ORNAMENTAL PALMS AND 

 CLIMBING VINES 



VIEWS ON ARTISTIC TREATMENT 



VISITORS from the East are often surprised 

 to find palms growing thriftily at Santa 

 Rosa. The average resident of northern 

 latitudes appears to associate the palm with trop- 

 ical conditions. And while it is known to everyone 

 that these trees grow in Southern California, it 

 seems a matter for wonderment that they should 

 be found so far to the north as the region in which 

 my experiment gardens are located. 



In point of fact, isothermal lines make no dif- 

 ference in California, as the winds from the Pacific, 

 deflected by the mountains, determine the climatic 

 conditions, and produce quite unpredictable re- 

 sults. Thus it is that oranges are sold from north- 

 ern California before they are ready to pick in 

 the southern part of the state. 



And again, the palm is a relatively hardy tree 

 I mean, of course, in comparison with tropical 



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