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The Garden Magazine, January, 1924 
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WHERE PRIZE-WINNING DAHLIAS FLOURISH 
From June to November Dahlias bloom in this little San Francisco garden, and against 
the lattice fence a tall-growing Gailiardia flowers practically through the entire year. 
In spring Daffodils and early flowering Gladiolus come brightly to the fore 
heart, Japanese Anemones, and Heucheras. The effect is that of an 
exotic tropical garden. 
My advice to one starting a new garden would be to first plant 
rocks; then, after having planted some plants, again to plant rocks— 
large water or weather worn rocks, avoiding those with fresh fractures, 
for they will not look well. This advice will not be followed by a certain 
friend of mine who, after being shown about the garden, said, “ My, what 
a lot of rocks you have to get rid of. 1 didn't know there were rocks out 
in the sand-dune part of San Francisco.” I didn’t tell her the rocks 
came from all over the Pacific Coast, from the Cascades in the north to 
the Sierra Madres in the south and from the Rockies 
in Colorado to the east, and that 1 hadn’t the 
slightest intention in the world of disposing of 
them. Neither did 1 tell her that 1 had lost two 
finger nails putting them in place. 1 am afraid 
she would have given me little, if any, sympathy. 
My garden contributes thousands of cut flowers 
each year, and because they are naturalized and 
not planted in beds, the picking of them does not 
leave an uninteresting void. 
CHEER IN A SUNLESS CORNER 
In this small 6 x 14 ft. space between Mr. Redfern’s house and that 
of his neighbor thrive an Australian Tree Fern, Fuchsias, Prim¬ 
roses, Azaleas, and Heuchera, introducing a delightfully exotic air 
A 25 x 40 FT. MINIATURE LANDSCAPE 
The effect of spaciousness is obtained by keeping the center open and circling the edges of the lawn with plants whose foliage lends 
interest after the flowering season has passed. Skilfully placed stones and a big jar make a focal pivot for the whole composition 
