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The Weekly Florists^ Review^ 



JuNB 8. 1906. 



PACIFIC COAST. 



Spokane, "Wash. — Francis Koch, of 

 the East Koss Park Greenhouses, was run 

 down by a bicylist May 25 and sustained 

 a bad cut on the forehead. 



SAN FRANOSCO. 



The Market 



Business for Memorial day was very 

 quiet indeed until Saturday, when the 

 shipping orders began to make their ap- 

 pearance, but not in such quantities as 

 we have had in years past. I think it is 

 safe to say that they averaged one-third 

 less than we usually enjoyed at this time. 

 Otherwise business was about up to the 

 average and all day Sunday and Monday 

 we were kept busy with the local trade. 

 Flowers were abundant. Some of the 

 growers tried to inflate the prices of 

 sweet peas, but they only succeeded in 

 tacking on 25 cents par dozen bunches, so 

 that $1 per dozen bunches was the price 

 the retailers had to pay. The public 

 seemed to prefer this flower to anything 

 else and vast quantities were handled. 

 Eoses and carnations held out well and 

 there seemed to be enough to fill all or- 

 ders. Bride gladiolus sold well, also 

 calla lilies at 50 cents per dozen retail. 

 Other varieties of hardy stock were well 

 cleaned out and by Tuesday noon most 

 of the retailers were entirely sold out. 



School commencements are now in or- 

 der and for the next week we will have 

 plenty of demand for all kinds of good 

 stock. Funeral work is rather slack, 

 but there is some wedding decorating 

 doing. 



Various Notes. 



F. Pelicano has returned from his 

 southern trip, also John Vallance, of the 

 Cox Seed Go. 



W. J. Thomas has opened a store in 

 Tonopah, Nevada, under the name of 

 the Nevada Floral Parlor. 



W. P. Hammon, of Oroville, Cal., for 

 many years in the nursery business in 

 this vicinity, but now interested in min- 

 ing ventures, is in town. 



D. Raymond, of the Garden City Pot- 

 tery Works, San Jose, is in town. Mr. 

 Eaymond has recently returned from 

 Syracuse, N. Y., where he went to pay es- 

 pecial study to the flower pot industry. 

 He has promised to give this section of 

 the country the benefit of his new ideas. 



Demote Bros., of Elmhurst, intend to 

 build three large rose houses for the 

 coming season's business. They intend 

 to dispose of their Melrose nurseries. 



J. C. Vaughan, of Chicago, addressed 

 a meeting of the Pacific Coast Horticul- 

 tural Society on Saturday evening last. 

 Mr. Vaughan gave a very interesting talk 

 on general trade topics before a large 

 and enthusiastic gathering. The meeting 

 was also addressed by Professor Smith. 



It is with deep regret that we note 

 the death of M. Lynch, of Menlo Park, 

 who was buried at Holy Cross on Me- 

 morial day. Mr. Lynch 's demise was 

 quite sudden, although he had not been 

 in his usual robust health for several 

 months. Probably no grower was bet- 

 ter known on the coast than Mr. Lynch. 

 He had lived in the neighborhood of 

 Menlo Park for over twenty years and at 

 the time of his death was actively en- 

 gaged in business. As a plantsman he 

 had few equals and as a successful grow- 

 er of cut flowers his reputation was es- 

 tablished many years ago. His widow 



50,000 FINE 



CALLA BILBS READY 



The above bulbs are'free from disease and are true to measurement* 

 1}4 inches diameter. . . .$4.00 per 100; $36.00 per 1000 



8 inches diameter 5.00 ** 46 00 



2}4 inches diameter. . . 6.00 ** 66.00 " 



3 inches diameter 7.60 " 70.00 " 



GET YOUR ORDER IN EARLY. 

 Freight prepaid at the above prices. 250 at JOOO rate. CASH. 



A. MITTING, K>yN^^T. Santa Cmz, Cal. 



Mention 'Hie Review when you write. 



and family have the sympathy of the 

 entire florist craft in their bereavement. 

 E. Gill, of Oakland and West Berke- 

 ley, left San Francisco on the steamer 

 Alameda on Saturday last for an eight 

 months' trip around the world. He is 

 accompanied by his daughter Elizabeth, 

 a recent graduate of Stanford Uni- 

 versity. G. 



A LEMON DISEASE. 



In addition to the many plant and or- 

 chard pests that trouble California fruit 

 and plant growers, a new and dangerous 

 plant disease has arisen and the services 

 of Prof. R. E. Smith, assistant profes- 

 sor of plant pathology, have been en- 

 listed in an attempt to check it. Prof. 

 Smith announced this week that the gov- 

 ernment at Washington will co-operate 

 with the department here in an attempt 

 to wipe out the lemon brown rot, a dis- 

 ease which is threatening the destruction 

 of the entire lemon growing industry in 

 California. 



This brown rot constitutes a problem 

 for plant pathologists to study, its char- 

 acter differing radically from any para- 

 sitic growths known here. Its effects 

 thus far have been to partially paralyze 

 the lemon growing industry, nearly forty 

 per cent of the last year's crop having 

 been spoiled by it. The disease leaves 

 a brown mold on the surface of the fruit, 

 which eventually shrivels the lemon and 

 leaves it absolutely unfit for use. 



Three years ago the first sign of the 

 brown rot appeared in the lemon or- 

 chards of Southern California. It spread 

 and attacked nearly every orchard in that 

 portion of the state. It is a pest as far 

 as known that does not exist in other 

 countries and so constitutes a new prob- 

 lem for our experts to work on. Hun- 

 dreds of letters have been received from 

 southern growers asking the assistance 

 and praying that something will ba dis- 

 covered to afford relief in the near fu- 

 ture. G. 



PIPE JOINTS. 



I am building some greenhouses and 

 have some 4-inch cast-iron pipe 1 would 

 like to use for hot water. Is oakum a 

 good material with which to put them to- 

 gether, or is there anything bettfer? I 

 am using oakum and red lead. What 

 kind of paper is best to use between the 

 walls? J. J. C. 



The usual method of putting cast-iron 

 hot water pipe together is by means of 

 oakum and r?d lead mixed with pure 

 linseed oil. The oakum should be satu- 



FREESIAS 



Qrand Duchess Oxalis, Bermuda Butteicups, 

 Amaryllis Jobosooi and Belladonna, etc., now 

 dggini;. Can deliver in any quantities end of 



June and July. 



Rees & Compere 



p. O. Address: 

 B. F. D. Ho. 1, 

 Iiong' Beach, Cal. 



Mention The Review when you write. 



Calla Bulbs! 



for AuKUfit delivery. 



Paper White Narcissus 



for fall delivery. Send for price list. 

 li LUUlMANNi San Francisco, Cal. 



CAI.ZFOBNIA FZBX;D-0B0WH 



Freesia Bulbs. 



Per lOOO Per 1000 



H to %-lnch bulbs. $1.25 I }4 to %-inch bulbs, $8.85 

 ^ to M-ineb bulbs, 2.05 I Mammcth bulbs... 6.40 



Bulbs delivered, express pienaid. 



Rates on orders for over 5C00. 



H. N. GAGE, Burnett, Cal. 



rated with the lead and oil and the strands 

 well twisted in order that they will pack 

 together tightly. Bam the oakum in 

 tightly and keep adding ring after ring 

 until the joint is entirely fiUed. An- 

 other method of making the joints is by 

 using clean iron filings and a small quan- 

 tity of sal-ammoniac. A small amount of 

 oakum is first tamped in, after which the 

 joint is rammed full of the filings and 

 sal-ammoniac. This is known as a rust 

 joint and is difScult to remove or re- 

 pair. 



The best paper to use between . the 

 walls is a good grade of rosin-sized 

 building paper. Tarred paper is more 

 lasting but more expensive, and the use 

 of tar in any form in connection with 

 the greenhouse is objectionable. 



L. C. C. 



Bangor, Me. — C. L. Asmussen will 

 shortly erect a house 15x100 for lettuce 

 forcing. 



West Philadelphia, Pa. — Wilfred 

 Wilkinson will add two more houses to 

 his place this summer. 



Freeport, III. — John Bauscher, Jr., 

 offered green carnations for Decoration 

 day. He must have had his dates mixed. 



Louisville, Ky.— F. G. Schulz, son of 

 Jacob Schulz, and Miss Mary M. Spil- 

 lane, of Colorado Springs, Colo., were 

 married June 7. 



