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The Florists^ Review 



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Santa Barbara, Cal. — A. J. Verhelle, 

 ■who has been in New York acting as 

 agent for a European insecticide con- 

 cern since he leased the Kentia Nur- 

 series to his brother a short time ago, 

 has returned and will conduct the 

 Kentia Nurseries with his brother. 



Baker, Ore.— J, Dale, of the Powder 

 Eiver Nursery, has had a wide experi- 

 ence with chrysanthemums, covering 

 iforty-five years, during many of which 

 he grew in Europe 40,000 to 50,000 for 

 marl^;t work. ^ At present he is nursing 

 a white seedling of which he has worked 

 up a stock of close to 1,000 plants run- 

 ning from four to twelve buds per plant, 

 recently lifted and moved indoors. He 

 says "it is the easiest to grow of any 

 that he has had to do with. The plant 

 is a sturdy, hard grower, its height, 

 when full grown, being from three feet 

 to three feet six inches; every bloom 

 perfect, there being no hard heads, and 

 for commercial purposes, in my opinion, 

 it cannot be beaten. I shall have flowers 

 of this variety from now on to New 

 Year's, one being able to work them to 

 cpipe in any time they choose." 



PACIFIO COAST BEGONIAS. 



Will you kindly tell me how I can 

 make Begonia robusta and B. floribunda 

 bloom, and at what timef I have fine 



Slants of them, but they have never 

 loomed satisfactorily. L. V. D. L. 



The nomenclature of the begonias is 

 sadly mixed up in California gardens, 

 and although I never heard any author- 

 ity for the name. Begonia robusta is 

 the name frequently applied to a form 

 of B. arborescens. While not so free 

 flowering as some other kinds, it usu- 

 ally gives a considerable number of 

 its small, creamy-white flowers for sev- 

 eral months in the year. It does best 

 in a sunny place and should not be 

 too frequently disturbed. L. V. D. L. 

 should allow his plants to remain a lit- 

 tle on the dry side now until spring, 

 and then water freely as it begins to 

 grow. B. floribunda — so called in Cali- 

 ""fornia — is a form of B, semperflorens 

 and, of course, a totally different plant. 

 I nevjer heard of anyone having trouble 

 to flower this. In fact, it is so free 

 in blooming that it is difficult to ob- 

 tain sufficient wood for propagating. 

 If this is not the kind L. V. D. L. is 

 growing, it would be a good plan for 

 him to send a little of the wood for 

 identification. H. R. Richards. 



SHIPPING ON THE COAST. 



There has been a wonderful develop- 

 ment in the last couple of years in the 

 business of shipping cut flowers and 

 greens out of tb« coast cities, especially 

 Los Angeles and San Francisco. The 

 latter city has built up a big trade 

 north and east because of its location 

 and excellent railroad facilities. Of 

 course the principal factor has been the 

 great increase in the population along 

 the coast, but Frisco flowers now go so 

 far east that they come into competi- 

 tion with stock from Chicago. While 

 all kinds of flowers are shipped, the 

 longest journeys are mfljTK'T iy jriolets. 

 Violets grown in the BaiT" "ITHScisco 



region go regularly to retail florists in 

 Missouri and Iowa. The shipments of 

 violets last season were far heavier 

 than ever before, but the way business 

 is opening this autumn indicates that 

 it will show another big advance. The 

 number of florists between the Missouri 

 river and the coast has increased much 

 faster than has the production of cut 

 flowers, which accounts for the demand 

 on the wholesale shipping centers. 



In die early part of this season Sui 

 Francisco wholesalers did an unusuanly 

 la'rge business shipping chrysanthemunfs. 

 There was a big demand in the north- 

 west, and for weeks before the local 

 stock was ready big shipments were 

 drawn from San Francisco. California 

 mums also have been sent this season to 

 buyers in Iowa, Kansas, Oklahoma and 

 Texas. 



It took the San Francisco growers 

 and wholesalers some time to wake up 

 to the possibilities of the shipping trade, 

 but now they are thoroughly alive to 

 the situation and are cultivating the 

 demand. 



LOS ANGELES. 



The Market. 



A dull week, with a lot of good stock 

 going to waste and a lot more practi- 



cally given away, about sizes up the 

 situation in the local market. Northern 

 growers continue to ship in large quan- 

 tities of mums, quite demoralizing the 

 market temporarily, and the flne weath- 

 er has tended to bring in large quan- 

 tities of local stock. Election day was 

 almost a holiday, but without the usual 

 holiday business that florists enjoy 

 when other folks are having a good 

 time. Prices are lower than -orer known 

 here before. In fact;, there are no 

 prices; it is simply a case of taking 

 what is offered. 



Various Notes. 



Paul Staigpr, of Staiger & Mund- 

 wiler, was married October 31, leaving 

 F. Mundwiler in charge of the new place 

 on Washington street. The happy cou- 

 ple are spending their honeymoon in 

 and around San Diego. ^ 



The Freeman-Lewis Co. reports a rec- 

 ord-breaking business in October. 



The Roserie Tlower Shop, on Third 

 street, has installed a fine new ice-box 

 and repainted the store. , 



Morris Goldenson leaves this we 

 for Santa Cruz islands, where he and a 

 party of six are going after wild boar. 



Big consignments of roses from H. W. 

 Turner's greenhouses are sent daily to 



Superior-grown ROSES for Immediate Planting 



We have a grand stock of the following varieties in 2^ and 3-inch pots, strong, clean 

 and healthy, ready for shifting to larger pots for spring sales or for planting out at 

 once. This stock at the prices Quoted is a splendid value. 



Mrs. Oeo. Shawyer. Prince £. C. d'Arenberg. Mrs. Chas. Russell. 

 $6.00 per 100. $50.00 per 1000. 



The following varieties in any Quantity, $4.60 per 100, $40 00 per lOOO: 

 Milady, Lady Alice Stanley, Rose Queen, Christie-Miller, Prima Donna, Double White 

 Killamey, Jonkheer J. L. Mock. Antoine Rivoire, Sunburst, Killamey Queen, Natalie 

 Boettner, Richmond, My Man^land, American'BetMity, K^serin, Prince de Bulgarie, Madi- 

 son, White Killamey, Mme. Leon Paine, Mrs. Herbert Stevens, Lady Ursula, Pres. Camot, 

 Clara Watson, Radiance. Mme. Abel Cbatenay, Etoile de France, Gruss an Teplitz, Pink 

 Killamey, Lady Hiliingdon, Mile. Cecile Brunner, Red, White and Pink Cheiokees, Joey 

 Hill, Ethel Malcomb, Miss Amy Hammond. 



Satisfaction guaranteed. 



HENRY W. TURNER, Wblenk niriit. Montebello, Cal. 



STRONG. HEALTHY FIELD-GROWN ROSES 



Advance order for January delivery. Special price on following new varie- 

 ties: British Queen, Christie-Miller, George Dickson, Hadley, Irish Fire Flame, 

 Jonkheer J. L. Mock, Lady Alice Stanley, Killarney Brilliant, King George V, 

 Milady, Mme. Edouard Herriot, Mrs. Geo. Shawyer. Mrs. Charles Russell, Mrs. 

 Andrew Carnegie, Ophelia, Prima Donna, Prince E. C. d'Arenberg, Sun|||rst, 

 Climbing Gruss an Teplitz, Climbing Helen Gould, Climbing Frau Karl Druschki, 

 Climbing Richmond. Standard varieties, about three hundred. 



Write for trade list. 

 WESTERN ROSE CO. / PASADENA. CAL. 



S. MURATA & CO. 



WHOLESALE FLORISTS-FLORISTS' SUPPLIES 



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 1874 



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InquTrfcB solicited tor Christmas stock. Watch for our announcements later. 



