974 



The Weekly Piorists' Review. 



UCl-OBBB 6, 1904. 



Elsewhere in this issue will be found 

 an illustrated note on the E. J. Vawter 

 carnation fields at Ocean Park, Cal. 



HANDLING BULBS. 



As a rule the people who buy assort- 

 ments of hardy flowering bulbs trom our 

 florists and nurserymen do not suc- 

 ceed in keeping them over in good flower- 

 ing condition longer than the first sea- 

 son. As this is the time of the year in 

 which to plant bulbs for spring flowers 

 a few words of advice to retailers 

 might not be amiss. Every florist has had 

 plenty of experience with customers who 

 come around each season and complain 

 that the daffodils and hyacinths they 

 bought have entirely disappeared from 

 the ground and they will have to pur- 

 chase the same lot over again if they 

 want any flowers. Very often they dig 

 up the remains of the bulbs, now reduced 

 to about one-quarter of their natural 

 size, and want to know what is the rea- 

 son that they cannot keep their bulbous 

 plants 80 they will have a succession of 

 flowers yearly. 



These people almost invariably plant 

 their narcissi, tulips, daffodils or hya- 

 cinths in the vicinity of other garden 

 plants. As we do not have summer rains 

 in California and it is necessary to arti- 

 ficially water flowering plants and shrubs 

 continuously through the dry season, the 

 bulbs get too much water. They, more 

 than almost any other garden flower, 

 must have a good resting spell if well 

 ripened, plump bulbs are to be had for 

 replanting for another year. Even un- 

 der these unnatural conditions hyacinths 

 and tulips make an eftort to flower the 

 second year but after that they only 

 show a few green leaves that generally 

 disappear entirely after the third season. 



If the public would learn to plant bulbs 

 of almost every variety in beds by them- 

 selves and give them no water at all, 

 but instead, give the soil a good spading 

 after they are through blooming, there 

 would be no trouble in preserving each 

 variety. 



I have grown as fine daffodil, tulip, 

 hyacinth and narcissus bulbs as any I 

 have seen imported without giving them 

 a drop of water in the summer or fall. 

 I transplant hyacinths and tulips every 

 three years and daffodils and narcissi 

 every four years. It is very beneficial 

 to dig between the rows once or twice 

 a season, as this does not allow the 

 ground to dry out as quickly as it would 

 otherwise. 



With gladioli, callas, irises and snow- 

 drops it makes very little difference 

 where they are planted, as they want 

 some moisture uuYing their flowering 

 season, which is much later than that of 

 the others I have mentioned. With ra- 

 nunculus, anemones, jonquils and crocus, 

 water must also be used very sparingly 

 as the bulbs will disappear completely. 



G. 



SAN FRANCISCO. 



The Market 



During the past week the greater por- 

 tion of the Pacific coast has had an un- 

 precedented deluge for the month of 

 September. About five inches of rain 



100,000 Carnation Rooted Cuttiogs 



NOW READY. 



Per 100 Per 1(00 



La wsoD, pink .fl.OO $10.00 



Mra. Joost, pink 1.00 10.00 



Queen Louise, white 1-00 10.00 



Wolcott. white 1.00 10.00 



G. H.Crane, scarlet 1.00 10.00 



Estelle. Bcarlet 100 10.00 



Prosperity, fancy 1.00 10.00 



Per 100 Per 1000 



Golden Beauty, yellow $1.00 $10.00 



Harlowarden, crimson 1.00 10.00 



Norway, white 1.00 10.00 



White Cloud, white 1.00 10.00 



Flora Hill white 1.00 10.00 



Oenevieve Lord, light pink . . . 1.00 lO.OO 



Viola Allen, variegated 1.00 10.00 



CASH or C. 0. D., with privilege of examining. 



Express prepaid at above prices. 



California Carnation Co., Loomis, Cal. 



Mention The Review when yon write. 



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tell in three days. Many thousands of 

 dollars damage has been done to the 

 fruit and seed growers and the farmers 

 as well. From reports I hear from the 

 chrysanthemum growers they suffered 

 very little loss as the flowers are not 

 yet opened enough to spoil under a 

 heavy rain. The asters are entirely gone 

 and sweet peas with them. Carnations 

 are not plentiful and roses are between 

 seasons. We are waiting patiently for 

 outdoor mums to become cheap for then 

 the troubles of the florist to get stock 

 enough are over for a few months. Al- 

 though business has been only fair for 

 the past two weeks it has been quite a 

 task to keep our windows well filled since 

 the aster season is over. We hav© 

 plenty of indoor mums, however, quite 

 up to the standard in size and color. Val- 

 ley is plentiful and sells wholesale at 

 60 cents per dozen. Lilium album and 

 rubrum are about over. 



Various Notes. 



I called on several of the larger grow- 

 ers in the neighborhood of Fruitvale dur- 

 ing the past week and found that the 

 majority have finished changing the 

 stock in their greenhouses. There are 

 but few rose growers in that section but 

 some of the finest carnations marketed 

 here are from there. The growers are 

 planting largely to Estelle and Lawson. 

 The stock generally looks very well. The 

 three large houses of A. Galloway are 

 especially worthy of mention. Mr. Gal- 

 loway grows nothing but carnations. 



E. Gill, the Oakland florist, is on a 

 three weeks' trip to Oregon and Wash- 

 ington. 



The Cox Seed Co. has a very large 

 and varied assortment of new varieties 

 of dahlias in bloom on their grounds at 

 Glen Echo. 



Miss Charlotte Williams, the decorator, 

 has had a busy month. She reports sev- 

 eral large decorations for October. 



D. Greuttner, the Vallejo florist and 

 nurseryman, was in town this week. 



John Youn^T, of the Dwight Way nur- 

 series, Berkeley, is cutting large quan- 

 tities of Brides and Maids. He has twen- 

 ty houses planted to roses and his stock 

 is in excellent condition. G. 



Pr.EASE discontinue, ipy^-advertisement 

 of peonies as the plants are all sold; 

 the Bkview is 0. K. — Harvey B. Snow, 

 Camden, N. Y. 



"Let the Review come right along; 

 there is a dollar's worth for me in many 

 an issue." — J. E. Johnston, Springdale, 

 Conn. 



Toronto. Ont.— J. H. Palin states 

 that he intends to go out of business. 



Qraocaria Excelsa, 



From 2K-inph pots, extra strong plantl. 

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



at 9X6 per 100. 



Qraacaria Imbricata, 



From 2-lncb pots, 4 to 6 inches bigb, 

 910 per 100 and from 2}^incb pots 

 6 to 8 inches high, 912.60 per 100. 



F. LUDENSNN, 



3041 Baker Btroet. 



San Francisco, Cal. 



Mention The Berlew when you write. 



^ostoo Ferns 



Nice, clean stock, from 2>{-inch pots. 

 tS.OO per 100: 8-incb pots. 98.00 per 100. 

 Out from the bench, suitable for 4incb, 6-incta. 

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



Araucaria Excelsa, 



5-in. pots. 8 to 4 tiers. SOc each or $5.00 perdoz. 



Ocean Park Floral Co. 



' President. ' UCBdll PdrK) u3li 



Mention The Review when yon write. 



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SPARAGUS 

 PLUMOSUS NANUS. 



Strong 2>i-in. plants, $2.00 per 100; $20.00 per 1000. 

 Strong 8-in. plants, 3.50 " 30.00 



New Crop Shasta Daisy Seed, 



Trade packet.... 25c: loz...$5.00; 1 lb.. .$60.00. 

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



Loomis Floral Co., Loomls, Cal. 



Mention Tlie R«Tlew wh«ii jron wnt«. 



REES&COMPERE 



POST or KICK ADDBKS8: 



liONO BEACH, CAL., B. F. D. No. 1. 



S^'J^Jjr FRtESIA BULBS -%. «. 



SPKCiALTiES— Freeslas. Grand Duchess Oxalls, 

 Bermuda Buttercup, Amaryllis Johnsonil and 

 Belladonna. Gladioli. Ornlthog-alum, Zephyran- 

 thes Rosea and Candida, Chlldanthus Fragrans, 

 Hybrid Tlgridlas, Chinese Narcissus, etc., etc. 

 Mention The Review when yon write. 



EocKFORD, III. — Edward Dempsey & 

 Co. are getting ready for a busy season 

 at the W. S. Hizer plant, which they re- 

 cently purchased. A house 20x150 feet 

 is being built and a new boiler will short- 

 ly be installed. 



