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VOL. 4 SEPTEMBER, 
lt’?s Time For... 
Planting winter flowers, spring bulbs, 
the first autumn-blooming CHRYSANTHE- 
MUMS, and the last of the heat-loving HI- 
BISCUS. It is also time to feed again for 
fall bloom — Roses, perennials, Lantana, 
Geraniums and to protect all sun-tender 
plants from the hottest weather of the year. 
Winter flowers are from plants put in 
early — right now: CALENDULAS, ICE- 
LAND POPPIES, WALLFLOWERS, NE- 
MESIA, STOCK, SNAPS, and PANSIES, all 
40 to 60 cents a dozen in flats; REIN- 
WARDTIA INDICA (Winter Flax)—yellow, 
two feet, sun or part shade, $1 in gallons; 
CESTRUM ELEGANS — crimson, four to 
eight feet, part shade, $1 in gallons; 
CASSIA ARTEMISOIDES— yellow, four to 
six feet, sun and dry, $1.25 in gallons. 
Dig deep and well before installing any 
of these, incorporating plenty of manure, 
humisite and bonemeal. 
Prepare similarly for BULBS — except 
no manure. Bulbs do so well so easily we 
forget how much better they perform if 
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For the fi Leting in 1952, ye ears/ we 
are able to offer ll LOPREAN RYS- 
ANTHEMUM as a part Seu UR nsive 
autumn mum display. Primarily sttretds, they 
are delicately rayed; .medium-sized flowers 
in subtle pastel shadings so abundantly pro- 
duced on the compact plants that in full 
bloom they appear as huge bouquets. In 
distinct contrast to their ever more osten- 
tatious hybrid cousins, the Korean Chrys- 
anthemums are for the lover of informal 
plantings and old-fashioned charm in flow- 
ers. 
These fall-flowering Chrysanthemums 
have more old-fashioned qualities than 
charm to offer however: they are durable 
perennials which thrive in the full sun, in 
locations difficult for other flowers, require 
no fussing with stakes or disbudding, are 
ideal as bedding or border plants and as 
substitutes for the omnipresent Marguer- 
ite which growth habit they resemble, and 
supply myriad long-lasting flowers for cut- 
ting. (Gallons, 85 cents). R.M., M.E., P.E.C. 
TURNABOUT: GREEN SHRIMP FROM RED? 
Beloperone or the ‘Shrimp 
Plant'' is an old timer long used 
in temperate and_ subtropical 
gardens as specimen, border or 
pot plant. The curious rusty 
brown flowers are produced al- 
most continually throughout the 
year. Correctly speaking, what 
appears to be the flower is act- 
ually a leafy bract, the true 
flowers are white, much the same 
arrangement as in Bougainvilleas 
which also have tiny white flow- 
ers. The Beloperone has always 
been a useful plant but the 
color has sometimes been a prob- 
lem. Now for the first time we 
are able to offer something new 
and different—a CHARTREUSE- 
FLOWERED SHRIMP PLANT. 
This new Beloperone is a muta- 
tion or natural accident, having 
all the attributes of the common 
Beloperone guttata but with a 
much more digestible flower 
(pardon us, bract). 
The shrimp plant is generously 
used in the Hawaiian Islands and 
in Florida where its constant and 
profuse flower is most effective. 
We think that this new color 
break (literally and figuratively) 
will earn the plant a much wider 
use in our gardens. Beloperone, 
in case you have never grown it, 
is very easy to handle, no cul- 
tural tricks or special fertilizers 
are needed, a little staking when 
young will suffice. ($2.50). 
