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The Weekly Florists' Review. 



JULT 2, 1908. 



PACIFIC COAST. 



EUCALYPTUS FROM SEED. 



Much complaint has been heard from 

 California growers who would raise eu- 

 calyptus from seed. This is due, in 

 some cases, to the fact that there seems 

 to be considerable difficulty in getting 

 the seed to germinate at all, and(iaj)ther 

 cases, when the plants have made^heir 

 appearance above the seed bed, it' has 

 been almost impossible to keep them 

 from damping off. 



The Euealptus globulus, the common 

 blue gum, seems to be the variety most- 

 ly grown here and it is principally with 

 this that the trouble has been. Gums are 

 popularly supposed to be of the easiest 

 culture, but I find that gardeners who 

 have not had much experience with them 

 often make an utter failure of several 

 batches of seed and then the season is 

 too far advanced to do anything for an- 

 other year. 



As to the first trouble I have men- 

 tioned, that of the refusal of the seed 

 to germinate, a few words of caution 

 and advice may be in order. There is 

 little danger from getting old seed, as 

 the eucalyptus seeds are very long-lived 

 and I have had much better success in 

 planting seed that I had gathered the 

 year before than with seed a few weeks 

 cleaned. I conclude from this that the 

 seed is not thoroughly ripe until it has 

 stood a few months after being cleaned. 



This has been especially noticeable 

 when but little care was used in picking 

 the seed pods from the trees. It is al- 

 ways best to select the seed from the old- 

 est pods. These are always found on 

 the larger branches and are much heavier 

 than those on the younger growths. Seed 

 collectors do not make any difference, 

 however, and as a consequence the plant- 

 er usually gets a quantity of seed a large 

 portion of which has been taken from 

 young, unripe pods. This explains why 

 such a small percentage of gum seed 

 often shows itself after being planted, 

 and I have found, therefore, that much 

 better success can be had by keeping the 

 seed at least a year before planting it. 

 Such seed, when planted fresh, usually 

 comes up weak and puny and succumbs 

 to an early death. 



Presuming that the planter has well 

 ripened seed and has his beds in good' 

 shape for planting, the next important 

 item is soaking the seed. This should 

 be done in water that is just a little too 

 hot to keep the hand in. ^hrow the 

 seed in and let it remain until the water 

 gets cold. Then mix it with dry sand 

 and it is ready to sprinkle on the bed. 

 Cover it with fine sand to the depth of 

 a quarter of an inch and pack it down 

 well. See that there is plenty of ven- 

 tilation and shade, and keep the seed box 

 constantly moist until the plants show 

 themselves, usually in about a week. 

 There is little danger of too much mois- 

 ture, provided the ventilation is good and 

 there is plenty of shade. 



After about six weeks the young plants 

 are ready to transplant into flats. Here, 

 again, many plants are lost, principally 

 from the too sudden change in tempera- 

 ture. If the grower cannot keep the 

 plants in the same atmosphere where the 

 seed was sown until the young plants 

 have become established in their new sur- 

 roundings, it is always better to shift 

 the seedlings into the selected place and 

 keep them there for a couple of weeks 

 before any transplanting is done. This 



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Circumference Per 1000 



Calls Aethlopica Bolbs , 8 to 10-inch $80.00 



7 to 8-lneh 66.00 



5 to 7-lnch 40.00 



3 to 5-inch 25.00 



Narcissus alba srandUlora, 6 to 8-inch circum- 

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Freesia refracta alba, mammoth bulbs, only 

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 Kennan Street, 



Santa Cruz, Cal. 



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Fischer's Grand Frccsia Purity 



The magnificent, giant, white Freesia. When once tried, will always be grown. 

 Write for Prices Delivery in July 



RUDOLPH FISCHER, - Santa Anita, Cal. 



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JOHN BENTHIEN 



PACIFIC COAST 



GREENHOUSE BUILDER 



714 So. 39th St., TACOMA, WASH. 



Contractor for all kinds of wooden and iron 

 greenhouses. 



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installed and remodeled. 

 Agent for the Holly Standard Electric Circniator 



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CHRYSANTHEMUMS 



Rooted cuttings, $2.00 per 100: 2*2-in. pots, $3.00. 

 CHRT8ANTHKMUM NOVKLTIES 



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SomettalnK Good for Western Florists 



Ivy Maidenhair 



Used by all up-to-date florists. Lasts well. 

 Looks well. Makes up well. I can ship this suc- 

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 sample 100, sent mail paid. 



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will pave many thousands of them, as the 

 delicate little seedlings must be handled 

 very carefully if success is to be ex- 

 pected. 



To transplant a lot of seedling.s from 

 a bed in a greenhouse and put them out- 

 side in a shade house, or in a much cold- 

 er greenhouse, is usually fatal. Keep 

 them, if possible, for a couple of weeks 

 in the same temperature in which they 

 were grown, and if this is not feasible, 

 on account of want of room, put the 

 seedlings themselves in the place where 

 the plants are to stand after they are 

 transplanted. 



Petunias Petiinias 



Seedlings of my Champion strain of Giants of 

 California and Ruffled Giants, from flats and 

 2-inch pots. $1.50 and $3.00 per 100. 



Hardy Perennials, in good assortment, from 

 2-inch pots, $2.00 per 100. 



Orders booked now for Seeds, etc., for fall de- 

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 Seeds, if your order amounts to $5.00 or over. 



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Santa Rosa, Cal. 



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W. robusta, 1^2 to 2 feet, balled $0.85 



W. robusta, 2to3 ffeet, balled 45 



W. robusta, 3 to 4 feet, balled 70 



W. robusta, 4 to 5 feet, balled 90 



W. robusta, 5 to 6 feet, balled 1.10 



W. robusta, 6 to 7 feet, baUed <.. 1.80 



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Calla Lily Bulbs 



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 Delivery. Send for Price List 



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San Francisco, Cal. 



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After two weeks the flats are easily 

 filled in, should there be any missing, and 

 after they have stood for two weeks more 

 they can then be brought outside in the 

 open and will be large enough to dis- 

 pose of the following winter and spring. 



I have found no diflSculty whatever 

 with seedlings damping off when I have 

 had thoroughly ripened seed and when 

 the principles of thorough ventilation, 

 plenty of moisture and not too radical 



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