NOVLMBER 20. 1003. 



The Weekly Florists' Review. 



31 



about two feet apart in the rows. Vio- 

 lets', although generally not eousidered 

 lank feeders, do not do well after a cou- 

 ple of seasons on the same ground, and 

 the best results are obtained iuvariablv 

 tjn new soil. No use is made of the old 

 plants;, aod they are usually plowed up 

 and the ground u.sed for something else. 



Eed spider seems to be the only draw- 

 back to the successful growtli of violets 

 and. as I stated btfore, in such localities 

 is are blessed with cool and more or less 

 foggy nights this little insect is un- 

 known, and. if the plants are well eul- 

 iivated and the problem of picking them 

 cheaply is solved, the violet becomes a 

 .-cry remunerative crop. I find that raac- 

 of our Italian friends have all the way 

 from six to a dozen children, and the- 

 can all be found out in the fields' from 

 early morning until late in the day, har- 

 vesting the crop. 



Princess of Wales comprises nine-tenths 

 <.f the crop and a few growers still have 

 rcUches of ilarie Louise, Neapolitan and 

 ■Swanley White, but they are all late 

 blooming kinds and not in great demand. 

 The first flowers were offered about Sen- 

 ber 1 this year and wholesaled at 

 S^l.-jO per dozen bunches. Violets can 

 lit made to flower all the year if the ruu- 

 iier.s are kept picked and |iienty of mois- 

 ture is furnished, but tlie flowers are 

 Aveak of stem and fall to jiieces very 

 soon after picking during our several 

 liot drv summer months. 0. 



SAN FRANCISCO. 



The Market. 



We have had an almost steady down- 

 pour of rain for the last five da.vs and 

 business has snfl'ered in consequence. Al- 

 though the dark days are not productive 

 of any great quantity of indoor flowers, 

 these have been ample to supply all de- 

 mands. Several of the stores have had 

 a goodly quantity of funeral work, bitt 

 outside of this there is practically noth- 

 ing doing. Violets are coming in more 

 P'lentifully than they have been at arr 

 time during the season, and I think there 

 will be an over abundance of them in a 

 few days. The Stanford-Berkeley inter 

 collegiate football game on Friday last 

 tised up thousauds of yellow 'mums, and 

 great quantities of red ones, but the side- 

 -walk venders hail the bulk of the busi- 

 ness. Paper White narcissi have made 

 their appearance and are being sold yjt 

 $1 per hundred, wholesalt. If we have 

 plenty of moisture and not too much 

 frost we can count on plenty of these 

 •flowers for several months to come. Val- 

 ley remains scarce, and is in good de- 

 mand. 



Notes. 



The Shanahan Floral Company reports 

 business much ahead of last ytar at this 

 time. Their show of flowers is one of the 

 best in the city. 



H. M. Sanborn, the well known florist 

 of Oakland, who has been keeping a rec- 

 ord of the rainfall for the last quarter of 

 & century, predicts a heavy rainfall for 

 the coming season, Mr. Sanborn is con- 

 sidered quite a weather prophet. 



The death of Orestes Pierce last week 

 removes from our midst one who was 

 greatly interested in horticulture. Mr. 

 Pierce had ore of the finest collections 

 of orchids in California. G.' 



500,000 Rooted Carnation Cuttings 



Now 

 Ready. 



TRANSPLANTED AT SA3IE PRICE. 



Scarlet. Per 100 

 G. H.Crane »;-20 



Per 1000 Per 6000 

 {W.CO 

 41.00 



White. Per 100 



Queen Louise »1.20 $IUOO 



Flora Hill 1.20 1000 



AlUa 3.40 30.00 I'iSOO 



■Wolcott 3.40 30.00 125.00 



Los Augeles 3.00 2S 00 100.08 



Norwav 1.20 1000 4X00 



LillianPond B.fO 5 i.OO 2i6.00 



White Cloud 100 a.OO 35.00 



Lawson ! 1140 $12.50 tW 00 



MarqulB lOJ Sl.OO 35 00 



Genevieve Lord I.IK) H.OO :«.00 



Areyle 1 UJ StOO 350il 



Mrs. Joost 1.20 IQOJ 411.(0 



Mermaid 1.20 loou 4i).0O 



Guardian An^el 1.01 yOO 35.10 



Mrs. Hlg-inbolhani 2.tU 2 i.OU HO 00 



Cressbrook 2.60 20.10 90.00 



Mrs. Roosevelt 610 55.i'U 25".0O 



Enchantress fi.OO 550) 260(0 



Success 4110 3500 l.>0.fO 



McKinlev tJ.OI 55 00 2.00U 



Triumph 120 1.00 60.00 



Wm.Scott 1.20 11.00 6000 



25 at lOO rate. '250 at lOOO rate 



America ]jO 



Estelle 'SO 



Mrs. Palmer 

 Apollo.. 

 Adonis . 



5.60 

 , 7.00 



Crimson. 



Harlowarden '"i'^ 



Gov. Roosevelt .20 



Gen. Gomez 10" 



Tellow. 



Golden Beauty tj.JS 



Eldorado 100 



Gold Nugget l-aO 



Variegated. 



Vlolanla (4-inch bloom) $13.00 



Marshall Field 6.U0 



Tiger (Fancy) 5,00 



Stella 3.00 



Bradt l-y= 



Armazindy 10) 



250U at 50:0 rate. 



Per 1000 

 (10.03 

 1000 

 14.00 

 10.00 

 3U.00 

 66.00 



$15.00 

 11.00 

 9.00 



$16.00 

 9.00 

 U03 



liro.'o 



15 00 

 45.00 

 26 00 

 15.10 

 9.00 



Per 5000 



$40.00 



4 J 00 



tiS.OO 



40.00 



liD.OO 



30O.UO 



$200 00 

 60.00 

 35 UJ 



$76 00 



35.00 

 65.0O 



$460 00 



2rooo 



201.00 

 lOO.tlO 

 70.IK) 

 3j.O) 



Unrooted Cuttiiigs at half price. 



■nriMVia • — <5not rash No discount liven. no matter how large the order. We prepay 

 '^^^"'^^ess ?f>?rges*ahbo°e figures to'your city. If on arrl val t w are^not sartsf actory 

 return at once and money wiU be returned at once: we cannot vary from these terms. 



California Carnation Co./tor Loomis,Cal. 



Mention the Review when .Tou write. _ 



STRONGLY ROOTED CARNATIONS - NOW Ready. 



NOVELTIES of 1903 



100 1000 



Harlowarden. crimson $5.00 $45.00 



Marshall Field red and white variegated . 5.00 45.00 



Lillian Pond, white 6.00 55.00 



Enchantress, light pink 6.00 55.00 



President McKiuley. pink 6.00 55.00 



Success, pink 500 45.00 



Adonis, rich scarlet T.OO 65.00 



Mrs. Theodore Roosevelt, pink 6.00 55.00 



I\TR0DICTI0NS, 1902 loo looo 



Cretsbrook. light rink $2.50 S'20.00 



Gov. Wolcott. white 3.40 30.00 



Alba, white '.40 30.00 



J. H. Manley. scarlet 3 50 30.00 



Apollo, brilhant scarlet 3.50 30.00 



Gaietv. white striped Fcarlet 3.00 25.00 



Stella, variegated white 3.00 25.00 



Viola Allen, white 3.00 25.00 



STANDARD VARIETIES loo 



Norway, white •■ ' ' • v V ' ' *J?X *U"^ 



Prosperity, white overlaid With pmk.. 1.40 U.M 



Estelle. scarlet J-50 



Mrs. Thos. Lawson. pink 1-40 



Gov. Roosevelt crimson 1-^0 



G. H. (jrane. scarlet JJO 



Flora Hill, white 1-;^ 



Mermaid, salmon pink l-^ 



Eldorado, white l-jj 



Queen Louise, white i--^ 



Chicot, white }-^ 



Armazindy. variegated if" 



Palmer, scarlet JJ" 



America, scarlet ''^ 



25 at 100 rate. 

 250 at lOOO rate. 

 CASH WITH OBDEB. 



lOOO 



14.00 

 12.50 

 11.00 

 12.60 

 11.00 

 11.00 

 11.00 

 llOO 

 11.00 

 11.00 

 14.00 

 11.00 



The above prices are what the plants will cost you dehvered. 

 We pay express charges and guarantee satisfaction. 



LOOMIS FLORAL CO. LOOMIS, GAL 



.Mention Review wbep yon write. 



Your paper is the only paper. — .T. 

 ?AXnsTr;nM. Momence, 111. 



MONTREAL. 



The ideal weather permitted the flor- 

 ists and gardeners of Montreal to brintr 

 their best to the chrysanthemum show 

 this season, and, with the exception of 

 specimen plants of chrysanthemums, the 

 exhibition was far the most creditable 

 the club ever held. The decorations, un- 

 der the supervision of J, Bennett, were 

 beautiful, the competition the keenest 

 for many years and the only feature 

 lacking Avas" the atteudauce of the well- 

 to-do people of the city. 



Among the outside exhibitors were Na- 

 than Smith & Son, Adrian, ilich., who 

 had a fine table of umlissemiuated chrys- 

 anthemums. In roses and carnations, 

 the display of the Dale Estate at Bramp- 

 ton, called forth general admiration. .1. 

 H. Dunlop. J. Gammage & Son and 

 AVhittaker Bros, also exhibited with suc- 

 cess. 



The first premium awards were as fol- 

 lows : 



F. C. Smith first on groups of chrysanthemum 

 .nurt foliiice plants, on tweuty-flve ferns m n- 

 iuch pots, on fern in hanging basket, on six 

 palms, on snecimen palm, on six orchids. 



J. Erlilv & .Sou tlrst on mlsed ferns. 



W. Alcocl; llrst on asparagus, on three zonale 

 ncraniums. 



W J Wilsblre first on one fern, on three 

 ferns, on tree ferns, on three palms, on specimen 

 orchid, on three orchids, on three cyclamen ou 

 twenty-four cut chrysanthemum blooms, on three 

 criiusun. 



Wilshire Bros, lirst on funeral design. 



C. A. Smith first on six primulas, on three 

 Howeriiiff begonias. 



J. Pldduck first on six solanums. 



P. McKenua & Son first on callas, on pan of 

 foliage plauts. ou basket of flowers. 



E. McHugh first on Lorraine begonias, ou 

 twelve cut chrysanthemum blooms, on six blooms 

 in varietv on three white, three yellow. 



R. W. Whiting first on six zonale geraniums. 



T. Gorman first on three pink blooms, on 

 twelve white, on twelve yellow. 



W. G. Pascoe first on six chrysanthemum 

 plants, on three plants. 



Hall Jt Robinson first on one specimen chry- 

 santhemnm plaut. on six plants in 6-iuch pots, 

 on twelve plants in 0-inch pots, on Ivory roses, 

 on vase of mums arranged for effect, on basket 

 of mums, on wreath of mums. 



H. Dale F.state first on Bride. Bridesmaid. 

 Liberty. Perle. Meteor. Beauty and vase of 

 fifty roses, ou white, red. pink, dark pink. Mrs. 

 Lawson. .vellow. crimson, "any variety" and 

 vase of 100 carnations. 



Job. Bennett first on mantel decoration. 



In the classes for fruits and vegetables Geo. 

 Trussel won fourteen premiums. W. Alcock six. 

 C. A. Smith and P. McKenna & Son three 

 each. 



A. Bee. 



Crestlixe, O. — Chas, De Greve has 

 purchased the X. Amos gi-eenhouses. 



EocKFORD, III. — L. H, Crowell has 

 sold his greenhouses to his son, L, H. 

 Crowell. Jr., who will hereafter conduct 

 the business. 



T.KRRYTOWX, X, Y, — Carnation Mrs, 

 if. \. Patten was given a certificate at 

 the fall show, mention of which was OA'er- 

 looked in the rei>ort. 



