December 3, 1903. 



The Weekly Florists' Review* 



77 



most impossible to get anything that 

 was not infested with some sort of a 

 bug. It took a long time to convince 

 the Japanese nurserymen that they had 

 to keep their stock clean, and many con- 

 signments were burned by order of the 

 local inspectors before we were able to 

 get stock in good condition. 



The Japanese camellias have to a great 

 extent superseded the European varieties. 

 Although they do not have such a variety 

 of shades, especially in the light colors, 

 many of them are very beautiful and 

 succeed very well as garden plants when 

 the situation they are planted in suits 

 them. All they require is heavy soil, 

 good drainage and plenty of water in 

 the summer season. Many people try to 

 grow them as pot plants, but unless they 

 are watched very carefully they do not 

 thrive well. Plants can be landed in San 

 Francisco, IS to 24 inches high, full of 

 flower buds, in assorted colors, at from 

 $20 to $2.5 per hundred. 



Japanese azaleas are not to be com- 

 pared with Azalea indiea, and although 

 the single white varieties are very fine 

 and very hardy the other colors are not 

 so desirable. Aspidistras are grown in 

 the open ground in Japan very largely 

 and are sold by the leaf instead of ac- 

 cording to the size of the clump. It is 

 almost impossible to have them delivered 

 here so that the leaves will be perfect 

 enough to make a salable plant when 

 potted and it is generally necessary to 

 keep them over a year before they are 

 really good. 



Cycas revoluta is perfectly hardy here 

 and if it was not of such slow growth it 

 would make an admirable garden palm, 

 but it is handled principally in pots and 

 is not so hardy as a kentia, that is it will 

 not stand as much rough usage. The 

 rhapis is also hardy and succeeds well 

 with us in sheltered situations. It is of 

 very slow growth but large specimens are 

 very eifective. The livistona is a very 

 desirable palm and perfectly hardy, as 

 are also several varieties of chamaerops. 

 We have acclimated most of the desirable 

 varieties of Japanese bamboos and we 

 find that they do as well here as they do 

 in the native climate. 



Tree peonies are very beautiful but 

 not very satisfactory as garden plants. 

 Fern baskets have not sold well for sev- 

 eral years, although at one time they 

 were in great demand. Japanese decid- 

 uous magnolias do not sell well and of 

 late years they have been sending us 

 large quantities of grafted Magnolia 

 grandiflora — the most popular variety 

 here. G- 



SAN FRANCISCO. 



The Market. 



I am inclined to think that business 

 was not as good during Thanksgivin 

 week this year as it was in the corre- 

 sponding week a year ago. We have 

 been having beautiful, bright days for 

 the past week and this, coupled with 

 warm nights, has brought into market 

 an abundance of flowers, and prices 

 were low. Violets seem to be scarce; 

 in fact, they are the only flower that 

 was not plentiful. We had plenty of 

 violets last year at this time, but they 

 seem to be slow in blooming this sea- 

 son, and $1.25 per dozen bunches was 

 the ruling price. Long-stemmed .Amer- 

 ican Beauties were in scant supply but 

 other varieties of roses were plentiful 

 enough and of very good quality. 

 Brides and Maids sold at from 50 cents 



500,000 Rooted Carnation Cuttings 



Now 

 Ready. 



White. Per 100 



Queen Louise $1.20 110 00 



PloraHlll 1.20 1000 



Alba 3.40 3U.00 



Wolcott 3.40 ;i0.00 



Los ADBBles 3.0O 2.'>U0 



Norway 1.20 lOOO 



Lillian Pond 610 50.00 



White Cloud 1 00 a.OO 



Fink. 



Lawson 1140 112.60 



Marquis 103 9.00 



Genevieve Lord 1.00 9.00 



Argyle 1 OD 9.00 



Mrs. Joost 1.20 10.00 



Mermaid 1.20 lOOU 



Guardian Aneel 1.03 9 00 



Mrs. Hlginbotham 2.60 2O.0O 



Cressbroolj 2.60 20.(10 



Mrs. Roosevelt 6.C0 55.00 



Enchantress 6.00 55 03 



Success 400 3500 



McKinley 6.03 55 00 



Triumph 120 I'.OO 



Wm.Scott 1.20 11.00 



25 at 100 rate. 



TRANSPIiANTED AT SAME PKICE. 



Per lOOO Per 5000 Scarlet. Per 100 

 G. H.Crane »1.20 



tto.oo 



40.00 

 125 CO 

 125.00 

 100.09 



41.00 

 2(6.00 



oo.OO 



{60.00 



35.00 



36.00 



:(6.00 



40.t0 



41)00 



35.00 



90 00 



90.00 



260.00 



250.00 



150.C0 



250 00 



60.00 



50.00 



America 1.20 



Estelle 1.50 



Mrs. Palmer 1.23 



Apollo 3.50 



Adonis 7.00 



Crimson. 



Harlowarden 15.00 



Gov. Roosevelt 1.20 



Gen. Gomez 1.00 



Yellow. 



Golden Beauty tl.TS 



Eldorado 1.00 



Gold Nuseet 1.60 



Variegated. 



Vlolanla (4-lnch bloom) $13.00 



Marshall Field 5.00 



Tiger (Fancy) 5.00 



Stella 3.00 



Bradt 1.75 



Armazlndy 1.0) 



Per 1000 

 $10.00 

 10,00 

 14.00 

 10.00 

 30.00 

 65.00 



$45.00 

 11.00 

 9.00 



$16.00 



9.00 



1409 



$100.00 

 45.00 

 45.00 

 26.00 

 15.00 

 9.00 



Per500»- 

 140.00 

 40 00 

 65.00 

 40.00 

 126.00 

 300.00- 



1200 00 

 50.00 

 35.0J 



$75.00 

 35.00- 

 65.00 



$450 00 

 200 00 

 200.00 

 lOO.OO- 

 70.00 

 35.09 



250 at 1000 rate. 



2501) at 5000 rate. 



Unrooted Cuttings at half price. 



TERMS : — Spot Cash. No discount fflven, no matter how large the order. We prepay 

 express charges at above figures to your city. If on arrival tuey are not satisfactory 

 return at once and money will be returned at once; we cannot vary from these terms. 



California Carnation Co., tof" Loomis,CaL 

 STRONGLY ROOTED C4RN4TiONS - Now Ready. 



OBOWN OUT OF SOOBS Ain> BOOTED WITHOUT HE&T. 



White lull IHOH ''"iiii 



Queen Louise *l --'0 Jlu.uo * 4U iiu 



Flora Hill 123 1000 WW 



Alba 3.40 3000 1-:50U 



Gov. Wolcott 340 3000 12500 



Norway 1 '20 10 00 40.00 



LllllanPond 5 00 4.i.00 --'25 00 



Chicot 120 11.00 5000 



VioIaAllen 3.0(1 -25 00 lOO.OO 



Fink 



Mrs. Thomas Lawson 140 12 50 rj) 00 



Mrs.Joost 120 1000 40.00 



Mermaid 1.20 10.00 40 00 



Mrs. Roosevelt 600 5500 2-2500 



Enchantress COO 50.00 22.V00 



Success 40O 35.00 l.WOO 



Free. McKinley 5.0O 45 liO -200.0U 



Cressbrook 250 -20.00 90.00 



Scarlet 



J. H. Mauley 3.50 30 0(1 14000 



G.H.Crane 1.20 10 iKi mm 



America 1-20 louo 4iJ UO 



Estelle 1.50 14.00 11500 



Scarlet WU 



Mrs. Palm er »l.-20 



Apollo 3.50 



Adonis 7.00 



Crimson 



Harlowarden ."i.OO 



Gov. Roosevelt l.'-'O 



IIIOU 



*io 00 

 . :)0-00 



4.". 00 

 1 Ulll 



5000 



$ 40.00' 



l-'olHl 



300.1K) 



-.'OO.OO' 



.'lO m 



YeUow 



Eldorado.. 



1.00 



Varieg^ated 



Marshall Field 5,00 45.00 200.00- 



Stella 300 -25.00 10000- 



Armazinliy 1.00 9.0O 35.00 



Prosperity....- 1.40 12 00 60.00 



Gaiety..... 300 -25.00 115.00- 



CNROOTED COTTINGS at one-half ithe 

 above prices. 



-25 al lUO rate. --'511 at lOim rate. 



CASH WITH OBDEB, 



lUll ill .'lOOU rate. 



We prepay express charges and guarantee satisfaction. We have as fine rooted cuttings as wer& 

 ever grown. If our cuttings are not satisfactory return at once and your money will be rerundea. j 



LOOMIS FLORAL CO., LOOMIS, GAL. 



Mention Review when yoo write. 



to $1 per dozen, accordin!? to qualitv. 

 Testout and Kaiserin brought 75 cents 

 and $1, and Liberty and Meteor 50 cents 

 to $1 per dozen. 



Carnations have advanced about 25 

 cents per dozen on fancy varieties and 

 other sorts about 15 cents per dozen 

 during the past two weeks. Chrysan- 

 themums are plentiful but are not of- 

 fered in such abundance as they were a 

 few weeks ago. The outdoor flowers 

 can be had at from $2 to $4 per hun- 

 dred and the indoor flowers at from 

 75 cents to $1.50 per dozen. Bonnaflfon 

 and Mrs. Jerome Jones are the varie- 

 ties being cut from under glass at this 

 time. Red Christmas berries are com- 

 ing into majket from the interior and 

 they are handled in large quantities by 

 some of the florists and by the street 

 venders. 



Notes. 



Geo. Tyler, of Alameda, who has 

 been engaged in carnation growing for 

 several years, has sold out his business 

 to a Japanese firm. 



Frank Pelicano, the Kearney street 

 florist, reports plenty of work iu the 

 funeral line during the past ..eek. 



Wm. Harmon, for many years w th 



ROOTED CUTTINGS NOW READY. 



100 1000 



Q. Louise $1-20 $10 00 



Flora Hill.... l.W 10 00 

 MrsT.Laws'n 1,40 11.00 



100 lOOO 

 Mrs.Hlg-bo-m$l.30 $1-2.00 

 Mrs.P.Palm'r I 30 1-2.00' 

 Eldorado 1-20 10 00 



Mermaid 1.00 10 00 I Prosperity.., , 1,40 12,51) 



Unrooted cuttings half price. Cash with order, 

 express paid. 



THE KNOLL NURSERIES, Penryn, Cat. 



J. Seulberger, of Oakland, oas severed 

 his connection there and is at present 

 with H. M. Sanborn of Fourteenth 

 street. Q-. 



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 Sandstrom, Momence, 111. 



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 paper. — C.tLLiSTER-SMlTH, Irondequoit, 

 N. Y. 



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 for florists yet published. — E. J. Hull, 

 Olyphant, Pa. 



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 benefit than your excellent publication,^ 

 and I trust it may remain with us long, 

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