Mat 5. 1904. 



The Weekly Florists' Review. 



1267 



Can W^W trik.n^'%/' Good 



Ship.. HLtrN I I stock 



Large receipts of the BEST ROSES, enough for all. 

 SELECT AND FANCY CARNATIONS in quantity; 

 LILIES AND VALLEY; "GREEN GOODS" ^°/eryone. 

 SEND LS YOLR ORDERS. 



E. C. SMLING, 



The Larg'est, Best Equipped and Most Centrally Iiocated 

 mzjss etbH i ■ tWlioles^le Cut Flower House in Chicago. 



32-34-36 Randolph St., PhiranO III 



Long Distance Telephones 1 97S and 1977 Central. V^Ill^UJJV^ 111. 



AUEBICAN BEAUTY, Per doz. 



LoLit' stem $3.00 



24-inch stem 2.00 



20-iDch stem 1.50 



15-inch stem l.oo 



12-inch stem t.t 



Short stem $4.00 to $5.00 per 100 



Per 100 



Brides and Maids $3.00 to $i;.00 



Meteors and Gates S.OOto 6.00 



Perles 3.00to 6.00 



Roses, our selection 3.00 



Carnations 1.50 to 2.00 



large and fancy 3.00 



Violets 50 to ,75 



Valley S.OOto 4.00 



Poets' Narcissus 1.00 



Mignonette, per d03.. 50e to 75c 



Sweet Peas 1.00 to 1.60 



Callas, per doz $l,00,to$1.50 



Harrisil...per doz., 1.00 to 1.50 

 Asparagus, per string, 40 to 50c. 



Asparagus Sprengeri 3.00 to 6.00 



Ferns... per 1000, $5.00 .50 



Galax per 1000, $1.25. .. . ,15 



Adiantum 75 to 1,00 



Smilax per doz., $2,50 



Leucothoe sprays 1.00 



Subject to cbange wltbont DOtlce. 



and are not inclined to stay long in any 

 one place. In nurseries where the help 

 i.s boarded and lodged on the premises 

 the wages paid are $30 to $35 per 'month 

 and upwards. This seems to be a fair 

 compensation. G. 



THE OAK MOTH. 



Prof. Warren T. Clark, head of tlie 

 entomological department of the Califor- 

 nia State University, at Berkeley, has 

 called the attention of the public to the 

 fact that our most beautiful native tree, 

 the California live oak, is in danger of 

 extermination by the oak moth known as 

 Phryginidia Californica. These destruc- 

 tive insects were first found here about 

 five years ago and in a very limited 

 area on our coast range mountains. They 

 devour the leaves as fast as they grow 

 and the tree finally dies. Two years ago 

 they made their appearance in the neign- 

 borhood of Berkeley, where are located 

 some of the finest specimens of the Quer- 

 cus agrit'olia. It was found that several 

 of the insect eating parasites attacked 

 and destroyed the moths so that for a 

 time tlu'v were thought to be exterminat- 

 ed. This year, however, the moths have 

 made tlu'ir appearance in large numbers 

 on many of the largest trees and in the 

 absence of any other method of de- 

 stroying them spraying the branches with 

 Paris green has been resorted to. This 

 appears to be effective but it is a tre- 

 mendous amount of work. It is the in- 

 tention of the authorities in the horti- 

 cultural department at the university to 

 pay great attention to the propagation 

 and distiibution of the parasites that feed 

 on the oak moths as the preservation of 

 our valuable native trees is a serious 

 question at this time. 



EVERETT, WASH. 



Peterhou, the carnation specialist, is 

 still sending out some fine carnations 

 and says he has had quite a profitable 

 season. 



La Cfroe & Sous have done a very sat- 

 isfactory business in decorative plant.s 

 and roses and are doubling their capn^'- 

 ity and changing to short-roofed houses 

 and beds on the ground, also adding a 

 new forty horse-power boiler, 



Walhnaik reports a good store trade 

 this Avintcr and is building two more 

 houses tliis summer. 



Planting season is well on, but late 

 for this Motion and only a few carna- 



tions are planted yet. The aster bugs 

 are ver}' numerous and seem to be wait- 

 ing for something, with the intention of 

 being on time. Last year I had a late 

 bed of Upright White Branching and 

 covered them with a white cloth nights 

 and the bugs stayed on the cloth and did 

 not seem to hurt the asters any after I 

 covered them, so I thought they did the 

 mischief in the night when roosting on 

 the steins of the flowers. . E. S. C. 



SAN FRANCISCO. 



The Market. 



Business has taken an upward jump 

 during the past week and it has been 

 noticed chiefly in funeral work, of which 

 all the retailers have had a fair supply 

 for several days. It seems to be off crop 

 with a good many growers at present, 

 and as a consequence there has been a 

 good demand for any stock offered that 

 was in good shape. White carnations 

 are scarce, but of the red and pink sorts 

 there are enough to go around. Good 

 roses are likewise scarce and the best 

 Beauties are selling today at $2. .50 per 

 dozen wholesale. Brides and Maids run 

 from three dozen for a dollar up to $1 

 per dozen, which is a good price for this 

 season of the year. Testout and Liberty 

 bring 75 cents per dozen for the best, 

 but I have seen no really good ones for 

 tlie past week and there is much inquiry 

 from the retailers for longer stemmed 

 flowers of these varieties. 



With lilies the Easter crop is well off 

 and there is a scarcity at present. Many 

 of the growers plant the .Japanese-grown 

 bulbs and bring them into flower with- 

 out bottom he-it, which brings them in 

 in May and June. Outdoor common 

 stock, such as marguerites, stocks, and 

 candytuft, is becoming plentiful. Bride 

 gladioli have arrived and sell at $2 per 

 hundred spikes. Lilac has come and 

 gone. We had a veiy short season of it 

 this year, hardly three weeks all told. 

 Our continued warm, rainy weather dur- 

 ing; February and the early part of 

 March had the effect of forcing a splen- 

 did crop of flowers and bringing them on 

 (o a stage where they made splendid, 

 large clusters, but did not open far 

 enough to cut. A wave of very warni 

 weatiicr during the first weeks of April 

 and the entire crop bloomed out in a few 

 days, whereas we generally have lilac 

 for six weeks at least. 



Notes. 



Three small boys drove off with the 

 deliver}' wagon belonging to Mann Bros. 

 last Jlonday. Tlie youngsters drove 

 around town all day, but finally were 

 overhauled by the police. 



The German Gardeners' Club gave a 

 very successful dance on Tuesday night 

 at Hovey's Hall in Oakland. A big 

 crowd was present and the decorations 

 put up under the direction of Wm. Nun- 

 cnmacher were much admired. G. 



PORTLAND, ORE. 



It was not as much of a surprise to 

 read of the snowstorms and cyclones 

 which have recently visited the eastern 

 and middle states as it was for us here 

 in Oregon to experience, early in April, 

 one week of real midsummer weather, 

 Itefreshing showers, with the mercury reg- 

 istering 90 degrees in the shade, caused 

 trees and shrubbery to rapidly take on 

 their summer attire and all vegetation 

 may now be seen at its best. Everything 

 in the horticultural line flourishes iu 

 our unsurpassed climate. The magnolias, 

 azaleas, rhododendrons and a hundred 

 other varieties of shrubs are now in full 

 bloom and form a beautiful contrast to 

 the glossy foliage and richly kept lawns. 



There "has been no great activity in 

 the retail trade since Easter, just a 

 steady demand for the best flowers, of 

 which we have an abundance, light days 

 of the past two weeks bringing out the 

 blooms with a vengeance. Carnations 

 are especially fine and from now until 

 .July we will'have the heaviest cut of the 

 xcu'v. The most popular varieties with 

 us are Estelle, Enchantress, Prosperity 

 and Flora Hill. Koses also took a sud- 

 den jump with the mercury and we are 

 cuttiu" fine crops of Golden Gate, Kais- 

 erin Liberty, Carnot and Testout on 

 thirtv-inch stems and the florists' dis- 

 plays are now veritable rose shows. And 

 this is what the whole of Portland 

 is preparing to be another year, for 

 everj'bodv is interested in planting roses 

 (o beautify their lawns for the ^om«g 



fair. _H- J- *^- 



Ancoba, N. J.— D. B. Martin has a 

 bill for $700 for fertilizers sold Charles 

 A Nevinger. the florist, of this place, 

 but the purchaser claims that the goods 

 were not as represented and the matter 

 has been taken to the supreme court at 

 Camden, 



