gently around the surface of the ball at least twice a week until 
the ground freezes. There are other ways of doing this, such as 
a hose lying at the side of the ball, arranged so as to drip slowly 
all day, or a barrel of water with a small hole in the side or 
bottom, stood by the tree and so arranged that it drips slowly 
down to the roots. These are the most simple ways of watering. 
Do not think that an occasional light rain is going to sufficient^ 7 
water a transplanted tree. Torrential storms such as we have had 
this summer would do it, but the ordinary shower is not enough. 
Nature always mulches her trees in this climate with dead leaves 
so that it is good to follow her example and put a good coating of 
them around your adopted child and hold them down with some 
branches for the winter. It needs this care because it is not yet 
normally adjusted to the new environment. 
In telling how to transplant Cedars I am writing for the 
novice alone, and have tried to give every small point which in 
my own limited experience I feel may be helpful. 
Flora MacDonald Potter. 
Bedford Garden Club. 
Shrubs for Warm Climates 
The location of our place, on a hillside, having practically no 
flat land, and very porous soil on the southern slope facing the 
sea, with slight adobe mixture on the northern slope, may be 
considered typical of many gardens adjacent to Santa Barbara. 
The climate is practically frostless, no blighting of our Helio- 
trope having occurred last winter, considered one of the coldest 
this neighborhood has experienced. The elevation is over seven 
hundred and fifty feet. Our long, dry summers necessitate ever 
watchful care about the watering, the slope of the land and the 
nature of the soil itself adding greatly to the problem of keeping 
the plants sufficiently moist. Mulching heavily with manure or 
weeds, cut in spring, helps greatly. Cultivation of the soil is 
most important. With these facts in mind, the record of plants 
thriving with us may suggest to others some experiments. The 
four vines and one shrub, which I recommended in our issue of 
November, 1921, are continuing to flourish and glorify our 
garden. 
Our planting of Bursaria spinosa (a native of Australia and 
Tasmania), has been a source of very great congratulation. A 
two-foot, woody shrub was planted from a five-gallon can a year 
and a half ago. After a few months, the main stem was so high 
that its top was cut entirely out in order to encourage a more 
bushy growth. This year it is fully ten feet high. Last year its 
tiny white flowers gave promise of what one might expect this 
season and we were not disappointed, for by July the entire 
shrub was covered with sprays somewhat resembling, in more 
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