September 13, 1006. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



1087 



22,000 EXTRA FINE 



CALL A BULBS 



Per 100 by Ex. Per 1000 by Freight. 

 Calla Bulbs, 3 to 4 inches in diameter - $10.00. $90.00 



Calla Bulbs, 2 K inches in diameter - - 8.00 70.00 



250 at 1000 rate prepaid. 



100,000 Pansy Plants 



. Ready to ship, consisting of 22 colors of Large Flowering 

 Fancy Seedlings, $2.00 per 1000, express prepaid. CASH^^T^ 



A. MITTING 



17 to 23 Kennan St. SANTA CRUZ, CAL. 





Mention The Review when yog write. 



buried in Oakland on September 2. He 

 was a native of Germany, and was 74 

 years of age. He had been located in 

 Alameda county for the last thirty years. 



E. F. Delger has made a donation of 

 $100 to Mayor Mott, of Oakland, to be 

 used in purchasing plants for the City 

 Hall park. 



Arthur Rogers has returned from a 

 two weeks' trip to Los Angeles and San 

 Diego. 



Advices received from Ventura, Cal., 

 state that Mrs. Tbeodosia B. Shepherd 

 is seriously ill at her home, and it is 

 thought to be only a question of hours 

 before death claims her. Mrs. Shep- 

 herd has resided in Ventura since 1873, 

 and her name is well known to flower 

 lovers all over the United States. Her 

 gardens constitute one of the show 

 places of southern California. 



After various changes in their plans, 

 the Ladies* Improvement Club has final- 

 ly decided to give a chrysanthemum 

 show in San Bafael on October 20. 



G. 



CARE OF SPECIMEN PLANTS. 



I have found that under ordinary con- 

 ditions the months of August and Sep- 

 tember are the best in the year for the 

 removing of large specimen trees from 

 the ground and their replanting in boxes. 

 This is especially true of palms, and as 

 much of our large stock is handled in 

 this way, a few suggestions might be 

 in order. It is impossible to get as 

 large a specimen to grow up in a box 

 as it can be done with a plant in the 

 open ground, and for this reason it is 

 more desirable to grow the trees in the 



nursery until they are of salable sizes. 

 One plan is first to soak the ground 

 thoroughly around the tree for several 

 hours, then let it stand for a couple of 

 days, and tie the branches in securely. 

 Have the ball of earth made long and 

 narrow instead of flat and wide, as is 

 often done by gardeners. This is an 

 important item, as there is always much 

 less danger of splitting and breaking, 

 and the ball of earth will at the same 

 time go in a much smaller tub. 



I have found it is a splendid plan to 

 replant trees in a lattice frame house 

 for about four weeks after they are 

 taken from the open, and before they are 

 placed in the tubs. By this method I 

 rarely lose any palms. They occ^tsion- 

 ally may lose a leaf or two, and if they 

 act as though they would be unsalable 

 from any cause they can be planted out 

 again in the nursery instead of boxing 

 them. 



After the plants have stood about four 

 weeks in a shade house and it is possi- 

 ble to see which if any of them are not 

 acting well, the others can be taken out 

 of the ground without breaking the ball 

 of earth and easily shifted into tubs. 

 They will then be perfectly safe to sell 

 at any time. 



The old method of taking up a palm 

 from the open ground, putting it in a 

 box and selling it the same day, has 

 had the effect of making many peo- 

 ple chary of buying specimen trees, as 

 in many instances the trees died. With 

 any of the species of fan palms grown 

 here, I have had almost invariable suc- 

 cess, although I usually trim off some 

 of the lower branches when I trans- 

 plant them. This is not necessary with 



Chamserops excelsa, as it is certainly 

 the easiest to transplant of all our 

 palms. But it is the various varieties 

 of washingtonias to which I particu- 

 larly refer. 



With Phoenix Canariensis and reclm- 

 ata much care must be exercised, for 

 while these trees are easy to handle when 

 they get established, they are, on the 

 other hand, difficult to take from the 

 open ground and transplant directly to 

 a box. This intermediate step of which 

 I spoke seems to have solved the diffi- 

 culty for me, and I do not usually have 

 to discard over two per cent of the trees 

 I take out of the ground. I leave the 

 branches well tied in to the trunk, and 

 do not trim off any leaves. I give them 

 a good sprinkling several times a day, 

 and see that the soil is kept wet. This 

 may seem like considerable trouble to 

 go to, but I have found that it is a well 

 paying proposition in the handling of 

 palms of large sizes. G. 



Goshen, Ind.— The Colonial Flower 

 Shop has been opened by Miss Brown, 

 at 304 South Main street. Modem flx- 

 tures for a store of this kind and a 

 completely redecorated room make an 

 attractive place. 



Dayton, O. — Joseph I. Schoeffer, of 

 Madriver township, is rapidly recovering 

 from a severe attack of lockjaw, caused 

 by a wound on one of his fingers. The 

 patient went through all the stages of 

 the terrible disease, and at one time his 

 life was despaired of. The persistent 

 use of anti-tetanic serum was his only 

 salvation, and he will soon be able to 

 be around again. 



