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The Weekly Florists^ Review. 



OCToBKIt '20. lOl*. 



New Store of Hollywood Gardens, Seattle, Wash. 



thoroughly up-to-clate character of the 

 establishment are further evidenced by 

 the fact that the show house, the three 

 plant houses, the bulb house, the soil 

 shed, and — last, but surely not least — 

 the garage, with its three motor cars, 

 are all connected and under cover, thus 

 obviating as much as possible the neces- 

 sity of going outside in unpleasant 

 weather. 



Hollywood Gardens, Seattle, Wash. 



The business conducted under the 

 name of the Hollywood Gardens, at 

 Seattle, Wash., was founded only a 

 short time ago. but already it occupies 

 a prominent place among the florists' 

 establishments of that city, and is evi- 

 dently prosperous and progressive, like 

 the city itself. The proprietors are Mr. 

 and Mrs. F. 8. Stimson. During the 

 summer they added four greenhouses to 

 their range in the suburbs, and in the 

 first i)art of September they opened a 

 handsome new store in tlie Ilaight 

 ])uilding, at the corner of Second ave- 

 nue and Pine street, in the midst of the 

 shopping, district. Parts of the interior 

 of this store are shown in the two 

 photographs here reproduced. The man- 

 ager. William R. Gibson, thinks it is one 

 of the finest stores on the Pacific coast 

 — or did he say the finest on the coast, 

 without exception? And the pictures 

 themselves bear evidence, more con- 

 vincing than any description, that Mr. 

 Gibson's taste in such matters is good. 



DEAD LEAVES ON QABDENIAS. 



I planted a bench of Gardenia 

 Veitchii in July. The plants seem to 

 be making good growth. The depth of 

 the soil is three and one-half inches. I 

 am having trouble with a disease which 

 causes the plants to drop their leaves. 

 I am enclosing a few leaves for your 

 inspection. Can you tell me where the 

 trouble lies? M. L. 



The leaves you speak of sending have 

 not been received. I imagine, however, 

 that the disease, so called, is not really 



any disease at all, but consists of yel- 

 low foliage due to improper soil or 

 drainage conditions, or an oversupply 

 of water, most probably the latter. 

 Gardenias do not need much soil and 

 your depth is right. The soil should 

 be quite porous, so that water will pass 

 quickly through it. If it is fine and in- 

 clined to be pasty, you will never be 

 able to grow healthy gardenias in it. 

 .\ common error is to overwater after 

 planting. Always allow the soil to dry 

 out well between waterings and scratch 

 over the surface soil frequently. A 

 night temperature of G.l degrees is 

 about right. Syringe so that the foli- 



age will become dry before nightfall. 

 Sweet soil, careful watering and a brisk, 

 moist heat are conditions making for 

 successful gardenia culture. There are 

 many other little details which experi- 

 ence alone can teach you. C. W. 



REFRIGERATION FOR FLORISTS. 



[An extract from a paper by 1.. C. Corbett, 

 of the Bureau of Plant Industry, I'. S. Depart- 

 ment of AsrIcMilture. prepared at the request of 

 the Coniinittee on Refriseratlon for the Inter- 

 national Congress now being held at Vienna.] 



Low temperatures have long been an 

 important factor in various depart- 

 ments of floriculture. In fact, a num 

 her of the most important commercial 

 industries connecteil with floriculture 

 are based upon the use of cold storage 

 its a factor in their development. 



Cold as an Aid to Plant Forcers. 



The forcing of many plants, both 

 woody and herbaceous, is made more 

 certiiin and more remunerative through 

 the use of cold storage. The forcing of 

 polyantha roses, of hydrangeas, lilacs, 

 spiraeas and the like for the Christmas 

 trade are all more certain if the plants 

 have been placed in cold storage for a 

 short period. True it is that the gas 

 treatment now promises to provide an- 

 other means of accomplishing like re- 

 sults, but the field is yet a new one 

 and full of uncertainty. The forcing of 

 several of the herbaceous plants, such 

 as the lily of the A'alley, Liliiim longi- 

 florum and Lilium Harrisii. is exple- 

 dited by cold storage, although it is not 

 an absolute necessity to success. The 

 modern handling of lily of the vallej' is 

 almost entirely based on the successful 

 treatment of the pips in cold storage. 

 In fact, many plants and seeds which 

 require low temperatures in order that 

 they may make satisfactory growths 

 can be handled in cold storage to ad- 

 vantage. 



Cold and Cut Flowers. 



The success of the modern cut flower 

 trade is due largely to the fact that 

 the standard flowers of the trade, such 



New Store of Hollywood Gardens, Seattle, Wash. 



