-33)

Eucalyptus polyanthemos (32)
Buropean Sycamore (27)
erry (27)

Italian Cypress (29)
Mulberry (28)

Olive Tree (6)

Orchid Tree (31)

Palms )
Palo Verde (33)
Pepper (33)
Pistachio (27)
Poplars (28)
Umbrella (27)
Vines
Bougainvillea (60)
Coral Vine (60)
Honeysuckle (61)
Jasmine (61)
Tecomaria (62)
Wisteria (62)
Yellow Trumpet (60)

SEASHORE PLANTS

*Thrive directly on ocean front
Acacia* (31)
Adenocarpus (46)

Bottle Brush* (47)
Brazilian Pepper (33)
Brooms* (4'
Buddleia”® (47)
California Holly (55)
Canary Bird Flower (48)
Cassia (47)
Casuarina (32)
Catalina Currant (57)
Coprosma®* (48)
Coral Bush (25)
Desert Rose (48)
Elaeagnus” (50)
Escallonia (50)
Euryops (50)

Flame Tree (33)
Fuchsia (51)
Grevillea (52)
Hibiscus* (52)
Hymenosporum (33)
Jacaranda (33)
Lantana (53)
Metrosideros robusta (33)

Monterey Cypress* (29)
Monterey Pine (30)
Myoporum*

Myrtus* (55)
Oleander* (55)

Olive Tree* (6)

Pink Mallow (53)
Pittosporum* (56)
Pyracantha (56)
Rockrose* (48-49)
Shrubby Aster (45)
Solanum rantonnetii (57)
Strawberry Tree (45)
Streptosolen* (58)
Sumac (57)

Sun-Rose (52)

Tea Tree (54)

Wild Lilac (47)

Yellow Elder (58)

x A Vines
ignonia (60)
Bougainvillea (60)
Cup of Gold (62)
Evergreen Grape (60)
Flame Vine (62)
Honeyeuctle (61)
Sky Flower (62)
Tecomaria (62)

FOR WINTER BLOOM

Acacia (31)

African Daisy Bush (50)
Australian Fuchsia (49)
Azalea (42

Bouvardia (46)
Buddleia asiatica (47)
Buddleia salvifolia (47)
Camellia (43)

Cassia (47)

Cercis (25)

Chinese Magnolia (26)
Chorizema (48)
Coronilla (48)

Daphne (50)

Desert Rose (48)
Deutzia pulchra (50)
Diosma (50)

Dwarf Tea Trees (54)
Eranthemum (50)
Eucalyptus Trees (32)
Flowering Almond (25)
Flowering Fruit Trees (28)
Flowering Quince (25)
Geraldton Wax Flower (48)
Grevillea (52)

Heather (50)
Holmskioldia (52)

Lilac (26-35)

Mexican Orange (48)
Poinsettia (56)
Princess Flower (58)
Strelitzia (58)

Sutera (58)

Tecomaria (62)
Viburnum (58)

Wild Lilac (47)
Winter-Sweet (25)
Yellow Elder (58)

Vines
Bignonia (60)
Bougainvillea (60)
Cape Hone yeucde (62)
eae of Gold (62)
Gelsemium (61)
Hardenbergia (61)
Tecomaria (62)
Wisteria (62)

SHRUBS WITH FRAGRANT

FLOWERS

Azalea Rutherfordiana (42)
Bouvardia (46)
Brunfelsia (46)
Buddleia (47)

Bush Jasmine (53)
Carissa grandiflora (6)
Carpenteria (46)
Cassia (47)

Cestrum (47)

Daphne (50)

Gardenia (51)

Ginger Lily (52)
Hymenosporum (33)

Lemon Scented Honeysuckle (25)

Lilac (26-35)

Lily of the Valley Tree (32)
Luculia (54)

Mexican Orange (48)
Orange Jessamine (48)
Philadelphus (26)

Sweet Olive (55)
Viburnum (58)

Wild Lilac (47-48)
Winter-Sweet (25)

SUMMER BLOOMING
SHRUBS

Abelia (45)
Adenocarpus (46)
Abutilon (46)

Blue Chaste Tree (26)
Blue Cup Flower (54)
Botile Brush (47)
Brooms (49)
Brunfelsia (46)

Bush Honeysuckle (25)
Canary Bird Flower (48)
Candollea (46)
Ceanothus Summer Blue (25)
Ceratostigma (48)
Cestrum (47)

Desert Willow (25)
Escallonia (50)

Felicia (51)

Fremontia (51)

Gilded Fairy Vine (60)
Gold Flower (52)
Grevillea (52)
Hibiscus (52)
Hydrangea (53)

Lady Supper (47)
Lantana (53)
Leucophyllum (54)
Mallow (53)

Matilija Poppy (57)
Oleander (55)

Orange Jessamine (48)
Orchid (49)
Pomegranate (26-56)
Purple Mint Bush (56)
Rockrose (48-49)
Senecio (57)

Shrubby Aster (45)
Star Bush (58)
Summer Lilac (47)
Sun-Rose (52)
Trinidad Flame Bush (47)
Wild Lilac (47-48)

FOR COLD AREAS AND

MOUNTAIN PLANTING

Evergreen Shrubs and Trees

Abelia (45)
Arborvitae (30)
Arizona Cypress (29)
Berberis (46)
Boxwood (47)
Buddleia (47)
Ceratostigma (48)
Cotoneaster (49)
Daphne (50)
Euonymus (50)
Fremontia (51)
Giant Sequoia (30)
Gold Flower (52)
Hollies(53)
Incense Cedar (30)
Juniper (29)
Laurel (53)

Lilac (26-35)

Live Oak (33)
Mahonia (55)
Nandina (55)
Photinia (55)
Pines (30)
Pyracantha (56)
Snowdrop Tree (25)
Stranvaesia (57)

All Deciduous Flowering Shrubs

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Clematis (60)

Glory Vine (62)

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Honeysuckle (61)

Ivies (61)

Kudzu Vine (62)

Tecoma Mme. Galen (62)
Wisteria (62)

FOR SHADY PLACES

Abelia (45)

Abutilon (46)
African Box (55)
Azalea (42)

Azara (46)

Beauty Bush (25)
Bouvardia (46)
Boxwood (47)

Bush Jasmine (53)
Camellia (43)
Carpenteria (46)
Catalina Currant (57)
Ceratostigma (48)
Cestrum (47)
Chorizema (48)
Coprosma (48)
Coronilla (48)
Daphne (50)

Deutzia pulchra (50)
Dogwood (25)
Eranthemum (50)
Fatshedera (51)
Fuchsia (51)

Gold Dust Plant (45)
Gold Flower (52)
Hardy Ferns (58)
Holly (53)
Hydrangea (53)
Lady Slipper (47)
Laurel (53)

Lawson Cypress (29)
Luculia (54)
Mahonia (55)
Orange Jessamine (48)
Orchid (49)
Osmanthus (55)
Pittosporum (56)
Podocarpus (30)
Pyrus Kawakami (56)
Rondeletia (57)
Snowball (26)

Star Bush (58)
Strawberry Tree (45)
Sweetspire (53)
Viburnum (58)
Winter-Sweet (25)
Yesterday and Today (46)
Yew (30)

Vines

Ampelopsis (60)
Bignonia violacea (60)
Evergreen Grape (60)
Hardenbergia (61)
Hibbertia volubilis (61)
Ivy (61)

Star Jasmine (62)
Thunbergia (62)

SOME OF THE BEST
CALIFORNIA NATIVE PLANTS

Beloperone (46)

Big Leaf Maple (27)
California Beh Laurel (33)
California Holly (55)
California Sycamore (27)
Carpenteria (46)

Catalina Cherry (56)
Catalina Currant (57)
Coast Live Oak (33)
Coffee Bary (57)
Fan Palm (59)
Fremontia (51)

Giant Sequoia (30)

Incense Gates (30)
Lemonade Berry (57)

Matilija Poppy (57)

Monterey Cypress (29)
Monterey Pine (30)

Mountain Cherry (56)
Oregon Grape (55)
Parkiasonia aculeata (33)
San Clemente Penstemon (51)
Thornber Cottonwood (28)
Wild Lilac (47-48)

Now Two Landscape Offices
At Ontario

Our Landscape Department at Ontario is headed by Mr.
J. A. Gooch who has been affiliated with us in the capacity
of landscape architect for a number of years. Landscape
architecis are available from here to visit any location in
Southern California. Call at our Ontario office, write us here
or telephone Ontario 611-44 and ask for the Landscape De-
partment and you will be given any details for which you
may ask.

At North Hollywood

A complete Landscape Department is also maintained at
our new North Hollywood Branch at the corner of Magnolia
Boulevard and Coldwater Canyon Road in North Hollywood.
Mr. Waldo Scott is the architect in charge. We have opened
this office particularly for the convenience of residents of
San Fernando Valley and Hollywood. Any information re-
garding prospective landscape work will be courteously
provided upon request. Telephone Sunset 11522.

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Armstrong Archilech

You can secure the services of our staff of pro-
fessional landscape architects who will create for
you a successful, satisfying garden which will pro-
vide a permanent setting of foliage, flowers and
trees for your home. It is a fact that a well planned
garden will become increasingly attractive as the
plants reach maturity.

We advise a personal visit by one of our land-
scape architects whenever possible, and such a
visit is vitally necessary when large places or ex-
tensive plans are involved. Our architect visits your
property, discusses your desires and problems with
you in detail, and makes a survey of the property.
No charge is made for such a irip when the loca-
tion is near one of our landscape offices. A small
fee to cover the cost of such trips is made for more
distant locations.

For the average home garden (75x150 feet or less) our
usual procedure is to visit the property, make the survey and
prepare a detailed plan and itemized list of the plants
needed. This includes the cost of the plants, and, if desired,
the cost of planting. A deposit of $10.00 is required at the
time that the plan is authorized by you. As soon as your
purchases exceed $40.00 within one year after the date of
your estimate, the $10.00 deposit becomes a credit and can
be used by you for the purchase of additional plants.

On larger places where extensive detailed plans are
necessary the cost of such work is dependent upon the size
and locality of the property. We suggest that you visit one
of our landscape offices, or, if more convenient, write or
telephone for exact information concerning your particular
problem.

Landscape Planning by Mail

If you live at a considerable distance and the cost of a
visit by one of our landscape architects is too great, we
have a unique service by which you can take advantage
of the assistance and facilities of our Landscape Department.
Just send for one of our planting sketch blanks, follow its
easy insiructions and reiurn it to us. We then prepare a de-
tailed plan, itemized list of the plants needed, together with
an estimate of the cost, and mail it to you for your approval.
The same deposit and credit arrangement as outlined above
apply in the case of such plans. All correspondence con-
cerning plans to be handled in this way should be addressed
to us at Ontario.

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Armstrong Azaleas

Azaleas produce a glorious mass of brilliant color in the early spring and
their foliage is luxuriant and handsome. More and more are they becoming
indispensable in the gardens of the Pacific Coast and the South, for they
grow with ease almost anywhere in those areas. In the Northwest, the
Southern States and in the central and northern coastal areas of California,
natural soil conditions are right for them, but in most of southern and in-
land California our naturally alkaline soils must be rendered acid by using
a large proportion of peat moss or leaf mold. They prefer full shade or semi-
shade and do well under trees where well fertilized and given plenty of
water. Plenty of summer moisture is one thing they must have, particularly
during and preceding the blooming season.

Colorful Kurume Azaleas

The Kurume Azaleas with their great
profusion of colorful, beautiful blooms in
the late winter and spring have become
increasingly popular in California over the
past few years. At the height of the
blooming season they are indescribable in
their beauty. The flowers are smaller than
the Azalea Rutherfordiana below and the
plants do not hold their foliage throughout
the winter as well, but no plant could
hold more blooms than the Kurumes. The
plants reach 2 to 5 feet in height, are
hardy down to zero and are easily grown
if you follow the cultural instructions for
Azaleas which we send out with the
plants. Visit our Display Yards in the
later winter and spring and see thousands
of these plants in full bloom.

Bells of Arcady. Deep lavender, very
large bell-shaped flowers.

Botticelli. Apple blossom pink and
cream.

Cherry Ripe. Bright cherry red.

Coral Bells. Rose-pink. Semi-double.

Ecstasy. Clear lavender, very large.

Firebird. Flaming brick-red.

Laughing Water. Very large, pure
white, 2 inches across. Most fragrant.

Orchid. Rich orchid color. Large.

Pink Pearl. Light pink, shaded deeper.

Pink Silver. Silvery pink.

Rosy Morn. Cerise-pink. Semi-double.

Salmon Queen. Deep salmon.

Santoi. Creamy light pink.

Snowflake. Pure white. Semi-double.

Sunstar. Large deep pink.

Torch. Rich flaming red. Blooms early.
All varieties, blooming sizes, 6-inch pots, Vivid. Brilliant red with a hint of or-
85c; 9-inch pots; $2.00; large specimens in ange. Semi-double.

tubs, $4.00. Flowers single unless noted. Wood Dove. Deep mauve-lavender.

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Orchids for Your Garden The Fragrant Azalea, L. J. Bobbink

Epidendrum O’Brienianum. ‘‘Everblooming Ground-Orchid.’
Some of the magnificent, brilliantly colored orchids of the Cen-
tral and South American forests thrive in the open here in
Southern California, and this is one of them. A semi-reclining,
leafy plant, sending up stems from 3 to 6 feet tall on which
are borne the magnificent scarlet and orange-yellow flowers.
Sun or half-shade, plenty of moisture. One plant will grow
into a large clump. 6-inch pots, $1.35.

The magnificent new Hybrid Azalea
Rutherfordiana are the finest Azaleas
ever grown on the Pacific Coast. The
flowers are large, many of them fra-
grant, and come in many dainty clear
shades, ranging from pure white to
deep carmine. There are single, semi-
double and double varieties. Unlike
other Azaleas, Azalea Rutherfordiana
keeps its splendid luxuriant foliage
throughout the year and makes a
handsome garden plant at all times.
During the blooming season, which
occurs in California during February
and March, the plants are literally
smothered with the beautiful flowers.
They become 2 to 4 feet high.

This is not the only Orchid we grow. See also Epidendrums,
the beautiful Cymbidiums and the dainty Bletilla on page 49.

Epidendrum O’Brienianum, a Gorgeous Orchid

On the Pacific Coast they thrive
readily in the open garden, providing
the planting instructions given above
are followed. The plants are perfectly
hardy down to zero, but the flower
buds may be damaged if the temper-
atures go below 15°. This makes them
hardy almost every place in the West
and South.

All varieties, blooming sizes, 6-inch
pots, $1.75; 9-inch pots, $2.75; large
specimens in tubs, $5.00.

Albion. Pure white, exceptionally
fragrant, more so than any other kind.
Semi-double. Late blooming.

Alice W. Muller. Deep pink, beau-
tifully frilled. Double.

Colorado. Large flowered, deep car-
mine. Single.

Constance. Deep lavender-pink pal-
ing to creamy white in the center.
Single, sometimes semi-double.

Crimson Glory. Large, deep crim-
son. Double.

Dorothy Gish. Deep orange-salmon
with rich red markings in the throat.
Semi-double.

Fairy Flame. Very deep cerise-red.
Semi-double. Pleasantly fragrant.

Firelight. Glowing light crimson.
Semi-double.

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The New Azalea Rutherfordiana

L. J. Bobbink. Soft orchid-lavender.
Fragrant and exceptionally free flow-
ering. Semi-double.

Mary Corcoran. Light apple blos-
som-pink, flaked deep rose in throat.
The best of the singles.

Orange Queen. Deep salmon-orange,
with fringed petals. Early bloom-
ing, free flowering and long lasting.
Double.

Pink Ruffles. Uniform deep bright
pink, with two rows of ruffled petals.

Purity. Large, pure white blooms,
quite fragrant; two rows petals.

Rose Queen. Deep rose-pink. It is
the very best of the pink Azaleas.
Double.

Sunset. Showy brick-red. Large,
semi-double.

Yuletide. Dazzling cherry-red. Semi-
double.

Indian Azaleas

These magnificent Azaleas, with the
spectacular large blossoms, 3 and 4
inches across, semi-double and dou-
ble, are those that many of you have
seen at the famous Magnolia Gardens
and other famous Azalea gardens of
the Carolinas and the Gulf Coast.
Brilliant colors and large flowers char-
acterize these kinds. They grow and
thrive in Pacific Coast gardens just as
well as the Kurume Azaleas and Ruth-
erfordianas if given the proper loca-
tion and treatment as outlined at the
top of the page.

Price: 6-inch pots, $1.50; 9-inch pots,
$2.50.

Pride of Dorking. Large, deep car-
mine-red.

Pride of Mobile. Lovely watermelon
pink.

Simon Mardner. Very large, deep
orange-red.

Mme. Van Der Cruysen. 3-inch flow-
ers of clear salmon pink.

Vervaeneana. Salmon-rose with
lighter pink border.

Rosita
Deep Rose-Pink (at left)

Purity
Exquisite White (center)

Herme
Sweetly Fragrant (at right)

Armstrongs World Famous Camellias

This Most Beautiful Winter Flower Is an Armstrong Specialty

Superior Standard Varieties

listed under this
head are kinds that have been de-
servedly popular in California for a

The Camellias

number of years. You may be sur-
prised at the very low ‘prices at
which these plants are offered. That
is because we concentrate on Camel-
lias and have built up a large stock
of these kinds. We have tested
thoroughly and discarded more than
50 other varieties to get down to this
list of the very best kinds, and al-
though the prices are low, we say
without hesitation that you can buy
no finer and better grown plants. Not
one poor Camellia plant will be sent
out by us.

Prices
Size Each

8 to15 in., gal. containers....$1.00
, o-gal. 5 AS)

2 to 2/2 ft., 5-gal 3.50
2. to 3 ft., 5-gal 4.50
3 to 3%, ft., 5-gal 5.50
Boston 4.5 fteeo-gal. conte 6.50

Anna Frost. Dainty double 3-inch
flowers of light flesh-pink with oc-
casional deeper stripes of rose.

Apple Blossom. A fast growing,
vigorous plant, with small, five-pet-
aled pink and white blooms with the
color and fragrance of apple blos-

soms. Dainty and unusual.
Cheerful. Clear, bright cherry-red,
medium size, very double, setting

enormous quantities of blooms, many
more than most Camellias even while
the plants are small. Blooms late.

Imperator. A 4-inch bright red
flower of the peony type, with a
large high center of small petals.

Mrs. John Laing. A splendid sym-
metrical, fully double flower of clear
rose-pink, 31l/, inches across, darker
than Pink Perfection but lighter than
Rosita. An exceedingly vigorous
plant with handsome, deep green fol-
lage, growing in popularity because
of its lovely form, delightful color and
freedom of bloom.

Reine des Fleurs. Very large, very
double, high centered flowers of rich
vermilion-red flecked with white.
Three largest sizes available only.

Rev. John Bennett. High-centered,

semi-double flowers of deep, rosy
salmon.
Rev. John G. Drayton. (Alba Su-

perba). A magnificen1, semi-double,
pure white Camellia, 4 to 5 inches
across, with enormous petals. More
informal and less symmetrical than
Purity, a quite different type.

Rosita. Very double, medium size
flowers of bright rose-pink, the petals
delicately veined and arranged in a
symmetrical rosette-like form. The
very latest Camellia to bloom in
winter. A fast, vigorous grower, with
every flower a perfect one. See illus-
tration above.

Pink Perfection

Pink Perfection. This is probably
the most popular Camellia grown in
California, and its very double, med-
ium-sized flowers of delicate light
pink are very charming indeed. It
never fails to display large quanti-
ties of its perfect flowers from
Thanksgiving time on through the
winter. One of the strongest and
most vigorous Camellias in growth.
Sizes and prices same as for Unusual
varieties, top of next page.

The exquisite flowers of Camellia japonica, waxy
and delicate in texture and beautifully tinted, are now
the most admired winter and early spring blooms of
the Pacific Coast and Southern States. And the plant
itself is handsome, with its glossy evergreen foliage
forming a perfect setting for the bright-colored blooms.
Camellias grow easily everywhere on the Pacific Coast
except on the desert. They are hardy down to 10 de-
grees, requiring only a good well drained soil and a
sheltered, largely shaded location. The addition of
some peat moss or leaf mold to most soils will give
better results. Camellias begin to flower as soon as
they are a foot or two in height so you will not have
to wait for blooms.

Note: The Camellias offered here in containers are grown in
peat moss and are very light weight for long distance shipping.

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Camellia Chandleri Elegans, (at left).

Spectacular

Camellia Chandleri elegans. One of the most
spectacular of all Camellias, the great 7-inch
rose-pink flowers, lightly splashed with white,
astonishing the beholder with their size and
beauty. The plant is comparatively dwarf but pro-
duces its gigantic high-centered, beautifully col-
ored blooms in great profusion. You will never
complain about any shortage of flowers because
this one sets an amazing number of buds even
on very small plants. In the winter the plants
ycu buy from us will have plenty. Just visualize
these magnificent blooms, twice the size of the
illustration at the left. Same sizes and prices as
for Rare Camellias priced in the middle of the
next column to the right.

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Camellias Are Ideal Ornamentals

for planting in Shade or Semi-Shade

Unusual Camellias

Size
8 Sto) I's
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2 to 2'2 ft., 5-gal. containers... :
212 to 3 ft., S-gal. containers... 5.00
3 to 31/, ft., S-gal. containers.. 7.50

semi-double, informal and irregular in
shape, one of its outstanding characteristics being the
delightful fragrance which most Camellias do not have.

Fanny Bolis. Big red flowers, blotched with white,
with enormous petals loosely arranged. Six inches
across, it is one of the largest and most beautiful of the
variegated Camellias. In form it is somewhat similar
to the flower of Emperor of Russia, illustrated in the
lower right-hand corner of this page, but with a few
less small petals in the center. A beauty.

Herme. (Jordan’s Pride). Huge, 5 to 6 inch, semi-
double flowers of light rose-pink with a broad, irregular
border of white around each big petal. Occasional
stripes of bright red are also present. This is one of the
few fragrant Camellias, possessing a delightfully sweet
perfume. See color illustration on opposite page.

Lady Campbell. A quite double, medium sized flower
of bright clear rose-pink. A strong, vigorous grower.
This type of bloom is the most popular in Camellias.

Purity. (Neige d’Or.) Its name describes it. Sym-
metrical, exquisitely formed, double snowy white flow-
ers of large size, often 5 or 6 inches across. It outsells
all other whites we grow.

Rare Camellias

Size
8 to 15 in., gal. containers
lh to 2 ft., 5-gal. containers.
2 to 2!/, ft., 5-gal. containers.

242 to 3. ft., S-gal. containers.
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Belle Romana. Possibly the most striking of the varie-
gated Camellias, most of the big, double, large-petalled
flowers being light pink, profusely striped and splashed
with streaks of crimson. Grows vigorously and blooms
profusely, and its spectacular blooms draw much at-
tention. See illustration at left.

Chandleri Elegans. Giant of them all. See bottom pre-
ceding page.

Daikagura. Its large, double, deep rose flowers
(sometimes streaked with white) would be beautiful at
any season, but it is doubly valuable because it is the
earliest Camellia to bloom, flowers appearing in early
November.

Emperor of Russia. The flowers are very large, 5 or 6
inches across, with very large petals around the outside
of the flower and with smaller recurved petals in the
center. The color is a brilliant scarlet with occasionally
a few small white flecks. The flower has a distinct and
pleasant fragrance. Plant somewhat dwarf in habit. Un-
doubtedly one of the finest reds.

H. A. Downing. Beautiful large flowers, deep rose-
pink in color, almost red. Three rows of very large
petals, with a center of beautifully contrasting yellow
stamens. The flower averages 5 inches across and is
one of the loveliest of its color. Sometimes splashed
with white.

Lady de Saumerez. A splendid informal, large-petalled,
semi-double flower of bright pink, occasionally spotted
with white, fully open at the center showing contrasting
yellow stamens. Flower is medium size to very large.
Splendid large foliage.

Marchioness of Exeter. In size, brilliancy of coloring
and perfection of form, this beautiful pink variety, sal-
mon-pink with a few occasional white markings, is pos-
sibly the finest Camellia in its color. Amazing in size,
the gigantic flowers are crowded with petals and yet
gracefully arranged, while the color is glowing and
lustrous. Dwarf, spreading habit.

Pink Beauty. A very large-flowered, large-petalled,
fully double flower often 6 inches across, and a clear
uniform light pink, without other shadings. The plant is
exceedingly vigorous, with large glossy foliage, and the
blooms usually appear late in the season.

Princess Bacciochi. A flower of startling beauty, very
large, modified peony type, rich velvety carmine-red,
without other shadings, contrasting brilliantly with the
golden stamens which show among the petals in the
slowly opening flower.

Professor C. S. Sargent. A most unusual bright scar-
let flower, 3 inches across, with a very full, round,
peony type center, almost like a pompon chrysanthe-
mum, the flower often carrying more than 200 petals.
It usually has one row of very large, round petals
around the outside of the bloom. Along with Emperor
of Russia, Colonel Firey, and Julia Drayton, this rates
as one of the finest of the reds, and it is deeper in
color than any of these. A semi-dwarf plant, very free
in bloom.

Julia Drayton

Gigantic Red %
Blooms. Often 6 to ‘
7 Inches Across.

Visit our Display
Yards at Ontario or
North Hollywood from
December to March
and see these Camel-
lia varieties in full
bloom.

Armstrong's Very Rare Camellias

The most lovely flowers, the largest
blooms, the choice rarities of all the
Camellias, are included in this group. In
most cases we have started with as few
as one plant of these varieties and have
worked up a small stock to offer to
Camellia connoisseurs who want the

very best.

Size Each
8 to 15 in., gal. containers........ $2.75
ll, to 2 ft., 5-gal. containers. 5.50

2 to 2\/ ft., 5-gal. containers........ 8.00

Alba Plena. Probably the finest of all
white Camellias. Very large flowers, 5
or 6 inches across, fully double, with
many imbricated petals, opening beauti-
fully and never showing the stamens.
So lovely in form, so fragile and deli-
cate in its beauty that you can see ata
glance why it has been for many years
the most sought after of white Camel-
lias. Was introduced from Japan to Eng-
land in 1792, and because it is slow to
grow and difficult to propagate, it has
been hard to find ever since

Colonel Firey. Those Camellia con-
noisseurs who are familiar with this va-
riety rate it right at the top in red Ca-
mellias because of the glowing rich crim-
son color and the beautifully shaped
flower, 5 or 6 inches across, with many
petals opening out into a full, broad,
imbricated bloom which never shows
any other shadings except brilliant crim-
son. Fairly dwarf in growth.

Julia Drayton. (Also known as C. M.
Hovey.) By far the largest red Camellia
that we grow. The huge flowers, often
6 and 7 inches across, are a uniform
shade of brilliant scarlet, the very large
petals being beautifully veined and tex-
tured. Very double, with a high-pointed
center as shown in the _ illustration
above. Its beautiful clear bright color
and enormous size combine to make it
one of the most spectacular and mag-
nificent of all Camellias. A good strong
grower, too.

Kumasaka. Another rare, giant flow-
ered, rose-pink bloom of informal, ir-
regular form with a few very large
petals and a varying number of smaller
petaloids in the center. The flowers
have a. characteristic delicate, sweet
fragrance. It combines large flowers and
lots of them with a good, strong grow-
ing, tall plant, and when you get these
things all together at one time, you
have an outstanding Camellia. In addi-
tion to above sizes, we have 21/2 to 3 ft.
plants at $12.50 each.

Nagasaki. A very large, semi-double
flower of bright rose-pink, heavily mar-
bled with white; 10 or 12 extremely
large petals, with a few smaller ones in
the center; most informal and lovely in
appearance; 4 to 6 inches across; a
slight, sweet fragrance. We consider it
to be one of the most beautiful of all
variegated Camellias.

The Brilliant Crimson Camellia Emperor of Russia

Aster Fruticosa

Gold-Dust Plant

Aucuba japonica variegata. ‘‘Gold Dust Plant.”
Zero. Splendid hardy evergreen foliage plant for
shady location and excellent as a backgrcund
for Azaleas. Masses of big, glossy, shining green
leaves, 7 inches long, lightly dusted with gold.
Grows to 6 or 8 feet but easily kept down to
5 ft. 5-qal. containers, bushy, 2-3 ft., $2.00; 6-inch
pots, 60c.

Fruiting Aucubas. The Aucubas bear very
beautiful, large, bright red berries more than one
inch long if pollinated. To make sure that berries
will be present we offer specially selected plants,
one male and one female, in pairs as follows: 1
pair (2 plants) 2-3 ft., $4.00; 1 plant of each
in a gal. container, $1.25.

Armstrong Flowering —
Evergreen Shrubs

When you buy a shrub you not only invest the small amount involved
in the purchase price but also a portion of your time, a considerable
amount of water, a bit of your land, some fertilizer and possibly some spray
material, all in anticipation of the beautiful plant that it will become. If
after a time you find this plant to be an unsatisfactory specimen, entirely
unsuited to your garden, you not only lose all of that original investment
of money and care, but what is even more important, you may become dis-
couraged and lose a part of the enthusiasm for your garden which helps
to keep you young. So we do our best to make the plants you select for
your garden a success and a source of pleasure to you by doing the things

outlined below at the left.

Important

First, we give you this Catalog which
we try to make an accurate, thorough and
interesting guide to the planis that we
grow, and we grow only those plants
which we think will be a success in your
garden, including the old well-tried favor-
ites and tested new varieties .

Where to Plant

In these Catalog descriptions you will
find the approximate average height to
which each plant will grow; the approxi-
mate temperatures at which these plants
will be damaged by frost (approximate
only, since the age and condition of plants
during cold weather has much to do with
their resistance to frost). We _ indicate
whether plants prefer sun or shade and
give other information which helps you to
tell where to put each variety and ihe
purpose for which it is best used.

Also see the Planting Guide on page 40
for additional planting information.

A Good Start

Armstrong plants are always well
grown, carefully pruned, not pot-bound,
kept free from pests and diseases.

Come and See Us
If you visit our Display Yards, you will
be able to see many varieties not listed
herein, hundreds of plants in bloom, large
specimens not listed here, and our trained
salesmen will be able to give you helpful
information regarding your planting.

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Fruit and Foliage of the Strawberry Tree

Abelias—Old and New

Abelia grandiflora. 6 ft. Zero. Califor-
nia plantings would look bare without this
Abelia, for its small, shiny, bronze-green
foliage and arching stems clothed with
clusters of little fragrant rosy-white flow-
ers, borne almost continually, make it ex-
ceedingly valuable for mass or foundation
planting in either full sun or partial shade.
Hardy anywhere. 5-gal. containers, $1.25;
gal. containers, 35c.

Red Mexican Abelia

Abelia floribunda. “‘Red Mexican Abe-
lia.’’ 4 ft. 15°. One of the loveliest new
evergreen shrubs that have been intro-
duced lately for California gardens is this
new variety from the mountains of Mexi-
co. It grows to 3 or 4 feet—just a right
size for most plantings. Has handsome
glossy foliage, and breaks out in the late
spring with a profusion of pendulous, tubu-
lar, reddish-purple flowers much _ larger
and more brilliant than the other Abelias.
Reaches perfection in the northern and
central coastal districts of California. To
grow it in Southern California you will
have to provide an acid soil condition by
the use of plenty of peat moss and leaf
mold. Plenty of water. Full sun along
coast; partial shade inland. «5-gal. con-
tainers, $1.75; gal. containers, 60c.

Abelia Schumannii. 5 ft. Zero. This new
Abelia from China is somewhat similar to
A. grandiflora, but the beautiful lilac
blooms with yellow throat are much larg-
er and brighter and it produces them in
profusion all through the spring and sum-
mer. Seldom exceeds 3 or 4 feet in height.
Perfectly hardy anywhere, and thrives in
any soil in full sun or part shade. A most
satisfactory flowering shrub for all sec-
tions. 5-gal. containers, $1.50; gal. con-
tainers, 50c.

Adenocarpus foliolosus. “Canary Island
Lupine.’’ See description on next page.

Strawberry Tree

: Arbutus unedo. “Strawberry Tree.’’ 8 ft. 15°. A bushy
wt F spreading, medium sized shrub with rich green foliage very
4 ie : : similar to California Holly. Has many delightful little pearly
a white bell-shaped flowers in summer, followed by clusters
of brilliant red strawberry-like fruits, ripening about Christ-
mas time. Stands heat, cold and drouth. Sun or part shade.
Balled, bushy, 4-5 ft., $4.00; 3-4 ft., $3.00; 2-3 ft., $2:25
S-gal. containers, 2-3 ft., $1.75; gal. containers, 60c.

A Shrubby Aster

Aster fruticosa. 3 ft. 15°. It is not in the least like other
Asters, being neither annual nor perennial, but a perma-
nent evergreen shrub, just the right size to fit into the
average garden, with dark evergreen foliage which breaks
out in April, May and June into great masses of deep lav-
ender or rosy-mauve flowers, completely covering the plant,
each flower 1 to 11!/, inches across, making a magnificent
display of color. Likes fairly dry soil, full sun, and we give
it our heartiest recommendation because of its ease of
growth, freedom of bloom and remarkable beauty. 5-gal
containers, $1.50; gal. containers, 50c.

Aster filifolius elongatus. 3 ft. 15°. Similar in growth and
flowers to the above kind but with a little more graceful,
finer cut foliage and slightly more delicate flowers in a
lighter shade of lavender. We like both of these Shrubby
Asters because they stay small and do not overgrow their
location, but care must be taken not to give them too much
water, for they like but a sparing amount of moisture and
plenty of sunshine. Should be pruned back severely once a
year, immediately after blooming. 5-gal. containers, $1.50:
gal. containers, 50c.

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Flowering Maple

Abutilon Vesuvius. 5 ft. 20°. The show-
iest of the Flowering Maples is this va-
riety with the enormous bell-shaped flow-
ers of brilliant orange-scarlet. A fast-
growing shrub, blooming the year around.
Shade or part shade. Gal. containers, 50c.

Abutilon Single Yellow. Large 2-inch
flowers of brilliant yellow. 5-gal. contain-
ers, $1.50; gal. containers, 50c.

Canary Island Lupine

Adenocarpus fouoiosus. ‘Canary Island
Lupine.’’ 6-8 ft. 15°. The tip of every one
of its many bright green branches is a
glowing mass of brilliant yellow flower
spikes, like giant yellow lupines, through
April, May and June. Splendid foliage
throughout the entire year. Full sun. Fairly
dry soil. 5-gal. containers, $1.50; gal. con-
tainers, 50c.

Tracery Patterns

Azara microphylla. 8 ft. 10°. Graceful
arching pendulous branches and small,
round, glossy leaves. Fine for tracery ef-
fect against or to hang over walls. Its
little flowers have the fragrance of va-
nilla. 5-gal. containers, $1.75; gal. con-
tainers, 60c.

A Desert Beauty

Beloperone californica. ‘“‘Chuperosa.”’ 4
ft. 15°. A low, spreading shrub from the
water courses of the Colorado Desert. A
beautiful sight when in bloom in the
spring, covered with racemes of rich scar-
let flowers. Easily grown in the average
garden. Dry soil, full sun. Gal. containers,
75c.

Barberries

Berberis darwini. *‘Darwin’s Barberry.”
6 ft. Zero. Small, glossy, dark green,
holly-like leaves with brilliant orange-
yellow flowers in the spring, followed_by
plum colored berries. Sun or shade. Gal.
containers, 60c.

Berberis gracilis. 2 ft. 5°. A new Bar-
berry, even smaller than the Chinese
Dwart described in next column and with
smaller foliage. It makes a dense, com-
pact, low mound and never burns in the
hottest sun. Golden yellow flowers and
brilliant blue berries. 5-gal. containers,
$1.75; gal. containers, 60c.

B. thunbergii atropurpurea. ‘“Red-leaved
Japanese Barberry.’ 4 ft. Zero. Leaves
brilliant purplish-red at all times, some of
them dropping off in winter. Perfectly
hardy under all conditions, and extremely
colorful wherever planted, whether it be
mountain, desert or coast. 5-gal. contain-
ers, $1.50; gal. containers, 50c.

A Chinese Dwarf

Berberis verruculosa. “Chinese Dwart
Barberry.” 3 ft. Zero. Makes a low,
rounded mound of dark green foliage, the
leaves being deep green on top and gray
beneath. It is absolutely evergreen in all
climates, although in cooler climates the
foliage turns a gorgeous red. Stands
heat and cold, likes full sun. Has golden
flowers in the spring. 5-gal. containers,

$1.75. :
Bouvardias

Bouvardia. 2-3 ft. 25°. The colorful clus-
ters of dainty, long, tubular flowers pro-
duced continuously throughout the year
make them very valuable for bright colors
in the garden. Should be pruned severely
once or twice a year to keep them in
bloom. Full sun or semi-shade near coast,
shade inland. B. Humboldti and Albatross
are intensely fragrant with a delicious
Jasmine scent, but in the other varieties
color takes the place of fragrance. Price
on all varieties except Albatross; Gal.
containers, 60c.

Humboldti. Large, fragrant, snowy
white flowers, 2 to 3 inches long,
intensely sweet.

Albatross. A new, improved, white
Bouvardia with magnificent snowy
white flowers, the tubes being 3 or
more inches in length and the pet-
als about lJ/, inches across. They
are borne in extreme profusion and
are even more intensely and deli-
ciously fragrant than Humboldti if
that is possible. Gal. containers,
$1.00 each.

Coral Gem. Rich coral-pink.

Dark Rose-Pink. Deep pink.

Scarlet Scimitars

Brachysema lanceolata. ‘‘Red Scimitar
Bush.”’ 3 ft. 15°. Small 3-foot shrub with
blue-green foliage, silvery on the under-
side, bearing quantities of rather bizarre
looking pea-shaped flowers 1!/, inches
long, with a long curved keel which looks
like a little red scimitar (curved Turkish
sword to you). Valuable for the garden
because it stays small, has extremely
handsome all-year foliage, and blooms
almost every day in the year. What more
can you ask of any shrub. Likes plenty of
moisture. 5-gal. containers, $1.75; gal. con-
tainers, 75c.

Buddleias. For descriptions, sizes and
prices of the fast growing, colorful Bud-
dleias, see next page.

Boxwood. Two splendid varieties of the
useful Boxwood are described and priced
on the next page.

Carpenteria

Carpenteria californica. 6 ft. 15°. One
of the most handsome of California na-
tive flowering plants, with large, long
leaves and single, white, exceedingly
fragrant, 5-petalled flowers, 3 inches
across, which look like single roses or
single camellias. Exceedingly lovely in
form and texture and borne in such pro-
fusion as to make the plant look like a
mound of snow. Although
it does not mind hot
weather, it does best in
part shade under filtered
sunlight, with good drain-
age. 5-gal. containers,
$1.75; gal. containers, 60c.

Brilliant
Candollea (left)
Shown Natural Size

Candollea

Candollea cuneiformis. 4
ft. 22°. A beautiful, com-
pact, rounded plant, cov-
ered from March io June
with many one and a half
inch bright yellow flower
with cuneiform (look it up
in the dictionary) shaped
petals, brilliant yellow in
color, almost like a free-
blooming yellow wild rose.
It grows easily anywhere
except very cold districts.
Sun or part shade. 5-gal.
containers, $1.75; gal. con-
tainers, 60c.

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Flowers of Golden Wonder

See Description on Next Page

Yesterday and Today

Brunfelsia floribunda. “Yesterday and Today.” 6 ft.
20°. Medium size shrub of compact habit with rich
dark green foliage, producing throughout most of
the year many intensely fragrant flowers which open
deep violet and fade gradually to lavender and
white, yesterday's flowers being a different color
today, hence its name. There are few more sweet-
scented blooms than these. Plenty of moisture, sun
or part shade. 5-gal. containers, $2.00; gal. con-
tainers, $1.00. :

Flowers of Carpenteria

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Parnay Cotoneaster

For a medium sized berried
ornamental shrub there is noth-
ing finer. The berries are big
and bright red, borne profusely,
while the foliage is large and
luxuriant, clothing the plant
right to the ground throughout
the year. See Page 49.

Bush Outdoor Lady Slipper

Calceolaria integrifolia. 2 ft. 15°. A compact little
plant, bearing throughout the summer and fall, showy
clusters of small bronzy-red flowers of the familiar Lady
Slipper type. Plenty of moisture, full sun or partial
shade. Gal. containers, 50c.

Calceolaria tomentosa. See Page 23 for the magnifi-
cent new perennial Calceolaria just introduced from the
Peruvian Andes. A really startling plant.

Trinidad Fiame Bush

Calliandra guildingi. ‘‘Trinidad Flame Bush.”’ 8 ft.
15°. The large heads of vivid scarlet stamens, 3 inches
long, each head shaped like a pompom, which cover
the plant like a sheet of fire in the spring and summer,
make this a sparklingly vivid and colorful plant. Its
feathery, fern-like foliage is handsome the year around
and makes a beautiful background for the brilliant
flowers. Comes from Trinidad. See illustration in color
on back cover. Full sun. 5-gal. containers, $2.00; gal.
containers, 75c.

Cascades of Crimson

Callistemon viminalis. “‘Tall Bottle Brush.’’ 15 ft. 15°.
No plant will provide a magnificent show of brilliant
scarlet color more easily than this tall, semi-weeping,
rapid growing shrub which covers itself with great
masses of cascading scarlet blooms, 4 inches long.
Grows easily anywhere. Full sun. 5-gal. containers,
$1.75; gal. containers, 50c.

Carissa grandiflora. ‘‘Natal Plum.’’ Beautiful orna-
mental fruiting shrub. See page 6. 5-gal. containers,
$1.75; gal. containers, 60c.

Night Blooming Jasmine

Cestrum parqui. “‘Night Blooming Jasmine.” 5 ft. 15°.
Just a good-looking, inconspicuous evergreen shrub in
the daytime, but making itself known in the darkness
by the ravishing fragrance from its small greenish-
white flowers—a fragrance of musk mingled with helio-
trope. Flowering branches placed in a room will emit
perfume during the entire night but no longer. The
pearl-white berries that follow the flowers are also
attractive and the berried sprays make splendid indoor
decorations. Full sun. 5-gal. containers, $1.50; gal. con-
tainers, 50c.

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Flowering Shrubs

Colorful Buddileias

Buddleia “Ile de France.’’ 8 ft. Zero.
The finest of the ‘Summer Lilac’’ type ef
Buddleia, with great long flower spikes
6 to 12 inches long, in color a brilliant
rosy purple tinted with violet. Delicious-
ly fragrant. Perfectly hardy anywhere.
Should be pruned back almost to the
ground each winter. Full sun. Gal. con-
tainers, 40c.

Buddleia asiatica. *‘White Summer Li-
lac.’ Similar to above but with white
flowers, the most fragrant of all the
Buddleias. Gal. containers, 40c.

Pink Charming

Buddleia ‘“‘Charming.”’ 8 ft. Zero. We
have tried many pink Buddleias but this
is the only one that has been _satisfac-
tory, and it is eminently so. Bears all
through the late summer and autumn
beautiful long sprays of lavender-pink
blooms, 12 to 16 inches in length, ex-
tremely fragrant and very dainty in col-
oring. Grows fast and will start to
bloom for you the first summer after
planting. Gal. containers, 50c.

Buddleia salvifolia. 8 ft. 10°. An un-
usual evergreen Buddleia with panicles
of fragrant pale mauve flowers in win-
ter. Full sun. Gal. containers, 50c.

Boxwood

Buxus japonica. “Japanese Box.’’ 2 to
4 ft. 10°. This Boxwood makes the best
low evergreen trimmed hedge that can
be grown in California and is much
used for this purpose, as well as for
trimmed pyramids or globes for garden
or tubs. Naturally grows low, dense and
compact, with glossy, bright green,
small leaves. Trimmed pyramids, 24 to
30 inches, £3.50; 21 to 24 inches, $2.75;
trimmed globes, 18 to 20 inches, $3.50;
15 to 18 inches, $2.75; 4-inch pots for
hedge planting, 8-10 in., $2.50 per 10,
$20.00 per 100; flats of 100 small plants,
4-6 in., $2.50.

Buxus harlandi. (Korean Boxwood.) 2
ft. 5°. A new Boxwood which may dis-
place the Japanese Boxwood for hedges
and trimmed plants in many places, par-
ticularly where a lower hedge is de-
sired, since this variety does not natural-
ly grow much over 18 inches or 2 feet
and becomes very dense and compact
at that height, keeping its shape with
almost no pruning. Grows quite rapidly
to 18 inches, however. Trimmed globes,
15-18 in., $2.00; 12-15 in., $1.50; flats of
100 small plants, 6-8 in., $3.50.

Golden Wonder

Cassia splendida. ‘‘Golden Wonder.”’
20°. We are very enthusiastic over this
large shrub, which is spreading, much
branched, and becomes 6 to 8 feet in
height and as much across. Beginning
in November and continuing through the
winter months it bears spectacular quan-
tities of big golden-yellow flowers at a
time when it is a little difficult to get
bright color in the garden. See illus-
tration on preceding page. Thrives in
the face of severe ocean winds. Full
sun. 5-gal. containers, $1.75; gal. con-
tainers, 60c.

Cassia artemesoides. (Australia.) 8 ft.
15°. Finely cut silvery-gray foliage and
clear yellow, sweet scented flowers;
needs little water, likes plenty of sun-
shine, thriving in Arizona and other
desert sections, as well as near the
coast. 5-gal. containers, $1.75; gal. con-
tainers, 60c.

California Lilacs

In the springtime the California foot-
hills and mountains are glorious to be-
hold because the landscape is massed
with the delicate blue flowers of the
California Lilac and the air is scented
with their sweet perfume. They grow
rapidly in the garden, thrive anywhere
in well-drained soil and like regular
deep waterings while the plants are
young. Full sun always.

Ceanothus arboreus. ‘Tree Lilac.”
10-20 ft. 12°. The largest of all the
Ceanothus, becoming almost tree-like.
The foliage is larger too, and the fra-
grant flowers are soft pale blue to deep-
er blue. Likes a northerly exposure and
will tolerate some shade. Excellent for
coastal regions. Flowers in February
and March. 5-gal. containers, $1.75; gal.
containers, 75c.

Ceanothus cyaneus. “Lakeside Wild
Lilac.’’ 6-10 ft. 12°. The most prized of
the Wild Lilacs, with quantities of the
richest, most beautiful, deep indigo-blue
flowers imaginable covering the plant
from May to late fall. One of the show-
iest of all native California shrubs. After
it is once established, be sparing with
irrigation. 5-gal. containers, $1.75; gal.
containers, 85c.

Ceanothus thyrsiflorus griseus. *‘Deep
Blue Wild Lilac.’’ 6 ft. 10°. We consider
this to be one of the very finest va-
tieties of the California Wild Lilac be-
cause of the magnificent deep blue
color of the fragrant flowers, almost as
intense as Lakeside Lilac, and much
deeper than most other kinds, while it
is longer lived and easier to grow than
that kind. 5-gal. containers, $1.75; gal.
containers, 75c.

Additional Wild Lilacs on next page.

Cistus Corbariensis, a Low Growing, White Flowering Rockrose

All of These Plants May Now be Seen at
Our New North Hollywood Branch

Mahala Mat

Ceanothus gloriosus. *“‘Mahala
Mat.’’ A low, dense, spreading mat
of glossy evergreen foliage, never
becoming more than 6 or 8 inches
high but covering the ground for as
much as 6 or 8 feet. It covers itself
in late spring with masses of rich,
bright, blue-lavender flowers (on red
stems), fragrant and lovely in color-
ing. Does best in partial shade with
occasional watering, but along the
coast and in most northern areas it
will grow well in full sun. The seed-
pods are bright red—what a color
scheme! The word ‘‘Mahala’’ means
squaw. Gal containers, $1.00.

Ceanothus impressus. 4-6 ft. 12°.
Another rare native Lilac of medium
size, and splendid for either coast or
interior. A dense, compact plant with
good looking foliage, and little flower
spikes covering every branch in a
very rich shade of deep blue in
early spring. Not as dark as C. cya-
neus but darker than any other var-
iety we list. Most Wild Lilacs do not
keep when cut, but this one does.
Prefers light sandy soil, full sun. 5-
oa containers, $2.00; gal containers,

Cc.

A Spot of Blue

Ceratostigma Willmottiana. ‘‘Chi-
nese Plumbago.”’ 3-4 ft. 10°. One of
the finest blue flowering garden
shrubs, of medium size. From June
to December the handsome plant is
covered with great masses of the
deepest, richest, most brilliant shade
of blue imaginable. It grows with
the greatest of ease anywhere in
sun or shade and in any type of
soil, never failing in its bounteous
crop of flowers. In colder sections
it drops its leaves, but it should be
pruned back once a year anyway
wherever planted. 5-gal. containers,
$1.75; gal. containers, 60c.

Ceratostigma Griffithii. ‘‘Burmese
Plumbago.”’ 2 ft. Zero. A new plant
from the high mountains of upper
Burma which makes a beautiful shrub
in California. It is low, 4 feet wide,
2 feet high, much branched, dense
and bushy, with bronzy-green foliage
and quantities of brilliant blue flow-
ers all through the fall months. De-
ciduous in colder places. 5-gal. con-
tainers, $1.75; gal, containers, 60c.

Wax Flower

Chamaelaucium ciliatum. ‘‘Gerald-
ton Wax Flower.”’ 6 ft. 18°. This mag-
nificent Western Australian shrub
has proved to be the most popular
and successful new shrub introduced
into Southern California in the past
ten years, and no wonder, because
its attractive heath-like foliage,
graceful open habit and the sprays
of lovely little waxy, cup-shaped,
pink and crimson blooms mate the
plant a beautiful one, covered as it
is with the flowers all through the
winter months. The flowers start to
open in January and never stop un-
til the middle of April when the old-
est blooms are still in good shape.
They keep for days when cut and
taken into the house. The plant
should be pruned back quite se-
verely after the blooming season.
Full sun. 5-gal. containers, $2.25;
gal. containers, 85c.

Fragrant Coronilla

Coronilla glauca. 3 ft. 15°. Bushy,
little, gray-foliaged plant, smothered
with quantities of small, pea-shaped,
brilliant yellow blooms in late winter.
Extremely fragrant particularly at
night. 5-gal. containers, $1.50; gal.
containers, 60c.

Polished Coprosma

Coprosma baueri. 3-5 ft. One of
the most popular foliage plants in
California, with its thick masses of
big, shining, varnished leaves. Sun
or shade. 5 gal., $1.25; gal., 35c.

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Orange Jessamine

Chalcas exotica. ‘‘Orange Jes-
samine.’’ 6-10 ft. 20°. A very
handsome, glossy-leaved shrub,
bearing profusely in the spring
and summer, its panicles of white,
very sweet-scented flowers like
orange blossoms, which frequent-
lv appear at the same time as
the small, bright-red fruits. One
of the finest of fragrant flowering
plants. Sun or part shade. 5-gal.
containers, $1.75; gal. containers,
60c.

Mexican Orange

Choisya ternata. ‘Mexican Or-
ange.’ (Mexico.) 5 ft.-15°. A
dense, globular shrub, with
bright, glossy green foliage pro-
fusely covered in spring with
showy-white, sweetly scented
blooms resembling orange_blos-
soms. Hardy anywhere in South-
ern California. Sun or part shade.
Balled, 2-3 ft., $2.00; S-gal. con-
tainers, $1.50; gal. containers, 60c.

Flame Pea
Chorizema varium. ‘Flame
Pea.’ 2 ft. 20°. A low, dense

mound of glossy, holly-like leaves
on slender, drooping branches,
covered with great quantities of
brilliant, little, pea-like flowers,
bright orange-red and _ reddish
purple in color, borne through-
out the winter and spring. For a
spot of really brilliant color in
your garden you will find noth-
ing better than this easily grown
shrub. Sun or semi-shade. 5-gal.
containers, $1.75; gal. containers,
60c.

Desert Rose

Cienfuegosia hakeaefolia. ‘‘Des-
ert Rose.’’ 4-8 ft. 18°. Here is a
new shrub from the desert areas
of Australia about which we can
wax enthusiastic very easily be-
cause of the great exuberance
which it shows in growth and
bloom. Fast growing, with needle-
like foliage, it starts to cover it-
self in April with big bell-shaped,
lavender-blue flowers, l!/2 to
inches across, cerise-pink in the
center, and keeps on producing
them until the middle of summer.
It grows with the greatest of
ease anywhere, in full sun, and
if it is lots of color you want and
quickly, this is the plant that will
give it to you. It is one of the
best new plants of the year. Gal.
containers, $1.00 each.

Canary-Bird Flower

Crotalaria agatiflora. ‘‘Canary-
Bird Flower.’’ 6-10 ft. 22°. When
you get this unusual fast grow-
ing shrub from the mountain
slopes of East Africa in bloom in
your garden it will be the most
striking and most spectacular ob-
ject there. It has luxuriant tropi-
cal - appearing, fern - like leaves
and racemes of large three inch
green and gold flowers, which
make the plant look like it was
full of canary-birds. The bloom-
ing sprays make splendid table
decorations. Sun, plenty of mois-
ture. 5-gal. containers, $1.75; gal.
containers, 60c.

White Rockrose

Cistus corbariensis. 3 ft. 10°. A
low bank of sage-green foliage
studded with 2-inch white flow-
ers. A plant that stands dry soil,
sea sprays or hot sun, always
looks fresh and luxuriant and is
never-failing with its many beau-
tiful blooms which appear for
many weeks in spring and early
summer. Grows well almost any-
where. See illustration on opposite
page. 9S-gal. containers, $1.75;
gal. containers, 60c.

Other Rockroses on next page.

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Puzzle—Find the Yellow Canary Birds
It’s Easy—A Plant of Crotalaria Agatiflora is Full of Them

Blooms for Flower Arrangements

The Lower Blooms are Geraldton Wax Flowers, While the Long
Sprays are Those of the Dwarf Rose-Flowered Tea Tree. See Page 54
Both are Delightful Cut Flowers.

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Flowers of Cymbidium, Reduced One-Third
As many as 40 on a Three Foot Spray.

Orchids for Your Garden

Cymbidiums. We have all been asleep here in
California for years in not realizing that we can
grow some of the most beautiful hardy Orchids
outdoors in our gardens with ease. Part of our
indifference has been due to the fact that the
plants have not been available until now. The
Cymbidiums, a bloom of which is _ illustrated
above, make clumps of grassy foliage, 2 to 4
feet high, and in the winter and early spring
carry great spravs, from 1 to 3 feet long, of the
most beautiful Orchids imaginable in a wide
range of colors. As many as 40 blossoms may be
found on a single spray, while 10 to 20 sprays
are not uncommon for a mature plant. From San
Diego to San Luis Obispo, along the coast and
in all inland valleys except desert valleys, Cym-
bidiums will grow well, doing best in light shade
and in well drained soils with plenty of coarse
leaf mold mixed in. They thrive under Oaks,
Sycamores, and other trees readily and will
stand minimum temperatures down to 15°. Once
established the plants are permanent. They come
in many lovely shades of pink, claret, brown and
amber.

Blooming size clumps: $5.00, $7.50, $10.00,
$12.50 and $15.00. See them in bloom from Janu-
ary to April in our Display Yards.

Ground-Orchid

(See illustration in color on page 42)

Epidendrum O’Brienianum. ‘‘Everblooming
Ground-Orchid.’’ Big, brilliantly colored bright
scarlet flowers with orange-yellow lip on long
stems, 3 to 6 feet high, magnificent for cutting
You can easily have such flowers if you live in
Southern California where the temperature does
not go below 27 degrees, and once established
the plants will provide blooms almost every day
in the year. Full sun along coast, semi-shade
elsewhere. 6-inch pots, $1.35 each.

Epidendrum radicans. A more profuse bloomer,
its 2-inch flowers cinnabar-red, with orange-yel-
low lip. 6-inch pots, $1.35.

Armstrong Flowering Shrubs

The Rockroses

Rockroses are exceedingly valuable ever-
green shrubs for California because they
grow so well in dry soils, like plenty of
sunshine, are hardy alike to heat and cold,
and because of the sheer beauty of the
flowers and the great profusion of bloom.
The plants require almost no pruning. They
originate in the Mediterranean Region,
where the climate is similar to that of Cali-
fornia. Be sure that they get plenty of sun-
shine and not too much water. The bloom-
ing season lasts for many weeks in spring
and early summer.

Cistus corbariensis. The most popular,
low growing, white Rockrose. See descrip-
tion on page 48 and illustration on page 47.

Cistus Cyprius. “‘Brown-eyed Rockrose.”’
(Spain.) 3 ft. 10°. Pure white flowers, 3
inches across, with golden stamens in the
center and a spot of crimson like a drop of
blood at the base of each petal. Gal. con-
tainers, 50c.

Cistus ladaniferus maculatus. 6 it. 10°.
The flowers resemble the Brown-eyed Rock-
rose, but everything about the plant is
larger, the foliage and the plant itself. It
grows with the greatest of ease anywhere
and provides great quantities of its lovely
big blooms every season. 5-gal. containers,
$1.50; gal. containers, 50c.

Orchid Rockrose

Cistus purpureus. 10°. It makes a com-
pact, handsome plant, 4 ft. high and 6 ft.
across, covered with lovely flowers 3 or 4
inches across, rich rosy-pink in color (it
might be called ‘‘old rose’’), with a deep
mahogany or maroon spot at the base of
each petal, and with a center of yellow
stamens. We think it is probably the best of
all the Rockroses. Full sun. 5-gal. contain-
ers, $1.50; gal. containers, 50c.

Cistus Silver Pink. 10°. A new Rockrose
from England with a new color, clear bright
pink. See illustration in color on page 34.
The foliage is greenish-gray, the plant gets
3 or 4 feet high, grows upright, and pro-
duces great quantities of its dainty blooms
Likes more water than the others. 5-gal.
containers, $1.50; gal. containers, 60c.

Clivia for the Shade

Clivia miniata. “‘Katir-Lily.“” 28°. A semi-
bulbous South African plant with long,
strap-like leaves to 18 inches high, ever-
green, making a clump of deep green fol-
iage, the same throughout the year. Sev-
eral times throughout the year they will
produce immense heads of brilliant orange
blooms, each flower 3 inches long. Strictly
a shade-loving plant and will not stand
sun. The 8-inch flower clusters are spec-
tacular and showy. Gal. containers, $1.00.

Australian Fuchsia

Correa pulchella. ‘Australian Fuchsia.’’
1 ft. 22°. This new shrub from Aus-
tralia seems to be one of the finest fore-
ground shrubs for California gardens that
we have found in many years. It stays
small, only about 18 inches high, and
makes a dense mass of foliage which may
spread out for 4 or 5S feet. The little, hang-
ing, bell-shaped flowers are a_ beautiful
soft pink, and are borne in the winter from
November to April. Extreme heat does not
bother it, and it rather likes dry soil. Sun
or shade. See illustration on page 34. 5-gal.
containers, $1.75; gal. containers, 75c.

Correa alba. ‘White Australian Fuchsia.”
4 ft. 20°. Taller and not so spreading as
the above, with quantities of pure white
bell-shaped flowers through the summer
and fall months. The same handsome grey
foliage. Sun or shade. Stands heat. 5-gal.
containers, $1.50; gal. containers, 50c.

Terrestrial Orchid

Bletilla hyacinthina. 20°. Another delight-
ful, easily grown outdoor Orchid, with
grassy foliage 1 to 2 feet high, bearing in
spring months a profusion of 1]/2 inch lav-
ender-pink flowers with orchid and_ purple
markings, splendid for cut flowers. Full sun
along coast, semi-shade elsewhere. Gal.
containers, 85c each.

Heng Qhaee

Red-Berried Cotoneasters

Indispensable in California gardens are
the Cotoneasters, which are splendid foli-
age plants, but their most valuable charac-
teristic is the quantity of cheerfully colored
red berries that brighten the bushes in
autumn and winter and which are excellent
cut material for bowl arrangements in the
house at the holiday season or any other
time. Hardy and fast growing anywhere.
They all like a sunny position.

Cotoneaster aviculata. *‘Cranberry Coton-
easter.’’ 2-4 ft. Zero. A very fine spreading,
semi-prosirate variety with the biggest, red-
dest berries you ever saw on a plant of
this kind, almost as large as cranberries.
Very handsome foliage as well, and it
thrives easily any place. Full sun. 5-gal.
containers, $1.50, gal. containers, 60c.

Cotoneaster decora. ‘‘Necklace Coton-
easter.’’ 3-4 ft. 10°. Taller than the above
low kind but still a low, spreading shrub,
with arching branches which are always
handsome throughout the year, particularly
so in April when every branch is strung
with little white flowers like sparkling
gems and just as attractive in the fall and
winter when those flowers have turned to
bright red berries. 5-gal. containers, $1.50;
gal. containers, 60c.

Rock Cotoneaster

C. horizontalis. “‘Rock Cotoneaster.’ 2 ft.
Zero. A prostrate, half deciduous shrub, its
angular branches hugging the ground. In
the autumn it has spray upon spray of
glowing crimson berries, which, combined
with its deep red leaves, are a beautiful
sight. 5-gal. containers, $1.50; gal. con-
tainers, 50c.

Parnay Cotoneaster

Cotoneaster parnayi. (C. lactea.) 6 fi. 10°.
This is the best of the larger growing
Cotoneasters because of its large, luxuriant
evergreen foliage which is dense and lux-
uriant throughout the entire year and be-
cause of the enormous clusters of brilliant
red berries with which the plant is covered
in the fall and winter. It does not overgrow
like so many of the larger growing Coton-
easters, seldom exceeding 6 feet in height,
and is well foliaged right down to the
ground, showing no bare stems. 5-gal. con-
tainers, $1.50; gal. containers, 50c.

C. pannosa. “‘Silverleaf Cotoneaster.’ 8 ft.
10°. One of the best known and most widely
planted Cotoneasters. The leaves are a soft
gray-green, silvery underneath. White flow-
ers in spring, followed by great masses of
silvery red berries, remaining all fall and
winter. A splendid desert shrub but equally
qood on the coast. 5S-gal. containers, 3-4 ft.,
$1.25; gal. containers, 2-3 ft., 35c.

Colorful New Brooms
(Cytisus)

A number of new Brooms in rich shades
of red, orange and bronze have recently
been developed, and for anywhere -on the
Pacific Coast from Santa Barbara north to
Canada they make magnificent flowering
shrubs, so covered with bloom that you
cannot see the stems. In Southern California
the first five varieties below have been
only reasonably successful, but the last two
are excellent anywhere. Hardy to 10°.

All varieties below: 5-gal. containers,
$1.75; gal. containers, 60c.

Cytisus Burkwoodii, 4-5 ft. Brilliant red.
C. McGill, 3 ft. Brilliant pink and white.
C. Pomona. 6 ft. Brilliant orange apricot.
C. San Francisco. 5 ft. Velvety red.

C. St. Marys. 4 ft. Pure white flowers.

Cytisus praecox. ““Creamv Fountain
Broom.” 3-4 ft. A rounded compact shrub of
slender gray-green branches which in the
spring are lined with lemon-yellow blooms.

Cytisus Germanicus. A beautiful gem about
8 inches high and 18 inches across, a com-
pact little mound of handsome small foliage
which is absolutely covered in the spring
with brilliant yellow blooms. Full sun but
plenty of moisture. Gal. containers, 75c.

For other yellow flowered Brooms see
Genista (page 52).

For All Purposes

The Fragrant Daphne

Daphne odora. 2-4 ft. 10°. This is
just about the most powerfully fragrant
plant in the world, and it is difficult
to realize that one small plant can
radiate such an intense, delightful and
deliciously sweet perfume. In the gar-
den you can inhale it many yards
away, and one little sprig of blooms
will perfume the entire room when cut.
The small flower heads of creamy
white, borne profusely all over the
plant throughout the winter, are very
attractive. The handsome plant with its
shiny green foliage does best in par-
tial shade with plenty of moisture but
good drainage. Balled, bushy, 1}/2-2 ft.,
$3.00; 15-18 inches, $2.50; 6-inch pots,
$1.00.

Daphne odora variegata. Leaves mar-
gined with gold, the flowers are pink.
Balled, bushy, 2-2!/. ft., $4.00; 15-18
inches, $2.50; 6-inch pots, $1.00.

Evergreen Deutzia

Deutzia pulchra. “‘Evergreen Deut-
zia.’’ 8 ft. 15°. Sprays of bell-shaped
light pink blooms in graceful many-
flowered clusters hanging from the
arching stems of a tall, erect, branched,
aristocratic looking shrub with ex-
tremely handsome deep green all-year
foliage. The beautiful flower sprays
have as many as 35 of the lovely little
blossoms like Lily-of-the-Valley. Best
in cooler coastal regions. Prefers acid
soil and plenty of moisture. Full sun
or semi-shade. 5-gal. containers, $1.75;
gal. containers, 60c.

Breath of Heaven

Diosma pulchrum. 3-5 ft. 18°. In many
California gardens the White Breath of
Heaven, with its sweet-scented heath-
like foliage and its innumerable starry
little flowers, is a great favorite, but
this variety is even better. It has a
dwarf compact bushy habit, and in
late spring and summer is covered
for weeks with thousands of little
bright pink flowers. If the foliage is

rubbed, a most entrancing aromatic
fragrance is released. The name
‘Breath of Heaven’’ is no _ passing

fancy but a translation of its Greek
name, Diosma. Full sun. Balled, bushy,
or 5-gal. containers, 1-2 ft., $1.50; gal.
containers, 50c.

Diosma alba. ‘‘White Breath of Heav-
en.’ 4-8 ft. 20°. A most popular Cali-
fornia shrub, with fine scented foliage
and literally thousands of little star-
like white flowers in late winter and
spring. Full sun. 5-gal. containers,
$1.50; gal. containers, 50c.

Silverberry

Elaeagnus fruitlandi. 8 ft. 10°. A large
spreading shrub with 4-inch leaves and
stems covered with frosty shiny scales.
Even the great silvery-bronze berries
look as though they had been gilded.
Thrives anywhere, even in the ocean

spray. Sun or part shade. 5-gal. con-

tainers, $1.75; gal containers, 60c.

Elaeagnus pungens maculata. Similar : :

to the above but with foliage varie-
gated gold and silver.

containers, $1.75; gal. containers, 60c.

Heathers

Erica blanda.

bears clusters of tubular red flowers
throughout the entire year. What other
flowering shrub will do more? Full sun.
Gal. containers, 60c.

E. hyalina. 3 ft. Every branch of the
upright, stocky plant becomes a solid
spike of long, tubular flowers. of
salmon-pink in winter and spring. Full
sun. S-gal. containers, 11/2-2 ft., $1.50.

E. lusitanica. ‘‘Spanish Heather.’’ 4
ft. 18°. So covered with snowy-white
flowers in late winter that it looks like

a young snowdrift. 5-gal. containers, ;
1/,-2 ft., $1.50.

E. mediterranea. ‘Mediterranean
Heather.” 4 ft. 5°. Compact and

bushy, with stiff stems and purplish- ;

pink flowers from March to June. ?
Hardy anywhere. Balled, 1-2 ft.,
$1.50; gal. containers, 60c.

E. persoluta rosea. 4 ft. 18°. Flow-

ers similar to E. melanthera but more
brilliant in color, a vivid hue of deep
rose-pink. Blooms February to April.
Gal. containers, 60c.

Christmas Heather

Erica melanthera rosea. 6 ft. 15°.
This is the best known and most pop-
ular of all the Heathers in California,
and certainly it is one of the most
beautiful of winter flowering shrubs.
This is the improved E. melanthera
with much deeper rose-colored flowers
than the ordinary type. From Novem-
ber to March the plants are a solid
mass of small rosy-lavender flowers
dotted with black stamens. It is some-
times called ‘Scotch Heather’’ but it
never saw Scotland, being a native
of South Africa, and is much showier
and brighter than the real article.
Full sun, good drainage. Balled, 3-4
a $2.25; 2-3 ft., $1.75; gal. containers,
60c.

Pink Breath of Heaven has Clouds of Dainty Pink Blooms

One of the |
finest of the variegated shrubs. 5-gal. E

“Red Everblooming |
Heather.’ 3 ft. 15°. Low, rounded, it |

Flowers of African Daisy Bush

African Daisy Bush

Euryops athanasiae. ‘South African Daisy Bush.’ 4-6 it.
18°. On the tall slender evergreen plants are borne large
quantities of big, daisy-like bright yellow flowers, 3 inches
across, borne on 12 inch stems. The flowers appear in
the greatest profusion in the middle of winter, this being
one of the few flowering shrubs which gives January
color. The plants are somewhat awkward in appearance
but. are well worth having in the garden for their value
as winter cut flowers alone. Full sun. Dry soil. 5-gal. con-
tainers, $2.00; gal. containers, 75c.

Brilliant Winter Blue

Eranthemum nervosum. 4 ft. 24°. We are always very much
pleased when we can recommend a good, small, blue
flowering shrub because they are scarce, especially one
which has such luxuriant looking all-year foliage. This
plant from tropical India bears many large clusters
of the most brilliant blue flowers throughout the late winter
and spring. Prefers a shady position with plenty of moisture
but is not particular and will do as well in the sun, if
not allowed to become too dry. Gal. containers, 60c.

Fragrant Escallonias

The Escallonias are particularly fine shrubs for the sea-
coast, since they like the salt air and their splendid foliage
is particularly luxuriant under coast conditions. Their
sweetly fragrant spikes of delicately colored flowers appear
over most of the year. They like plenty of water, and
grow in full sun or part shade. Minimum temperature
about 15°. All varieties below: 5 gal. containers, $1.50; gal.
containers, 50c.

E. Freythei. 4-5 ft. Lovely deep pink.

E. glasnevinensis. ‘Apple Blossom Escallonia.’’ 5 ft.
Dainty blush-pink; extremely free blooming.

E. rubra. 6-8 ft. Large flowers of deep red.

Evergreen Euonymus

Euonymus japonica. 3-8 ft. 5°. (Japan.) The Japanese
Euonymus has long been a most useful foliage ornamental
in the West and South, standing heat and cold, easily
grown anywhere, and always with a dense, glossy, hand-
some foliage. Often used as trimmed specimen plants and
makes splendid hedges which can be pruned to any desired
height. Balled, 3-4 ft., $2.50; 2-3 ft., $2.00; 12-2 ft., $1.50;
gal. containers, 50c; flats of 100 small plants, 6-8 in., $4.50.
We also have the gold margined and gold centered forms
in same sizes and prices.

Euonymus radicans coloratus. “‘Creeping Euonymus.”’
Zero. One of the finest spreading, creeping, foliage plants
for a ground cover. See page 37. Flats of 100 plants, $4.00.

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Flowers of Felicia, Violet-Blue, Orange Center

Feathery Frosted Coral

Eupatorium vernale. ‘Coral Flowered Mexican Bone-
set.” 4-5 ft. 24°. Just visualize a handsomely foliaged
4 ft. plant, glossy and bright green right down to the
ground, carrying at the end of every branch from Jan-
uary to April, 5 or 6-inch heads of small, flesh-pink
blooms, soft and feathery, like a dainty piece of pink
coral. Blooms first winter after planting. Prune severely
after each blooming period. Gal. containers, 85c.

Eupatorium micranthum. 5 ft. 22°. Similar to the
above with even handsomer, larger, glossier foliage,
but with more and smaller white flowers. Gal., 60c.

Useful Eugenias

Eugenia myrtifolia. *‘Brush Cherry.’ (Australia.) 20°.
If unpruned, this splendid foliage plant will attain 12
or 15 feet in height, but is usually grown as a trained
pillar or pyramid to any desired height, or as a hedge,
and for either use it is exceedingly lovely because of its
clean, glossy, Myrtle-like foliage which takes on a
cheerful bronze tint in the new growth. The big purple
berries make excellent jelly also. 5S-gal. containers,
trimmed as columns, 5-6 ft., $3.50; same size untrimmed
$2.00; gal. containers, 60c.

Eugenia hookeri. 25°. Similar to E. Myrtifolia but
with larger, darker foliage, more vigorous growth, and
large, edible, violet-colored berries as large as Cher-
ries. 5-gal. containers, 4-6 ft., $2.00; gal., 60c.

Rare Lilli-Pilli Tree

Eugenia smithi. (Australia.) 15 ft. 18°.

Select Flowering Shrubs

Blue and Gold Felicia

Felicia echinata. 3 ft. 18°. A beauti-
ful little shrub from South Africa, re-
cently introduced. It has very attractive
deep green, slightly prickly foliage and
a neat, compact habit, reaching a height
of 3 feet rather slowly. It is a long-lived
permanent shrub, bearing in the late
spring quantities of deep violet-blue
flowers with creamy orange centers. Full
sun or part shade. Fairly dry soil. 5-
gal. containers, $1.75; gal. containers,
75c.

Freeblooming Fuchsias

Fuchsias thrive and flower luxuriantly
in full shade. They like a cocl, moist
situation and will thrive anywhere in
California. In the descriptions below
we give the color of the petals first and
the color of the sepals last. 18°.

Price on all Fuchias: 6-inch pots, 75c.

Tall Growing (4 to 8 ft.)

Arborescens. Long, narrow, rose col-
ored flowers. 12-15 ft.

Corymbiflora. Spectacular 4-inch crim-
son flowers.

Rollo. Single, white suffused pink.
Dwarf (Under 2 ft.)
Cascade. Sensational large-flowered

trailing Fuchsia, with flower and sepals
almost 4 inches long. Coral-rose sepals
and bright rose petals.

Christmas Gem. Tubular, scarlet.

Little Beauty. Single, purple, red.

Mauve Beauty. Double lavender and
red.

Medium Height (2 to 4 ft.)

Aurora superba. Single, orange-sal
mon.

Irwin’s Giant Pink. Double, pink.

Marinka. Single, shades of red.

Mrs. Rundle. Orange and pink.

Souvenir de Henry Henkel. Long, bril-
liant scarlet flowers.

White Phenomenal. Double, white, red.

Tropical Foliage

Fatsia japonica. 4-8 ft. 15°. Useful
foliage plant for patios and other loca-
tions where a massive clump of foliage
is desired. Giant, 12-inch lobed leaves,
bright shining green, create a lush
tropical effect. 5-gal. containers, $1.50;
gal. containers, 50c.

Fatsia papyrifera. ‘‘Rice Paper Plant.”
6-10 ft. 12°. Rather tall and slender,
with big, soft, downy-appearing leaves,
one foot across, fast growing and lux-
uriant in appearance. 5-gal. containers,
$1.50; gal. containers, 50c.

Fragaria. Wild Strawberry for ground
cover. See page 37.

New Red Penstemon

Galvesia speciosa. “San Clemente
Penstemon.” 3 ft. 15°. From the chan-
nel island of San Clemente off the Cali-
fornia coast comes this handsome plant
which performs the almost unbelievable
feat of producing lovely, carmine-red,
Penstemon-like flowers, 11/2 inches long,
throughout the entire year. A low, arch-
ing, spreading mound of handsome fol-
iage, 3 feet high and 4 feet or more
across, and you will find that there will
be seldom a day during the year when
you cannot find beautiful blooms on it.
Grows easily almest arywhere. Full sun
or semi-shade. Gal. containers, $1.00.

Garden Gardenias

The Gardenia, or as it is often called,
Cape Jasmine, is unequalled for its rich,
sweet perfume, and its snow-white
blooms are produced in continuous suc-
cession throughout the year. They are
a little difficult to grow in the open
where it is hot and dry dcing best in
partial shade or in filtered sunlight,
with good drainage and a slightly acid
soil condition, best obtained by the lib-
eral use of peat moss or leaf mold.
Give the plants plenty of moisture but
do not keep them too wet, and since
they root near the surface, do not cul-
tivate around them. They grow 2 to 4
feet high and are hardy down to 15°.

Gardenia ‘‘Mystery.’’ During the last
several years this Gardenia has become
the most popular variety in Southern
California largely because it has the
biggest, glossiest and most luxuriant
foliage and also has the biggest and
most spectacular blooms, the magnifi-
cent, fragrant, snowy white blossoms
often measuring 4, 5 and even 6 inches
across. It makes a big, vigorous plant
quickly and opens all its buds perfectly
into magnificent flowers which G. veit-
chi does not always do. Tubs, heavy,
bushy, $3.00; 5-gal. containers, $2.50;
gal. containers, 85c.

Gardenia radicans. ‘‘Dwarf Gardenia.”’
A dainty and interesting little Gardenia,
just like Mystery but a very small,
dwarf plant. Small glossy foliage and
miniature blooms only 1!/2 inches across.
4-inch pots, 60c.

Gardenia veitchi. The foliage is not
nearly as good as Mystery, but it has
the faculty of producing more blooms,
though small ones, than any other Gar-
denia, and once established, provides
great quantities of medium sized, fra-
grant flowers. Gal. containers, 75c.

The Yellow Flowered Spanish Sun-Rose

This unusual and rarely

found Eugenia called Lilli-Pilli in Australia has beautiful shining
bronzy-green foliage and is covered in the winter months with big
drooping clusters of !/)-inch berries, a lovely delicate lavender in
color. Cut sprays of these berries make beautiful table decora-
tions. The plant grows tall and slender but not as rapidly as the
other commonly known Eugenias. See illustration opposite page.
S-gal. containers, $1.75; gal. containers, 6uc.

handsome spreading shrub not only has the beautiful glossy fol-
iage of the Eugenias, but it also has big crimson fruits of ex-
tremely handsome appearance which look like little tomatoes and
wich are delicious to eat. 5-gal. containers, $1.75; gal. contain-
ers, 60c.

. Eugenia jambos. “Rose Apple.” Handsome, large, ornamental
: fruiting plant. See page 8. 5-gal. containers, $1.75; gal. con-
| tainers, 75c.

: Eugenia uniflora. ‘Surinam Cherry.’ (Brazil.) 6 ft. 22°. This

A Botanical Miracle

Fatshederda lizei. 6 ft. 5°. One of the rarest objects in nature,
an artificial hybrid between plants of different genera, the giant
leaved Fatsia japonica and the ordinary English Ivy (Hedera).
Makes a plant halfway between the two with extremely handsome
deep green glossy foliage. Fine for a rounded compact shrub or
for training flat against or over a wall. Sun or shade. 5-gal. con-
tainers, 2-3 ft., $2.00; gal. containers, 75c.

Golden Fremontia

Fremontia mexicana. ‘Mexican Flannel Bush.’ 10 ft. 5°. A
splendid large native flowering shrub with small, fig-like, gray-
reen leaves and a marvelous profusion of coppery, orange-yellow
lowers, 2 to 3 inches across, in the late winter and spring. Full
aaa good drainage and not too much water. Gal. containers,

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We grow the plants we sell and can, therefore, test,
select and propagate only the best varieties for your

garden.
Spanish Broom

Spartium junceum. (Genista hispanica.)
“Spanish Broom.’’ 10 ft. 10°. Fast-growing,
with many slendsr, bright-green branches al-
most devoid of leaves. Bears almost contin-
ually, large pea-like, bright yellow flowers,
sweetly scented. Thrives equally well in the
salt spray of the seashore or the hot sun of
the desert (See other Brooms on page 49).
S-gal. ccntainers, $1.50; gal. containers, 50c.

Genisia monosperma pendula. ‘‘Bridal Veil
Broom.’ 10 ft. 10°. Tall and slender, with
drooping greyish- green branchlets, com-
pletely clothed in the spring with a dense
shower of dainty, little, pure white, fragrant
flowers like swirling snow. Full sun. Gal.
containers, 60c.

Genista radiata. 2-3 ft. 12°. Low, bushy
and much branched, its fine, feathery, sil-
very green branches carry a great profusion
of large, bright yellow flowers from May to
July. Easily grown anywhere in any soil.
Full sun. Gal. containers, 60c.

Australian Grevilleas

Grevillea banksi. 8 ft. 20°. Dense fern-
like foliage and large, comb-like deep crim-
son flowers 4 inches long. Sun or part shade.
5-gal. containers, $1.75; gal. containers, 60c.

Grevillea rosmarinifolia. ‘“‘Rosemary Grevil-
lea.’ 4-6 feet. 15°. It makes a dense, com-
pact mass of handsome rosemary-like foliage,
as broad as it is high, and covered in spring
with racemes of little pink and white flowers.
It stands heat, drouth and cold, growing eas-
ily anywhere. Sun or part shade. 5-gal.
containers, $1.75; gal. containers, 60c.

Grevillea thelemanniana. ‘‘Spider-net Bush.”
3-4 ft. 25°. Small, fine-cut leaves and num-
erous small, dense, scarlet flower racemes.
A delightfully compact little shrub, popular
because of its feathery, silky, fine foliage
and the colorful blooms which appear almost
all summer. Full sun. Gal. containers, 60c.

South Sea Ginger-Lily

Hedychium coronarium. 6 ft. 22°. A lux-
uriant, tropical-appearing, upright clump of
large-leaved stalks bearing exotic, exceed-
ingly fragrant three-inch white blooms, used
by the natives in the South Sea Islands for
their leis. And let us emphasize that fra-
grance again, for it is extremely powerful.
Sun or shade. Likes plenty of moisture. 5-gal.
containers, $1.75; gal. containers, 85c.

Scarlet Bush

Hamelia patens. “Scarlet Bush.”’
2 ft. 25°. The little, rounded com-
pact, densely foliaged bush is so
well shaped that it looks as if it
had been trimmed, and in the late
summer (and often at other sea-

of exceedingly brilliant scarlet
flowers which look like Fuchsia
blooms. Then in the fall and win-
ter, to prolong the color effect,
some of the leaves turn a brilliant
scarlet. Even the young branches

One of the showiest floweriog
shrubs for Southern California, with
large glossy leaves and immense
bright-colored flowers. They all
like plenty of sunshine and moist-
ure and are hardy down to about
sons) is covered with large heads 25°. Given these conditions they
grow easily everywhere and bloom
during the entire year.

Standard Varieties

5-gal. containers, $1.75; gal con-

Cheerful Sun-Roses

Helianthemum ocymoides. “Spanish Sun-
Rose.’’ 3 ft. 10°. For many weeks in the
spring and early summer this little rounded
plant with gray-green foliage is a glorious
mass of bright yellow flowers, each bloom
with a maroon-red center. Plant it in a sunny
spot where it will not get too much water
and prune it back once a year after the flow-
ering season. See illustration opposite page.
Grows easily anywhere. 5-gal. containers,
$1.75; gal. containers, 60c.

Helianthemum halimifolium. 3-5 ft. 10°.
One of the most handsome of light grey-fol-
iaged shrubs. The plant, flowers and foliage
all larger than the Spanish Sun-Rose above,
while the flowers are a lighter primrose-yel-
low with maroon blotch. Full sun. Dry soil.
5-gal. containers, $1.75; gal. containers, 60c.

Hellianthemum lasianthum. ‘Portugese Sun-
Rose.’’ 2 ft. 10°. Grows low and spreading,
becoming about 4 feet across. Its soft downy
gray foliage is beautiful at all times, and
every morning in the spring and early sum-
mer, it is profusely covered with its brilliant
canary-yellow flowers, blotched purple at the
base. Wherever you live in California these
plants are ideal for the sunniest, driest spots
in your garden. 5S-gal. containers, $1.75; gal.
containers, 60c.

Helianthemum lasianthum concolor. Just
like the above but the flowers are bright ca-
nary-yellow without the purple spots. If you
prefer not to see spots, try this one. Gal.
containers, 60c.

Helianthemum rosmarinifolium. ‘Rosemary
Sun-Rose.’’ 18 inches. 10°. Dainty little com-
pact plant with fine, gray-green, rosemary-
like EGO, covered for many weeks in
spring with quantities of little 34-inch pure
white flowers. Gal. containers, 60c.

Gold Flower

Hypericum moserianum. 2 ft. 10°. A pop-
ular low foreground shrub, covered with big,
2-inch golden yellow blooms in the spring.
Part shade. Gal. containers, 50c.

Hypericum henryi. 4 ft. 10°. Similar to the
above but the plant, foliage and flowers all
larger. Gal. containers, 50c.

Hibiscus

and leaf stalks are always bright
red. Full sun or part shade.
Plenty of moisture. 5-gal. contain-
ers, $1.75; gal. containers, 60c.

Chinese Hat Plant

Holmskioldia sanguinea. ‘‘Chinese
Hat Plant.’ 8 ft. 20°. Planted in a
warm, sunny spot, this unique
plant will produce great long
clusters of brick-red flower bracts
during almost the entire year, even
through the middle of winter when
you can use it for Christmas deco-
tations, for the flowering branches,
resembling clusters of the richest
colored Bougainvilleas, keep well
when cut and placed in the house.
A beautiful thing when trained
flat against building or wall tacing
south. It likes plenty of sunshine
and plenty of water. One of the
finest and most colorful new orna-
mental shrubs for California. 5-gal.
Gosictieensy $2.00; gal. containers,

Si,

tainers, 60c. 4
Agnes Galt. Immense coral-pink.
Apricot. Rich apricot, shaded

orange-yellow.

Brilliant. Immense brilliant scar-

let.
Double Red. Rich dark crimson.
Fair Janet. Delicate light pink
shaded bronzy yellow on outside.
Muriel Evans. Deep orange heav-
ily flushed and veined with pink
and yellow.

Rare Varieties

5-gal. containers, $2.00; gal. con-
tainers, 85c.

Double Yellow. Beautifully shaped
large flowers of clear yellow with-
out other shadings.

Kama Pua. Sunset shades of
orange-yellow shading to pink; 5
inches across.

Pure White. Snowy white, no
other shadings.

Red Agnes Galt. A light but
beautiful red, very large flowers.

Sunshine. Single, clear yellow.

BEL eae

Lilli-Pilli

Berries of Eugenia smithi
are bright lavender in color,
three times as large as
shown above. See descrip-
tion on opposite page.

The Big Coral-Pink
Hibiscus Agnes Galt

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Flowers of Lavatera
They look like big pink Hollyhocks

Hollies

Ilex aquifolium fertilis. “English
Holly.“" Ordinary English Hollies
grown from seed will not all produce
berries so we have grown these special
grafted plants of a type bearing heavy
crops of very large, red berries every
year if planted in a location suitable
for English Holly. Most of the planis
already have berries on them in the
larger sizes. Plant in shade or semi-
shade in Southern California. Plenty
of moisture. Balled, 4-5 ft., $6.50; 3-4
ft., $4.00; 2-3 ft., $2.50; 5-gal. contain-
ers, l\/, ft., $2.25; gal. containers, $1.00.

Ilex aquifolium “Van Tol.”’ A form
of the English Holly bearing greai big
half-inch berries even when the plants
are very small. You will not have to
wait or wish for berries on this one
Balled, 2!/)-3 fi., $3.50; 2-21/2 ft., $3.00.

Ilex aquifolium Golden Queen. A
beautiful type of English Holly, with
large leaves, handsomely variegated
with gold and green, making a beau-
tiful background for the red berries
5-gal. containers, 2-3 ft., $2.25.

Chinese Holly

Ilex cornuta femina. ‘‘Chinese Holly.”
6-10 ft. 5°. This is one of the very
best Hollies for Southern California or
anywhere in California because it is
better adapted to warmer climates
than the English Hollies and can be
planted right out in the sun in the
southern part of the State. Large, dark
green, many toothed leaves forming a
bushy, compact plant. These are cut-
ting grown plants of a special heavy
berry-producing type. Ordinary seed-
ling Chinese Hollies will not often pro-
duce berries profusely, but these we
offer will not fail to bear. Balled, 11/)-
2 ft., $3.00

Yunnan Sweeispire

Itea yunnanensis. 5 ft. 15°. From the
mountains of Yunnan in China comes one
of the finest all-year foliage planis that
can be grown in California, the big,
bronze tinted, bright green leaves having
a polished surface which never dulls in
any weather, even in the middle of win-
ter. Long, fragrant, white catkins in
spring. Full sun or part shade but re-
quires plenty of moisture in the summer-
time. 5-gal. containers, $1.75; gal. con-
tainers, 60c.

Itea_ ilicifolia. ‘‘Holly-leaved Sweet-
spire.” 8 ft. 15°. The big, toothed, pol-
ished, deep green leaves look more like
Holly than Holly itself, and you will never
find anything better than iis foliage to
use for your Christmas decorations. One
of the mosi magnificent foliage planis for
any California garden. Sun or part shade
along coast but only part shade inland.
S-gal. containers, $1.75; gal. containers,
75c.

Hollyhocks on Bushes

Lavatera olbia. 25°. A fast-growing
Mallow from southern Europe which has
long been a favorite in English gardens
but which for some reason has been al-
most unknown in California. The few
planis planted in California recently have
been so much admired that it will be
much in demand. It grows rapidly to
about 6 feet and bears almost continu-
ously good sized bright pink flowers like
single Hollyhocks. We believe we can
safely recommend it for almost any soil
and any location. Should be cut back
each year during the winter almost to
the ground. 5-gal. containers, $1.50; gal.
containers, 50c.

Everblooming lochroma

Iochroma purpurea. 6-8 ft. 18°. Large,
fast growing shrub, bearing in the spring
and summer big, showy clusters of 3-inch,
bright purple, tubular flowers. Sun or
semi-shade. Gal. containers, 50c.

Burford Holly

Ilex cornuta Burfordi. ‘Burford Hol-
ly.” 6-15 ft. 5°. A particularly fine
foliaged and heavily berried type of
the Chinese Holly which does excep-
tionally well in California. The foliage
is large, so glossy that-it looks as if
it had been varnished, deep green in
color. The plant bears plenty of big,
bright red berries like those illustrated
on page 34. While it makes a large
shrub in time, it will not reach its ul-
timate height for a number of years.
5-gal. containers, $2.75; gal. contain-
ers, $1.00

Hydrangeas

Everybody loves the big old-fash-
ioned Hydrangea hortensis described
below, but you will enjoy these new
hybrids with their richer, deeper col-
ors as well. Part shade. 10°.

Price on all varieties: 5-gal. contain-
ers, $1.75; gal. containers, 60c.

America. A brilliant deep rose-pink.
Avalanche. Immense, pure white.
Matador. Rose-red.

Rouget de Lisle. Deep carmine.
Triomphe. A very fine deep pink.

Hydrangea hortensis. 5-8 fit. Long
a favorite in California gardens, with
its large bold foliage and immense
heads of pink flowers, which turn blue
in soils containing iron.

Kunzea pomifera. 12°. A_ splendid
low foreground shrub only 18 inches
high but 4 or 5 feet across, making a
dense mound of small, slate-green
foliage. Covered with little creamy
white flowers in the spring, followed
by good sized red berries in the fall.
Grows easily anywhere from surf to
desert. Full sun or part shade. Gal.
containers, 60c.

REG Gee

For Evergreen Flowering Shrubs that are Different,
Visit One of the Two Armstrong Display Yards.

A Bush Jasmine

Jasminum ‘Grand Duke. 2-5 fit. 20°. A
rare and beautiful, semi-reclining shrub
with double 3-inch flowers of pure white
with a powerful and refreshing sweet per-
fume. Quite hardy but prefers some shade
and blooms almost the year around. Ii
is easier to grow than the Gardenia,
while the flowers look like perfect many-
petalled Gardenias and exceed those
fragrant flowers in the intensity of their
sweet perfume. Part shade. 6-inch pots

$1.00
Lantanas

Lantanas. 22°. These popular ever-
blooming shrubs grow very rapidly and
are a mass of bloom almost all during
the year. The dwarf varieties grow from
1 to 3 feet high and the tall varieties ic
oF or 6 feet. All kinds: Gal. containers,
40c.

Orange-Red. Dwarf.

Pure White. Dwarf.

Clear Yellow. Dwarf.

Light Pink. Tall.

Orange-Red. Tall.

Pure White. Tall.

Trailing Lantana (L. sellowiana). Much
used for trailing over sunny banks and
walls. A mass of lavender flowers during
most of the year. Fast growing. Gal.
containers, 50c; flats of 100 plants, $3.00.

Two Fine Laurels

Laurus cerasus. ‘English Laurel.’’ 5-8
it. 5°. Makes the finest specimen shrub
possible with its large, thick, glossy green
leaves. Sun or shade. Balled, bushy, 2-3
ae $2.50; 11/2-2 ft., $1.75; gal. containers,

c.

Laurus lusitanica. ‘Portugal Laurel.’
5-10 ft. 5°. Slower growing than the
English Laurel with much darker green
and even glossier foliage. Spikes of fra-
grant white flowers in the spring. A
splendid dark green foliage plant. Sun or
part shade. 5-gal. containers, 2-3 ft.,
$1.75; gal. containers, 60c.

Flowers of the Sweet Olive
Small in size but mighty in fragrance.

See page 55.

The Sweet-Scented Creamy White Bloom
of Jasmine Grand Duke (actual size).

Old Fashioned Lavender

Lavandula vera. 18 inches. Zero. The
beautiful rounded, little silvery - gray
leaved plant from which the true Oil of
Lavender is obtained. Tall flower spikes,
exceedingly fragrant when rubbed; rosy-
purple in color. Balled, bushy, $1.25; gal.
containers, 40c.

A Modern Lavender

Lavandula pedunculata. 15 inches. Zero.
Similar to the above but a little smaller
plant, while the long-stemmed, deep pur-
ple flower spikes, each topped by 3-inch
purple plumes, l!/; inches long, are much
brighter but just as fragrant as the ol
type. Gal. containers, 50c. .

Dwarf Rose-Flowered
Tea Tree

Leptospermum scoparium flore pleno.
“Dwarf Rose-flowered Tea Tree."’ 3-5 ft.
15°. Here is one of the most beautiful lit-
tle flowering shrubs ever offered for Cali-
fornia gardens. It grows fairly erect but
never gets very large, has soft, fine-cut,
dainty foliage which looks the same all
the year. In March and April it produces
great quantities of little double pink
blooms which look like little Cecile Brun-
ner Roses and are about the same size.
The plant grows easily anywhere, prefer-
ring reasonably dry soil and full sun. It
is a delightful and useful plant from which
to obtain material for bowl arrangements
tor the table. The little pink buds and
flowers with their accompanying foliage
look well with many other bloom sprays.
See illustration on page 48. 5-gal. contain-
ers, $1.75; gal. containers, 75c.

Australian Tea Tree

Leptospermum laevigatum. ‘Australian
Tea Tree.’’ 15 ft. 15°. Large spreading
shrub with graceful arching branches and
grayish-green foliage, needing very little
water and thriving in any soil. Splendid
for cut sprays for, house decoration be-
cause of its handsome little foliage and
its little white flowers. Needs good drain-
age. Full sun. 5-gal. containers, $1.50;
gal. containers, 50c.

Leptospermum nichollsi rubra. ‘‘Red-
flowered Tea Tree.’’ 5 ft. 15°. A most
handsome shrub, with graceful arching
branches lined in the spring with lovely
little flowers, the daintest little blooms
that can be imagined. Beautiful for table
decoration and a splendid plant for the
garden. Full sun or part shade. Prefers
slightly acid soil and plenty of water. 5-
gal. containers, $1.75; gal. containers, 60c.

A Texas Ranger

Leucophyllum texanum. 5 ft. 10°. A
beautiful plant from Texas, with soft, sil-
very-gray foliage, which makes a lovely
background for the pinkish lavender
flowers, 1 inch across, which are borne
in great profusion in the late summer, and
sometimes in the spring as well. Prefers
full sun and not much water. 5-gal. con-
tainers, 2-3 ft., $1.75; gal. containers, 60c.

Lemon Verbena

Lippia citriodora. ‘“‘Lemon Verbena.”’ 5
ft. 22°. The cool, delightful fragrance of
its foliage is unequalled, and the white
flower spikes in summer are attractive. It
is always found in the patios of old Span-
ish gardens in Europe and America. Gal.
containers, 60c.

Privets for Hedges

Ligustrum henryi. 3-8 ft. 5°. Small,
glossy, pointed leaves. One of the
finest for a low hedge or for a
pruned specimen plant. Gal. con-
Sees, 50c; flats of 100 small plants,

L. Japonica. ‘‘Japanese Privet.’’ 4
to 12 ft. 10°. Leathery dark-green
glossy leaves and white flowers. The
best tall hedge plant, making a fast,
heavy, substantial growth. Hardy
drouth resistant. Excellent for Ari
zona or other desert areas. 5-ga!
containers, $1.35; gal. containers, 40
flats of 100 small plants, 6-8 inches

Ligustrum nepalense. ‘‘Nepal Prive
et.” 3-8 ft. 10°. Large, glossy deep
green leaves, hardy from seacoast
to desert. Balled, bushy, 2-3 ft.,
$1.50; gal. containers, 50c; flats of 100
small plants, $3.00.

L. ovalifolium. ‘‘California Privet.’’
3 to 8 ft. Zero. A most popular
hedge plant for severe climates.
Strong growing, bright green foliage,
makes a compact hedge of any de-
sired size when pruned. Partially
loses leaves in winter. Gal. contain-
ers, 40c; flats of 100 small plants.
6-8 inches, $2.50.

Fragrant Luculia

Luculia limoncella. 4-6 ft. 25°. It
has big, handsome, luxuriant foliage
at all times during the year, and in
winter has big 8-inch clusters of
rosy-pink flowers which have a most
intoxicating fragrance. It likes par-
tial shade, plenty of moisture, good
drainage, and a slightly acid soil,
which can be provided by the use of
plenty of leaf mold or peat moss.
6-inch pots, 85c each.

Miniature Orchid

Malpighia coccigera. 2 ft. 18°.
This dainty little plant is almost too
good to be true. We pinch ourselves
every time we look at it. Dainty,
dark green, little, holly-like leaves !/)
to 34 inch long, and flowers which in
their delightfully dainty and bizarre
form and their rich colorings re-
semble the most beautiful tiny or-
chids. The blooms are pink and
white, the edges of the petals being
beautifully frilled, and the plant is
covered with them in the late summer
and fall months. Shade or semi-
shade. Plenty of moisture. Use peat
moss or leaf mold in the soil. Easy
to grow under these conditions. Gal.
containers, 85c.

Shiga ae

Flowers of Dwarf Tea Tree
Shaped and Colored Like Cecile Brunner Roses

Descriptions of other evergreen flowering shrubs
whose names begin with “‘M’’ continued on next
page.

The Blue Cup-Flowers

Nierembergia frutescens. ‘‘Blue Cup-Flower.’’ 2-3
ft. 15°. A low, fast-growing sub-shrub, bushy and
much branched, which starts blooming in late spring
and keeps it up until late summer, being covered
all that time with shallow, cup-shaped light violet-
blue flowers, one inch across. Full sun. Not too
much water. Gal. containers, 40c.

Nierembergia hippomanica. 15°. The plant is sim-
ilar to the above variety but gets only 12 inches
high and about 18 inches across, becoming a solid,
rounded mass of deep violet-blue flowers throughout
the entire summer. It has so many flowers and
blooms for so long it will amaze you. Likes plenty
sun and not too much water. Gal. containers, 40c.

Blue Cup-Flower
It Blooms Like This All Summer Long

:

The New Matilija Poppy "White Cloud”

Giant White Flowers, 8 Inches Across. See Page 57.

Oregon Grape

Mahonia aquifolium. ‘Oregon Grape.*” 3 to
6 ft. Zero. Dark, lustrous, holly-like foliage
and yellow flowers in dense clusters in the
early spring, followed by purplish berries.
Thrives in almost any location but partial
shade and ample moisture result in brighter
and glossier foliage. An all-climate plant.
Balled, 2-3 ft., $2.00; 5-gal. containers, $1.75;
gal. containers, 60c.

Red Lanterns

Malvaviscus grandiflorus. “Red Lantern
Plant.’’ 10 fi. 18°. Here is a shrub thai really
geis out and goes to town as soon as you
plant it for within a few months it will be
a big mass of handsome, evergreen foliage,
decked with large, bell-shaped, 2!/,-inch,
bright crimson flowers like miniature chinese
red lanierns, and we doubt if there will be a
day in the year thereafter when you will not
find plenty of flowers on the plant. It is one
of those shrubs you can plant in almost any
climate, any soil, any place, sun or semi-
shade and gei abounding beauty in foliage
and flower. Gal. containers, 60c.

For Bowl Arrangements

Myrica cordifolia. *‘Wax-Berry Plant.’’ 3-4 ft.
15°. Low, spreading, compact plant from the
sand dunes of the South African Coast, with
small, dense) deep green. foliage. Spreads
out about twice as far as it gets in height,
thriving under all conditions of soil and cli-
mate from coast to desert, in full sun. Has
dainty little white flowers in spring, followed
by big, black berries which are covered with
a waxy white powder. This was boiled off
by the early South African farmers and used
to make candles. Cut sprays are ideal for
bowl arrangemenis. Gal. containers, 60c.

African Boxwood

Myrsine africana. “African Box.’’ 2-3 ft. 15°.
We have found it particularly valuable be-
cause it retains its small, compact form with-
out much pruning and because of iis small,
glossy, dense foliage which keeps its beauty
uniformly throughout the year. Splendid for
small specimen plant or low hedge. Full sun
or part shade, any soil. 5-gal. coniainers,
$1.75; gal. containers, 60c; flats of 100 small
plants. 4-6 inches, $5.00.

Roman Myrtle

Myrtus communis. “‘Roman Myrtle.’ 4-8 it.
15°. Valuable for either single specimens or
small hedge. The foliage is shining green and
highly aromatic, while the creamy-white flow-
ers in the spring and currant-like black ber-
ries in the summer are additional atiractions.
Easily kept pruned io almost any desired
height, and it thrives in hot, dry situations
and cool ones as well. 5-gal. coniainers,
bushy, $1.25; gal. containers, 35c; flats of 109
small plants, $3.00.

M. communis compacia. “Dwarf Myrtle.’’
3-6 ft. 15°. One of the finest low evergreen
hedge planis grown in California or Arizona.
Extremely dense and compact, with small
dark shining leaves; shapes itself, can be
pruned down io 2 or 3 ft. if desired. Plant 24
inches apart. 5-gal. containers, $1.50; gal.
containers, 50c; flats of 100, 3 to 5 inches,

$4.00.
Chilean Myrtle

Myrtus poeppigeii. 3-5 ft. 18°. Deep, shin-
ing green foliage, the same throughout ihe
year. The black fruiis are edible and are
gathered and sold in the Chilean fruit mar-
kets as are Huckleberries in this couniry.
Plant one of these and maybe you'll be hav-
ing Myrius Berry pie before long. Anyway,
you will have a beauiiful shrub. 5-gal. con-
tainers, $1.50; gal. containers, 60c.

Nierembergia. Two varieties of this popular
summer blooming shrub are described on the
preceding page.

Oleander (Nerium)

The Oleander, with its brilliant, showy
blossoms, is a beautiful shrub throughout all
of California. It does particularly well in the
desert regions and warm inland valleys.
Grows and blooms quickly wherever planted
and blooms almost all through the year. The
flowers are very sweet and fragrant. South-
western plantings wuld lose much of their
character without plenty of Oleanders. A
good iub plant too. Hardy down to 10°. All
varieties listed below, balled, bushy, 3-4 ft.,
$2.00; 2-3 ft., $1.50; 5-gal. containers, $1.50;
gal. containers, 50c.
Double Salmon
Dble. Primrose Yellow
Dble. Rose Pink

Double White
Single White
Single Cherry Red

— FA

Armstrong s

Nandina

Nandina domestica. ‘Heavenly Bamboo.” 5
ft. Zero. A favorite of California gardens is
this plant, densely clothed with compound
leaflets, bronzy red when young, dark green
at maturity, and with beautiful coppery red
tones in winier. Topped with great showy
clusters of red berries in winter, but more
than one plant is necessary to secure berries.
Full sun or part shade. 5-gal. containers,
$1.75; gal. coniainers, 50c; flais of 100 small
plants, $5.00.

Fragrant Osmanthus

Osmanthus aquifolium. 6-8 fi. 10°. Exceed-
ingly handsome, large, glossy, deep green
leaves, the entire plant and foliage having
the appearance of a graceful, fine foliaged,
dark leaved holly. It bears in the summer
many small white flowers, powerfully ira-
grant, followed by blue berries. Northern or
eastern exposures best. Balled, 3-4 f., $3.50;
2-3 ft., $2.50.

Osmanthus delavayi. 3-6 fi. 10°. We doubi
if you have ever inhaled aq more iniensely
sweet fragrance than that released by the
little, white, bell-shaped blooms which are
borne in riotous profusion on this spreading,
handsome, compaci shrub, with small, dark
green, holly-like leaves. Blooms in late winter
and early spring and the plant grows slowly.
Best in semi-shade. One of the world’s mosi
famous and most prized fragrant flowering
plants. 5-gal. containers, $2.50; gal. coniain-
ers, $1.00.

Sweet Olive

Osmanthus fragrans. “Sweet Olive.’ 10 fi
15°. Large, handsome, dark green foliage and
small, white, extremely fragrant flowers in
clusters, whose cloying sweetness will betray
their presence in the garden before you see
the plant. One of the finest large background
shrubs. Sun near coast, part shade inland.
Balled, bushy, 2-3 ft., $2.50; 5-gal. containers,
$1.75; gal. containers, 60c.

Osmanthus fortunei. 6 fi. 12°. Here is one of
the finest new shrubs in our list. It has big,
dark, 3-inch leaves that look like the glos-
siest, most beautiful English Holly leaves, and
it also has many white, very fragrant flow-
ers, even sweeter than those of the Sweet
Olive above. This combination of foliage and
fragrance will make room for it in many
gardens, and it is easily grown almost any-
where. Best in part shade. 5-gal. containers,
$2.00; gal. containers, 85c.

Chinese Photinia

Photinia serrulata. 8-10 ft. 5°. For all cf
California and Arizona there is no finer large
evergreen shrub than this magnificent plant.
At all times it is clothed with great dark,
shining 8-inch leaves which are dotted during
fall and winter with occasional brilliant red
leaves, and in spring the plant becomes a
solid mass of great 6-inch heads of white
flowers. See illusiration on opposite page.
Balled, tree-like, 3-4 ft., $2.00; 5-gal. con-
ieiners; bushy, 2-3 ft., $1.75; gal. containers,

ler

Photinia serrulata nova. Like the above but
much glossier foliage and bigger, lacier flow-
er heads. The big, handsome foliage is
bronzy, reddish green when it first comes oui,
turning to bright glossy green as the leaves
attain their full size. We like to recommend it
because it is not only one of the most beau-
tiful of large shrubs but it will grow almost
anywhere with ease. Balled, tree-like, 3-4 ft,
$2.25; 5-gal. containers, bushy, $2.00; gal.
coniainers, 75c.

California Holly

Photinia arbutifolia. “California Holly’’ or
“Toyon.” 6-10 ft. 15°. One of the finest Cali-
fornia shrubs is the California Holly or
Christmas Berry which covers itself with great
handsome clusters of brilliant red berries at
the Christmas season. It makes a large,
spreading, well-shaped bush and is an as-
tonishing sight when loaded with its hand-
some berries which make splendid indoor
decorations for Christmas. Full sun, good
drainage. 5-gal. containers, 3-4 ft., $2.00; gal.
containers, 1-2 ft., 75c.

In purchasing 15 or more assorted orna-
mentals (or 5 of one variety), be sure to take
advantage of the 10% saving. See page 45.

Flowering Shrubs

Scarlet Poinsettias

Poinsettia pulcherrima. 28°. The
well known scarlet ‘‘Christmas
Flower’ so popular for sunny po-
sitions in milder situations. Gal.
containers, 60c.

Poinsettia Henriette Ecke. 28°.
The big, brilliant red flowers, enor-
mous in size, are semi-double, with
extra petals in the center. Unusual
and spectacular. S-gal. containers,
$2.00; gal. containers, 75c.

Poinsettia Henriette Ecke Im-
proved. The mosi spectacular Poin-
settia of all, with a fully double
flower like a peony. Very large in
size and extremely unusual. Gal.
containers, $1.00 each.

Purple Mint Bush

Prostanthera rotundifolia. ‘‘Pur-
ple Australian Mint Bush.’’ 4-6 ft.
15°. What a sight it is when in full
bloom in the late spring, its small
gray-green foliage literally covered
up by the bright heliotrope-colored,
bell-shaped blooms making a mass
of color that is indescribable. Erect,
bushy and compact, the handsome
foliage gives off the rich, pungent
aroma of mint and thyme when
warmed in the sunshine. Use plenty
of peat moss in planting. Ideal for
Central California coastal regions.
Full sun at coast, part shade in-
land. S-gal. containers, $1.75; gal.

75c.
Wild Cherry

Prunus ilicifolia. “‘Wild Cherry.*’
9-10 ft. 10°. The glossy holly-like
leaves of this splendid native Cali-
fornia shrub make fine Christmas
decorations. Use for large hedge or
background planting in dry soil.
Full sun. 5-gal. containers, 3-4 ft.,
$1.75; gal. containers, 75c.

Catalina Cherry

Prunus integrifolia. ‘Catalina
Cherry.” 15-20 ft. 10°. Large,
glossy, holly-like leaves, 3 to
inches long, handsome the entire
year. Popular and useful as large
background or foundation planting
for large hedge or small street tree.
Growing easily anywhere in full
sun, any soil. 5-gal. containers,
$1.75; gal. containers, 60c.

The Brilliant-Berried Pyracanthas

The evergreen Hawthorns (or Firethorns) are exceedingly valu-
able for their great wealth of bright-colored berries in the fall

Useful Pittosporums

Pittosporum eugenioides. 8-20 ft.
20°. Long a popular, fast growing
plani for backgrounds or tall hedges
in the coastal regions, because of
its thick masses of medium sized,
shiny, deep green leaves with
wavy edges. S-gal._ containers,
$1.50; gal. containers, 50c.

P. rhombifolium. 15 ft. 20°. Small
tree or large shrub of compact
habit, with very fragrant white
flowers, followed by clusters of
large orange berries in fal\ and
winter. Balled, 5-6 ft., $2.50; 5-gal.
containers, 3-4 ft., $1.50; gal. con-
tainers, 50c.

P.tabira. ‘Japanese Pittosporum.’
5 to 8 ft. 15°. A wide spreading
dense round headed shrub, witk
deep, glossy green foliage, excel-
lent for massing against the house
or wall, or for a fine large hedge.
In the winter it is covered with
small fragrant white flowers re-
sembling orange blossoms. It thrives
anywhere in California and in Ari-
zona as well. We cannot get along
without it. Balled, very broad and
bushy, 2-3 ft., $1.75; 5S-gal. con-
tainers, 1)/,-2 ft., $1.50; gal. con-
tainers, 50c.

P. tobira variegata. 4-8 fi. 15°. A
beautifully variegated form of the
“above. 5-gal. containers, $1.75; gal.
containers, 60c.

Pittosporum phillyraeoides. ‘‘Aus-
tralian Willow.”’ 10-15 ft. 15°. A
remarkable large, slender, tall
shrub with weeping branches, nar-
row, willow-like foliage, covered in
early summer with a_profusion_of
little yellow blooms. Full sun. Dry
soil. Gal. containers, 75c.

P. undulatum. *‘Victorian Laurel.”’
8-20 ft. 22°. Large deep_ green,
glossy undulated leaves. Its yel-
lowish white flowers are very fra-
grant, especially at night. Excel-
lent for planting in narrow park-
ways, for a tall hedge or for foun-
dation plantings where a _ large
handsome mass of foliage is de-
sired. Probably more widely plant-
ed within 30 miles of the coast in
California for a large foliage plant
than any other plant. Balled, broad
and bushy, 4-5 ft., $3.50; 3-4 ft.,
$2.50; 5-gal. containers, 2-4 ft.,
$1.50; gal. containers, 50c.

The Magnificent Chinese Photinia

Carnation-Flowered Pomegranate

Punica granatum nana. “‘Carnation-Flowered Dwarf Pomegran-
ate.’ 3-4 ft. 10°. Quantities of exceedingly brilliant scarlet carna-
tions, full and double, borne on bushes; how would you like to
have plants that will provide such blooms? It’s easy—you'll have
it in this much improved new dwarf Pomegranate, with its fresh
bronzy-green summer foliage, bright colored flowers and small
showy crimson fruits borne in the fall and winter. In colder sec-
tions loses most of its leaves for a very short time in the middle
of winter. Plant in full sun. Coast or desert. See illustration in
color on page 35. 5-gal. containers, $2.00; gal. containers, 75c.

The Picturesque Evergreen Pear

Pyrus kawakami. ‘‘Evergreen Pear.’’ 8-12 ft. 15°. Only now has
sufficient stock of this extremely unusual and lovely large shrub
or small tree been available in California to offer generally.
Fresh, luxuriant Pear foliage which amazingly enough does not
drop in the winter and is much better looking than any Pear
foliage you ever saw. In ihe spring the foliage is almost obscured
by masses of fragrant white flowers, making the plant one of the
most beautiful sights imaginable. May be grown according to
needs as a piciuresque small tree, large shrub or espaliered
against wall or fence. 5-gal. containers, trellised for espalier,
$3.50; 5-gal. containers, bushy, 2-3 ft., $2.00; gal. containers, 85c.

Rogers Firethorn in Bloom
Orange Berries Follow These White Blooms in Great Profusion

and winter, which remain on the plant for many months. Easily
grown and hardy anywhere. There are many varieties of Pyra-
canthas, but after testing out and growing many kinds, we have
selected the three varieties below as being the very best of all
of those on the market. Plant them all in full sun.

P. lalandii. “Burning Bush.”’ 6-8 ft. 5°. The most popular orange
berried variety, growing more slender and erect than most others.
On fire in the fall and winter with great masses of brilliant, lus-
trous, orange berries, larger and showier than any other in its
color. Hardier than other Pyracanthas, growing over a wide range.
9-gal. containers, $1.50; gal. containers, 50c.

P. rogersiana aurantiaca. “Rogers Firethorn.’’ 5°. 6 fi. New
and improved variety, with quantities of bright orange berries
borne clear to the tip of every willowy branch, thus making
splendid cut sprays. When ihe plant is covered with its frosty,
lacy, white bloom in May (see illustration at right), it is a mag-
nificent sight and worth growing for that reason alone. It also
seems to be immune to pear-blight, which occasionally attacks
other Pyracanthas. 5-gal. containers, $1.75; gal. containers, 60c.

Graber's Giant Red Pyracantha

Pyracantha graberi. ‘‘Graber’s Firethorn’. 8-10 ft. 5°. Of all
the red berried Pyracanthas that we have grown, this is the best,
and it is superlative in almost every way. The plant is the largest
and most vigorous of all, with larger, glossier foliage. The hig,
bright crimson berries are enormous, borne in clusters as_ big
as your two fisis and thickly covering the plant. A single plant,
allowed to grow freely or trained flat against building or wall,
is a spectacular sight in the fall and winter, and since the berries
are at their best at Christmas-time, they make splendid Christmas
decorations. Small white flowers in spring. Give it plenty of room

ecause it will use it. 5-gal. containers, $2.00; gal. containers, 85c.

= 56 —

The Smoky Blue Flowers of Sutera

Catalina Currant

Ribes viburnifolium. “Catalina Currant.”

spring, followed by red berries.

position in hot inland locations
containers, 60c.

The Brilliant Yellow Flowers of Yellow Elder

Flowering Evergreen Shrubs

Indian Hawthorn

Raphiolepis indica rosea.’’Pink Indian Haw-
thorn.” 3-5 ft. 15°. One of the finest of the
medium sized flowering shrub for California,
requiring no pruning, becoming as wide as it
is high, and covered in early summer with the
most magnificent large, 6-inch panicles of
half-inch pink flowers like the loveliest of
apple blossoms, sweetly fragrant. Its foliage
is extremely handsome and the flowers are
followed by interesting clusters of blue-black
berries. Plant it where close-up beauty will
be appreciated. Gal. containers, 75c.

Mexican Beauty

Rondeletia amoena. 4-6 ft. 22°. A hand-
somely foliaged shrub from tropical Mexico,
with 6-inch bronzy green leaves and showy
pink flowers each with a yellow-bearded
throat. Very showy in bloom, and if you
want one of those brilliantly colored flower-
ing shrubs of the tropics that you read about,
this is it. We guarantee that in exotic beauty
it will not disappoint you. Stands full sun at

the Coast but prefers part
shade inland. A quick grower if
given plenty of water and good
drainage. Gal. containers, 85c.

KS} fit WGP. JA
spreading halftrailing little shrub from Catalina Island,
with small, dark green, glossy leaves and wine red stems,
producing many small, deep maroon colored flowers in the
Excellent for trailing on
slopes or for hanging over a wall. Grows anywhere in sun

or shade near the coast but prefers a slightly sheltered
Needs little water. Gal.

Coffee Berry

tive California shrub,

ers, 60c.
Rhamnus
“Large Leaved Coffee-Berry’’.

containers, 85c.

Rhamnus californica. 5 ft. 10°. A na-
rounded and
good looking, with dark green, 3-inch
leaves, and dull red, coffee-like ber-
ries. Grows easily anywhere in any
soil, which is one of the reasons why
it is a valuable garden shrub. 5-gal.
containers, 2-3 ft.,. $1.75; gal. contain

californica crassifolia.
tis, UN
variety of the Coffee-Berry with very
large, handsome leaves, 4 inches in
length, bright and attractive. Has the
same type of berries as the above. It
is one of the finest native California
foliage plants that can be found. Gal.

Lemonade Berry

Rhus integrifolia. ‘‘Lemonade Berry.”
4-10 ft. 20°. One of the finest native
shrubs for a thicket of dark green fol-
iage, growing easily anywhere in any
soil with little care. Can be grown as

Giant Matilija Poppy

Romneya ‘White Cloud’’ (Improved Mati-
lija Poppy) 6 ft. 10°. The native California
Matilijia Poppy has long been one of the
finest and most popular of native plants.
This new hybrid is a great improvement over
the ordinary Romneya coulteri usually sold,
larger and more beautiful both in flower and
foliage. The 8-inch blooms, snowy white,
with the texture of crinkly white crepe paper,
are beautiful and graceful in spite of their
enormous size and are held on the ends of
the 5 to 6 foot stems, which are thickly
clothed with handsome, big, blue-grey, 5-inch
leaves right down to the ground. Makes a
widespreading, many-stemmed clump which
is quite hardy, and even if frozen down will
come up quickly again in the spring. The
big blooms are magnificent when cut and
placed in a big brass bowl. Grows anywhere
in full sun. Gal containers, 85c.

Rosemary

Rosmarinus officinalis. ‘Rosemary. 3 ft.
Zero. A delightful plant for the garden, not
only for its fragrance but for the soothing
beauty of its gray-green foliage and little
light lavender blooms. Gal. containers, 50c

Colorful Salvias

Salvia leucantha. A 2-foot sub-shrub,
sending up in the late summer and
fall many spikes of woolly, violet-pur-
ple and white flowers. Colorful both
in the garden and for bowl arrange-
ments. Full sun. Cut back once a year
in winter. Gal. containers, 40c.

Salvia mexicana. 4-6 ft. Tall, fast
growing, perennial sub-shrub, bearing
many deep blue flowers in the late
winter and early spring. One of the
few plants that bloom well at that
time. Full sun. Gal. containers, 40c.

A Rio Grande Gem

Senecio confusus. 22°. Extremely
showy Mexican half-climbing clamber-
ing shrub from the regions of the Rio
Grande, with thick masses of shiny
foliage, bearing all summer long clus-
ters of the most brilliant orange-red
flowers. Very few plants will furnish
as much brilliant color as this one.
Stands any amount of heat and likes
dry soil. Full sun. Gal containers, 60c

a large 10-foot shrub, pruned down to
3 or 4 feet for a ground cover or
grown espalier against a wall. The
big red berries make a pleasing drink.
5-gal. containers, $1.75; gal. contain-
ers, 60c.

Rhus laurina. “Laurel Sumac.’’ 4-6
ft. 25°. Another handsomely foliaged
native California shrub with large, 5-
inch leaves, bright green tinged with
red, and panicles of white flowers.
A fine, bushy foliage plant for dry,
sunny, rocky spots. Will not stand
much frost. 5-gal. containers, 2-3 ft.,
$1.75; gal. containers, 60c.

Rhus ovata. ‘“‘Sugar-Bush’’. 6-10 it.
15°. This is our choice for the native
California shrub with the loveliest all-
year foliage. The 3 or 4 inch leaves
are thick and leathery, rich shiny
green, and in late summer and fall
when many other foliage plants look
a bit rusty because of the heat and
dryness, the Sugar-Bush is a fresher
and brighter green than ever. Small
creamy flowers in April and May, fol-
lowed by deep red berries with a
sugary covering. Grows easily any-
where in full sun. Any soil. 5-gal.
containers, $2.00; gal. containers, 85c.

The Showy Ruellia

Ruellia macrantha. 3-4 ft. 25°. One
of the showiest and most everbloom-
ing of flowering shrubs for a mild cli-
mate, producing freely all over the
spreading large foliaged plant big,
dark lavender, funnel-shaped flowers
almost the entire year, even through
the winter. Partial shade or sheltered
position. 6-inch pots, 75c.

a(t eae

Sea-Coast Beauty

Solanum rantonneti 6 ft. 25°. In the
mild coastal regions this bushy, med-
ium sized shrub is covered with its
one-inch violet flowers almost every
day in the year, and it is a splendid
shrub for such locations. Full sun. Gal.
containers, 50c.

Australian Bluebell

Sollya _ heterophylla. ‘‘Australian
Bluebell Creeper.’ A trailing shrub
with many slender twining stems.
Splendid for covering banks, low
fences, stumps and other objects. Bril-
liant blue, small, bell-shaped flowers.
Gal. containers, 50c.

Autumn Color

Stranvaesia davidiana. 8-12 ft. Zero.
A splendid large Chinese shrub little
known in California, with glossy dark
green, 4-inch leaves which assume
in the winter many brilliant hues from
purple-bronze to red and orange, al-
though they do not drop. Then follow
great quantities of brilliant fruits like
little red apples and in the spring a
profusion of handsome white flowers.
It vresents a colorful and interesting
picture during every season of the
year and is one of the finest large
shrubs for California gardens. Grows
easily anywhere on seacoast, moun-
tains or desert. 5-gal. containers, $1.75;
gal. containers, 60c.

Spartium junceum. “Spanish Broom”.
See page 52

Bird-of-Paradise

Strelitzia Reginae. ‘Bird - of - Para-
dise.’’ 2-4 ft. 22°. The exotic, showy
flowers of this striking plant, which
resemble the crested head of a tropical
bird, gorgeously hued in_ brilliant
orange and bright blue, are among
California’s most magnificent blooms.
The 3-foot stems come from the base
of the plant, which has wide, stiff,
evergreen leaves somewhat like small
Banana leaves. Blooms in winter and
spring. Full sun on coast, part shade
inland. Tubs, 3-4 ft., with at least one
flower bud, $7.50; 5-gal. containers,
1-2 ft., $3.75; gal. $1.00.

Brilliant Orange

Streptosolen jamesoni. 3 ft. 20°. Few
plants will provide as much brilliant
orange color throughout most of the
year. Likes the seacoast, full sun, good
drainage but plenty of moisture. Gal.
containers, 60c.

Mountain Biue

Sutera grandiflora. 2 ft. 22°. The 4-
inch clusters of flowers at the ends of
the upright branches are a lovely clear
bluish-lavender—the same color that
you see in distant California mountains.
Blooms all through the late summer
and fall, and is a good cut-flower.
likes the sunshine and grows easily
anywhere. Prune back between bloom-
ing seasons. See illustration on op-
posite page. Gal. containers, 60c.

Yellow Elder

Tecoma stans angustata. 8 ft. 22°
Erect stems, heavily clothed with big,
shiny, deeply cut leaves. Clusters of
big 2-inch trumpet-shaped, brilliant
yellow flowers in late winter and early
spring which make a brilliant splash of
color. Fast growing. Full sun. See illus-
tration on opposite page. 5-gal. con-
tainers, $1.75; gal. containers, 60c.

True Tea Plant

Thea sinensis. “Tea Plant.’’ 4-6 ft.
This is the true Tea Plant, grown in
Ceylon and China. Grow your own
tea and at the same time add to your
garden a most attractive ornamental,
with dark green foliage and large,
fragrant, white flowers like single
white Camellias. Grows readily in Cal-
ifornia. Part shade, plenty of water.
> gal: containers, $2.00; gal. containers,

c.

Star Bush Flowers Like This from July to November

Silver and Blue

Teucrium fruticans. 3 ft. 10°. One of
those useful little plants that grow
under any soil or climatic conditions,
its handsome blue-gray foliage making
a good back-ground for the little light
blue flowers which are borne in great
profusion during the summer. Partic-
ularly good for dry, rocky places. Full
sun. Gal. containers, 50c.

Star Bush

Turraea obtusifolia. 3 ft. 18°. A new
South African introduction which we
highly recommend. It makes a com-
pact, handsomely foliaged small shrub,
carrying during most of the summer
many star-shaped Jasmine-like pure
white flowers, 1!/, to 2 inches across.
It stands plenty of heat and will grow
in either full sun or part shade. A
shrub which is just the right size to
fit into most gardens. Last summer it
was a mass of white flowers as shown
in the photograph at left, from July to
November. Gal containers, 75c.

The Princess Flower

Tibouchina semidecandra grandi-
flora (Pleroma.) 6 ft. 22°. An improved,
large-flowered form of this colorful
plant with soft, velvety, bronze-green
foliage and quantities of glorious 4-
inch royal purple flowers, borne almost
8 months in the year. Needs a shelter-
ed location away from wind and ex-
tremely hot sun. Plenty of moisture
but good drainage. 5-gal. containers,
$1.75; gal. containers, 60c.

Viburnums

Viburnum suspensum. 8 ft. 15°. A
luxuriant mass of shiny dark green
leaves from the South Sea Islands.
One of the most popular of foundation
shrubs for California plantings. Frag-
rant, white, rose-scented flowers in
winter. Balled, pay, 3-4 ft. $2.50; 5-
gal. containers, $1.75; gal., 60c.

Viburnum cylindricum. 6-10 ft. 18°. A
newly introduced Viburnum from re-
mote Chinese mountains, with extreme-
ly handsome: foliage, the big, bright
waxy green leaves being 6 or 7 inches
long. Small white blooms, followed by
black berries. 5-gal. containers, $2.00.

Viburnum tinus. “Laurustinus.’’ 10°.
One of the finest hedge plants as well
as a beautiful single specimen. Sun
or part shade. Fragrant, white, rose-
scented flowers, in winter. 5-gal. con-
tainers, $1.50; gal. containers, 50c; flats
of 100 small plants, $3.50.

Fragrance

Flowers of Gardenia-Scented Viburnum
A Delightful Scent You'll Never Forget, Nor Want to.

Gardenia-Scented Viburnum

Viburnum Burkwoodii. ‘‘Gardenia-Scented Viburnum’’.
4 ft. Zero. In the very early spring the end of every branch
on this handsome shrub bears a large, 3-inch head of the
most delightful, waxy white, pink-flushed flower clusters,
intensely sweet with Gardenia-like fragrance. Throughout
the summer it has exceedingly beautiful, shiny foliage
which in colder climates turns a bright color in the fall.
Becomes 4 or 5 feet across when fully developed, and for
the average small garden in a semi-shady position with
plenty of moisture, it is one of the finest shrubs that can
be planted. 5-gal. containers, $2.00; gal. containers, 85c.

Hardy Ferns

= Viburnum odoratissimum. 6-8 ft.

10°. If we were to select the one
best permanent evergreen shrub for
shade or semi-shade in California,
we believe it would have to be
this beautiful plant from the Khasia
Mountains in China, with its big,
long, 6-inch shining foliage and its
fragrant, white, 4-inch flower pani-
cles which possess a most intense
and delightful fragrance. Following
the flowers appear red_ berries.
Best in shade or part shade but
grows in sun as well. Likes plenty
of moisture. Balled, bushy, 2-3 ft.,
$2.50; 5-gal. containers, $2.00; gal
containers, 75c.

Perfect Foliage

Xylosma senticosa. 5 ft. 12°
We will have to state that this little
known Chinese plant is the finest
foliage plant for sunny positions in
Southern California, for certainly
nothing has surpassed it in our ex-
perimental garden. Every day in the
year the shiny green foliage is
handsome enough to draw admira-
tion even in excess of beautiful
shrubs in flower. Graceful, luxuri-
ant, it needs no pruning to keep it
in shape, is not particular about
soil or water and extreme tempera-
tures of 110°, and 17°, affect it not
in the least. What a plant! Gal.
containers, 75c.

mig

You can transform a cool, shady
bed into a luxuriant fern glen by
planting in it a few fresh green,
easily grown, hardy ferns. Use leat
mold or peat moss in planting. Only
a few a our best kinds are listed
below.

Price on all Hardy Ferns below.
except where otherwise noted: 4-
inch pots, 45¢ each, $4.00 per 10.

Maidenhair Fern (Adiantum). The
well known delicate lacy fronded
favorite, 12-18 inches.

Cyrtomium rockfordianum. ‘‘Holly
Fern’’. Long, 12 to 15 inch fronds
with toothed, holly-like leaflets,

Nephrodium hirtepes. Long, feath-
ery, 12-inch, light green tronds,
graceful, and arching.

Polystichum angulare. Our most
popular hardy fern. A close, com-
pact clumv of qraceful, feathery
fronds, 12 to 18 in. long.

Polystichum plumosum densum.
Similar to the above but more
dense and feathery. The loveliest
of all the hardy ferns. 60c each,
$5.00 per 10.

Pteris wimsetti. 5 to 7 inches long,
narrow, finger-like leaflets. Grows
to 18 inches.

Woodwardia radicans. Makes a
big clump of fronds from 3 to 6
feet long. 5-gal. containers, $1.25;
gal., S0c; bare root clumps iill
March 15th, 35c each, $3.00 per 10.

Fruiting Ornamentals

Fruiting Ornamental Bushes

Calamondin. Fragrant blooms and little orange fruits. See
page 4.

Myrtle-Leaved Orange. Handsomely foliaged, golden yellow
fruits, very hardy. See page 2.

Strawberry Guavas. 5 ft. Glossy foliaged, medium sized, de-
licious fruits. See page 7

Meyer Lemon. Large, fragrant blooms;
orange-yellow fruits, hardy too. See page 4

Pineapple Guava (Feijoa). 8 ft. Unique scarlet blooms, hand-
some grey-green foliage, richly perfumed fruits. See page 8.

Rose-Apple. 8-10 ft. Big, handsome, green and bronze foliage.
Fruit rose-scented, rose-flushed. See page 8.

Surinam Cherry. Handsome, bronzy green foliage, dense and
bushy. Fruit like a tiny three-lobed tomato. See page 51

Fruiting Ornamental Vines

Chinese Gooseberry (Actinidia chinensis). Handsome, twin-
ing evergreen shoots, big, roundish, S-inch leaves, 2-inch
white flowers in the spring, and large, 2-inch fruits like giant
gooseberries. Temperatures down to 22°. Plant two to be sure

showy and useful

The Avocado as a Beautiful Garden Shade Tree

A beautiful shade tree for the average home garden is the Avocado. Not
too large for most gardens, the roots do not interfere with the rest of the
plants, and the hundreds of delicious, healthful fruits every year are not

to be overlooked. See pages 21-22.

See page 12.

page 8. :
Macadamia.
page 7

page 12.

Handsome foliage,

of getting fruit. Gal. containers, 75c.

Chayote Perennial Fruiting Vine. Should grow 20 to 30 feet
the first season. Big leaves, big pear-shaped fruit. See page 8.

Passion Fruit. Unique blue and white flowers and big, pur-
ple, egg-shaped fruits. See page 8.

Grapes. For sunshine in winter, and shade in summer, there
is nothing better than_strong_growing grape varieties, such
as Giant Everbearing, Rose of Peru, Black Hamburg, California
Concord and Christmas. See pages 19 and 20.

Fruiting Ornamental Trees
Chestnuts. Dense summer shade and big mahogany nuts.

Loquats. A delicious sub-tropical fruit, hardy almost any-
where in California. Very handsome, small shade tree. See

richly flavored nuts. See

McAllister Hiccan. Handsome leaves almost 2 feet long make
delightful summer shade. Fast growing; enormous nuts. See

Pecans. The Mahan Pecan makes a fine fast growing, tall,
spreading shade tree. Delicious big nuts, too. See page 13.

Hearinut. Big. 2-ft. leaves; fast growing, luxuriant summer
shade tree, with uniquely flavored nuts shaped like a heart.
4-6 ft., $3.00; 2-3 ft.,

Persian Mulberry. For a small shade tree which takes little
room but has big, long, 2-inch, juicy, sweet berries, plant this

2.90.

one. See page 28.

Whiie Sapote.

page 8.

Armstrong Palms

Cocos Palms

Cocos plumosa. ‘“‘Queen Palm.’ 17°. South-
ern California's favorite Palm is the Queen
Palm, with a tall, slender, smooth trunk topped
with a plume-like crown of feathery, graceful
leaves. The roots accommodate themselves to
surprisingly small spaces and when once
established they need very little water. For
parkways, patios, and lawn plantings the
Cocos plumosa lends an informal yet digni-
fied tropical appearance. Balled, 18-20 ft.,
$30.00; 8-10 ft, $6.00; 7-8 ft., $4.00; 6-7 ft.,
$3.00; 5-6 ft., $2.25.

Cocos australis. *‘Pindo Palm.’’ 10-15 ft. 10°.
A stout short-trunked Palm with arching,
graceful leaves of powdery blue. The fruit is
good to eat, something like a loquat. 2!/2-3
ft., $2.50; gal. containers, 60c.

Dwarf Palm

Chamaerops humilis. 6 ft. 15°. The short
trunk is soon hidden in a mass of leafy suck-
ers, making each plant a miniature thicket.
S-gal. containers, $2.00; gal. containers, 60c.

Blue Palm

Erythea armaia. “Blue Palm.’’ 15°. Dis-
tinguished by the lovely steel-blue color of
its fan-like leaves. Slow growing. 5-gal. con-
tainers, 2-3 ft., $2.50; gal. containers, 60c.

Guadalupe Palm

Erythea edulis. “Guadalupe Palm.” 30 ft.
15°. A rapid growing fan palm with large,
long-lived, rich green leaves, found in the
wild state only on the Island of Guadalupe
off the coast of Lower California. Stands
ocean winds well and grows anywhere.
Boxed specimens, 4-5 ft., $10.00; 5-gal. con-
tainers, 11/2-2 ft., $2.00; gal. containers, 60c.

Date Palm

Phoenix canariensis. ‘‘Ornamental Date
Palm.’ 10°. Its dense, immense crown of
beautiful curving leaves, each 15 feet long
and of a pleasing dark green color, and its
stately and rapid growth under all conditions,
combine to make it an ideal Palm for street,
park and lawn, from seacoast to desert. 5-gal.
containers, 2-3 ft., $1.75; gal. containers, 50c.

Fan Palms

Washingtonia filifera. ‘‘California Fan Palm.”’
30-50 ft. 10°. Native to our California des-
erts, the Washingtonias are fitting permanent
memorials to the Father of our Country. Hairy
fan-shaped leaves and a big sturdy trunk
characterize this variety. Boxed specimens,
4-5 ft., $12.50; S-gal. containers, 2-3 ft., $2.00;
gal. containers, 50c.

Washingtonia gracilis. (W. robusta.) 50-100
ft. 12°. Similar to W. filifera, but the leaves
are smooth, without hair, and the trunk is
much taller and more slender. Boxed speci-
mens, 6 ft., $15.00; 5-gal. containers, 3-4 ft.,
$2.50; 2-3 ft., $2.00; gal. containers, 50c.

SPS pans

Fast growing, bearing heavy crops. See

Grasses

Grape Hyacinth Blooms

Ophiopogan jaburan aureo variegatus.
1l/2-2 ft. Robust, graceful, low grass which
makes a thick clump of narrow, handsome
green leaves, striped with gold, surmounted
by spikes of beautiful blue flowers that look
like the blooms of Grape Hyacinth. Very
handsome. 4-inch pots, 50c each, $4.00 per 10.

Pampas Grass

Pampas Grass. 6 ft. Handsome big clump
of long, arching, grass-like leaves, surmount
ed by great silvery white plumes. Ours is
the superior, fluffy, silvery white plume, bet-
ter than the ordinary type. 5-gal. containers,
$1.50; gal. containers, 50c.

Pennisetum Ruppelii. “Fountain Grass.” 3-4
ft. Beautiful dense tuft of handsome grassy
leaves and lovely rosy crimson flewer spikes
on slender bending stems. Perfectly hardy.
Full sun. Gal. containers, 60c.

New Zealand Flax

Phormium tenax veitchianum. “New Zea-
land Flax.’ 4-6 ft. Long, rigid, ribbonlike
leaves, marked with creamy-white stripes on
a green ground. The reddish purple flower
stalks borne occasionally become 10 feet high.
The leaves are often used now in dainty
bowl arrangements. 5-gal. containers, $1.79;
gal. containers, 60c.

Bamboos are described and priced on
Page 37.

The Gorgeous Chinese Trumpet Vine

The Trumpet Vines

Vines...

You will find on these pages not only the hardy
vines of the colder climates which thrive in Cali-
fornia but many brilliant flowering vines of the
Tropics. The minimum temperature given at the
end of each description is approximate only to
give some idea of the hardiness of each variety.
All vines listed are evergreen unless otherwise
stated.

Boston Ivies

Ampelopsis tricuspidata. ‘Boston Ivy.’’ A cling-
ing vine which closely covers walls, chimneys
and stone work with a soft mantle of shining
green leaves in summer, turning to gorgeous
reds and yellows in autumn, dropping in winter.
Sun or shade Zero. Gal. containers, 65c.

Ampelopsis veitchi. ‘‘Small-Leaved Boston Ivy.”
Leaves smaller than above, but the autumn col-
ors are even richer. Clings to any surface un-
aided. Deciduous. Gal. containers, 65c.

Actinidia chinensis. ‘‘Chinese Gooseberry.’’ Or-
namental fruiting vine. See opposite page.

Evergreen Grape

Cissus capensis. “‘Evergreen Grape.’’ A luxur-
iant, daintily foliaged wild grape vine, ever-
green, with reddish-black edible fruit. Splendid
for rambling over a large space. 24°. 5-gal.
containers, $1.75. gal. containers, 65c.

Bignonia cherere. ‘Red Trumpet Fl Vi Sky-Flower

wign ZA . ame Vine See Description on Following
Vine.” A splendid evergreen climb- e e cists

ing shrub which sends its heavy, Bougainvilleas See description page 62. Page.

dark green foliage everywhere, and
all through the spring, summer and
fall is covered with clusters of great
blood-red, tubular flowers. It will
climb over anything and will cover
stone walls, fences, or buildings with
a dense mantle of green in_a short
time. Almost ever-blooming. Full sun.
20°. See illustration below. Trel-
lised plants, $2.50; 5-gal. containers,
$1.75; gal. containers, 65c.

B. tweediana. ‘Yellow Trumpet
Vine.’’ A brilliant yellow Trumpet
Vine with many long slender shoots,
clinging to any surface and making
a dense mat of foliage. Excellent for
the desert. Needs sun. 10°. 5-gal.
containers, $1.75; gal. containers, 65c.

B. violacea ‘Violet Trumpet Vine.”
Lovely large glossy foliage, covered
with lovely big flowers of delicate
violet in late winter and early spring.
The delicate beauty of its flowers
and the luxuriant, dark green foliage
makes it one of California’s most
beautiful vines. Hardy and fast grow-
ing. Sun or shade. 18°. 5-gal. con-
tainers, $1.75; gal. containers, 65c.

Bougainvillea Braziliensis. The
hardiest of the Bougainvilleas, bear-
ing a mass of brilliant reddish-purple
flowers against a background ot
bright green leaves. Easily grown,
but needs sun. 20°. 5-gal. contain-
ers, $1.75; gal. containers, 65c.

B. Crimson Lake. Just as vigorous
in growth as the above but immense-
ly different in the color of the flowers,
which are brilliant crimson. Fairly
tender, full sun. Particularly fine on
the seacoast in Southern California
but splendid in milder interior sec-
tions as well. °. 5-gal. containers,
$2.50; 6-inch pots, 85c.

B. magnifica. A rare variety, with
great lustrous dark royal purple
flowers. 22°. 5-gal. containers, $2.00;
gal. containers, 75c.

B. Praetorius (Tangerine). At pres-
ent this is possibly the most sought-
after Bougainvillea in Southern Cali-
fornia because of the beautiful color
of its bronzy-gold flowers, the color-
ing varying occasionally to apricot or
orange-yellow. 25°. 5-gal. contain-
ers, $2.50; 6-inch pots, 85c.

Coral Vine "Queen's Wreath"

i Antigonon leptopus. This magnificent flowering vine from Mexico thrives
almost anywhere in Southern California, including the milder desert sec-
fions, grows very rapidly to 20 or 30 feet, and from early spring to late
autumn is a mass of bright rose-pink heart-shaped flowers. Dies down in
winter. Plants available March 1 to December 1. 20°. Gal. containers, 85c.

A Mantle of Flaming Orange Flowers
in the Middle of Winter

Larqe Flowered Clematis

Clematis hybrids. These are the large flowered varieties so
highly prized in the East and Middle West. They do not
thrive quite so well in California but can be grown if desired.
The top should be cut off at the ground during winter and
allowed to start over in the spring. Part shade. Zero. We

Bignonia cherere Blooms Throughout the Entire Year.

have Jackmani (purple), Baron Veillard (pink), Ramona
(blue) and Henryi (white). Gal. containers, $1.00 each.
Clematis texensis. “Scarlet Clematis.’’ Brilliant flowering,

6-foot, hardy vine with many drooping clusters of 1l-inch
scarlet blooms. Red flowering vines are scarce, and this one
grows easily almost anywhere. Loses its leaves in winter
Sun. Gal. containers, $1.00.

Showers of Yellow Gold

Gaudichaudia mucronata. “Gilded Fairy Vine.’’ When
this beautiful climber from the high Mexican mountains
bloomed for us several years ago, we were fascinated by its
beauty and charm. Fast growing, with graceful, small
foliage, it becomes covered in the fall months with sprays of
lovely little 11/2 inch, brilliant yellow blooms which cascade
down over the plant in rippling masses. When the sun
shines on the flowers they have a peculiar glittering effect
as though they had been sprinkled with gold dust. We
have found that it does well under average garden con-
ditions here in Southern California. Sun or semi-shade
22°. S-gal. containers, $2.00; gal. containers, $1.00.

— 60 —

Hibbertia

Hibbertia volubilis.
“Guinea Flower.” I/-
lusitrated above. It
grows quite rapidly
to 8 or 10 feet, wiih
handsome, heavy tex-
tured, dark green fo-
liage and quantities
of brilliant yellow
flowers larger than
an English Gold Gui-
nea. Probably the
best of ihe evergreen
yellow flowered
climbers. 22°. 5-gal.
containers, $2.00; gal.
containers, 85c.

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A Lavender Beauty

Distictis lactiflora. ‘‘Vanilla-Scented Trumpet Vine.’
This is one of the finest of all vines for the milder re-
gions of California, making a dense mass of deep green
foliage, covered almost all spring, summer and fall with
the most magnificent show of big trumpet-shaped flow-
ers, purple when they open, lightening to various lovely
shades of lavender as they age. A mature plant blooms
almost eight months in the year and the flowers are
delightfully vanilla-scented. If we had to choose one
vine for the coastal region, this is the one we would
pick. 22°. 5-gal. containers, $1.75; gal. containers, 65c.

,

Clings to Any Surface

Ficus repens. ‘Creeping Fig."’ The best evergreen
vine for covering stone, brick or wood, making a close
mat of small heart-shaped dark green leaves which
cling closely to any surface. Thrives anywhere in Cali-
fornia. 15°. Sun or part shade. Gal. containers, 65c.

Guadichaudia mucronata. “‘Gilded Fairy Vine.’’ Glor-
ious new yellow-flowered climber. See preceding page.

Carolina Jessamine

Gelsemium sempervirens. “Caroling Jessamine.” A
slender twining vine, rapid growing and hardy, cov-
ered in spring with golden-yellow, fragrant, bell-shaped
flowers. Splendid for framing a small arch, gateway or
low fence, where moderate size is desired. 12°. 5-gal.
containers, $1.75; gal. containers, 65c.

Dainty Hardenbergias

Hardenbergia comptoniana. Among all blue flower-
ing vines this is our favorite. It sends its dainty, twin-
ing, slender leaflets over and around any kind of a
fence or other object, and even shoots up into over-
hanging shrubs or trees, and then in late winter is a
marvelously beautiful sight when covered with its
myriad 6-inch racemes of lovely violet-blue pea-shaped
flowers. Sun or part shade. 22°. 5-gal. containers,
$2.00; gal. containers, 75c.

Hardenbergia bimaculata. More bushy than H. comp-
toniana, with slightly broader foliage but with the same
beautiful dark violet-blue flower spikes. Also hardier.
15°. 5-gal. containers, $1.75; gal. containers, 65c.

Pinwheel Jasmine

Jasminum gracillimum. ‘‘Pinwheel Jasmine.’’ Slender
twining stems and extremely fragrant white flowers, one
inch across, shaped like a little pinwheel and borne in
clusters all over the plant during the entire summer.
Shade or sun. Occasional pruning will shape it into
medium-sized shrub. Perfectly hardy anywhere in Cali-
fornia. 15°. See illustration on next page. 5-gal. con-
tainers, $1.75; gal. containers, 65c.

Hedera helix. “English Ivy.’’ Ex-
cellent wall or bank covering in sun
or shade. Zero. Gal. containers,
50c; flats of 100, $2.00.

Hahns Ivy. This small-leaved twin-
ing form of the English Ivy has be-
come exceedingly popular recenily as
a house plant for window boxes and
other indoor uses. Grows with the
greatest of ease in the house. 4-inch
pots, 50c.

J. grandiflora.

fumes.
$1.75; gal. containers,

left-hand column.

J. primulinum.
which may be trained

Zero.

mine because the big,

Hibbertia

Golden yellow
blooms.

big, handsome foliage

containers, $1.75; gal.

Left

teria

most

eee liest;

Lonicera
Japan.’’ _The most vigorous Honeysuckle,
with delightfully fragrant, white flowers,

japonica Halliana. ‘‘Hall’s

changing to yellow. It thrives equally
on coast or desert, in sun or shade. For
rapid growth, dense foliage, and quan-
titles of fragrant flowers this Honey-
suckle is unexcelled, and it will grow
with the greatest of ease anywhere.
Zero. Gal. containers, 50c.
Lonicera etrusca grandiflora.
can Honeysuckle.’ An improvement over
Hall's Japan, with yellow flowers, 2
inches long, becoming deeper in color
as they age, almost orange. The blooms
are larger than Hall’s Japan, much more
colorful, and even more fragrant. The
foliage is larger and more handsome
than most honeysuckles and it grows
with vigor. 10°. Gal. containers, 65c.

ieee CS 0

“Etrus-

“Spanish Jasmine.’
growing, resistant to heat and very hardy. The large pure
white flowers are extremely fragrant, this variety producing
the essence which forms the basis of the world’s finest per-
Thrives from coast to desert.

Jasminum gracillimum.

“Primrose Jasmine.’
yellow-flowered Jasmine with long pendulous green branches

Mandevillea suaveolens.

winter because it drops its leaves occasionally.

the White Chinese.

Armstrong Vines

The Useful Evergreen Ivies

Hedera canariensis. ‘Algerian Ivy.”
We like it better than English Ivy
because it grows faster and has big-
ger and brighter green leaves 6
inches across. 15°. 5-gal. conitain-
ers, $1.75; gal. containers, 65c.

H. canariensis variegata. Beautiful
big leaves handsomely blotched with
light green, dark green, and creamy
yellow. For shade there is no show-
ier vine. 15°. $-gal. containers, $1.75;
gal. containers, 65c.

The Fragrant Jasmines

,

Extremely vigorous, rapid

10°. 5-gal. containers,

65c.

“Pinwheel Jasmine.’” See bottom

Primrose Jasmine

’

A fine winter blooming

along a fence, over a pergola or asa

big shrub. Flowers almost 2 inches across, slighily fragrant.
5-gal. containers, $1.75; gal. containers, 65c.

“Chile Jasmine.’” Called Chile Jas-
white, trumpet-shaped flowers, 2 inches

across, have the delicious sweet Jasmine scent, and they are
larger and showier than the true Jasmines.

Is hardy and has
but put it where you want sunshine in
Da o-gall
containers, 65c.

to right, above: Double Chinese Wis-

teria, Japanese Wisteria, White Chinese Wis-

and Blue Chinese Wisteria. For the most

flowers, plant the Blue Chinese; for the most
unusual flowers, plant the Japanese; for the

fragrant, plant the Double Chinese or
Blue Chinese is the ear-
Double Chinese the latest.

The Fragrant Honeysuckles

L. magnifica. ‘‘Red Coral Honey-
suckle.’ The large, showy, orange-scar-
let flowers have the brightest color in
Honeysuckles and are delightfully _fra-
grant. Easily grown anywhere. Does
not get as dense in growth as Hall's
Japan. The brilliant scarlet flowers at
tract much attention everywhere. Zero.
eet containers, $1.50; gal. containers,

ler,

Lonicera tellmanniana. “Golden Giant
Honeysuckle.’” Here is something new
and unusual. A magnificent, vigorous,
Juxuriantly foliaged Honeysuckle with
beautiful, large, intense golden yellow
blooms, tipped with bronzy red. A mass
of beautifully colored blooms in_ late
spring and perfectly hardy anywhere.
Sun. Zero. 5-gal. containers, $2.00; gal.
containers, 85c.

it

Armstrong vines will grow faster and flower sooner be-
cause they are more carefully grown and trained.

Waxy Ivory Trumpets

Oxera pulchella. Here is probably the most
exquisite and lovely of all white flowering
vines, covered in the fall of the year with big
clusters of ivory-white, trumpet-shaped blooms,
2 inches long and 1 to 2 inches wide, so waxy
and delicate in texture, with such purity and
grace of color and form that you can hardly
believe them real as they shine out against
the handsome, dark glossy green foliage. An
elusive sweet scent adds io its charm. Semi-
shade. Best along coast or in sheltered foothill
districts. 25°. Gal. containers, $1.00 each.

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Climbing Syringa
Philadelphus mexicanus. “Climbing Syringa.”’
An extremely vigorous vine from Guatemala.
Covered in spring with creamy-white double
flowers 2 inches across and intensely fragrant.
Hardy anywhere. Easily grown as a big spread-
ing 6-foot shrub if desired. Sun or shade. 12°.

5-gal. containers, $1.75; gal. containers, 65c.

Blue or White Plumbago

Plumbago capensis. A semi-climbing plant
covered all summer with lovely clear azure
blue flowers. If not trained to climb, makes a
very satisfactory shrub which requires plenty
of room. Quickly fills a corner or hides a
fence. Sun. 18°. 5-gal. containers, $1.75; gal.
coniainers, 6d5c

Plumbago capensis alba. Exacily like the
above but with pure white flowers. Gal. con-
tainers, 65c.

Silver Lace Vine

Polygonum auberti. “Silver Lace Vine.’’ A
hardy, fast-growing, twining, deciduous vine,
bearing great quantities of small, white, fra-
grant flowers in panicles in late summer when
flowers are scarce. Zero. 5-gal containers,
$1.75; gal. containers, 65c.

The Kudzu Vine

Pueraria hirsuta. Kudzu Vine. For producing
a@ quick effect this vine has no equal, since it
often makes a growth of 40 to 60 ft. in one
season. A perennial, dying down each winter
and coming up again in early spring. Leaves
a foot across. Showy pea-shaped purple flow-
ers. Zero. Large roots, 40c each.

Cup of Gold

Solandra guttata. “‘Cup of Gold.’ A iall,
vigorous vine with big shiny leaves and enor-
mous irumpet-shaped, golden-yellow flowers 6
to 8 inches across and quite fragrant. A very
showy, spectacular vine which needs pleniy
of room. Sun. 28°. 5S-gal. containers, $1.75;
gal. containers, 75c.

The Flame Vine

Pyrostegia ignea (Bignonia venusta). ‘Flame
Vine.’’ For brilliancy of color and abundance
of bloom, this magnificent vine is difficult to
excel. Its handsome foliage is smothered wiih
a brilliant mass of vivid flaming orange-scarlet
flowers all through the winter. The top of the
vine must be in full sun. Easily grown in the
warmer sections of California. There is no more
richly colored flowering vine anywhere in the
world than this. 24°. See illustration on page
60. Gal. containers, 65c. -

The Star Jasmine

Rhynchospermum jasminoides. ‘‘Star Jasmine.’’
From the Malay Peninsula comes this splendid
vine, which will absolutely dominate the garden
in spring and early summer by the marvelous
perfume which it wafis on the air from a
myriad little star-shaped white flowers like
miniature pinwheels. Worth planting for one
whiff of its delicate, delicious fragrance. The
vine is strong growing but not rampant, with
big, leaihery, glossy leaves which make a
dense mass, and it thrives equally well in full
sun, shade or semi-shade. Hardy almost any-
where in California. May also be grown as a
large shrub if pruned. 15°. 5-gal. containers,
4-6 ft., $1.75; gal. containers, 75c.

Giant Trumpet Vine

Tecoma grandiflora. ‘‘Mme. Galen.’’ The mosi
floriferous and gorgeous of all Trumpet Vines,
with great clusters of very large brilliant scar-
let-crimson flowers, borne in great profusion in
spring and early summer. Perfecily hardy any-
where. Loses its leaves in the winter. See
illustration on page 60. Zero. Grafted plants, $1.

Cape Honeysuckle

Tecomaria capensis. ‘“‘Cape Honeysuckle.’’
May be grown as a half climber or a large
shrub. Has thick bright green foliage and
clusters of bright red flowers like scarlet. Honey-
suckle in the fall and winter when other flow-
ers are scarce. 22°. 5S-gal. containers, $1.75;
gal. containers, 65c.

You've Never Seen This

Tecomaria shirensis. Just read the descrip-
tion of the vine above which comes from the
Cape of Good Hope and visualize flowers even
larger, 2 inches long, and in a most brilliant
flaming shade of orange, much more fiery and
glowing than the common Cape Honeysuckle,
borne in large clusters of 15 to 20 blooms, and
you get some idea of the beauty and brilliancy
of coloring in this new 8-foot shrub which we
are here introducing from Nyassaland in north-
eastern Africa where the giraffes and the ele-
phants roam. New this year. Sun or semi-
shade. 22°. 5-gal. containers, $2.00; gal. con-
tainers, 85c.

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Pinwheel Jasmine
See Description on Preceding Page.

Wisterias

Price on all Wisterias: 3 yr. in 5 gal.
containers, $2.00; 2 yr., bare root (from
Dec. to April), $1.00.

Wisteria chinensis. ‘Chinese Wisteria.”’
Probably the most popular of all the Wis-
terias is this variety, which is literally
covered with its giant blue flower clusters
before the leaves appear in the spring.
Never fails to bloom.

W. chinensis alba. ‘‘White Chinese Wis-
teria.’ Same as above but with white
flowers and a honey-sweet fragrance.

W. violacea-plena. “Double Chinese
Wisteria.” A beautiful double flowering
variety, with long, violet-blue flower clus-
ters, delightfully fragrant. Zero.

W. Multijuga. “Japanese Wisteria.”
Probably the most beautiful of all Wis-
teria, because of the extreme length of its
lilac flower racemes, which often measure
over 2 ft. Blooms later than the Chinese
but not so profusely. Zero.

W. Multijuga rosea. ‘‘Pink Japanese

Wisteria.“” The long, slender racemes are
light lavender-pink. Zero.

Vanilla Scented Trumpet Vine

Delightfully Fragrant, Purple and Lavender Blooms

The Blue Sky Flower

Thunbergia grandiflora. “Sky Flow-
er.” Of extremely rapid growth, with
large heart-shaped leaves which over-
lap to make a dense covering, the
individual 3-inch blossoms hanging in
clusters over the plant, and with a
color that is rare in vines, bright sky-
blue. Even if frozen down, it comes
up and blooms the same season. Usu-
ally blooms in fall, winter and spring.
Semi-shade or morning sun. 22°. See
illustration in color on page 60. 5-gal.
containers, $2.00; gal. containers, 75c.

Thunbergia Gibsoni. Its golden-
orange flowers, one and a half to two
inches across, never fail to draw ad-
Miration, and it is in bloom almost
all during the year. You do not need
anything for it to climb over; just let
it ramble anywhere in ihe garden. Sun.
25°. Gal. containers, 65c.

An Azure Beauty

Solanum wendlandi. A remarkably
beautiful sight is this Costa Rica vine
when grown along the California sea-
coast, with its great branched clus-
ters of lilac-blue flowers, each flower
2) inches across. Looks well trailing
along a fence. 22°. 5-gal. containers,
$1.75; gal. containers, 75c.

The Gloryvine

Vitis coignetiae. ‘Crimson Glory-
vine.’ A fast growing, heavy-foliaged
vine, with great plush-like leaves, 8 to
12 inches across, which iurn brilliant
shades of red and bronze in autumn
Loses its leaves for the winter. lt bears
big clusters of fine blue-black grapes,
excellent to eat or for jelly. Zero. 5-
gal. containers, $1.75; gal. containers,
65c.

Glossy Winter Foliage

Vitis hypoglauca. An informal ram-
bling creeper or climber which will
spread over any kind of an object in
a short time. We like it because of its
handsome shiny evergreen foliage,
which looks as though it had been
polished and is just as brilliantly green
in the middle of winter as in the
spring. One of the most beautiful
foliage vines that we grow. 20°. 5-gal.
containers, $1.75; gal. containers, 65c.

Climbing roses are beautiful orna-
mental climbers. You'll find them de-
scribed on pages 63 to 65. Fruiting
grapes, particularly the Giant Ever-
bearing Grape and Christmas Grape
(see pages 19 and 20) are often ac-
ceptable in many locations as climb-
ing vines.

ESE G0

Flowers of Climbing Night

See also the bush variety on page 75.

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Climbing Duquesa

Climbing Duquesa de Penaranda. (Germain, 1940.)
Richly hued buds and flowers of coppery orange-
apricot, sweetly perfumed and long-lasting, are borne
in great profusion on this vigorous climber with the
glossy, shining foliage. Never offered prior to this
season, it will share the popularity of its bush parent.
Patent Righis Reserved. $1.25 aren

Climbing Innocence

Climbing Innocence. (Armstrong Nurseries, 1940.)
The long, slender, ivory buds and lovely, single,
snow-white flowers, with their contrasting center of
amber stamens, are here produced in great profusion
upon a climbing plant, which although vigorous is
not one that spreads all over the place. Those who
have delighted in the beautiful fragrant blooms on
the bush form will be glad to have this splendid
climbing type. $1.00 each.

Blooms All Summer

Captain Thomas. (George C. Thomas, Jr., 1938.)
This is a magnificent Climbing Rose in every way.
The flowers are single, medium size, and creamy-
yellow in color, darker than the ever-popular Mer-
maid, and the plants produce flowers every week
during the entire spring, summer and fall—a most
remarkable characteristic in a climbing rose. Seems
to be quite hardy, and in colder climates makes a
5 or 6-foot pillar, although it grows taller in mild
climates. Even without the beautiful flowers it would
be worthwhile as a foliage covering for fence or
wall for it has some of the handsomest, glossiest foli-
age that we have ever seen on a rose. It is prac-
tically mildew-proof, and in California almost ever-
green. Plant Patent No. 393. $1.00 each.

All-America Climber

Flash. (R. M. Hatton, 1938.) An All-America Rose
selection for 1940. A new hardy climber with a color
that is certainly flashy, vivid orange-scarlet with the
backs of the petals gleaming yellow. The center of
each flower is also yellow and filled with golden
anthers. A spring bloomer that is certainly dazzling
in its blooming period. Plant Patent No. 396. $1.00.

Ten assorted bush or climbing roses sold at re-

duced prices. See quantity rates on page 69, and
be sure to take advantage of these reductions.

Gay Mood

Armstrong New Climbing Roses

Climbing Mrs. Sam

Climbing Mrs. Sam McGredy. (Western Rose Co., 1940.) We
have been waiting for this rose for a long time because for many
years the bush form of this variety has been pleasing thousands
of rose lovers with its beautifully formed, coppery orange buds
and flowers, and now when we can have that beautiful, glossy,
bronzy green foliage, the most luxuriant and handsome in the rose
world, spread over fence or wall and get dozens of those beautiful
long-stemmed blooms instead of just one, we feel very happy
about it, and you will too when you get one in your garden.
Plant Patent No. 394. Bush illustrated page 75. $1.25 each.

A Golden Star Climber

Climbing Cecil. (Armsirong, 1940.) So far as we know, there has
been no bright yellow, single climbing rose until the introduction
of this new climbing sport this season. Mermaid and Captain
Thomas are both light creamy yellows, but Cecil is a bright shin-
ing golden yellow. Visualize these giant, golden, star-like blooms
shining out against a background of large, glossy, luxuriant foli-
age in your garden. See illustration in color on page 76. Patent
Rights Reserved. $1.50 each.

Climbing Sequoia. (Armstrong, 1940.) We like this big, full rose
with the rich autumn colorings of pumpkin-yellow, burnt-orange
and salmon in the bush form, and we like the blooms even more
in this vigorous climbing variety. The flowers have so many peials
and are of such great substance that they last for several days
on the plants. It's new this year, never before offered. Patent
Rights Reserved. $1.00 each.

e se e e
Night is Climbing Now

Climbing Night. (Armstrong Nurseries, 1939.) This new climbing
rose of our own introduction we believe to be the finest deep red
climber. Large, full flowers of deep crimson, shaded black and
maroon, opening out to beautifully shaped blooms and saturated
with the same delightful cinnamon-clove fragrance which the Bush
Rose Night possesses. It is a vigorous climber and for us has
bloomed exceptionally well. A large plant covered with these
velvety textured, fragrant, deep dark red blooms certainly is a
delightful thing to have in any garden. Plant Patent Applied For.
$1.25 each.

Rose Anne

Gay Mood. (W. E. Lammerts, introduced
by Armstrong Nurseries, 1940.) The first
time that this new seedling bloomed in the
trial rows the Armstrong researchers went
wild over it. They stood around and
gloried in the rich, deep coral-flame color
of the buds and flowers which were pro-
duced all over the 6 foot plant, their
beauty and brilliancy enhanced by a
background of large, glossy foliage.
Amazingly colorful in the spring, and
keeps on flowering right through the sum-
mer, which is extraordinary for a pillar
rose. It put us all in a gay mood, we
hope it will do the same for you. Plant
Paten: Rights Reserved. $1.50 each.

Climbing
Hinrich Gaede

See also bush
variety on page 73.

MN ees

Rose Anne. (George C. Thomas, Jr.,
1938.) A moderate grower, suitable for
smaller spaces. The flowers are a beau-
tiful soft orange shade and borne on
18-inch stems, one of the finest Climbing
Roses for cutting that has ever been
grown, and it blooms not only in the
spring but at intervals throughout the
summer as well. Splendid reports reach us
on its behavior in the East, South, and
on the Pacific Coast, so it evidently is a
coast-to-coast rose. Awarded Certificate of
Merit in 1939 by American Rose Society.
$1.00 each.

Sungold

Sungold. (Geo. C. Thomas, Jr., 1939.)
You can have glorious golden sunshine in
your garden throughout the spring bloom-
ing season and can iake it right into your
house, with this fine yellow climbing rose,
which produces great quantities of lovely,
long, slender buds, golden yellow with a
tint of lemon, produced on long stems for

cutting. Plenty of petals, opens up into full,

double flowers, holding their shape and
color well under all conditions. Glossy,

mildew-proof foliage. $1.00 each.

' Standard Climbing Roses

Gigantic Pink Blooms

Belle of Portugal. There is no more
vigorous grower among Roses than this
variety and 10 or 12 foot canes the
first season are to be expected, so give
it plenty of room. The amazingly beau-
tiful salmon-pink buds are also gigan-
tic in size, often 3 and 4 inches in
length. Do not expect it to bloom the
first year after planting because it is
too busy growing, but thereafter be
prepared to admire it, for it is a muss
of bloom from January to May in Cali-
fornia. 75¢ each.

Billy Boiler

Billy Boiler. We think that this va-
riety has the most perfect blooms of
any red climber. The robust plant
sends up many canes to 12 feet, and
at the tip of each side branch on great
long stems for cutting are the immense
flowers, absolutely perfect in every
way, deep red, with blackish shad-
ings, quite double, beautifully shaped
and deliciously fragrant. The color
does not fade in the hottest sun. 50c
each.

Climbing Dainty Bess

Climbing Dainty Bess. For years those Rose lovers who
admire so much the dainty, single, amber-pink flowers of
Dainty Bess have been asking for this variety in a climb-
ing form. It is available now and comes up to all expec-
tations. If you like this variety in a bush, and almost
everyone does, imagine having a large climbing plant of it
covered with hundreds of blooms instead of a half a dozen.

65c each.

Climbing Duquesa de Penaranda. See description oppo-

site page. $1.25 each.

Climbing Etoile de Hollande. We consider it to be the
very best red climber for the average garden. See descrip-
tion and illustration on next page. $1.00 each.

Long, Apricot-Yellow Buds

Climbing Feu Joseph Looymans. Anyone who knows the
long apricot-yellow buds of this splendid Rose will like
this climber. There is no difference between this and the
bush form except that the climber has bigger flowers and
more of them and covers a lot more space. 75c each.

It produces great quantities
of the same highly colored buds of golden yellow with
brilliant red shadings, which are so much admired on the
bush form of Golden Emblem. Extremely vigorous, rampant
grower, with polished, glossy foliage. 75c each.

Climbing Golden Dawn. Large golden yellow. See de-
scription and illustration on next page. $1.00 each.

Two Fine Red Climbers

Climbing Hadley. Those who like the bush variety will
be able to find a place for this vigorous climbing sport,
which will produce many times the number of beautiful
flowers in a season than can be produced on the bush.
The beautifully shaped, double, velvety red blooms, sweet
with the good old Hadley fragrance, have for years been
admired everywhere, and few kinds can beat them yet.

Climbing Golden Emblem.

65c each.

Climbing Hoosier Beauty. Rich velvety scarlet buds and
owers, long-stemmed and fragrant, borne on a vigorous
climber. Hoosier Beauty and Hadley have built up such
a fine Teputation as red bush Roses that we need only
to mention these climbing counterparts to establish the
fact that they will be particularly enjoyed in any garden.

75¢ each.

Climbing Hinrich Gaede

Climbing Hinrich Gaede. The extraordinarily brilliant
orange-vermillion coloring of this striking Rose is now
found in a climber, and what a climber! The color illus-
tration at the left gives but a poor idea of the richness
and beauty of ihe flowers on this free blooming Rose,
which does not stop with the spring blooming period but
seems to produce those magnificently colored blooms
ever the summer and fall. Plant Patent No. 244. $1.25

Climbing Innocence. The lovely new single white climber.

See opposite page. $1.00 each.

Climbing Countess

Climbing Countess Vandal. The bush
form of Countess Vandal, with its long,
pointed buds of coppery-bronze, pink
and gold, has been increasingly popu-
lar each year. The climbing sport pro-
duces the same beautiful buds in even
greater profusion and fills two roles,
that of a magnificent vigorous climber,
covered with beautiful blooms for gar-
den decoration, and as a reservoir of
magnificent long-stemmed buds for cut-
ting. $1.00 each. Illustrated page 69.

Banksia Yellow. A rampant old Cali-
fornia climber, spreading all over the
place, festooned in the springtime with
a profusion of little, button-like, yellow
flowers. Absolutely thornless. We have
a few of the White Banksia also. $1.00
each.

Climbing Cecile Brunner. Polyantha.
This famous climbing Rose, with its
great quantities of perfect little minia-
ture pink buds and flowers, is a favor-
ite in California and will continue to be
such. Exceedingly vigorous, with dense
handsome foliage. You can cut a bou-
quet of beautiful buds from it almost
any time in the year. 75c each.

GA =

Reveil Dijonnais
See Description of this Colorful Climber on Page 66.

The Lovely Orange Climber, Rose Anne
A Beautiful Rose for Cutting.

Armstrong Climbing Roses

Climbing Golden Dawn

Climbing Golden Dawn. The big, golden yel-
low, fully double blooms of Golden Dawn have
become exceedingly popular in the bush form,
and this vigorous climbing sport of that variety,
which will produce quantities of the fine large

blooms on a climbing plant, is one of the finest

+

of yellow climbing Roses, if not the
color. It blooms profusely in the spring and has
a good many flowers thereafter right u

fall. The foliage is plentiful and han
it has just about everything that a yellow
ing Rose would be expected io have, i
lendi fragrance. Awarded Cert
by American Rose Society.
3. $1.00 each.

Best White Climber

Climbing K. A. Victoria. A grand whiie climb-
ing Rose; large, deep and double; it is the
strongest growing, free blooming and mosi satis-
factory of the white climbers. 65c each.

Climbing Los Angeles. The Los Angeles Rose
is one of the most popular bush Roses grown.
The climber has the same glorious flame-pir
color and freedom of bloom. 50c each.

Climbing Mrs. Thom

Climbing Mrs. Erskine P. Thom. Few will dis-
puie the claim of Mrs. E. P. Thom io be one of
the finest yellow bush Roses. The vigorous climb-
plies many times the number of flaw

vy buds which can be produced on a plant.
Bush illustrated on page 73. 65c each.

The Best Red Climber

Climbing Etoile de Hollande. A good strong
grower with plentiful foliage, it produces some
of the finest big red buds and open flowers thai
we have ever seen on any Rose, and the blooms

Our Wall of
Roses

illustration at the
right shows a plant of
Climbing Golden Dawn
planted in our Salesyard in
its second season of bloom.
We invite you to see this
and other climbers in our
Wall of Roses at our Dis-
play Yards in April and
May.

The

Climbing Hoover

Climbing President Herbert Hoover. The fa-
mous President Hoover, with its multi-colored
pink, red, yellow, and buff flowers, is vigorous
enough as a bush, bui as a climber it grows all
over the place, producing iis beautiful flowers in
great profusion, each one on a long stem, every
bloom perfect in color and symmeiry. See bush
illusiration on page 74. 50c each.

Climbing Mrs. Sam McGredy. This popular cop-
pery orange Rose now comes in a climber. See
page 63. $1.25 each.

Climbing Night. Darkest cf all
See page 63. $1.25 each.

Climbing Rose Marie. HT. The beautifully
formed rose-pink flowers are borne in great
profusion all during the spring, summer and fall,
each flower larger than on the bush, and what
a grower this one is, 8 or 10 foot canes in one
season. 75c each.

Climbing Sequoia.
li . See page 63.

red climbers.

Autumn colorings in a
$1.00 each.

Climbing Talisman

Climbing Talisman. It is difficult io imagine
anything more striking than a fence or irellis
covered with the lovely red and gold flowers of
the much admired Talisman. It will provide many
wonderful bouquets. 65c each.

are larger and on longer siems than the bush

Etoile de Hollande, possessing the same delicate te

fragrance. We rate it as the finest red climbing Shining Yellow

Rose that we grow. $1.00 each.

= Climbing Ville de Paris. In the bright shining
yellow shades this is the best of the Climbing
Roses. We introduced it two years ago for the
first time, and iit originated in our fields. The
ssy, large, handsome foliage is not the leasi
its beauties, for it creates a splendid back-
Etoile de ground ice the unfading brilliant yellow flowers.
75¢ each.

7 Hollande Ednah Thomas. Only Mme. Gregoire Sitaeche-
Everyone agrees lin will compete with this variety in its claim to
that this is one of the most beautifully formed buds among Climb-
the three best red ing Roses. A magnificent deep clear pink color
roses. You can get which stays unfading to the last petal. A modest
it as a climber, grower but the flowers are on long stems for
listed above, or cutting, and they appear noi only in the spring
as a bush, see but at intervals throughout the summer. Mildly

page 72. fragrant. 75c each.

Flash. Vivid orange-scarlei. See page
63. $1.00 each.

Gay Mood. You'll capture it by plant-
ing this rose. See page 63. $1.50 each.

The Dainty Cherokees

We like to recommend the old single-flowered Cherokee Roses
for California because they fit in so well with our colorful informal
landscapes. The foliage is a bright shining green at all times
during the year, and the delicately colored single flowers produced
in greai masses in the spring and to a lesser degree throughout
the resi of the year are lovely indeed. They do best allowed to
ramble over a wall or fence without pruning, and you will find
that they have a surprisingly long blooming period. We have
White Cherokee, Pink Cherokee and Red Cherokee. 65c each.

Gold of Ophir. (Beauty of Glazenwood, Fortunes Yellow.) Some
of the finest old Rose plants in California are of this vanety. A
marvelously beautiful thing in the spring with its mass of old gold
and apricot flowers which literally cover the plant. The older it
geis the more lovely it becomes. 75¢ each.

Kitty Kininmonth. The flowers of this beautiful Rose are supreme-
ly lovely. Very large, ruffled, semi-double blooms of brilliant fade-
less pink, in unbelievable profusion. We rather think that it is our
favorite pink climber. 50c each.

Marechal Neil. Superb old lemon-yellow Noisetie, with its large
globular, highly perfumed blooms, still popular, although it was
introduced in France in 1864, by far the oldest climber in our list.
Exceedingly vigorous, profuse in bloom. 75c each.

The Famous Paul's Scarlet

Paul’s Scarlet Climber. The flowers are an intense vivid scarlet,
semi-double, and are very freely produced in clusters of from 3 to
20 blooms on long much-branched canes, the plant being a mass
of color from top to bottom. The flowers do not fade but maintain
their color until the petals fall. 50c each.

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limbers Continued

Mermaid

Mermaid. This magnificent Rose is indispensable in every gar-
den where there is room for it. It can be grown in almost any
form desired—either as a climber on wall or fence, as a pillar
Rose, or just as a big rambling bush, and in every case it makes
a great mass of the most beautiful glossy evergreen foliage, just
as handsome in winter as in summer. It blooms steadily through-
out the season and produces quantities of exquisitely beautiful
single flowers of great size, pale sulphury-yellow with a gold
center. 75c each.

The Spanish Beauty

Mme. Gregoire Staechelin. For sheer exquisite beauty of color
and form, this pink Rose from Spain is unexcelled. The plant makes
a vigorous growth, producing an extraordinary abundance of good-
sized delicate pink blooms, shaded carmine, which keep opening
for several months in the spring. The buds are long-pointed and
the wavy petals form a large, semi-double open flower which
radiates a delightful fragrance. 75c each.

Rose Anne. New climber of apricot-orange. See page 63. $1 each.

Dawn in Dijon

Reveil Dijonnais. For sheer brilliancy of coloring this is prob-
ably one of the most outstanding climbers ever introduced. The
blooms are a brilliant cerise-pink with a yellow center. In the
spring the flowers are borne in great masses and each bloom is
immense in size. One of the most spectacular of all climbers, so
rich in coloring ihat you can hardly believe that the blooms are
real. See illustration in color on page 64. 75c each.

Sungold. Brilliant new yellow. See page 63. $1.00 each.

Two "Different" Roses

Mrs. Dudley Fulton. The bush is covered during the spring, sum-
mer and fall with good-sized, single, silvery-white flowers which
make the plant look like a small snow-storm. One of the most re-
markable things about this Rose is the splendid evergreen foliage,
which is always glossy as if varnished, and in California the
foliage is often just as attractive in the middle of winter as in
the summer. As we write these words, on November 15th, our
plants are smothered in bloom. Growers in many parts of the East
and Middle West have made enthusiastic reports on this Rose.
Grows to 3 feet. Plant Patent No. 122. $1.00 each.

York and Lancaster. Some petals are entirely white, some are
entirely red, and sometimes they are half red and half white. It
was named for the Wars of the Roses between the Houses of York
and Lancaster. Grows to 6 or 8 feet. Leave it unpruned to get the
most flowers. 75c each.

Tree Roses

Standard or Tree-shaped Roses are grown by budding the variety
of Rose desired into a tall, straight stalk at a height of 40 inches
from the ground, forming a bushy head at the top of this straight
stalk. Many Rose varieties produce even more blooms when grown
in this way than on an ordinary bush, and the individual flowers
are frequently larger and more brilliantly colored. For lining
walks, emphasizing corners, or planting in locations where height
is desired, Tree Roses are extremely effective.

We believe Armstrong Tree Roses to be the finest produced in
this country. Most of our Tree Roses are shipped without earth on
the roots in the months of December, January and February. After
that date they can be shipped without earth when they are to go
a long distance by rail; otherwise they are delivered in containers.

Price $2.25 each; $20.00 per 10 (except where noted).

Selected Tree Rose Varieties

Charlotte Armstrong. Long, blood-red buds and
brilliant cerise flowers. $2.50 each.

Condesa de Sastago. Petals brilliant scarlet on
upper sides, shining yellow underneath.

Countess Vandal. Salmon-pink shaded copper
and gold. Unequalled for cutting. $2.50 each.

Crimson Glory. Deep rich velvety crimson,
with deeper dusky shadings. $2.50 each.

Picture.

Rose Marie.

E. G. Hill. Many dazzling, unfading, scarlet-
crimson blooms. Very free-blooming.
Hadley. Has long been a popular red rose. Texas Centennial.

Unequalled when it comes to fragrance.

Hinrich Gaede. Rich vermilion-orange, the
brightest shade among our tree roses.

President Hoover.
pink and buff on extraordinarily long stems.

Hoover; beautifully shaped buds.

Mrs. Pierre S. duPont. Rich golden yellow buds
against a background of the glossy foliage.

Two Special Offers

Gold Medal Trio

Three of the finest new roses
of recent years, each one the
winner of one or more gold
medals. Two of them are illus-
trated in color on the next page.
This is the “‘Gold Medal Trio,’
offered at a special low rate.

Jonkheer Mr. G. Sandberg.
Brilliant yellow. See next page.

Rotary-Lyon. Pastel shades of
yellow and pink, enormous
blooms. See illustration next
page, description on page 68.

The Doctor. Giant
pink. See page 69

Price on ‘‘Gold Medal Trio,”
(regular single rate value $3.50)
is $3.00. Add 15c for mailing in
the U. S. and 9c sales tax if
shipped to California points.

A Tiny Dwarf

Rosa Rouletti. Here is one of
the most interesting little Rose
plants in the world, for the
plant, which grows easily either
in a pot or in the open ground,
seldom gets more than 6 or 8
inches high and produces al-
most continually great quanti-
ties of perfect little double flow-
ers, deep pink in color, so small
that twelve such blooms occupy
but one-half of a walnut shell.
Four-inch pots, 50c.

fragrant

Mrs. E. P. Thom. You'll get large quantities of
beautiful bright yellow buds on this variety.
Sparkling, warm pink buds and open
flowers produced in great profusion.

Big, multi-color buds of red,

Its well shaped, rose-pink buds,
borne on long stems, are always popular.

Talisman. Its scarlet and gold buds, beautiful-:
ly shaped, are finer than ever on tree roses.

$2.50 each.

2, (93

Rose-red form of President

The Ideal Gift

If you have a friend anywhere in the
United States who has a garden and
to whom you wish to make a lovely,
lasting gift, we make this suggestion:

Special Gift Package. The finest rose
that we have ever sold is the new
Charlotte Armstrong, illustrated on the
cover of this Catalog and fully de-
scribed on page 68. We have ar-
ranged a special gift package to con-
tain one, two or three fine plants of
this new rose, with a picture of the
blooms in color on the cover, beauti-
fully packed as a gift, with printed
planting instructions enclosed.

When the Charlotte Armstrong rose
blooms next spring and the lucky re-
cipient is thrilled by the long, slender,
blood-red buds and the magnificent,
brilliantly colored open flowers, spec-
trum-red or cerise, they will think of
the giver then and for many seasons
thereafter as they cut those _ long-
stemmed blooms.

Easy to Give. Just tell us where and
when to send the package (between
December 15th and May lst) and tell
us what name you want on the gift
card. Enclose $1.50 per rose (3 for
$3.75) plus 15c per package for post-
age. Add 3% saies tax to California

points. Be sure to specify ‘Gift Pack-
age’’ when you order.

An Armstrong
Tree Rose,
Above

A large head of lux-
uriant foliage and
beautiful blooms on
a stout, straight stalk
40 inches high. Tree
Roses are most orna-
mental for many loca-
tions in the garden,
and they usually pro-
duce larger and finer
blooms than Bush
Roses of the same
variety.

Recommended Newer Roses

The new roses described on the next three
pages have been tested in our own trial
gardens or observed carefully by our re-
search men over a period of time and we
unhesitatingly recommend them to be the
best the world atfords in lovely colors, eye-
pleasing perfection of form and delightful
fragrance.

Apricot Queen. (Howard & Smith, 1940.)
Take the richest colors from a perfect tree-
ripened California apricot, instill them into
one of the most beautifully formed rose buds

Lovely Lorna

Lorna. (B. R. Cant, 1936.) Generosity and
charm are two outstanding qualities of this
Rose. Although the plants are not tall grow-
ing, they are sturdy and produce very
freely of their perfectly shaped, deep sal-
mon pink, little buds. The flowers open fully
double in a soft salmon-flesh color. Almost
every bloom is perfect, and you will find it
easy to cut its lovely flowers for the table
at almost any time during the season. $1.00

ie that you have ever seen and you get some each!
; idea of the beauty of this charming and
Fi daintily colored new rose. The general color McGredy’s Salmon. (McGredy, 1940.) Here
£ effect is rich deep salmon-apricot, with lovely is the best McGredy rose in some years and
Z £ it tints of orange-yellow at the base of the one of the best new roses from any hy-
x petals and an occasional flush of phlox-pink bridizer. If you visited ‘‘Gardens on Parade’”’
~ ae as the flower ages. It is a pleasure to look at the New York World's Fair, you saw this

into the heart of each magnificently shaped
bud, with its ruffled, laciniated petals. Plants
upright and vigorous, producing the fine
blooms freely for cutting. Advanced from a
1940 regional recommendation to a 1941] na-
tional recommendation by All-America Rose
Selections. Plant Patent Rights Reserved.
$1.50 each.

California. (Howard & Smith, 1940.) You
will be thrilled with the unusual orange
color found in the large buds of this Rose.

beautiful rose which stood out in beauty
and freedom of bloom over all other roses,
new and old, displayed there. Its exquisitely
formed, orange-pink buds and delightful
apricot-salmon open blooms, richly fragrant,
are not only among the most beautiful of all
roses, but when you put the plant in your
garden it starts to work immediately, shoot-
ing up those handsome buds, and never
stops until the first frost. Plant Patent No
410. $1.50 each.

While the flowers do not have
many of the enormous petais,
the buds are large, long and
lovely, and the color, particu-
larly in cool weather, is beau-
tiful in its ruddy orange
shades toned with saffron-yel-
low. Was advanced by All-
America Selections from a 1940
Regional Recommendation to
a 1941 National Recommenda-
tion. Patent Rights Reserved.
$1.50 each.

The Perfect Gift

The ideal gift is a plant (or
two or three) of the new All-
America Rose, Charlotte Arm-
strong, enclosed in a special
gift package. See page 66.

Jonkheer Mr. G. Sandberg

The Season's Best New Yellow a

Jonkheer Mr. G. Sandberg. (Buisman, 1936.) We brought this
splendid yellow rose in from Holland several years ago and find
it to be one of the most beautiful yellow buds that we grow, not
a pale yellow but a clear, bright, shining shade which does not
fade in the sun. The ovoid buds are well shaped, with plenty of
petals, and unlike many other yellows, the flowers are produced
on a vigorous, upright, bushy plant which keeps throwing out its
flower stems continuously. We rank it mght along with Mrs. E. P.
ee ead Golden Rapture as one of the best yellow roses.

.25 each.

y N McGredy’s Salmon

Rotary-Lyon

Watermelon-Pink

Mme. Henri Guillot. (C. Mallerin, 1937.) The water-
melon-pink, camellia-like blooms of this velvety-textured
French rose are exceedingly lovely. The buds are a little
short but very well shaped, and not the least of its fine
characteristics is the luxuriant, glossy foliage whicn
clothes the spreading plants right down to the ground.
No bare stems during the growing season with this va-
riety, and you'll find the flowers on top of those stems
unbelievably beautiful. Plant Patent No. 337. $1.25 each.

Mrs. Oswald Lewis. (F. Cant, 1936.) An English rose,
introduced by us this year for the first time, with a true
English ‘‘peaches and cream’’ complexion. Everything
about the bud is dainty—its long, slender, aristocratic
shape, the light buff and pink buds, fading to rich
cream, flushed beautifully with pink as the flowers open.
It is one of the most exquisite buds in form and color
to cut that we have seen in a long time. A good grower
and bloomer, too. $1.00 each.

Mrs. Oliver Ames. (Verschuren, 1941.) Perfectly formed,
light primrose-yellow buds with the ideal urn-shaped
form which almost everyone likes to see in a rose bud.
It opens to a full, rich creamy yellow flower which is
just as well shaped as the bud. The color lightens con-
siderably in warm weather. The plant is a strong grow-
er, upright, with long, straight stems. Patent applied
for. $1.50 each.

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; Armstrong Introductions

Six years of intensive hybridization in
i the Armstrong Research Department are
now beginning to bear fruit in the form
of some magnificent new rose varieties for
the gardens of the world. The group of
roses below, including the already famous
Charlotte Armstrong, which has won re-
nown and national honors even before its
introduction in the current season, are liv-
ing demonstrations of the results. All but
Fiesta are seedlings originated by Dr. W.
FE. Lammerts who has been directing our
plant breeding program.

Boutonniere. (W. E. Lammerts, intro-
duced by Armstrong, 1940.) If you want to
be able to go into the garden at almost
any time and cut a perfect little bud for
your buttonhole or a half dozen for a small
vase, you'll want this new variety. lhe
perfectly shaped, solid, little, orange-apri-
cot buds are full and long lasting and
borne in exceeding profusion. The buds
open to a rich deep salmon and are pleas-
antly fragrant. Few varieties will produce
more blooms than this one because every
branch divides into several flower-bearing
: stalks. The plant is low and bushy, heav-
a ily clothed with glossy foliage which is al-
most mildew-proof. Patent Applied For.
$1.25 each.

Spanish Fiesta Colors

Fiesta. (Hansen, introduced by Arm-
strong, 1940.) Dazzling is the only word
that describes this remarkable variegated
Rose. The color scheme consists of stripes
and flecks of bright yellow on a back-
ground of rich vermilion. The flowers nes-
fle in dark green, glossy foliage of large
size and make a great show on the plant,
as well as providing most unusual cut
flowers. The variety is a sport of Queen
Alexandra, and like its parent, is a mod-
est grower, requiring a little extra water
and fertilizer to secure the finest blooms.
Slightly fragrant. You and your friends
will exclaim over this bizarre yet daintily
colored Rose when it blooms in your gar-
den. Plant Patent No. 389. $2.00 each.

Piccaninny. (W. E. Lammerts, introduced
by Armstrong, 1940.) A medium sized sin-
gle rose with five crisp, overlapping petals
in a rich deep dark red color with maroon
shadings. The flowers are delightfully red-
olent of the rich spicy scent of cinnamon.
With a plant or two in the garden, you
will seldom be without blooms because
they are continuously borne on long stems
on the tall, willowy, free-branching plant.
The foliage is glossy, too. If you want
something distinctive and daintily unusual,
you'll want to try Piccaninny. Patent
Rights Reserved. $1.00 each.

Charlotte Armstrong
All-America for 1941

Charlotte Armstrong. (W. E. Lammeris,
introduced by Armstrong, 1941.) The finest
rose grown or sold by the Armstrong
Nurseries in our 51 years of rose grow-
ing! That is the statement that we are
proud to make concerning this new rose,
and our own opinion of the variety has
been confirmed by the fact that Charlotte
Armstrong is the only strictly new rose to
receive an unqualified recommendation for
1941 by All-America Rose Selections, the
committee of rose authorities from vari-
ous parts of the United States who are
cooperating in testing new roses.

Charlotte Armstrong is a rose that is
amazingly beautiful in all stages, and we
believe you will be just as thrilled as we
have been with the long, slender, blood-
red buds and the magnificent, brilliantly
colored open flowers, spectrum-red in cool
weather, cerise in hot weather. The long-
stemmed blooms are produced in great
quantities throughout the season and are
ideal for cutting because they open slowly
and are beautiful until the last petals
drop (and they always do drop when the
flowers are left on the plant, leaving no
disfiguring old petals to be cut off later).
The strong, vigorous, free-branching plants
are luxuriantly clothed with handsome
foliage. The rose is named after the wife
of the President and founder of Armstrong
Nurseries, who herself has aided in build-
ing this institution. Patent Applied For
$1.50 each.

See Special Gift Offer on Page 66.

Hail to the Chief

The Chief. (W. E. Lammerts, introduced
by Armstrong, 1940.) Awarded Silver
Medal, Portland Rose Test Gardens in
1940. This new rose has amazed observers
with its gigantic, extremely long buds and
the delightful form and rich color of its
blooms. The color of the bud varies with
the weather from deep rose to flame, open-
ing to a magnificently full flower of flame,
coral and copper, changing to a beautiful
shade of orange-pink as the flowers age
The blooms are borne singly on exceed-
ingly long stems, with plenty of thick,
heavy, lasting petals, and best of all, they
have a rich fruity fragrance which few
Roses can equal. A spreading vigorous
plant, remarkably resistant to mildew. Ad-
vanced from 1940 regional recommendation
to national recommendation for 1941 by
All-America Rose Selections. Patent Ap-
plied For. $1.25 each.

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The Chief

Boutonniere

Vivid Poinsettia Red

Poinsettia. (Howard & Smith, 1938.) For sheer daz-
zling brilliancy we do not think there is any red
Rose that equals this new kind. Its well shaped,
high-centered buds are made up of velvety textured
petals in such a bright and vivid shade of red that
they seem to glow from within. The plant is exceed-
ingly tall and vigorous, producing plentifully of the
long-stemmed flowers. The blooms fade somewhat in
hot weather, but otherwise are always most satis-
factory, and in the fall you'll get from this variety
some of the most gorgeous red roses that you have
ever seen. $1.00 each.

Rotary-Lyon

Rotary-Lyon. (Chambard, 1936.) [n 1936 Rotary
International held its Convention at Nice, France,
and this rose, which won many gold medals and
awards in France during that year and which was
originated at the nearby city of Lyon, was named in
honor of the Rotary Club and its native city, so all
Rotarians will want it as a memento. A great high-
centered bud, opening to a full, forty-petalled, cup-
shaped flower of enormous size. The bloom is vari-
able in coloring, usually creamy orange-yellow with
pastel shadings and stains of carmine. It was the
strongest growing rose in our fields last summer, so
expect a big plant and big flowers, richly perfumed
$1.25 each.

The Doctor

This Big, Clear Pink
Bud, 3 Inches or More
in Length, Opens Up
to Enormous but Grace-
ful Flowers, 5 or 6
Inches Across; Exceed-
ingly Sweet-Scented.

Ramon Bach
Pastel Shades of Ap-
ricot, Buff, Salmon and
Yellow, With the Fra-
grance of Ripe Fruit.

Newer Roses (Continued)

Flashy New Orange

Orange Nassau. (Verschuren,
1939.) For sheer brilliancy of color
this new Dutch rose outshines any
other new rose of this season or
any other season. lis intense
shade of orange is made more
stariling by the fact that the re-
verse of ihe petals is intense shin-
ing yellow. Beautifully formed,
high-ceniered buds wiih reflexed
petals, opening inio many-petalled
flowers on stiff, sturdy stems. If
you have once glimpsed ihe blooms,
you will ceriainly have io iry them
in your garden, but don’t do it un-
less you are willing io give the
planis good care. Ii is not a sirong
growing bush and you will have
to give it more than ihe average
in water and feriilizer. Do that, and
you'll get plenty of those amazing
flowers, for it is a_free-bloomer.
Plani Patent No. 350. $1.50 each.

Ramon Bach. (Pedro Doi, 1937.)
One of those big, full, many-peial-
led roses in the pasiel shades
which we like much better than
others of this type. Apricot-buif,
with touches of salmon and amber-
yellow, is as close as we can come
to the dainty, lovely coloring, and it
has a rich fruity fragrance. A great
strong, vigorous plant with many,
sturdy, upright stems, each crowned
by a floral masterpiece. Plant Pat-
ent No. 366. $1.00 each.

Saturnia. (Aicardi, 1933.) Excep-
tionally beautiful in the cooler
coastal areas. Long-budded, large-
petalled flowers of brilliant car-
dinal-red, salmon-yellow and cop-
per on the reverse, exceedingly
fragrant. Fades and opens quickly
in hot weather, but in cool weather,
the flowers are glorious. Plant Pat-
ent No. 349. $1.00 each.

Pumpkin-Yellow

Sequoia. (Verschuren, 1939.) The
big, ovoid buds, pumpkin-yellow in
color, open to very large, fully-
double blooms which change from
ripe pumpkin-yellow, through a
burnt-orange shade io deep salmon-
flesh. The flowers last exceptionally
well, are borne on long, sirong
stems, and the planis have a never-
ending supply of them during the
season. The richness and warmth
of auiumn colorings are much in
evidence. $1.00 each.

The Doctor. (Howard & Smith,
1937.) This glorious great light pink
flower has made a place for itself
by the sheer beauty of the enor-
mous, delicately colored, large-
peialled pink blooms, which are so
big sometimes you can hardly be-
lieve them real—6 inches across
with buds in proportion. The plant
is modest in growth, and you will
have to give ii a litile extra atien-
tion, but it is worth doing that to
get those great, exquisite, silvery
pink flowers, with the intensely
sweet fragrance. $1.00 each.

World’s Fair. (Kordes, 1940.) For
mass effect in the Rose bed, few
Roses can exceed this giant flow-
ered Polyantha, with its great quan-
tities of big, velvety-textured, deep
red flowers with blackish shadings.
While it produces some beautiful
slender buds, it is valued chiefly
for the continuous mass of color
which it produces from spring to
late fall against its luxuriant foli-
age. An All-America Rose Selection
for 1940. Plant Patent No. 362. $1.00
each; 10 for $8.50; 25 for $18.75.

— (Pe)

Important Facts

We try to make Armstrong Rose bushes the finest that
can be grown. That we have succeeded seems to be
shown by the fact that our Rose plants have pleased
thousands of planters in the United States.

Ready to bloom. All of our rose bushes are ready to
burst into bloom within a few weeks after planting. We
send out no planis which are not well-rooted and well-
branched. Most Armsirong Roses are budded on Ragged
Robin (Glorie des Rosamanes) root, which we have found
to be the best for most climatic and soil conditions.

Partially pruned. Our Rose plants are partially pruned
for planting when delivered, but usually need to be cut
back a litile more. Please read carefully the deiailed
planting instructions which are sent out with every order.

Shipping time. Armstrong Roses are available as dor-
mant bare rooted plants from December 15th to May Isi,
and as such may be shipped anywhere in the world safely
and cheaply. During the rest of the year they are avail-
able as blooming plants in heavy containers.

Quantity Rates

Each Per 10 Per 100
$1.50 $12.50 $110.00
1.25 11.00 100.00
1.00 9.00 80.00
75 6.50 55.00
65 5.50 50.00
.50 4.50 40.00

The above rates apply on any
assortment of Bush or Climbing
Roses except patented Roses.
Not less than 10 assorted at the
10-rate; not less than 50 assorted
at the 100-rate.

Rates on Patented Roses
(No further discount)

3 or More, Each

$1.70

Mailing Costs
Small orders of Roses up to
12 or 15 planis are most con-
venienily and cheaply shipped
by mail. See page 39 for exact

amount of postage to include

with such orders.

Countess Vandal

Countess Vandal

Countess Vandal. Couniess
Vandal has established itself as
one of the very finest pink
Roses. Its long tapering buds of
salmon-pink, richly shaded with
copper and gold tones, are rich-
ly perfumed, and the Countess
produces continuously many of
these beautifully formed, long-
stemmed, lovely blooms. It is ex-
ceptionally fine for cutting be-
cause long-stemmed buds are
nearly always available and

they keep exceptionally well at
ter cutting. U. S. Plant Patent
No. 38. $1.00 each.

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Standard

Varieties

The Best White

Alice Stern. The perfection of form in
bud and open flower and its large size,
combined with the splendid, upright,
strong growing plant, have forced us to
rate this one as the best white Rose.
In cool weather there is an ivory tone
at the base of the buds, as well as a
faint but exquisite hint of pink at the
tip. The buds become pure white in hot
weather, and the open flower is white
at all times. $1.00 each.

American Beauty. An old-time Spring
blooming Hybrid Perpetual with large
blooms of rosy-carmine. Fine in Arizona
but of no value on the coast. Rich dam-
ask perfume. 50c each.

Apricot Queen. All-America Rose Selec-
tion. See page 67. $1.50 each.

Autumn Colors

Autumn. The full handsome buds are a
superb shade of burnt-orange, and the
opening flowers are heavily suffused with
trusset-brown and bronzy red all over-laid
on a background of rich yellow ina color
combination reminiscent of the most glo-
rious autumnal foliage. It would be diffi-
cult to exaggerate the colors. Deliciously
fragrant. 50c each.

Boutonniere. For lapel and corsage. See
page 68. $1.25 each.

Caledonia. The purest white among
Hybrid Tea Roses. The beautifully shaped,
long, snowy white buds are exquisite and
their fragrance is delicious. In certain
weathers the buds “‘ball’’ and do not al-
ways open up properly, but it produces its
blooms so profusely and they are so very
fine most of the time that we can forgive
it those few lapses. 65c each.

Gloaming

Autumn
(At Left)

| Alice Stern
Perfect White Buds

California. Se page 67. $1.50

Cecil. Single yellow. See page 76.
75c each.

Charlotte Armstrong. The best
new rose of the year. See page 68
$1.50 each.

Dainty Bess

Dainty Bess. The delicate charm
and elusive loveliness of this dainty
single Rose have made it the most
popular single rose grown. The
five-petalled flowers are borne in
clusters of three or more, each
flower three inches across, delicate
pink in color, with a brownish-red
overcast and contrasting center of
wine-red stamens. The flowers are
very lasting when cut, and the
bush is strong and tall, blooming
continuously. 50c each.

Perfect Salmon-Pink Buds

Gloaming. The flowers are very large high-centered, quite
double, in a rich shade of deep salmon-pink with shadings of
fawn and yellow at the base of the petals. Always long beauti-
fully shaped buds on rigid, handsomely foliaged stems. Only
slight fragrance. We consider it one of the best of the salmon-
pink Roses. Plant Patent No. 137. $1.00 each.

Cecile Brunner. The miniature flowers of this favorite old Baby
Rose, rose pink shaded salmon, fill a niche which no other Rose
can occupy. A strong grower too, and always in bloom. 65c each.

Caledonia, Pure Snowy White

You'll Like Chris

Christopher Stone. Still quite new,
it has continued to grow in popular-
ity each season and ranks as one of
the very finest red Roses of recent
years. Glowing, brilliant crimson-
scarlet, with deeper, dusky shadings
as the flower ages, it never has a
trace of blue and does not fade in
the hottest sun. While it lacks some
perfection of form, the blooms have
long-lasting substance, a delightfully
spicy fragrance, an unequalled rich-
ness of color, and it will out-bloom
most red Roses two-to-one, because
of the vigor of the plant. $1.00 each.

Collette Clement. Single pink. See
page 76. $1.00 each.

Countess Vandal. Salmon. See page
69. $1.00 each.

Dainty. (Polyantha). Has large
heads of small, semi-double, salmon-
pink blooms, a bright and cheerful
color. Plant low and bushy, covered
with big 6 to 8 inch flower heads
almost continually. 65c each.

Dame Edith Helen. Still remains
popular. Big, full, double flowers of
glowing clear rose pink, produced on
a tall, upright, long-stemmed bush.
Its immense size, lovely clear color
and delightful fragrance, combined
with its unusual lasting qualities
when cut, make it hard to displace
50c each.

Christopher Stone

Fragrant, velvety tex-
tured, free blooming.

The Armstrong Big Ten

A collection of ten of the finest Bush
Roses in the world, carefully selected
for the great vigor of the plants and
ease of growth in the average garden,
every variety producing many exquisite,
well formed flowers during the season—
this is The Armstrong Big Ten which we
offer at a special saving. You'll be cer-
tain to have a successful Rose garden
with the Big Ten, for it is as fine a
group of Roses as we can put together.
See them listed at the right.

Price on Big Ten. One each of the ten
roses listed at the right (regular single
rate value $6.40) for $4.50. Add 14c sales
tax on California shipments. If to be
mailed, postage extra. See table page

Varieties included in the Armstrong

Big Ten:
Etoile de Hollande. Brilliant red.
Christopher Stone. Crimson-scarlet.
Southport. Dazzling scarlet.
Picture. Lovely warm pink.
Korovo. Rich salmon-pink.
McGredy’s Yellow. Buttercup-yellow.
Mrs. E. P. Thom. Bright canary-yellow.
Condesa de Sastago. Scarlet, yellow.
Talisman. Red and gold.
President Hoover. Pink, red, buff.

When you order, just say ‘Armstrong

39.

The Finest Dark Red

Crimson Glory. We rate this com-
paratively new variety as the Num-
ber One Dark Red Rose. It has about
everything that a good Rose needs,
starting with beautifully shaped, flar-
ing urn-shaped buds which always
open beautifully into a magnificent
vivid flower of velvety crimson with
black and maroon shadings. The

glowing deep scarlet color has a vel- €

vety sheen that catches either sun-
light or artificial light and glows like
a red hot coal. The blooms have a
pleasant rich fragrance. The plant is
vigorous and well foliaged, spread-
ing rather than upright. U. S. Plant
Patent No. 105. $1.25 each.

Dainty Bess. See page 70. 50c each.

A Sun-Tanned Beauty

Duquesa de Penaranda. A most in-
triguing color of orange-apricot, with
deeper coppery tones, the huge,
pointed buds being quite double,
sweetly perfumed and long lasting.
A tall, strong grower with beautiful
light green shiny foliage. One of the
first varieties to bloom in the spring.
65c each.

Picture (at right)
See description page 75.

Big Ten.”

Condesa de Sastago. This brilliantly colored Spanish
Rose is surpassed in brilliancy of coloring only by the
new Orange Nassau in the bi-colors, and its startling
color combination is undoubtedly unique. The large,
cup-shaped flowers, fairly double and yet not too heavy,
are glowing orange-scarlet on the inside of the petals

and intensely bright yellow on the outside. The breath-
taking beauty of its brilliant flowers is not its only fine
quality because the tall, bushy plants are satisfyingly
robust and the flowers are sweetly fragrant. 50c each.

Copper-Bronze

a CES Ducness of Athol. For in-
~ te a tensity of coloring, this Rose

is outstanding. The full, dou-

ble flowers on their heavy
stems possess an extremely

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rich shade of copper-bronze
flushed with orange and old
rose. You'll find that it will

make one of the biggest and
most robust plants in your
garden, clothed right to the
ground with big, handsome,
bronzy green foliage and
many sturdy flower stems. 50c
each.

Talisman
(at left)

See description
page 76.

Condesa de Sastago

(at right)
The Bi-Colored Spanish
Beauty.

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q Crimson Glory
\ Deep Red Rose, Rich in Color, Velvety
| Textured, Sweetly Fragrant. See de-
| scription on opposite page.

Standard Varieties

(Continued)

Every Rose variety listed here is outstanding in SEN
one or more characteristics. Rely on our 51 years of s
experience and get the best Roses from more than

ten thousand named kinds.

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7 Keep Your Bud Vase Full

Eclipse. The outstanding characteristic of this splendid Rose
which won the famous Bagatelle Gold Medal at the Annual
International Rose Contest in Paris for 1936, is the exception-
ally long stream-lined bud of pale yellow, often exceeding 2
inches in length. The open blooms are somewhat uninterest-
ing but when you can go out almost any morning and pick
a bouquet of these exquisitely beautiful, long slender buds,
each one on a long stem, it is a variety that is difficult to
resist. The big, tall, strong bush keeps the buds coming along

continuously. Plant Patent No. 172. $1.00 each.

A Dazziing Scarlet Red

E. G. Hill. Immense flowers of very lasting dazzling scarlet,
never fading or turning blue, but actually becoming deeper
red as they open. The flowers are borne on long stems, and
are deliciously fragrant. The foliage is abundant. Its brilliant
color, extraordinary freedom of bloom, and lasting qualities
have made it a popular Rose everywhere. See color illustra-
tion on page 76. S0c each.

eS ae

A Glorious Red Rose

Etoile de Hollande. This magnificent red Rose
is ranked among the first three of its color by
everyone who knows Roses, and many will
place it first. The perfect buds are of medium
size, opening beautifully and cleanly into
glorious great flowers with incomparable fra-
grance, holding its brilliant color to the end.
The bush is strong, free branching, and
healthy. A Rose that actually has no serious
fault. See illustration and description of climb-
ing sport on page 69. S0c each.

Eternal Youth. The perfectly formed buds
and flowers are a lovely clear soft, cheerful
pink, with a touch of salmon, shaded yellow
at the base. It is loveliest in the half-open
stage, and even when it is full blown, we do
not believe that a Rose can be more beautiful.
The fragrance is exceedingly sweet and spicy,
indeed, there are few more fragrant Roses
than this. A medium grower. Plant Patent No.
$82. $1.25 each.

Feu Joseph Looymans. Produces quantities
of great long slender buds of buff-yellow,
shaded vivid apricot in the center, opening
to large, fairly full flowers, and the bushes
are seldom without blooms during the grow-
ing season. Growth moderately vigorous, tall,

Fairy Cluster

Fairy Cluster. Produces all summer long,
clusters of medium sized, single flowers sim-
ilar in color and formation to the popular
Dainty Bess and only slightly smaller in size.
The blooms are borne in large, graceful clus-
ters of six or eight blooms borne at the ends
of long stems, and one group of clusters is
no sooner out of bloom than another group
is ready to open. Grows 3 feet high. 65c each.

Frau Karl Druschki. (Hybrid Perpetual.)
Pure white, with immense long buds and
very double flowers, wax-like in texture.
Hardy everywhere, with long upright growth
up to 6 feet. Put it where it has plenty of
room to grow because it will greatly exceed
most Rose varieties in size. 50c each.

Golden Emblem. The lovely long buds ot
golden yellow are beautifully tinted with
crimson on the outer petals, offering a de-
lightful contrast at all times. The glossy
green foliage is particularly fine and the buds
are borne on long, stiff stems. For 20 years
Golden Emblem has held its popularity un-
dimmed in California. 65c each.

Old-Time Fragrance

General McArthur. If you want the red Rose
with the sweetest fragrance, this is it. For a
long time was the leading red Rose and is
still deservedly popular, with its flat, full,
perfumed blooms. The bush is exceedingiv
strong and free-blooming. 50c each.

Gloaming. Salmon-pink. See page 70. $1.90
each.

Golden Rapture

Golden Rapture. This Rose has produced
some of the most perfectly formed bright yel-
low buds that we have ever seen—not a pale
yellow, but a glowing shining rich yellow
without any shadings and the color does not
fade. Has a mild but pleasant fragrance. The
growth is medium. In our opinion there is no
finer yellow Rose in its color class and its
perfection of form and richness of color make
it popular with everyone who sees it. 75c.

Gloria Mundi. Little double flowers, like
baby pompon chrysanthemums—brilliant, lum-
inous, orange-scarlet—borne in great clusters
which cover the 2-foot plant. 50c each.

upright. One of the finest Roses of its color.
73¢ each.

Fiesta. The amazing new striped Rose in the
Spanish fiesta colors. See page 68. $2.00.

Golden Rapture
(at right)

Mme. Joseph Perraud (See description page 74.)

— 9h)

Sir Henry Segrave
Shades of Ivory, Lemon and White.
See description page 76.

Golden Dawn

Golden Dawn. The large, oval buds
are a rich sunflower-yellow, heavily
diffused with cerise before opening,
and developing into high-cenitered,
fully double flowers of lighi lemon-
yellow, with the origina! old Tea
Rose sceni. 50c each.

Glowing Sunset. A large, robusi
Rose in every way, with big, fully
double, high-centered flowers, excel-
lently formed, borne on a sirong,
vigorous bush, with large, heavy,
glossy foliage. Only ihe colorings
are delicate, but lovely, a soft shade
of orange with shadings of pink and
apricot-yellow. Plenty of the real old
sweet Tea fragrance. $1.00 each.

> Mrs. E. P. Thom
Still the Best Yellow Rose

A Sparkling Pink

Armstrong Rose Bushes
Produce More Blooms

Brilliant Gaede

Hinrich Gaede. We can iell you that
the general color effect in this flower is
orange-scarlet, copper-orange, or lumi-
nous vermilion, but no maiter how much
we juggle ihe color adjeciives, you could
not possibly gei an idea of ithe magnifi-
cence of iis bloom. It has a rich honey-
sweet fragrance, and the quite double
flowers are borne on long siems on a
vigorous strong bush with excelleni foli-
age. If you like Roses in these brilliant
shades—and who doesn’i?—you cannoi
leave out Hinrich Gaede. See illusiration
in color on page 68. 65c each.

Hadley. Everybody knows ihis old fa-
yvorite, which, with its brilliant rich crim-
son color, vigorous growth, long stems,
full blooms and rich fragrance, is close
to the top in red Roses. It suffices to
say that if you like red Roses you musi
not be without Hadley. 50c each.

Korovo

K. A. Victoria. Pure ivory white, produc-
ing quantities of beautiful buds and {full
flowers. Long considered one of the best
white Roses for California because it blooms
so freely and continuously, no matter what
the weather. 50c each.

Velvety Red

Hoosier Beauty. An intense rich dazz-
ling scarlet with darker shadings, and
acknowledged ito be one of the best and
mosi highly colored red Roses. The beau-
tifully formed flowers have a texture like
velvet and possess a delicious fragrance.
The planis are never without flowers in
the blooming season. 50c each.

Surpassing Fragrance

Imperial Potentate. A clear shining
rose-pink. Exceptional fragrance, beauti-
ful form and lasiing qualities have made
this variety one of the finest and best
liked pink Roses. It is possibly the most
highly perfumed Rose grown. When you
bury your nose in a bloom of Imperial
Potentate you are amazed at the con-
ceniraied sweeimess that one bloom can
possess. 65c each.

Irish Charm. A gem of exquisite form
in the bud and open flower, deep blush
pink, with c deeper apricot tint in the
unopened bud. We doubt if there is any
other Rose which will produce greater
quantities of lovely perfecily formed
buds for cutting. 75c each.

Irish Fireflame. See page 76. 65c
each.

Joanna Hill. A slender, daintily col-
ored, orange-yellow bud, which is
extremely fragrant, and the colors,
while not brilliant, are dainty and
lovely. There is no finer Rose of its
color for cutting, because the buds
keep a long time and are borne on
long, upright stems. A lot of splen-
did Roses have graduated from the
cut-flower greenhouses of Indiana to
ihe gardens of America, and we
think that Joanna is the best of these
native Hoosiers. 50c each.

Johnkheer Mr. G. Sandberg. Fine
new brilliant yellow. See page 67.
$1.25 each.

Splendid for Cutting

Korovo. We continue to be enthu-
Siastic aboui the beauty of this love-
ly pink Rose, ithe color being more
accurately described as old rose with
peach blossom shadings. The full
buds are beautifully formed, ex-
tremely fragrant, and the plants are
so strong and prolific that when we
ao inio the fields to cut a few par-
ticularly choice buds we find our-
selves coming back many times with
a lovely bouquet of glowing pink
Korovo. 75c each.

Lydia
(At Right)

Nee

Los Angeles

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Angeles. A California product, an
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it has gained international recognition as
one of the finest roses ever produced. The

color is a glorious rich flame-pink, shaded
gold and yellow. A very large, strong-
growing, free-blooming bush so give it
plenty of room. 50c each.

Lorna. Salmon-flesh. See page 67. $1.00
each.

Lulu. This dainty little Rose has always
been a great favorite with us and with
our friends because of the great quantities
of dainty, long, slender buds of coral-
apricot with which the bush is covered
at all times. There is not a Rose more
exquisitely formed in the bud stage than
Lulu, and an astonishingly large number
of Rose lovers will put Lulu at the very
top of their list of Roses. 65c each.

Lovely Lydia

Lydia. A particularly fine pink Rose,
with long-pointed buds and good sized,
full, high-centered, perfectly shaped flow-
ers, deep rose-pink with a touch of cerise
which gives it a sparkling tone. Possesses
exceedingly fine fragrance, while not the
least of its strong points is its strong, vig-
orous bush and the heavy stout stems
which carry the flowers. A mosi satisfac-
tory and substantial pink Rose. 65c each.

Perfumed Purity

McGredy’s Ivory. The flowers are creamy
ivory-white, which turns to a clear white
as it opens and occasionally has a faint
pink flush in the center in cool weather.
The buds are just about as perfect as
Roses can be, and the flowers possess a
delicate damask perfume. The purity,
grace and beauty of a lovely bud of this
variety just about takes your breath away,
and if you want perfect white Roses this
is one of those you should plant. 65c each.

McGredy’s Salmon. One of the best new
Roses of the year. See page 67. $1.50 each.

McGredy’s Sunset. Sunset colors are
Much in evidence in this beautiful, high-
centered flower, with its rich shade of
yellow underlaid with deep chrome-yellow,
the outer petals lightly brushed with apri-
cot. Exceedingly fragrant and exquisite
in color though somewhat lacking in form
and substance, the flowers are produced
in such large quantities that you can for-
give its shortcomings. Plant Patient No. 317.
$1.25 each.

McGredy's Yellow

McGredy’s Yellow. The buds are me-
dium size but beautifully formed, with
plenty of petals, and are a lovely uniform
shade of light buttercup-yellow. One of
the finest things about the variety is the
fine bush, which is full of vigor and is
continually sending up good stout, straight
stems, each one surmounted by one of
the beautiful buds, and clothed in ex-
tremely handsome dark green Holly-like
foliage. Stands heat well and does not
fade. 75c each.

A Red Talisman

Mary Hart. This striking red spori of
Talisman has the same handsome form of
the Talisman buds but is maroon-red,
opening to open blossoms of velvety
blood-red with an overglow of amber. The
color varies considerably with weather
conditions and is at its best in cool
weather. In the fall the blooms are mag-
nificent. Plant Patent No. 8. 85c each.

Mme. Butterfly. Year after year this fine
Rose remains. a much loved favorite in the
garden with its deep shadings of apricot
and gold on a background of brilliant
pink. The delicately modelled flowers are
exquisite in both color and form, and
since it also possesses a delightful fra-
grance and lovely foliage, it cannot be
displaced by any of the newer Roses. 65c.

Mme. Henri Guillot. One of the best of
the new pinks. See page 67. $1.25 each.

"The Perfect Rose"

Mme. Joseph Perraud. The enormous
big-petalled, perfectly formed buds of nas-
turtium-buff, lightening to a luminous pink
at the edges of the petals, and with a
glowing orange heart, are always per-
fectly formed, and the growth, stems, foli-
age and blooming qualities are all on a
par with these perfect buds. This Rose
started out several years ago loaded down
with gold medals and big adjectives, was
acclaimed as ‘‘The Perfect Rose,’’ and it
is one variety that has lived up to pre-
liminary ballyhoo. The flowers are mag-
nificent in form and color and the plant
produces lots of them. See color illustra-
tion on page 72. 75c each.

Mrs. Dudley Fulton. The everblooming
shrub Rose. See page 66. $1.00 each.

The Best Yellow

Mrs. Erskine P. Thom. Over the past
several years this has probably been the
most valuable yellow Rose for the garden.
Our customers think so too for it has out-
sold all other yellows up to last year
when it was only outstripped by the
newer Golden Rapture. The nicely shaped
buds and well shaped open flowers are
a bright canary-yellow without other tints,
and the strong-growing, vigorous bush is
lavish with the blooms. It has color, form,
growth and lovely foliage, so it is going
to stay at the top for some time to come
S0c each.

Imperial Potentate
The Most Fragrant Rose

The Coral-Pink Buds of Lulu

A Favorite Returns

Mrs. Pierre S. duPont. Just visualize a bushy, 2-
foot plant so thickly covered with luxuriant, glossy
green foliage that you cannot see the ground, sur-
mounted with many stiff-stemmed, medium-sized,
golden yellow buds, heavy with fragrance. That's
what you'll have in your garden all summer in
this fine Rose. We had to grow this Rose again
after dropping it for no good reason, and when
an old variety has to be grown in preference to the
new ones, you can count on it being a solid per-
former in the garden. 65c each.

Mrs. Oliver Ames. New light yellow. See page 67.
$1.50 each.

Mrs. Oswald Lewis.

“peaches and cream”
$1.00 each.

The new Rose with the
complexion. See page 67.

President Hoover
Pink, Yellow, Buff and
What Have You

See Page 75.

Texas Centennial

Mrs. Sam McGredy

Mrs. Sam McGredy. We have yet failed to find anyone who
does not greaily admire ihe flowers of this wonderful Rose,
which are of a beautiful copper-orange color, heavily flushed
with Lincoln-red on the outside of the petals. There is no other
color in Roses like it. The buds are long-pointed, high-centered,
and double, with a moderate fragrance. Growth low, robust

and much branched with the
= most beautiful bronzy green
; foliage, glossy and luxuri-
ant, ever seen on a rose
bush. To cap it all, the flow-
ers possess a sweet
fragrance. See also
the new climbing
sport on page 63. 75c
each.

Mrs. Sam McGredy

This Illustration does
not do Justice to the
Lovely, Coppery Or-
ange Color of the
Beautifully Shaped
Flowers.

Armstrong Rose Bushes

Night Shadows

Night. One of the darkest of all
Roses, deep crimson shaded_ black
and maroon. The buds and flowers
are well shaped, quite double, and
it has the spicy clove and cinnamon
fragrance that you can imagine
would be wafted on the balmy airs
of a tropical night. We consider this
to be the best of the deep dark reds,
but like most dark Roses, the flowers
are at their best in cooler weather.
See also new climbing sport of this
variety described on page 63. 75c
each.

Orange Nassau. The glorious new
orange and yellow bi-color. See page
69. $1.50 each.

Piccaninny. New single
page 68. $1.00 each.

red. See

Picture

Picture. We rate this as one of the
very finest pink Roses. The plant is
strong and vigorous and produces
one continuous burst of bloom after
another all through the season, every
bud is perfectly formed and with
plenty of petals so that the flowers
are substantial and long-lasting with-
out being too heavy. The color is
not a cold color like so many pinks,
but it has those warm undertones of
salmon which make the color cheer-
ful and glowing. The flowers have a
sweet Tea fragrance which you can-
not miss when you get anywhere
near the plant. See illustration on
page 71. 65c each.

President Hoover

President Herbert Hoover. Ceriainly
no Rose planting would be complete
without this wonderful multi-colored
Rose. It combines many shades of
cerise-pink, flame, scarlet, and yel-
low, the long buds being beautifully
formed, opening slowly and possess-
ing a most delicious fragrance. One
of the finest characteristics is the
magnificent growth of the bush, four
feet in one season being only quite
ordinary growth for this variety, and
it is not a question of how long you
wish the stems to be but how long
you wish to cut them. 50c each.

Poinsettia. New dazzling scarlet.
See description page 68. $1.00 each.

Ramon Bach. See descripiion page
69. $1.00 each.

Rex Anderson. The large creamy
ivory buds, perfect in torm, have
gained it many friends. For an hour
or two after the flowers open they
are cream colored but in hot weather
soon change to white and last for a
long time. The strong plant produces
these immaculate flowers very freely.
Plant Patent No. 335. $1.25 each.

Miniature Talisman

Raffel’s Pride. A miniature Talis-
man in every respect except that the
coppery-yellow and red flowers are
more intensely colored, while the
plant is larger and blooms more free-
ly. A hot little number. 75c each.

Radiance. This ever-popular Rose
will probably produce more first class
blooms to the plant than any other
variety, and it is exceedingly vigor-
ous, hardy, and disease-resisiant
under all conditions of soil and cli-
mate. The flowers are a lovely light
silvery-pink, suffused deeper pink,
and carry a most delicious damask
perfume. Give it plenty of room and
be prepared to cut many long-
stemmed flowers, for no planter was
ever disappointed in the performance
of this famous Rose. 50c each.

Red Radiance. All we need to do
is repeat the splendid recommenda-
tions made for its sister variety Radi-
ance above, because this red Rose
is exactly the same in everything ex-
cept color of flower, which is a rich
cerise-red. No Rose will excel it in
fragrance, growth or quantity of
blooms. 50c each.

Rose Marie. This variety comes
close to being the ideal pink garden
Rose and is indisputably one of the
finest Roses of any color for cutting.
A perfectly formed flower, full and
long-lasting, dark rose-pink in color,
with beautifully veined petals and a
rich sweet perfume. 65c¢ each.

Rotary-Lyon. New pink and yellow.
See page 68. $1.25 each.

Saturnia. New copper-crimson. See
page 69. $1.00 each.

Sequoia. Described page 69. $1.00
each.

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Signora

Signora. The color is a most in-
tense shade of scarlet-orange with
other lighter shades of tangerine and
cerise, and the flower, which has
plenty of petals, is always most at-
tractive in form from the bud stage to
the wide open flower. The big sirong
plants produce their flowers on ex-
cellent long stems, and the subsiance
of the petals and stems is such that
the flower keeps indefinitely after
cutting. See illustration in color be-
low. Plant Patent No. 201. $1.00 each

Signora

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Sister Therese Superb Ivory Buds

Sister Therese. It has a remarkably Sir Henry Segrave. Not yellow, and yet
strong, tall, vigorous, free-branching bush. not white, possibly ivory-tinted lemon
The long, tight, slender buds are always would be a fair description of the color,
perfect, never becoming misshappen, and but in the light shades of Roses it certain-
they keep well as a cut flower. The ly ranks among the best. Its long, tight
chrome-yellow buds tinged with carmine buds are always perfect. Both buds and
and the lighter yellow open blooms, spicily open flowers have superb substance, and
fra~rant, with deeper tones of apricot and there is never a misshapen bloom at any
gold, are always beautiful to behold. 50c time. It-is extremely fragrant. An excellent
ehh grower of better than average height, with

eee ei Claudius) Pernet. ‘The firsteyel= the buds standing up straight on stout

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Pee eee oe iaventiat brilliant, shining stems, splendid for cutting. 65c. ;
shade that everyone likes so well. A vig- Southport. This is one of the finest red
orous, erect grower with beautiful bright garden Roses because of its exceedingly
UE areal foliage, producing many exquisite eal Ne scarlet color and the great quan-
— buds on long, stiff stems. The flowers are tity of lovely, long, slender buds which it
large and full, clear bright sunflower-yel- produces. The flower opens quickly into
low. 50c each. a good sized, loose, open, perfumed bloom

: which holds its brilliant col-
or well. The plants are
strong growing, tall and
slender, with the blooms on
long stems. Excellent for cut
flowers and exceedingly
lovely under artificial light
75¢< each.

The Chief. New coral-
flame Armstrong introduc-
tion. See page 68. $1.25 each

Sister Therese

Talisman

Talisman. A _ vividly
colored Rose which is
Pprobably better known
as a cut flower than any other Rose

E. G. Hill, See Description Page 72.

A Non-Fading Yellow

grown. The brilliant coloring is a
mixture of orange-scarlet and gold- Ville de Paris. Flowers of clear sun-
en yellow in irregular proportions, flower yellow which do not fade. Its

but always pleasing. Very double,
exquisitely shaped, borne on long
stems, and exceedingly sweet scented
Talisman is an indispensable rose for
every garden, and after having one or
two, you usually want more plants
that you can pick a larger bouquet.
each.

Texas Centennial. President Herbert
Hoover has been an extremely popular
Rose. This sport of Hoover is similar to
it except in color. It has the same strong,

shell-shaped petals (20 of them) become
lovely cups filled with delicious Tea
fragrance. Vigorous, tall growing, glossy
foliaged. See also the Climbing form on
page 65. 75c each.

SOc The Doctor. Enormous,
ae See page 69. $1.00 each.

Warrawee. A large, vigorous plani
producing great quantities of its long,
slender, light pink buds of delicate light
shell-pink. It is richly endowed with the

fragrant pink

tall, vigorous 3 to 4 foot plant, with delightful spicy fragrance of the old
heavy “strong stems and ‘magnificent Clove Pinks. It keeps blooming continu-
large full buds and blooms — but the ally on erect, firm stems which have

very few thorns, making it a pleasure

color is a bright, glowing carmine-red

which in cool weather becomes deeper to Cut them. Plant Patent No. 140. $1.00
blood-red. It is getting popular with more each.

people all the time. Plant Patent No. 162. World’s Fair. Described and priced on
75c each. page 69.

Single Roses

The simple grace of single roses makes them perhaps the easiest of all
flowers to group attractively in a cut flower arrangement. They are very
free-flowering in the garden and provide plenty of color there as well
as for the table during the entire season. We have tried to select the
very finest of the world’s single roses for your enjoyment. They are all
listed below, some of them being described more fully on the other pages
mentioned.

Cecil, The Finest Single Yellow Rose.
See Also Climbing Cecil on Page 63.

Cecil. There is no good single Irish Fireflame. A beautiful sin-

yellow bush rose but this one, and
it is a beauty. Big, 4-inch, star-
shaped golden yellow flowers
borne freely on a low-branching,
bushy plant, with handsome glossy
foliage, blooming from early to late,
its cheerful, shining yellow color is
always atiractive. See new climb-
ing sport of this variety also on
page 63. 75¢ each.

Collette Clement. The enormous,
single, large-peialled, richly col-
ored flowers are a beautiful rich
salmon-flame (deep coral-pink in
very hot weather), with an intense-
ly yellow center. Exceedingly vig-
Orous growth, large foliage, and
the ability to stand up in texture
and color under a hot sun, in addi-
tion to the color and spicy fra-
grance, lead us to recommend it as
our finest single rose. Similar but

much superior to the older Isobel.
$1.00 each.

Dainty Bess. The most popular
of all single roses. Delicate pink
with brownish red overcast. See
page 70. 50c each.

Fairy Cluster. Cluster-flowered,
single pink. See page 72. 65c each.

gle flowering Rose, with buds won-
derfully rich in coloring, deep rich
orange splashed with crimson,
opening to a large, single flower
of satiny old gold. The tall, wil-
lowy plant produces the dainty,
tichly colored buds in great pro-
fusion, and it is most useful for cut-
ting because the dainty flowers are
lovely on the table. 65c each.

Mrs. Dudley Fulton. Silvery white
flowers. See page 66. $1.00 each.

Piccaninny. The new, single ma-
roon-red. See page 68. $1.00 each.

Sweet Sue. This dainty little five-
petalled Rose lives up to the first
part of its name, for its intensely
sweet fragrance would make it
worth while if for no other reason.
The beautiful long pointed buds,
varying from flame to scarlet, open
into a beautiful deep rose-pink
flower centered with wine colored
stamens. The plants are upright
and covered profusely with attrac-
tive leathery light green foliage,
which is highly resistant to dis-
ease. $1.00 each.

Tested, Improved Plant Varieties! Come to
Armstrong's for Sturdy, Carefully Grown Plants,
Correctly Labeled, Pest-Free.

No matter whether you want a few plants for a sunny spot or a shady
location, for a hot dry area or a cool moist place, you'll find just what you
want at the Armstrong Display Yards either at Ontario or in North Holly-
wood. Our experienced salesmen are trained men who know their plants
and they will tell you what you want to know in a prompt and efficient
manner. If you have a new garden or want to revise your old one, our
Landscape Department will help you to obtain a garden bright and cheerful
with blooms throughout the year at a minimum of trouble and expense to
you. And remember that we spend thousands of dollars every year to
search the world for new, better and different plants for your garden, many
of which can be obtained only as Armstrong products.

Flowers of Trinidad Flame Bush

Trinidad Fiame Bush

Calliandra quildingi. ‘‘Trinidad Flame
Bush.’ 8 ft. 15°. The large heads of
vivid scarlet stamens, 3 inches long, each
head shaped like a pompom, which cover
the plant like a sheet of fire in the spring

and summer, make this a sparklingly vivid |

and colorful plant. Its feathery, fern-like
foliage is handsome the year around and
makes a beautiful background for the
brilliant flowers. Comes from Trinidad
where the United States has a new Naval
Base just leased from the British, and it
is hardy enough to grow almost anywhere
in the Southwestern and Southern States.
Place it in full sun. It is a plant that
grows readily without much care, but does
best with plenty of moisture. 5S-gal. con-

Big Red Berries

Pyracantha graberi. “Graber’s Pyra-
cantha.’” We have grown a number of
varieties of this popular berried shrub,
but we have never seen one which is
more brilliantly colored or which has big-
ger berries than this magnificent kind.
The plant is a vigorous, robust grower
with large glossy foliage, and the bright
crimson berries are so enormous that they
look like little crab apples borne in clus-
ters as big as your two fists and thickly
covering the plant. A big specimen plant
of this variety is a _ spectacular sight
throughout the fall and winter, and since
the berries are at their best at Christmas-
time, they make splendid Christmas deco-
rations. 5-gal. containers, $2.00; gal. con-

tainers, $2.00; gal. containers, 75c. tainers, 85c.

Graber’s Pyracantha—Berries Two-Thirds Natural Size

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