. 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, and a synopsis of the vegetable kingdom . hich are inclined toburn and to stop flowering during the heat of mid-summer away from the coast. Vines used are passi-floras, which thrive in the heated valleys, bignoniasand wistarias, also jasmines, which incline to burnwhen used in the interior of the state, as do also mapletre
. 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, and a synopsis of the vegetable kingdom . hich are inclined toburn and to stop flowering during the heat of mid-summer away from the coast. Vines used are passi-floras, which thrive in the heated valleys, bignoniasand wistarias, also jasmines, which incline to burnwhen used in the interior of the state, as do also mapletrees. Of palms, Pritchardia and Washingtonia are aseasily grown as onions; Phasnix Canariensis does well,and Chama3rops grows slowly. A long list of plants,tender in the east, are mentioned, among them gera-niums, which are spoken of as being killed to theground away from the coast some winters. The plantsthat have proved best adapted to alkali soils are:Phoenix, Pritchardia and Washingtonia among palms,the European sycamore, cottonwood, olive, crape myrtleand some eucalypti. Mr. Reimers is of the opinionthat: The gardens of California should be given aclassic Mediterranean aspect. It has the climate, thecoloring of rock, of soil and of sky, together with thewarm blue sea of Italy, Spain and Greece. The state-. 2068. One method of treating a railway ground. Roses in bloom all winter are the si:)ecial attraction atseveral points. Along the ocean, where difficult hor-ticultural problems are met, the use of mesembryan-themums, eucalypti and other succulents is water is available, passifloras, ipomeas and thetropical hibiscuses make a wonderful show. In someplaces acres of bamboos, planted closely in shiftingsands, are of great value. (Water is essential for theirestablishment.) Some of the best railway gardens areon the Monterey line from San Francisco past San Jos6to the ancient capital of the state. At Castroville thereis a picturesque wilderness garden overflowing a
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