Rhyme in Season 
Of all the vines that we admire. 
There's one that sets our heart afire. 
Its name with sentiment will fill ya— 
You guessed it, it's the Bougainvillea. 
It beautifies a royal palace, 
Adds zest to homes from here to Dallas; 
Folks everywhere long to obtain it, 
‘Cause of the ease with which you train it. 
Reiterating what we told you, 
A Bougainvillea that WE sold you, 
Will bring you many years of gladness: 
Thus ends this bit of lyric madness. 
Cire 
lt#’?s Time For... 
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trouble growing this sweet-scented waxy-flowered 
evergreen shrub, it may be simply, too much water. 
Apart from this, Daphne is easy to please, thriving 
as it does in a variety of soils in the half-shade. 
(One gallon, $1.75, larger sizes to $12.) 
Two excellent ERICAS (heathers) that will put 
on a show now and through the cooler months are 
E. melanthera rubra and E. lusitania, the white 
heather (one gallon, $1.50). CASSIA ARTEME- 
SOIDES provides masses of fragrant yellow blooms 
against silver-grey needle foliage, in a sunny, well- 
drained location, plentifully watered (one gallon, 
$1.50, five, $4). Bird of Paradise (STRELITZIA 
REGINAE), a regal winter-flowerer, takes kindly to 
transplanting trom containers into the summer-warm 
soil now. (Flowering sizes, $5 up, one gallon, $2.) 
Thoughts of winter bring us automatically to 
Christmas, and in this connection have you met 
ITEA ILLICIFOLIA? It is so holly-like it is often 
mistaken for it, but unlike holly it is fast growing, 
providing lots of cutting material for Yuletide 
decoration. (One gallon, $1.25; five, $5.) 
With the changing season a variety of Or- 
chids come into flower. ODONTOGLOSSUM 
GRANDE, the spectacular tiger orchid with brown- 
striped yellow flowers five to six inches across in 
the early fall months is of easy culture without 
glass, $5 up. LAELIA AUTUMNALIS produces 
rosy-lavender flowers under lath or patio-grown on 
a fern-stump or in a basket, $5. ZYGOPETALUM 
MACKAYI, which responds to the same planting 
medium and exposure as the popular Cymbidium, 
has three-inch yellow-green flowers spotted in 
brownish-purple. (Flowering sizes, $10.) 
Though the flowers may seem very distant now, 
it is time to think of BULBS! Beds should be pre- 
pared now of such stand-bys as FREESIAS, DAF- 
FODILS, NARCISSI, WATSONIAS, SPARAXIS, 
SNOWFLAKES (Leucojum), and after the I[5th, 
RANUNCULAS and ANEMONES. K.B. 
Hugh Cvans 
Here in Southern California, 
with our strong sunlight and dry- 
ing winds, there are a number of 
fine plants which can only be 
grown successfully if protected 
from the direct rays ot the hot 
sun, such protection as is afforded 
by trees which do not cast too 
dense a shade, or by the filtered 
shade of a lath-house. A _lath- 
house can be artistically con- 
structed and yet inexpensive, but 
the roof should not be so low as 
to preclude the planting of tree- 
ferns and other shade-loving 
plants which grow to some height 
and increase the charm and et- 
fectiveness of the whole setting. 
Before such a_ lath-house is 
planted it is most important and 
indeed essential to prepare the 
soil thoroughly by the incorpora- 
tion of plenty of humus, well- 
rotted manure if available, leaf 
mold, peat moss and_ humisite, 
and after the plants are set in the 
ground a good mulch of coarse 
leaf-mold should be applied and 
cultivation of the ground virtually 
dispensed with. There are many 
plants which will best express 
their character and beauty if 
planted in the ground. 
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To digress, King Solomon has 
told us that ''Many waters can- 
not quench love'' nor, apparently, 
can the profound uncharted depths 
of dust on Barrington quench the 
love of our friends, love for the 
beauty they see and obtain at 
our establishment. We wish to ex- 
press our deep sense of gratitude 
to all these intrepid souls who 
have been supporting us in our 
hour of affliction! 
WANTED: DEAD! 
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as well, for it has the same prop- 
erties as Cedar, resistance to rot, 
termites, etc. 
We have an intriguing selection 
of pieces from which to choose, 
obtained at great risk to life and 
limb, from far beyond the reach 
of roads or even trails, at prices 
which boil down to about a tenth 
of a cent per year per pound! M.E. 
