. The California horticulturist and floral magazine. Fruit-culture; Gardening. llfii AND FLORAL MAGAZII Vol. VI. SAN FRANCISCO, FEBRUARY, 1876. No. 2. A SEVERE WINTER SEASON. BY F. A. MILLEE. Our mild and pleasant winter months have become proverbial at home and abroad, and although flowers in the month of January are usually scarce, one can always manage to make up a bouquet from the garden. For five yeai's past frosts have become more se- vere from year to year, and Certain plants have suffered most severely in and out of doors, while others were killed outright. The present season, however,
. The California horticulturist and floral magazine. Fruit-culture; Gardening. llfii AND FLORAL MAGAZII Vol. VI. SAN FRANCISCO, FEBRUARY, 1876. No. 2. A SEVERE WINTER SEASON. BY F. A. MILLEE. Our mild and pleasant winter months have become proverbial at home and abroad, and although flowers in the month of January are usually scarce, one can always manage to make up a bouquet from the garden. For five yeai's past frosts have become more se- vere from year to year, and Certain plants have suffered most severely in and out of doors, while others were killed outright. The present season, however, is perhaps the coldest we have experienced since the country was set- tled. It is not my object here to spec- ulate on the probable causes of these atmospheric changes, which, in all probability, may be traced back partly to the destruction of our forests, or to the march of civilization and its una- voidable consequences. This is a prob- lem which science must solve. To us gardeners such cold spells as we have experienced within the last four weeks are worthy of particular notice and con- sideration. "While we might feel in- different to the freezing of Cinerarias and other tender herbaceous plants, and perhaps be a little vexed at the de- Vol. VI.— i. struction of Heliotropes and Nastur- tiums, we can hardly avoid feeling mor- tified at the loss of such shrubs as Oes- trum aurantiacum, Habrofhamnus elegans, Tecoma capensis, Plumbago, and others which have been considered perfectly hardy about San Francisco. If this is to be repeated, we may just as well make up our mind that our usual list of " Hardy Shrubs " must be reduced to a much smaller number, or we must use more precaution in their cultivation or protection. While some of our people may feel discouraged in the cultivation of plants in their gardens, which are not thoroughly hardy, I would suggest that a proper mode of cultivation would greatly lessen the chances of los- ing certain plants by such fro
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