FBBBUABY 8, 1906. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



829 



The Whilldin Pottery Co. 



STANDARD FLOWER POTS 



Our output ot Flower Pots is larger tban any concern in the World 

 Our Stock is always Large and Complete 



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finest and most symmetrical flowers; no 

 stake or support was needed, and here 

 should be the perfect field for the work 

 of the hybridizer and seeker after ne- 

 varieties. 



At Pasadena I saw on the lawns a 

 number of beautiful specimens of 

 Phoenix reclinata, ten to twenty feet in 

 height and of most symmetrical form, 

 but this was the only one of the fiuer 

 palms that I saw used to any extent in 

 California. It seems to me that our 

 large palm growers should work up this 

 field and encourage California planters 

 to make use of the seaforthia, latania, 

 kentia, etc., which have a more graceful 

 appearance than the old fan palm, with 

 its spiky leaves and thread-like fila- 

 ments. 



In the vicinity of Santa Barbara are 

 large lemon orchards nestling in the val- 

 leys between the hills, wherever there 

 is an opening with a supply of water 

 for irrigation. Just below Santa Bar- 

 bara there is a beautiful place on the 

 seashore called Mirainar, consisting of 

 small cottages each surrounded with a 

 fresh green lawn, also a country club 

 with spacious grounds, all with the 

 greenery of our suburbs and a splendid 

 view of the sea. 



At Los Angeles. 



Just before reaching Los Angeles, the 

 train passes through several miles of 

 strawberry fields closely planted, with 

 just room to walk between the rows and 

 all under irrigation, but one has to look 

 twice to recognize this well known plant^ 

 as each leaf looks as though it had just 

 been washed, waxed and varnished. 

 Looking along the rows every once in a 

 while you sefe a plant with a large clus- 

 ter of ripe berries, not a crop at all, 

 but say one plant in twenty-five with 

 ripe fruit, and affording a good picking 

 from the large area, and as the winter 

 seasdn advances they become more plen- 

 tiful: A little nearer Los Angeles, in 

 fact just outside of the city, there is a 

 pigeon establishment with 30,000 breed- 

 ing birds, the whole arrangement con- 

 sisting simply of orange boxes piled in 

 tiers for nests and covered with wire 

 netting supported by rough poles. In 

 the Los Angeles markets I saw huge piles 

 of the Winter Pineapple muskmelons 

 labeled "fine Casabas" which must 

 have originated in the imagination of 

 some grower who had never seen the 

 true type of the fine old Casaba, as noth- 

 ing more distinct could have been con- 

 jured in the garden. 



KELLER POTTERY CO. 



Manufacturers of Florists* Red Flower Pots* 

 Azalea Pots, Bulb and Fern Pans, Etc. 



Tbe very best sblpping facilities on both PennsylTanla B. R. and Pblladelpbia & Reading H. R. 



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Kramer's Pot Hanger 



Vor Sal« "by Wholesale Se«dmien, 

 noriats and Supply Dealers. 



Price, $1.00 per dos. by express. 

 Sample dos. by mail, $1.86. 



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PLANT FOOD 



" I have used Arnott's Plant Food on a bench 

 of old roses this summer and fall which got no 

 other fertilizer and are growing: in about 2J< 

 inches of soil. From this bench I have cut very 

 good roses with long stems and lots of them. I 

 am now using It on a bench of young roses and 

 will let you know with what result."— Theo. 

 Mitchell. Florist, Detroit. Mich., Dec, 1905. 



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Amott Cbemlcal Co., Toronto, Ont., Can. 



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The giant redwoods near Vera Cruz 

 resemble an enormous growth of hem- 

 lock spruce many times magnified and 

 these trees increase in size as one ascends 

 the mountains, culminating in a grove 

 of fine trees averaging 300 feet in 

 height in a valley near the summit. This 

 grove has been enclosed for a park and 

 will be preserved tor future generations. 



On many ranches there are groves of 

 eucalyptus planted closely together, 

 twenty to twenty-five years ago and 

 now seventy-five to 100 feet in height, 

 with trunks as straight as an arrow, but 

 so far no use has been found for this 

 tree excepting for fire-wood and it is 

 about as ornamental as the Carolina 

 poplar. 



Among the disappointments of the 

 trip was that I did not see any San Jose 

 scale at San Jose. Although I inquired 

 for it repeatedly no one seemed to be 

 acquainted with this small pest, which 

 is raising so much commotion here, ex- 

 cept by reputation. 



Although my stay in California was 

 limited to two weeks, every moment was 

 crowded with interesting sights and ex- 

 periences and I have only been able to 

 give you a very meagre account of the 

 interesting things to be seen. To give 

 a full account of what I saw in even 



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Standard Flower Pots 



Price list and samples on application. 



PADUCAH POTTERY CO., IKC. 



PADUCAH. KENTUCKY 



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such a short visit would require several 

 evenings and would, I fear tire your 

 patience unless you too have been there 

 and have a fellow feeling in reminis- 

 cences. The country has a charm which 

 lingers in your memory and makes you 

 wish to go again, but if the choice is 

 yours the trip should be made in the 

 spring, when everything is fresh and 

 green and the flowers are in full bloom. 



Caxal Dover, O.— J. A. Fox has a 

 1905 seedling carnation, heavily fringed 

 and magenta red in color, of which he 

 thinks well. 



Washixgtox. Pa.— Jos. H. Seaman & 

 Co. report the business of the past two 

 months to have been the best they have 

 ever experienced, with every indication 

 that it will continue good. They have 

 hooked many orders for decorations in 

 I'obrunrv. 



