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August 17, 1903. 



The Weekly Florists' Review. 



72J 



THE PRIDE or 

 CALIFORNIA 



HANNAH HOBART 



' The g^and prise winner in competition with the latest and very 

 best products in Carnations, east or w^est, lor the last eig^ht years. 



Mr. John A. Balmer. of Olealum. WasbinKtoa, after bis visit to our Durteries in January, 1902. wrote an article for a trade paper in wbicb 

 be said: "Tbe Hannab Hobart is really a remarkable flower, never less tban four incbes, and frequently four and one-balf inobes across. 

 In color it Is a sbade deeper tban Lawson, but the petal arrangement is quite different, in tbis respect it most resembles tbe old Jubilee, but of 

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

 poor one in tbe lot, and everyone the exact counterpart of tbe other, no burst calyxes, but every flower supported on a 21-incb stem, and stand- 

 ing up like soldiers. Tbere is certainly no carnation of its color that can equal it." 



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

 of tbis magnifleent variety of tarnation have been sold wholesale as high as 11.60 per dozen, and none less than $1 per dozen up to date, sbould 

 be enough to convince anybody of its intrinsic value. (See illustration of an average bloom in tbe Florists' Review, June 1. 1905.) 



The constant inquiry by everyone who has seen the plants in flower is: "When will the Hannah Hobart be for sale ?" 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. Prio«, 93.00 par IS; 91B-00 per lOO; 9180.0O per lOOO. 



JOHN H. SIEVERS & CO., i25r Chestnut St, San rrancisco, Cal. 



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Barbee, of Ocean View, San Francisco, 

 who is one of the largest shippers of Cal- 

 ifornia violets to the Seattle market. 



A. B. 



GLEN COVE, N. Y. 



Nassau Cotinty Horticultural Society. 



The regular monthly meeting of this 

 society was held August 2 at the Glen 

 Cove Greenhouses. The attendance was 

 again large. President Harrison occupied 

 the chair. The chief business was the 

 further organization of a flower show to 

 he held in Glen Cove. The dates fixed 

 for such were November 1 and 2. It 

 is to be hoped that this, the society's 

 first show, will be a success. Compe- 

 tition is open to all comers, so all are 

 lieartily invited. Already two hand- 

 some cups and other substantial prizes 

 have been promised, but more will be 

 heard of at a subsequent date. 



The exhibits this month were chiefly 

 fruits. President Harrison came for- 

 ward with a melon, a hybrid of his own 

 raising. It is one of good size and 

 shape, red fleshed and of excellent 

 flavor. Such was the verdict after the 

 slicing. 



Mr. Halloway brought some fine ap- 

 ples and a tempting bunch of black 

 hothouse grapes. The variety was Ma- 

 dresfield Court and the berries showed 

 no signs whatever of splitting. Split- 

 ting seems common to this grand va- 

 riety, but without doubt Mr. Halloway 

 knows the way to success with it. Nat- 

 urally this bunch had to be sampled, as 

 all declared that melons and grapes go 

 well together. 



Mr.' Rickarda, of Stumpp & Walter 

 Co., put up a prize of $3 for next meet- 

 ing's best exhibit. 



John F. Johnston. 



CONVOLVULUS MAURITANIOUS. 



Notwithstanding that Nicholson 

 thought this beautiful prostrate twin- 

 ing plant worthy of a full page colored 

 plate in his Dictionary of Gardening, 

 there is reason to fear that it is fall- 

 ing out of cultivation, and yet forty 

 and less years ago it was much em- 

 ployed as an edging to vases and large 

 stone baskets, etc., where its slender 

 stems bearing bright silvery blue blos- 

 soms could hang d'^wn over the sides 

 in graceful festoons. It was associated 

 with thimbergias, maurandia, lophos- 

 pennum and kindred subjects, and also 

 with prostrate foliage plants. It is 



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F. O. B. Niles, California. 



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too good and useful a subject to be al- 

 lowed to fall away into almost utter 

 neglect. It is not very fastidious as to 

 soil; what is generally recommended 

 for it is a light sandy earth and a 

 sunny position, laut it will flourish and 

 bloom freely in a stiff soil in some posi- 

 tions. This convolvulus is generally 

 propagated by means of cuttings; it also 

 can be raised from seeds. I am won- 

 dering if there is on record any in- 

 stance of variation in the type being 

 found among seedling plants. — Horticul- 

 tural Advertis' r. 



ARENARIA MARITIMA. 



It is a pity that this charming plant 

 is not more generally grown ; like the 

 sandworts generally, it is of very low 

 habit of growth, the branching, slender 

 foliage rising but a few inches above 

 the soil, over which it spreads freely 

 from a central rootstock. It is very 

 floriferous, the whole plant being cov- 

 ered with pure white blossoms about as 

 large as a shilling, forming a sheet of 

 snowy purity for weeks in succession. 

 It is perfectly hardy, and thriv^ in or- 

 dinary garden soil in the full sun, flow- 

 ering from April onwards, and whether 

 in patches, in beds, on the flat, or on 

 rocky slopes forms one of the most at- 

 tractive plants of its kind we know of. 

 — Gardeners' Magazine. 



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 soond bulbs, ready for immediate delivery. 



Also Grand Duchess Oxalis, grrandfflora, pink, 

 white and lavender in any amount. We are the 

 California growers. 



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Asparagus PI. Nanus 



strong, 8-in., S25.00 per 1000. FreiKbt prepaid. 

 Cash. Calla Bulbs all sold. 



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 I Rill I inDf SANTA CRUZ, CAL. 



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Calla Bulbs! 



for present delivery. 



Paper White Narcissus 



for fall delivery. Send for price list. 



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CHOICE CAUFORNIA SEEDS 



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

 Carnation (hand hybrldlzed)40var., jounce, 3 00 

 Pansy, California Giants, mixed jounce, 2 00 

 Asparagus Plumosus Nanus, plump and fresh, 



30c per 100; $1 50 per lUOO; 7000 for 110.00. 

 You know tbe reputation California »rown seed 



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