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(Ed. note: Contributions to this column as well as many 
flattering comments have been received for which the 
author wishes to express his gratitude. Selected contribu- 
tions will appear as soon as ‘publication lag’ permits!) 
| do not think it logical 
To plant your yard hodge-podgical. 
You plan your house in great detail, 
But with the garden many fail ! 
A garden, as | look upon it, 
Should, first of all, please those who own it. 
To coin a phrase, one should combine 
The owners taste with sound design. 
A landscape architect to me 
Has fully earned his modest fee 
If he translates his clients’ wishes, 
Be they quite plain or quite ambitious. 
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($7.50 each.) Other varieties are recom- 
mended for inland planting. 
Citrus for this region includes 
ORANGES, LEMONS, TANGERINES, 
—_LIMES, at $5.50 each, and we have a fine 
lot of SEVILLE (sour) ORANGES which 
make excellent evergreen shrubs. ($5.) The 
fruit is used in making marmalade, English 
style. Like the Avocado, all Citrus rightly 
placed have great ornamental value, in 
their glossy evergreen foliage, floral abun- 
dance, bright fruits, and variety of forms— 
shrub, tree, espalier. 
Continue to put out BEDDING PLANTS 
from flats. STOCKS and SNAPDRAGONS 
($3.) are available in separate colors. If 
you have not already grown the Tetra 
Snapdragon with its extra large frilled lip, 
do so this season. Also for sunny spots are 
PANSIES ($3.60), VIOLAS ($3.20), NEME- 
SIA ($3.), ICELAND POPPIES ($3.50), and 
CALENDULAS ($3.). For shade there are 
CINERARIAS ($3.60) in separate shades 
or mixed; PRIMULAS in variety—P. mala- 
coides (baby, or fairy Primrose) so fine for 
massing ($3.60); P. obconica, the more 
sturdy type with large flowers, used as pot 
plants and for bedding ($4.); P. polyantha. 
(English hybrids), a true perennial here. This 
is the variety of Primula which was so 
much in evidence and so admired at the 
International Show ($4.). (All prices quoted 
are per flat of 100 plants). 
At no time have we had a more interest- 
ing variety of shrubs, trees, and patio 
TIME FOR A CHANGE! 
Our Candidate 
If you favor the tropical look in land- 
scaping and feature it in your garden or 
admire it in other gardens, you've prob- 
ably observed that more often than not 
“the face is familiar.’ While there are 
many plants that lend themselves to the 
tropical look, it is frequently a series of 
Rice Paper plants (Tetrapanax papyriferum) 
with their large fan leaves which provide 
the height and emphasis to the planting. 
With the “coming of age'’ of our rare 
plant of the month, Evans and Reeves are 
able to offer a promising substitute for 
the faithful Rice Paper plant, which in 
every way satisfies the requirements of 
attractiveness, emphasis, and height. 
Our debutante, Tetraplasandra, is also 
a member of the Aralia family as is the 
Tetrapanax, but is unlike its relative in ap- 
pearance, having long glossy green com- 
pound leaves, each with as many as nine 
large (nine-inch) leaflets (pictured) on the 
young plants now in five gallon containers. 
In its native habitat Tetraplasandra makes 
a fine tree of medium (or greater) size 
with light bark, a broad, flat crown, and 
interesting branching habit which displays 
to advantage the showy compound leaves. 
Though the emigrants’ family comes from 
true tropical climes, ranging across the 
Pacific to the Indian Ocean, it seems will- 
ing to settle in California, small plants 
having weathered chill nights here when 
the ground about their containers was 
frosted. We are pleased to introduce this 
handsome new addition to California gar- 
dens to provide the ‘'new look" in our 
temperate tropics!’ (Five gallons, $5.50.) 
plants on display at the Nursery. THE 
STREET IMPROVEMENT PROJECT ON 
BARRINGTON IS NOW COMPLETED, 
and it is possible for you to visit the 
Nursery without inconvenience. (K.B.] 
