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VOL. 3 NOVEMBER, 1952... NO. 7

IT’S TIME FOR

. . . reviewing the result of earlier ac-
tivities, and passing judgment on such
subjects as Roses, Dahlias, and Chrysanthe-
mums, making notes of those which proved
to be good performers, and which particu-
larly pleased us in the matter of form,
color, etc. Mark such ROSES which for
some reason or other you may decide te
replace during the coming bare root sea-
son. While CHRYSANTHEMUMS are at
their peak note which you wish to carry
over and increase. DAHLIAS, as they die
down, can be lifted and, along with GLAD-
IOLI and CANNAS, stored in a dry, cool

place until replanting time.

The unusually heavy rains last spring
taught many of us the necessity of check-

_ing up on the matter of DRAINAGE. Much

valuable material was lost, some needlessly,
because of too much water. Basins sur-
rounding trees and shrubs could have been
filled in. Areas where water had a tendency
to collect and remain possibly should be
regraded, tile or surface drained. Anyway,
a check-up will suggest some line of action
and prepare you for another lengthy wet
period, which can happen again!

In most gardens BULB PLANTING is
well under way but there is still time (into
December) for more. Good stocks of most
varieties are still on hand, including the
spectacular LILIES, L. speciosum rubrum
(red banded), L. auratum (gold banded), L.
regale and L. giganteum. They should be
bought while fresh and plump, handled
carefully (for the fleshy segments bruise
easily and rot sets in quickly thereafter),
planted well down immediately. If you did
not plant SWEET PEAS in time to have
blooms for Christmas, don't let the fact
stop you from planting now—you can still
have a wonderful show for early spring.

As usual at this time, we are bringing
into our sales yard for your selection
CAMELLIAS and AZALEAS. Knowing that
we have a discriminating clientele for these
two deservedly popular items, we offer only

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THE SPACE IS FAMILIAR

THE AFRICAN GREEN

NUXIA FLORIBUNDA, a large ever-
green shrub, or a tree, from East Africa,
is a welcome substitute for Pittosporum
undulatum. Not to belittle the latter old
standby, we mean merely to suggest that
our newer introduction may well vary the
scene where there is need for a rather
small evergreen specimen tree, a wide and
handsome hedge or screen, or a shrub to
15 feet across and as high.

Nuxia has lance-shaped, very dark green
foliage and bears ten-inch trusses of
cream white flowers at the branch ends
throughout winter and spring. These flower
heads are most arresting and may be seen
for some distance. While this plant is re-
sistant to drought, it tolerates summer
watering well and is frost hardy to at least
25 degrees. In fact, it performs creditably
almost anywhere except in dense wet shade
or in a narrow, cramped spot.

Introduced into Southern California some
years ago by Mr. Hugh Evans, Nuxia has
been more or less unavailable recently, but
we have propagated a new stock with
which to supply those who have admired
our specimen at the Nursery and those
seeking a ‘‘different’’ plant for a familiar
situation. Five-gallon cans, $4.50. P.E.C.

IT’S TIME FOR

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the best, both with regard to quality of
plant and varieties. If you are a beginner
with Camellias or Azaleas, be sure to ask
your salesman for planting instructions
when making your purchase. Azaleas range
from $1.85 in five-inch pots up to $15 in
tubs. All are perfect specimens, irrespec-
tive of size, carrying plenty of buds.

CAMELLIAS start at $2 in gallon cans.
Among the many varieties available now
in tive-gallon cans are these heavily-bud-
ded, vigorous specimens: BLOOD OF
CHINA, large semi-double in deep salmon
red, $8.50; JULIA DRAYTON, large scar-
let rose form, $8.50; HIGH HAT, very
early pink peony form, $9; LADY CLARE,
bushy semi-double, deep pink, $7; HOW-
ARD ASPER, delicate pink with crepe-
paper-like petals, $10; DAIKAGURA, re-
liable, early performer, variegated peony,
$8.50; VILLE DE NANTES, semi-double,
deep red blotched with white, $10; FIN-
LANDIA, semi-double with large white
fluted petals, $8.50; FIMBRIATA, white
formal double with delicately fringed edge,
$12.50: DAIKAGURA WHITE, sensational
offspring of the original variegated Daika-
gura, $16.

Following are a few plants which have
not been freely available for some time,
and worthy of your consideration: TABER-
NAEMONTANA is an attractive, tender
plant for part shade with bold evergreen
foliage and fragrant white flowers. The

variety we offer is T. coronaria; known
also as Grape Jasmine or Nero's Crown,
which grows to about six or seven feet.
Five-gallon cans, $4.50. Also for shade or
filtered sun is LIGULARIA KAEMPFERI
(Leopard Plant), a dense mass of round,
green leaves resembling water lily pads
blotched yellow, and surmounted by 19-
inch spikes of yellow flowers—a good addi-
tion to most any tropical planting. Five-
gallon cans, $4. BAUHINIA GALPINII is
certainly one of the better things in shrub-
land, with red flowers from spring to late
fall, and distinctive two-lobed leaves. A
specimen may be seen in bloom at the
Nursery now. Five-gallon cans, $5. K.B.

Rhyme in Season

To the many nice people
From far and from near

Who graced our gardens
Throughout the past year;

To the folks who have helped
When the going was rough
While our street was demolished,
We can't say enough.

So rather than sending
Clichés down your way
We will all just say ‘Thank you"
This Thanksgiving Day.

iH ug I, Cvans

In order to have beautiful plants in
your garden, it is imperative that the
ground where your plants are to grow be
properly prepared; any time and money

Carine

spent in preparation of the soil wil! be -

repaid to you many times over by the
health and beauty of your plants and your
own pleasure and delight.

The longer | live and observe gardens
in Southern California, the more | am im-
pressed with the importance of a good
mulch all over the garden. Once the plants
are in the ground, the less cultivation the
better, except for the seasonal digging of
borders where perennials, annuals and
bulbs are to grow, and a good mulch of
manure, peat moss, leaf-mold or leaves
keeps the roots of the plants cool ana

moist, saves water and conserves moisture. |

No matter how much some plants revel in
hot sunshine, they still like to have their
feet cool. Continual disturbance of the soil
around growing plants has the eftect of
injuring the feeding roots, and, without a
mulch, incessant light sprinkling brings the
roots close to the surface where they are
injured by the action of the sun.

| know | have said all these things be-
fore, but they cannot be stressed too
much. If genius consists in an infinite ca-
pacity for taking pains, genius is useful,
indeed indispensable, in gardening. And
when your plants are happy you are happy,
too.

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THE MIXED-FLOWER BORDER

RAINBOW BRIDGE OVER THE SEASONS

One of the greatest sources of enjoy-
ment in gardening is the mixed flower
border—perennials, annuals, bulbs, a few
small shrubs and even a quite small tree
or two (all depending upon the size and
extent of the bed). Thereby it is possible in
Southern California to have some color
the year around in approximately the same

position. Never is one's flower bed empty.

Never is it impossible to add a bit of
something new to the plan. And then
there's the seasonal change, so often lack-
ing in Southwest gardens, summer slipping
into fall, fall into winter—but not without
flowers.

This kind of garden is loved by every-
body, but it probably isn't for everybody
because it requires an hour or so almost
every day of the year—cutting back, thin-
ning out, adding here, subtracting there,
almost constant fertilizing, and definitely
hand watering. And it requires, above all
else, a real love for digging in the dirt
and watching things grow.

Start a bed of this nature by selecting
three or four evergreen long-blooming
perennials such as Limonium perezi (Sta-
tice), Daylilies (the evergreen lemon), Shas-
ta Marconi, and Dianthus Pink Princess.
Three plants each of the first three and
five of the latter will give you a beginning
of permanence. Group each together, the
former three toward the middle or rear
of the bed, the Dianthus near the edge.
Now select about seven Chrysanthemums
which are now very much in their seasonal
glory, say two pink ones together, three
whites in a diagonal line off center, a dark
red near one end, a yellow at the other.

Fill in with two clumps of Snapdragons of
your favorite color, maybe three of Stocks.
Add Ranunculus in same way, some patches
of Daffodils overplanted with Violas or
English Daisies, and plenty of Dutch Iris
in diagonal lines.two or more feet apart
(so that you have plenty of room to work
next summer without digging into the dor-
mant bulbs). And every time you come to
the nursery, every month, get acquainted
with another new plant or two which may
be in bloom or coming along at that time.

Avoid stilted rows of anything. Avoid
evenness of height. Learn to blend plants
in undulating asymetrical drifts. Be ruth-
less about eliminating anything that doesn't
harmonize, perform well, or please you.
Eventually you'll develop this part of your
garden into a source of great pride and
satistaction. And your neighbors will prob-
ably be envious!

If you start such a border now, here are
some of the plants you may have in bloom
next November |: Spires of blue Delphin-
ium in their last gay performance ot the
season; yellow dwart Dahlias you've se-
lected in bloom and planted in July; bil-
lows of lavender Aster frikarti; the first
white flowers of annual Candytuft planted
from plant bands in September; pink and
white and yellow and apricot pale bronze
and deep red Mums from cuttings of this
years’ few plants selected flowering in cans
now; a mass of lavender Limonium flanked
with Ageratum which has been blooming
for months; golden Daylilies and white
Moraea; the last of summer's Marigolds
and Lobelia and the first of winter's Prim-

roses eG?

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become a hodge-podge of plants representing many enthusi-

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of a balanced and attractive garden to your home, or intro-
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