February 3, 1906 



HORTICULTURE 



143 



QUEEN BEATRICE 



Florists 



Out of 

 Town 



Taking orders for delivery In 

 New York City or Vicinity can 

 have them filled in best manner 

 and specially delivered by 



Thomas Young, Jr. 



41 W. 28th Street, New York 



In writing advertisers, mention Horticulture 



ALEX. McGONNELL 



546 Fifth Ave., New York City 



Telegraphic orders forwarded to any 

 part of the United States, Canada, and 

 all principal cities of Europe. Orders 

 transferred or entrusted by the trade to 

 our selection for delivery on steam- 

 ships or elsewhere receive special 

 attention. 



Telephone Calls, 340 and 341 38th St. 

 Cable Address, ALEXCONNELL 



Geo. H. Cooke 



FLORIST 



Connecticut Avenue and L Street 



WASHINGTON, D. C. 



FRED C. WEBER 



FLORIST 



OLIVE STREET SI. LOUIS, JUO. 



Established 1873 

 Long Distance Phone Bell Lindell 676 





SAMUEL MURRAY 



Florist 



Coates House Conservatory 



1017 BROADWAY, KANSAS CITY, MO. 

 Both 'Phones 2670 Mafp 



Consult Buyers' Directory and List of 

 New Offers on Pages 148, 149 and 150. 



IMPRESSIONS OF CALIFORNIA 

 AND ITS CLIMATE. 



(Continued from Page 141.) 

 ticeship days which have now dis- 

 appeared from our commercial green- 

 houses, as these in recent years have 

 been turned into cut-flower factories or 

 palm nurseries to the detriment of 

 varied plant collection. In one corner 

 there were small glass houses heavily 

 white-washed for propagating purposes 

 while along the central walk were lath 

 shades filled with begonias and creep- 

 ers, and at intervals were ornamental 

 summer houses or pagodas artistically 

 decorated with the leaf stalks of the 

 fan palm. Quite a large section of 

 the grounds was laid out in rock work 

 and devoted to cacti and other succu- 

 lents and the whole was a most in- 

 teresting treat for any flower-loving 

 gardener. A noticeable feature here 

 as elsewhere in California, was the 

 immense size of the individual florets 

 on the geranium, all varieties appear- 

 ing to have much larger and more 

 brightly colored flowers than with us. 

 Near the hotel there is a rubber tree 

 which has the size and developments 

 of a twenty-five year old Norway 

 maple, and at the Mission there is an 

 araucaria fully fifty feet in height, but 

 a peculiar feature of the araucaria was 

 that instead of being flatly spread, 

 the side branches turned upwards in 

 a V-like form, possibly owing to the 

 dry season. 



Fine palms fifty to sixty feet in 

 height are ornamental and a distinct 

 novelty, with their smooth trunk and 

 crown of green leaves high in the air, 

 but the dead leaves hanging closely 

 to the trunk below the green crown 

 detract from its beauty and I can not 

 commend it for street planting, espe- 

 cially when of younger growth, the 

 spikey parts of the leaves are on a 

 level with your eyes. The fan palm 

 and the pepper tree seem to divide the 

 lienors in California and both are used 

 very largely and almost to exclusion 

 of other trees for street planting. The 

 foliage of the pepper tree is beautiful 

 and glossy, but the trailing branches 

 hang down like those of a weeping- 

 willow and are only a little less an- 

 noying than the spikey palm leaves, 

 while the immense crop of berries 

 keep the walk dirty and slippery. 

 Some dav when these trees grow 

 larger and taller they will add a dis- 

 tinct feature to the towns but it s°ems 

 a pity that when there are so many 

 more graceful and suitable trees for 

 street planting that these two should 

 be used exclusivelv. as they are much 

 better adanted for individual speci- 

 mens on the lawn. Near Ventura is 

 the Cole bulb farm where callas and 

 freezias are grown bv the acre, but 

 these were just starting into growth 

 after their summer rest and of course, 

 did not present the display that they 

 would in the spring. 



(To Re Continued. ) 



DETROIT 



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Cor. MIAMI and GRATIOT AVES. 

 DETROIT, MICH. 



Artistic Designs 

 High GradeCut Blooms 



We cover all Michigan points and good 

 sections of Ohio, Indiana and Canada. 



A. Glide & Bro. 



FLORISTS 



1214 F ST., WASHINGTON, P. C. 



I BOSTON FLORIST LETTER C0.I 

 Manufacturers of FLORISTS' LETTERS I 



This wooden box nicely stained and 

 varnished, 18x30x12. made in two sec- 

 tions, one for each size letter, given 

 away with first order of 500 letters. 



Block Letters, iJ4 or 2 inch size per 100, $2. 



Script Letters, 3, Fastener with each letier or 

 word. Used by leading florists everywhere and 

 (or sale by all wholesale florists and supply dealers 



N. r. MCCARTHY, Manager 



66 Pearl Street, BOSTON, MASS. 



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122 West 25th St.. New York 



Florists' Supplies 



We manufacture all our 



Metal Designs, Baskets, Wire Work & Novelties 



and are dealers in 



Glassware Decorative Greens and Florists' Requisites. 



Always enterprising, we are now ready 

 with a fine line of Easter Baskets. 



Buy your Florist Supplies of 



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1928GERMANTQWN AVE., PHILADELPHIA, PA. 



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