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The Florists' Review 



December 7, 1916. 



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Pacific Coast Department 



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Bend, Ore. — M. Keeney has suc- 

 ceeded M. G. Coe in the greenhouse 

 business established here by Mr. Coe 

 a number of years ago. 



Sacramento, Cal. — A wholesale and 

 retail florists' business has been 

 launched at Brighton under the name 

 of Brighton Floral Co., with Charles 

 Eeese as manager. 



Dayton, Wash. — A. J, Pugh has pur- 

 chased a greenhouse here and says that 

 some day he hopes to receive his 

 master's degree in both the fine art of 

 growing flowers and the shrewd game 

 of selling flowers. 



San Bernardino, CaL — Growers of 

 Biverside, Eedlands and San Bernar- 

 dino participated non-competitively in 

 the flower show recently held here. 

 Among the exhibitors were Mr. and 

 Mrs. H. C. Pease, of 836 D street; F. P. 

 Hosp, of Riverside; William Collett, 

 City Nurseries, of Eedlands; Mrs. A. L. 

 Hurtt, 425 Third street, and the Kavan 

 Nurseries. 



Corvallis, Ore. — G. F. Moznette, as- 

 sistant entomologist of the Oregon Ag- 

 ricultural College and Experiment Sta- 

 tion, is investigating the cyclamen mite, 

 both as regards its distribution and 

 remedial measures. He states that on 

 the Pacific coast the pest is unusually 

 prevalent this year and that he doubts 

 whether fifty per cent of the growers 

 will have their usual success with their 

 holiday crops. 



EELWOBM DISEASE. 



The occurrence and spread of the 

 bulb and stem infesting nematode or 

 eelworm (Tylenchus dipsaci), which has 

 been recently found producing a serious 

 disease of clover in Oregon, should re- 

 ceive general attention, especially in 

 the northwest. Since it was discovered 

 in hyacinth bulbs at Bellingham in 

 1913, it has been observed each succes- 

 sive year, causing damage to straw- 

 berries, onions or clover in other locali- 

 ties of the Pacific northwest. It causes 

 the greatest damage, perhaps, to the 

 hyacinth and other bulbous crops of 

 Holland. Many plants of less economic 

 importance have also been found to be 

 attacked in foreign countries. Some 

 of these are: Forget-me-not, phlox, prim- 

 rose, buttercup and daisy. Unfortu- 

 nately, it has been recently introduced 

 into the United States and appears well 

 established in some localities of the Pa- 

 cific northwest, where conditions seem 

 favorable for its reproduction and 

 spread. Every effort should be made 

 not only to prevent its further intro- 

 duction into this country, but also to 

 stop its spreading from those localities 

 already infested. 



If a small piece of leaf or other in- 

 fested tissue be carefully torn to pieces 

 by means of pins or needles in a dish 

 containing a few drops of clean water, 

 many of the white, thread-like, adult 

 eelworms, about one-fiftieth of an inch 

 long, can be seen with the naked eye 

 actively moving about in the liquid. 



The pest can be transported in many 

 ways. It was probably introduced into 

 the United States in imported bulbs, 



W« ar« muck pleased with the 

 result* of our plant advertisements 

 in The Review ; orders have come 

 in freely and from a wide range of 

 territory. 



Germain Seed & Plant Co. 



Los Anceles, By M. L. Oermain, Pres. 



tubers or plants, or along with ship- 

 ments of other material which may har- 

 bor the parasite. Seeds are even strong- 

 ly suspected of being the means where- 

 by the parasite is most commonly dis- 

 tributed. It can be carried from field 

 to field by irrigation or surface water, 

 in soil which clings to the feet of man 

 or other animals, to implements, and to 

 the roots of plants, and in garbage, 

 manure or waste matter of any kind 

 containing parts of diseased tissue. 



Various means of controlling the pest 

 ha.ve been tried, but the most satisfac- 

 tory as well as the most practicable 

 method consists in the proper system of 

 crop rotation in combination with sani- 

 tary measures. By planting infested 

 fields for two or, better still, three 

 successive years to crops which are im- 



mune or resistant to the nematode, the 

 pest will be starved out to such an ex- 

 tent that little infestation will occur 

 on a susceptible crop planted the fol- 

 lowing year. To make the rotation ef- 

 fective, it is highly important that all 

 weeds or other plants which might har^ 

 bor the parasite be scrupulously elim- 

 inated. For this reason, it is advisable 

 to plant the immune crops in rows, so 

 that clean cultivation may be practiced. 

 The following plants, most or all of 

 which are adapted to the Pacific north- 

 west, have not been reported as subject 

 to the nematodes and are, therefore, 

 suggested as rotation crops: Corn, cow- 

 peas, soy beans, millets, tomatoes, as- 

 paragus, cabbage, lettuce, cantaloupes 

 and celery. 



LOS ANOEI.es. 



The Market. 



As usual before Thanksgiving, stock 

 is short and orders are plentiful. Eoses, 

 which have been scarce for a long 

 time, have shortened up even more 

 than before, the northern shipments hav- 

 ing fallen off and local growers having 



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I L. A. FLORAL CO. i 



= FRED SPERRY, Mgr. g 



= HOUSE OF QUALITY AND SERVICE BUSIEST PLACE IN TOWN s 



I Large cuts of ROSES, CARNATIONS, VIOLETS, i 

 I CHRYSANTHEFIUNS and aU Greens I 



I 407 So. Los Angeles Street, LOS ANGELES, CAL. | 



i LONG DISTANCE SHIPPING OUR SPECIALTY S 



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Mention The Raylew when yon write. 



WHOLESALE EVERGREENS 



WREATHS Per Doz. 



Redwood and Holly lO-in.-12-in., $3.60 



Redwood and Holly 14-in.-16-in., 4.50 



Wild Cherry lO-in.-12-in., 4.00 



Wild Cherry 14-iD.-16-in., 6.00 



California Holly lO-in.-12-in., 5.00 



California Holly 14-in.-16-in., 6.50 



Larger si7.es, prices on application. 

 Redwood. 100 lbs., $3.50. Garland Roping, per yard. 8c and up. California Peppers, boughs 

 well berried, 8c-5c per lb, California Holly, best Quality, 6c per lb. English Holly, 76c per 

 lb. Special prices on large quantities, 



SANTA CRUZ EVERGREEN CO., 101 Winston St., LOS ANGELES, CAL. 



Mention The Review when you write. 



CAN YOU USE THESE PUNTS IN YOUR BUSINESS? 



Streptosolen Jamesonil, elegant 2-inch stock, $2.00 per 100. 



Creepincr Colens, Alec grand for baskets or wall pockete, 2-inch pot stock. $3.00 per 100; larger, $6.00 



per 100. 

 Beironla Laminosa, Vernon and Prima Donna, strong transplanted stock, $1.60 per 100. 

 Primula Sinensis, 2i2-lnch, extra strong, $3.00 per 100 



Rose Geraninmg. Grand, bushy 4-inph stock plants, $4.00 per 100— worth double. 

 Geranlams. All colors, rooted cuttings, $10.00 per 1000; unrooted, $6 00 per 1000. 

 SalTias. Stock plants, 9-lnch to 12-lnch, bushy. A snap at $4.00 per 100. 



GERMAIN SEED & PLANT CO. 



NURSERIES, MONTEBELLO 326-328-330 South Mail Street. LOS ANGELES, CAL. 



If mtioB Tb* B«Tl«w wtaB yw write. 



