Finding Aid for the Collection of Nursery Catalogs, ca. 1900-1988

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UCLA Library, Department of Special Collections

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Finding Aid for the Collection of Nursery Catalogs, ca. 1900-1988

Collection number: 1207

UCLA Library, Department of Special Collections

Manuscripts Division

Los Angeles, CA

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Manuscripts Division
UCLA Library, Department of Special Collections
Room A1713, Charles E. Young Research Library
Box 951575
Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575
Telephone: 310/825-4988 (10:00 a.m. - 4:45 p.m., Pacific Time)
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Processed by:: Manuscripts Division staff, 1996
Encoded by:: Caroline Cubé
Online finding aid edited by:: Josh Fiala, August 2002

Descriptive Summary

Title: Collection of Nursery Catalogs,

Date (inclusive): ca. 1900-1988

Collection number: 1207

Extent: 12 boxes (6 linear ft.) 1 oversize box

Repository: University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections.

Los Angeles, California 90095-1575

Physical location: Stored off-site at SRLF. Advance notice is required for access to the collection. Please contact the UCLA Library, Department of Special Collections Reference Desk for paging information.

Language: English.

Administrative Information

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Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], Collection of Nursery Catalogs (Collection 1207). Department of Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles.

Scope and Content

Collection consists of seed and flower catalogs from nurseries in California.

Indexing Terms

The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.

Nurseries (Horticulture)--California--Archival resources.

Nursery stock--California.

Genres and Forms of Material

Sales catalogues.

Other Index Terms Related to this Collection

Mathias, Mildred Esther, 1906- --collector.

Container List

California

Box 1, Folder 1

Abbey Garden, Santa Barbara & Carpinteria. 1974, 1976.

Note

Specialty: Cacti and succulents.

Box 1, Folder 1

Aggeler & Musser Seed Company, Los Angeles. undated

Scope and Content Note

Bulletins 15, 23, 24.

Note

Specialty: Seeds, bulbs, cuttings.

Box 8, Folder 6

Aggeler & Musser Seed Company, Los Angeles. 1934, 1944, Autumn 1944, 1945, Autumn 1945.

Box 8, Folder 7

Aggeler & Musser Seed Company, Los Angeles. Autumn 1946, Autumn 1947, 1948, 1949, 1950-1951.

Box 13, Folder 1

Aggeler & Musser Seed Company, Los Angeles. undated

Box 1, Folder 3

American Plant Growers, Incorporated, Carson. 1974.

Scope and Content Note

Price list.

Note

Specialty: Bedding plants.

Box 1, Folder 4

Bob Anderson, Los Angeles. 1951-1952, 1962-1963, undated

Note

Specialty: Flower bulbs.

Box 12, Folder 1

Walter Anderson Nursery, Los Angeles[?] undated

Box 1, Folder 5

Armacost & Royston, West Los Angeles. 1948, 1954, 1958, 1959, undated

Scope and Content Note

Supplemental catalogs and announcements.

Note

Specialty: Orchids.

Box 8, Folder 8

Armacost & Royston, West Los Angeles. undated (2 catalogs).

Box 8, Folder 9

Armacost & Royston, West Los Angeles.

Scope and Content Note

[Spring 1950] - 2 copies (both variants).
Spring 1951, 1956.

Box 8, Folder 10

Armacost & Royston, West Los Angeles. [1962], [1964] - 2 copies, [1965] - 2 copies.

Box 8, Folder 11

Armacost & Royston, West Los Angeles.

Scope and Content Note

[1967]
[Winter 1967-Spring 1969]
[1968-1969].
1970.
1972 (2 copies).
1973-1974 (2 copies).

Box 1, Folder 6

Armstrong Nurseries, Incorporated, Ontario. 1936, undated

Scope and Content Note

Rose list.

Note

Specialty: Roses.

Box 10, Folder 1

Armstrong Nurseries, Ontario. 1914 -Quarter Century Catalog. 1919, 1923, 1925.

Box 10, Folder 2

Armstrong Nurseries, Ontario.

Scope and Content Note

1926-1928 (2 copies).
1929.

Box 10, Folder 3

Armstrong Nurseries, Ontario. 1930 (2 copies). 1931, 1932.

Box 10, Folder 4

Armstrong Nurseries, Ontario. 1933, 1934, 1935 - with index laid in. 1936.

Box 10, Folder 5

Armstrong Nurseries, Ontario. 1937, 1939-1941, 1943.

Box 10, Folder 6

Armstrong Nurseries, Ontario. 1944, Fall 1944, 1945, Fall 1945.

Box 11, Folder 1

Armstrong Nurseries, Ontario. 1947-1948, 1951, 1952, 1954.

Box 11, Folder 2

Armstrong Nurseries, Ontario.

Scope and Content Note

Fall 1956-Spring 1957, Fall 1958-Spring 1959, 1961, 1962, 1972 - roses.
1971-1972, 1974, 1974-1975 - rose and garden catalog (2 copies).
1977.

Box 1, Folder 7

Baake Nursery, West Los Angeles. 1942.

Note

Specialty: Orchids, fuchsias, begonias.

Box 1, Folder 8

Ballay Dahlia Gardens, Los Altos. 1927.

Box 1, Folder 9

Beahm Gardens, East Pasadena. 1940, undated

Note

Specialty: Epiphyllums, phyllocactus, phyllocereus.

Box 12, Folder 2

Bee Line Nursery, San Dimas. 1958.

Box 1, Folder 10

Better Gardens, San Marino. 1948, 1952.

Note

Specialty: Seeds, bulbs.

Box 1, Folder 11

Blanchard Chrysanthemum Gardens, Arcadia. 1942.

Box 1, Folder 12

Bodger Seeds, Limited, El Monte. 1942-1943.

Note

Specialty: Wholesale flower seeds.

Box 1, Folder 13

B.O. Brachey & Company, Santa Ana. 1963, 1966.

Note

Specialty: Cattleyas.

Box 1, Folder 14

Braemar Orchids, Santa Barbara. 1966, 1967 - 1 catalog for meristems, 1 catalog for cybidiums. 1966-1967.

Box 1, Folder 15

Luther Burbank, Santa Rosa. 1911, 1916-1917, 1917, 1927[?].

Note

Specialty: Seeds, fruits, hybrids.

From California Ephemera Collection.

Box 1, Folder 16

Burkard Nurseries Incorporated, Pasadena. 1971.

Scope and Content Note

Bulb catalog.

Box 1, Folder 17

California Nursery Company, Niles. 1924, 1926, 1927, 1929, 1930.

Note

Specialty: Ornamental & fruit trees, roses, buds, scions & cuttings, general garden plants.

Box 1, Folder 18

California Roses, Incorporated, Puente. 1939-1941, 1947-1948, 1948-1949.

Note

Specialty: Roses.

Box 8, Folder 1

Campbell Seed Store, Pasadena. 1943-1948.

Box 12, Folder 3

Canyon Garden, Santa Monica. 1965. Mrs. Alan Denney.

Note

Specialty: Irises, daylilies.

Box 1, Folder 19

Roy Carter, Seedsman, San Fernando. 1960, 1961, 1963, 1964, 1976.

Note

Specialty: Shrubs, trees, flower seeds, growers' supplies.

Box 1, Folder 20

Carter's Camellia Gardens, Monterey Park. 1939-1940, 1945-1946.

Box 1, Folder 21

Charles' Orchid Acre, Costa Mesa. undated

Box 1, Folder 22

L.E. Cooke, San Gabriel. 1958-1959, 1964-1965.

Note

Specialty: Deciduous shade trees, shrubs, fruit trees.

Box 1, Folder 23

Coolidge Rare Plants, Pasadena. 1914, 1941, 1958-1959, undated

Box 1, Folder 24

Court of Iris, Downey / Bellflower. 1955, 1956.

Box 1, Folder 25

Cox's Epiphyllum Nursery, Encinitas. 1974.

Box 1, Folder 26

Tom Craig, Escondido. 1952, 1953, 1956.

Note

Specialty: Irises and daylilies.

Box 2, Folder 1

Dale Orchids, Inglewood. 1967.

Box 2, Folder 2

Davids & Royston Bulb Company, Incorporated, Gardena. 1973-1977.

Box 2, Folder 3

Deigaard Nurseries, Monrovia. 1954, 1959, 1960.

Note

Specialty: Conifers.

Box 2, Folder 4

Del Amo Nurseries, Compton. 1936 March 1, 1936 November 14, 1940 January, 1959, 1960-1961. Founded by Dr. Gregorio del Amo in 1921.

Box 2, Folder 6

Toichi Domoto Nursery, Hayward. 1979.

Note

Specialty: Camellias.

Box 2, Folder 7

Dorn Orchid Range, Incorporated, Woodland Hills. 1969.

Box 12, Folder 4

Dos Pueblos Orchid Company, Goleta. 1957-1965[?].

Note

Specialty: Orchids.

Box 2, Folder 8

Easthill Orchids, Signal Hill. 1958.

Box 2, Folder 9

Evans & Reeves Nurseries, Santa Monica & Los Angeles. 1934, 1940, 1940-1941, 1946-1948, undated

Box 8, Folder 2

Evans & Reeves Nurseries. The Grapevine, Santa Monica & Los Angeles. May [1950], June [1950], August [1950], December [1950], August 1951, September 1951, October 1951, November 1951, December 1951, January 1952, February 1952, March 1952, April 1952, May 1952, June 1952, July 1952, August 1952, September 1952, October 1952, November 1952, December 1952, January 1953,. March 1953, April 1953, June 1953, July 1953, August 1953, September 1953, February 1954.

Box 2, Folder 10

Fancher Creek Nurseries, Fresno. 1918, 1919, 1923-1924.

Box 2, Folder 11

Far Horizons, La Cafiada. 1960.

Note

Specialty: Rare plants.

Box 2, Folder 12

Feader Nurseries, San Fernando. 1964-1965.

Box 2, Folder 13

Felsing's Rare Carnation Gardens, North Hollywood. 1941-1945, 1948.

Box 2, Folder 14

Ferry Morse Seed Company, San Francisco. [1936]. 80 year history.

Box 2, Folder 15

Figueroa St. Nursery, Los Angeles. 1910.

Note

Specialty: Japanese, European and home plants.

Box 2, Folder 5

Foster Iris, Sierra Madre & Vista. 1973.

Note

Specialty: Irises.

Box 2, Folder 16

Arthur Freed orchids, Malibu. 1971, 1972, 1975. With sale notices 1965, 1967, 1968.

Box 2, Folder 17

Fuchsia-LA Nursery, Long Beach. undated Roy A. Walker & C.C. (Buddy) Jones, proprietors. Business card only.

Box 2, Folder 18

Paul Gaines Nursery, San Dimas. 1959 March.

Note

Specialty: Specimen trees and shrubs.

Box 2, Folder 20

Howard E. Gates Famous Cactus Gardens, Anaheim. 1936.

Box 2, Folder 21

Germain's, Los Angeles. undated Sample of color seed packet only and undated catalog.

Note

Specialty: Seeds & plants.

Box 8, Folder 3

Germain's, Los Angeles. 1925, Autumn 1943, 1944 - wholesale prices. 1944 - seeds & plants. 1945 - wholesale prices. 1945 - seeds & plants (2 copies). Fall 1944/Spring 1945 - bulbs. Fall 1947/Spring 1948 - bulbs.

Box 8, Folder 4

Germain's, Los Angeles. Autumn 1945, Fall 1946, Spring 1947, 1948 - wholesale prices.

Box 8, Folder 5

Germain's, Los Angeles. 1950.

Box 12, Folder 6

Golden West Gladiolus Growers, Downey. 1947-1948 & undated

Note

Specialty: Gladiolus.

Box 2, Folder 22

Goldsmith Seeds, Incorporated, Gilroy. undated Color brochures.

Box 2, Folder 19

Goodes Seed Store, Pasadena. undated

Box 2, Folder 23

Ray Googins, San Fernando. undated

Note

Specialty: Orchids.

Box 12, Folder 16

Grant, Adele Lewis. Common cone-bearing trees in Southern California: Los Angeles. 27 October 1937. Los Angeles City Teachers' Institute: Natural science lecture.

Box 12, Folder 17

Grant, Adele Lewis. Common native broad-leaved trees, Los Angeles. 3 November 1937. Los Angeles City Teachers' Institute: Natural science lecture.

Box 12, Folder 18

Grant, Adele Lewis ...Street trees in Los Angeles .., Los Angeles. 1939. Los Angeles City Teachers' Institute.

Box 2, Folder 24

Greenoaks, Arcadia & Los Angeles. 1963. Mr. & Mrs. E.W. Menninger, owners.

Note

Specialty: Cymbidiums, shade plants.

Box 2, Folder 25

Gubler Orchids, Landers. [1981-1982].

Box 2, Folder 26

Hagen Nursery, Arcadia. undated

Note

Specialty: Trees.

Box 2, Folder 27

Kurt Hildebrand, North Hollywood. 1959. Card only.

Note

Specialty: Orchids.

Box 2, Folder 28

Hines Wholesale Nurseries, San Gabriel/Santa Ana. 1959.

Box 2, Folder 29

L.B. Hodges Nursery, Long Beach. undated

Box 2, Folder 30

Cecil Houdyshel, La Verne. 1940 Spring, 1940 Fall, 1941 Fall (2), 1942 Spring, 1942 Fall-1943 Spring, 1945 Fall (2), 1946 Fall.

Note

Specialty: Bulbs.

Box 11, Folder 3

Paul J. Howard's Flowerland, Los Angeles. 1924-1925, 1941, 1942.

Note

Also known as Paul J. Howard's Horticultural Establishment.

Box 11, Folder 4

Paul J. Howard's Flowerland, Los Angeles. 1942 (2 copies). 1942-1943.

Box 11, Folder 5

Paul J. Howard's Flowerland, Los Angeles. [1932 or 1944], [1945], 1947 Spring, 1947, [1948], 1950.

Box 2, Folder 31

Howard & Smith, Montebello. 1943. Letter only.

Note

Specialty: Flower seeds, plants, bulbs.

Box 13, Folder 2

Howard & Smith, Montebello. 1940 Spring, 1949.

Box 2, Folder 32

Paul J. Howard's Horticultural Establishment, Los Angeles. 1935, 1939, 1940, undated Specialty catalogs.

Box 2, Folder 33

Spencer M. Howard, North Hollywood. 1967.

Note

Specialty: Orchids.

Box 3, Folder 1

C.R. Hulen's Phalaenopsis Farm, Lake View Terrace. undated

Box 3, Folder 2

Hummel's Exotic Gardens, Carlsbad. 1960.

Note

Specialty: Novelty plants.

Box 3, Folder 3

Hyperion Nursery, Los Angeles. 1952, 1954.

Box 3, Folder 4

Ilsley Orchids, Los Angeles. 1962-1964.

Box 3, Folder 5

International orchids, Palm Springs. 1959-1960.

Box 3, Folder 6

Irises for Your Garden, S.S. Berry, Redlands. [1932].

Box 3, Folder 7

Johnson & Musser Seed Company, Los Angeles. 1906.

Box 3, Folder 8

Johnson Nursery, La Mesa. 1959.

Box 3, Folder 9

K.M. Nursery, Gardena. 1958-1959.

Box 3, Folder 10

R.F. Kado, Cactus Specialist, Santa Monica. 1936[?].

Box 3, Folder 11

Keeline-Wilson Nurseries, Brea. 1958-1959.

Note

Specialty: Landscape plants, shade trees.

Box 3, Folder 12

Kramer Brothers Nurseries, Ontario. 1945-1948.

Note

Specialty: Chrysanthemums, camellias, azaleas, geraniums.

Box 3, Folder 13

La Tuna Nursery, Sun Valley. undated

Note

Specialty: California natives.

Box 3, Folder 14

Laguna Nursery and Oriental Art Shop, Laguna Beach. 1966.

Box 3, Folder 15

Lamanda Park Florist, East Pasadena. 1942.

Box 3, Folder 16

Landamar Orchids, Tarzana. 1965.

Box 3, Folder 17

Los Feliz Nursery, Hollywood. undated

Box 3, Folder 18

Lyon's Irisland, Van Nuys. 1953, 1956.

Box 3, Folder 19

Marsh's Nursery, Pasadena. undated

Box 9, Folder 1

Marsh's Nursery, Pasadena. undated (mostly roses). Fall 1943-Spring 1944, Fall 1944-Spring 1945, Fall 1945-Spring 1946 (2 copies).

Box 9, Folder 2

Marsh's Nursery, Pasadena. Fall 1946-Spring 1947 (2 copies). Fall 1947-Spring 1948 (2 copies). Fall 1948-Spring 1949 - 16th anniversary catalog.

Box 9, Folder 3

Marsh's Nursery, Pasadena. Fall 1948-Spring 1945 - 16th anniversary catalog. 1952 (2 copies). 1953.

Box 13, Folder 3

Marsh's Nursery, Los Angeles. undated 15th anniversary.

Box 3, Folder 20

L.B. Merrick, Whittier. 1939.

Box 3, Folder 21

Miliken Iris Gardens, Pasadena. 1938, 1955, undated

Box 3, Folder 22

Miller Collection, Malibu. undated

Note

Specialty: Orchids.

Box 3, Folder 23

Mission Nurseries, San Gabriel. 1940.

Box 3, Folder 24

Monrovia Nursery Company, Monrovia. 1948, 1948-1949, 1949 January, 1949 August, 1953-1954, 1957-1958, 1958-1959, 1958 February, 1960 December, 1973, 1979.

Box 3, Folder 25

Montarioso Nursery, Santa Barbara. 1914. C. Fenzi Francheschi, proprietor.

Box 3, Folder 26

Moore's Nursery, Inglewood. 1940.

Box 3, Folder 27

Mordigan Evergreen Nurseries, San Fernando. 1948.

Box 3, Folder 28

Morris & Snow Seed Company, Los Angeles. undated

Box 3, Folder 29

Northridge Gardens, Northridge. 1993.

Note

Specialty: Cacti and succulents.

Box 3, Folder 30

Nuccio's Nurseries, Altadena. 1970-1971, 1975-1976, undated

Note

Specialty: Camellias and azaleas.

Box 4, Folder 1

Oakhurst Gardens, Arcadia. undated Card only.

Box 9, Folder 4

Oakhurst Gardens, Arcadia. 1940-1944, 1946 (2 copies). 1950.

Box 9, Folder 5

Oakhurst Gardens, Arcadia. 1951, 1952 (2 copies). 1954-1957, 1959, 1960, 1962.

Box 4, Folder 2

Olle Olsson Nursery, Incorporated, Monrovia. 1959.

Box 4, Folder 3

Orchid House, Temple City. 1954.

Box 12, Folder 7

Orchid House, San Luis Obispo. undated

Note

Specialty: Orchids.

Box 12, Folder 8

Orchid Imports, North Hollywood. undated Orchid Imports, American agent for Universal Bulb & Plant Nurseries, West Bengal, India.

Note

Specialty: Orchids.

Box 4, Folder 4

Orpet Nursery, Santa Barbara. 1940, 1941.

Note

Specialty: Bulbs.

Box 4, Folder 5

Orvor Orchids, El Monte. 1954.

Box 4, Folder 6

Pacific Guano Company, Los Angeles. ca. 1930s-1950s[?].

Note

Specialty: Fertilizers.

Box 4, Folder 7

Theodore Payne Nursery, Los Angeles. 1939 & undated

Note

Specialty: California natives.

Box 11, Folder 6

Theodore Payne Nursery, Los Angeles.

Scope and Content Note

1916 - California wild flower seeds.
1917, 1924 - bulbs & flower seeds.
1925, 1928, 1930, 1930-1931 - bulbs & flower seeds.

Note

Specialty: California native plants.

Box 11, Folder 7

Theodore Payne Nursery, Los Angeles.

Scope and Content Note

[1937] - California wildflower seeds (2 copies, 1 price list).
December 1939 - price list for California native trees, shrubs & vines.
[1941] - wildflower seeds.
[1941] - trees, shrubs, perennials.
Fall 1945-Spring 1946 - California wildflower seeds, native plants.
Fall 1947-Spring 1948 - California wildflower seeds & native plants.
Fall 1947-Spring 1948 - California wildflower seeds & native plants.
Fall 1949-Spring 1950 - California wildflower seeds & native plants.
1953 - California wildflower seeds & native plants (2 copies).

Box 4, Folder 8

Perry's Plants, Incorporated, Montebello. 1962, 1965.

Box 9, Folder 6

Pioneer Nursery, Monrovia. [191_], October 1914 - price list. October 1914 - catalogue. [1923], [1924], [1925], [1926], 1927.

Box 4, Folder 9

Plaza Nursery & Flower Shop, Buena Park. 1973. undated

Note

Specialty: Bromeliads.

Box 4, Folder 10

R.W. Poindexter, Compton. 1941.

Note

Specialty: Epiphyllums.

Box 12, Folder 9

Pomona Wholesale Nursery, Pomona. 1956 July.

Box 4, Folder 11

Pooley's Flowers, Pomona. undated

Box 4, Folder 12

Las Positas, Santa Barbara. 1946, 1947.

Note

Specialty: Bulbs.

Box 4, Folder 13

Carl Purdy, Ukiah. 1941-1942, 1950-1951.

Note

Specialty: California and other western natives.

Box 4, Folder 14

Rainbow Hybridizing Gardens, Placerville. 1954. Lloyd Austin, owner.

Note

Specialty: Irises.

Box 4, Folder 15

El Rancho Rinconada, Ojai. undated

Note

Specialty: Orchids.

Box 4, Folder 16

Ransom Seed Company, San Gabriel. 1946.

Box 4, Folder 17

Rapella Orchid, Hawthorne. ca. 1965[?].

Box 4, Folder 18

Rheinfrank & Associates, Los Angeles. undated

Note

Specialty: Orchids.

Box 2, Folder 5

Richard Diener, Oxnard. 1934.

Box 4, Folder 19

Rinconada Orchids, Costa Mesa. 1957, undated

Box 4, Folder 20

Alfred W. Roberts, Los Angeles. 1947-1948.

Note

Specialty: Subtropical gardens.

Box 4, Folder 21

Rosecroft Begonia Gardens, Point Lorna. undated Alfred D. and Annie C. Robinson, proprietors.

Box 4, Folder 23

Rosedale's Nurseries, Monrovia. 1945, 1946 and undated

Box 4, Folder 22

Roses of Yesterday and Today - Will Tillotson's Roses, Watsonville. 1959, 1964, 1965, 1966.

Box 4, Folder 24

Ross Sprinkler Company, Pasadena. 1930s-1950s (ca.).

Box 4, Folder 25

Roughstone Gardens, West Los Angeles. undated Card only. Owned by N.S. Rivers.

Box 13, Folder 4

Roy F. Wilcox & Company, Montebello. December 1944.

Note

Specialty: Greenhouse & decorative plants.

Box 4, Folder 26

Edward H. Rust Nurseries, Pasadena. 1939, 1942.

Box 4, Folder 27

San Gabriel Nursery, San Gabriel. 1957-1958.

Box 4, Folder 28

Santa Barbara Orchid Estate, Santa Barbara. 1976-1977.

Note

Specialty: Orchids.

Box 12, Folder 10

Santa Barbara Orchid Estate, Santa Barbara & Goleta. 1967, 1976-77 & undated

Note

Specialty: Orchids.

Box 4, Folder 29

Sarver Nursery Company, San Marcos. undated

Note

Specialty: Azaleas.

Box 4, Folder 30

Select Nurseries Incorporated, Brea. 1959 (2 copies). 1965.

Box 4, Folder 31

Sequoia Nursery, Visalia. 1971 and undated

Note

Specialty: Miniature roses.

Box 4, Folder 1

Miss K.O. Sessions Nursery, Pacific Beach. undated

Box 12, Folder 11

Shennan Orchid Gardens, Glendora. 1952-1957[?].

Note

Specialty: Orchids.

Box 5, Folder 1

Sierra Madre Research Institute - Embree Flowers, Sierra Madre. undated

Note

Specialty: Ecuadorian orchids.

Box 5, Folder 2

Singer's Growing Things, Reseda. 1975 (2 copies).

Note

Specialty: Xerophytic plants.

Box 5, Folder 3

Mrs. Marion Snell, Van Nuys. undated

Note

Specialty: Liliun Philippinense Forrnosanum.

Box 12, Folder 12

Southern California Native Seeds, San Diego. 1948-1949, 1949, 1953. Elsie W. Cisler, collector-distributor.

Note

Specialty: California natives.

Box 5, Folders 4-6

Fred A. Stewart (3 folders), San Gabriel. ca. 1959-1980[?]

Note

Specialty: Orchids.

Box 5, Folder 7

Sunnyslope 'Mum Gardens, San Gabriel. 1940, 1942 (cover only). 1945, 1947, 1948, 1952.

Box 5, Folder 8

Syllmar Gardens, San Fernando. 1948 (2 copies).

Note

Specialty: Irises and daylilies.

Box 5, Folder 9

Walter Tauer, North Hollywood. 1959 April 1. Letter to Mildred Mathias re Philodendron pertusum.

Box 5, Folder 10

Tetley Nurseries, Corona. 1958, 1960, undated

Note

Specialty: Palms.

Box 5, Folder 11

Tetley Nurseries, Riverside. 1932[?]. Also located in Yuma, Arizona.

Note

Specialty: Citrus and deciduous trees.

Box 5, Folder 12

Toy's Orchids, Gardena. 1962, 1964, undated

Note

Specialty: Orchids.

Box 5, Folder 13

Tuttle Brothers Nurseries, Pasadena. 1947.

Box 9, Folder 7

Tuttle Brothers Nurseries, Pasadena. 1944, 15 September 1946 - wholesale price list. 1946, 1947, 1946-1947 - camellias.

Box 9, Folder 8

Tuttle Brothers Nurseries, Pasadena. October 1947 - wholesale list. 1947-1948 - retail list. 1947-1948 - camellias. 1947, 1948, 1949.

Box 9, Folder 9

Tuttle Brothers Nurseries, Pasadena. 1948, 1949 - camellias. 1950, 1950 - camellias.

Box 5, Folder 14

Carl C. Tyler Gardens, Van Nuys. 1939-1940, 1940-1941.

Note

Specialty: Bulbs, daylilies.

Box 5, Folder 15

Valhaven Orchids, Encino. undated

Note

Specialty: Orchids.

Box 5, Folder 16

Peter Valinga, Burlingame. Spring 1947.

Note

Specialty: Bulbs.

Box 5, Folder 17

Valley Garden Supply, North Hollywood. 1946-1949, undated

Box 5, Folder 18

Van Ness Water Gardens, Upland. 1966, 1973.

Note

Specialty: Water lilies.

Box 6, Folder 1

Velco's Bromeliad Nursery, Marina Del Rey. 1975.

Note

Specialty: Bromeliads.

Box 6, Folder 2

Ventura Epiphyllum Gardens, Ventura. 1940, 1941. Operated by Mrs. W.D. Monmonier.

Box 6, Folder 3

Vetterle & Reinelt, Capitola. 1941.

Note

Specialty: Hybrids.

Box 6, Folder 5

West Los Angeles Nursery, Los Angeles (Brentwood Heights). undated

Note

Specialty: Pelargoniums, geraniums.

Box 6, Folder 6

Western Seed Company, Los Angeles. undated

Box 6, Folder 7

Westernberger of Los Angeles, San Fernando. 1968[?].

Note

Specialty: Orchids.

Box 6, Folder 13

Wheeler Gardens, San Fernando. undated

Box 6, Folder 4

Roy F. Wilcox & Company, Montebello. undated

Note

Specialty: Dish gardens.

Box 6, Folder 8

Wilhite Nursery, Glendora. 1946[?], & undated Established 1907, Chester L. Wilhite.

Note

Specialty: Citrus and avocado trees.

Box 6, Folder 9

Williams & Macpherson, Encinitas. undated

Note

Specialty: Rare Subtropicals.

Box 6, Folder 10

Wilson Fuchsia Gardens, Santa Monica & Malibu. 1959-1960.

Note

Specialty: Fuchsias.

Box 6, Folder 11

Winsel-Gibbs Seed Company, Los Angeles. 1928, 1936, undated

Note

Specialty: Bulbs, seeds.

Box 6, Folder 16

Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Garden, Claremont. 1973 & undated

Box 6, Folder 17

Santa Barbara Botanic Gardens, Santa Barbara. 1939 & undated

Box 12, Folder 14

Fertilizers, insecticides, California. v.d. Advertising brochures.

Note

SEE ALSO: Pacific Guano Company, Los Angeles.

Box 12, Folder 15

Gardening equipment, accessories, fencing lighting, California. v.d. Advertising brochures.

Note

SEE ALSO: Ross Sprinkler Company, Pasadena.

Non-California

Box 7, Folder 3

Garden catalogs, Europe. 1979, 1988.

Box 13, Folder 5

Garden catalogs, United States. 1982. Gurney's.

Box 7, Folders 1-2

Garden catalogs, United States. 1973-1985.

Box 6, Folders 12-13

Miscellaneous publications, v.p. v.d.

Box 6, Folders 14-15

Plant & flower shows, societies, auctions, v.p. v.d.

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