June 19, 1913. 



The Florists^ Review 



45 



kinds in flower. The collection is rich 

 in hybrids having Brassavola Digby- 

 aua and a cattleya or Iselia as parents 

 — ^those with the finely fimbriated lip 

 tli;it have been so much admired. One 

 of these is before me now;' a large 

 flower, nine inches across, rosy white, 

 with a broad fimbriated lip, delicately 

 edied with rosy lavender. This was 

 ciu over a week ago and is still fresh. 

 It is the result of crossing B. Digbyana 

 ai: ; Laelia purpurata. Another lovely 

 fom is from Laelia grandis tenebrosa 

 en ssed with Cattleya aurea and con- 

 ta ns the bright combinations of color- 

 in.; for which these crosses are noted. 

 A line new range of houses has been 

 bu It to take care of this choice collec- 

 tidi of orchids and a number of fine 

 sp. cimen ferns, mostly adiantums, in 

 tli^ culture of which Mr. Mackenzie 

 e.x< ols. He has also a superb collection 

 of photographs of these orchids, which 

 is most interesting. 



A recent call at the Huntington place 

 was just in time to catch W. Hertrich 

 as he returned from a trip to San 

 Dif'go in his automobile. With his 

 usual good nature, he took me all 

 around before attending to any other 

 business. During his recent visit to the 

 east, many fine new purchases were 

 made, including some superb kentias 

 of immense size, rare acacias and 

 cyeads and a number of other choice 

 things. The work at tha^.a^joHUBg' ]w> 

 tel property is a big undertaking, and 

 Mr. Hertrich has it well under way. 

 Another Japanese garden is to be made 

 here, as the one at the Huntington 

 place has proved to be exceedingly 

 popular among tourists. 



Seeing some magnificent pentstemons 

 at the store of Morris & Snow, on Main 

 street, inquiry led to the fact that these 

 were grown by our old friend, W. W. 

 Felgate. "Billy" certainly does not 

 confine all his attention to raising fine 

 chickens and shooting coyotes. And 

 this reminds me that he has succeeded 

 in naturalizing the beautiful African 

 Nemesia strumosa in Sierra Madre. It 

 comes up all over, from volunteer or 

 self-sown seeds, and the dry atmosphere 

 here seems to suit it perfectly. There is 

 a tip here to those who are looking for 

 a showy and choice annual for southern 

 California. 



•T. Whitehead, who has been with 

 Dieterich & Turner for nearly three 

 years, left Montebello, June 1.5, for San 

 Diesro, where he is to take charge of the 

 Boyle & Darnaud growing establish- 

 •nent. H. R. Richards. 



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The Market. 



*^«;hool commencements have played 

 3fi important part in the businA of 

 ^n*" florists for the last two wcol«^and 

 these, with a goodly number of^une 

 ^P' Mings, have used up a lot of surplus 

 ^toi k. Everything in the flower line is 

 ^t a low ebb, however, as far as prices 

 ^•■0 concerned. The mild weather has 

 * ti ndency to make inside and outside 

 ^to(k both plentiful and good. The 

 Ke( jiing qualities of all kinds of stock 

 ^^c much better than they usually are 

 *t liiis season of the year. It is hardly 

 *oi h while to quote prices on any- 

 hii IT. Usually the grower is willing 

 ^ 'ake almost anything the retailer 

 ^"(Mses to give. Not that there are no 

 ^P*^ ified rates, for there are, but they 

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the observance. Never for the last ten 

 years has maidenhair fern been so 

 cheap as it is now, and it is likely that 

 some of the glass that is devoted to 

 adiantum culture will in the near fu- 

 ture be planted to something else. Out- 

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 their best and the street hucksters are 

 reaping their summer harvest. 



Various Notes. 



The Pacific Coast Horticultural So- 

 ciety had its last outing on Sunday, 



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