JULY 20. 1903. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



477 



THE PRIDE OF 

 CALIFORNIA 



HANNAH HOBART 



The strand prize winner in competition with the latest and very 

 beat products in Carnations, east or west, for the last eight years. 



Mr. Jobn A. Balmer. of Glealum. WasblnKton, after his viait to our nurseries Id January, 1902. wrote an article for a trade paper in which 

 be aaid: "The Hannah Hobart is really a remarkable flower, never less than four inches, and frequently four and one-half inches across. 

 In color it is a shade deeper than Lawson. but the petal arrauKement is quite different, in this respect it most resembles tbe old Jubilee, but of 

 course tbe color Is different. I saw two large houses of it at Sievers', and tbe sight is one long to be remembered, hundreds of blooms and not a 

 poor one in tbe lot, and everyone the exact counterpart of the other, no burst calyxes, but every flower supported on a 24-inch stem, and stand- 

 inK up like soldiers. There is certainly no carnation of its color that can equal it." ' 



The above is a truthful statement of facts by a very competent gentleman, and if needing verification, tbe simple assertion that tbe flowers 

 of this magnificient variety of Uarnation have been sold wholesale as high as $1.50 per dozen, and none less than $1 per dozen up to date, should 

 be enough to convince anybody of its intrinsic value. (See Illustration of an average bloom in tbe Florists' Review, June 1. 19)5.) 



Tbe constant inquiry by everyone who has seen tbe plants in flower is: "When will the Hannali Hobart be for sal* ?" This led us 

 at last to the conclusion to distribute the same next year, and we are ready to book orders from now on for delivery beginning Jan. 1, 1906. 



Send your orders in early because they will be filled strictly in rotation. Price, 93.00 per 19; 915.00 per 100; $190.00 par lOOO. 



JOHN H. SIEVERS & CO., 1251 Chestnut St, San Francisco, Cal. 



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Calla Bulbs! 



for August delivery. 



Paper White Narcissus 



for fall delivery. Send for price list. 

 Fi LUDlMANN) San Francisco, Cal. 



for a few days that there was positively 

 no way to handle them and a great 

 many were unused, but the cooler weath- 

 er, together with the fact that many 

 carnation growers are now changing 

 their stock, makes a much shorter sup- 

 ply and I expect we will have a little 

 rise in price very soon. Outdoor stock 

 was also damaged somewhat by the 

 warm spell. Sweet peas suffered the 

 most and it has been almost impossible 

 to get any long-stemmed stock this 

 week. Dahlias, coreopsis and gladioli 

 are in good supply and considerable 

 quantities are being used to keep up ap- 

 pearances. Valley is scarce and in some 

 demand. Business is very fair consider- 

 ing the season. It is better than it was 

 at this time a year ago, with both the 

 stores and the growers. 



Variofis Notes. 



L. A. Bishop is in Washington on a 

 three weeks ' visit. 



H. Plath reports a good demand for 

 small ferns, both in thumb pots and 

 flats. 



John H. Sievers & Co. have booked 

 orders for many thousands of their 

 seedling carnation, Hannah Hobart. A 

 visit to their greenhouses and a glimpse 

 of several houses in full bloom at this 

 time is a sight long to be remembered. 



Peter Thiesen, of Golden Gate, is cut- 

 ting some fine Kaiserin. Sievers & Bo- 

 land handle most of his stock. 



The California Nursery Co., of Niles, 

 has a very large stock of field grown 

 roses to offer for the coming season. 

 G. 



TEMPC»ARY HOUSE. 



. I wish to heat a sash house 20x135, 

 sides eighteen inches high and boarded, 

 eight feet to ridge. The walks are dug 

 out and the beds are solid. I want to 

 use this house for spring and fall, say 

 up to January 1 for cyclamens, prim- 

 roses, ferns, etc., and from the middle of 

 March for bedding plants. I wish to 

 heat this house by steam to about 55 de- 

 grees at night in New Jersey climate. 

 How large a boiler is necessary and how 

 many runs of 1-inch pipe? The boiler 



50,000 FINE 



CALLA BILBS READY 



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

 1}^ inches diameter. . . .$4.00 per 100; $35.00 per 1000 



8 inches diameter 6.00 " 4600 *' 



2^ inches diameter. . . 6.00 *' 66.00 " 



8 inches diameter 7.60 " 70.00 ** 



GET YOUR ORDER IN EARLY. 

 Freight prepaid at the above prices* 250 at tOOO rate* CASH. 



A. MITTING, k^^k^It.. Santa Cruz, Cal. 



Mention The Reylew when you write. 



CALLA BULBS 



READY AUGUST 1st. 



J to JK in. diameter, $4.00 per 100; $30.00 per 1000 



\y2 \o2 in. diameter, 5.00 per 100; 40.00 per JOOO 



2 to 2y2 in. diameter, 6.00 per 100; 50.00 per 1000 



F. O. B. Niles, California. 



CALIFORNIA NURSERY CO., Niles, Cal. 



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FREESIAS 



BEABT FOB DEUVEBT— Fine stock in 

 any quantity, up to ^ incb. Grand DucheiiB 

 Oxalig, pink, wbite and lavender. Amaryllis 

 Jobnsonii and Belladona, Cblidanttius fragrans. 



RPEQ SL PnilPFDE p. O Address. R. D l. 

 nLLO Oil uUnrLllL) £onff Bsaoh, Oal. 



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will be below the level of the ground. 

 Kindly give arrangement of piping. 



W. S. H. 



You can heat your house satisfactorily 

 in the following manner: Secure a 

 boiler rated for 1,000 feet of radiation 

 and sink it in a pit so as to make re- 

 turns higher than top of the boiler if 

 possible. Provide a 2-inch flow pipe 

 under the ridge of the house, carryi)ig 

 same to the most distant end of the 



CHOICE CAUFORNIA SEEDS 



Gurbank's Improved Shasta Daisy, H ounce, 12 OO 

 Carnation (hand hybrldlzed)40 var., ^ oance, .HOO 

 Pansy, California Giants, mixed, jounce. 2 0O 

 Asparag'UH Plumosus NanuR. plump and (reah, 

 30c per 100; 11.60 per 1000; 7000 for 110.00. 



Tou know the reputation California grrown seed 

 baa for vitality. Cash, please. 



F. 6ILMAN TAYLOR, - Blendale, California. 



house, there to divide it, using two IVi:* 

 inch or 2-inch pipes to connect with a 

 manifold of five 1-inch pipes on each 

 side wall. These manifolds should have 

 a gentle slope toward the boiler unless 

 the slope of the house is sufficient to 

 insure a quick return of all condensed 

 water through the manifolds. 



Li. C. C. 



Smith's Chrysanthemum Manual sent 

 by the Eeview on receipt of 25c. 



