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The Weekly Florists* Review. 



March 3, 1904. 



A DAY'S FACKING OF 41 OBDEBB. 



Cash or C. O. D. with prlvlleere of examining. 



WHITE. Per ICO 



Queen Louise $0.55 



Norway 55 



PINK. 



Argyle. 55 



Mermaid 55 



Marquis 55 



Lawson 1.00 



Cressbrook 75 



Success 1.00 



CRIMSON. 



Harlowarden 1.50 



Oen. Gomez 55 



YELLOW. 



Golden Beauty 75 



Eldorado 55 



Gold NugKet 60 



VARIEGATED. 



Violania, 4iuch bloom, tine 6.00 



Marshall Field 1.50 



Stella 1.60 



Mrs. Bradt l.CO 



Armazindy 55 



SCARLET. 



America 55 



Mrs. Potter Palmer 55 



Apollo 55 



Express prepaid at above prices. 



FOR ROOTED CARNATION CUTTINGS SEE LATE ISSUES OF THIS PAPER. 



California Carnation Co. 



Lock Box 103. 



L001V1IS, CAL. 



both in shady places and in the open, 

 and keeps a very fair color with a small 

 amount of moisture, but it is hard to cut 

 if allowed to grow for any length of 

 time. These two grasses are practically 

 all that are used here, although some 

 people like a white clover lawn. But 

 clover, unless carefully handled regard- 

 ing watering, has a tendency to die out 

 during our six months of summer drought 

 and it has not become very popular on 

 that account. 



The time for making a lawn here is 

 from the first of March until September. 

 After that month, on account of cold 

 nights, seed germinates very slowly, and 

 when frosty weather comes it is almost 

 impossible to get the grass up at all. 

 This is especially true of the Kentucky 

 blue. I have seen many lawns that were 

 very carefully planted and after the seed 

 had sprung up and grown an inch or so 

 they were completely killed by the frost. 

 This does not happen with Australian 

 rye grass or clover, and consequently if 

 a lawn must be planted between Septem- 

 ber and the following March do not 

 plant Kentucky blue grass. During the 

 spring and summer months blue and rye 

 grass come up very quickly. From four 

 to ten days is the average length of time 

 for the young blades to show themselves. 



To obtain a good, long-lived lawn the 

 soil should be at least six inches in depth 

 and should be weeded twice during the 

 first two months and after that cut on 

 the average of twice a month during the 

 warm months and once in two months 

 during cold weather. If the soil is poor 

 it should be enriched with bone dust 

 every spring, and if that is not available 

 well rotted manure can be used to ad- 

 vantage. I find March the best month 



STRONGLY ROOTED CARNATIONS - NOW Ready. 



GBOWN OUT OF DOOBS AND BOOTED WITHOUT HEAT. 

 White 100 



Queen Louise $1.20 



Flora Hill 1,20 



Alba 2.50 



Gov. Wolcott 3 40 



Norway 1 uu 



Lillian Pond 6 00 



Chicot., 1 UU 



Viola Allen 3.00 



Fink 



Mrs. Thomas LawBOn 140 



Mrs. Joost 120 



Mermaid 1.20 



Mrs. Rooaevelt 6 00 



Success 2 liu 



Pres. McKlnley 3,00 



Cressbrook 2 60 



Yellow 



Eldorado l.OU 



WE PREPAY EXPRESS CHARGES ^^f\fl^^{^^^^. 



ing all responsibility of Cuttings arriving in good condition and proving satisfactory. 



LOOMIS FLORAL CO., Loomis, CaL 



to apply feltilizer; that is, just before 

 the grass begins to make a good growth. 

 I prefer bone meal for all kinds of lawns, 

 as its action, although it begins slower, 

 lasts much longer than any other kind of 

 fertilizer, and it has the advantage of 

 not being full of the seeds of noxious 

 weeds, as manure usually is. Dandelion 

 and red sorrel are the great enemies of 

 lawns in this country and the only way 

 to eradicate them is to dig them out by 

 hand, not a very pleasant but the only 

 t'fl'ei-tual way I know of. G. 



Peoria, III. — J. C. Murray is still at 

 his home, ill but slowly improving. At 

 liis seed store business is reported open- 

 ing well. 



Atlanta, Ga. — The Tyrol Floral Co. 

 has been incorporated with authorized 

 capital of .$5,000, by W. T. Ashford, John 

 A. Lambert and M. J. Smith. They are 

 building a range of 5,000 feet of glass, 

 and will do both a wholesale and retail 

 business. Mr. Lambert will manage the 

 plant. 



Great Neck, L. I. — Rudolph Fischer 

 is showing some very well-grown freesias, 

 including some very early strains in yel- 

 low, lavender and white, to which he has 

 given variety names. 



Ottawa, Ont. — The executive com- 

 mittee of the Canadian Horticultural As- 

 sociation will meet here March 9. Plans 

 are to be made for the convention to be 

 lield here in the early autumn. 



