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FLORIDA NURSERY GARDEN NEWS 
NOVEMBER, 1954 
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FLORIDA NURSERY GARDEN NEWS 
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IS YOUR GARDEN OUT OF DATE? 
As you step into your 1954 Cadillac, wearing your Dior 
dress with carefully chosen accessories, with your hair done 
in the latest style—are you ashamed to look back at your 
house and garden? 
Styles in gardens change, too; are you still dated by the 
foundation planting of over-grown, uninteresting shrubs in 
a hodge-podge? 
The trend today is toward informal colorful plantings 
with livable patios, terraces, etc—all of which are designed 
for a minimum of maintenance and give you the maximum 
of pleasure. 
Today your garden—no matter how simple or how 
elaborate—is a symbol of your individual personality, your 
artistic tastes, your love for beauty. Your children are 
taught to appreciate beautiful plants and plantings as well 
as art and music and other finer things. 
No longer do you plant a few Aborvitae or Ligustrum 
around the foundation of your home and call it “land- 
scaped.” Instead you use materials that compliment the 
type of structure and the building material; you use shrubs 
to insure privacy; you use varieties that insure color all year 
long; you plan your garden to meet the recreational needs 
of your family; you plan a setting to increase the valuation 
of your property in the event you want to sell. 
It’s easy to bring your garden up to date—just call for a 
date to have one of our Graduate Landscape Men to talk 
the matter over. Whether it’s a face lifting for an old 
established garden or a new house to be planted, Florida 
Nursery and Landscape Co. can design a planting that will 
make you proud! 
Don't forget that we have an expert crew available to 
take care of the necessary spraying, pruning, fertiliz- 
ing, etc. to get your grounds looking their best. Call 
our office and ask them to stop by. 
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Questions You’ve Asked About 
FLORIDA GARDENING! 
I am trying to get some palms started but the tips of the 
leaves turn brown and die. What is the trouble? 
You failed to tell us how you are growing these palms. 
If in seed flats, then they may be too crowded or have 
utilized all the food available in the limited space. If 
this is true, you will need to transplant the palms to 
give them more root space and more food. Another 
reason might be the application of too much fertilizer, 
burning the foliage. If you will write us explaining 
these possibilities and send us a specimen leaf perhaps 
we can help you further. 
Should I fertilize my Azaleas now? 
Only a very light application should be given, for any 
stimulation to new growth now will harm the new buds 
and cut down on this season’s bloom. If your plant is a 
healthy green, I would not fertilize it now. 
Why do small Cocos Plumosa have broad leaves at the 
bottom? 
These are the young leaves. You will notice that the 
character leaves or mature leaves are wider and longer 
than the baby leaves and split along the veins to form 
the type foliage we know and recognize. 
Should lawns be fertilized now? 
Yes, lawns need a good application of fertilizer in the 
fall to help them through the winter months. We 
recommend fertilizing lawns three to four times per 
year, using a high organic fertilizer that will become 
available over a period of time, furnishing a sustained 
food supply for the lawn. 
What is a confederate jasmine? 
This is the common name for Rhyncospermum jasmi- 
noides, a vine with shining green foliage and blooming 
in the spring with an abundance of lovely white fra- 
grant flowers. Not only is it useful for a vine for 
trellis or fence, but for ground covers or to use as a soil 
erosion preventative along banks, etc. 
What berried plants can I use for cut foliage for holiday 
decorations? 
Since it is against the law to go out on another person’s 
land to cut holly, etc., you will have to rely on your 
own garden. Berried plants you might grow include 
holly, pyracantha, ardisia, Brazilian Pepper, etc. 
Last year many of my finest Chrysanthemums failed to 
open properly and I was told this was because of thrip. 
What can I do to prevent this? 
Begin spraying with Isotox or other good insecticide 
just before the flower buds begin to open and spray 
every ten days to two weeks until the color begins to 
show, 
