Thursday, October 27, 1955
Fill th e pot about tw o-thirds
full of coarse riv er gravel. Now.
mix w ell about equal p arts of
good garden soil, sharp river sand
and well ro tted G.if mould, to
w hich should be added a g e t"-o s
hout growing things sort of con p re to success. V.'e are. however, pinch of lime in some form c h a r
. . . . B y M. S. B R A IN A R D
Because M other N atu re has sult her Biological M ajestj as t o free to choose those item s from coal, ag ric u ltu re lime, poultry
b. r vast catalog which interest i hel’s or well m > s '\ ¡ egg shells
dem onstrati?d herself as being w hat she has in stock and r .a in
us m ast and one of those having You can tell if h. : i \ ; • s . '
p retty sm art, people m ucking a- to stick to her ru les if they
tien rv rd o u s potentialities are the if v. a te r comes out of the b e tom
succulents. This rem ark ab le fam of ‘he pot w ithin a m inute a f t c 1
ily, which inclu 'e: cacti
h i- the it is placed on tl , sin lace. Go d I
peculiarity of hoarding w ate r d rain ag e is abro te es • ¡Gal to
wl . -i it s ava.la e, ar.
..
l
cae.
and s-.c a ent culture. Re
when th ere is none. They rat. ,? m em ber how fast w ater s rik s into
from alm ost microscopic little b desert <"i'ids Occasional w ater
fellers to the huge "organs of the esp -ciau y d u im g the sum m er
desert." They f a r from th e snow- m onths, will ke- p the plants
swept peaks to the to rrid desert healthy. Too much w atering will
and alk ali flats S cientists tell us m ake th e soil sour and soggy for
they sta rte d out as reg u lar plan ts any plant. It is because too much
hut gave up th a t schem e of life w ate r on the coast, during th,
when the w eather got tough and w inter, w ith im proper drainage,
they learned to store food and th a t m any of the succulents can't
w ate r in their stems, many doing be grown out of doors here unless
aw ay w ith th eir original leaves precau tio n s a re taken th at they
which caused m ore eva|K>ration don't stand in puddles. The plants
th a n the count > a,fo rd ed : It says do best if allowed to thoroughly
here they hui t up an unique dry out before w atering.
system of photosynthesis, w hat
W ater should be w ithheld from
ever th a t means.
alm ost all th e family betw een
P eculiarly, the cactus member's O ctober and April. This is their
of this huge family almost all o r snoozing period during w hich they
iginated in the W estern Hemis should h? dam pened say, once a
phere w hile th" most spectacular m onth, and kept cool. Some of the
of the succulents come from South hardy varieties, accustom ed down
Africa. We have many succu'ents th ro u g h th e cen tu ries to such
in our own back country.
conditions, can stand freezing, but
W ilh this trernc ldous field to in general, the danger lire I r
! choose from and adaptability to m ost is around 40 degrees, below
i such a w ide r ange of growing which most of them go out of the
conditions, plus the fact they have growing business.
Like all growing things, they
a very wide blooming range-co'or,
tim e-size-recom m end them
ot need food not in a bunch hut now
only to th e casual grow er but also and then. One? a m onth o r so,
to the collector, hybridizer and give them a little, eith er dry on
dow nright
specialists.
Besides, 1he surface and w atered in or dis
fam iliarity witli them will bring solved in th e ir drinking w ater.
CONVERTIBLE
FOR CLEARING
on the most astounding and w'.se- Any ordinary fertilizer will do. If
sc u .d in g m outhsfull of name;, in th e grow ing tip of your cactus
the classical languages w ith which, o r o th e r succulent looks lively, it
to perm eate your conversation, is happy.
Alive with power, the New Homelite Model 5-20 brings down
They W ill N et do w ell in full
and, in a m anner of speaking, is
trees up to 6 feet in diameter, si, css through 20 inch trees in
quite n'ecessary if one is to dif sun, all day long. Good bright
20 seconds. Has more big features, m ere power per pound than
feren tiate betw een th e many- sunshine for a p art of the day is
fine. N eith er do they like all
any ot ,er chain saw ever developed.
kinds.
shade. They love a la th house.
Almost
everyone
will
tell
you
• Big 5 hp for faster cutting
this fam ily will grow in sand—
Many varieties of th e group
• Light, light 2 0 pounds for easy handling
th at they need no atten tio n at all. grow well out of doors here. They
MORE POWER
FOR FELLING
T hey’re w rong! And they W on'!t can stan d cold w eather, such as
• High compression, short stroke engine
While they may ap p ear to, out in we know it, and only heed p ro tect
The new Model 5-20 is piecisior. built for dependable perform
th eir n ative h ab itats, m uch of the ion from the scorching sun. Of i
ance and low maintenance. It can be converted in minutes for
desert is rich er in plant food than course, some of the exotics can be I
clearing land or cleaning out brush and undergrowth. 14" and
w hat wv consider good growing grown, indoors, again avoiding
ground. All it lacks is w ater.
unreasonable sun and shade. II |
18" bow saws are available for plunge cutting and standard
Beginning sort of hind end to, is h ard to obtain d a ta as to w hat
guide bars from 14" to 60" for pruning or felling big trees,
if you now have a cactu s o r other an be grown unprotected, in our
succulent th a t you w ant to m ake im m ediate clim ate but if th e plant I
A S K U S F O R A FR EE D E M O N S T R A T I O N
happy, g et a clean flow er pot hav is brought from a rep u tab le com p
L ighter
SEE F O R Y O U R S E L F
-
for limbing
ing a non-porous o u te r surface any fam iliar w ith your hom e zone,
and w ith a drainage hole. All por you w o n 't get fa r astray .
ous pots allow the roots next to
To bo avoided are th e advertiré.;
th e ir surface to dry out unless the bargain collections at a suspic
pot is plunged. T he pot should, if iously low price. F o r th e w riti is
anything, he on the "sm all size," money I prefer a b atch g raded to
say, the diam eter of the plant, in fit a 2 ‘zi o r 3-inch pot unless
cluding th e spines, if a cactus.
shopping for a b u tto n collection
of m iniatures. T he la rg e r o res
will probably bloom th e first >xv r,
if th ey ’re a t all inclined th a taw ry .
All the fam ily a re easily groyvi
from seed and a p acket of m ix « '
seed from a reputable houso w.l
tu rn up quite a herd. They arc
also easily propo^ated from cut
tings an d offsets and lend them
selves icadily to grafting. Mans
different kinds can be grown oi
th e sam e p aren t p la n t and a!'
live happily th ere-after.
The whole lot is also quite ad
aptahha to dish an d m in iatu re
gardens with many of them in p a s
tels th a t blend beautifully.
A good "D on't” fo r th e begin
ner is don't get too m any to sta "
with. Get a few and learn how to
keep them happy, t lien add to
your collection as you go along
You'll find out, for instance, pos‘
ibly, th a t the fam ily known a
Epiphyllum tickle you m ost. The>
a re th e ones w ithout the stickers
(which is in th eir favor, a t the
o u tset) and although they are
inclined to be scraggley looking
c ritte rs you can forgive them
w hen they burst o u t w ith lily-
size delicate pink o r red o r w hite
blooms .hanging in long festoons,
from tabletop to floor.
Upon v. n tu rin g into som ething
we know little about, it is a.h an d y
asset to know w here to look for
dependable inform ation. T ry Ab
bey Garden Press, 132 W. Union
S tre e t, Pasadena 1, California.
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