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The Weekly Florists^ Review^ 



December 22, 1904. 



PACIFIC COAST. 



AID FOR HORTICULTURE. 



Judge W. W. Morrow, one of the 

 trustees of the Carnegie Institute at 

 Washington, has been successful in hav- 

 ing a considerable allotment of money 

 made by that institution to Luther Bur- 

 bank, often spoken of as the California 

 "wizard of horticulture," so that he 

 may be enabled to carry on for a period 

 of years his valuable experiments which 

 have made both him and his neighbor- 

 hood world famous. Mr. Burbank has 

 at the present time several dozen entirely 

 new creations in the field of floriculture, 

 as well as several hybrid grasses that he 

 will soon give to the public. 



Mr. Burbank was for many years in 

 the general nursery business at Santa 

 Rosa and began his experiments in the 

 breeding of plants as early as 1875. Al- 

 though very successful in a commercial 

 way, after some years Mr. Burbank gave 

 up the business of growing and selling 

 recognized varieties and devoted himself 

 exclusively to the originating of new 

 varieties of fruits, flowers, vegetables and 

 grasses and his success has brought him 

 world wide fame as the greatest of the 

 present experimental horticulturists. 



Mr. Burbank 's main nursery is at Se- 

 bastopol, Cal., and consists of about ten 

 acres. He has a branch place in Lyon's 

 Valley, Lake county, where he has many 

 thousands of bulbs and lilies, both native 

 and acclimated, and from which he has 

 crossed several widely differing varieties, 

 with considerable success. One of the 

 recent additions to the field of valuable 

 plants is the thornless cactus. This plant, 

 it is claimed, will eliminate many of 

 the terrors of the Colorado and Mojave 

 deserts, where it will grow luxuriantly 

 It can be used for food, both by man and 

 beast. 



Mr. Burbank is probably beet known 

 by his connection with ten varieties of 

 Japanese plums, which he brought out in 



1888, and which are now catalogued 

 throughout the world. In 1893 appeared 

 the giant prune, hybrid walnut and a 

 new quince. These were followed by many 



other fruits, roses, cannas, hybridized 

 native flowers, the Shasta daisy and Mr. 

 Burbank says he has many more to come 

 wjiich will be given to the public, some 

 of them in the very near future. G. 



SAN FRANOSCO. 



The Market 



It is now within a few days of Christ- 

 mas and I have never seen such an abun- 

 dance of flowers at this time of the year, 

 nor have we ever had such a continued 

 spell of warm, bright weather. We have 

 only had about half a dozen nights cold 

 enough to show frost, and heliotropes, 

 fuchsias and other soft stuff are still in 

 -full-bloom out ia the open ground. As 

 a consequence flowers of all kinds are 

 very plentiful and can be had at almost 

 any price. The demand is only fair for 

 the general varieties, although there has 

 been considerable call for white roses and 

 carnations, owing to several spurts in 

 the line of funeral work. Mums are plen- 

 tiful, both those grown indoors and out 

 and from present indications there will 

 be plenty until after the holidays. All 



Rooted Carnation Cutting 



..NOW READY.. 



These low prices good only up to December 25. 



WaZTB: Per 100 



Queen Louise 91.00 



Flora Hill 1.00 



Alba 1.40 



Gov. Wolcott 100 



Norway 1.00 



Lillian Pond 1.40 



Chicot 1.20 



PXVK: 



Mrs. Tbos. Lawson 1.40 



EncbantreBS 850 



Mrs. JooBt 1.00 



8ucceR8 . 1.00 



Mermaid 1.00 



Cre»8brook 1.00 



Pres. McKlnley 1.40 



Mrs. Tbeo. Rooseyelt 1.40 



80ABLBT: 



G H. Orane . 



America '... 



•1.00 

 . 1.00 



Per 1000 



$10.00 

 10.00 

 12.50 

 10.00 

 10.00 

 12.60 

 10 00 



12.50 

 80.00 

 10.00 

 10.00 

 10.00 

 10.00 

 12.50 

 12 50 



$10.00 

 10.00 



SOABILBT: Per 100 Per 1000 



P. Palmer $100 $1000 



EBtelle 1.40 12.50 



J. H. Manley l.SO 15.00 



Apollo 1.60 1600 



OBZlCBOB'i 



Harlowarden 1.40 12.60 



Gov. Roosevelt 1.20 10.00 



7B&I.OW: 



Golden Beauty 1.40 



Eldorado 1.00 



VABZBQATBD: 



Prosperity ..: 1.40 



Marshall Field 1.40 



Stella 1.40 



Armazindy 1.00 



Viola Allen 1.20 



Gaiety 1.20 



12.60 

 10.00 



12.60 

 12.50 

 12.50 

 10.00 

 11.00 

 11.00 



Special prices on large lots. Unrooted pips at half price of above. 25 at 100 rate. 250 at 

 1000 rate. Express prepaid at above prices. Cash or 0. O. D. with privilege of examining. 



Loomis Floral Company, 



LOOM IS, 

 CAL. 



Mention The ReTlew when yon write. 



the growers are wishing for a few cold 

 nights to shorten the supply of outdoor 

 stock and stiffen prices, but as I write 

 the prospects are for a continuance of 

 warm weather. 



Various Notes. 



The mistake of E. C. Thurber, a deal- 

 er in greenhouse glass, cost him $299.45, 

 according to a judgment rendered this 

 week by Judge Hall. Through a mis- 

 take in calculation Thurber contracted to 

 sell glass to P. McDonell, the well known 

 carnation grower, of Alden, at $1.45 per 

 box. According to the market price he 

 should have charged $2.87 a .box. He re- 

 fused to keep to the contract and Mc- 

 Lonell then purchased 300 boxes of glass 

 from another firm at $3 a box. Thurber 

 brought suit against McDonell to reform 

 the contract, but judgment was rendered 

 against him. On the cross complaint 

 McDonell was given judgment for 

 the difference between the price he paid 

 for the glass and the price at which Thur- 

 ber agreed to furnish it. 



A visit to the greenhouses of H. Potet, 

 on Courtland avenue and San Bruno road, 

 shows that the cut of roses for Christmas 

 will be an extra large one. The stock is in 

 good shape throughout and everything 

 shows the results from up-to-date forcing. 



James Nivens, late of the Thermal 

 Vale Nursery, has opened a plant depot 

 on San Pablo avenue, Oakland, 



H. M. Sanborn, of Oakland, has built 

 a large addition to his Fourteenth street 

 store to accommodate his increased busi- 

 ness. 



The California State Floral Society 

 held a very enthusiastic meeting at Cen- 

 tral hall, December 9. Professor Emory 

 E. Smith was in charge. Balph E. Smith 

 of the Horticultural Experiment Station 

 at Berkeley, gave an instructive address 

 on "Diseases Affecting Flowering 

 Plants. ' ' 



P. C. Meyer, of Burlingame, is con- 

 templating an addition of several more 



houses to his plant during the coming 

 season. G. 



HORTICULTURAL SOC3ETY. 



The Pacific Coast Horticultural Society 

 of San Francisco held its complimentary 

 chrysanthemum exhibition recently at 

 Afission Opera Hall. Menlo Park and 

 Burlingame growers easily carried off the 

 honors of the show and incidentally the 

 principal premiums offered. Mr. Meyer, 

 of Menlo, received first prize for best 

 twenty-four blooms, but was so closely 

 pressed by Wm. Kettlewell, of San Ma- 

 teo, that a special prize was recom- 

 mended by the judges for the latter. 

 Wm. Eldred, of Burlingame, took the 

 premium for best outdoor grown bloom 

 with an immense Timothy Eaton. A 

 splendid vase of Wm. Duckham, shown 

 by Mr. Meyer, attracted much attention. 

 L. Fenton showed a vase of very promis- 

 ing seedling carnations, for which he re- 

 ceived the society's certificate of merit. 



A pleasing incident was the presenta- 

 tion by the society of a handsome wato'^ 

 charm to the retiring president, H. 

 Plath, who has served ti»e society in f 

 chair in such a satisfactory manner that 

 his retirement is regretted by all. The 

 charm is of gold and on the inverse side 

 a golden poppy (eschscholtzia) is enam- 

 eled. The presentation address was de- 

 livered in an able manner by Vice-Presi- 

 dent Wm. Eldred, and the response was 

 appropriate and in the best vein of the 

 pleased recipient. During the evening 

 the entertainment committee served re- 

 freshments with a liberal hand, while 

 in an adjoining hall the Bociety's or^ 

 chestra discoursed dance music for the 

 members and their many friends. 



On the evening of November 19 Prof. 

 Schneider, the eminent scientific bota- 

 nist of the State University, at Berkeley, 

 delivered a lecture before this society on 

 hybridization. The subject was treated 

 from a scientific standpoint and the lec- 

 turer was given the closest attention. 



