. Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches. Gardening. KAILROAD GARDENING RAILROAD GARDENING ]4y;! pared to the possibilities, for roses and half-liardy shrubs thrive tbrougliout tlie state, while soutli of tlie 27fli parallel semi-tropical plants make fine growth and bloom prot'itsely. Possibilities ill California.âCalifornia offers limit- loss opportunities for r
. Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches. Gardening. KAILROAD GARDENING RAILROAD GARDENING ]4y;! pared to the possibilities, for roses and half-liardy shrubs thrive tbrougliout tlie state, while soutli of tlie 27fli parallel semi-tropical plants make fine growth and bloom prot'itsely. Possibilities ill California.âCalifornia offers limit- loss opportunities for railway horticultural development ranginji: from the semi-tropical growths of the citrous belt to the alpine plants on the verge of the everlasting snow that caps the mountains. A few examples of railroad gardening that existed in the southern part of the state about 1890 were maintained wholly by private enter- prise as a means of advancing real estate interests. Some years later, however, embellished station-grounds aggregating a goodly number existed. But these were scattered, the state being so large that no railway com- pany could afford to establish gardens throughout the extent of its lines at once, and the most progressive com- munities secured the first improvements of this class. The Southern Pacific Railway Company was the origina- tor of the work and has expended large sums in beauti- fying choice spots along its i-oute, as at Merced, Fresno, Santa Monica, Pomona, Pasadena, Riverside. The range of soil and climate wide. At Los Angeles there are palms dating from the Spanish occupation, a collection of semi-tropical shrulis. and a display of yuccas, cacti and other curious vegetation from the Arizona desert. (Sterculia) and casuariua, which latter does excep- tionally well, eticalypti, acacia in all except th(; most tender varieties, grevillea, , magnolia, Frnx- iiuis Californicus and F. excelsa where water is available, crape myrtle, abutilon, oleander
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