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The Horists' Review 



OCTOBKU 17), U)14. 



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Los Angeles, Cal. — Georj^e W. Smith, 

 formerly of Howard & Smith, and Jacob 

 Dieterich sent out a formal announce- 

 ment of the consolidation of their nur- 

 sery and florists" business under the firm 

 name of Smith & Dieterich. Their new 

 salesroom, corner Seventh and Figueroa 

 streets, was opened October 10. 



TREATMENT OF SHAWYER. 



Will you kindly tell me whether the 

 indoor rose, Mw. Geo. Shawyer, always 

 droops its head after beinjj cut and 

 ])ut in water? I have a house of 

 Shawyer an<i Hichmond, planted this 

 season. Both are making excellent 

 growth and have stems fully eighteen 

 inches lonji. I keep a night temper- 

 ature of about (iU to fi.S degrees, spray 

 twice daily, and have not given any 

 manure of any kind. The Kichmonds 

 are si)lendid, but Shawyer hangs its 

 head directly after being cut. it is 

 also subject to mildew, although it is 

 supposed not to be so. 1 should be 

 glad if you could advise me concerning 

 the growing of Shawyer satisfactorily. 



I am also striking a lot of outdoor 

 stock, using this year's wood, with a 

 heel of last year's. These I intend to 

 j)ot up as soon as calloused over, and 

 would like to know whether it is pos- 

 sible to cut off tiie tops of these cut- 

 tings when rooted, say about January, 

 graft the tops on to Manetti stock and 

 grow as indoor sto<-k, as I want a lot 

 of outdoor stock before the budding 

 season next yeai'. If this is not jtrat- 

 tic able, do you know of any other 

 method? ' A. G. 



Mrs. Geo. Shawyer does not droop 

 its head if it is jiroperiy handled. The 

 only complaint on this score has come 

 from men who <iit and ship blooms of 

 Shawyer to the market without giving 

 them a chance to soak up, and in this 

 res])ect Shawyer is like all other roses. 

 When j>ro])erly iiandled, the blooms are 

 cut and j)lact'<l in water as soon as 

 possible, and put into a cooling room, 

 where they are kept from twelve to 

 twenty-four hours before being shipped 

 to market. We shi|) Shawyer every 

 day in the xejtr ami never have had 

 any trouble with its hanging its head, 

 save when we had to cut in the sun- 

 shine and ship to market immediately. 



I note A. (t. says he sprays twice 

 daily. 1 am not accpiainted with his 

 (dimate, in N'ictoria, H. ('.. but there 

 are not many locations where it is 

 possible to spray twice daily without 

 getting a bad dose of mildew. It is 

 all right to spray on bright days, but 

 the foliage should always be dry before 

 night. As regards temperature, we 

 have found, a night temjierature of .IS 

 degrees much better than a higher one 

 for both Shawyer and Richmond. I 

 think if A. G. will nuike these changes 

 in the culture and handling of his 

 plants he will find Shawyer one of the 

 best varieties he ever grew, since other 

 florists along the Pacific coast are most 

 enthusiastic in their jtraise of this 

 variety. 



There is no reason why A. G. cannot 

 take the tops off his cuttings and graft 

 on Manetti in January as he suggests; 

 in fact, this is the only way to work 



In askine you to discontinue our present 

 ad we wisli to say it has sriven us very 

 good results, and that you will hear from 

 us asrain when carnation cuttings are in 

 season.-HOLLYWOOD GARDENS, Holly- 

 wood, Wash., Sept. 22, 1014. 



up a large stock in a comparatively 

 short time. However, he should not 

 carry this style of propagation so far 

 that the constitution of his plants will 

 be impaired in any way. i 



C. H. Totty. 



LOS ANGELES. 



The Market. 



There has been a slight falling oft' 

 in business in the last week, but the 

 advance orders on hand show that this 

 is only temporary, and a busy time 

 during the next few days is assured. 

 Chrysanthemums are now at their best 

 and the supply is already beginning 

 to cap the demand. Bonnaffon is al- 

 ways a great favorite here and the 

 flowers are perfect now. Indoor roses 

 are not any too plentiful, the supply 

 .some days falling below the demand. 

 Carnations are plentiful and good, as 

 are centaureas. Cyclamens are becom- 

 ing more popular as a cut flower, owing 



to their long lasting properties. Orciiijg 

 are scarce just now, but the clemanl ig 

 not great. Valley is of excellent qujilitv 

 and more in demand. Greens of all 

 kinds are plentiful. Plants, with the 

 exception of ferns and coleuses, are 

 scarce. 



Dutch bulbs are arriving in ;^()0(1 

 order, but the packing in some instances 

 is not up to the usual standard and 

 it looks as though it had been liur- 

 riedly done. The war is surely a god- 

 send to the local ad-writers. It is sur- 

 prising how many of the small local 

 seedsmen have their goods "in spite 

 of the war." "Our own growers" 

 seem to have been attending strictly 

 to business while the war is in progress. 

 And "war or no war," the Dutch (?) 

 bulbs grown in Santa Cruz and Los 

 Angeles counties arrived on record 

 time. 



"Various Notes. 



At the semimonthly n'eeting of the 

 Pasadena Horticultural Society the 

 coming flower show was the principal 

 subject up for discussion and every- 

 thing points to a successful show. 

 President Hutchison named John Blake 

 as a suitable man to take up the 

 matter of beautification of the city 

 for 1915 in conjunction with the com- 

 mittee now working on it, and Mr. 

 Blake consented to act, but only pro- 

 vided Mr. Hutchison acted with him, 



Superior-grown ROSES for Immediate Planting 



We have a grand stock of the following varieties in 2^ and :Mnch pots, strong, clean 

 and healthy, ready for shifting to larger pots for spring sales or for planting out at 

 once. This stock at the prices Quoted is a splendid value. 



Mrs. Oeo. Shawyer. Prince £. C. d'Arenberg. Mrs. Cbas. Russell, 

 fe.OO per 100. $50.00 per 1000. 

 The following varieties in any Quantity. $4.50 per 100. $40 00 per 1000: 

 Milady. Lady Alice Stanley. Rose Queen. Christie-Miller, Prima Donna, Double White 

 Killamey, Jonkheer J. L. Mock. Antoine Rivoire. Sunburst, Killamey Queen, Natalie 

 Boettner. Richmond, My Maryland. American Beauty. Kaiserin, Princp de Bulgarie, Madi- 

 son, White Killamey. Mme. Leon Paine, Mrs. Herbert Stevens, Lady Ursula, Pres. Camot. 

 Clara Watson, Radiance, Mme. Abel Chatenay, Etoile de France, Gruss an Teplitz, Pink 

 Killamey. Lady Hillingdon, Mile. Cecile Brunner, Red, White and Pink Cherokees, Joey 

 Hill, Ethel Malcomb, Miss Amy Hammond. 



Satisfaction guaranteed. 



HENRY W. TURNER, Wholesale Flirut, Montebello, Cal. 



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