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The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



November 17, 1904. 



Visited Philadelphia: Jas. Coniont, 

 representing James Carter, Dunnett & 

 Beal, London, England. 



A TOUR AMONG CALIFORNIA 

 SEED GROWERS. 



As we leave Santa Clara on our trip 

 northward, the next point of interest is 

 Palo Alto, where D. L. Sloan & Son 

 showed some fine fields of onion seed and 

 lettuce. This firm confines its efforts 

 more particularly to these two crops, al- 

 though it operates more or less along all 

 th«; lines of the Santa Clara growers. 

 Mr. Sloan lives quite near the Leland 

 Stanford University and after seeing 

 his seed fields he kindly drove us over to 

 and through the grounds of this noted 

 educational institution. His kno ft ledge 

 of the place made the side trip very en- 

 joyable. 



On the way from Palo Alto to San 

 I'Vancisco, Menlo Park, when called by 

 the trainmen, brought recollections of a 

 Sunset Seed & Plant Co. that had made 

 Menlo Park a familiar word to a seeds- 

 man. The place is beautiful enough for 

 the home of any sort of a seed or plant 

 business, either at sunrise or sunset, and 

 there was a regret that the companv was 

 no longer there. 



Coming into San Francisco the numer- 

 ous short windmills distributed among 

 plats of vegetables growing on Jf^dges 

 like steps or stairs look peculiar enough, 

 but the produce that is taken from these 

 queerly situated gardens, both in qualitv 

 and quantity, would satisfy any market 

 gardener. The windmills are a necessity 

 to pump water for irrigating for the 

 crops and the ledges upon which the veg- 

 etables are grown are so situated as to 

 make the irrigating process easy and ef- 

 ficient. Some time could be spent tn 

 good advantage in this part of San Fran- 

 cisco, for any one interested in the mar- 

 ket garden branch of the trade. The 

 hanging gardens of Babylon may have 

 looked something like these. 



At San Francisco two days were spent 

 with the seed dealers. E. J. Boven's 

 business and warehouse was interesting 

 from the fact of long establishment and 

 because of the kindly personality of its 

 head. E. J. Bowen was alive and in his 

 oflSce at the time of this trip. At 'I rum- 

 bull & Beebe's store Mr. Beebe did the 

 honors. They have a nice store and 

 do a good business. The Cox Seed Co. 

 has a fine location, a nice store and offices 

 and a commodious warehouse. In atldi- 

 tion to their wholesale and seed gi owing 

 interests they have a good retail trade. 

 The other seed stores are creditable to 

 the town. 



As seed growers the Cox Seed Co. oper- 

 ates largely in the vicinity of Stockton, 

 which is "up the river," with the 

 difference of being down the river as 

 well. The river branches at a etrtain 

 point, one branch going up to Sacra- 

 mento and the other going down to 

 Stockton and beyond. Most of the San- 

 ta Clara growers operate on the Sacra- 

 mento branch, which is the proper "up 

 the river" locality as understood bv 

 them. The Cox Seed Co. has also arrow- 

 ing crops at points other than In the 

 Stockton vicinity and do an extensive 

 business in this line. 



The trip up the river was with Ben. 

 Morse, representing C. C. Morse &- Co. 

 At the dock we met Charles Parker, who 

 was also going up. The sail through tbe 

 bay was enjoyable and as we neared the 

 place where the San Joaquin and Saern 

 mento rivers meet the scenery was n- 



D. Landreth Seed Company 



BLOOMSDALE SEED FARM 



BRISTOL, PA. 



WHOLESALE ORDERS SOLICITED 



SEED GROWERS 



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Sweet, Field and Pop Gem, Cucumber, Melon and Squash Seed 



We have a Snrplns to offer. Be kind euong'h to ask 

 for SaMPIiSS and PJUCES before Placing' Orders. 



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LEONARD SEED €0. 



WHOLESALE SEED GROWERS 



ONION SETS 

 79 and 81 East Kinzie Street, CHICAGO 



Mention The ReTlew when yon write. 



Burpee's Seeds Grow 



niarkable, owing to the half submerged 

 islands that lay apparently in all direc- 

 tions. Some of these islands, it was 

 stated, had formerly contained valuable 

 fruit and produce ranches and that a 

 great deal of money had been used and 

 was still being used in the eflfort to re- 

 claim them. The steamer we were on 

 took the Sacramento river which runs 

 east and north. To one who had never 

 before seen low lands surrounded hy 

 levee banks, the view, as the river nar- 

 rowed, looked strange indeed. Tho toI)^ 

 of the fruit trees that were growing on 

 both sides seemed just level with the 

 water in the river, and at landing places, 

 from the upper deck of the boat we 

 looked down upon the fruits on the top- 

 most branches. One could not but think 

 of the disaster that a break in the levee 

 would cause. 



The steamer pushed along, making a 

 number of stops before reaching Isleton 

 where Mr. Morse and writer got oflf. 

 Mr. Parker remained on board, going to 

 Walnut Grove, or some other place near 

 to his up the river plantings. Wliat i' 

 terest Isleton has for the visiting seeds- 

 man will be told next week. 



SEED NOVELTIES. 



Kohler & Eudel. Windischleuba-Alten- 

 burg, Germany, will send out a consider- 

 able number of novelties for 1905. Chief 

 among them is a red perennial sunflower, 

 the result of crossing Echinacea hybrida 

 and Helianthus multiflorus. The plant 

 and flowers attain great size. If sown 



LONG ISLAND CABBAGE SEED 

 AMERICAN CAULIFLOWER SEED 



And other Special Seed Stocks. 



Francis Brill - Grower, 



Hempstead, L I., New York. 



Mention The Review when yon write. 



WATERMELON SEED firanflo^J??: 



strictly bigh-class, at reaBonable prices, 



ASK FOR LIST. 



D. H. GILBERT. MONTICKLLO. FI^A, 



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FOR SALE. 



400 electrotypes for a complete seed and plant 

 cataloKue; also fruit and sbrub cuts. Make me 

 an oflfer; don't apply unless you want the lot. H. 

 W. Koerner, Station B. R. 6 Milwaukee. Wis. 

 Mention Ttie Rpvlew when yon write. 



early in a frame or greenhouse the plants 

 bloom the first season but they do not 

 attain perfection until the second year. 

 The flowers are described as excellent for 

 cutting for decorative purposes. Another 

 welcome thing is a sky-blue form of Prim- 

 ula obconica. Primula Cashmiriana 

 grandiflora is what the name indicates. 

 Erigeron speciosus grandiflorus hybridus 

 has a wide range of color and a consid- 

 erable variety in form. Campanula per- 

 i-icifolia Pfitzeri has largo double or semi- 

 double blue flowers. Other new things are 

 Viola comuta Kommerzienrat Kohler, As- 

 ter hybridus, White Queen and Aster 

 Amellus grandiflorus variegatus. 



