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I) Evans & U.S. Department of Aor; 
C Reeves 
VOL. 3 NOVEMBER, 1952... NO. 7 
IT’S TIME FOR 
. . . reviewing the result of earlier ac- 
tivities, and passing judgment on such 
subjects as Roses, Dahlias, and Chrysanthe- 
mums, making notes of those which proved 
to be good performers, and which particu- 
larly pleased us in the matter of form, 
color, etc. Mark such ROSES which for 
some reason or other you may decide te 
replace during the coming bare root sea- 
son. While CHRYSANTHEMUMS are at 
their peak note which you wish to carry 
over and increase. DAHLIAS, as they die 
down, can be lifted and, along with GLAD- 
IOLI and CANNAS, stored in a dry, cool 
place until replanting time. 
The unusually heavy rains last spring 
taught many of us the necessity of check- 
_ing up on the matter of DRAINAGE. Much 
valuable material was lost, some needlessly, 
because of too much water. Basins sur- 
rounding trees and shrubs could have been 
filled in. Areas where water had a tendency 
to collect and remain possibly should be 
regraded, tile or surface drained. Anyway, 
a check-up will suggest some line of action 
and prepare you for another lengthy wet 
period, which can happen again! 
In most gardens BULB PLANTING is 
well under way but there is still time (into 
December) for more. Good stocks of most 
varieties are still on hand, including the 
spectacular LILIES, L. speciosum rubrum 
(red banded), L. auratum (gold banded), L. 
regale and L. giganteum. They should be 
bought while fresh and plump, handled 
carefully (for the fleshy segments bruise 
easily and rot sets in quickly thereafter), 
planted well down immediately. If you did 
not plant SWEET PEAS in time to have 
blooms for Christmas, don't let the fact 
stop you from planting now—you can still 
have a wonderful show for early spring. 
As usual at this time, we are bringing 
into our sales yard for your selection 
CAMELLIAS and AZALEAS. Knowing that 
we have a discriminating clientele for these 
two deservedly popular items, we offer only 
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THE SPACE IS FAMILIAR 
THE AFRICAN GREEN 
NUXIA FLORIBUNDA, a large ever- 
green shrub, or a tree, from East Africa, 
is a welcome substitute for Pittosporum 
undulatum. Not to belittle the latter old 
standby, we mean merely to suggest that 
our newer introduction may well vary the 
scene where there is need for a rather 
small evergreen specimen tree, a wide and 
handsome hedge or screen, or a shrub to 
15 feet across and as high. 
Nuxia has lance-shaped, very dark green 
foliage and bears ten-inch trusses of 
cream white flowers at the branch ends 
throughout winter and spring. These flower 
heads are most arresting and may be seen 
for some distance. While this plant is re- 
sistant to drought, it tolerates summer 
watering well and is frost hardy to at least 
25 degrees. In fact, it performs creditably 
almost anywhere except in dense wet shade 
or in a narrow, cramped spot. 
Introduced into Southern California some 
years ago by Mr. Hugh Evans, Nuxia has 
been more or less unavailable recently, but 
we have propagated a new stock with 
which to supply those who have admired 
our specimen at the Nursery and those 
seeking a ‘‘different’’ plant for a familiar 
situation. Five-gallon cans, $4.50. P.E.C. 
