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The Florists^ Review 



•II NK 'J'.t, I'.tliJ 



liltci'ii Id fi}^lit<cii iiiilic^ liiii;^ ill till' 

 (i|i('li, :is tlicy (1(1 llicic. ri'i|uii('s cx.-ict 

 imjikI it ions, ,'iri(| to look nv ci' ixt ciisix c 

 .•II- rc;i;;('s (if such slock j^ivc^ ;! --Wfct |ic;i 

 I'lit liiisi.'ist .•III cvcliil. Mr. < 'lit lilicrl son 

 li;is |pi-;ict ic;i 1 1 \' lixiil .1 ^clcctiiiii nf 

 'lii|ilcx ill crciiiii .-iikI white, h-itc tldwcr 

 iii;^. 'I'his |pj-(';iks into tile new ( l.'iss wc 

 h;i\(' liccii hidkiiii; I'dr. The ^tdck i^ iiiii 

 itcd. Iiiit it is there .-iihI rii|iiiic' diily 

 time to w d r k it 1 1 1 1 . 



At Guadaloupe. 



hdwii .-It t i il.-iil:i Idii pe. ,-iUd within ;i 

 tCw miles ot' the cd.-i'-t. i- .•llldthej- t'.-|\(>V 

 .■llily Idc.'lted sweet |ie;i r.'lllch, ot' ilHIl 

 ncies. (iwiied liv the I.. D. \V:iller Seed 

 < 'd. 'I'liere is :i l:ii';;e .•icre;i^e dt' imiiiy 

 dtlier liowcr seeds, s| lec i.'i It ies in tllcl, 

 every t iiiii^ in this line i^ trieil out ;ind 

 |irodliced extelisivtdy it' the J^rowill^ 

 cdiiditidiis lire ex:ict, 'IMie \:i;4:iries dt' 

 ( liiii;itic cdiid it idii-^ iildiie the const. 

 c,-|llsed Ijy the illtlilellce ot .lir mo\'e 

 meiits t'roiii the oceiiii thiiiu;,;li vniiolls 

 mount:iiii |i;is>is, m.-ike^ iiecessm-y .-i 

 c.'ll'et'lll sliid\' of these colid i t ion s. ns 

 theV nlfect difllTellt cldps. A line tlint 



will not do well .'it tile home r,-iiich iii:iy 

 tiiid its |ierl'ect devcldjiin^ coiiditidiis ;[ 

 \'rw miles .'iwnw .Mr, \V:iller points with 

 pride to :i ldo( k of tiie iiew enrly tlowcr 

 \]\fi sweet pen, ( 1 reiiiidiel''. :i Inrye. ii(li 

 crimson, 011 piieiidiiieii;il -teiiis. 



The .\meric:in l/eyion po|'p,v, of the 

 Shirley type, i-- ;i tl.-iiiiiiiy ^c.-iilet; the 

 writer lielie\i's it slojiilil lie c.-iretully 

 tried out li\' cut tlower erowcrs. .\ 

 lillllcil of these, cut cidse .•iiid sent hdllie 

 liy p.-ircel pdst, .•iiri\i(| in f;iir condition 

 four d;iys Inter. ()t coui-m'. the petnN 

 drdpped in n shdil time ,-itter the lldwei-v 

 Wire unp.'lcked. 



I'rdlinlily tiie l;iieest cdllectidii df 

 • 'lipid sweet |ie;is in tlie Wdild is to lie 

 found on fliis r;iiich. 'Phi- cl;isv is ^i-ow n 

 principnlly for tlie I-lurope:! n trnde. 

 where the cut tlower is not so impoi't ;iiit 

 n fnctor ;is is Ijic lieddin;: pl:int liu--i 

 liess. 



To Lompoc "Valley. 



I wns ^i\-en to uiiderst;iiid li\ the-c 

 ( ';ilit'(irni;i lioosters Hint the oiiK li;id 

 stri'tiii of rond in the -tnte connects 

 this section with the I.ompoc \ nilex'. 

 .-icross the moimtnin. 'I'lo'ii hiL;hw:i\'s 

 nil' so t';i\(ir;ilil\' known thnt. out df 



Acres of S'weet Peas Gro'wn for Seed in tfie Lompoc Valley. 



cousidernt ion tor our generous hosts, I 

 will not recoi'd my ini |iressioiis of tiiis 

 p.irt iciilnr one. 



Tlie inonnt.'lin scenery mnkes this n 

 short trip, indeed, td tiif ercnt seed- 

 ;;rdwiii^; inlicli of tiie W. .\tlee liurpce 

 < 'd. Here we Were t:iken in linrid li\' 

 \V. .\tlee HlMpee. Jr., wiio w.ns there for 

 tile sweet pen id>;niiij; season, and 

 llnrry F. liuckinnn, under whose ;ilile 

 ninn;ic(.ment this r;iucli h:is liecome n 

 center of interest to the swet't pe;i 

 wdrhl. To the writer tiic outstniidiiijj 

 point of interest w;is a lot ot' seedlings 

 of the Ilnwlm.'irk I'iiik' t\pe in tlie 

 inrly tlowerili^ cinss, unfixed ns yet. 

 It is .•( pri/.e wortii working; tdr, .•ind 

 I lieliexc perse\ crn nee, so iiecessnry 

 in .'ill orit;in;il swi-et pe;i work, is 

 .iloiie needed to ;;i\'e us nii entirely 

 new sh;ide in swrct pens. <'lie\alier 

 is n new rose colored \:irii'ty, I'.-isilv 

 twice the si/e of I'orijhook j-fose. jinr 

 pec's ()r:inee, trom .1 cut lldwer ^row 



er 's point of \ iew, oives us what we 

 need, n renl ornrifie, winjis and all. In 

 K(diiii Hood we slijill li;ive a vivid scar- 

 let with a sliijht iiiardon cast and ^r^'at 

 size. A L' .-I (•!•(• Idock of Columhin, the 

 new pink ;iiid white of the iilaiiche 

 l''erry t\-pe, was, for stronj; growth, 

 hardly to he dist iiij,niisheil frdin the late- 

 tldwerin}; varii'ty of this (-(dor. .Vnidii;; 

 the late-flovveriny; kinds as seen anidiie 

 all the growers, Tiiik i'earl is ontsland- 

 iii^. it is a In rye, dccji ruse, a rcill cut 

 lldwcr cdldr. Ilidie, in the same color 

 cl.'iss, is l.ir^;e, re.'illv cnorindns, liut lias 

 a hlue tinjic wlu'ii coinjiared closolv with 

 Pink I'e.-irl. 



Fighting the Aphis. 



The arch enemy df .-ill swoet pc'l jjrow 

 ers, under ylnss ;is w(dl !is in the ficdd, 

 is the aphis. .\ few d:iys df unusunlly 

 warm weather in the ( ';ilit'(iriiia fi(dds 

 ei\c this pest a dan<,ferdus hdhl on the 

 vines. The iiorin;il t einper;it lire of ."H 

 to till decrees keeps it ill check so 

 tli;it it cnii lie t'oiiixht siici-essf ully. 

 I'"or this purpose is used n white powder 

 kiidwii .IS \icd Dust, t'or which, liy the 

 w;iy, I lieliexe the m;i nil f net iirers could 

 find .•! m.'irket .•imoiiti' cut fldwer ^rowel's, 

 in pince dt' n liipiid s|ir;iy, for use dut 



(Conliriiicd nii patre ss. ) 





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Dusting the Sweet Pea Plants to Eradicate the Aphis. 



A GROUP OF SWEET PEA MEN. 



()ii Ilie |irecei|iiijr pnu|. is td lie seen ji 

 j^idiip of men w lidse nLiLTre^;;! te kiiiiwl 

 edj;c df sucet pe:is, if it cduld lie ill 

 :>nv innnner (•omliined ns -a whole, wdiild 

 lie niii;i /in^lx' extensive'. It' \(iii lioii "t 

 rec(iMni/e them, we'll jioint them 0111, 

 lieLrinniii;;. in usiml t';isJiioii, :it the htt. 

 Mr. h"r;iiiklin. of the I,. 1 1. Waller Seed 

 <'o., is takiiie- notes. Ilniiy !■'. Huckninii. 



m;Mi;ii;er of the \V. .\tlee l!ur| < 'o. 



sweef pe;i r;iiicli, is smiling. 1,. 1>. 

 Waller, hiiiiselt', li:is lijs hiinds liidiiiid 

 his Imck. I"i;nik I 'iit h liert son, df ( '. < '. 

 Mdi-se I.V ('(.., with n ciu.'ir. (|ui//icn llv 

 reL;';iri|s tin pliiit(ii:i;i plier ;ilio\c his 

 lldtes. (leiiiue .1. I'.nll, of (ilell Kllvn. 

 111., is lookiiiy; o\cr some peas from the 



lliirj til Ids. Kd<:ar I'.oweii. of |). M. 



I'eiry \- Co., Detroit, sees huiiior in the 

 distance. W. .\tlee Ulirpee. Jr., is the 

 ]ili(do<;rnpher, and therefore unseen. 



