. 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. â ^^B^^^^^^^. 2068 One method of treating a railway gtround Roses in bloom all winter are the special attraction at several points. Along the ocean, where difficult hor- ticultural problems are met, the use of raesembryan- themums, eucalypti and other succulents is general. Where water is available, passifloras
. 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. â ^^B^^^^^^^. 2068 One method of treating a railway gtround Roses in bloom all winter are the special attraction at several points. Along the ocean, where difficult hor- ticultural problems are met, the use of raesembryan- themums, eucalypti and other succulents is general. Where water is available, passifloras, ipomeas and the tropical hibiscuses make a wonderful show. In some places acres of bamboos, planted closely in shifting sands, are of great value. (Water is essential for their establishment.) Some of the best railway gardens are on the Monterey line from San Francisco past San Jos6 to the ancient capital of the state. At Castroville there is a picturesque "wilderness " garden overflowing at all seasons with fragrance and bloom, and the little railroad gardens along the "peninsula" (San Mateo coimty) have a more finished aspect than any others in the state. Johannes Reimers, landscape gardener of the San Francisco & San Joaquin Valley Branch of the Santa F6 road, furnishes the following information: "For lawns, we use exclusiveh' a mixture of Australian rye grass 90 per cent and white clover 10 per cent. We find that this mixture gives a lawn better able to withstand the heat, drought and poor soil usually furaished for filling than any other. The grass retains its dark, rich color even when almost dying from thirst, and makes a strong turf that is not likely to burn even when watered in the heat of a cloudless summer day; and it also re- quires less water and less fertilizer than either blue- grass or timothy. We make much use of a regular form of the Pride of China tree (Melia Azedaraclt). known as the Texas umbrella tree, for shade around buil
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