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The Florists' Review 



Fbbbcary 12, 1914. 





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The Outdoor Workshop Where the Horticultural Ornamentation of the Panama-Pacific Exposition Is Being Prepared. 



ORNAMENTING AN EXPOSITION. 



The work of beautifying the grounds 

 of the 1915 exposition at San Francisco 

 is well under way. A glimpse of the 

 place where the greater part of the 

 work is done, showing how far the work 

 has progressed, may be obtained from 

 the accompanying illustration. In one 

 corner of the Presidio military reser- 

 vation, just south of San Frandisco, 

 John McLaren and his assistants are 

 experimenting and planning, and there 

 they are growing the trees, shrubs and 

 plants with which they intend to make 

 the horticultural effects of the exposi- 

 tion the greatest ever produced. An out- 

 line of their plans was given in the 

 nursery department of The Review for 

 December 18, 1913. A more detailed 

 account is impossible at this early date, 

 for experiments are still going on and 

 the plans will not be fixed until the 

 planting is completed. 



Two interesting features in the oper- 

 ations at this horticultural workshop 

 may be noted in the illustration. One 

 is the manner in which the large speci- 

 men trees are boxed. The trees are 

 first side-boxed, and after the roots 

 have been cut three inches of space is 

 allowed between the ball and the sides 

 of the box. This three inches of space 

 is filled with good surface soil in order 

 to start root action. The plants are 

 mulched and watered for a period of 

 from four to six months, and then the 

 bottom of the box is put on. This 

 method has been found quite success- 

 ful in transplanting large trees. 



The other feature is the columns or 

 pillars, of living green foliage which are 

 being attempted. Several of these in 

 the experimental stage are shown in 



the illustration. These columns are 

 faced with long, narrow boxes of soil. 

 In order that the soil may not fall out 

 when the boxes are placed in position, 

 a wire screen is fastened over it and 

 the young shoots trained through the 

 network. In order, too, that the soil 

 may not be washed out by watering in 

 the usual way, the water is allowed to 

 seep through from the back, or base, of 

 the boxes. How successful this plan 

 will be cannot be yet determined, but 

 no efforts are spared in the attempt to 

 produce the unique effects which will 

 be possible by this method. 



LOS ANGELES. 



The lilarket. 



Stock has decreased in supply consid- 

 erably in the last few days, owing to 

 the cold nights and dull days. Both 

 indoor and outdoor flowers have felt 

 the depression. Roses from under glass 

 are improving with the lengthening 

 days; so are indoor carnations, but the 

 outdoor carnations are poor. Violets 

 are plentiful and good. Orchids are 

 fairly plentiful, some elegant Cattleya 

 Trianas being shipped in from the north. 

 Valley has been a little -on the short 



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 Lots of 10,000 . 2.25 per 1000 

 Lots of 20,000 or more. 2.00 per 1000 



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