Gardening in Californi 



Callistemon. 



CALLISTEMON. 



A genus of very pretty 

 Summer and Fall-flowering 

 shrubs with narrow pointed 

 leaves and showy flowers. 

 All are graceful in habit 

 and grow well in any fair 

 garden soil where they re- 

 quire very little attention 

 if the ground is cultivated 

 once a year and kept loose 

 on the surface and clear of 

 weeds. 



There are several species all natives of Australia. 

 Propagate by seeds sown one-eighth of an inch deep in April. 

 When the seedlings are three inches high, pot them singly in 

 three-inch pots or plant them three inches apart in boxes, in light, 

 sandy soil; keep the young plants in pots or boxes until the 

 following Spring when they will be large enough to be planted 

 in the open ground in nursery rows or in their permanent 

 quarters. 



CALYCANTHUS (Carolina Allspice). 



The Calycanthus is a handsome deciduous shrub with sweet- 

 scented red or yellow-brown flowers, native of this State, the 

 Southern States and Japan. 



It grows in any good soil, which is well drained, and prefers 

 a well-sheltered situation. 



Propagate by sowing the seeds during Spring in a cold frame, 

 covering the seeds to the depth of one-quarter of an inch ; also by 

 division of the roots of the older plants in Winter or early Spring. 



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