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The Weekly Florists' Review* 



July &, 1006. 



PACIFIC COAST. 



Portland, Ore. — Clarence Wedge, the 

 nurseryman of Albert Lea, Minn., is here 

 with his bride, doing the exposition. 



SEATTLE, WASH. 



Various Jottings. 



The demand for flowers has been very 

 heavy for the past two weeks. High 

 school commencements cleaned up all 

 good stock and, would you believe it, 

 one of the sweet girl graduates carried 

 green carnations! The graduation of 

 hospital nurses was another big event, 

 ana funeral orders have been very 

 large. 



The outdoor roses are waning a little 

 but as all roses are hardy here, includ- 

 ing the teas, there is a good show of 

 flowers all the season. It seems to be a 

 fad and many compete to own the most 

 varieties of roses, a very nice thing for 

 the florists and nurserymen. 



Dahlias are now blooming profusely, 

 not the small divided tubers, with two 

 or three stalks you see in the east, but 

 great big clumps, four to six feet across, 

 that have been left outdoors for three 

 or four years. They are entirely hardy 

 here and do not need to be lifted and 

 stored over winter, except on low 

 ground, where they are liable to rot. 



The organization of a syn^cate to 

 grow cut flowers is the latest thing. 

 "What is known as the Prentice prop- 

 erty, a very rich ten-acre tract at South 

 Park, will probably be secured on 

 which to erect a very latTg^ range of 

 glass. The plans are yet not fully ma- 

 tured but the project will doubtless go 

 through. 



Carnations in the field are growing 

 nicely, several nice warm rains having 

 helped them. 



The weather is keeping up its sum- 

 mer record; daytime 75 degrees and 

 nights about 60 degrees. No sweating, 

 filling benches here. 



Mike Lewis has taken a position at 

 the Washington Floral Co. 



J. J. Bonnell has bought the glass for 

 two houses 20x100 and will erect them 

 during the summer. 



The Pacific Floral Co. has received 

 notice to vacate its store as a new 

 building is to be erected. They have 

 already leased a room in the new buila- 

 ing. 



J. G. Hopkins, the florist in the 

 Hinckley block, has been appointed 

 fruit inspector at a fat salary. A. B. 



SAN FRANCISCO. 



The Market. 



The weather has turned cold again 

 and it is having a good effect on flow- 

 ers in general. Carnations and roses 

 that generally at this season of the 

 year have poor color and weak stems, 

 are now in as fine form and substance 

 as though it were four months later. 

 Not that there is any demand to speak 

 of, but it enables the retailers to keep 

 up a good appearance with little effort. 

 Sweet peas are getting short of stem 

 in most places and it is between sea- 

 sons with them. The later pickings are 

 not being brought in yet. Gladioli are 

 in evidence everywhere and are good 



50,0OO FINE 



CALLA BULBS READY 



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



I'A inches diameter $4.00 per 100; $36.00 per 1000 



8 inches diameter 6.00 " 46 00 



2 >^ inches diameter... 6.0^ " 66.00 ** 



3 inches diameter 7.60 ** 70.00 



GET YOUR ORDER IN EARLY. 

 Freight prepaid at the above prices. 250 at 1000 rate. CASH. 



A. MiniNG, he'nV^It ■ Santa Cruz, Cal. 



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sellers, considering that they are a 

 cheap flower. They are indispensable 

 for window displays. Coreopsis, gaillar- 

 dias and cornflowers are handled in 

 large quantities by the hucksters and 

 variegated dahlias are being offered by 

 the growers in large lots. The small 

 white double variety is really the only 

 kind of much value to the florist and 

 they are used at present in large quan- 

 tities in funeral designs. Valley is in 

 short supply and also short demand and 

 the same can be said of longiflorum 

 lilies. 



Various Notes. 



J. T. Shepherd, of Oakland, has re- 

 tired from the florists' business. He 

 has disposed of his stock and fixtures 

 and will embark in a mining enterprise. 



F. de Surville has taken charge of 

 the I. W. Hellman's place on Lake 

 Tahoe. 



The chrysanthemum growers are hav- 

 ing extra favorable weather at present 

 for their outdoor stock, and, from indi- 

 cations, we will have a big supply of 

 this popular flower. 



The gardens at Sutro Heights are 

 now at their best and reflect great 

 credit on P. J. Murphy and his as- 

 sistants. 



E. W. McLellan has returned from his 

 trip through the northern part of the 

 state, where he had a very pleasant 

 outing for a few days. 



Mrs. Maria Becanne, wife of John 

 Becanne, the pioneer Alameda florist, 

 died on June 25 and was buried in St. 

 Mary's cemetery, Oakland, on June 28. 

 Mrs. Becanne was 53 years of age and 

 had resided in Alameda over thirty 

 years. G. 



A NEW PHARASITE. 



There arrived from Japan this week, 

 on the steamer Manchuria, a box of in- 

 sects consigned to the Department of 

 Agriculture in Massachusetts. For 

 some time past that portion of the 

 country has been troubled with cater- 

 pillars that have been doing much 

 damage to vegetation and the depart- 

 ment at Washington sent out inquiries 

 throughout the world for a parasite 

 that would exterminate this particular 

 moth and caterpillar. United States 

 Minister Griscom, of Tokio, has sent 

 such an insect and it is said to be sure 

 death to the so-called gypsy moth. 

 They are like ants in appearance, but 

 have four wings, with the aid of which 

 they hop around like fleas. They sting 



CHOICE CAUFORNIA SEEDS 



Burbank'B Improved Shasta Daisy, H ounce, 12 00 

 Carnation (hand hybridised ) 40 var. , H o ance, 3 00 

 Pansy, California Giants, mixed. H ounce, 2.00 

 Asparagrus Plumosus Nanus, plump and fresh, 

 30c per 100; tl.60 per 1000: 7000 for 110.00. 



Tou know the reputation California ^own seed 

 ' has for vitality. Cash, please. 



F. 6ILMAN TAYLQR, ^ Glendale, California. 



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Calla Bulbs I 



for August delivery. 



Paper White Narcissus 



for fall delivery. Send for price list. 



I I LUDcMANN) San rnmoiaoo. Cal. 



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gHRYSANTHEMUlHS 



Fine, Strong Plants, $2.00 per 100. 



Ohadwick, Golden Ghadwick, Robinson, Bon- 

 naSon. Morel. Intensity, Maud Dean, Shrimpton, 

 Monrovia. 



HAVT RDnCL S07 BlvenMe ire. 

 n V I I DKV9* ftpoKANK, WASH. 



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the caterpillars to death and, accord- 

 ing to Minister Griscom, their larvae, 

 which are eagerly consumed by cater- 

 pillars, hatch out inside of the cater- 

 pillars and destroy their consumers, so 

 that they work from both ends, as it 

 w-ere. 



But Alexander Craw, our horticul- 

 tural commissioner, claims that the par- 

 asites just imported from Japan are 

 about as dangerous to vegetation, if 

 left to themselves, as is the gypsy 

 moth, and the greatest precautions have 

 been taken to get them into this coun- 

 try and get them started toward Mas- 

 sachusetts without any of the insects 

 escaping, for if they should escape and 

 multiply here without having their 

 natural enemy to feed on they would 

 probably soon become a menace and 

 have to be looked after, as they in- 

 crease with amazing rapidity. It is 

 claimed that they will not stand tho 

 eastern climate when the weather be- 

 comes cold and that by that time they 

 will have finished their labors of rid- 

 ding the country of the gypsy moth. 

 G. 



THE JAPANESE QUESTION. 



Noting the article in regard to tie 

 Japanese competition on the coast, I 

 thought I would like to make a few re- 



