CARNATIONS IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA IIQ 



them under cloth continuously. The plants are grown on 

 solid beds made wide enough to take about five rows of 

 plants. During the propagating season in early Spring, 

 one or more of these beds have the soil removed and re- 

 placed with sand, in which the cuttings are rooted. The 

 most popular kinds for this style of culture are Los Angeles 

 White, Fair Maid (pink), and Dr. Choate (red). These 

 are also found best for outdoor planting. 



Then, many growers have selections or seedhngs of 

 their own which they depend on in their separate colors 

 but do not seU stock of them. For instance, one firm of 

 growers in the San Gabriel Valley has a pink seedhng raised 

 some five years ago which is remarkable for its good shipping 

 qualities. This is shipped into the desert sections of 

 Nevada and New Mexico, Arizona and other points when 

 many varieties fail to carry welL This firm has never sold 

 a plant of this particular variety, preferring to keep it for 

 its own use. Another firm raised a white form of Fair 

 Maid which was held for quite a long time, but has now 

 become fairly well disseminated among growers. H. W. 

 Turner, Jr., is another good white that has been in culti- 

 vation for some years but only in 1915 was it adveitised or 

 brought to the attention of the public. 



Growers of field Carnations or strictly outdoor culti- 

 vators usually purchase their young stock annually from 

 firms who make a specialty of this class of trade, while 

 others have propagating houses in which they raise their 

 own plants. 



Probably the finest Carnations outdoors are those 

 that are grown near the sea, and Redondo has long been 

 famous as a Carnation growing center. The old Redondo 

 Carnation Gardens were for many years the rendezvous 

 ior the trade, but they have been entirely removed to make 



