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of California
,ny Wild Flowers
Brighten Gardens
By ALFRED AMES
Garden Editor, Magazine California
As Californians, we eventually come around to the subject
ff natives whether we hail from Iowa, New York, or Okla-
Now, California natives aren't so bad if you really un-
i them and pick the right ones to have around. Let's
an example of one that's difficult near the house--and
he got that way.
The name is Fremontia, sometimes called flannel bush.
now certain sections of California's foothills are prepar-
to break out Fremontia's
of gold spring cloak. The
of color, a deep reddish
puts even Escholtzia, the
poppy, to shame. Now
depth of color must have
the result of about eight
of baking on the dry
the California foothills.
it into your garden
it will be well watered
it won't last the year out.
if you have a dry sunny
iust beyond the reach of
hose--why not plant
dozen small" Fremontias?
time they'll make a pleasant
green summer cover eight
-10 feet high--and with prac-
no care involved.
Tractable Native
Let's get acquainted with a
IRate tractable native, the Cali-
' frnla holly, toyon, or photinia
trbntifolia, if yon must. Here
a gent that can take it--
of water--little water--
eeBtrai valley summers--
COastal fog--it's all the same
to Toyon. For deep green
fOliag and brilliant Christmas
berries plant this all-around
tqod fellow--the birds will
love you for it, too!
It's well to bear in mind that
California plants growing
the wild state have a tre-
root system. If you
feel inclined to dig up a
shrub remember that your
man has a much better
for about six bits. Also, un-
you own the specimen
you're probably a law breaker
when you attempt to dig it.
People are funny when it
comes to seeds--for some un-
known reason if seeds fail to
send up shoots in two weeks we
won't take the trouble to plant
'em--and most of us hoe 'em out
when nature does sprout 'era
for us. Practically all of our
shrubs or trees are easily grown
from seed.
Pick up some tan oak acorns
in Mendocino County, California
laurel seeds in Humboldt Coun-
ty, some rebud seeds in Kern
County, some manzanita from
Marin, Torrey pine from San
Diego, Toyon berries from any-
where. Then in the fall---don'V
bury 'em--cover about one-half
inch deep in a spot where they'll
stay moist 'til spring. If you de-
stroy 90 per cent when you
transplant you'll still have too
many to keep.
California Trees
That brings up the subject
of California trees--here again
we find so many exceptions
to the accepted notions that
maybe there is much more to.
be learntfd. For instance, we
think of the coastal redwoods
needing a daily bath of fog
yet every central valley com-
munity boasts good specimens.
Bakersfield's main street has
a fine row--probably not 50
years old. The same is true of
the California laurel, bay tree,
or pepperwood--it's really quite
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CLIV1A BELGIAN HYBRID
Aristocrat of the Amaryllids
a favorite with those who know
it. Have you ever seen a good
specimen of the tan bark oak--
"Lithocarpus densiflora?" Boy,
wouldn't that name set the gar-
den clubbers back in their fold-
ing chairs?
I wonder if you still se stacks
of its bark up along the Mendo-
cino roads or the pack mules
that, brought it there? How
about the Digger and Torrey
pines? They won't darken your
door too much--indeed, the gray
green of the Torrey seems to
give the garden a warmth not
unusually associated with pines.
The fact that you don't have
a large, dense shade area cre-
ated by these pines is a real item
to those of us whose estates are
in the one garden hose class. If
your experience has been that
just nothing will grow under a
tree like this one try again and
check the soil moisture--a large
tree uses tremendous amounts
of water.
Are you acquainted with the
Catalina cherry? If you need
an attractive evergreen for hedge
or windbreak better look into
this. It's a rapid grower and
much better looking than the
usual material used for this
purpose. Better plan on" trim-
ming and starving it a little
though, for it will go over 20
feet with no encouragement at
all.
Little Water
Spread throughout our state,
in a wide range of color and
size, the ceanothus is known
by about as many names as
there are counties. In a color
range from white to deep blue
there is one to suit every
taste. This is another drought
resistant shrub that can go
well just this side of Fre-
montia. How it can keep such
nice foliage with so little water
is a mystery.
Every florist uses large
amounts of foliage in making ar-
rangements that are pleasing--
",hile you and I are inclined to
just put flowers in vases. As a
source of foliage another Cali-
fornia native, Oregon grape (it
isn't a grape) can't be equalled.
It's an half shade ground cover
that grows to around three or
four feet in average surround-
ings.
Its belly like Ieaf will make
its way into the house so often
you'd better set out several. It
does well over most of the state,
isn't particular about climate,
and likes lots of water. Used in
foundation planting on the north
side it is attractive the year
'round.
Shade Lover
Up in the north coast area
there is a wealth of shade loving
plant material of which much
wider use should be made. Most
of the ferns of the redwood belt
do excellently throughout the
state if given a chance. It isn't
too difficult to duplicate the soil
or compost found on top of an
old redwood log and remember
"it's not the heat it's the humid-
ity" that really matters. Most
of us have that piped in as a
liquid now so why not sprinkle
a little of it over a shaded fern
bed.
When it conies to annuals
and perennials so many of our
common garden flowe,. are
Californians or have first cous-
ins who are native we'll save
a lot of space by just referring
you to any seed catalogue.
'e don't propose to go native
in a big way, in fact, we've long
ago found that there are certain
limits to the practice! First,
many are difficult to transplant;
secondly, some can't survive
summer irrigation and segrega-
tion in crowded areas is imprac-
tical. When they're good they're
awfully good--when they're bad
--plant something else!
Improvements
of Delivery
Rake Revealed
DAVIS. Mohe improvement8
have been made on the stile de-
livery rake during the past five
years than in any other period
of farm machinery historY.
Interest in its adapta'tion has
grown with the recent wide use
of the pickup bailer, field chop-
per, anti pickup thresher for
seed crops in the state.
New Ideas
"And ill the new ideas have
originated with California in-
ventors," Roy Bather of the Uni-
versity of California's agricul-
tural engineering division told
members of the American ,o-
ciety of Agricultural Engineers
at Chicago in an address on
New Concepts in Side Delivery
Rakes.
The new roller bar rake was
pioneered by a Woodland manu-
facturer. The wheel rake was
developed by a farmer in Tulare
County, as was also a cross-drag
rake.
The latest development in this
fieId is a side delivery rake with
no moving parts. It was origi.
nated by two brothers on a Riv-
erside County ranch.
Reduces Distance
Reduction in the d)stance the
hay moves in goirr " from the
swath to the windrow and thus
in the amount of shattering is
the chief advantage of these new
rakes, Bainer pointed out. In
the windrowing operation hay
movement is reduced by as much
as 50 to 100 per cent over the
conventional side delivery rake.
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using improved models on bean,
ladino clover, alfalfa, and other
seed crops should realize con-
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