16 Suggestions. 
of date palm; graceful, long recurved, pinnate leaves, and 
hardy. 
Cocos Australis. One of the hardiest of palms, and one of 
great beauty. 
Cocos plumosa. Elegant, plume-like foliage. 
Cycas revoluta. One of the best dwarf decorative plants, the 
‘sago palm,’ though more nearly related to the pines than the 
palms. 
Sabal palmetto. The Palmetto is one of the noblest of palms, 
attaining a height of forty feet. 
Sabal adansoni. Dwarf palmetto, a stemless fan palm, and 
one o1 the hardiest. 
Latania borbonica. Glossy, drooping, fan-shaped leaves, the 
most useful and beautiful of palms for house decoration or lawn. 
SUGGESTIONS. 
In Southern California below the frost belt—begonias, primulas, 
ferns of all kinds, and shade-loving plants thrive in a lath house 
partially shaded by vines. Most.begonias are fine bedding plants 
in sheltered locations. Begonia rubra is a wonderful grower. It 
often reaches a hight of fifteen feet 
Best vines for verandas: Begonias, Tecoma Jasminoides, 
Campsidium felicifolium, jasmines, and Thunbergia laurifolia. 
Best vines for screens, summer houses and growing in trees: 
Passifloras, Cobzea, Mandevilla and Ipomeeas. 
Don’t fail to try Mina lobata, as easily grown as a morning 
glory, and so beautiful every one ‘raves over it.’ ; 
The new Ipomea, ‘Heavenly Blue,’ a child of Ipomcea Leari 
and Mina lobata, is indescribably beautiful. 
The large flowering blue stock is extremely pretty. 
Giant Perfection stock is superb, delights all. 
The new seedling fuschia, Gen. Vandever, is worthy of all 
praise, flowers large and beautiful, a fine climber. 
The perpetual blooming Cyclamen Mt. Blanc is greatly 
admired, too much cannot be said in its praise. 
Cereus triangularis is a most interesting variety of this gro- 
tesque family. Grown without support it rambles over the 
ground, planted near a house it becomes ambitious. A large 
