Hele S500 
"The moan of doves in immemorial elms 
And murmur of innumerable bees.’ 
These lines of Tennyson's have always 
breathed to me of peace and tranquillity; 
surely there is no more melodious sound 
in nature than the call of the wild dove, 
liquid and soft yet penetrating and carry- 
ing over a great distance. The four notes 
the bird utters fall like a benediction. It 
is gratifying to realize that so many gar- 
deners today are taking pains to attract 
birds to their garden—a little water even 
if it is only a bird bath, where they can 
drink and bathe, will always attract them, 
and we should not grudge them their share 
of the berries on our shrubs, for the birds 
repay us many times over by ridding us 
of undesirable insects and scale pests. 
Observation will tell us what plants and 
seeds are particularly attractive to birds, 
and while they may occasionally make a 
meal of young seedlings, the benefits they 
bestow on us tar outweigh any harm they 
do. 
Select some spot where you can plant 
the tall, climbing Fuchsia, F. Magellanica 
with its myriads of small red and purple 
flowers like miniature jewels hanging in 
profusion from every branch throughout 
the year, you will see the humming birds 
darting around the flowers, getting a per- 
petual feast of nectar. 
The march of human progress and the 
destruction of forests all over the world 
aided and abetted by some of the new 
and deadly insect exterminators are re- 
sulting in the destruction of thousands of 
birds; we in our gardens can help to pro- 
tect and cherish them. 
DWARF BANANA .. . 
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which may be even sandy or heavy, but 
does enjoy plenty of food and water. In 
addition to providing a handsome orna- 
mental for the garden both flowers and 
foliage may be cut for striking table dec- 
orations. Five gallon cans, $5; specimen 
plants in 15 gallon containers, $15. M.E. 
Enter Fuchsias 
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up, we challenge you to show any other 
shrub that has: 
|. A longer blooming season. 
2. A greater diversity of size and habit. 
3. A wider range of flower colors and 
forms. 
Now this really is nothing new; Evans & 
Reeves have been aware of this for many 
years; as a matter of fact, we were prob- 
ably the first nursery in Southern California 
to popularize the Fuchsia and through both 
importations and a breeding program of 
our own, the first nursery to introduce new 
varieties. 
Since that time, literally hundreds of 
new varieties of Fuchsias have been of- 
fered to the public through the medium 
of various catalogues, etc. Today, the 
Fuchsia situation is very confusing! We are 
supposed to be experts on Fuchsias, but 
we are continually questioned about va- 
rieties that we have never heard about. 
So in self defense—and in justice to our 
clients—we will not offer any Fuchsia va- 
riety. for sale in our nurseries until we 
ourselves have garden tested the plant for 
at least one full season! Many nurseries 
offer hundreds of varieties. We offer fewer 
than fifty; but we know from experience 
that all fifty will give satisfactory perform- 
ance in your garden. 
And by the way, of all the new varieties 
garden tested by us, we find these to be 
outstanding: RICKY: A lovely combination 
of snowy white and shell pink on an up- 
right vigorous bush with many stout canes 
just loaded with flowers. PALOMAR: A 
bushy compact, rather low grower with an 
abundance of blossoms of palest lilac 
washed with pink. BOBOLINK: One of 
the closest to real blue is this beauty; a 
combination of intense blue violet and 
flesh pink. Vigorous, medium height. SER- 
ENADE: A tremendous grower with very 
large foliage and huge clusters of large 
flowers of coral and salmon. CLAIRE 
EVANS: Another charming combination of 
light, violet-blue, rosy mauve and waxy 
pink. 
You can get tremendous satisfaction 
from the right varieties of Fuchsias; do 
come in and see the ones we have grown 
for you; from four inch pots to five gal- 
lon containers for immediate effects. J.E. 
