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The Florists' Review 



Mabch 6, 1918. 



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Pacific Coast Depart ment 



EVEBBLOOMING BABY BOSES. 



What baby rose is good for commer- 

 cial use in the vicinity of San Fran- 

 cisco? The growers here are raising 

 Cecile Brunner mostly, but it is not of 

 much account in the winter season. Are 

 there some other everblooming baby 

 roses in the eastern markets? If so, 

 kindly inform us. S. M. & C. 



There are several other varieties of 

 the true polyantha type, and many be- 

 longing to the ramblers and other less 

 flowering families. All of these are 

 small-blossomed, more or less clustered. 

 They are usually grown for a particu- 

 lar occasion and, after blooming, but 

 little more is expected of them for 

 several months. Cecile Brunner does 

 not come under that description, but, 

 when properly handled, will give blos- 

 soms all through the fall and winter 

 season. During the early spring and 

 summer it is flowered with great suc- 

 cess outdoors, where, though the foliage 

 may not be as delicate, the flowers will 

 be of better color and substance than 

 those produced under glass at the same 

 season. If the plants are properly 

 handled, yon will have no trouble in 

 getting quantities of blossoms at the 

 time when they are expected under 

 glass, and if a succession of plantings 

 is made they can be had at any time 

 desired. 



While there are several other roses 

 of the same type as Cecile Brunner, 

 there are none up to this time of the 

 beautiful shade that has made this rose 

 so popular with flower buyers. There is 

 nothing that can be found to duplicate 

 it; when the cultural requirements are 

 complied with, it will probably be 

 found perfectly satisfactory. G. 



CUTTmOS DO NOT BOOT. 



Perhaps you can tell me why my rose 

 cuttings will not root. We have what 

 we consider a good propagating house. 

 It is on the north side of the range and 

 is 12x125 feet, with a height of fourteen 

 feet from walk to ridge. We have two 

 concrete benches, six inches deep. The 

 framework is solid, with 1-inch drainage 

 holes about ten inches apart. We have 

 bricks on top of the concrete. The wood 

 for cuttings is selected. The only cut- 

 tings that root are Chatenays, of which 

 we get about fifty per cent. The otliers 

 look well for two or three Weeks. They 

 make an unusually large callus, but 

 about half of them drop their leaves 

 and the rest of them will not root. The 

 sand heat is from 65 to 70 degrees; the 

 top heat, 60 degrees. We do not fire 

 in the daytime, as we get lots of sun- 

 shine here, in southern California. We 

 also have heavy shade on the house. 

 We have no trouble in rooting carna- 

 tions on the north bench of the same 

 house. Our sand is the best river sand. 

 We use well water and it has some 

 alkali in it. A. E. 



The usual causes of a large callus and 

 slow rooting' in rose cuttings are too 

 much moisture in the sand and too little 

 bottom heat. There should be at least 

 ten degrees of difference between the 

 top and bottom heat. The cuttings 



should be lightly sprayed overhead, not 

 heavily watered, especially late in the 

 rooting process. When first inserted, 

 the cuttings should be thoroughly wet. 

 It may also be that your wood was too 

 old and hard, as such cuttings often 

 suffer in the manner described. 



H. E. E. 



LOS ANGELES, OAL. 



The Market. 



Plenty of stock and good business 

 form a combination satisfactory to all, 

 and this is the state of affairs here. 

 The shortest item is good indoor roses. 

 Beauties are fair. There is plenty of 

 bulbous stock, including yellow daffo- 

 dils, Paper White narcissi, tulips in 

 variety, Dutch and Eoman hyacinths. 

 Carnations are arriving in quantity; 

 so, also, are violets. A few pans of 

 hyacinths are seen around the stores. 



but the majority are poor and short in 

 the stem. 



Forced plants of Wistaria Sinensis 

 and its white variety provide a cheap 

 method of making an excellent show, 

 for they are singularly pretty and 

 graceful. Azalea amoena is well 

 flowered and popular, giving satisfac- 

 tion to customers owing to its long 

 lasting qualities. Indian azaleas are 

 scarce and only of moderate quality. 

 Easter lilies, both cut and in pots, are 

 selling well. The demand for mag- 

 nolia, stimulated by the recent short- 

 age in flowers, seems to keep up even 

 now, when flowers are plentiful. Good 

 cattleyas have been on the scarce side, 

 but phalsenopsis and a few others are 

 plentiful. Valley is equal to the de- 

 mand, which has been large. 



A heavy rain occurred here February 

 23 and 24, over seven inches being 

 precipitated. The soil was moderately 

 moist before the rain came; hence not so 



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