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ThcWeekly Florists' Review, 



Sbptumber 15, 1904. 



PACIFIC COAST. 



SAN FRANCISCO. 



The Market 



It registers 98 degrees in the shade 

 and the effect of this is to bring the 

 balance of the aster crop into town with 

 a rush and from present indications we 

 will not have them much longer with 

 US. The chrysanthemums are beinp 

 brought on in a hurry and it will be only 

 a few days until we are swamped by 

 them. We have had indoor mums for 

 several weeks and they have been very 

 fair sellers. They cost the ^stores on 

 an average of from $2 to '$2.50 per 

 dozen. Roses have a very shabby ap- 

 pearance and it will be some weeks be- 

 fore they are normal. Maids are about 

 the best, with a few good Brides here 

 ?nd there. The weather does not favor 

 Beauties and they are very poor. Car- 

 nations are in good demand and of only 

 fair quality. A great many of our 

 larger growers are still changing their 

 houses and it makes this rather an off 

 season for blooms. "Violets are a little 

 more plentiful. The weather has been 

 so warm that it is almost impossible 

 to keep them in good selling shape ovei 

 a few hours. Business has only beer, 

 fair, notwithstanding that we have had 

 many thousands of visitors in town. 



Various Notes. 



The Alcazar florists have given up the 

 store in the Alcazar Theatre building. 



Thos. H. Stevenson has been using 

 large baskets of assorted fruits to good 

 advantage in decorating his windows in 

 the Palace hotel during the Knights 

 Templar conclave. 



The show of flowers kept on exhibi- 

 tion at Sievers & Boland's Post street 

 store has rarely been equaled in San 

 Francisco and is a splendid advertise- 

 ment for California and for this enter- 

 prising firm. 



Misses Wallenberg & Montpelier report 

 that their prospects for decorating dur- 

 ing the coming season are very good. 

 They have two large house decorations 

 for next week. 



H. Plath, of Ocean View, is erecting a 

 fern house 25x80 feet. This is the thir- 

 teenth house devoted to ferns, palms and 

 smilax, of which Mr. Plath has one 

 of the largest assortments on the coast. 



The Society Hortensia will give a flower 

 show in Oakland this week. 



W. V. Eberly is at present acting as 

 manager for the California Nursery Co., 

 at Niles; the position was made vacant 

 by the death of the late John Eock. G. 



A NEW PARASITE. 



One of the most important discoveries 

 that has ever been made for the benefit 

 of horticulture is announced. The para- 

 site that destroys the codlin moth has 

 been found in South America, by George 

 Compere, who is employed jointly by tht 

 State of California, through Horticultural 

 Commissioner Cooper, and by West Au.s- 

 tralia. The genuineness of the discovery 

 is vouched for by the fact that the apple 

 orchards that are the habitat of the newly 

 found parasite bring ninety-five per cent 

 of their fruit to maturity. In Cali- 

 fornia, as well as other countries, the 

 product of the world's apple and pear 



orchards has not been more than thirtv- 

 five to forty per cent of the promise at 

 setting. 



The codlin moth is to be found wherevei 

 these fruits are grown. This insect causes 

 apples and pears to be wormy and drop 

 prematurely from the trees and within 

 the last ten years it has fully identified 

 itself with our entire orchard country. 

 It is said that wherever the codlin moth 

 lives, the codlin moth parasite will also 

 thrive, regardless of extremes of tem- 

 perature. Consequently the discovery be- 

 comes at once of world-wide importance. 

 The first of the codlin moth parasites 

 will probably reach San Francisco before 

 the expiration of the present year, when 

 the work of multiplying them will at 

 once be prosecuted. G. 



MILVAUKEE. 



Death o Frank WhitnalL 



Frank Whitnall, a pioneer resident 

 of Milwaukee, . died September 10 at 

 the residence of his son, C. B. Whit- 

 nall, aged 74 years. Mr. Whitnall was 

 born at Leeds, England, in 1830. He 

 came to the United States when a boy 

 of 16 years, making his way alone to 

 Milwaukee, where his brother, Wil- 

 liam, had preceded him. Later Frank 

 Whitnall studied botany at Oberlin 

 College and purchased five acres of 

 land along the Milwaukee river, the 

 property on Humboldt avenue being 

 now known as the Whitnall homestead. 

 He subjected many native wild flowers 

 to cultivation and improved them 

 greatly. Later his son, C. B. Whitnall, 

 took up the business and conducted it 

 for many years. Mr. Whitnall is sur- 

 vived by his wife, their son, two broth- 

 ers and one sister. For several years 

 Mr. Whitnall resided in Los Angeles, 

 but returned to Milwaukee recently, 

 feeling that his illness was fatal. 



RCXX ISLAND, ILL. 



At a regular monthly meeting of the 

 Tri-City Florists ' Club, held September 8, 

 at Henry Gaethje's greenhouse in South 

 Bock Island, the members decided to have 

 the 6'"ganization incorporated. John 

 Temple, of Davenport, was appointed a 

 committee of one to have charge of the 

 preliminary arrangements. 



The members listened to two very in- 

 teresting and instructive talks during the 

 evening. * * The Humorous Side of a Flor- 

 ist 's Life" was described in an amusing 

 manner by Harry Bills. Emil Boehn 

 talked of "Cyclamens" and brought out 

 many valuable points. The delegates to 

 the national convention in St. Louis also 

 made their report. The next regular ses- 

 sion of the club will be held in Moline on 

 the second Thursday in October. At this 

 meeting addresses will be made by George 

 Forber and Theodore Ewoldt. Light re- 

 freshments \yere served after the business 

 of the evening had been concluded. 



Fairbury, iLLp^TKting Bros, are do- 

 ing a nice business in field-grown car- 

 nation plants, their largest shipment 

 having been to a buyer in New York. 



QuiNCY, Mass. — Malcora Orr has 

 bought the Miller place in North Saugiis 

 and has the houses planted to double 

 violets and chrysanthemums, all looking 

 fine, especially the violets, of which he 

 is a first-class grower. Mr. Orr will sell 

 his cut at the new market in Boston. 



Boston fms. 



Nice, clean stock, from 2>i-incb pots, $5.00 per 

 100 ; 3 inch pots. $8.00 per 100. 



Cut from the bench, suitable for 4-ineh. 5-inch. 

 6-iDch pots, at $15 00. $20.00 and I25.0O per ICO. 



Araucaria Excelsa, 



5-ineh pots, 8 to 4 tiers, 6Cc each or I6.0O per dos. 



Ocean Park Floral Co. 



E. J. VAWTER. Pre*. OCEAN PARK, CAL. 



M<>ntlon The ReTlew when yen write . 



Qraacaria Excelsa, 



From 2M-Inch pots, extra strons pi"' 

 with 2 and 3 tier, 6 to 8 inches high, 

 at fie per 100. 



Qraacaria Imbricafa, 



From 2-inch pots, 4 to 6 inches hixb. 

 910 per 100 and from 2^-incb pots 

 6 to 8 inches high. 918.60 per 100. 



r. LUDENSNN, 



3041 Baker Street, 



San Francisco, Cal. 



Mention The Rerlew when 70a write. 



100,000 EXTRA STRONG 



Asparagus 

 Plumostts Nanas 



2-incb, $3.50 per JOG. 



3-inch, $3.50 per 100; $30.00 per tOOO. 



Oaah. Bzpreas Prepaid; 

 aso at 1,000 Hate. 



CALIFORNIA CARNATION CO., LmiIs. Gil. 



M<>ntlf>n The Berlew when jaa write. 



REES & COMPERE 



Post OfTioe Addreae: 

 LONG BEACH, CAL., R. F. D. No. 1 



The Xiargeat Orowers of 



FREESIA BULBS 



in the United States. 



Specialties— Freesias, Grand DuchetsOxaliff 

 Bennuda Buttercup, Amaryllis Johnsonii and 

 Belladonna^ Gladioli, Ornithogaluin,Zcphyr- 

 anthes Rosea and Candida, Chlidanthtis 

 Fragrans, Hybrid Tigridias, Chinese Nar- 

 cissus, etc., etc. 



MPtitlon The Rerlew when yon write. 



SPARAGUS 

 PLUMOSUS NANUS. 



From flats, $1.75 per 100 ; $15 00 per 1000. 

 Strong 2-ln. plants, 2.00 '• 20.OO 



New Crop Shasta Daisy Seed, 



Trade packet.... 25c: l 02... $5.00; llb...$M.00. 

 Oharges prepaid. Terms cash or C. O. D. 



Loomis Floral Co., Loomls, Cal. 



Mention The ReTlew when yon write. 



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