Gardening in California 



HEDERA HELIX (Ivy). 



Few climbing plants will be found more useful than the old- 

 fashioned Ivy as it grows in any soil and almost any aspect. 

 It is good for covering walls, railings or rustic houses, and makes 

 excellent bordering for walks or a covering for bare spots under 

 trees where few other plants will grow. Should the leaves get 

 dusty, it is a good plan to clip off all the leaves annually, about 

 the end of March or just before the Spring growth begins, and 

 in a few weeks the old leaves will be replaced by a new crop of 

 bright clean foliage. 



Propagate by cuttings placed in the open ground in October 

 or November; in a few months they will be rooted and ready to 

 be planted in their permanent places. 



IPOMOEA. 



The Ipomcea is an extensive genus, having over four hundred 

 species of twining or creeping plants whose campanula or salver- 

 shaped blossoms are of all shades of purple, red, blue or white. 

 They are among the prettiest of plants for covering the limbs of 

 old trees, trellises, veranda pillars, etc. All of the species may 

 be easily raised from seeds which should be sown in early Spring, 

 one eighth of an inch deep in four- inch pots filled with good 

 loam mixed with about one- third sand; sow three seeds in each 

 pot and place the pots in a warm place under glass. When the 

 young seedlings are about six inches high they should be tied to 

 small temporary stakes and gradually hardened by exposure to 

 the open air; after two weeks' exposure to the open they are 

 ready to be planted out. 



JASMINUM. 



The Jasminum are well-known plants and are very popular 

 on account of their elegant habit and sweet-scented flowers. 

 They make excellent covering for fences, trellises, arbors, etc., 

 and thrive in any good garden soil. 



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