The Weekly Florists' Review^ 



463 



gla.ss 



ancy ol" Williivni Mv 

 immense triangle of 

 nicasuvcnipnt (Hi cacl 

 laid out on (li.' luiuiti 

 of natuie n. ;u Wrll,- 



rose 



■ licuten- 

 igine an 

 () miles' 

 ree sides 

 ilird face 



north.rlv 



tal.li-liMin 



Jlr. \\il~. 

 (not l)rll 

 other twc 

 them are 



..r, ,. , ^. I'h -MMihward. 



1 -. |,l.i,- ,, ,M .. . iiUmI dell 



l:l,l«ll;;lil I Ml WrII, -l,.y, tllC 

 being in Matiuk, and all of 

 most easily reached from the 

 own respective 



railroad stations of thei: 

 towns. 



The two of which I especially speak 

 have attracted my attention from the fact 

 that I have seen practically their whole 

 output this winter and have been told 

 that they are about the only ones that 

 have not managed to get badly out of or- 

 der at some time since last September. 

 They are the only houses I have ever vis- 

 ited containing grafted stock from one to 

 three years old, and perhaps it is unfair 

 for me to be obliged to compare them with 

 my old ideas of own-root or one-year 

 grafts. Both of them are simply cane- 

 brakes of bushes shoulder and head high, 

 with almost every bush and stem in 

 perfect condition, even though enough 

 material has been sent to Boston to 

 furnish a New England farmer's wood 

 pile. I almost dare to guess nothing 

 better in their line never existed. Each 

 is distinctly off crop now as much as 

 they ever are, but a first-class old house 

 of grafted stock does not produce its 

 product so much in crops as roses for- 

 merly did. Both are up-to-date exam- 

 ples of nindfrTi ( mniiirvrial science in 

 their apprrijiiiiiu-, Mr. Montgomery's 

 being absiiluic'h m \i i In niuhout. includ- 

 ing dwelliiiL' li.iii,.' iihl -i:ible. His place 

 coMsequenlly -d i\- liic-l results with- 

 out the arciiiMiil.ii hill- (,i \ cars of experi- 

 ment. A vr] \ iiiiiic-iiiij feature which 

 also throws :i ^iil. liuhi upon the own- 

 er's nature is a big bird cage, about lOx 

 8x6 feet, containing about a dozen trop- 

 ical birds of different kinds, and the 

 happiest appearing lot of captives I 

 ever saw. Too, the attention he gets from 

 his "chief roof inspector," the eat, his 

 two dogs and two horses, adds an idea 

 each in its way. Another feature is that 

 his whole establishmenl^ of fifteen acres 

 is so situated as to command a mag- 

 nificent view of twenty miles in half a 

 dozen different directions, and he has 

 displayed much taste in home surround- 

 ings. 



Mr. Wilson's place is one-third larger 

 than the other now, and he is, at ori 

 times, knitting away at a new house 

 320 feet long, half its length being now 

 nlmost done. 



The whole is distinctly a model, ex 

 eept one or two very small old houses, 

 soon to be torn away and replaced. 



J. S. Manter. 



SAN FRANCISCO. 



The Market. 



This week has been a wet and sloppy 

 one and it still rains. Walking skirts 

 have taken possession of the feminine 

 mind and the thought of flowers seema 

 to have vanished for the time being. 

 Business has been very dull this week; 

 transient trade seems to be at a stand- 



.still. A hu liiiH'i:il ,,Nlri- are coming 



ill, mcrrl^ I,. .'I. MIL' II- Mil-. Violets 



are very |il.iii ii nl jml '.nr m greatest 

 demand" liili|.- and Diiirl, hyacinths are 

 to be seen this week, but in ijiiality they 

 are not lirst-e'.ass, having very short 

 stems. 



■Various Items. 



Mr 



Arnold Kingii 



•senti: 



W. 



W. Barnard & Co., Chicago, is m town 

 this week. 



Ml-. John Campiana, Alden, Alameda 

 Co., Cal., has just completed one carna- 

 tion house 30x80 and one fern house 

 20x50. Mr. Campiana is a son from 

 sunny Italy and can perhaps claim the 

 distinction of being the smallest florist 

 in America; lii^ he ii:lit being only three 

 feet. Ill- i^iii I- "I average size; also 

 his eldeol -'hi. liiii Hi'' two younger sons 



A. Galloway, Eruitvale, is cutting some 

 splendid Marquis and Lawson carna- 

 tions. 



Mr. T. SiiMii-nii. ilii.' London florist, is 

 recoveriiij ii.im an aitack of la grippe, 

 having Ihi n .-inluHil to his bed for four 

 days. WIru _Mi. iSluvenson was first 

 taken sick he was swamped with advice 

 on how to get well. Customer, No. 1 

 (stout old lady) — "I am sorry, but you 

 take a wine-glassful of brandy and olive 

 oil every two hours." Friend, No. 2 — 

 "My dear fellow, you look bad, but just 

 go to bed and stay there until well and 

 then get up." Deadhead, No. 3 (a drum- 

 mer) — "My, old boy! you look feverish, 

 drink all the whisky you can get hold 

 of." Customer, No. 4 — "I am sorry to 

 hear thai you are sick, but just have your 

 wife rub you well with alcohol." Grower, 

 No. 5 (no relation to Mrs. Nation) — 

 "Get some brandy and take a glass every 

 hour — don't remain on your feet." Cus- 

 tomer, No. 6 {kind old lady from the 

 land of heather) — "Ye dinna look weel 

 Maister Stevenson, you just gang ta bed 

 an' a'll telephone for the doeter." Mr. 

 Stevenson took a note of each cure as 

 he got it, and, there being no two cures 

 alike, it makes him shudder every time 

 he looks at that note-book. The advice 

 from No. G was the only advice taken. 



Morse & Nelson, Piedmont, are cut- 

 ting, from benches, some of the finest 

 freesias coming into market. 



Bennett Bros., Alden, are marketing a 

 nice lot of perfect, ripe tomatoes of fine 

 flavor, but the price offered for them at 

 the best hotels is so small that they will 

 not be grown another year. 



Mr. Charles Kruse, owner of the Pied- 

 mont Nursery, Alameda Co., Cal., is re- 

 ported to have died at Forty Miles Camp, 

 Klondike, some time in August, 1900. 

 His mother resides in Germany. 



Peter Nicholson, San Lorenzo, is the 

 grower of the finest Bridesmaids coming 

 into market; Pelicano & Co. are getting 

 them. 



Peter Wadlinger, Golden Gate, has re- 

 ceived from Switzerland a box of car- 

 nations, twelve in number, that are said 

 to be very fnie. Four out of the lot have 

 died, but I In' vniiaiiiing ones are doing 

 nicely aiiil hiII lir waiihcd with interest. 



Mr. Till" It Ani-diiMg. Fernwood, has 

 a very lino hat.li of primulas now in full 

 bloom. They are a new strain recom- 

 mended by ilv. Piter Barr during his 

 visit to California. They are grand in 

 color and giants in size, the best I have 

 ever seen. 



Mr. E. Carlson ha., ,.;...;....-'> the 

 Klondike not with nuggets but witn 

 whiskers, as he has not had a shave for 

 one year. Mr. Carlson says wages are 

 good in that region, but comforts are 

 very scarce. At first when he got wet 

 and this he did many times, he used to 

 hang his clothing up to dry, but found 

 next morning they were as. wet as the 

 ni"ht before, so he took advice from the 

 old miners and went to bed in his wet 

 clothing, drying them in that way That 

 is the style up there. J- ^• 



ST. LOUIS. 



The Market- 

 Trade in general has been only mod- 

 erately good during the past week. Stock 

 of all kind is plentiful and prices low. 

 Business in the downtown district is 

 much better just now than in the West 

 End, where little, if any transient trade 

 is done There were plenty of weddings 

 and parties in the West End just before 

 Lent; but now all trade from this source 

 is cut off. . . 



Prices on stock at this writing are as 

 follows: Meteors, Brides, Maids, and 

 Golden Gates run from $4 to $6; Perles 

 and Woottons from $3 to $4 per 100; of 

 these the stock is quite plentiful and of 

 oood quality. Beauties are still scarce 

 and only the first quality are in de- 

 mand at $3 and $4 per doz. Quite a 

 number of short-stemmed ones are com- 

 ing in, but they sell at about the same 

 price as other roses. 



Carnations, too, are plentiful and of 

 (rood quality. Good long-stemmed stock 

 fs oifered at $1, and fancy at from $1.50 

 to $3. While nearly all varieties sell 

 well, white has the call. 



Violets have taken a decided tumble. 

 A few good lots still bring 35 cents per 

 lot), but the bulk sell for 20 cents, or 

 .$1.50 per 1.000. The growers of Kirk- 

 wood are still picking some very fine 

 blooms. 



Bulb stock is a great glut and prices 

 are down to almost nothing; tulips are 

 fine; so are valley, hyacinths and daffs. 

 Harrisii and eallas .are becoming more 

 plentiful each day. Prices on this stock 

 can hardly be quoted, as you can buy 

 Ihoui at about your own price. 



■Various Items. 



From present prospects quite a num- 

 ber of new greenhouses will be put up 

 this coming summer. Several of our 

 growers have already made preparations 

 for extensive additions and alterations 

 to their respective plants. 



Mr. Nelson, one of the horticulturaJ 

 commission to the Pan-American Expo- 

 sition, is in St. Louis completing ar- 

 rangements for the Missouri horticul- 

 tural exhibit. He was here a few days 

 ago and examined over 150 barrels of 

 Missouii Ben Davis apples, now in cold 

 storage, and which he pronounced to be 

 in most excellent condition. Mr. Nel- 

 son said: "We have in Buffalo 200 bar- 

 rels and in St. Louis 152 barrels of Ben 

 Davis apples. They are the pick of 

 over 17.000 barrels which my sons and 

 I grew near our home in Lebanon. The 

 ari|ilis run about 250 to a barrel, while 

 the average commercial apples run 

 about 350 to 400. About April 15 the 

 apples will be unpacked, unwrapped and 

 sorted for specks. When repacked, they 

 will be sent to Buffalo, where they will 

 go into cold storage on the grounds. 



