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The Florists^ Review 



May 11, 1922 



Field of Show and Cactus Dahlias Grown Under the Massing System. 



noon, as suggested above, and then put 

 them in tubs or other receptacles of cold 

 water overnight. This treatment will 

 harden them up so that they are in good 

 condition for shipping. 



As to the most suitable varieties for 

 florists' use, the following cover a wide 

 range, and the list is selected to give a 

 collection of free bloomers, producing 

 flowers on good stems: 



WHITE. 



AInbaster. cactuR, 

 Snmarit.in. riictiis. 

 Bnbcock's No. 6, single. 

 Glory of Lyon. show. 

 Jean Kerr, decorative. 

 Perle de Lyon, oactiis. 

 Princess Juliana, decorative. 



WHITE AND LAVENDER. 

 Maude Adams, show. 

 Mrs. E. Spencer, oactus. 

 Mrs. Warner, hybrid cactus. 



nUFF OR AUTUMN TINT. 

 Dream, decorative. 

 Liicero, decorative. 



LAVENDER. 

 Attraction, hybrid cactus. 

 Elsie Rurgess, show. 



MAROON. 



Bfinnle Haxter, cactus. 



YELIX)W. 

 Golden West, oactus. 

 Yellow King, hybrid cactus. 



SALMON. 



Countess of Ix>nsdale, cactus. 



RED. 

 Kalif, hybrid cactus. 

 Mina B\irRle. decorative. 

 Pride of California, decorative. 



ORANGE. 

 Hochsni, decorative. 

 Plttl ,Slng, peony-flowered. 



VARIEGATED OR FANCY. 

 John I#wl8 Childs, deconitive. 

 Contrast, cactus. 

 Minute M.'in. decorative. 

 Sunkiss, liybrid cactus. 



MAMMOTH. 



Gladys Slierwood, while liybiid cactus. 

 Snowdrift, white decorative. 

 POMPONS. 

 Dark Eye. lavender, shaded darker. 

 Gruss aus Wien, str.iwl)erry. 

 Star of the East, wliile. 



Witliiii tlie last two or tliree years a 

 new type of dahlia has come out, under 

 the name of Peter Pan. This may be 

 called "anemone-flowered" and is sim- 

 ilar to a double cosmos. The flowers of 

 this type come in various shades. The 

 plants ,nre dwarf, being only twelve to 

 eighteen inches high, and are covere<l 

 with quantities of flowers, which are 

 exceedingly useful for table decorations 

 and many other purposes. As the colors 

 are improved, there ought to be a great 



place for flowers of this type in the 

 future. 



FLOEICULTUBE IN FLORIDA. 



A Visit to Oneco. 



If one is looking for what is dis- 

 tinctly out of the ordinary in floricul- 

 ture, his search will surely lead him to 

 Oneco, Fla., a little town some fifty 

 miles below Tampa, Here is the home 

 of the Eoyal Palm Nurseries, which for 

 two score years have been conducted 

 by Eeasoner Bros. A large part of the 

 plants grown here are tropical and semi< 

 tropical in habit. Consequently, their 

 use as outdoor plants is limited to 

 Florida and the gulf coast, but many 

 of the species and varieties are fa- 

 miliar specimens in the greenhouses 

 and conservatories of the north. 



In the early days of the business, so 

 The Eeview representative was told 

 by W. A. Cook, the sales manager, spe- 

 cial stress was laid on the propagation 

 of fruit trees. Naturally, oranges, 

 grapefruit and similar citrus fruits 



made up the growing stock. Some 

 strictly tropical fruits were carried, to 

 supply a limited demand and to further 

 certain experiments and demonstrations 

 that were in process, for, as Mr. Cook 

 says, both the Messrs. Eeasoner were 

 "enthusiastic tropical pomologists and 

 horticulturists." 



This probably accounts for their in- 

 terest in importing seeds and plants 

 from tropical countries in every quar- 

 ter of the globe, which has resulted in 

 one of the largest and most noteworthy 

 collections of its kind in the United 

 States. For more than a score of years 

 Eeasoner Bros, have been giving time, 

 labor and a vast amount of energy t 

 develop distinctive tropical landscaf 

 architecture and gardening for Florida. 



Florida's Growth Changed Business. 



As the central and southern parts of 

 Florida developed commercially, and 

 permanent homes were established, the 

 newcomers began to call for ornament- 

 als. So as time went on, the citrus tree 

 trade gradually lessened, while the 

 business in palms, yuccas, agaves, the 

 silk oak and other southern plants and 

 trees became increasingly important. 

 It is quite probable that specimens from 

 the Oneco collection have found their 

 way into every garden of importance 

 in the state. 



When the northerner who goes to 

 Florida wakes up to the fact that for 

 his landscape effects he can draw on 

 Florida's native flora and some of the 

 desirable plants from the tropics, the 

 peninsula will have one thing that it 

 now lacks — well planned home grounds, 

 not a mass of plants and trees set 

 wherever a hole was dug by the work- 

 man. Of course, the variations in cli- 

 mate must be considered, but, even at 

 there are palms and plants that cart 

 out the tropical effect without breal 

 ing the laws of nature or good taste. 

 In the extreme south the royal palm is 

 at home, but in the neighborhood of 

 Tampa and north, Coeos plumosa, or 

 plumy coconut, is substituted. 



The great clumps of bamboo, to which 

 reference has been made, signify but 

 one of the number of species and vari- 

 eties that can be used in Florida land- 

 scape work, Bambusa Thouarsii and 

 Dendrocalamus latifolius are two re- 



Field of Peony-Flowered Dahlias Grown Under the Massing System. 



