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The Weekly Florists^ Review. 



August 81, 1005. 



Variegated Lawson Carnation 



A PHENOMENAL VARIETY. 



Tbia beautiful carnatloD, wbich we introduced last spiinR, we are sure will prove not only tbe belt varieRated carnation ever sent oat, 

 bat one of tbe moat popular and profitable carnations in any color tbat bare ever been introduced. Tbe popular conception of a Tariecated 

 flower ordinarily ia tbat it ia not bo desirable aa a solid color, but Variegated Lawson bas proved an exception to tbe lule, on account of its 

 exceeding beauty and delicacy. If our own retail sales are any index of tbe popularity of a variety, tben Variegated Lawson is bound to be 

 • winner, as tbe flowers of tbis sold m«re readily tban tboae of any otber variety. 



Aside from ita inberent value it will also be sougbt for on account of tbe sensation wbicb it created last season In tbe newspapers, its 

 merits bavinif been beralded widely in tbe daily preaa all over tbe country. Tbe variegation ia very beautiful— delicate carmine penciUngs 

 on ivory- wblte ground. It bas every good quality— beautiful flower, fine stiff item, and is exceedingly productive. W. N. Oraig, wbo Is an 

 aatbority on everytbing pertaining to borticulture, says tbat be knows tbat it will outbloom tbat popular variety, Mrs. M. A. Patten, tbree to 

 one. The variegation is very similar, but Variegated Lawson bas a mucb better stem and is mucb more productive. It baa tbe Lawson babit 

 and stem. 



Wbite Lawson, whicb we introduced last year, bas proved to be tbe best wbite carnation ever put on tbe market, and we are satisfied 

 that Variegated Lawson will be grown Just as largely. Tbose wbo are growing moderate quantities of carnationa and are obliged to grow 

 several varieties in a bouse, will find it decidedly to tbeir advantage to plant tbe different Lawaon aports, as tbey all require tbe aame treat- 

 ment, a'nd, conaequently. will give tbe best results. A great many carnationa are abort-aeason varieties, but Variegated Lawaon, like tbe reat 

 of tbe Lawson type, baa a long seasoir, as tbe flowers do well during tbe late spring and summer, wben many varieties cease to be at tbeir best. 



FIELD-GROWN PLANTS FROM GROUND, $16.00 per 100. 



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PACHC COAST. 



EVERGREEN HEDGES. 



During the month of September is the 

 best time of the year to trim evergreen 

 hedges; that is, such varieties as are 

 pruned only once during the season. 

 With trees that are cut twice a year the 

 month of May is about the proper time 

 for the first trimming. It is surpris- 

 ing to what a low height hedges can be 

 kept if properly pruned. The writer has 

 a hedge of Monterey cypress, a tree 

 much used on this coast for hedges, 

 that has been kept down to a height of 

 five feet tor over forty years, and has 

 not been allowed to grow any wider 

 than thirty inches. This is due entirely 

 to the careful manner of trimming. 



It is not advisable to cut cypress in 

 the middle of winter, for when the 

 weather is severe the trees make little 

 or no growth and it is possible for 

 them to die back a considerable dis- 

 tance after cutting, whereas when 

 trimmed in their growing season they 

 do not seem to notice the set-back. This 

 is just the reverse from deciduous 

 hedges, but few of which are seen here. 



With the cypress, as with all other 

 evergreen hedge trees, the cutting never 

 wants to be neglected for a season. 

 Many a beautiful hedge has been ruined 

 by allowing the lateral branches to 

 spread and g^ow too much, so ■ that 

 when pruned back to the proper dis- 

 tance, bare, leafless branches are the re- 

 sult and it is often impossible to get a 

 new growth, particularly on the lower 

 portion of the trees. Occasionally the 

 trees die out in spots and the symmetry 

 is often irreparably ruined. 



With pittosporums we use tenuifolia 

 and Eugenoides, both of which are 

 valuable trees for this purpose. They 

 should be trimmed twice a year and 

 they can be kept at any desired height 

 by the same process. Laurus Tinus is 

 also much used and should be pruned 

 the same. California privet is not 

 planted as much here as in the east and 

 will stand trimming three times a year 

 at least. Tree box should not be cut 



oftener than onee a year and the same 

 with diosma, both of which are very de- 

 sirable for low-growing hedges. G. 



SEATTLE. WASH. 



Qub Meeting. 



At the meeting of the Seattle Flo- 

 rists' Association held August 22 the 

 members in favor of having a stock 

 company run the chrysanthemum show 

 were in heavy majority. In a twinkling 

 $400 worth of shares were sold. Blocks 

 of five shares, the limit for one person, 

 were quickly taken by the members 

 with the long purses and the others got 

 in line when single shares were offered 

 at $5. One had the temerity to ask if 

 there were any half shares. The super- 

 cilious look he got from the chairman 

 froze him stiff. 



J. J. Bonnell read his long looked for 

 paper on the growing of outdoor roses 

 in summer for market. It was an ex- 

 cellent treatise and full of new ideas. 



Variotts Notes. 



C. J. Hurtt, who has had charge of 

 Capt. Buckley's place at Ballard, has 

 gone back to Denver, to resume his 

 business there. 



James Miller, lately with the Ledges 

 Floral Co., at BeUevue, has also gone 

 back to Denver on account of his 

 health. 



The Seattle Floral Co. is getting the 

 ground in shape for a house 20x90 feet. 



D. M. Kersey, of Bellingham, was vis- 

 iting the florists in the city this week. 



A pottery for the manufacture of 

 florists' flower pots is in operation in 

 Everett, Wash. Samples were shown at 

 the last meeting of the club and were 

 declared up to the standard of eastern 

 pots. A. B. 



VICTORIA. B. C 



W. Gage, who has been for some time 

 with L. Bussell, of the Jubilee Green- 

 houses, has entered into partnership with 

 A. Ohlsen of the Oakland Nurseries. 

 They should prove a good team. 



J. Layritz reports a very heavy demand 

 for fruit trees for next season's plant- 

 ing. The possibilities of this country 

 for fruit growers are just beginning to 

 be understood. 



The following conversation, overheard 

 in front of a florist's store in Victoria, 

 will illustrate the state of summer trade 

 here. First lady tourist: "What lovely 

 flowers! Let us go in and buy some." 

 Second ditto, who has been here a few 

 days: "Don't be foolish. If you want 

 flowers all you need do is to look over 

 anyone 's fence and they will give you all 

 you want." 



This week we celebrated our fourth 

 annual flower show. It was by far the 

 best ever held here and proved a great 

 success financially also. L. Bussell took 

 the prize for group covering 100 square 

 feet. Flewin's Gardens showed herba- 

 ceous perennials in good form. Among 

 them were delphiniums with flowers two 

 to two and a half inches across. Twenty- 

 three dinner table decorations were a 

 drawing card and, needless to say, the 

 judges retired early before the storm 

 broke. Among amateur exhibits Mrs. 

 Henry Croft staged twelve ferns that 

 would have been hard to beat in any 

 quarter of the globe. F. B. Pemberton 

 put up a wonderful vase of Lilium aura- 

 tum platyphyllum Wittei. Some day I 

 will send you descriptions of some of this 

 gentleman's lilies. In his garden I have 

 seen Humboldtii with over sixty flowers 

 on a stem; Washingtonianum and rubes- 

 cens ten feet high; auratums, ten to 

 twelve feet, by the score, with fifty to 

 100 flowers. I only know one man who 

 does lilies better and that is the famous 

 English lily fancier, G. F. Wilson. 



E. A. W. 



SAN FRANCISCO. 



The Market 



Business continues very quiet, with 

 quantities of stock on hand. Asters are 

 now at their height and can be had at 

 almost any price. Lilium album and 

 rubrum are being received in large 

 quantities and they sell very well. Val- 

 ley is scarce, also Lilium longiflorum. 

 Roses are more plentiful than for the 

 past week but the quality throughout is 

 poor. Carnations are not in excess of 

 the demand but they are generally 

 off-color and weak-stemmed. Smilax is 

 more plentiful. Considerable golden- 

 rod is handled by the retailers. It 

 makes a very effective decoration. 



