Phoenix, Pumila, lupicola and Roehelleni, on the outskirts. If 
we stopped here, the effect would fail in quite satisfying us ; for 
Palms, however charming as single specimens, when brought 
together are apt to quarrel with each other. They are not fond 
of company. 
Fortunately, we have it in our power to make peace in the 
family, by the addition of a variety of those beautiful things 
they are accustomed to in their native home. Here in their 
midst, a tall Bamboo, there a snaller kind, an Abyssinian 
Banana in a sheltered nook, Tree Ferns in varieties, giant 
Begonias, broad-leaf Ginger Plants, Jacarandas, Aralias, 
Phellodendrons, Caesalpinas, nearly all bearing various colored 
blossoms in harmony wnth each other. Myrtles, etc., and last, but 
not least, the gorgeous Bougainvillea Lateritia with Bignonias in 
varieties planted at their feet, climbing the trunks of the loftiest 
01 the group, until they obtain a footing among the leaves, their 
branches covered with flowers, gracefully hanging in the air and 
swayed to and fro by the gentle zephyrs of our balmy clime. Of 
a bright day, silhouetted against the sky and the dark blue of the 
Pacific in the distance and bathed in the golden rays of the sun, 
can there be any objection to the picture, though exotic it may be, 
and are we to exclude this harmonious and happy family from 
our California gardens ? 
A. B. DOREMUS. 
A An optimist has been well described as a person who believes 
MoNTECiTO everything he reads in the seed catalog, but even such an optimist 
Rose cannot make all varieties of flowers grow in Southern California 
Garden and one is obliged to view one's Rose Garden through dark 
glasses now and then. Only a few short years ago, for time 
passes very rapidly in this part of the world where seasons vary 
only a little, my garden was planned as a Rose test-garden, and 
has been carried on as an experimental one ever since. 
From the terrace, w^ith a large, climbing Belle Siehrecht Rose 
on either side of the steps one looks do^'^^l on the almost contin- 
uous bloom of the bright Bodhatte. Beyond is the Cecile Brunner 
trellis and the garden with the Monterey Cypress hedge as a 
background to offer protection from the prevailing winds. The 
Roses are planted in checker-board effect, each with its own earth 
plot two feet square surrounded by grass. In the first rows we 
have the deep red of the Hadley and hardy General McArtkur ; 
then several rows of pink blossoms, such as Madame Leon Pain 
and Beaute de Lyon, followed by the large, white blooms of the 
Frau Karl Druschld. Next comes the lovely Ophelia, which 
reminds one of Dresden china buds, the pink George Arends, 
Mrs. Charles Bussell and again the bright red of the Hoosier 
Beauty and Red-letter Day. The Jonkheer J. L. Mock was 
planted here at first to blend the red and pink blossoms, but was 
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