. California gardening. Nurseries (Horticulture) Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Plants, Ornamental Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Fruit trees Catalogs; Trees Catalogs; Grasses Seeds Catalogs. THE SANTA MARIA A Shrine to Flower Lovers SET IX LO\'ELY gardens, located in the very heart of the vast commercial flower seed production center in California and presided over by Frank J. McCoy, whose hobby is the growing of beautiful flowers. Santa Maria Inn is a veritable shrine to California flower lovers, a spot to which pilgrimages are made as often as pos- sible. People from all over this
. California gardening. Nurseries (Horticulture) Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Plants, Ornamental Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Fruit trees Catalogs; Trees Catalogs; Grasses Seeds Catalogs. THE SANTA MARIA A Shrine to Flower Lovers SET IX LO\'ELY gardens, located in the very heart of the vast commercial flower seed production center in California and presided over by Frank J. McCoy, whose hobby is the growing of beautiful flowers. Santa Maria Inn is a veritable shrine to California flower lovers, a spot to which pilgrimages are made as often as pos- sible. People from all over this country and world travelers with garden enthusiasms never fail to make at least one visit to this unusual hostelry where it is flower- time every day in the year. Famous writers, like Charles Finger and Marian Cram, have set forth its charms in their books. Whether it be the casual traveler or the horticultural expert who finds himself a guest at the Inn. the spell of the gracious gardens, the glory of the flower- filled dining room and the personal enthusiasm of the genial host, works its GERMAIN'S SANTA MARIA INN SPECIALTIES Iceland Poppy, Santa Maria Inn Hybrids The Santa Maria Inn Flower Seed Collection See Inside Front Cover. See Page 20 NOVELTY COLLECTION SNAP-DRAGON Rust Proof UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA MIXTURE ^n#|^ To the University of California is due the credit for (^Ijforn" the production of a strain of Snapdragons which is ^OyflF fully 75% rust-proof. We join the American seed trade and garden-loving public in heartily congratu- lating the men responsible for this achievement comparable in importance to the development of the wilt-resistant Aster a few years ago. For several years our seed growers have worked hand in hand with the University, making extensive crosses and bring- ing to the rust-proof strain all the excellence of size, vigor, and beauty of color for which our strains of Majus grandi- flora and Maximum Snapdragons have long been noted. It
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