MAT 21, 1914. 



The Fbrists^ Review 



35 



A Partial View of the Range of Henry W. Turner at Montebello, One of llie Largest Places in Soutliern California. 



until we get settled warm weather; 

 about June 1 is a good date. Nelum- 

 biums like a deep bed of muck and only 

 a few inches of water, to be seen at 

 their best, but the nymphieas do well 

 in deeper water. A few good varieties 

 of hard}' nymphaeas are; N. odorata, the 

 native white pond lily; N. odorata 

 rosea. Cape Cod pond lily, clear i)ink, 

 sweet scented; N. odorata sulphurea, 

 sulphur yellow; N. odorata gigantea, 

 large flowers, a vigorous grower, and 

 N. Marliacea chroniatella, bright yel- 

 low, fine. N. Marliacea ignea, deep 

 carmine; N. M. rosea, rosy pink, and 

 N. M. albida, pure white, are other 

 beautiful varieties for the introduction 

 of which we are indebted to that emi- 

 nent Frenchman, M. Marliac. Lay- 

 dekeri purpurata, rosy crimson, is an- 

 other fine French- variety. The tube- 

 rosa varieties are of robust habit. They 

 prefer deep water and must have more 

 room than the odorata and Marliacea 

 varieties. 



Among the day-bloomiug, tender 

 nympha?as, the foll«j|ving are strictly 

 first-class: N. William Stone, blue; 

 Zanzibariensis, dark blue; Zanzibarien- 

 sis rosea, rose; Mrs. C. W. Ward, deep 

 pink; pulcherrima, pale blue. Where 

 night bloomers are desired, a few good 

 sorts are: N. Sturtevantii, which needs 

 a hot summer to be seen at its best and 

 comes in various shades; Devoniensis, 

 red; dentata, pure white; dentata mag- 

 nifica, pure white, large; Frank Tre- 

 liease, crimson; Bissetti, rich rose-pink; 

 Kewensis, light pink, and rubra rosea, 

 rosy red. 



Nelumbioms and Other Aquatics. 



The nelumbiums can be grown in 

 tubs or boxes, or planted out. To see 

 them at their best, give them a deep 

 bed of muck and they will produce 

 wonderful leaves and flowers. They are 

 now procurable in several colors. The 

 old N. speciosum, or Egyptian sacred 

 lotus, rosy pink, will grow with a reck- 

 less abandon in any suitable location. 

 N. luteum, yellow, is common; it is wild 

 in the west and south and is an easy 

 doer. N. album grandiflorum, pure 

 white, is a gem. If one or two specially 

 choice sorts are wanted, N. Shiromaii, 

 with huge double white flowers; Pekin- 

 ensis rubrum, rich rosy carmine, and 

 Osiris, dark rose, will be found a grand 

 trio. 



In the way of miscellaneous aquatics 

 the following are all good: Zizanin 

 aquatica, or wild rice; Typha latifolia, 

 or cai- tails; Sagittaria Montevidensis, 

 or aiftlowhead; Pqitederia ftaWata, or 

 pickerel weed; Pistia Stratiotes, -or 

 water lettuce; Eichhornia crassipes 



major, or water hyacinth; Cyperus 

 Papyrus, or Egyptian paper plant; 

 Aponogeton distachyuni, or cape pond 

 weed; Limanthemum Indicum, or water 

 snowflake; Myriophyllum proserpinac- 

 oides, or parrot's feather; Limnocharis 

 Humboldtii, or water poppy; Peltandra 

 Virginica, or water arum; Acorus 

 Japonicus variegatus, or variegated 

 sweet flag, and Scirpus TaberniL'mon- 

 tanus zebrinus, a handsome ornamental 

 rush. All the foregoing plants are of 

 easy culture. 



CALIFORNIA FIRM DISSOLVED. 



On glancing at the two illustrations 

 here presented, one of the first impres- 

 sions received from the exterior view 

 of the greenhouses is a suggestion of a 

 semi-tropical climate, for in the fore- 

 ground, near the roadside, stands a 

 young but iiealthy i^pecimen of Cocos 

 plumosa, the favorite avenue palm in 

 southern California. Until recently the 

 whole property — the range of houses, 

 the thirty acres of land and the nur- 

 sery stock — belonged to the firm so 

 widely known in the trade as Dicterich 

 & Turner, of Los Anijeles and Monte- 

 bello, Cal. Now, however, there is a 

 division of business interests and a di- 

 vision of ownership. As stated in the 



Los Angeles news-letter, in The Review 

 of May 7, "Jacob Dieterich and Henry 

 W. Turner, known as Dieterich & Tur- 

 ner, have dissolved partnership. Mr. 

 Turner retains the large greenhouse 

 -range and all the cut flower and inside 

 plant business. Mr. Dieterich will con- 

 tinue the nursery department at Monte- 

 bello, in addition to the nursery busi- 

 ness at Wall street, Los Angeles." 



The firm of Dieterich & Turner was 

 organized somewhere around 1908. Not 

 long after that date the firm was re- 

 ferred to by The Review's Los Angeles 

 correspondent as "a live concern, well 

 worth watching. " Later the concern 

 not only proved itself to be worth 

 watching, but rapidly became conspicu- 

 ous enough so that it could scarcely 

 fail to be watched; the business de- 

 veloped so fast as to command atten- 

 tion. Now that the two members of 

 the firm have resolved to run separate 

 establishments, the same corres])ondent 

 remarks: "There is no fear that either 

 end of the "business will suffer, for each 

 will be in capable hands." 



The ijreenhouses seen in the illustra- 

 tion are 60%x300 and the total area 

 of glass is in the neighborhood of 

 100,000 square feet. The other illustra- 

 tion shows a part of the interior of one 

 of the rose houses. The firm specialized 



In One of the Rose Houses of Henry W. Turner, Montebello, Cal. 



