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The Florists^ Review 



OCTOBEB 14, 1915. 



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Lompoc, Oal. — Mrs. Edwin Lonsdale 

 expects to remain here for some time, 

 being a little fearful of eastern winters. 



- Fresno, Oal. — At the flower show held 

 in connection with the Fresno district 

 fair, September 28, the Fancher Creek 

 Nurseries won nine first awards, five 

 seconds and one third. Their exhibits 

 included phloxes, dahlias, foliage plants, 

 begonia plants, ferns, geraniums and 

 fruit trees. 



ITBW STYLE OF STORE FRONT. 



A store that is unusual in both de- 

 sign and material is that of H. A. 

 Hyde, of Watsonville, Cal., shown in 

 the illustration on this page. The 

 front is of redwood logs and plate 

 glass, presenting a most unusual ap- 

 pearance, yet one not inappropriate to 

 his section. 



J^r. Hyde completed his fifth large 

 erreenhouse last month, and now has 

 ample facilities to handle the retail 

 trade of his section. During the slack 

 period in the flower business he has 

 been keeping busy with the shipment 

 of calla bulbs. 



GOMFHRENA OLOBOSA. 



Enclosed find two blooms of an 

 "everlasting" flower. They are grown 

 by Japanese here in San Francisco, or 

 at any rate are sold by them. Whether 

 it is a variety of helichrysum or not, 

 I do not know. I have no plant to 

 send, only the two blooms. Please give 

 me the name of them if possible, and 

 tell me where to procure seeds. The 

 colored bloom may be dyed. I want to 

 procure some seed for one of the grow- 

 ers of cut flowers here in San Fran- 

 cisco. A. C. — Cal. 



The flowers enclosed are those of 

 Gomphrena globosa, and the seeds may 

 be procured from any good seed house. 

 The colored bloom is not dyed, and 

 there ^re many other tints besides those 

 of the two flowers sent. Gomphrena 

 globosa should be sown in March or 

 April thinly in flats or frames, and 

 transplanted to the open ground when 

 the seedlings are large enough to 

 handle. H. E. Richards. 



TO MAKE HYDRANGEAS BLUE. 



We should like to grow blue hydran- 

 geas, but know preciously little about 

 their culture. We think the color is arti- 

 ficially produced by the application of 

 iron in some form to the roots of the 

 plants. In what form is the iron ap- 

 plied, and how often? T. L. C. — Cal. 



It is believed by some growers that 

 by the use of certain chemical con- 

 stituents in the soil the color of hy- 

 drangeas can be changed. Some have 

 tried the use of iron filings incorpo- 

 rated with the soil, and believe these 

 have caused flowers to become blue 

 which previously were pink, or have 

 heightened the intensity of color in 

 those already blue. It is certain that 

 plants will frequently flower blue one 

 year and pink the next, and vice versa. 

 If you care to try the experiment, se- 



H. A. Hyde's Flower Store of Redwood \jogt, at WationviUe, Cal. 



cure some iron filings, or other small 

 iron particles, and mix them in your 

 compost at the rate of one quart of 

 filings to each bushel of soil. Per- 

 sonally, I cannot say definitely whether 

 iron will really make your flowers 

 blue, but it will no doubt help. Plants 

 grown near the seashore are usually 

 of a much more intense blue color than 

 those grown inland. The influence of 

 the salt air and the lower night tem- 

 perature seems to be quite favorable 

 to hydrangeas. Heavy feeding, if con- 

 tinued after the flower heads turn 

 white, will have a tendency to bleach 

 out the color of the flowers. C. W. 



LOS ANGELES. 



The Market. 



Business continues to show consid- 

 erable improvement and the prospects 

 are bright for a good season. Tlffe 

 better class flowers clean up daily at 

 the principal wholesalers' stores and 

 only a small percentage goes to the 

 waste barrel. Outdoor roses are im- 



proving and I noted some especially 

 fine Cochets, both white and colored. 

 Chrysanthemums are coming from local 

 growers in excellent shape, Crocus be- 

 ing a great favorite in yellows. The 

 centaurea is still being used as a cheap, 

 showy flower, but cosmos is taking its 

 place to some extent. A limited supply 

 of valley and orchids finds a ready 

 market and Cecile Brunner roses are 

 again plentiful. The old Fair Maid 

 carnation, as seen around town of late, 

 is surely a winner and it is clear that, 

 with good culture, this old favorite 

 will hold its own with many of the 

 novelties. 



Nursery business in small plants is 

 improving, but there is little encour- 

 agement in the larger orders. Ferns 

 and palms are in good demand and also 

 small, flowering vines. The greens 

 business continues good, but tile qual- 

 ity of the stock being sent in from the 

 northern woods is not as good as for- 

 merly. 



Various Notes. 



At the Superior Nursery, Charles 

 F. Gutting has a large stock of his new 



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