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The Florists*^ Review 



Mabch 28. 1922 



Eagle Bock, Cal. — James Grant, who 

 started the Eagle Rock Nursery here 

 some time ago, has now a more at- 

 tractive place, in which he grows stock 

 for retailing and for use in his rapidly 

 increasing landscape business. Mr. 

 Grant is certainly to be congratulated 

 on the progress he has made in so short 

 a time. 



PliANNINO A IiATH HOUSE. 



I am considering building a lath 

 house, 20x30 feet. In regard to this, how 

 high should the roof be? What style of 

 roof should be employed and what space 

 should be left between the laths? What 

 is the best vine to grow for shade? Is 

 the cinnamon vine all right and does it 

 grow fast enough the first season to 

 cover? The climate here is quite dry 

 and the temperature approaches 110 de- 

 grees in hot weather, but we have plenty 

 of water for irrigation. 



W. A. S.— Ariz. 



The height of your lath house will de- 

 pend entirely upon what you intend to 

 grow in it. If it is to be for dwarf 

 plants, it is only necessary to have suffi- 

 cient height to allow plenty of head 

 room, say seven feet. But if plumosus 

 strings, smilax or large palms are to be 

 grown, the height, of course, must be 

 greater. In your sunny climate there is 

 an additional advantage in having a 

 higher house, in that the laths may be 

 spaced closer and plants are not so 

 likely to burn, as in a lower house. 

 In California it has long been the cus- 

 tom to leave the width of a lath between 

 laths, but lately growers of greens, 

 ferns, palms and other stock are spacing 

 the laths much closer. In some cases 

 laths are spaced the thickness of a lath 

 and then cross-lathed or "double- 

 lathed," as it is termed. This makes an 

 ideal shade and in such a house shade 

 of vinos would not be necessary. For 

 utility the usual flat roof is all' that is 

 required, but dome-shaped roofs with 

 arched doorways and other architecturnl 

 effects are used on private places. This 

 is entirely a matter for individual taste. 



The cinnamon vine is not at all suited 

 to the hot, dry climate of Arizona, and 

 the foliage would be sure to burn badly. 

 A far better vine is Passiflora eduli's. 

 This grows freely, makes fine shade and 

 when well established produces hand- 

 some flowers followed by edible fruit in 

 great abundance. It may be grown from 

 seed and stands heat and bright sun- 

 shine well. The chayote is a quick- 

 growing vine, producing much fruit that 

 may be cooked in a variety of ways, but 

 this vine dies down in winter. It grows 

 easily from last season 's fruits, which 

 should be started in pots and planted out 

 after all danger of cold weather is past. 



H. R. R. 



LOS ANGELES, CAL. 



The Market. 



With the better weather, outdoor 

 flowers are improving daily and there 

 is an abundant supply of almost every- 



thing in choice stock. Roses are arriv- 

 ing in fine order. Indoor carnations 

 are good, while orchids, valley, gar- 

 denias, indoor sweet peas and violets 

 are all more plentiful and of better 

 quality. Heather is still being sent in 

 by some growers, but the stock is only 

 a travesty on this beautiful plant. This 

 has been one of the worst seasons ever 

 known for heather; the hot winds, 

 followed by heavy rain and killing 

 frosts, proved too much even for this 

 hardy plant. There is still a scarcity 

 of good outdoor carnations, and this is 

 always a bad thing for wholesalers 

 and shippers, as these are one of 

 the leaders for long-distance work. 

 The slump in business in some of 

 the territories served by" this market 

 also has a bad effect upon the whole- 

 salers' business, and it cannot be de- 

 scribed as good. Retailers, on the 

 other hand, have no kick coming. They 

 are all busy, and this in spite of their 



increasing numbers. Funeral work has 



been abundant and the amount of 



transient trade is increasing all the 



time. 



Various Notes. 



J. Dieterich is planning a trip to 

 Europe in May. He will visit his home 

 in Switzerland, and other European 

 countries. 



W. F. Van der Schoot, of Hillegom, 

 Holland, is in the city on his annual 

 visit and reports a good business in 

 Dutch bulbs. 



At the store of Herbert Bateman, 

 Inc., the camellia has been made a good 

 drawing card of late. Although so well 

 known, the artistic possibilities of this 

 flower are not always so well brought 

 out as here, and it has led to a big de- 

 mand. Mr. Bateman says, too, that they 

 have been extremely busy with deco- 

 rating work. The number of fine blooms 

 of various kinds now to be had, help 

 out materially along this line. The tele- 



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