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Azalea (5), in many colors, from 
SRO 
Three really aristocratic additions 
to any garden, mostly shade, indoors 
or out, are Chamaedorea erumpens 
(8) ($10 in six inch pots), Philo- 
dendron Evansi (6), $3, $7.50 and 
up, and Dracaena marginata (7) 
($1 up). This Chamaedorea is a 
slender vertical very dark green palm 
of delicate design and slender grace 
suggesting bamboo far more than a 
palm. It does sucker at a very early 
age, achieving a several-caned green 
clump on the order of Rhapis. Strictly 
a shade subject with little frost toler- 
ance, C. erumpens makes a really fine 
house plant especially where some- 
thing tall and narrow is needed. 
Dracaena marginata is equally 
adaptable, requiring conditions similar 
to above and fulfilling the same re- 
quirements. Its dark red edges and 
narrow ribbonlike foliage symetrically 
clustered at branch ends add an airy 
touch to a sturdy disposition. Philo- 
dendron Evansi is, we feel, the most 
magnificent of all the Philodendron 
tribe, and certainly the fastest grow- 
ing. Good for the living room or 
lanai for a couple of seasons, this 
great elephant-ear-leaved subject may 
eventually be transferred to the shade 
garden outside to view with the 
Hawaiian tree ferns and other large- 
scale tropicals. 
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Spring bloom from flat stock other 
than the usual subjects will include 
Gaillardia, Canterbury Bells (annual 
form), Larkspur, Rock Alyssum, Car- 
nation, Sweet William and Petunia, 
40 and 50 cents a dozen. Perennials 
for immediate show are Statice (Li- 
monium) perezii, Agathea hybrids, 
Wallflower, Rock Alyssum, Scabiosa 
columbaria, all 85: cents, one gallon 
cans. Winter blooming shrubbery now 
available are Leptospermum hybrids 
(pink, red, white, tall, medium, low) 
for hot sun and good drainage, $1.25 
and $4; Chinese Magnolia in variety 
for part shade and ample moisture 
from $6.; Cassia artemisoides, four 
to six feet, gray needle leaf with 
bright yellow flowers in hot slightly 
dry places, 85 cents and $4.; Erica 
canaliculata (common South African 
heather), Grevillea Thelemanniana 
with red flowers, and Correa pink or 
chartreuse, also for hot well-drained 
locations, all $1.25 to $4.50; Cal- 
liandra inequilatera and its dwarfer 
sister, C. hematocephala, bright straw- 
berry pink flowers like powder puffs, 
for full sun and ample water; and the 
various Indian hawthornes—Raphio- 
lepis—pink or white, at best in light 
shade, $1.25 tor $4.50) 
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Hugh Cunis= Since friends will be bestowing on each other gifts at Christmas time, some of a rather ephemeral nature, and since 
the gesture is intended as an evidence of regard and to give pleasure to the recipient, surely no more seemly or fitting gift could be found than 
a fine plant whether it is to ornament a living room, adorn a greenhouse, or add to the beauty and interest of the garden. These remarks are 
based on the assumption that both of the parties involved in this praiseworthy transaction are garden lovers and lovers of natural beauty— 
and what civilized and right thinking man or woman is not? If the gift in question is a plant which is not only beautiful but rare and hard 
to come by, so much the better! Your true gardners and there are more than a few of them, are always eager to possess something of which 
they may or may not have heard, but are in any event, delighted to have something which arrests attention by its charm and rarity. 
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