It's Time For... 
Azaleas, English Primroses, balled peren- 
nials, certain choice unusual shrubs, and a 
last look at late-flowering Peaches and 
Crabs. March is also the month to get 
ready for summer bloom. 
Have you yet heard that all Azaleas 
dont grow in the shade? Many of the 
SOUTHERN INDICAS are actually better 
in at least half sun, and near the ocean 
even full sun. This strain is also faster 
growing, larger growing, and best obtained 
in small sizes at $1.50 and $1.85 — two 
shades of purple, two whites, light salmon, 
shell pink, and a good frank red. 
Primula polyantha (English Primrose) is 
one of Evans and Reeves’ specialties 
grown from selected seed in our own lath- 
houses, and this year we offer an even 
larger selection of this priceless perennial 
at the same old price of $2.50 a blooming 
dozen in three-inch pots—blues, yellows, 
multicolor pinks Si reds, and whites 
(cream to chalk white). 
Balled perennials are best in by April 
—DELPHINIUMS in three shades of blue, 
two of violet, two of lavender, and two 
whites (white bee and brown bee) at 45 
cents each; CANTERBURY BELLS in pink, 
white, light or dark blue at 50 cents; 
COLUMBINE in blue, pink, white or yel- 
low, 50 cents; FOXGLOVES in white or 
pastels, 50 cents. 
Three outstanding shrubs you must not 
miss are JACOBINIA PAUCIFLORA, a 
small red-and-yellow shade shrub that's 
been blooming all winter and still is ($1.25, 
one gallon); HELLEBORUS CORSICUS, 
also low and for shade, green-flowered, 
with gray-green three- parted toothed 
leaves, especially effective with Mahonias 
and Holly, $2.50, one gallon cans; and 
GENISTA MONOSPERMA, the very fra- 
grant snow-white, large-growing broom so 
adaptable to dry gardens, $4, five gallons. 
Right this month is the time to see the 
best of all in flowering ornamental decidu- 
ous trees—the late-flowering Peaches and 
Crabs priced $5.50 to $22.50. Of the for- 
mer we offer the incomparable HELEN 
BORCHERS very double light-pink; PURI- 
TY — white, and cerise; the superlative 
Peach RED SILVER, $3.75 each (red flow- 
ers followed by silver and red leaves); 
and the new pink ALTAIR which also pro- 
duces edible fruit. Crabs, $3.50 to $5.50 
(none of which bloom heavily every year 
in immediate coastal areas), include the 
well-known dwarf, BECHTEL, a little tree 
with flowers (after leaves appear) like Cecil 
Hugh aus 
Some years ago | carried on a corre- 
spondence with a Mr. Turley in New South 
Wales, who, going out from England to 
Australia as a boy, was so much impressed 
by the beauty of Bougainvilleas he saw 
flowering there, that he induced the peo- 
ple of Ipswich to adopt the Bougainvilleas 
as the floral emblem of the city with the 
result that literally thousands of them were 
planted. Before very long people came 
from all over Australia to admire the mar- 
velous display of color afforded by these 
plants, with the consequence that the city 
became famous for its beauty and the 
townspeople reaped a handsome profit 
from the money spent by those who came 
to admire. 
| have from time to time heard people 
complain that.Bougainvilleas grew too large 
and were difficult to keep within bounds, 
but this objection, if it is an objection, 
cannot apply to some of the new varieties 
recently introduced, which can be grown 
either as vines or shrubs. Indeed, in Florida, 
Bougainvillea Barbara Karst is used princi- 
pally as a flowering shrub as it is a profuse 
bloomer, and easily kept in hand. When 
well established in a warm sunny spot an 
occasional dose of fertilizer and infrequent 
but good watering is about all the care 
these plants require. 
In Santa Barbara, Laguna and San Digeo 
you encounter these wonderful color bear- 
ers on every hand. We who live in the 
warm coastal and foothill regions should 
plant them more extensively as vines or 
shrubs, for hedges and ground covers, for 
they are unsurpassed in their full sumptu- 
ous splendor. 
Brunner roses; MALUS FLORIBUNDA VA- 
RIETY ARNOLDIANA, a slow dwarf with 
wonderful flat head, pink and white single 
flowers; M. ELEYI, a faster, growing, 
slightly pendulous tree with red stems and 
almost red flowers; and two brand new 
ones from Oregon, M. SPECTABILIS ALBA 
PLENA with double white flowers; and M. 
SPECTABILIS RIVERSII, double pink flow- 
ers and large green fruit. 
Now we must take hurried stock of get- 
ting the garden ready for summer. Start 
Dahlia tubers, 50 cents and 75 cents each; 
Tuberous Begonias, Tigridia, $1.50 a dozen, 
and Tuberoses, $1.50 and $2.50 a dozen. 
Dig, divide and spray (Black Leaf 40 and 
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