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AUGUST 3, 1905. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



567 



in the Pajaro valley, 100 miles south, 

 there are large areas devoted to beans 

 and sugar beets. Then in Lompoc val- 

 ley, 300 miles south, is a very fertile dis- 

 trict devoted to large areas of beans 

 and commercial mustard. 



Then farther south, 400 miles from 

 San Francisco, is Santa Barbara and 

 San Buena Ventura counties, where near- 

 ly the world's supply of lima beans is 

 grown, but little else in the seedsmen's 

 line. Still farther south, near Los An- 

 geles and 500 miles south of San Fran- 

 cisco, there is some general seed grow- 

 ing and some lima bean growing. 



Then north of San Francisco, about 

 200 miles up the coast, is Humboldt 

 county, where fine garden peas have 

 been grown for many years. This section 

 is reached by ocean steamer or by a 

 long stage ride and is difficult to visit. 

 The experimental grounds of Luther 

 Burbank are near Santa Eosa, about 

 seventy-five miles north of San Fran- 

 cisco, in the Santa Kosa valley. The 

 pea growing at Humboldt and Mr. Bur- 

 bank 's grounds are practically the only 

 seed growing sections north of San 

 Francisco. 



There are large areas devoted to 

 watermelon growing in San Joaquin 

 county near Stockton, west of San Fran- 

 cisco about a hundred miles. Here 

 melons are grown on a very extensive 

 scale and shipped to all parts of the 

 coast. While some seed is saved by some 

 of the market growers, there is no regu- 

 lar vine-seed grower in the district, nor 

 elsewhere in California. There is an 

 immense area of fine soil in this sec- 

 tion and also great tracts of very fertile 

 soil for many miles about Stockton and 

 Sacramento, but the climate is usually 

 very warm in summer and represents 

 what we term the interior districts. Most 

 seed crops do better where the sea 

 breezes keep the climate cool and mod- 

 erate throughout the summer. 



There are very large areas of re- 

 claimed tule lands in and about the 

 Sacramento and San Joaquin rivers, 

 about midway between San Francisco 

 and Sacramento and Stockton. These 

 islands are peat lands and are extremely 

 fertile, but are only protected by very 

 high levees, and are always subject to 

 overflow. An unusual inundation of a 

 number of the largest islands in the 

 spring of 1904 destroyed some seed crops 

 and since that time practically all the 

 seed growers have left these islands com- 

 pletely. A few years ago no less than 

 1,500 acres on Grand Island, Andrus 

 Island, Tyler Island and otheB points 

 were devoted to seed crops, such as on- 

 ion, radish, carrot, etc. 



While for nearly thirty years, Cali- 

 fornia has been a factor in seed grow- 

 ing, the staple articles have usually been 

 represented by onion and lettuce in the 

 vegetable line, and in flower seeds by 

 sweet peas. The list, however, has ex- 

 panded very widely and, excepting 

 sweet corn and melons, practically every- 

 thing in the seed list is grown in Cali- 

 fornia. Not that we produce any con- 

 siderable supply of such items as cab- 

 bage, cauliflower, turnip or vine seeds, 

 but they can be and will be grown here 

 more or less in the future. 



Most of the seed growing is on low, 

 wet lands, well drained, and while some 

 irrigating is done, the crops are gener- 

 ally dependent on rainfall. The plant- 

 ing begins early, usually in November 

 and continues until about March 1. 

 Onion bulbs are usually all set out and 



Dyed and Natural 



Season 1906-1906 



IMMORTELLES 



HERMITTE, LEMOYNE & CO. 



Dealers and Dyers of Immortelles at Ollioules, (Var), France 



inform their customers that by reason of the abundant crop of this year 

 they are able to offer Immortelles, dyed and natural, in first choice, at 

 prices much lower than those of last year. Samples and price list will be 

 sent free on application. Telegraphic address, Lemoyne, Ollioules. 



Mention The Kevlew wuen you write. __^__^^^^___ 



HENRY MBHE 



QUEDUIIBUR6, GERMANY 



Qrower ul bporter ofCholee 



BsBt, Vegetable «* Flower Seed 



PANSIES 



Mette's "Triumph of the Giants," 



the most perfect and most beautiful Id the 

 world, $5.00 per oz., $1.50 per X oz.; 75c 

 per 1-160Z. Postage paid. CmIi with Order. 



Mention The RcTlew when yon write. 



XJLBOS8T STOCK OF AUi 



BELGIAN PLANTS! 



Asaleas, Araucariaa, Sw^eet Bays, 

 Palma, Becfonias, Gloxinias, etc. 



LOUIS VAN HOUTTE PERE 



GHENT, Beldam. 



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DOSES 



M.^^ Tariatlcs. nald-sri 



Vovsltlea 

 Forolnsr 



and 

 Bedding' 

 l-STTOwn, 

 ■tronff and healthy. 



PETER LAMBERT, Trier, Germany. 



Mention The KMvlew when von wite 



covered before January 1 and the seed 

 for the next crop of bulbs is sown in 

 January. While the mornings are cold 

 at times during the winter, the ther- 

 mometer rarely registers below 28 de- 

 grees, and planting is done throughout 

 the winter, much as it is done in spring 

 in colder countriM. 



The soil selected for seed is of sev- 

 eral characters, the larger part of it 

 being heavy, black adobe. Light sandy 

 loam and stiff loams are also used for 

 certain crops, but no gravelly or rocky 

 lands or clay soils. Very few of the 

 present seed farms have occupied their 

 present situations for more than ten 

 years and most of them for a less period. 

 No fertilizer is used, or has been since 

 it has proven cheaper to move to new 

 locations than to continue a long time 

 on one place and restore the exhausted 

 soils with the aid of fertilizers. The 

 long, dry summers and large proportions 

 of sunshine help, in a large measure, to 

 keep the soil in full strength. The long 

 summers, usually free from rain after 

 the middle of May until November 1, 

 afford perfect ripening and harvesting 

 conditions. 



The curing, threshing and preliminary 

 cleaning of seed crops is all done out- 

 doors, on the land where the crops have 

 grown. The only buildings required on 

 a seed farm for the seed are rough clean- 



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/>%//>■ A ^jritl WeiKelt'8 Gigantic 

 ■ fl lA^t- ^ Bloomed culturei. 



V. ■ ^l-rmiTli-l^ unexcelled in form 



and fertility. NEW CROP WARRANTED. 

 4001, brlUant piok-carmlDe: 4002, Klowins 

 red: 4008, deep-dark red, 40C4, brillant pink; 

 4006, anew wbite: 4006. lilac colored; 4007, 

 white witb eye. Each sbade, 100 seeds, 40c; 

 1000 seeds, tS 60; 10,000 seeds, $25.00. Splen- 

 did miztare of above kinds: 100 seeds, 80c; 

 1000 seeds, $2.50; 10.000 seeds, t23.76. 



EZKXBZTXOV FXiOWESS 

 No 605— Harvested exclusively from select, 

 finely fringed elite flowers, brilliantly shaded, 

 the best cyclamen of the world, 1 pkg., 25c: 

 100 seeds. S1.00: 1000 seeds. $8 79. 

 BAX^MONEUM 

 6016— Novelty of the Hr6t rank: salmon- 

 pink to scarlet, considerably improved by us, 

 100 seeds. $1.00: 1000 seeds. $8.75. 

 BOCOCO 

 NEW ! Produces blooms of up to 4 Inches 

 in diameter. The best novelty out: compet- 

 ing in color eflects wItb orchids. 100 seeds, 

 $1.76; 1000 seeds. $16.00. 



SVOWrXAKBS 

 NEW ! Glossy like silk and pure white. 

 The blooms are of gigantic size, coverinc 

 the plant during the blooming season like big 

 snowflakea. Best kind for wreaths. 100 

 seeds, $1.00; 1000 seeds $8.75. 

 To givm out Oyolamen a trial is to 

 beoonie onr steady onstomer. 

 Cataloffues firee to any address. 



. WEI6ELT & CO., Erfurt, Germany 



^ Specialists In Beed Onltnres. 



The Tottenham Nurseries Ltd. 



(EstabUshed in 1872.) 

 Managing Director, A. M. C. VAN DER E! ST. 



Dedemsvaart, Holland. 



Headquarters for Hardy Perennials, among 

 which are the latest and choicest. 13 acres 

 devoted for growing this line including Anemo- 

 ne, Aster, Campanula. Delphinium. Funkias, 

 Hemerocallis. Uepatica, IncarviUea. Iris, 

 Peonies, Phlox decussata and suflruticosa. 

 Primula. Pyrethrum, Tritoma, Hardy Heath, 

 Hardy Ferns. Also 6 acres of Daffodils, 12 acres 

 of Conifers, specially young choice varieties to 

 be grown on; 3 acres Rhododendrons, including 

 the best American and Alpine varieties : 2 acres 

 Hydrangeas. We make it a point to grow all 

 the latest novelties in these lines. Ask for catalog. 



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ing houses and storage rooms. This is 

 in marked contrast to the seed farms 

 in Germany, where practically all of 

 the crops are cured under cover, requir- 

 ing very large and costly buildings for 

 this purpose. The samples of California- 

 grown seeds are usually bright and well- 

 filled and of high vitality, all largely 

 due to the cool but dry weather during 

 harvest time. The opportunities for 

 keeping all varieties free from mixture 

 are superior also, since a crop need not 

 be moved from the place where it has 

 been grown until it is threshed and 

 chaffed and put in bags with its proper 

 tag and label. 



The crops are usually cut in the morn- 

 ings on account of the dew, which is 

 most always heavy. As soon as cut, 

 such seeds as shell easily are carried 

 to white cotton drying sheets and spread 

 out and left from two to three days to 

 as many weeks, or until perfectly dry 

 and thoroughly cured. The han-est sea- 



