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Araucaria Brasiliensis, from Brazil, is represented by two 
plants in San Diego. With age this variety drops its lower 
branches, leaving a bare trunk. 
THE GARDEN’S STORY. 
‘The Garden’s Story is a most charming little book by G. H. 
Ellwanger that I hope everyone interested in gardening will own. 
It is full of practical suggestions and the following are worth 
heeding: 
Whatever is worth growing at all is worth growing well. 
Study soil and exposure and cultivate no more space than can 
be maintained in perfect order. 
Plant thickly; it is easier and more profitable to raise flowers 
than weeds. 
Avoid stiffness and exact balancing; garden vases and garden 
flowers need not necessarily be used in pairs. 
A flower is essentially feminine and demands attention as the 
price of its smiles. 
Let there be harmony and beauty of color. Magenta in any 
form is a discord that should never jar. 
In studying color effects do not overlook white as a foil; 
white is the lens of the garden’s eye. 
Think twice and then still think before placing a tree, shrub 
or plantin position. Think thrice before removing a specimen tree. 
Grow an abundance of flowers for cutting; the bees and 
butterflies are not entitled to all the spoils. 
Love a flower in advance and plant something every year. 
Show me a well ordered garden and I will show you a genial 
home. 
Miss K. O. Sessions. 
CALIFORNIA PALMS. 
No class of plants adds so much to the tropical beauty of Cal- 
ifornia gardens as the stately but ever-graceful palms. They are 
among the noblest-and most admired of trees, in every country in 
which they thrive. For grand avenues or landscape effects they 
are unexcelled. Plant them in good soil, and give plenty of water 
the first year until the roots become established. The ground 
should be occasionally loosened and pulverized. 
All the palms indigenous to Upper California belong to the 
