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The Weekly Florists^ Review. 



Mat 5, 1904. 



URBANK'S EVER-BEARING CRIMSON WINTER RHUBARB 



IS THE MOST DELICIOUS VEGETABLE THAT HAS EVER SEEK INTRODUCED. 



Plants Set Out Now will Bear Next Winter and Spring. We arc Headquarters for Plants and Seeds of this Rhubarb. 



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PLANTS READY NOW— $10.00 per 100, Express paid : Seeds $1.50 per oz. Send for circular and Catalogue. 



THEODOSIA B. SHEPHERD CO., 



VENTURA. CALIFORNIA. 



Xtt-ntl'tn The RpvIpw when yoii write. 



PITTSBURG. 



The Market. 



Tlile disagreeable weather conditions 

 from April 23 to May 1 demornlized 

 business oonsiilerably, quietness continu- 

 intr all the uoek, the monotony being 

 relieved only occasionally by small 

 wedding decorations and orders for fun- 

 eral w'ork. About the best that can 

 be said is that, while business was dull, 

 stock shortened up and good stock did 

 not accumulate. Last Saturday busi- 

 ness took a spurt and stock sold up clean 

 except on lilies, which, will not- move 

 out at any reasonable figures. After 

 last week's cloudy, wet and cold weath- 

 er the present prospects are that a few 

 bright days will bring quantities cf 

 stock. 



In carnations and roses the quality is 

 fine! and prices remain the same as last 

 reported. Pansics, sweet peas and yel- 

 low daisies are very plentiful. The de- 

 mand for violets is limited but those ar- 

 riving are still of good quality. Bul- 

 bous stock is very plentiful, with only 

 an occasional heavy demand. Smilax is 

 still scarce but asparagus strings and 

 bunches are plentiful. The prices on 

 ferns have taken a tumble: line stock 

 is offered now at $2 per 1.000. 



Various Notes. 



The long spell of rainy weather has 

 made it impossible to do outdoor plant- 

 ing. May 3 and no carnations in the 

 field! 



Fred Burki smiles again, not a gas 

 well with 200 pounds rock pressure 

 this time, but the stork visited last 

 Friday. It's a girl, and the cigars are 

 on Fred. Bakcrstown is truly a won- 

 derful place, with the finest rose and 

 carnation establishment in the country 

 located there, and those fine babies make 

 it quite an interesting place. Mrs. 

 Burki and baby are doing well. 



Your correspondent has received a 

 copy of a beautiful floral album 'by E. C. 

 Ludwig. The work is really a piece 

 of art. 



Last Friday. April 29, John W.. son 

 of Mr. and Mrs. William B. Hall, died 

 at his parent's home in Allegheny. The 

 craft extend their sincere sympathy to 

 the bereaved family. 



Clarke and Langhans. of the Pitts 

 burg Cut Flower Co.. were the happiest 

 boys in Pittsburg last Jlonday, for the 

 sun shone brightly and business was 

 good. This firm is receiving fine carna- 

 tions and roses, also many novelties. 



The Florists' Exchange is moving 

 from the basement, which they now oc- 

 cupy, to a room on the second floor at 

 228 Diamond street. 



Tlie market gardeners and plantsmen 

 have! a large stock of fine bedding 

 plants and are awaiting favorable 

 weather. 



Visitors: C. H. Eonev. Jamestown, 

 N. Y. ' Hoo-Hoo. 



Toledo, O. — The Scottwood Green- 

 houses report a very good season. 



ffsparagus 

 True U Plumosus 

 ' Nanus Seed 



$5.00 per 1000. 



Plants from Flats, $15 per 1000. 



Express paid. 



California Carnation Company 



LOOIV1IS, CAL. 



Mention The Review when you write. 



iolet Plants. 



Princess of Wales. tieUl-grown. weW 

 rooted, delivered at $15.00 perlOOO. 

 or $2.00 per 100. Cash with order. 

 Remember we prepay express charges. 



OCEAN PARK FLORAL CO. 



F. J. VAWTER, President. OCEAN PARK, Cal. 



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PACIFIC COAST. 



Geo. V>. Oliver, of the Department of 

 Agriculture, Washington, D. C, is vis- 

 iting the bulb growers of the Pacific 

 ccast and making notes of ways and 

 means by which the department may as- 

 sist in the development of the industry. 

 The department is evidently sparing no 

 pains to hasten the day when home- 

 grown bulbs shall take the place of 

 those now imported. Mr. Oliver has ar- 

 ranged to send some of the bulbs from 

 his seedling lilies of the Ilarrisii type to 

 growers in various localities on the Pa- 

 cific coast, and it is hoped that at some 

 one of these places the proper condi- 

 tions will be found for the production 

 of the bulbs on a large commercial scale. 

 By starting with seedling stock and in 

 virgin soil complete immunity from dis- 

 ease should be assured. The trade is 

 certainly under heavy obligations to the 

 Washington officials for their efforts in 

 this direction. 



THE PROBLEM OF HELP. 



We are in the midst of our busy sea- 

 son and the same old trouble confronts 

 all the nurserymen. Where can we get 

 reliable help? \^'itli the large conunercial 

 places this problem has assumed start- 

 ling proportions, and we are no nearer 

 a solution than we have" been for years 

 past. In talking with one of the larg- 

 est growers of nursery stock in Cali- 

 fornia today he spoke as follows: "I 

 have been actively engaged in business 

 in this state for almost forty years, and 

 I am 'up against it.' My planting sea- 

 .son is here and I am making prepara- 

 tions to bud about twenty-five acres of 

 young stock. I have not liad much trou- 

 ble during the wet weather we have 

 just passed through to keep a siiflk-ient 



^raucaria Excelsa, 



From 2^-inch pots, extra strong plants, 

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

 at 916 per 100. 



Qraucaria Imbricata, 



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

 910 per 100 and from 2K->nch pots 

 6 to 8 inches high. $12. 50 per 100. 



F. LUDEMSNN, 



3041 Baker Street, 



San Francisco, Cal. 



Menlion Tbo Review when you write. 



CARNATION 



ROOTED CUTTINGS 



ONLY FIRST-CLASS STOCK. 



White. 100 1000 

 Queen Louise$1.20$10 00 

 Uov. Wolcott. 3.00 25.00 

 White Cloud.. 1.00 9.00 



Scarlet. 

 America 1.00 9.00 



Pink. 100 1000 



Marquis $1.00 $9.00 



Mrs. Joost . . . 1.20 10.00 

 Variegated. 



Armazindy... 0.8.5 17.00 

 Prosperity... 1.40 2.50 



LOOMIS CARNATION CO. 



Lock Box 115. LOOMIS. CAL. 



Mention the Review when yon write. 



[gurbank's Shasta 



New crop, 



20c per 100: 

 $1.25 per 1000: $9.C0 

 per ounce: i4-ounce at ounce rate. 



LOOMIS FLORAL CO. 



LOOMIS, CAL. 



Mentlun The ReTlew wben you write. 



force ou luin<l. but now that tlie warm 

 weather is here and fruit pickina; is 

 about to begin my field force are drop- 

 ping out one by one and I find them 

 almost impossible to replace at this 

 time. I suppose I will have to fall back 

 on the 'Jap' proposition again and pay 

 them about twice what they are worth, 

 for truly if any man on earth deserves 

 sympathy it is the grower who has to 

 depend on the wily Japanese laborer. A 

 few years ago it was possible to employ 

 Chinese, but now that they do not come 

 to this country in such numbers as they 

 used to do we cannot get them in suffi- 

 cient force to he of much service. The 

 Chinaman is a good and faithful worker, 

 but his cousin, the polite little 'Jap' is 

 entirely too 'bright' to do any labor he 

 is not forced to." ' 



The gentleman whom I have Just 

 quoted is one of our well-known growers 

 and his ideas will fit the case of the 

 majority of the nurserymen in this state. 

 We have "hobos" here in plenty, but 

 they are not looking for work. We are 

 paying from $2 to $2..50 for nine to ten 

 hours' work. It seems that the majority 

 of the eastern gardeners who come to 

 this coast are of a roving disposition 



