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JA.NUAHV 20, 1010. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



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for carnations and roses. The greenhouse 

 carnations are large and beautiful. The 

 field-grown ones are scarce, but are seen 

 in some of the stores. The frost has hurt 

 them even in protected places, so they 

 look only about half opened. They sell at 

 15 cents a dozen, while the greenhouse- 

 (frown ones are $1. All of the roses are 

 "cod now. Beauties are improving all the 

 Time, the heads getting much larger. 

 jhey have been coming in with long 

 ..tems, but small blooms in proportion. 



^'^alley is exceptionally nice and sells 

 well. There is a great demand for or- 

 chids. The street stands are heaped high 

 vith violets at 5 cents a bunch. Sweet 

 ,eas from outside are arriving in abun- 

 iance, but the stems are .rather short as 

 •et. Some fine mignonette was seen. 

 "hinese narcissi. Paper Whites and Eom- 

 ins are also plentiful; these are grown 

 Hitside, the same bulbs blooming year 

 titer year. Some pans of Dutch hya- 

 cinths were seen in one of the stores. All 

 )f the florists are making a fine showing 

 ,jf azaleas. 



The recent frosts have caused the 

 iiiinges to drop to such an extent that 

 ill of the street stands are piled with 

 large ones at ten cents a dozen. Eeports 

 are rather conflicting. Some state that 

 a quarter of the crop will not be fit to 

 ship, while others say that the injury is 

 slight. Outside flowers have fared badly; 

 cnen the geranium foliage is frost-bitten. 



Various Notes. 



Jack D 'Ortignac, proprietor of the Ee- 

 dondo Floral Co., returned Monday from 

 a week's stay in San Francisco. 



S. Lundy, representing W. A. Manda, 

 is in town, calling on the trade. 



E. J. Reynolds, formerly of Denver, is 

 now with the Redondo Floral Co. 



Morris Goldenson had the misfortune 

 recently to lose a fine new overcoat while 

 at lunch at Levy 's cafe. 



The Germain Seed & Plant Co. says it 

 is a little early yet for planting, but a 

 big trade is anticipated. There are many 

 inquiries already for seeds in large quan- 

 tities. 



Theodore Payne makes a specialty of 

 eucalyptus trees, and is quite busy. 



S.A. C. 



HOLLY FROM SEED. 



In glancing over the Review of Octo- 

 ber 7, 1909, I noticed an article which 

 contains a description of the ordinary 

 method of growing holly from seed in 

 California. I noticed, too, that the proc- 

 ess of germinating the seed, as outlined 

 m that article, is an extremely tedious 

 one. Now, there are many, many things 

 that I do not know, though they might 

 he useful to me if I knew them, but I 

 do know how to grow holly from seed and 

 get ninety per cent of it to sprout in 

 less than one month. I got the sugges- 

 tion from an Ohio nurseryman fifty years 

 ^Ro, but had almost forgotten it. 



^oon after coming to California I 

 planted a lot of holly seeds, but after 

 ^^•^iting a year I failed to get a plant. 

 -Next year I tried again, with the same 

 ^^suit, but in the following fall I re- 

 ■^^mbered the hint given me by the old 

 U'JAseryman. I tried his plan and in a 



'^•'V weeks I had plenty of hoUy coming 

 aiid °^^^® several plantings that winter 

 viri^ °°® OJ" two more plantings last 

 torv^'^'T °* ^^oh were quite satisfac- 

 ' t T * *^® present vrinter— December 

 L'-Cmi, ^^ ^ ^^^^^ of ^olly seeds to the 



y^nnouse, put them to soak and plant- 

 mem December 24. January 2 there 

 rConcluded on page 54.] 



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