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PACIFIC TREE AND VINE 



The Flower Garden 



Women 



Women are gradually making 

 their way in the flower trade both 

 as growers and dealers, and many 

 of ihem are making a repnialion 

 ior themselves in iheir chosen call- 

 ing. Among these we may instance 

 in our own slate, Miss Theodosia 

 Shepperd of Santa Barbara, who 

 has attained world-wide promi- 

 nence from Iter labors and who 

 stands second in our State only t(j 

 Luther Buibank, \'ni her txiieti 



Florists 



best judges of their charms. They 

 can select and arrange with infin 

 itely more taste than men, and for 

 that reason are oetter adapted to 

 the business. Another thing that 

 recommends floriculture to women 

 is that it requires little manual 

 labor. This is the least important 

 part of the work and can be per- 

 formed l)y men; but in crossing, 

 bybi idizing, and the production of 

 new vaiictis, taste in se'eciiny, 



principles which should underlie 

 any work ot detail. 



First, the shrubberies of a place 

 give it picturesqueness; the trees 

 confer distinction and grandeur. 

 Shrubs, or bushes, or half trees — 

 for the dividing lines between thetn 

 are nut very definite— have a mark- 

 ed and important function m anj- 

 scheme of lawn planting. They 

 should form the intermediate fea- 

 ture of lawn effects, connecting the 

 different paits of the generaLmass, 

 — first the trees, then the shrn'hs, 

 tiu-u vii.es and htrbiceous ]lani--. 



nients and new cieations in the 

 floral world. This is a field that 

 offers especial chaims to woman, 

 and in it she shoidd e.\cel, for she 

 possesses the qualities required; 

 taste in arrangement and delicacy 

 in manipulation, which are espe- 

 cially required in hybridizing. 

 There is a charm in flowers to wo- 

 men possessed by few men, and it 

 is said that when men glow flowers 

 t is to ])lease some woman. 

 vVhether this be true or not, it is 

 true that women are the greatest 

 lovers of floral beauties and the 



raie in nos--iipg and nielhoil in the 

 work, are required. These are 

 rare traits ainong men, and where 

 emplo\ed by women there is no 

 reason why they should not suc- 

 ceed. 



Shruhhcry in the Home 

 Orounds 



In these brief remarks it is not 

 my jnirpo'-e to enter inf.) the min 

 utite of l.iwn planting and orna- 

 mentation, but rather to note a few 

 of the leading principles in this 

 branch of landscape gardening — 



and then g'as-. The beauty of a 

 vaiied sky line produced by the 

 intermingling of tiees and shrubs 

 should always be sought. There 

 ma)' be circumstances in which 

 shrubs alone should be used, and, 

 in a few situations, groves of trees, 

 containing no shrubs, are felt to be 

 specially suited to the surround- 

 ing-, but the mixed tree and shrub 

 group most frequently commends 

 itself to the improvement of home 

 grounds. 



The mistake of setting shrubs 

 uiuler old, long established trees 



