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906 



The Weekly Florists' Review. 



Mabch P, 1905. 



PACIFIC COAST. 



PELARGONIUMS. 



I would like to find out through the 

 Eevibw how many varieties of pelargo- 

 niums there are at the present time. I 

 already have a collection of ninety-one 

 varieties. Frank Stevens 



Coyote, Cal. 



BULB STOCK NOT PAYING. 



Several of our largest growers of har- 

 dy bulbs have made the remark to me 

 that there is no longer any money in 

 growing bulbous flowers for market in 

 this locality. I have visited, in the last 

 ±ew weeks, several of the largest bulb 

 fields in the neighborhood of San Fran- 

 cisco and from the prices that I find 

 the growers are receiving for their stock 

 there is certainly very little to be made 

 at present. There are a good many 

 acres devoted to the culture of narcissi 

 and daffodils and the crops should be 

 remunerative. Paper White narcissus is 

 the only sort grown in quantity and the 

 price has not been pood this season. The 

 growers have received an average of 

 about $7.50 per thousand blooms and 

 there has been some diflScultv in dispos- 

 ing of them even at that price. 



Of course the bulbs do not need much 

 attention otherwise than giving them a 

 small amount of hoeing during the sea- 

 son and transplanting them every four 

 or five years. Several growers watered 

 their bulbs in July and kept them 

 growing during August and September 

 by the same means and had a good crop 

 of flowers in October and November. 

 These paid very well and were easy to 

 dispose of, but when the bulbs are al- 

 lowed to flower at this season, after the 

 natural rainfall, thev do not begin to 

 bloom freely until December or Janu- 

 ary. This being an unusually mild winter 

 there was no scarcity of flowers of any 

 kind and white narcissi went begging. 

 Several growers have created quite a 

 market for them in our interior and 

 northern towns and considerable of the 

 surplus has been used in this way. 



With yellow flowered daffodils the 

 price, except for extra early varieties, 

 has also been poor this season, partially 

 because of the extra mild winter and 

 partly because of over production. Doub- 

 le varieties did not pay to pick this sea- 

 son and Trumpet Major at no time dur- 

 ing the crop brought over $5 per thous- 

 and. Princeps, which is really a much 

 better sort, has sold wholesale as high 

 as $10 ner thousand and Sir Watkin, 

 the variety now in full blast, has aver- 

 aged about the same price. The only 

 varieties from which money has been 

 made, as near as I can find out. and 

 one that does well here, is Ard Righ. 

 These were forced into flower without 

 any trouble early in December. This 

 particular grower sold his entire lot at 

 $5 per hundred, with demand for many 

 more than he had. Emperor comes very 

 late in some localities and is better than 

 the early blooming varieties on that ac- 

 count. Golden Spur is also to be com- 

 mended for the same reason. 



The increase in bulbous stock is so 

 large the past few years that the florists 

 cannot handle them when the conditions 

 are favorable for blooming, such as they 

 have been this winter. With jonquils I 

 have not found a grower who handles 



200.000 Carnations. "& '""'' 



Per 1000 Per 100 Per 1000 



110.00 Prea. HcKinley 91.40 tl2JS0 



10.00 a.H.Orane UIO 10.00 



10.00 Americft LOO • U.OO 



10.00 Harlowarden 1.40 12.60 



12.60 Prosperity... 1.40 12.60 



M.00 Armuindr LOO 10.00 



10.00 ViolaAUen 1.20 11.00 



10.00 Gaiety 1.20 U.OO 



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

 1000 rate. Express prepaid at above prices. Oasb or 0. 0. D. witta priTilege of examining. 



Per 100 



Queen Louise $1.00 



Flora Hill 1.00 



OoT. Welcott 1.00 



Ohieot 1.20 



Mrs. Ttaos. Lawson 1.40 



Enchantress 850 



Mrs.Joost 1.00 



Success. 1.00 



Loomis Floral Company, 



LOOM IS, 

 CAL. 



Mention The Reylew when yon write. 



Carnation Cuttings 



NOW READY. 



Per 100 Per 1000 



Queen Louise, white $1.00 $8.00 



Flora HiU, white 1.00 8.00 



Gov. Wolcott, white 1.00 8.00 



White Oloud, white 1.00 8.00 



Per 100 Per 1000 



Lawson, pink $1.00 $10.00 



Mrs. Joost, pink 1.00 8.00 



America, scarlet 1.00 8.00 



Prosperity, variegated 1.00 10.00 



Unreotsd Cuttlags at one-half prisa off Rootod Cattinga. 



Express prepaid at above prices. Cash or 0. O. D. with 

 privilege of examining at express office. 



100,000 PAVST P&AVTS AT fS.OO PBB lOOO. 



LOOMIS CARNATION CO. Lock Box 115, Loomis, Cal. 



Mention The Review when you write. 



them at all although several years ago it 

 was possible to dispose of the blooms. 

 Yellow varieties of narcissi did not pay 

 for picking either and a good many 

 growers have plowed their bulbs up. 



G. 



SAN FRANCISCO. 



Tlie Market 



Warm nights and an abundance of 

 sunshine have brought in a greater pro- 

 fusion of flowers than we generally have 

 at this season of the year. Flowers of 

 all kinds and especially those that do 

 not come under the head of fancy stock, 

 can be had at very low prices. Carna- 

 tions are selling at $1..50 per hundred 

 for the smaller flowered varieties and 

 from that price up to $4 per hundred 

 for fancy stock. Roses are more plen- 

 tiful and the prices are good for long- 

 stemmed stock, but for other grades they 

 do not average over $1 to $1.50 per 

 hundred. Valley is plentiful and is sell- 

 ing at $4 per hundred. Hyacinths and 

 Romans are out of season and a few 

 L. Harrisii are offered. Fruit blossoms 

 are now much in evidence in the stores 

 and quantities are handled by the side- 

 walk merchants also. Violets, owing to 

 the warm spell, give evidence that their 

 season is drawing to a close. They can 

 be bought now at from $2 to $4 per hun- 

 dred bunches. Wild maidenhair has al- 

 most taken the place of the cultivated 

 variety. 



Various Notes. 



Mrs. Pouyal, one of San Francisco's 

 pioneer florists, and mother of J. Pouyal, 

 the well known Polk street dealer, is ill 

 at the French hospital. 



The Holland Nursery Co., Elmhurst, is 

 contemplating extensive improvements in 

 the nursery and forcing equipment for 

 the coming season. 



A Ghrand New Rose, Climbing^ 



CAROLINE TESTOUT 



Field-grown, strong, 8 to 4 feet high, 80c each; 

 $8.00 per 12; $25.00 per 100. Also Climbing 



Cecil Brunner 



Field-grown, strong, 8 to 4 feet high, 15c each; 

 $1.50 per 12: $12.00 per 100. 



Araucaria Excelsa 



From 2K-lnch pots, extra strong plants, with 2 

 and 3 tiers, 6 to 8 Inches high, at $16 per 100. 



F. LUDEMANN, 



3041 Baker St.» San Francisco, Cal. 



200,000 " 



YOUNG ROSES 



POR THE TRADE. 



Large assortment, H. P.. H. T., Tea, etc. All 

 propagated from wood taken from plants grow- 

 ing In the field. Figure this out for yourself— 

 whether better than forced stuff. Stock hard 

 and safely shipped anywhere. Send for oar low 

 prices and let us tell you what we have. 



California Rose Co., Los Angeies, Cal. 



Mention The RctIbw when yon write. 



ASP. PLUMOSUS NANUS SEED 



In quantities to suit. $2.25 per 1000. 

 March delivery. 



REES&COMPERE 



F. O. Addxeis : 

 X.OHO BBACK, CA:L., B. S. Vo. 1. 



Mention The ReTlew when you write. 



The Shanahan Floral Co. is the only 

 dealer left in their block on Powell 

 street. Both the other stores in their 

 vicinity have discontinued business. 



Ferrari Bros, have a very large stock 

 of young carnation plants on hand. They 



