Evans & 
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BS DIOR Shaner Segre 
V Oles3 JUNE, 1952 NO. 2 
IT’S TIME FOR — 
This is the happy month when the gar- 
dener who has planted wisely can sit back 
and relax a bit. His chief concern should 
be to see that his plantings do not suffer 
from lack of water or food. Roses are gross 
feeders; see that they do not lack fertilizer! 
Minor pleasant puttering jobs there will 
be—pinching back Chrysanthemums, tying 
up Carnations, and of course, maintaining 
guard against plant pests. 
June brings weddings and patio parties. 
Often, in spite of planning, we find our- 
selves caught short on color, but fortunate- 
ly our nurseries anticipate this and are 
ready with material for just such occasions! 
Many plants in pots or containers, in flower 
or about to burst into bloom, are on hand. 
Employing shades of red, orange and yel- 
low MESEMBRYANTHEMUMS in rainbow 
crescents will produce a spectacular show. 
(One gallon, 65 cents). PELARGONIUMS 
are good not only for that special party, 
but in a sunny spot provide a wealth ot 
color for months to come this year, and 
future years; available in a wide range of 
colors at 85 cents in 4 inch pots. FUCH- 
SIAS, other long-flowering plants, are com- 
ing into their own now. The newest intro- 
ductions as well as all the outstanding old 
favorites have turned our lathhouses into 
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By the Sea... 
Almost everybody loves to be by the 
beautiful sea . . . and most of our plant 
friends hate it! And that poses a problem 
because the same salty breezes which so 
invigorates us, have the same effect as a 
blow torch on such things as Magnolias, 
Elms, Camellias, etc. So this is written for 
the benefit of our garden-loving friends 
who inhabit the seashore from Malibu to 
Portuguese Bend. 
Forget Coconut Palms; it is from the 
coasts of Australia, New Zealand, the 
Canary Islands and the Mediterranean that 
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HORTICULTURAL HEGIRA 
Look Again! 
Any drive anywhere in Southern Cali- 
fornia can be a garden tour—especially if 
the tourist isn't the driver. The only re- 
quirement for fun is an interest in plants 
and an acquaintance with a few of them. 
Recently we were driven into Hollywood— 
and were amazed at some of the landmarks. 
On the left-hand side of Sunset boule- 
vard, near Holmby Hills where the street 
follows sort of an arroyo and the plantings 
of the houses come right down to the curb 
to screen out the curious eye, we saw 
large dark clumps of shrub with masses of 
yellow bloom—Acacia verticillata, a late 
bloomer, handsome, and growing on a 
very dry bank which the roots had kept 
immobile even with last winter's rains. Be- 
yond on the right was a fine colony of 
Prunus Pissardi (Purple-leaf Plum) effective- 
ly faced with bold gray-green mounds of 
Melianthus major, a dramatic combination. 
Then came a stretch of smallish, round- 
headed Eucalyptus Lehmanni — dense on 
top but with strong fine branch pattern 
and lots of red and bronze in the foliage 
even in early summer. 
At Whittier drive we had to stop— 
and so noticed on the right an interesting 
street planting there of Casuarina, a nee- 
dle-leafed gray green tree impervious to 
wind, drought and carbon monoxide fumes. 
On either side of Sunset for a mile or 
two through Beverly Hills is a street tree 
that takes one right back to any middle- 
western town, Acer dasycarpum, the Sil- 
ver Maple. 
The park opposite the Beverly Hills Ho- 
tel offers an excellent assortment of palms, 
nothing rare, but all mature enough to 
show their better values — Arecastrums, 
Washingtonias, Butias, Erytheas, and 
Chamaerops humilis. 
In one spacious old-fashioned front lawn 
on the lett stands a not too happy but 
very old Agathis robusta, the Queensland 
Kauri, also known as Dammar Pine, though 
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