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The Weekly Florists' Review« 



AlT.ll. 21. 1904. 



PACIFIC COAST. 



The Horteusia Horticultural Society, 

 of Oakland, Cal., has changed its name 

 to the German Gardeners ' Club, as being 

 more appropriate. They have quarters 

 at Baker's Hall, meeting on the second 

 and fourth Thursdays of each month. 

 Simon Winkler, 109S Versailles street, 

 Alameda, Cal., is secretary. 



CARNATIONS IN CALIFORNIA. 



Xlie following is from the Los Angeles 

 Times, and will be of interest to all who 

 are engaged in growing the carnation: 



To the stranger within the gates of this 

 ■state, the caruatiou growing of California be- 

 comes an object of the greatest interest and a 

 most satistactor.v sight. The success of the 

 enterprise and the very simple and effective 

 st.vle of cultivation malie it another marvel 

 in" this laud of natural wonders. 



When E. J. Vawter retired from the active 

 life of a haulier he sought recreation in ranch- 

 ing. Part of the land in the confines of Santa 

 Monica, the particular section of this city 

 claiming title as Ocean Parli, he experimented 

 ■with, five vears ago. for a more remunerative 

 crop than that of barley. A tract of about two 

 acres was planted with pure California seedling 

 ^-arnation plants. Since then the acreage has 

 increased to twenty, and at the close of the 

 planting worls this season the ranch will have 

 200.000 plants in active growth. Dltlmately 

 the most of a 200-acre ranch will be devoted 

 to the culture of this flower. 



In brief the carnation fields are yielding on 

 an average from 6.000 to lO.OOO flowers every 

 day in the Tear, with a marliet In which the 

 ■demand is at all times greater than the supply. 

 The plants are perpetuating in a sense, are 

 propagated in the open fields, cultivated with 

 less labor than ordinary crops, and are ex- 

 empt from insect pests and but rarely troubled 

 with disease, excepting ordinary fungus at- 

 taclis. 



The average life of a field carnation varies 

 from two to three years. New plants are talicn 

 in cutting from the old ones and put directly 

 into the ground. They take root in about four 

 weeks and in aix)ut ten months are in bloom 

 and continue to give their daily quota of blos- 

 soms until thev die out. In planting the car- 

 nations are placed in rows three feet apart 

 and the plants two feet from each other. This 

 permits the cultivation with horses, and after 

 OTL-e in hcalthv growth they require only watch- 

 fulness for disease and insect pests. Irrigation 

 about every two weeks and dally picking. 



SAN FRANaSCO. 



The Market. 



tlowers. Some of our dealers designate 

 this kind of stock as "rubbish,'- but 

 nevertheless more of it is being used each 

 season. 



Various Notes. 

 The accidental setting ou fire by a 

 careless workman of a quantity of crude 

 oil caused a $6,000 fire at Domoto Bros, 

 establishment at Elmhurst last week. The 

 flames destroyed a 3,000 gallon tank of 

 oil, completeiv ruined an eighty horse- 

 power boiler that had recently been in- 

 stalled and destroyed the house and stock 

 in a 300-foot rose house. A large boiler 

 room and several smaller buildings were 

 entirely wiped out and several other large 

 greenhouses badly damaged. G. 



Last Sunday the thermometer regis- 

 tered 92 degrees in the shade. Since 

 theij it lias cooled somewhat, but it is 

 still much warmer than we care for at 

 this time. Carnations are flowering with 

 a rush and the best varieties are being 

 sold wholesale at $2 and $2.50 per hun- 

 .:lred. Portia, Scott and Joost are be- 

 ing sold for $1.50 per hundred and that 

 will be the ruling price for a few weeks. 

 Eoses show the effect of the unusual spell 

 of heat and weak stems are in the ma- 

 jority. Good Beauties are scarce and are 

 bringing $2 per dozen. Short and me- 

 dium-stemmed stock can be had at any 

 price and the same rule holds good for 

 Brides and Maids. Business has been 

 onlv fair for the past week. Funeral 

 orders have not been brisk but there has 

 been considerable work for weddings and 

 most of the retailers have had a share 

 of it. Easter lilies are scarce. Violets 

 are about out of season. Fruit blossoms 

 are seen everywhere and California wild 

 flowers are handled in large quantities 

 by some of our retailers. Eastern visi- 

 tors are especially fond of the eschscholt- 

 zias and they are at their best at this 

 time. Many of the violet growers who at 

 present have plenty of spare time scour 

 the hills in this neighborhood and make 

 verv fair wages by gathering and bring- 

 ing to market the most popular native 



A CALIFORNIA OPPORTUNITY 



Owing to death and the settlement of an 

 est.ite one-halt of the stock o( the Leedham 

 Bulb Co-. Santa Cruz.. Cal.. is to be sold. It ia 

 nreterred that this Interest pass to a practical 

 man who can devote his full time to the busi- 

 ness Cash to the amount ol $2000 l» required. 

 The business Is in good shape and can be largely 

 developed. This is a splendid opportunity lor 

 the right man. The land controlled by the com- 

 pany 18 ideal soil for bulb growUig. Plenty of 

 water. Climate the beat on the pacific Coast 

 The property of the company has been examined 

 by the editor of the Florists' Review and he has 

 expressed the belief that there Is a great future 

 for the business. 



Address 



E. LEEDHAM, 



SANTA CRUZ, CAL. 



Bsparagus 

 Plumosus 

 Nanus Seed 



$5.00 per 1000. 



Plants from Flats, $15 per 1000. 



Express paid. 



Caliiornla Carnation Company 



LOOIVIIS, CAL. 



Praucaria Excelsa, 



From ■JV4-inch pots, extra strong plants. 

 with 2 and 3 tier. 6 to 8 inches high, 

 at 916 per 100. 



Qraucaria Imbricata, 



From 2-lneh pots. 4 to 6 inches high, 

 $10 per 100, and from 2!^-iDCh pots 

 6 to S inches high, 912.50 per 100. 



F. LUDEMiaNN, 



3041 Baber Street, 



San Fr ancisco, Cal. 



CARNATION 



ROOTED CUTTINGS 



ONLY FIRST-CLASS STOCK. 



CALIFORNIA SEEDS. 



Shasta Daisy— 75e per lOOO seeds, $6.50 per 

 10.000. Qeranluni— "Good Venture" mixture, a 

 grand mixture of fine large flowering sorts in 

 great variety. 50c pkt.. $3.00 per oz. Smilax— 

 S2.00 per lb Ipomoea— "Heavenly Blue" 40c 

 oz . $3 50 per lb. Cyperus Alternifolius— 25c 

 pkt.. $1.00 per oz Alsophylla Australls— 

 ( Australian Tree Fern) 50c pkt.. $7.50 oz. Apple 

 Geranium— 75c per 1000 seeds. Asparairus 

 Spreng-eri— 60e per 1000 seeds Erythea 

 Edulls— I Guadalupe Island Palm) a fine rapid- 

 growing fan palm. $1.50 per 1000 seeds. (Seeds 

 heavy.) Send for trade list. 



Theodosia B. Shepherd Co.. Ventura. Cal. 



Mention The Review when you write. 



White. 100 1000 



Queen LouiseSl .20 $10.00 



Gov.Wolcott. 3.00 25.00 



White Cloud.. 1.00 9.00 



Scarlet 



Pink. 100 1000 



Marquis $1.00 $9.00 



Mrs. Joost... 1.20 10.00 

 Variegated. 

 Arraazindy... 0.85 17.00 



America 1.00 9.00 I Prosperity ... 1.40 2.50 



LOOMIS CARNATION GO. 



[purbank's Shasta 



L-i xe„cr.n Qgjgy ^QQfj^ 



Lock Box Its. 



LOOMIS. CAL. 



New crop, 



20c per 100: 

 SI .25 per 1000; $9.00 

 per otmce: i^-ounce at ounce rate. 



LOOMIS FLORAL CO. 



LOOMIS, CAL. 



Mention The Review when you write. 



Violet Plants.... 



Princess of Wales, field-grown, well rooted, 

 deUvered at $15.00 per 1000. or $2.00 per lOO. 

 Cash with order. Remember we prepay express 

 charges. 



OCEAN PARK FLORAL CO. 



E. J. VAWTER, President. Ocean Park, Cal. 



NURSERY NEWS. 



AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF NURSERYMEN. 



Pres.. N. W. Hale, Knoxvllle, Tenn. : Vice-Pres.. 

 P. A. Weher, St. Louis; Sec'y. Geo. C. Seager. 

 Rochester. N. Y. ; Treas.. C. L. Yates, Rochester. 

 N. Y. The twenty-eighth annual convention 

 will be held at Atlanta. Ga., June. 1901. 



The Louisville & Nashville railroad is 

 ]il:aiting sixty 'acres of catalpas near 

 Jacksonville. Fla., for tie timber. The 

 stock was brought from Dakota. 



D. G. WiEG-tND Bruss. of the Boskoop, 

 Holland, nursery firm of Vander Weij- 

 tku & Co.. is visiting the trade in the 

 middle west, being at Chicago April 16. 



ilANT nurserymen pomplaiu that it is 

 impossible to procure labor sufficient to 

 get out all the orders they hare on hand 

 unless the planting season is of unusual 

 length. 



The Chicago Tree Planting Society has 

 discovered that Chicago has 1,100 miles 

 of treeless streets and will start a cam- 

 paign for tree planting. O. C. Simonds 

 is president and E. A. Kanst vice-presi- 

 dent. 



It is a unanimous report that nursery- 

 men are doing a rapidly increasing busi- 

 ness in hardy herbaceous plants. Last 

 year was far ahead of the one before 

 and this year promises to eclipse all rec- 

 ords in this department. 



At J. H. Hale's South Glastonbury, 

 Conn., nursery and orchard it is stated 

 that manv peach trees on low land are 

 killed by the winter. The damage at 

 the Seyniour place was much less and 

 at the" Georgia place prospects could 

 hardly be better. 



N. W. H.VLE, president of the Ameri- 

 can Association of Nurserymen, was 

 nominated for congress in the Knoxrille. 

 Tenn.. district, March 5. His election 

 should be of material assistance to the 

 trade in the matter of the national legis- 

 lation it has sought for so many years. 



