IT’S TIME FOR... 
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standing whites are the well-known Zwan- 
enburg, a Darwin, and White City, a later- 
flowering Cottage type. October is the 
last call for WATSONIAS, those feathery 
strap-leated perennials with flowers like 
small glads but with better foliage—$1.25 
a dozen. FREESIAS—75 cents a dozen and 
Crocus—$1.25 a dozen should also be 
planted immediately for winter and early 
spring respectively. 
KOREAN MUMS, the single aster type 
which we recommended so _ highly last 
month, are still available, especially pinks. 
And now the LARGE-FLOWERED CHRYS- 
ANTHEMUMS are in also, all kinds and 
colors—85 cents. 
One of the perennials for planting now 
is MORAEA COTENULATA, a= dwart 
evergreen South Africa iris exactly like 
M. iridioides except half the height, an out- 
standing value in the permanent landscape, 
sun or partial shade, with contemporary 
sun or partial shade, $1.25 each. Of 
TALAUMA ... 
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and reproduction from imported seed has 
been an almost hopeless process as may 
be verified by reference to any of the 
horticultural encyclopedias. The young 
trees which were eventually established at 
Kew Gardens, London, were transported 
the entire distance from India in specially 
designed glass cases. To our knowledge 
there is only one flowering tree of Talau- 
ma in all California. This specimen. inci- 
dentally has endured without injury several 
winter nights of 25 degrees. 
It is with particular pride therefore that 
we commend to your attention our sturdy 
young plants of Talauma Hodgsoni_ in 
four gallon containers ($6) now three years 
old and starting to make the beautiful 
leaves which principally distinguish the tree 
for the first five or six years until it achieves 
a flowering size. 
Culture is approximately that prescribed 
for other Magnolias, average good soil, 
sun or filtered light with emphasis on plenty 
of food and water, and protection from 
strong winds. There are many aristocrats 
among plants and sometime we propose 
to print here a list of those in our opinion 
deserving this honor. High on that list will 
be Talauma Hodgsoni. M.E. 
FEATURE WITH A FUTURE 
HEBE AUTUMN GLORY, a bush Veronica 
hybrid, is a fog-belt subject as are all Hebes 
but with better foliage than any yet grown 
here: small, ovate very dark green leaves on 
dark red stems. Of extremely compact habit, 
it attains some two feet across in the preferred 
situation of all Hebes, a cool, moist, marine 
climate. However it has withstood a hot Brent- 
wood summer without foliage burn. indicating 
a wider use, excepting only torrid south and 
southwest exposures. Hebe blooms heavily in 
late spring and early summer—deep lavender 
blue flowers on small but numerous spikes, 
good for cutting. Rigid in habit, it is ideal 
under windows, as a facer, or as a low natural 
hedge. ($1.50). 
equal significance now are CERATOSTIG- 
MA GRIFFITHI, a late-flowering steel blue 
Plumbago-like subject with bronze foliage 
held well into winter; HELIANTHUS AN- 
GUSTIFOLIUS for bright yellow vertical 
lines, October and November; HYPERI- 
CUM CORUS, a delightful gray-green 
small-leaved groundcover for low borders 
and rock gardens; ARMERIA Glory of 
Holland, the pink Thrift of English gardens; 
ALYSSUM SAXATILE (yellow Rock Alys- 
sum); dwarf white AGAPANTHUS; white 
PLATYCODON for part shade; ELYMUS 
GLAUCA, the very blue-gray ornamental 
grass for gray plant groupings; and HEL- 
LEBORUS ORIENTALIS hybrids, a low win-. 
ter-blooming pastel flowered shade plant 
with peony-like leaves and blossoms good 
for cutting. Prices 85 cents to $1.25. 
Significant vines now in flower are 
THUNBERGIA GRANDIFLORA, the Sky 
Flower; JASMINUM MAGNIFICUM, the 
Portuguese Jasmine, one sun or part-shade 
climber or low shrub which really won't 
run out of bounds. 
SUCCULENTS are always of special in- 
terest in the fall. Even the ordinary ones 
take on added leaf coloring, reds, ame- 
thysts, bronze tones, and the gray-leated 
ones seem whiter by contrast. No plant 
family has more untested possibilities in 
California than this one. Right now we 
call to your attention Euphorbias and 
Echeverias for bloom and color. 
More conventional sources of autumn- 
to-winter foliage colors are LIRIODEN- 
DRON (eastern Tulip Tree), yellow; LIQ- 
UIDAMBAR, the Chinese as well as the 
American; ZELKOVA, a hardy very small 
elm-like tree with purple-bronze autumn 
leaves; PISTACHE CHINENSIS (Chinese 
Pistachio), very red pinnate leaves Decem- 
ber; and TILIA AMERICANA, the Ameri- 
can Linden for more yellow in a moist 
