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Eugene, Ore. — G. C. Israelson, a flo- 

 rist of Eugene, has filed a voluntary 

 petition in bankruptcy. 



Beaux Arts, Wash. — F. W. Winters, 

 formerly of Spokane, has six acres of 

 land devoted to English holly, in ad- 

 dition to 6,000 feet of glass. 



ADIANTUM IN CAMFOKNIA. 



Kindly let me know how to treat 

 maidenhair ferns in the summer in or- 

 der to have a good cut of fronds in the 

 winter and good pot plants at Christ- 

 mas. A. F. — Cal. 



In order to have adiantum fronds 

 for cutting next winter in California, it 

 is best to plant out on a bench strong 

 young plants from 3-inch pots during 

 June or July. The bench should 'con- 

 tain about five inches of good carna- 

 tion soil, and the plants should be 

 spaced about twelve inches apart. The 

 plants should be watered well after 

 planting, and then watered somewhat 

 sparingly for a time, until they get into 

 active growth, for too much water 

 early in the season may sour the soil. 



Put a light shading on the glass for 

 the summer, but this should be off 

 again by the end of October. Keep a 

 night temperature of 60 degrees, but 

 ventilate both day and night as long 

 as the weather will permit. Similar 

 conditions to those noted above will 

 answer for the pot plants, though they 

 may require more watering to keep 

 them in good condition, and when they 

 are well rooted an occasional water- 

 ing with weak liquid manure will be 

 beneficial. W. H. T. 



LOS ANGELES. 



The Market. 



Although the supply of flowers has 

 increased at least threefold, the whole- 

 sale houses are cleaning up fairly well 

 and the retailers are making the best 

 of the fine supply by keeping their 

 stores attractive. A large proportion 

 of the stock now coming in is of first- 

 rate quality, the cool night insuring its 

 keeping well, and this enables the re- 

 tailer to buy fairly heavily, make a 

 good show and then use the stock in 

 funeral work, which has kept up re- 

 markably well. As it stands, the grower 

 is getting a fair price for his stock, and 

 both wholesaler and i-etailer are mak- 

 ing a living profit. Despite all the 

 substitutes for American Beauty, there 

 is a certain class of trade that will 

 have this rose and will not take any- 

 thing in place of it. Consequently, the 

 few growers who are handling it are 

 now reaping a reward not only in the 

 money obtained for the stock but also 

 in the name they get for supplying 

 whatever is needed. It has long been 

 said of one concern in this town that 

 it throws away as much stock as any 

 other concern sells. Whether this is 

 true or not, the big showing and the 

 assurance to customers that they can 

 always get what they want has been one 

 of the concern's greatest advertise- 

 VT'T^g. The much discussed Prima 



W« ar* much plaated witb the 

 rasulta of our plant advcrtitementt 

 in Til* Review; ordera have come 

 in freely and from a wide range of 

 territory. 



Germain Seed St Plant Co. 



By M. L. Germain, Pres. 

 Los Angeles, 

 Feb. 26. 1916. 



Donna rose is making good here, while 

 its sport, September Morn, is increasing 

 in popularity and will continue to as 

 its fine keeping quality is known. 

 Among the newer carnations. Gorgeous 

 perhaps is the most talked about just 

 now. From my own observations of it, 

 as handled by several growers, I might 

 say that the coloring is wonderful, re- 

 calling the bea|atiful old Winsor, while 

 it has great length of stem but lacks 

 stiffness in the neck. Just how much 

 of this is due to forcing the plants for 

 stock purposes I cannot say, but for 

 beauty it is ace-high. 



Respecting other stock in this market 

 there is little to add to last week's 

 remarks. Several new daffodils have 

 appeared, but not in sufficient quantity 

 to affect the market much. Here, as 

 elsewhere, we are looking for a good 

 yellow about as big as Emperor and 

 as early as Golden Spur, but so far it 

 has not shown up. In the green mar- 

 ket everything seems plentiful but 

 plumosus, the supply of this being be- 

 low the demand just now. 



Various Notes. 



G. W. Smith reports better business 

 at the Seventh street store than at any 

 time since the opening. Mr. Smith 

 is putting in much time at the nursery 

 end and says that this also keeps him 

 on the jump. In the new houses at 

 Covina junction George Watson has 

 some magnificent carnations. The reds 



are particularly good, as is the rose- 

 pink Gorgeous, of -which he is cutting 

 freely. 



At the L. A. Floral Co. I noted quite 

 a number of novelties and flowers out 

 of the usual run, such as good irises, 

 callas prepared for long-distance ship- 

 ments, orchids and others. F. Sperry 

 spends considerable time on the outside 

 now, Paul Miller taking care of the 

 inside end. A splendid shipping trade 

 is being worked up by this house. 



C. Lewis still is at his post at the 

 store of Freeman & Lewis, but is look- 

 ing forward to his trip around the 

 world. As a good American, his 

 world lies between Maine and Cali- 

 fornia, taking in the territory between 

 the Atlantic and Paciac. 



O. C. Saakes is making a fine show 

 of bulbous stock. 



At Wright's Flower Shop the forced 

 hyacinths and other Dutch stock in 

 pots, azaleas, cyclamens and primulas, 

 make a splendid showing even without 

 the magnificent rose stock, which is 

 well up to the Wright standard. Thomas 

 Wright is not held back by bad roads 

 from making frequent trips to the Bak- 

 ersfield ranch, where he grows the 

 "gintleman that pays the rint." 



Some of the finest rose stock coming 

 to this market now is the long-stemmed 

 Prima Donna from W. Armacost & Co. 



The pansy baskets made up by Man- 

 ager J. Gordon are particularly attrac- 

 tive at Wolfskins' & Morris Golden- 

 son's. The pretty little cradles, too, 

 which are sent on interesting occasions, 

 are quite a telling novelty. 



fo MORE 

 BLOSSOMS 



on plants raised In 4-lncb SQUARE paper pots 

 (64 cubic inches of soil and roots) than on plants 

 raised in 4-incb clay pots (31 cubic incbes of soil 

 and roots). See our 2-page advt.. pages 10-11. 

 F. W. BOCHElLE & SOMB. Chester, N. J. 



HERE ARE THE PLANTS YOU NEED NOW 



100 

 Btr«ptoaolon Jamesonl S2.50 



LantanaSt all best named varie- 

 ties and true to color, including 

 Tethys, Ball of Gold and Craigii 2.50 



Lantanaa, oreeplnc* Sellowiana 

 or Delicatissima, fine for baskets 8.00 



Ltbonia Florlbunda . 



2.00 



1000 100 1000 

 120.00 Vablana Imbrtoata, beautiful 

 heath-Uke shrub, pure white 



flowers 13.00 125.00 



20.00 SalTla Bonfire 2.00 15.00 



Salvia Glory of Stuttcart 2.00 15.00 



25.00 H«Uotrop«s. purple 2.00 15.00 



15.00 Vorbonaa, all colors 2.00 15. M 



Usrustrum Nopalans* (Nepal Privet), $5.00 par 1000; well rooted. 



CHRTBANTHKMUMS -Exhibition varieties. All the best, now ready, 5c each. Buy now and 



propasate. Commercial vjirieties later. 



▲LL, WSIX ROOTKD 2-INCH STOCK 



GERMAIN SEED & riANT CO., 826^328^330 s«. Ntin St.. Los Angeles, Ctl. 



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 EVERGREEN CO. 



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