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The Fkirists' Revlwy 



MaKCH 16, IMS. 



FISCHER'S NEW FBEESIAS. 



Before me as I write is a bunch of 

 about twenty gpikes, selected at ran- 

 dom from R. Fischer's new freesias. 

 The beauty of this strain, their size 

 and coloring, and the substance of the 

 petalage can hardly be conceived by 

 those who know only the older freesias. 

 It may be stated here that Mr. Fischer 

 and Mrs. Fischer, who is as deeply in- 

 terested as her husband^ have not fol- 

 lowed any slipshod methods in perfect- 

 ing their strain. Just as they did at 

 Great Neck, L. I., where they spent 

 many years perfecting Purity, they 

 have done with the new types. Every 

 year thousands of seedlings have been 

 thrown away and only the best se- 

 lected, until they have secured a fixed 

 type in a great variety of colors. At 

 the risk of being a little previous, 1 

 think I can safely say that at least one 

 variety, an immense lavender-tinted 

 flower, with white throat, will be of- 

 fered to the trade this year, while 

 doubtless others will follow in quick 

 succession. 



The raiser of Purity has now a white 

 that grows thirty inches or more in 

 height, with a large, branched spike, 

 any or the branches of which are larg- 

 er than the finest Purity. The petals are 

 like ivory, the individual blossoms two 

 inches across and of the purest snow 

 white. Another is a clear yellow and 

 this is quite rare, as yet. Not that 

 there are not plenty of yellows in the 

 collection, but those that come up to 

 the standard of size and purity of 

 color set by Mr. Fischer do not ap- 

 pear very often. The same with the 

 pink. It takes a long time to raise 

 a stock from the first bulb of a new 

 seedling, but this is what has been 

 done at South Anita, carefully and 

 painstakingly for the laSt nine years. 

 Growers from Holland, who are well 

 posted with all that has been done 

 there, are surprised at the progress 

 made here and, although they have 

 known the small colored freesias for 

 years, they are convinced that there is 

 nothing like Fischer's varieties extant 

 in Europe. 



LOS AKOELES. 



The Market. 



During the early part of the week 

 business took a downward turn and, 

 altogether, we had one of the quietest 

 weeks for a long time. The high tem- 

 perature in a measure may have been 

 to blame for this, but the lack of good 

 funeral work also was a factor. The 

 death of a prominent Japanese pro- 

 vided much work for the Japanese flo- 

 rists, but taken altogether the week 

 has been a poor one. Stock is in 

 excellent shape now and there is plenty 

 of it. Roses are not so good as they 

 have been. Carnations are extra good. 

 Violets are practically over and only 

 a few freesias are left. The bulbous 

 stock is extremely fine, several growers 

 having grown the newer varieties this 

 year in quantity. The large quantity 

 of stock on hand makes the retail 

 stores attractive. In greens, plumosi^s 

 is scarce and Sprengeri is coarse and 



Rodolph Fischer's New Lavender Freesia» Splendens. 



not attractive. There are few plants 

 to be had and these not of good 

 quality. 



Various Notes. 



Alois Frey, of Crown Point, Ind., is 

 in town, having arrived March 4. His 

 purpose in coming out is to look over 

 the freesia situation, especially his col- 

 ored varieties growing at Montebello. 

 Mr. Frey says he is a little disap- 

 pointed as to the length of stem devel- 

 oped in the open here and says it is 

 not nearly so good as that produced 

 at the home pfiice under glass. 



The usfial meeting of the Pasadena 

 Horticultural Society was held March 

 3 in the Board of Trade rooms. There 



was a large attendance to hear R. 

 Fischer lecture on the freesia, giving 

 his experience both as the grower of 

 Purity and of the new colored strain 

 he now is growing. Mr. Fischer's re- 

 marks were extremely interesting. 



The Nurserymen's Exchange held a 

 banquet at the Hoffman cafe March 1, 

 with Edward Rust in the chair. Among 

 those present were R. Teague, of San 

 Dimas; L. Armstrong, of Ontario; T. 

 D. Robertson, of Fullerton; F. Kohl, 

 of the Orange County Nurseries, Ana- 

 heim; Anton Soethout, of Hollywood; 

 the brothers Jannoch, F. Warner, W. 

 Coolidge and W. Hertrich, of Pasa- 

 dena; M. L. Germain, F. Hills, F. 



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