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and our recent introduction—the golden- 
flowered THEVETIA THEVETIODES. C. in- 
aequilatera is the ''pink powder puff'' 
plant, a graceful billowing shrub or easy, 
informal espalier, with glossy green pinnate 
foliage, coppery when new, that is cov- 
ered with large stameniferous watermelon- 
pink flowers through the winter. 
Our sensational Thevetia, with its clear 
bright yellow flowers four inches across 
borne in clusters at the ends of slender- 
leaved branches, remains a rarity even in 
botanical gardens, but seems happy to 
make its home here in Southern California. 
A free-bloomer six months of the year, 
this regal relative of the common oleander 
will enrich your garden's color immeasur- 
ably. $3 and $6. 
Plants to be set into your gardening as 
they bloom now include BOUGAINVIL- 
LEA in a half-dozen hues, $1.50 to $12.50: 
HIBISCUS in many colors, $1.50 to $4.50; 
TIBOUCHINA SEMIDECANDRA (large 
purple-flowering Princess Flower), 95 cents 
and $3.75; ROSES, hybrid teas and flori- 
bundas, $3.50; ENGLISH LAVENDER, 95 
cents; white BOUVARDIA, ALBATROSS, 
$1.25; ever-blooming purple POLYGALA 
DALMAISIANA, 85 cents; large, fragrant 
HELIOTROPE Black Beauty, 75 cents: 
VINCA ROSEA (Madagascar Periwinkle}, 
95 cents; and a specially selected strain 
of large, fully-double white flowering PE- 
TUNIAS in six-inch pots, $1. 
For the shade we suggest blue BRO- 
WALLIA, 20 cents; ANEMONE JAPON- 
ICA, in white, pink or red, 95 cents; 
vigorous flowering plants of TUBEROUS 
BEGONIAS, our own specialty, $1; IM- 
PATIENS SULTANA, 50 and 85 cents; 
IMPATIENS OLIVERI, to five feet with 
pink blooms over two inches across, 85 
cents; STREPTOCARPUS in vivid blues, 
white and rose, 75 cents. 
For an everchanging show of blossom, 
and fruit on a glossy-leafed evergreen 
shrub, OCHNA MULTIFLORA is a gem! 
In the summer masses of fragrant yellow 
flowers come and go, leaving the calyx. 
Its five sepals thicken and take on color 
until they resemble moulded bright red 
wax, and on this the fruits appear, first 
green, then jet black. This spectacle re- 
mains until the next wave of bloom. $1.25. 
And finally, a conversation piece for the 
house, fun for your next party, is MIMOSA 
PUDICA (Touch Me Not) which closes up 
when touched. K.B. 
iH ugh Cvans 
"A thing of beauty is a joy forever; its 
loveliness increases.’ For those who delight 
in color, what is more superb than a Bou- 
gainvillea flaunting its glowing mantle on 
a sun-drenched roof or wall? A good many 
years ago | happened to be the chairman ~ 
of the beautification committee of the 
Santa Monica Chamber of Commerce, 
and thinking that the town was a little 
lacking in color contrasted with, for in- 
stance, Santa Barbara, Laguna or San 
Diego, some of us induced the proper 
authorities to designate the Bougainvillea 
as the floral emblem of that bright surf- 
breathing city. | am glad to say that there 
has been a considerable use made of this 
splendid plant, and now Santa Monica 
does not have to hang her head in shame 
any more. 
The objections sometimes voiced that 
these plants grow too large are not really 
well taken; by judicious thinning and prun- 
ing when they are young, they caneasilybe 
kept in bounds, in fact many of the newer 
varieties are wholly admirable grown as 
shrubs, as they are in Florida and as 
standards as in Florida and Jamaica. The 
long heavy water shoots should be cut out 
at the point of origin, and the plants en- 
couraged to make plenty of short new 
growth, to produce an abundance of flow- 
ering bracts. 
In my recollection of Hawaii and Ta- 
hiti, their wealth of tropical foliage and 
the feast of color in the trees, shrubs and 
vines, the glory of the Bougainvillea stays 
in my memory after all the years. We in- 
vite you to come and see some of the 
new varieties: coral, pink and yellow. Plant 
them in the sun and feast your eyes on 
their beauty and their splendor. 
PODACHAENIUM EMINENS.... . (Contin 
feet in the first season, tapering off by 
the third season when it approaches 15 
feet, though south of the border it. is 
known to attain 25 feet! 
An evergreen tree, Podachaenium pro- 
duces in summer or fall generous clusters 
of yellow centered white daisies which 
give it the common name "DAISY TREE." 
