Gardening in California 



ABUTILON (Bell Flower). 



A class of shrubs noted for 

 their free-flowering and showy 

 appearance, belonging to the 

 mallow family. Few excel them 

 as ornamental flowering shrubs 

 for decorating the shrubbery, 

 especially if they are given a 

 sheltered situation on a sloping 

 bank where the flowers may be 

 viewed from below. They thrive 

 well in any good garden soil 

 with ordinary treatment, 



There are many varieties, 

 including Abutilon admiration, 



Abutilon fire king, Abutilon purpurea, Abutilon Boule de Niege, 

 etc., besides many variegated forms, all worthy of cultivation. 



Propagate by cuttings, in July or August, inserted, in pots 

 or boxes, in soil composed of half sand, half well-decomposed 

 leaf-mold, placed in a cold frame and shaded for a few days. 



Abutilon 



ACACIA. 



A genus of highly ornamental and decorative shrubs or trees, 

 natives of New Holland, South America and North Africa. 

 Most of the evergreen species came originally from Australia 

 and are among our special favorites. All are vigorous growers 

 and abundant bloomers, and, if carefully selected, may be had 

 in bloom every month of the year, beginning with Acacia longi- 

 folia, which flowers in January, followed closely by the beauti- 

 ful fern-leaved Acacia mollissima, with its great masses of 

 sulphur-yellow racemes on a tree from forty to sixty feet in 

 height, with a spread of branch as much in diameter. This 



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