. The California horticulturist and floral magazine. Botany; Horticulture; Gardening. THE. AND FLORAL MAGAZINE. Vol. til NOVEMBER, 1873. No. 11. MOKE VAKIETY IN OUR FLOWER GARDENS. BY F. A. MILLEK. With much truth it is said that both the cKmate auci soil of California offer suj)erior facilities for the growth and development of all kinds of vegetation; yet it is an unmistakable truth, that our people are very slow in taking advan- tage of these favorable circumstances at our command, and which would be instrumental in making us a prosper- ous and happy people. Our prosperity would doubtless b
. The California horticulturist and floral magazine. Botany; Horticulture; Gardening. THE. AND FLORAL MAGAZINE. Vol. til NOVEMBER, 1873. No. 11. MOKE VAKIETY IN OUR FLOWER GARDENS. BY F. A. MILLEK. With much truth it is said that both the cKmate auci soil of California offer suj)erior facilities for the growth and development of all kinds of vegetation; yet it is an unmistakable truth, that our people are very slow in taking advan- tage of these favorable circumstances at our command, and which would be instrumental in making us a prosper- ous and happy people. Our prosperity would doubtless be much enhanced if our fields offered more diversified pro- ductions; and the gardens surrounding our homes would give more satisfaction and comfort if the Flora was represented by a greater variety of plants and flow- ers, which our climate pei*mits us to cultivate successfully, without running the risk of losing them during the win- ter months, as our eastern friends fre- quently do. There are a few gardens in our State which have been planted with some care and judgment, but nine-tenths of them are made up of G-um-trees, Pines, Mon- terey Cypress, Acacias, Roses, Fuchsias, Laurustinus, and Geraniums—all of which are very desirable, and I would Vol. III.—42. not like to see a garden without them; but there is something more wanted to break this tiring sameness, and to give variety to our surroundings, in order to produce a more pleasing effect, such as California only is capable of exhibiting. The reader, undoubtedly, will ask here, " What is wanted to produce the desired effect?" To answer this ques- tion is my present purpose. I wish to say a few wordis first in re- gard to ornamental and shade trees. The Eucalyptus and Acacia thrive with us remarkably well, and they are, indeed, charming trees, well worthy of cult- ivation; so is the Cupressus macrocarjM, (Monterey Cypress), and the Pinus iii- signis, (Monterey Pine); but, really, I think they are too abundan
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