Gardening in Californi 



TAMARIX. 



No shrub is better adapted to the planting of any waste spot 

 or for the filling up of a gap on the bank of a creek or where some 

 other shrub has failed to grow. It stands exposure well, grow- 

 ing even within the spray of salt water or in alkali soil ; in fact, 

 it thrives under almost any conditions, preferring a sandy soil 

 however, and a situation within the influence of the sea air. 



The Tamarix Gallica, Tamarix Orientalis, Tamarix plumosa, 

 and Tamarix parriflora are all very desirable. 



Propagate by inserting cuttings into sandy soil in the open 

 ground in the Winter months. 



TAXODIUM (Swamp Cypress). 



An excellent tree for semi- 

 aquatic situations, having a soft 

 light-green fern-like foliage, being 

 very graceful in habit and highly 

 ornamental. The genus comprises 

 several species including Taxo- 

 dium distichum (from Louisiana) 

 and Taxodium mucronata, the 

 Montezuma Cypress ( from 

 Mexico). 



Propagate by cuttings, during 

 the Winter months, placed in a 

 vessel of water where they will 

 root in a few weeks, or by seeds 



sown one-eighth of an inch deep in light sandy soil, and placed 



in a warm greenhouse in Spring. 



Taxodium. 



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