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The Weekly Rorists' Review* 



June 2. 1904. 



PACffIC COAST. 



OUTDOOR-GROWN ROSES. 



Before we got into the habit of grow- 

 ing roses under glass in California many 

 of the nursery men had big fields of 

 roses planted in the open ground for cut 

 blooms ana except in the coldest weather 

 there was no difficulty in making this 

 portion of the business one of the best 

 paying. Now the rose patches are ne- 

 glected and it is only in the spring of 

 the year, for about three months, that 

 any use is made of them. The street 

 venders are the only dealers who will 

 handle them. Safrano, Jacqueminot, 

 Madame Lambard, Bougere, EJisa Sau- 

 vage, Bon Silene, Marie Van Houtte, 

 Papa Gontier and a host of others were 

 great favorites and from $1 to $2 per 

 hundred was the usual price secured, 

 which paid very well, considering that 

 the plants lasted for several years and 

 they did not require any special care 

 except to keep them well pruned and 

 the soil well worked up and occasionally 

 watered. 



Last season I planted about 500 strong 

 two-year-old plants, of Ulrich Brunner, 

 Mrs. John Laing, Belle Siebrecht, Mme. 

 Caroline Testout and Liberty, even quan- 

 tity of each. I put them out in Novem- 

 ber and pruned them back well. They 

 commenced blooming in March and con- 

 tinued through April, May and June and 

 long after the hot weather had weak- 

 ened and bleached out the hothouse roses 

 I still was able to cut hundreds of long- 

 stemmed flowers with splendid, clean 

 foliage that I had no trouble to dispose 

 of at $3 per hundred. The TJlrich Brun- 

 ner and Mrs. Laing were exceptionally 

 fine, as they make stems averaging two 

 feet long with splendid, big flowers to 

 match. I kept the moisture from them 

 during July and August, pruned and 

 mulched them well in September and 

 ^ve them a thorough soaking several 

 times. They gave me another succession 

 of flowers fully as good as those 1 had 

 in the spring and I cut a good quantity 

 up to December. I found that they 

 were one of the best paying propositions 

 on my place a« there was no trouble at 

 any time to dispose of them. I planted 

 several hundred Brides, MJaids and Perles 

 also but they do not make a good stem 

 outdoors, although the flowers were fine. 



Roses do well anywhere in California 

 near the coast except in the southern 

 portion of the state, where the season 

 for flowering is much shorter than in 

 the central part, owing to the hot weath- 

 er. They like a heavy, adobe ground 

 and do not do well where there is too 

 much sand in the soil. They can be 

 handled out in the open field provided 

 there is not too much wind to mar the 

 flowers. The varieties I have mentioned 

 stand considerable pruning and want 

 plenty of moisture. About four years 

 is the average time to figure on the 

 plants giving good service. After that 

 throw them out and replant with younger 

 stock and on another piece of ground, 

 if you can, and use the first location for 

 some other stock for a season or two 

 when after a good manuring and spad- 

 ing it can be used again for roses. Roses 

 are heavy feeders and they will ex- 

 haust soil much quicker than many other 

 kinds of stock and where a grower's 

 land is limited they are often kept too 

 long in one place. G. 



SAN FRANCISCO. 



The Market. 



We are within a few hours of Dec- 

 oration day and the stores are piled high 

 with the products of the season. A great 

 m^ny flowers are shipped to Nevada, 

 Oregon and Utah and I think this por- 

 tion of the business averages about the 

 same as in former years. Flowers are 

 extremely plentiful and very cheap and 

 outside of the outlook for Decoration day 

 there is very little doing. We have had 

 several good weddings and school com- 

 mencements during the week, but fu- 

 neral work has not been in evidence. A 

 great many Italian and Chinese growers 

 have gone into raising outdoor stock, such 

 as candytuft, stocks, gaillardias, poppies, 

 etc., for this particular day and I have 

 never se^en such a quantity of hardy 

 flowers. The sweet peas are extra fine 

 and can be bought at $4 per hundred 

 bunches, each bunch containing 100 

 stems. Calla lilies are somewhat scarce, 

 as their first crop of blooms is over and 

 it is only where they have been well 

 watered that it is possible to cut many 

 flowers. They are in great favor with 

 the flower-buying public at this time of 

 the year, wholesaling today at from $1 to 

 $1.50 per hundred. Carnations are very 

 cheap but the tendency in prices is some- 

 what upwards. Roses are not plentiful 

 but there has been such a slight demand 

 that the want of them has not been felt 

 to any extent. Bride gladioli are handled 

 in large quantities. 



Various Notes. 



The San Francisco florists, with but a 

 few exceptions, have placards in their 

 windows announcing that after June 1 

 the stores will close at 1 p. m. on Sun- 

 days. This new departure is hailed 

 with delight by everyone interested in 

 the trade. 



A committee endorsed by the Mayor, 

 the Chamber of Commerce, the Board of 

 Trade and the Merchants' Exchange will 

 tender a banquet to John McLaren, sup- 

 erintendent of the city parks, at the Pal- 

 ace Hotel on June 2. J. S. Webster is 

 chairman of the committee. 



Albert Vinther, a gardener and florist 

 formerly employed by A. M. Sanborn, of 

 Oakland, committed suicide last week by 

 swallowing carbolic acid. He was 45 

 years of age and leaves a widow and 

 six children. 



Samuel G. Stevens, the pioneer nur- 

 seryman and florist of Redwood City, 

 died on -Wednesday. He located in San 

 Mateo county forty years ago and re- 

 mained steadily in business ever since. 

 He was born in England 75 years ago 

 and was twice married. His only sur- 

 viving relatives are his widow and a 

 i.ephew. The funeral took place on Fri- 

 (l.ay. G. 



Calla, O. — The formal transfer of the 

 ])rcperty, business and good will of L. 

 Teniplin & Sons to the new Templin & 

 Sons Co., took place May 19. The Temp- 

 lins have no longer any interest in the 

 plant. 



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