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The Weekly Florists' Review* 



Fkbruahy 16, 1905. 



PACIFIC COAST. 



A CALIFORNIA GARDEN. 



The accompanying reproduction from 

 a photograpli gives a January view in 

 the garden of a California residence. The 

 tree in front of the corner of the house 

 is INIagnolia grandiflora. To the right 

 are seen several rose bushes in bloom. 

 The little girl is standing in front of 

 a clump of Eulalia zebrina. In the up- 

 per left hand corner of the picture is 

 seen a part of a huge Acacia nollissima, 

 with a height and spread of thirty-five 

 feiet. It was covered with millions of 

 yellow blo(>soms at the time the photo 

 was taken, but unfortunately they do 

 not show in the picture. To the right of 

 the acacia, near the house, is a fine speci- 

 men of Pittosporum nigricans. 



EVERGREENS RECOMMENDED. 



The California promotion committee 

 has sent out an open letter urging that 

 trees and plants whose leaves remain 

 green throughout the winter be planted 

 in California for ornamental and shade 

 purposes. Such trees are the best evi- 

 dence of California's climate and at- 

 tract and impress visitors from the 

 frozen east. Few eastern people realize 

 that the climate in California is not 

 determined by the distance north or 

 south but by the distance east and west. 

 What is known to the weather ])ureau 

 as the ' ' orange growing thermal belt ' ' 

 extends from San Diego county on the 

 fiouth almost to the base of Mt. Shasta 

 on the north, a distance of about 700 

 miles. In this belt the mean annual 

 temperature is between 60 and 70 de- 

 grees. Trees and plants of semi-tropic 

 nature can and ou2ht to be grown with- 

 in this belt. 



The committee also recommend the 

 planting of non-deciduous trees for or- 

 namental and shade purposes in prefer- 

 ence to deciduous trees. There is noth 

 ing which so pleases and impresses the 

 visitor from the east as to find every- 

 thing green in California and the leaves 



covering the trees in the middle of 

 winter. Trees like elms and maples, 

 while higJily -ornamental, look particu- 

 ^ larly dreary and out of place here 

 among so much verdure and often leave 

 a doubt in the visitor's mind as to 

 whether we do not have occasionally 

 heavy snows. 



There is a vast area in California 

 where evergreen plants and trees can 

 be grown with success and regions pos- 

 sessing the requirements should make 

 the most of their advantages. What can 

 be more pleasing to our eastern visitors 

 than to come into a California town 

 and find the trees in midwinter bor- 

 dering the avenues all in green foliage 

 while the lawns of our residences show 

 groups of palms, bananas, giant ferns 

 and other semi-tropical shrubs? Such 

 a prospect is worth thousands of dol- 

 lars to any city, for the growing of 

 non-deciduous trees and plants such 

 as I have mentioned is the best adver- 

 tisement for its climate that we can 

 have. 



The committee also recommends that 

 in localities where deciduous trees have 

 been planted largely for ornamental 

 purposes, it would be well to replace 

 them as soon as practicable with ever- 

 green trees. The committee also urges 

 all improvement clubs and development 

 organizations and planters generally in 

 such localities as I have mentioned to 

 take this matter up and give it all pos- 

 sible support and publicity. 



It is of the greatest importance to 

 the trade generally that an effort be 

 made to supply the demand which will 

 soon be created owing to the change 

 of opinion with a majoritv of the tree 

 planting public which has occurred in 

 the last year or two. Such growers 

 as are makinfir a specialtv of the class 

 of stock I have mentioned are bound 

 to have good sale for well grown ever- 

 greens for many years to come. G. 



SAN FRANCISCO. 



The Market 



Within the last few days we have 

 had a return of our usual California 



weather and plenty of warm sunshine 

 promises a gOodly supply of flower? 

 in the near future. Daffodils, although 

 the popular flower at this season of 

 the year, are in almost unlimited sup- 

 ply and the price has fallen to $1 per 

 hundred. There is absolutely no sale 

 for the double varieties and the grow- 

 ers are not picking them. Narcissi are 

 getting scarcer and Paper Whites now 

 bring the same price as the daffodils. 

 Violets are received in enormous quan- 

 tities daily and are really the best 

 selling flower handled by the trade at 

 present. They cost the retailers about 

 $5 per hundred bunches. Koses are 

 scarcer than last week and carnations 

 somewhat easier, with a lower tendency 

 in price. In about two weeks, if the 

 present warm weather continues, there 

 will be a great slump in both the prices 

 of roses and carnations. Mums are en- 

 tirely gone. Valley is very plentiful 

 and Roman hvacinths are scarcer. Green 

 stuff of all kinds is very plentiful ex- 

 cent maidenhair fern, and except the 

 wild variety there are little really good 

 terns in market. Wild flowers have 

 commenced to make their appearance 

 and we will have quantities of them 

 for the next two months. Lilium longi- 

 florum is a good seller and the growers 

 easily dispose of them at $1.50 per 

 dozen stems. Huckleberrv and other 

 kinds of native growths are assuming a 

 much brighter color and texture since 

 the advent of warm weather. 



Various Notes. 



F. Ebel, of Sacramento, was in town 

 this week. 



Several daffodil growers are going 

 to plow up their bulbs and plant other 

 stock this season. The low price of 

 the flowers is the cause. 



Frank Pelicano reports a heavy 

 funeral trade during the month of Jan- 

 uary. Mr. Pelicano carries one of the 

 finest assortments of cut flowers in 

 San Francisco. G. 



PORTLAND, ORE. 



A short period of inactivity followed 

 the advent of the new year but busineBS 



A California Garden in January. 



