The Ceanothus of the mountains and the hybrid Ceanothus Shrubs 
like Gloire de Versailles should have a place near a group of tree 
Lupines. The shrubby Bottle-brushes should be there too, I 
remember them so well as a child ; now I find that the name of 
the yellow ones are Melaleuca erectifolia and the pink and red 
ones, Callistenion speciosus hybridus! I should have Laurestinus 
to remind me of Miss Jekyll and quantities of other shiny dark 
leaved shrubs. 
Even around this tiny house I would keep a color scheme Colors 
definitely in mind for California has such a wealth of color to 
choose from, that the choice must be carefully made lest our 
door-yards become a veritable "Joseph's coat." We have all 
suffered actual pain in our optic nerves from the thoughtless 
planting of Scarlet Passion-vine or Poinsettias next to rose- 
purple Bougainvillea. Would I have a Bougainvillea in 
my Paradise ? Yes, of course, but it should be way off from other 
color, hanging over my grey stucco gate and in front of some 
dark trees. So, on the north side of the house toward the moun- 
tains I would plant the mauve flowers and vines with some of 
their buff and pale blue friends ; to the east, the copper, orange 
and flame flowers with plants like the dark maroon Scabious and 
Montbretias at their feet; to the south the pale lemon yellows, 
w^hites and some more mauve, reserving the sun-set side for my 
Roses. The Kitchen? Oh, yes, the kitchen can be towards the 
north-west in. a little L near the tiny vegetable garden and the 
"Ford shed." Here too I M^ould have my picking garden; all 
the annuals which won't grow for me in the East planted in 
rows for easier cultivation ; the Salpiglossis, Nemesia, Clarkias, 
Godetias, and African Daisies with the choice semi-tropical 
bulbs like Billbergias, Sparaxia, Watsonias and pink Amaryllis. 
I love creepers and vines best of any form of vegetable life ! Creepers 
My plain little house would be merely a rack to hang them on. (vines not 
I would want two little rough arbors of the Amalfi type, simple Snails) 
and inexpensive, one on the east and one on the west side of the 
house giving me plenty of space for the luxuriant semi-tropical 
flowering vines to clamber at will, reaching, eventually, the roof 
of the sleeping porch.. The crevices between the irregular flat 
stones with which the arbors are to be paved will make an ideal 
spot for little strange plants to flourish in the half shade. 
Planted close to the house on the north-east side I would 
have the tall Heliotropes, some Buddleia and Ceanothus and the 
mauve vines Thunhergia grandiflora and Solanum Wendlavdi 
near a creamy Gardenia Rose and the two fragrant white 
Jasminum, officinale and grandifiorum. 
On the south-west, go the glorious flaming Trumpet-creepers. 
Bignonia capreolata and the lemon-yellow B. Tweediana wander- 
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