Gardening in California 



To get the best results, prune them back, in February, rather 

 severely so as to encourage the forming of young wood, on 

 which the finest flowers are produced. Of the many species, aus- 

 tralis, decora and tinctoria will be found the best for the Coast. 



Propagate, in Spring, by seeds or cuttings. Cover the seeds 

 to the depth of one-sixteenth of an inch. 



IOCHROMA. 



A small genus containing about 

 fifteen species of tall shrubs with slender 

 stems, having opposite entire leaves and 

 long tubular-shaped flowers growing in 

 pendulous bunches of ten or a dozen. 

 Flowering late in the Fall, they make 

 a welcome addition to our collection of 

 flowering shrubs. The best proven spe- 

 cies are lochroma grandiflora from 

 Peru, lochroma lanceolata a native of 

 Chile and lochroma tubulosa from Cen- 

 tral America. They should be grown 



lochroma tubulosa. in a sheltered situation and given plenty 



of manure and water. 



Propagate by cuttings in early Fall; shade from direct sun. 



ITEA. 



Itea Virginica is the only species of this genus widely grown 

 in California. There are at least four other species which would 

 make worthy additions to any shrubbery. As most of them flower 

 late in the Summer, a season of the year when few shrubs are in 

 bloom, they should be seen in our gardens more commonly than 

 they are. 



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