AcauBT 4, 1904. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



473 



NOW READY! 



Carefully selected and guaranteed 85 per 



cent, true stock. 

 Size. Par lOO Per lOOO 



5 to 7 $4.00 $32.50 



7 to 9 8.00 78.00 



9 toll 16.00 155.00 



FREESIA REFRACTA ALBA 



True Bermuda Grown. 

 H-ixu and up, per tOOf 75c; per 1000, $5.00 

 ^-in. and up, per (00, 90c; per fOOO, 7.50 



CALLSS-Now Ready 



Best Northern Grown California CALL AS, 

 Sound Bulbs. 



P«r 100 Per lOOO 



) ^ to ( ^-inch diameter, $4.Q0 $37.50 

 )^to2 -inch diameter, 6.00 55.00 

 2 to 2 ^-inch diameter, 9.00 85. OO 



E. H. HUNT, T:;8''^'.Us'ri^I: CHICAGO 



Sievers & Co. shows everything wearing 

 a prosperous appearance. Three large 

 carnation houses have just been planted 

 and two more will be ready in a. few 

 weeks to fill with young stock. This firm 

 propagates its own stock and it all looks 

 healthy and vigorous. One house is de- 

 voted to double tuberous rooted begonias 

 and the show at present is well worth a 

 visit. It is probably the largest and fin- 

 est assortment in California, Several 

 houses are devoted to palms and ferns, 

 and two to orchids. Adiantum Wil- 

 liams! is grown here in large quantities 

 as well as a general stock of other ferns 

 and house plants. The kentias are the 

 largest ever shown here and everything is 

 brought up to the highest point of cul- 

 tivation. 



Henry Peyton has leased a portion of 

 the ground formerly used for bulb grow- 

 ing by W. W. Saunders, at Golden Gate. 

 He will devote the place to the culture of 

 frecsias. narcissi and callas. 



E. Gill, of West Berkeley, has com- 

 menced budding roses. He has thirty- 

 five acres of young stock for the com- 

 ing year, devoted entirely to roses. About 

 a half million plants are growing in this 

 division of his nurseries. 



J. H. Gilmore, formerly of Menlo 

 Park and Elmhurst, is at present with 

 the Whittlesey Floral Gardens of Los 

 Angeles. 



r, Ludemann, of the Pacific Nursery, 

 is digging many thousands of callas at 

 present, for which he reports a good de- 

 mand, and also shipping large quantities 

 of young araucarias to various eastern 

 points. 



The engagement is announced by Chaa. 

 P. Braslan, the well-known seed grower, 



^^Russians Seizing 

 Boats Leaving Japan" 



Supposing; your Lon^iHorums were held up, or the War might 

 cause a delay* then you mig:ht be late with them for 

 next Easter ; therefore, buy some now of our fine plump and 

 sound Harrisii. Case of 200— 7-9, $ J 7.00; Case of J 00— 9-11, 

 $)7.50, packed in cocoa fibre. 



C C. POLLWORTH CO., Milwaukee, Wis. 



Mention The BerJew when yon write. 



of his daughter, Miss Virginia E. Bras- 

 lan, to John E. Calhoun of Minneapolis, 

 Minn. The wedding will take place this 

 coming fall. G. 



FUEL OIL. 



I am in a locality where soft coal 

 smoke is very offensive to the neighbors. 

 I have a brick arched, return flue tubular 

 boiler, and would like to hear from some 

 one who has had experience with fuel oil, 

 ?.s to how effective it is and how the cost 

 compares with soft coal at $2.60 per ton. 



W. F. J. 



During the coaJ famine of the winter of 

 1902-03 some factories as well as flor- 

 ists experimented with oil as fuel. So 

 far as I have been able to learn none of 

 these experiments proved a success from 

 a financial standpoint. No very success- 

 ful nozzles have as yet been designed to 

 work under low pressure steam or hot 



water boilers. The best that has been 

 done with Texas oil or crude Pennsyl- 

 vania oil in the Atlantic coast states has 

 made the cost of heat equivalent to coal 

 at about $20 per ton. L. C. C. 



Canon City, Colo. — E. R. Bess is suc- 

 cessor to Thompson & McBay, of the 

 Gate City Conservatories. 



Philadelphia, Pa. — Robert Sinclair 

 building a greenhouse 14x60 on Bustleton 

 pike, south of Cottman street. 



Pueblo, Colo. — The park board is 

 building two greenhouses, each 16x100, 

 and an office 20x36 in Mineral Palace 

 park. 



Madison, N, J.— The Morris County 

 Gardeners' and Florists' Society will 

 hold its ninth annual show October 27 

 and 28. A schedule has been issued, 

 copies of which may be had by address- 

 ing the secretary, S. Redstone. 



