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The Florists^ Review 



July 5, 1917. 



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Capitola, Cal. — At the Brown Bulb 

 Kanch it is stated that the rate at which 

 orders for freesia and calla bulbs come 

 in indicates that war conditions help 

 sales rather than curtail them. 



Movmt Angel, Ore. — June 1 C. A. 

 Gerhard launched his ship of business, 

 the Mount Angel Seed & Floral Co. 

 Mr. Gerhard has a greenhouse and a 

 tract of land, and proposes to sell 

 flowers, seeds, bulbs, flowering and 

 vegetable plants. 



ASPARAGUS NEEDS FRESH SOIL. 



About fifteen years ago I planted a 

 house to Asparagus plumosus. The 

 crops did well for thirteen years; then 

 I had the bed trenched to a depth of 

 eighteen to twenty inches and worked 

 in a quantity of stable manure. When 

 this work was completed the bed was 

 replanted to 3-inch and 4-inch plumosus 

 plants. 



The plants started slowly, although 

 I gave one side of the bed a sprinkling 

 of bone meal and later the other side 

 an application of lime. The growth, 

 however, was not so good and so rapid 

 as formerly, although the other condi- 

 tions were the same as in other years. 

 The plants receive plentv of water. 



W. E. K.— Cal. 



After growing Asparagus plumosus in 

 the same soil for thirteen years, the 

 soil would inevitably become more or 

 less soured and exhausted, and the 

 trenching of such a bed would bring 

 the sourest soil to the top. This un- 

 doubtedly is the trouble with the new 

 plants placed in the beds. 



The only real remedy for such a case 

 would be to lift the plants and then 

 dig out the bed to a depth of eight to 

 ten inches, refilling the bed with fresh 

 soil before replanting the stock. The 

 sooner this is done the better. Al- 

 though it means much work, it undoubt- 

 edly would pay in the long run. 



W. H. T. 



LOS ANGELES, CAL. 



The Market. 



The scarcity of all kinds of good 

 stock continues, and both wholesalers 

 and retailers have had difficulty in 

 filling orders for good indoor roses, 

 carnations, valley and orchids. Even 

 sweet peas, not having gotten over the 

 heat wave, are scarce and poor. Cold 

 storage Easter lilies have helped out, 

 though outside of funeral stock they 

 are not much liked, nor in great de- 

 mand. Gladioli are selling freely on 

 account of the scarcity of other stock, 

 but even at that some of the colors do 

 not clean up. America, that good old 

 standby, is greatly in evidence, its soft 

 coloring making it suitable for any 

 kind of work, but some of the more 

 strongly marked gandavensis and 

 other hybrids clash with one another 

 and cannot always be used. Some 

 pretty combinations are worked 

 out in the retailers' windows with blue 

 and white agapanthus and delphini- 

 ums, all these lasting well. 



Field carnations are thin and poor, 

 and there is little chance of improve- 

 ment in these until the young stock 

 comes into flower. Centaureas are fine 

 hot weather flowers, the imperialis 

 types holding their color much longer 

 than cyanus. Another fine hot weather 

 flower is the African marigold, the 

 large double yellow and orange forms 

 being fine for decorations of any kind. 

 They do not show signs of wear so 

 quickly as gaillardias and coreopsis, 

 and the objectionable odor common to 

 the older types is almost entirely ab- 

 sent. Spikes of single hollyhocks, too, 

 in the softer shades of color, make a 

 nice showing, and as the lower flowers 

 fall those higher up develop, making a 

 display over a long season. Greens of 

 all kinds are still plentiful and good, 

 but pot ferns are scarce. 



Various Notes. 



John Fincken reports an extra good 

 run of funeral work at the "Washing- 

 ton street store. Nursery stock is sell- 

 ing well and a good deal of landscape 

 work is being taken care of. 



An enjoyable evening was spent by 

 the members and friends of the Los 

 Angeles County Horticultural Society 



at Jahnke's cafe, June 23. President 

 Taylor was in the chair and introduced 

 speakers and entertainers, including 

 Mrs. McGillivray, wife of the treas- 

 urer, who was in good voice and re- 

 ceived several encores for her songs. 



Ernest Braunton, for many years 

 connected with some of the older pri- 

 vate places here and well known as a 

 writer and speaker on horticultural 

 topics, has been elected to a seat on the 

 park commission. His knowledge of na- 

 tive and exotic shrubbery and plants 

 should make him particularly fitted 

 for the position. 



Albert Goldenson, manager of the 

 Wolf skills' & Morris Goldenson store, 

 reports a good run of funeral work and 

 also several good weddings. At one of 

 the latter the interior decoration was 

 carried out in Shasta daisies, with suit- 

 able greenery. An old-time wedding 

 bell was used for a centerpiece and the 

 bride carried lily of the valley and 

 white orchids. 



J. M. Grant reports that, in spite of 

 quiet times, there is still something 

 doing in landscape work. He has sev- 

 eral nice contracts in hand, as well as 

 some bigger things under considera- 

 tion. 



GLADIOLUS SPIKES 



80 sorts, including Pendleton, Niagara, Panama, Golden King, 

 Glory, Blanche, Alice Carey, America, King, Augusta, War, Ida 

 Van, Peace, etc., $2.00 and $2.50 per 100 according to variety and 

 size. Fresh from the fields. Other flowers in season. Wire or 

 write standing order. Terms to known parties. ::::;: 



BROWN BULB RANCH, Capitola, Cal. 



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We are now receiving regular shipments of choice Valley. 

 Roses, Gladioli and all other seasonable flowers and greens. 



California Cut Flower Co. 



433 West 7th Street, LOS ANGELES, CAL. 



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BAMBOO STAKES 



4 ft. Plain per 1,000, $ 4.00 



4 ft. Plain per 10,000, 35.00 



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