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The Weekly Florists' Review. 



March 17, 1904. 



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500,000 Unrooted Carnation Cuttings. 



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 I 



WHITE. Per 100 1000 5000 



Queen Louise $0.55 $ S.OO ^ii.OO 



Norway 55 5.00 23.00 



PINK. 



Argyle 55 5.00 23.00 



Mermaid 55 5.00 23 00 



Mariiuis 55 5.00 23.00 



Lawson 1.00 .S.OO 35.00 



Cressbrook 7."> B.OO 25.00 



Success l.eo SCO :;.i.00 



Casta or C. O. D. witta privilege of examining 



CRIMSON. Per 100 



Harlowarden $1..50 



Gen. Gomez 55 



VARIEGATED. 



Violania. 1-in. bloom, line i>.00 



Marshall Field 1.50 



Stella 1.50 



Mrs. Bradt 1.00 



.Armazindy 55 



1000 



$12.50 



5.00 



.50.00 

 12..i0 

 12,.50 

 7.50 

 5.00 



5000 

 $50.00 

 23.00 



(iO.OO 

 CO.OO 

 35.00 

 23.00 



YELLOW. Per lOO looo 5000 



GoldeQ Beauty $0.75 $0 00 $2.5.00 



Eldorado 55 5.00 23.00 



Gold Nugget 60 5.25 26.00 



SCARLET. 



FOR ROOTED CARNATION CUTTINGS SEE LATE 



America 55 5.00 23.00 



Mrs. Potter Palmer 55 5.0O 23.00 



AroUo 55 5.00 23.00 



Express prepaid at above prices. 

 SSUES OF THIS PAPER. 



• California Carnation Co., L»ck box 103. Loomis, Cal. 



Tlif Rt'Vi''W whPil ,vi>n writ'' 



although it is one of the most beauti- 

 ful of the date palms. For the first few 

 years I covered them with burlap each 

 winter and even then the ends of the 

 young leaves were bitten, but they have 

 been planted now about five years and 

 are strong enough to hold their own. 

 P. reclinata is inclined to sucker some- 

 what here, but if it was a little more 

 hardy it would be an ideal phoenix to 

 plant in a limited space. 



P. sylvestris grows slowly with us also 

 but is perfectly hardy. It has not the 

 long, drooping, graceful branches of the 

 two varieties I have previously men- 

 tioned, but it is of a more stubby and 

 compact growth and of a glaucous' green 

 color. The leaves and stems are excep- 

 tionally tough and wiry but I do not 

 think it will ever become very popular 

 here for ornamental planting. 



We have several specimens of P. 

 pumila here and were it not so tender it 

 would' be an ideal palm. When sheltered 

 it grows a couple of feet a year and 

 when ten feet high the trunk is not over 

 six inches in diameter, after the style of 

 a draeaena. It is very much valued in 

 the southern portion of California but in 

 the neighborhood of San Francisco it 

 cannot be recommended for general 

 planting. The same can be said of P. 

 leonensis, which very much resembles P. 

 canariensis in looks and habits of 

 growth. P. tenuis is a verv graceful 

 variety and makes a good pot plant. It 

 is of fairly rapid growth but will not 

 stand frost and consequentlv is not much 

 cultivated here. The most graceful, 

 however, of all the varieties that have 

 to be kept in pots is P. rupicola. This 

 variety makes splendid, arched branches, 

 very wide spreading and is a splendid 

 seller for a house plant. It is easily 

 handled and good sized plants are al- 

 ways in demand, (j. 



SAN FRANCISCO. 



Notes. 



The florists are beginning to wonder 

 whether the rain will ever stop. Last 

 month we had only half a dozen days 

 that were not showery and this montli 

 bids fair to be likewise. Violets are 

 an awful glut and can be had as cheap 

 as 3 cents a bunch, each bunch contain- 

 ing about 200 flowers. Bulbous stock, 

 such as Sir Watkin and Princeps daffo- 

 dils, can be had at any price from 50 

 cents to $1 per hundred for the finest 

 quality of flowers, as this weather suits 

 them to perfection. The white and yel- 



STRONGLY ROOTED CARNATIONS - NOW Ready. 



QBOWN OUT OF DOOBB Ain> BOOTED WITHOUT HEAT. 



White 



100 



Queen Louise $1.20 



Flora Hill 121) 



Alba 2.50 



Gov. Wolcott 3 40 



Norway 100 



Lillian Pond 5 OO 



Chicot 100 



Viola Allen 3.00 



Pink 



Mrs. Thomas Lawson 1.40 



Mrs. Joost 120 



Mermaid 1.20 



Mrs. Roosevelt 6,00 



Success 2 50 



Pres. McKlnley 3.00 



Cressbrook 2 50 



YeUow 



Eldorado 1.00 



1000 

 tlO.OO 

 10 00 

 25 00 

 30.00 



9 0U 

 45.00 



St.OO 

 25 00 



12 50 

 10 00 

 IO.OO 

 55 00 

 20.00 

 25 UO 

 20.00 



S.OO 



Scarlet lOO 1000 



Mrs. Palmer $1.20 110.00 



Apollo 3.50 30.00 



Adonis 7.00 66.08 



J. H. Manley 3.50 30.00 



G. H. Crane 1.20 10.00 



America 120 10 Ot 



Crimson 



Harlowarden 5.00 45.00 



Gov. Roosevelt 1.20 11.00 



Variegated 



Marshall Field 3.00 25.00 



Stella 3,00 26.00 



Armazlndy 90 8.00 



Gaiety 2.00 180O 



Prosperity 1.40 12 00 



25 at 100 rate. 250 at 1000 rate. 2500 at 5000 rate. 



WE PREPAY EXPRESS CHARGES 



CARNATION 



ROOTED CUTTINGS 



ONLY FIRST-CLASS STOCK. 



White. 



100 1000 



Fink. 



Ciueen Louises:. 20 $10.00 Marquis $1.00 $9.00 



Gov. Wolcott. 3.00 25.C0 Mrs. Joost... 1.20 10.00 



White Cloud.. 1.00 9.00 

 Scarlet. 



Variegated. 



Armazindy... 0.85 17.00 



and will ship C. O. D. irith the priv- 

 ilege of examination ; we asstun- 

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



LOOMIS FLORAL CO., Loomis, Cal. 



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low narcissi have entirely disappeared 

 for the season and tulips are on the wane. ' 

 Valley of good quality is plentiful and 

 low in price. Harrisii and longiflorum 

 are becoming plentiful and I think they 

 will be cheap at Easter. Eoses are 

 scarce, owing to the continued dark 

 weather, but there are enough to fill or- 

 ders. The price remains about the same 

 but will lower somewhat in case we get 

 a spell of sunshine. Carnations are not 

 over plentiful for the same reason anJ 

 the price remains stationary. Freesias 

 are getting scarce and short of stem and 

 Dutch hyacinths are disappearing. 



Azaleas in bloom are not so noticeable 

 as they were a week ago and I am afraid 

 they will not be in their prime at Easter. 

 Several of our largest growers had poor 

 success this season with imported plants. 

 They were packed too dry and when the 

 cases arrived here both leaves and flower- 

 buds had dropped off and to force them 

 was, of course, out of the question, and 

 they will have to be grown another year 

 to get any results from them. No one 

 but a dealer who imports from the east 

 and Europe knows how much stock ar- 

 rives in bad condition. It seems to be 

 impossible to have goods packed so that 

 they can be brought over the continent 

 in the coldest weather and be opened 

 up and found in good order. It takes 

 usually about twenty-eight to thirty-five 

 days to land boxes in San Francisco and 

 as I said before, unless the boxes are 

 well lined and plenty of moss or ex- 

 celsior used we often have a big freight 



America 1.00 9.00 I Prosperity ... 1.40 2.50 



LOOMIS CARNATION CO. 



Lock Box 115. LOOMIS, CAL. 



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bill to pay for a mass of stuff that we 

 consign to the rubbish heap. 



Notes. 



The Frank & Parodi Company have 

 opened another store at 309 Geary street. 



E. J. Bowen, the pioneer seedsman, 

 was buried March 8. Mr. Bowen was 71 

 years of age and had accumulated a 

 large fortune in his business. 



Thos. Armstrong, of Fruitvale, has 

 completed plans for a large park to be 

 planted in Vacaville. from which place 

 he has just returned. It calls for the 

 planting of considerable shrubbery and, 

 flowering plants and a large area of 

 grass lawn. 



Frank Armauino has leased for six 

 vears the Chas. Haselbacher greenhouses 

 in Oakland. G. 



