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TheWeekly Florists' Review. 



J inf. IS, 1903. 



some tin.- Kai-.iin- in quantity, also 

 Brides and Maids. 



Eugene Bernhei r has been reeeivina 



10,000 sweet peas daily. He visited the 



1-loral Exchange place at Kdgcly lately. 

 The new house ju-t completed is now- 

 planted with 3,000 Queen of Edgely. In 

 , ,„ house the cut for la-t i th 



all' in solid beds, and a few r< ws oi 

 • •m [ted stock Ii i k much better than 

 their neighbors on their own ro< ts. An- 



roses tha't have been in for four years 

 and will be lefl in another year. 



John Holt, of North Wales, has been 

 sending some -ii.-i i «li nii« >n and other spe- 

 cialties to the Flower Market He re- 

 port- excellent business with the truck- 

 ers in tomatoes, cabbage and other vege- 



The < anideii loi-iiit- — ha* heen vei \ 

 - I. Thoirs has had a number of wed- 

 dings and commencements and has been 

 very busy. 



( . W. I.amlev also reports good biisi- 

 ness especially in the line of bedding 

 plants. 



Adolph Farenwald has had considera- 

 ble trouble with the carpenters at work 

 on his new houses, but has adjusted 

 thing- -ati-fa< torih and the houses are 



Th.-iv have been a number of inquiries 



from Ismen for young plants of Woot- 



t,,n rose t < ■ i pi ivati planting. Here i- a 



my brethren at 



The following are the ~ -es in the 



se . ond -a ies of games to decide places 

 on th. team to go to Milwaukee: 



Player. 1st. 



M 



a. in 



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SAN FRANCISCO. 



Hill are exhibited and occasionally a 

 showj bunch of Estelle i- seen, bul as to 

 the other varieties, the less said the 

 Letter. 



Bride gladiolus and -teat lamehes of 

 herbaceous peonies help to till in and 

 it i- »urpri»ing what. Use the tir-t i la-s 

 dot i->- make of them. The general pub- 

 lic is always looking for something new 

 and although the-o tinker- are nol gen- 

 erally considered as especially "swell" 

 they make a very tasty bouquet when 

 arranged nieely. ' Swee't peas suffered 

 considerably during the hot spell and 

 1. uriied edges are the rule, but with our 

 usual chilly atmosphere they will be 

 up to form in a day or two. 



Various Notes. 



n_-,, ;ii:. I not u-imI that 1 lie clop- in .1 i.no-i 



all the places I visited look very thrifty 

 and speak well for an abundant harvest 

 later on. What a pity that this branch 

 of horticulture has passed almost en- 

 tirely into the hands of the ( hinese 

 and 'the Japanese. It always seems to 



\\ ron-j 



and 1 



have 



I si 



kind 



The Market. 

 Within the la-t week we have had the 

 warmest weather San Franciscans have 

 experienced for the la-t eight years. 

 ,\ the thermometer climbed up 

 to 90 degrees in the shade and on Sat- 

 urday it i -i-t. aed '.ej at 3 p. m. This 

 inn x not seem hoi to eastern folks, but 

 to natives of this town it is something 

 almosl unheard of. Today, however, the 

 temperature has moderated so much that 

 .;- are again in order and. as I 

 •write, the usual chill} 

 most make- me forge! the torrid weather 



of two day- ago. As a 



h roses, havi 

 severely and T have seen nothing for the 

 la-t week thai could be called 

 stock. Carnation- have also that weak. 

 washed-oul appearance and Ethel I rock- 

 er .,.,.,,.. onh varii fcj that 

 is up to color. Some few good Flora 



than anybody else, and don't you forget 

 it." I have seen one house, 50x60 feet, 

 with at lea-t li.oiio plants in it. in from 

 2 i,. 5 inch pots touching each other. 

 Oh! such plant.-! 



Wake up. hrother florist, and raise 

 nothing but plants that throw credit on 

 ,ui profession. The twentieth century 

 has outgrown the "it'- good enough." 

 Fine specimens are what most people 

 want. It doe- not cost a cent more to 

 raise good plant- than poor one-. Sup- 

 posing you raise ten 10-cent plants, 

 for which you get $1.00. It takes ten 

 pots, require- from two to three trans- 

 planting- and take- about six square 

 feet of -pace: while tine specimens worth 

 $1.00 each can mostly he rai-ed in 5 to 



■nee i- that well grown plants 



ree large cases of Kentia Bel- 

 pened this week. Although 

 they had heen tl.ii t v day- on the road 

 the plants were in as - od 

 when packed at the nur-erv 



..i carefuln peak- well for the grow- 



,., They were from the Storrs A Har- 

 rison Co.. Painesville. O. 



Several of our leading carnation glow- 

 ers hiive invested in boxes i t Thrinscide 

 and it is to he hoped it will fill the 

 Lorn felt want. 



The Portland Seed Co.. of Portl ind, 

 Ore., has had it- representative in town 

 all week booking orders for florists' moss. 

 Oregon has become the great source of 

 -uimlv for this article. 



Domoto Bros., the well known Japan- 

 ese florists are erecting on their grounds 

 recently purchased at Fitehburg, four 

 ..veenheu-- 30x100 feet. They are to 

 be devoted to growing rose- princioallv, 

 i.o.l American r.eaiitv. Kaiserin, Bride, 

 >Taid and 1 ibertv are <■• be the larieties 

 planted. Thev will -till retain their old 

 ol ,, e on Central avenue. ,,n which they 

 I, lv , ,,,,,,],. , S pe, is-lt-i . i Japan, se 

 plants, carnations and lilies. 



T l„. Hisse= Wom. on Pos< street, re- 

 port ,. good J"ne business. These ladies 

 make ' -ue,-ialn- of decomti"S and thev 

 -eem to hav» the cream of the older- in 

 ,i, it line. They have beei ' ew sucess- 

 ful and. although msun of tlei- wealthv 



natrons m it of to"-n at this =, i 



June wedding- have k. pi I hem on the 



' Tto-in.oin We' -h no oil- p'-ervthing 

 tory in his Gearj street sto-°. 



\h 



MT. STFRL1NG. KY. 



I 1: ,,|, in Mi. Sterling is better than 



in ten years, demand much gre iter I han 



-,,,.,-iallv in fine -'... k, while 



h-asln stock cannot be sold at any price. 



. in, customers have bi In. ated to the 



highest standard of floriculture, which 

 me mi- hi"h prices. 



In lookiiv around o'er the different 

 makes one feel thai 

 ,i,, florists have no other concention r>f 

 tbe business than to stuff the hous. - full 

 of a hi of straeffling. sicklv plants, tell- 

 ing their competitors: I can raise 

 !nts in a given area of glass 



bring good 



Km ii, Kiikouic it. 



MILWAUKEE. 

 The last club n ting was well at- 

 tended. C. B. Whit nail gave an inter- 

 esting talk on his observations in Cali- 

 fornia. Considerable convention hit-i- 

 iii.w taken up and special 

 be held from now on. F. 

 i- sent out -ketch of the 

 ilding. w ith diagram of the 

 md exhibitors should not 

 opportunity of making a 

 Send in application- for 

 ;o the committee in charge 

 n'-ill not lie overrushed at the last min- 

 ute. The club also howl- twice a month 

 in.1 a strong team will be in the running 

 luring the convention. 



Trade has been brisk the. past week. 

 Many of the schools are having their 

 commencement exercises, and. coupled 

 w ith June weddings, it keeps stock 

 cleaned up. 



Visitors: P. J- Foley. John Evans, 

 M. Rice, dames McHutchison and A. X. 

 Kni.kinan. Incog. 



di-pla 



STORING BAY TREES. 



What is the best temperature to keep 

 bay tie.- through the winter? 



hey keep 



civ ': 



a cold greenhouse or grap- 

 S. S. P. 



!„i ,,,,.,, i he freezing point 



45 ,i,. u , would be the 



1. 1, ui, " foi them but, like 

 plant-, thej accommodate 

 , .... i- i hanse. For years 



themselves t. a gr. n cnai _. 

 we kept them m a cool gri 

 they are bulky thing- to Dei 

 space and we now have 

 j l,nt\ . f light and a few- 

 water pipe-. We just try 

 frost out and no more. A 

 would he a splendid place t. 

 but. if there are n< mean 

 th,. grapery mav 'j'i to,. 

 weather. As many florists 

 know, the -weet bay i- a 

 or dwarf tree in I le soul 

 and survives any winter t 



go below 10 degn - al ■ 



the artificial wa\ wo -i 

 would not be safe to -ul 

 anything like -.. low a tern 

 have left them outdoor- al 

 early frosts in autumn an 

 early December the} have 1 

 to i5 degree- of frost w 

 But should you keep them 



Mm. h, say, suddenly exp 



enhouse, 1 ut 

 upv valuable 

 i i-hed with 



lJ-ineh hot 



to keep the 

 cold grapery 



winter bays 

 ; of heating, 

 cold in zero 

 from Europe 

 hardy shrub 



oi England 



i.lt doe- not 



ero. Yet. in 

 ,w them, it 



,uld kill them. 

 lezing. 

 Wm. Scott. 



