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The Florists' Review 



21 



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LOS ANGELES LEADERS 



PALMS AT SIERRA MADRE. 



Replacing Imported Stock. 



••'riir |i;iliii iiiir^ci-y ol' liiissctt i!c 

 \\':i-|iliiiiii. sitii:it('(l .'it Sierra Maiirc, 

 l.o^ Aii;;rl('s iMiiiiity, is about sixti'i'ii 

 mills li'din I, (IS Aiijidrs ;uul only a few 

 l)lo<-ks troiii tlir tciiiiiiiuis of the Pacific 

 Klcclric •■uv line. KIcclric cars run 

 1(1 the ttriiiiMus c^ cry liour, lt'aviii<; l,os 

 .\ii^;('l('s (III the i\cii liour and iiiakini; 

 1hr tri|i ill t'(irty-li\ I- iiiiiiiitcs. 



■•These nurseries were started by 

 Bassc'tt & Washliurii about se\en years 

 .'lyo. Tlic ((inijiaiiy iiii|iorts the palm 

 .seeds from Syiliie\-, Australia. Three 

 yr('(Milioijses have been esfiecially 

 erected with seed iirojiaftat ion benches 

 for the germination of the seed. The 

 temjier.-iture ol these lioiis(>s is kejd 

 at an ;iveiat;e of about !••• (,le;4rees. 

 .\s soon ;is the seed is ^eriui- 

 ii.-ited. it is [Kitted in L' im h jiots and 

 jtlaeed in houses ha\iny };lass roofs, 

 bill liea\ily shadt (I. The temjierature 

 in these houses is l\e|it close to (!.") de 

 grees. After standing for a year in 

 L'-iiu h jiots, the jilants are reiiotte(l into 

 ;'.'/;-iiHdi and -I iiudi jiots and are allowed 

 a slifjhtly cooler t em|ierature. After 

 another year the |il;ints in the larf;cr- 

 sized pots are planted out, under lath, 

 in frround specially pre]iared and ferti- 

 lized. 



''The jdants ,'ire watere(l by o\'erhead 

 sprinklers and tlie feeding of the plants 

 is acconqilished at regular intervals. 

 Of course, the ground containing the 

 jdants i^ ke|it ciiit i\at ed ;ind entirely 

 (dear of weeds. .\is(i the ]ilants are 

 yi\"en careful at tent imi tn |irotect 

 them from sc;ile, etc., .iiicj they are 

 >]ir;i\ed with r(.isin spr.ay wheiiexcr 

 neee^sarv. After four ye,-ir> in the 

 gidund. the plants ;ire )iot ted . into (i 

 iiKdi Jiots for the siiiele jilants and into 

 S-iiich Jiots for the iii.ade-iiji jdants. 

 The jdants .are then left in the jiots un 

 til tliey ha\-e I'ectime Ihoroughly estab 

 lished. This takes troiii one to twn 

 \-e;iis. so th.-it the i lit er\'.il from the 

 time the seed i- first |il:iii1ed until the 

 time the iil;iiit~ .are re.-idy for sab' 

 varies Irom eight to ten ye:irs, .•leconl 

 iiii: tot lie si/,e ol t he |il;illt . 



■'Il Ve(|llires a great deal ot' ji.atiellce 



III l;i(iw ji.alm.-. siie(-c->^i'iilly. A visit 

 to iliiv nurseiN- will jiruNc interesting 

 .•ind the jirojirietors extend a cudi.il in 

 vitation to all to coiiie and lonk o\ ei 

 the jilace. 'I'he I'lisadeiia ollii-e i^ bi 

 '•ate.l ■,:\ i;\\ ( ■eiitral biiibliiig." 



What Modesty Omitted. 



'I'lle :,\.u\ . 'iMle. kllldl> -e||l by C. 1.. 



\\ a~libiirii, i> iiidic.-it i\ e of thi' great 

 i-aie taken li\ tin timi ot' liassett \ 

 ^^'.■|s!lbl(l■|| to have evervthing it semK 

 "'It ot ;i ( h;ir;ict er th.-it is bound to gi\( 

 ••a I i-t act ion til till' cu-loini'r. I'.ut, 

 with I li.-ir.acteri^t ic mode-ty. .\l r. Wash 

 biirii has omitted to give .aii\ idea ol 

 till >i/e 1,1 the company's model jdace 

 at Sien.i M;idie. The three green 

 hou-e, which III mentions are e;i<di L'dx 

 iL'X .and are used eiitindy for raising 



seedling";. No 1, ~s th;in .".'lO bushels III 



Thr cxiiihilion fialnrts In iinj /injinriil 

 for tlic convention of the (Jdlifoniia .is- 

 sociation of Sursi riimrn are cxprrhd hi 

 (Irdir viani/ irudi- lisilDrs to Los Aii;i<l<s 

 October :.'0 to :■!. Addit ianul in.tirryl 

 will tie found hi/ till III ill II innidiir of 

 cstahlislnncnis in tlic riciinhi irhirli m- 

 cupy a prominent plucc in onr iniln.slri/. 

 Some of iliesc are described in riirnul 

 issues of The HcvicK, one on this /iiiin . 



I al ion sii cord iaily I eiidered. loi t lie 

 \ i^it will prove more interesting llnin 

 iiiaii\ papers of wiitine almiit il. 



n. i;. i; 



FLORICULTURE AT CORNELL. 



seed were sown this ye;ir, wliib' the 

 jilace in all covei-s sixteen acres. 



M'alkitig through these iuiiiieuse lalli 

 houses, one cannot helji being stuiick 

 by the (deanliness, Ihriftiness and good 

 color of all the jilants, no m.attei in 

 wh.at stage of growth, l-lverything has 

 an orderly ,and tidy Jijijiearance. Con 

 sider, even, the matter of commercial 

 fertilizer. This is not allowed to lie 

 .about exjiosed to the sun and ,air. but 

 ;t large waiadiouse has been built jiiii 

 jiosidy for the fertilizer. I'.verything. 

 in short, is along the best .■ind most iiji 

 to-date lines .and proves a credit to 

 this famous lii-m. \o better advice can 

 be given than tli.at you .accejit the inv i 



A Sliort Course Ottered. 



I'loricult lire, or the growing of llow 

 els and Jilants under glass, which wa^ 

 iiiiui na My ;i luxury of the wealthy, li.is 

 developed ilito ;t liriifessioii which is 

 now one ol' the most imjiorl.aiit ot' tin 

 agiiciilhirai sjiecialt ies. Today, lloii 

 culture is ,-i profession biised on -ci 

 eiititic knowledge. There is not a town 

 i.r iiiiiiortaiice in Xew York state which 

 does not have one or more floral es 

 1 alil Ishineiits. In tact, N'ew '^'ork is 

 ilistiiictiy a llower-growing st.ate and 

 the glass area devoted to the culture 

 of lloweis .amounts to sometliing over 



l:;.mi(l,i|ll|l sipi.-ire feet. 



( 'omjiet it ion is becoming keeni'i' 

 .among llower grovvei-s and progressive 

 viniiig men now engaged in the busi 

 iiess should realize that they owe some 

 thing to theiiiseUes in tile wav of self- 



Kentia Ma(ie Up of Plants Grown Separ.itely in the Field at Sierr.i Madre. 



