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672 



The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



SSPTBMBBB 22, 1904. 



PACIFIC COAST. 



An illustration and note on Calla 

 Elliottiana in California will be found 

 on another page of this issue. 



HANDLING LARGE PALMS. 



There are several reasons why it is 

 advisable for the nurseryman to have 

 a lot of good-sized palms in tubs or 

 boxes for retailing during the planting 

 season as well as for growing or for 

 large decorations. I have found that 

 the public generally does not object to 

 paying fully twenty per cent more for 

 a specimen palm planted in a box or 

 tub than for a tree just dug from the 

 ground. In the first place it makes the 

 plant look much larger and in the sec- 

 ond there is not so much danger in 

 transplanting. I have met many men 

 who called themselves gardeners but who 

 were unable to handle a spade with 

 skill enough to take a palm out of the 

 ground without killing it. 



And now a few words regarding the 

 beet season! and wayjs to transplant 

 palms. The best selling hardy sorts are 

 as follows: Phoenix Canariensis, Cha- 

 mserops excelsa and C. Napoliensis, 

 Brahea filamelbtosa, Washingtonia ro- 

 busta, Erythea edulis and Washingtonia 

 Bonorea. These varieties are all hardy 

 here. All the phoenix family are a little 

 difficult to transplant unless taken in the 

 early spring, just before their growing 

 season commences. It is unnecessary to 

 give them a large ball of earth and the 

 only thing to remember is to move them 

 into a shade house as soon as possible 

 after taking them up and I have found 

 it a good plan to tie up the foliage for 

 a month or so. I have taken plants 

 five feet high from the open ground that 

 were only four years old from seed and 

 put them in boxes each 8*8x12 inches 

 and retailed them at $7 to $10 each, and 

 to grow the same palm in a pot for the 

 same space of time would not give a 

 specimen over half that height. This is 

 where the advantage comes in hav- 

 ing them transplanted into boxes when 

 they are large enough to dispose of at 

 a good price. 



Any of the varieties of chamserops 

 grown here can be taken up at any 

 time and boxed with perfect safety, but 

 not so with washingtonias or braheas. 

 There is only one rule to follow in 

 transplanting them and that is to cut 

 off all the leaves except a center one 

 and put in a shade house in the early 

 spring. In this way I have handled 

 hundreds without losing any. To make 

 an effort to keep the foliage usually 

 results in the plant going back. This 

 rule will apply to all our native fan 

 palms. 



Certainly we handle a great quantity 

 of palms here that are taken from the 

 ground with balls of earth and sold in 

 that way, but there is always a risk in 

 handling them and I think it is more 

 satisfactory all around to box a few 

 hundred palms from the open ground 

 and keep them in boxes a few months 

 until they become salable. It does not 

 pay to raise a stock of palms by shift- 

 ing from one size to another as they 

 make such a headway in the open 

 ground that, if a little care is taken at 

 the proper season, there is no difficulty 

 in having salable plants on hand at all 

 times. G. 



SAN FRANCISCO. 



The Market. 



The very hot "weather of last week 

 has had the effect of cutting off the 

 aster supply and, as we are not yet 

 quite into the fullness of chrysanthe- 

 mum time, there is somewhat of a dearth 

 of flowers. The trade generally feels 

 sorry that asters are gone as they are a 

 most satisfactory flower. Chrysanthemums 

 come under the same heading and we 

 will all be glad when they are received 

 in quantity. Of course, I refer to those 

 grown outdoors, as we have had the hot- 

 house grown stock in market for several 

 weeks. But they do not make the 

 flower popular and it is only when the 

 masses of the people see them that they 

 displace everything else for the time 

 being. 



Carnations are scarce and roses have 

 hardly held their own during the recent 

 heated spell. Some late varieties of 

 amaryllis are seen. Sweet peas are get- 

 ting very short of stem and coreopsis, 

 gaillardias and marigolds have "gone 

 where the woodbine twineth. " 



Business, in comparison with that of 

 a year ago, is a trifle better and if the 

 cool weather returns, in a few weeks 

 more we will be well into the season 

 when the florists do not have to worry 

 as to whether they will be able to meet 

 expenses. 



Various Notes. 



Last Friday a meeting of the Cali- 

 fornia State Floral Society was held 

 and a very good collection of seasonable 

 •flowers was shown. E. Lich ten berg ex- 

 hibited about 200 different seedlings. 



On the same evening the Society Hor- 

 tensia of Oakland had a very good ex- 

 hibit of dahlias and other late blooming 

 annuals. There was a large attendance 

 from both sides of the bay. 



John McLaren, superintendent of 

 Golden Gate park, returned this week 

 from his European trip. O. 



NEW BEDFORD, MASS. 



The second annual fall exhibition of 

 the New Bedford Horticultural Society 

 was held in City Hall on September 

 15, 16 and 17 and was a pronounced 

 success in every way. The quality of ex- 

 hibits was much superior to that of a 



vear ago. tt xt •» 



' For best group of plants H. H. Bog- 

 ers, James Garthly, gardener, was first, 

 H. A. Jahn second and T. M. Stetson, 

 Wm. Keith, gardener, third. The last 

 named also secured three first premiums 

 in other plant classes. ^ , , ,. 



There was a grand display of dahlias, 

 numerous classes being devoted to them. 

 For sixty distinct varieties arranged for 

 effect, W. C. Winter won the silver cup 

 from five other contestants. E. H. Web- 

 er won the cup for thirty varieties. 

 Other sucessful dahlia exhibitors were 

 F L Tinkham, J. K. Alexander, W. D. 

 Hathaway, A. J. Fish, J. Sullivan, Wm 

 Keith, H. A. Jahn, E. I. Lawrence and 

 others. Some sixteen dahlia classes were 

 also devoted to amateurs, these being 

 well contested. Other seasonable flowers 

 and fruits also made a good display. 



F K Pierson Co. showed several 

 plants of the Tarrytown fern, which 

 were much admired. 



The executive committee in charge of 

 the exhibition were Wm. Keith, A. J. 

 Fish and H. A. Jahn. The judges were 

 T V M Farquhar and W. C. Winter. 

 J. j>. m. xa 4 ^^ N.Craig. 



Boston Ferns. 



Nice, clean stock, from 2Ji-lnch pots, $6.00 per 

 100 ; 8 inch pots. $8.00 per 100. 



Out from the bench, suitable for 4-lnch. 5-inch, 

 6-inch pots, at $15.00. $20.00 and $25.00 per 100. 



J^raucaria Excelsa, 



5-inch pots, 8 to 4 tiers, 60c each or $6.00 per doz. 



Ocean Park Floral Co. 



f.j.vAwiHi,p™..OCEAN PAilK, CAl. 



Montlon Th» B»t1«w when yon writ*. 



^aocaria Excelsa, 



^^^ From 2K-Inch pots, extra stronK planta. 

 With 2 and 8 tier, 6 to 8 inches bigb. 

 at 916 per 100. 



raocaria Imbricata, 



Prom 2-inch pots, 4 to 6 Inches hiifb, 

 $10 per 100 and from 2Ji-inch pots 

 6 to 8 inches high, tia.SO per 100. 



r. LUDENSNN, 



3041 Baker StrMt. 



San Franciscot Cal. 



Mmitloa Th« BTt<w whwt yoB write. 



100,000 STRONG 



Asparagus 

 Plttmostts Nanus 



2%-iDchf $2.00 per 100; $20.00 per 1000. 



3-inch, $3.50 per 100) $30.00 per 1000. 



Casli, Bxpresa Prepaid. 



CALirORNIA CARNATION CO. 



LOOHIS, CAIi. 



Mention The Review when yon write. 



SPARAGUS 

 PLUMOSUS NANUS. 



Stronif 2>^-ln. plants, $2 00 per 100 ; $20.00 per 1000. 

 Strong 3-in. plants. 3.50 '" 30.00 



New Crop Shasta Daisy Seed, 



Trade packet.... 25c: loz...$6.00: lib.. .$60.00. 

 Charges prepaid. Terms cash or 0. 0. D. 



Loomis Floral Co., Loomis, Gal. 



Mwitlon Tlj^ Rerl^w wta<>n Ton writ.. 



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Maktinsville, Ind.— Nixon H. Gano 

 has rebuilt the entire plant of the Mar- 

 tinsville Floral Co., moved the oflSce, dug 

 a flower cellar and walled it with con- 

 crete, dug and waterproofed a boiler 

 pit, etc. The place is now in nice shape. 



Philadfxphia, Pa.— Godfrey Asch- 

 mann has completed his two new Lord 

 & Burnham houses, and also has built 

 a new thirty-foot brick chimney. The 

 new houses are full of araucarias and 

 ficus, the other stock being spread out 

 to fill the space left vacant, for there 

 is always something coming on at this 

 place to fill any available room. A 

 third new house will be put up at once 

 for the azaleas soon to arrive. 



