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The Florists' Review 



Mav 11. r.fj-j 



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



iKHiii, ;is sii^jii'stcd :ilii)\f, ami tiifii put 

 tliciii ill iiilis or otlicr receptacles of coM 

 water (i\ criiijilit. This treatment will 

 lianleii tiieiii up xi that tliey are in ;;cpii(| 

 .•dinlit ion I'lir shiiipiiii;. 



A^ til the iiHi-t --nitalih' \aiieties t'lir 

 lldiists' u>e, till' t'lilldwini; i-(i\ er a wiile 

 raiiye. .-iiiil the li-.t iN seh'cted tn L:i\e a 



jphice I'nr llowers (if this type in the 



tut lire. 



FLORICULTURE IN FLORIDA. 



collect inn 111' tree iihininers, 



lidWlT^ nil ^llnil »tein^; 



iroilueiiu 



w III 1 1: 



.\hllij^li-l', .Ml Ins 

 S:ini:llil.ili. iMilii- 

 M!ih(oik"s Nil. 0, sinKli'. 



l.'lulV iif I.WPII, ^ll<l«. 



.IriiM Isirr. iliT.ii-Ntivo. 

 I'orii" ill' l.V'ii. •■.•ictus, 

 I'riiii iss ,I\ili.in:i, il r:iiivi- 



wiim-; .\M) i..\v];m(i:i; 



Mjlliii Acl:ilMS. slliiw. 

 Mi> K. Sjii'M'-iT. (':i(*tiis 

 Mi'N W.iiniT. Ii\ liriil c:ictii> 



111 KK OK .\I riMN riN I 

 I)ri:iin. ilcc oralivc. 

 I>il( rill. ili'iDl'Mlivr. 



I..\VKMi|:i! 



Atlr.M linn, h.\ liriil lartns 

 KIsif liiiiu'es-. sliiiw 



M.VKOO.V 



Miniiii- r.avti'i-. i-.irliis. 



Y i; 1,1,0 \v 



^eilili'li Wi'st, rjictus. 



Yi'll'iw Kiiii;, livliriil r.ictiis 

 S.M,MON 



ri)nnti->s ..f l,i>iivilato, I'arlu^ 

 RED 



Kalif, livliiiil laitiis. 



Miiia I'.iir;;lc. ili'i'urativi' 



I'riilt' lit Califiiriiia, (li'ima livi- 

 OliANCi: 



Him lis.-ii, ilfiurative 



I'llli Siiii;, pomi.v llinM-ii'il 



VAitii:<;A 1 i;i> oit kam y 



.Iiilili Ij'Wis Chillis. iliMiri-atnr. 

 Ciiiitr.isi, rartus. 

 Minnti- Man. iliMi.nit m- 

 Siinkiss. h.vliriil rartiis. 



MAMMOni 



(Jiail.vs ShiTwcnil. whili' li.vl.iiil rartiis 

 Siiowclrifl. wlijif ileiciraliM- 



roMi'ONs 



I>ark i;.Mv tavi-mlir, <liacliil .larki-r 

 ilniss alls Wifii. sira \\ lit-rr.x 

 Star I'f till' Kasi. whiii' 



Within the hist tun or three \e;irs .-i 



new 1 \ pe 111' ilahli;i has ennie out, iiinh'r 



thi' name m' I'ltei P;in. This ni,a\ he 



calh'il ' ' .■ineiiiniietlnwei I'll" ■ ami is sini- 



ih'ir tn .-I ihiilMi- ensnins. Tlie flnweis nf 

 this t\pe inllie ill \alinlls -h.'liies. The 

 ph-lllts ;iri- .Iwalt'. Iieilln nllly tWeKe tn 



eighteen inilii's hii;h. ami are cnxereil 

 with ipianlities of llnwers. wliicli are 

 e.\ceei|iiiei\ useful for talile ilecoiat iolis 

 aiiil m;iiiv other purposes. .\s the eohirs 

 are iiniiiov ei|. f litre nni;tit to he a <;reat 



A 'Visit to Oneco. 



If one is lo()kiiin- for what is ilis- 

 timtly out of the ordinary iu floricul- 

 ture, his search will surely lead him to 

 Oneco, Fla.. a little town some tifty 

 miles below Tauipa. Here is the home 

 of the Uoy.il Palm Nurseries, which for 

 TWO score ye;irs have been conducted 

 by Reason er Urns. A larj;e jiart of the 

 Iil.'ints grown here are tropical and semi- 

 tropical in habit, (.''onseipiently, their 

 Use .-is outdoor plants is limited to 

 I'Inriil.u and the gulf coast, but many 

 of the species and varieties are fa- 

 miliar specimens in the jireenhousus 

 .■nnl c-nnser\atnrie> nt' the north. 



Ill the early days of the business, so 

 The Review rojiresent at i ve was told 

 by W. .\. Cook, the sales manafjer. sjie- 

 ci.'il stress \v.is luiil on the proiiagation 

 of fruit trees. Naturally, or.infi;es, 

 nr;ipel'riiit .nnl similar citrus fruits 



made lip the nrowiny; stock. Some 

 strictly tropicjil fruits were carried, to 

 .sujiply a limited demand and to further 

 certain exjieriments and demonstrations 

 that were in process, for, as Mr. Cook 

 says, both the Messrs. Keasoner were 

 " eiifhusi.'istic tropical pomoloj^ists and 

 hort iculturists. ' ' 



This probably accounts for their in- 

 terest iu imiiortiufj seeds and plants 

 from tropical countries iu every quar- 

 ter of the fjlobe, which has resulted in 

 one of the lar<;est and most noteworthy 

 collections of its kind in the United 

 States. For more than a score of years 

 Keasoner Bros, have been S'ving time, 

 labor and a vast amount of energy i 

 develop distinctive tropical landscaB 

 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 wlio 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 

 ik'sirable plants from the trojiics, the 

 peninsula will have one thing that it 

 now lacks — well planned home grounds, 

 not a mass of jdaiits and tn-es set 

 wherever a hole was dug by the work- 

 man. Of course, the variations in cli- 

 mate must be considered, but, even af 

 there are palms and plants that cart 

 out the tro^iical effect without breal 

 ing the laws of nature or good taste. 

 Tn the extriMue south the royal palm is 

 at home, but in the neighborhood of 

 T;impa and north, (^ocos plumosa, or 

 pliiiiiy coconut, is substituted. 



The great clumjis of bamboo, to which 

 reference h.as been made, signify but 

 one of the number of species and vari- 

 eties that can be used in Florida land- 

 scajie work. lianibus.a Thou.arsii and 

 I)endroc,il;imiis latifoliiis ,are two re- 



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



