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GARDENERS' CHRONICLE 



(OF AMERICA) 

 Devoted to the Science of Floriculture and Horticulture 



I Vol. XXVI 



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JULY. 1922 





No. 7 i 



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The California Garden 



ALLISON M. WOODMAN 



CALl I'l )RX1A has been called the "land of fruits and 

 fli)\\ers,"' and well may she be given that term, for, 

 traverse the length and breadth of the state, every- 

 where, verdant plains, meadows, and hillsides will greet 

 one, and orchards filled with blossoming fruit trees will 

 presage future yields of rosy tinted, richly flavored fruits. 



California lias long been the Mecca for thousands of 

 world tourists who come to visit the 

 beautiful natural parks, to sojourn 

 awhile in her lovely cities, and to 

 enjoy the delightful climate for 

 which the state is so justly cele- 

 brated. Many Easterners, enthusi- 

 astic over the possibilities of Cali- 

 fornia, decide to dispose of their 

 holdings and to come out to the 

 Coast. Later, after becoming set- 

 tled, these new residents write back 

 to friends <and relatives, resulting in 

 a new influx of settlers. 



What are the distinguishing 

 characteristics of the California 

 landscaj^e? First in importance is 

 the wonderful mountain scenery : 

 then in succession magnificent for- 

 ests containing some of the largest 

 trees in tb.e world, beautiful lakes, 

 rolling foothills, extensive, almost 

 -flat valle\'s, coastal regions. We 

 must also include the many splendid 

 orchards throughout the state, es- 

 sentially a California product, and 

 which almost seem to form an in- 

 tegral part of the landscape. 



California is a land full of scenic 

 wonders; within its confines is to be 

 found ever}' feature of landscape. 

 In these scenic beauties and mar- 

 vels may be found certain ideas 

 which can find adequate expression 

 in artificial landscape effects. 



The Yosemite \'alley is to Cali- 

 fornia what the Royal Gorge is to 



Coliirado, or Yellowstone Park is to Wyoming, or the 

 P)erkshire Range is to ^Massachusetts, or the Potomac 

 River is to the District of Columl)ia. It is an epitome of 

 all tliat is beautiful and majestic in nature, i-^mall in 

 extent, l>ut bordered by gigantic clififs that seem to be 

 artifici.-dlv wrought out of stone, it teems with natural 



bits of landscape, park-like in character, and possesses 

 water-falls wdiich for sheer beauty and power have no 

 peer in all the world. In close proximity to Yosemite 

 Valley, and scattered throughout the state, are groves of 

 gigantic Redwoods and Sequoias which are iuii(|ue 

 among trees. 



Wonderful in its setting in Southern California, with 

 Los .Angeles as the keystone. The 

 ■ picture presented here is that of 

 snow-capped mountains, bordering 

 a valley, varying in fertility, but 

 made rich and productive through 

 artificial means, oiifering groves of 

 citrus trees, bearing golden fruits. 

 The flat interior regions merge 

 gradually into the foothills, and 

 from thence into the Sierra Nevada 

 Alountains. 



In Central California the cities of 

 San I'rancisco, f^Jakland and Berk- 

 eley are unique in their command- 

 ing outlook over the spacious San 

 I'rancisco Pay, and in the back- 

 ground- of mountains and trees. The 

 moderating influences induced by 

 close proximity to the Pacific Ocean 

 make it jjossible to produce fine gar- 

 dens, witii flowers blooming the 

 year rotmd. 



Northern California presents 

 every varietv of landscape from, the 

 flat valley of the Sacramento River, 

 and the undulating countn,- border- 

 ing the valley, to the densely wooded 

 Sierras on the East, and the Coast 

 Range on the West. In the extreme 

 north Mt. Shasta forms the key to 

 the Sierra Nevada Alountains and 

 the Cascade Range. This sublime 

 mountain, approached by a series of 

 smaller mountains, is almost terrify- 

 ing in its extreme isolation. Lake 

 Tahoe, near the Nevada state line, 

 vies with the Yosemite \'alle}- in popularity. 



Coupled with th-'s diversified landscape is the fact that 

 California possesses every variety of climate, although the 

 climate usually associated with California is that of ;i mild 

 equable nature, with no marked seasonal changes, but 

 with a distinct period of rainfall. The Summer .season 



('/ rock plants find a haven on 

 rock stairway. 



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