Evening star., 1947-06-19

fTitis Article Is the Third IN O SeTtes.J
One Sunday afternoon In San
Francisco boarded train and
ent across Bay Bridge to Ell Cerrito
} call on some old college friends
1neir little Spanish house was
charming, and through the scenic
window In the living room I caught
my first glimpse OF their lovely
garden In the rear.
I hope I can do it justice. It's
not large garden, but when / tell
YOU all the different things they
grow there you'll think they have
q small farm. The garden plot Is
only IS feet wide by 3 feet deep.
In front of 1t, shutting 1t of from
the street, Is the "casita,' or little
house where they store all their
garden tools. 1t could easily be
finished of to make perfect
mother -in-law apartment
Along the fence on the north side
of the garden Is lace vine, sweet
peas growing feet high, covered
over with blossoms of various col
ors; rambler rose and an espa-
liered pear. peach and apple tree.
Curiously enough, they picked up
the idea for the espaliered trees
when they were on a sightseeing
trip to our own Mount Vernon.
The vegetable garden is divided
into five different bays at different
levels. The front bay grows arti-
chokes and strawberries cinci-
dentally we had both of these for
supper later on; the second bay
contains sweet corn, beans and GU
cumbers; the third bay had row
of tomatoes. and one each OF pep
pers, radishes, carrots, beets and
an asparagus bed. in the fourth bay
were two young orange trees, a.
green gage plum, grapefruit tree
and was bordered in the rear by
boysenberries on trellises that were
just beginning to ripen; the last
bay held a Royal Ann cherry tree,
a Tartarian cherry tree and an
espaliered peach tree. AS one crop
is finished the ground is fertilized
and made ready for the next, in
that way something is growing all
the time.
The lawn back of the house was
bordered ON the north by flowers, a |
Hale peach tree, grape arbor and an
apricot tree. Tucked in under the |
trees was their outdoor fire place
with chairs and table for outdoor |
dining. A rose garden framed the |
east side along with another peach !
tree, a rhododendron, a new redwood |
and Oregon grape. They also had
a lilac bush but, I'm told, lilacs don't
do too well in California. the climate
Is not cold enough for them. They |
told me of one woman wh5 cFen took /
fee cubes from her refrigerator to put
around the roots to encourage their |
growth and was really successful.
On the south side were more roses
on trellises, a strawberry tree, an !
olive tree, an aZalea or two, and |
many, many varieties of fuchsia. In
q little nook between their house
and their neighbors grew many more
varieties-some deep purple, others
red and white, some deep red, or red
and purple and still more purple
and white. They were training them
to grow on treliises rather than drop
over, some of the plants were Is
feet high, all dripping with beautiful
blossoms.
II you can imagine all this In
technicolor with all the colors in
the spectrum from the brilliant pur-
Piles and reds of the fuchsias and
roses to the lovely soft gray-green
of the olive leaves, you can form an
idea of this thoroughly delightful
and charming garden. In the midst
of all this lush growth and beauty,
I asked my friend Mac why they