Apkil 28, 1904. 



The Weekly Florists' Review* 



1225 



PACIFIC COAST. 



San Francisco, Cal. — The busy Kear- 

 ny street flo-wer store of Frank Pelicano 

 & Co. has a new house manager. Arthur 

 Chapdelaine, who during the last seven 

 years has successfully exemplified his 

 merit as a front man on the staff of 

 salesmen at this store, is the young gen- 

 tleman who has received the managerial 

 appointment. 



A BEAUTY spot in California has been 

 made of the twenty-acre garden section 

 of the State Hospital grounds at Napa. 

 Geo. A. Duheni, a graduate florist from 

 San Francisco, likewise vegetable and 

 landscape gardener, who is in charge 

 as head gardener, is largely responsible. 

 He is a son of a San Francisco pioneer 

 florist, A. Duhem, now connected with 

 Winstrom's Market street floral depot. 



THE EUCALYPTUS 



California seems to have the various 

 climates that suit the different varieties 

 of eucalyptus. This wonderful family of 

 trees was introduced from Australia over 

 forty years ago and their wonderful 

 adaptibility to this state soon made itself 

 manifest. The common blue gum, E. 

 globulus, is the best known and most 

 widely planted of the species and many 

 hundreds of acres are planted out an- 

 nually for fuel. They are easily grown 

 from seed and a six-year-old tree will 

 measure fifty feet high and yield half 

 a cord of wood. They grow very straight 

 and symmetrical and when cut down im- 

 mediately grow again from the root and 

 in five years attain another fifty feet in 

 height. In our warmer sections of the coun- 

 try this variety is planted largely on ac- 

 count of its malaria destroying qualities 

 and from its leaves is prepared a liquid 

 used in the removal of boiler incrusta- 

 tions. It has great virtue as a specific 

 for rheumatism and the industry of ex- 

 tracting the essential oils is considerable. 



The variety next best known is E. ros- 

 trata, the red gum of southern Australia. 

 Although it does not grow quite so rap- 

 idly as the sort I have just described it 

 reaches the height of 150 feet and the 

 wood is very durable. It makes a very 

 showy tree and is planted here consid- 

 erably. 



E. amygdalina, the well-known pepper 

 gum, is said to attain the height of 500 

 feet in southern Australia. It makes a 

 beautiful shade tree and is used some- 

 what for avenue planting. 



E. robusta is the swamp mahogany 

 gum of New South Wales. I have found 

 that it flourishes weU in situations that 

 have a great deal of moisture, but is not 

 of rapid growth. The flowers resemble 

 those of E. globulus, but are larger and 

 of a pure white color, contain a great 

 deal of honey and are much sought by 

 the bees. 



I have several specimens of E. eitrio- 

 dora, the lemon scented variety. The 

 foliage has the same odor as the lemon 

 verbena and makes a very pretty shrub. 

 The plant is not very hardy when small 

 and has to be protected from the frost. 

 It is a very interesting tree and bears a 

 pure white bloom. 



The finest garden variety, however, is 

 E. ficifolia, the crimson-flowered gum. 

 This beautiful shrub has very large, dark- 

 green leaves and produces a profusion of 



large panicles of dark crimson flowers. 

 It is very showy, both in and out of 

 bloom, but is not a rapid grower as are 

 most of the eucalyptus family. It is n 

 native of West Australia, where it at- 

 tains a considerable size, but with us it 

 appears to adopt a dwarfish, shrubby 

 habit. 



E. Stewartiana, the apple scented gum, 

 has the same habit of growth as the 

 kind I have just mentioned but is much 

 hardier. The leaves have the odor pe- 

 culiar to rose geranium and like most of 

 the family it is a profuse bearer of 

 creamy white blooms. G. 



SAN FRANCISCO. 



The Market. 

 We had a very heavy rain on Mon- 

 day and Tuesday nights and since then 

 the weather has been cool and clear. This 

 has had a good effect on all classes of 

 outdoor work. Flowers of all kinds are 

 daily coming in more plentifully. Long- 

 stemmed roses are in very good supply, 

 with the prospects of an avalanche in a 

 week or two. I saw some very fine 

 Beauties to-day from Berkeley. Both F. 

 Aebi and John Young, of that town, 

 have had splendid success with this rose. 

 Brides and Maids are good, but roses 

 will get much cheaper very soon. P. C. 

 Meyer, of Burlingame, is sending in some 

 Liberty that bring top price. Carna- 

 tions are in good supply, although some 

 of our largest growers report off crop 

 at present with some varieties. Lawson 

 and Estelle and all the fancy sorts are 

 selling at three dozen for a dollar, but 

 they have to be good stock to brin^ 

 this price. The other kinds, such as Hill, 

 Scott, Schwerin and Joost call be had at 

 $2 per hundred. Violets are daily get- 

 ting scarcer. Bulbous stock, vrith the 

 exception of outdoor freesias and Nar- 

 cissus poeticus, has disappeared. L. 

 longiflorum at $1 to $2 a dozen stems 

 are plentiful and very fine. Valley is 

 in abundance. Business is only fair. 



Various Notes. 



Dominick & Co., located for several 

 years on the corner of Stevenson and 

 Fourth streets, have opened a store at 

 3 Fourth street. 



Golden Gate park is taking on its 

 spring robes, and thousands of flowering 

 plants are beginning to show their bright 

 colors.- A large force of gardeners are 

 replanting the innumerable beds that 

 have been resplendent with tulips, daf- 

 fodils, hyacinths and other showy win- 

 ter flowers, and planting instead phlox, 

 stocks, scarlet salvias, petunias, verbe- 

 nas, pansies, lobelias and hundreds of 

 other showy annuals. In the conserva- 

 tories a very tine collection of calceola- 

 rias and azaleas is at present on exhibi- 

 tion. G. 



LouiSBUBG, Kans. — The Miami County 

 Nurseries do quite a business in bedding 

 plants each spring. They report the 

 nursery trade good. 



^urbank's Shasta 



20e^pe/l00: LfaiSV oGGU 

 $1.2.5 per 1000: $9.C0 ' 



per ounce: 34-ounce at ounce rate. 



LOOMIS FLORAL CO. 



LOOMIS, CAL. 



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A CALIFORNIA OPPORTUNITY 



Owlns to death and the settlement of an 

 estate one-half of the stock of the Leedham 

 Bulb Co., Santa Cruz.. Cal.. Is to be sold. It Is 

 preferred that this Interest pass to a practical 

 man who can devote his full time to the busi- 

 ness. Cash to the amount of $2000 Is reti\ilred. 

 The business is in good shape and can be largely 

 developed. This Is a splendid opportunity for 

 the right man. The land controlled by the com- 

 pany Is Ideal 8011 for bulb growing. Plenty of 

 water. Climate the best 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. 



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Hsparagus 

 Plumosus 

 Nanus Seed 



$5.00 per lOOO. 



Plants from Flats, $15 per 1000. 



Express paid. 



California Carnation Company 



LOOMIS, CAL. 



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^raucaria Excelsa, 



From 2M-inch pots, extra strong plants, 

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

 at 916 per 100. 



Qraocaria Imbricata, 



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

 910 per 100. and from 2K-inch pots 

 6 to 8 inches high, 912. 50 per 100. 



r. LUDEMaNN, 



3041 Baker Street, 



San Francisco, Cal. 



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CARNATION 



ROOTED CUTTINGS 



ONLY FIRST-CLASS STOCK. 



■White. 100 1000 

 Queen Louise$1.20$10 00 

 Gov. Wolcott. 3.00 25.00 

 White Cloud.. 1.00 9.00 



Scarlet. 

 America 1.00 9.00 



Fink. lOO 1000 



Marquis $1.00 $9.00 



Mrs. Joost... 1.20 10.00 

 Varieerated. 

 Armazindy... 0.85 17.00 

 Prosperity . . . 1.40 2.50 



LOOMIS CARNATION CO. 



Lock Box 115. LOOMIS, CAL. 



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CALIFORNIA SEEDS. 



Shasta Daisy— 75o per 1000 seeds, $6.50 per 

 10.000. Geranium— "Good Venture" mixture, a 

 grand mixture of fine large flowering sorts in 

 great variety, 60c plit.. $3.00 per oz. Smilax— 

 $2.00 per lb Ipomoea— "Heavenly Blue" 40c 

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

 pkt.. $1.00 per oz. Alsophylla Australis— 

 (Australian Tree Fern) 50c pkt., S7.50 oz. Apple 

 Geranium— 75c per 1000 seeds. Asparatfns 

 Spreng-eri— 50c per 1000 seeds. Erythea 

 EduUs— (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. 



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