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The Weekly Florists^Review^ 



OcTOBm 19, 1^05. 



PACIFIC COAST. 



PALMS FROM SEED. 



A Qop Requiring Patience* 



The growing of hardy palms from 

 aeed is one of the branches of our busi- 

 ness that is not followed by a great 

 portion of nurserymen, and yet to a per- 

 «on with patience enough it is lucrative. 

 It is at this season of the year we get 

 our best seeds. Palm seeds can be kept 

 for several years and still retain their 

 vitality if kept in a dry place, although 

 like everything else the fresh-picked 

 seeds will germinate much quicker. 



Two years ago 1 planted several thou- 

 flands of Brah^ edulis seeds that I had 

 kept about three years and they are at 

 this late date still slowly coming up 

 through the sand five years after they 

 wore picked from the tree. Ultder ordi- 

 nary circumstances three months is about 

 the usual time needied to get a good 

 showing of young plants when the seed 

 ia fresh. It usually takes about the 

 same length of time to get Brahea fila- 

 mentosa, Washingtonia robusta and 

 Phoenix Canariensis and P. tenuis to 

 show themselves; if it takes any longer 

 it may be depended on that the seeds 

 were not strictly fresh when planted. 

 Ohamserops excelsa takes from four to 

 six months and even longer and Chamse- 

 ropa humilis the same. Corypha Aus- 

 tralis and livistona Australis take from 

 six to nine months and Erythea armata 

 &nd Erythea edulis from six months to 

 one year. These are grown, of course, 

 without bottom heat of any kind. There 

 Are some other varieties of palms grown 

 here for outside ornamentation, but those 

 I have mentioned are hardy in the lati- 

 tude of San Francisco and are the most 

 popular kinds. 



The fa<;t that it takes a few years 

 to realize anything from the raising of 

 palms is the reason why more dealers do 

 not grow them, but the demand is good 

 and steadily increasing for good speci- 

 mens of any of the kinds I have noted. 



Both Chamaerops excelsa and C. humilis 

 are of slow growth and until six years 

 old make very little show. About this 

 time they begin to stretch upward and 

 if planted in a favorable situation in- 

 crease in size fairly rapidly. They are 

 the easiest of all the palm family to 

 transplant and stand considerable abuse. 

 Both Brahea filifera and Washingtonia 

 robusta will, in the open ground, make 

 nice specimens in about four years from 

 seed and after that are of very rapid 

 growth. They can be easily transplanted 

 if the leaves are cut off at any season 

 of the year and when so treated will 

 make a perfect crown again in a year's 

 time. It is impossible with these sorts 

 to save the foliage and it should in- 

 variably be removed. None of the ery- 

 theas transplant as easily, and E. armata, 

 being of extremely slow growth, must 

 be very carefully treated. E. edulis is 

 of somewhat faster growth and stands 

 shifting better. 



Phoenix Canariensis makes a salable 

 tree in from four to five years if planted 

 in the open. It is easily moved, provided 

 the weather is favorable, but should it 

 commence to wilt, the branches should 

 be entirely cut back to save it. P. ten- 

 nis is of much slower growth and does 

 not make a really showy specimen under 



Hahihah Hobart 



THE PRIDE OF CALIFORNIA. 

 THE GRANDEST OF PINK CARNATIONS. 



▲ shade deeper In color than Lawaon, blooma four to four and one-balf InctaeB acroai, full and 

 regular. Sterna looc and atrooR. Doea not buret tbe calyx. Growth free and eaay. A pro- 

 lific bloomer. Ita So vera wholesale for a higher price than any other carnation in the San 

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 Ordera for rooted outtinga booked now and filled In rotation beginning Jan. 1, 1906, at $3.00 

 per U; tlfi.OO per 100; $120.00 per 1000. 



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BULBS, PALMS, Etc. 



Axuaryllla Xippeastmm Hybrids, the 



finest strain grown, enormous large flowers of 

 splendid colors, mixed, strong flowering bulbs, 

 $4.50 per 12: $40.00 per 100. ' Per 100 

 Metroalderoa Florlbnnda (Bottle Brush), 

 extra strong, 3-in. pots, $2.50 per doz $20.00 



:Lataaia Borboaloa, 4-ln. pots, 4-5 leaves. 20.00 

 OoT]rpli» Australis, 4-ia. pots, 4-5 leaves. 20.00 

 Ohamserops Bxoslss, 6-in. pots, 4-5 Iv. .. 25.00 

 Cooos Bonnetl and Gooos Australis 



from 2-in. pots, $1.50 per doz 10.00 



RAMONA NURSERY, SHORE, CAl, 



eight years from seed. Corypha Aus- 

 tralis in this latitude is of slow growth 

 and not easy to transplant. Livistona 

 Chinensis is also of slow growth and, 

 like the preceding, shoald be handled 

 in tubs or boxes. 



It is, of course, safer to handle all 

 varieties of hardy palms in a like man- 

 ner and, were it not for the fact that 

 it is possible to obtain fully twice the 

 growth in the open ground, it would pay 

 to do so, but as palms are slow-growing 

 in any event, they cost too much to raise 

 in this way. When transplanted every 

 second year there is no danger in re- 

 dig^ing and replanting, but when a 

 palm of any of the kinds I have men- 

 tioned has been growing in one place 

 over that length of time, it is safer to 

 prune the foliage well, as this keeps the 

 trunk from being dried out too much in 

 case the stems and leaves begin to 

 shrivel. The chamserops are an exception 

 to this rule and I have transplanted 

 trees fifteen feet high that had been 

 standing in one situation for over twenty 

 years, with balls of earth only eighteen 

 inches in diameter and twenty-four 

 inches deep, without sacrificing any of 

 the foliage. G. 



VICTORIA, a c 



Variotn Comment 



A month's rain has desolated our gar- 

 dens. Asters are gone, also sweet peas, 

 and other hardy stuff is very shabby. 

 Flowers are consequently scarce, as the 

 florists here do not expect much demand 

 for indoor stock for some weeks yet. 



A. J. Woodward has a fine lot .of 

 Princess of Wales violets outdoors. 



The New Westminster fair held laat 

 week, this year obtained the Dominion 

 grant of $50,000. I expected to see a 

 good flower show in connection with it 

 but anything more hopeless it has never 

 been my lot to witness. According to 

 the regulations pot plants were on exhi- 

 bition ten days. They were in the dark- 

 est and draughtiest portion of the build- 

 ings. They were judged four days after 

 staging, when the flowers had dropped 

 from the plants and the foliage was 

 thick with dust. The luckless plant ex- 



20,000 SHASTA DAISIES 



Alaska, Callfomla and Westralla, for Fall, 1906, 

 and Spring, 1906, delivery, $1.00 per doz.; 17.00 per 

 100. Extra Helect seed, from largest and fullest 

 flowers only, of above, 1000 seeds, 12.00; oz., $7.00; 

 ready now. Improved Shasta Daisy, "'Shasta," 

 $3.60 per 100. All daisy plants are strong-, field 

 divisions, well-rooted. Select Shasta seed, 25c 

 for 1500; $8.50 per oz. 



Burbank's Hybrid Delphinium, ranges 

 from Uglitest to darkest blue, shading to prim- 

 rose, with white and dark centers. Flowers from 

 1 In. to 1% in. across. Trade pkt., 25c; oz.. $1.50. 

 Cash, please. 



Fred Grohe, McDonald Ave., Santa Rosa, Cal. 



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Calla Bulbs! 



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Paper White Narcissus 



Send for price list. 



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Ciioice California Seeds 



ABPABAOVBrHigh-Brade. ) 10.30 per 100 



PXilTKOBUfl ■{ absolutely fresh V 1.50 per 1000 



XAMVU [ and plomp. j 10.00 per 7000 



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An assortment of the beat varieties from vigor- 

 oos stock— should blossom in 4 months— >i os., 

 98.00. Cash, please. Money back if not satisfied. 



F. Gllman Taylor, Qlendalo, Cal. 



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Washington Navel 



OrangeTrees 



4 feet bigta, tlO.OO per doi.; t7B.0O per 100. 

 F. O. B. Santa Omz, Oal. Cash. 



A. MiniNG,.^:;.'!.. Santa Cruz, Cal. 



ALEX MANN, Jr. 



Importer and Dealer in 



Florists' Supplies 



AND CIT FLOWERS AT WHOLESALE 



1441 POLK STREET 

 Tel. East 641 SAN FRANCISCO 



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hibitors informed me thdt although the 

 time limit for staging was 10 a. m. the 

 benches for them were not erected until 

 10 p. m. On arriving with cut floveers, 

 four xlays after the pot plants were up, 

 the same delightful experience befell me. 

 No benches. We stood guard over our 

 exhibits, which were on the ground, 

 while the benches were put up. I then 

 discovered that according to the rules 

 they were to be judged twenty-four 

 hours later. Representation at head- 

 quarters produced prompt judges. I took 

 over an accepted exhibit of hardy herba- 

 ceous plants, not in the schedule, and 

 had to rustle lumber and a carpenter 



