Gardening in California 



Pimelia rosea. 



PlMELIA. 



The Pimelias are among our most 

 showy late-Winter and early-Spring 

 flowering shrubs, mostly natives of 

 Australia and New Zealand. They 

 have a neat compact habit of growth, 

 being easily grown and easily propa- 

 gated, while any fairly good soil will 

 suit them. They make excellent plants 

 for the margins of groups of taller- 

 growing shrubs, or in small groups by 

 themselves or singly in borders. There 

 are about seventy species, only a few 

 of which have been introduced into 

 California. 

 Propagate by cuttings placed in sandy leaf-mold, in a cold 



frame in September or October; shade during hot sunshine; 



pot them singly in small pots when they are rooted. 



PINUS (<fke Pine). 



This highly ornamental as well as most useful genus com- 

 prises about seventy species indigenous to most of the North 

 Temperate Zone and contains many exceedingly ornamental and 

 picturesque trees for landscape improvement. Pinus insignis 

 (the Monterey Pine) by many authorities is considered to be the 

 most ornamental of all the species either native or foreign. An- 

 other native, Pinus Lambertiana (Sugar Pine) is without doubt 

 the most gigantic of all. The Pine is not particular as to soil 

 provided it is well drained, although there are some, such as 

 Pinus Murrayana and Pinus rigida, which prefer a wet or 

 swampy situation. 



California is very rich in varieties of this genus, no less than 

 sixteen species being indigenous to this coast. 



