54 GARDENING WITH BRAINS '^ 



equal in beauty to the most expensive green- 

 house dracsenas." I always have a row of these 

 in my garden, and automobile parties have 

 repeatedly stopped to inquire about these showy 

 plants. 



I value the Rainbow com even more than the 

 Mexican firebush (kochia), a row of which, green 

 and fluffy during the summer, does indeed look 

 like a row of burning bushes in September, 

 when the millions of minute flowers, as well as 

 the small leaves, turn a fiery red. When the 

 setting sun illumines my kochiasi I almost feel 

 surprised not to see smoke rising from them. 



Let us now see what are the most important 

 things needed if we would have a successful 

 vegetable or flower garden. 



