December 21, 1905. 



The Weekly Florists' Review* 



337 



great rapidity at good prices. The rates 

 have not been advanced to any extent as 

 yet and probabilities are that there will 

 not be anything extraordinary in that 

 line. Some poinsettias have been re- 

 ceived from the south and many more are 

 expected in the next few days. Valley 

 and hyacinths are offered in fair quanti- 

 ties. Violets, although the weather is 

 not of the best, are being brought into 

 town in sufficient numbers to fill require- 

 ments. Narcissi and daffodils are scarce. 

 Other kinds of stock will about be up to 

 the standard of former years. Greens of 

 all kinds and smilax are being used lav- 

 ishly around town in decorations and it 

 is safe to predict business will be up to 

 expectations next week. 



Various Notes. 



E. H. Bust, of South Pasadena, and F. 

 H. Howard, of Los Angeles, are in town. 



J. G. Lewis, for many years with 

 Gill's Floral Depot, Oakland, was united 

 in marriage with Miss Mary Piexotto, 

 of Haywards, on December 16. 



The city of Oakland has passed an 

 ordinance taxing florists $5 per quarter. 



E. J. Wickson, of Berkeley, has de- 

 parted to southern California in the in- 

 terest of the horticultural department 

 of the State University. 



E. Hoffman, of San Jose, is in townw 

 Mr. Hoffman will shortly begin planting 

 the new plaza for the town of Palo Alto. 



Sievers & Boland are in line with a 

 fine stock of poinsettias for the holiday 

 trade. 



Several local dealers have imported 

 large specimen kentias from the Storrs 

 & Harrison Co., of Painesville, O. The 

 stock arrived in excellent condition. 



R. D. Thomas has gone on a six weeks ' 

 eastern trip. He will visit Chicago and 

 New York. G. 



PROPAGATING ROSES. 



The season for making rose cuttings 

 is here and, although the weather con- 

 tinues dry, there is no trouble to be ap- 

 prehended if the stems are kept heeled 

 in the ground. The stock plants are 

 about as dormant at the present time as 

 it is possible for them to be and, although 

 it will be impossible to plant cuttings 

 in the open until we have sufficient natu- 

 ral moisture, it is a good plan to have 

 them made, tied in bundles of 100 each 

 and partially covered in sand under a 

 lattice frame. By so doing there is a 

 great saving of time in planting. Some 

 growers do not make cuttings until the 

 ground has been sufficiently moistened to 

 properly plant, and in many cases by this 

 time the stock plants have commenced to 

 make a new growth of wood and their 

 work is in vain. 



Cuttings that are made at this time 

 can be kept in sand easily for two 

 months, if they are not too much crowd- 

 ed, and will callous very evenly if the 

 wood is sufficiently ripe. This also is 

 a great point in their favor, as it is 

 much easier to start a growth from a 

 well heeled cutting than from one that 

 lias just been removed from a stock 

 plant. 



Regarding the growing of the various 

 varieties of roses on their own roots, I 

 might say that in the largest rose nurs- 

 eries, only the stronger growing sorts are 

 uow handled in this manner. Some hy- 

 Dna teas, climbers and teas grow so 

 easily that it is much less trouble to 

 get a plant this way than any other, but 

 lor the weaker-growing roses, and they 

 turmsh by far the largest percentage of 



Rooted Carnation Cuttings 



Ready 

 to Ship 

 at Once 



Hannah Hobart, 1906, Sievers. Per Per 



the largest and finest pink 100 1000 



carnation in existence $15.00 $120.00 



Robert Craig, 1906, scarlet, the 



finest scarlet to date 12.00 100.00 



La wson, variegated 7..50 (iO.OO 



Lawson, red .5.00 40.00 



Lawson, white SM .30.00 



Lawson, pink 1.40 12.50 



Enchantress, shell pink 1.70 1,5.00 



Harlo warden, best crimson 1.70 J5.00 



Estelle, scarlet 1.70 15.00 



Prosperity, white splashed pink 1.40 12. .50 



Mrs. Joost, light pink. . . 



G. Lord, light pink 



Success, light pink 



Mermaid, salmon pink.. 



Argyll', pink 



Wolcott, white 



Flora Hill, white 



Queen Louise, white 



Armazindy, variegated. 



Eldorado, yellow 



Mrs. P. Palmer, big red. 

 America, light red 



Pe 



r 100 

 $1.20 

 1.20 

 1.20 

 1.20 

 1.20 

 1.20 

 1.20 

 1.20 

 1.20 

 1.20 

 1.20 

 1.20 



Per 1000 

 $10.00 

 10.00 

 10.00 

 10.00 

 10.00 

 10.00 

 10.00 

 10.00 

 10.00 

 10.00 

 IO.OO 

 10.00 



The above are warranted true to name. Unrooted cuttings half price of rooted cuttings. 

 25 at 100 rate: 250 at 1000 rate. Express prepaid at above prices, or will ship C. O. D.— privil- 

 ege of examining. If not satisfactory return at our expense, at once. We allow 5 per cent 

 for cash with order. Large orders estimated. 



CALIFORNIA CARNATION CO., Lock Box 103, LOOMIS, CAL 



Mention The Reylew when yon write. 



Hannah Hobart 



THE PRIDE OF CALIFORNIA. 

 THE GRANDEST OF PINK CARNATIONS. 



A shade deeper In color than Lawson. blooms four to four and one-half inches across, full and 

 regular. Stems long and strong. Does not burst the calyx. Growth free and easy. A pro- 

 lific bloomer. Its flowers wholesale for a higher price than any other carnation in the San 

 Francisco market. (See illustration and full description in Florists' Review of June 8, 1905.) 

 Orders for rooted cuttings booked now and filled in rotation beginning Jan. 1, 1906, at $3.00 

 per 12; $15.00 per 100; $120.00 per 1000. 



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



ROSES 



Field-grown, low budded, 2-year-old, over 200 

 best varieties. Send for wholesale price list. 



F. LUDEMANN 

 3041 Baker St., San Francisco, Cal. 



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ASPARAGUS PLUMOSUS NANUS 



I am pleased to say that after Jan. 1 I'll have 

 A FRESH LOT OF VERY FINE SEED, 

 vigorous and true to name which I can sell at 

 $1.70 per 1000; 6000 for $10.00. Cash with order. 



r. GILMAN TAYLOR SEED CO. 



OIiEirDAX.E, OAJm. 



Mention The Review when you write. 



the popular kinds, there is no comparison 

 in the differences between the two meth- 

 ods. 



It is a very difficult proposition, even 

 under the most favorable circumstances, 

 to successfully root over a small portion 

 of the cuttings planted out and with the 

 poorer growing kinds a second or third 

 size plant is usually produced at the end 

 of the first year. The same varieties 

 budded will make a stem two or three 

 feet high in the same length of time, 

 with only the extra trouble of the bud- 

 ding in the summer time. 



Roses like heavy soil. I think it is 

 safe to say this rule applies to all va- 

 rieties. The drainage should be good 

 and the ground kept well worked. This 

 is an important factor in the growing 

 of well ripened stock that will be in good 

 condition for transplanting the first sea- 

 son. There is nothing as desirable for 

 the planter as to handle stock that is 

 grown entirely without irrigation, espe- 

 cially if it is for forcing under glass. 

 A rose never gets sufficiently hardened 

 to be in good shape for transplanting 



80,000 SHASTA DAISIES 



Alaska, Califomia and Westralla, strong field 

 divlBlone for 3- Inch pots and larger, tl.OO per doz. ; 

 $7.00 per 100; I65.00 per 1000. 



Improved Daisy, Shasta, extra large field 

 divisions which can be divided into 3 or more 

 smaller ones, $2.50 per 100. Not less than 50 at 

 this rate. Per 100 



Begonias, 10 fiowering var. from 2H-in $3.00 



Coleiis, large var., hybrids, 2!^-ln 2.00 



Cineraria Nana Grandlfloraand Stellata,2^-ln.2.00 



Geraniums, 10 standard var., 2-in 1.60 



Silver Edge R. C 1.00 



Heliotrope, dark and light R. C 76 



Petunias, Dreers Strain, double, and Giants 



of Caltfornla, single, fringed R. C 1.00 



Hardy Perennials in var. 



SEED- Alaska, California and Westralla, 25c 

 per 100; $2.00 per 1000: $6.00 per oz. Improved 

 Shasta Seed, 25c per 1.500; $2.50 per oz. Hybrid 

 Delphinium, Burbank Strain, 25c per trade pkt. ; 

 $2.00 per oz. Petunia Giants of California, fringed, 

 hand fertilized. 60c per 1000; $15.00 per oz. Cash 

 please. FRED GROHE, Santa Rosa. Cal. 

 Mention The Review when you write. 



ALEX MANN, Jr. 



Importor and Dealer In 



Florists^ Supplies 



AND CIT FLOWERS AT WHOLESALE 



1441 POLK STREET 

 Tel. East 641 SAN FRANCISCO 



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in the fall if it has been kept growing 

 during the late summer by the use of 

 artificial moisture. Keep the ground 

 well worked and let the foliage dry off 

 gradually, as it will do late in the sum- 

 mer, and when the plants are taken up 

 and removed into the greenhouse and 

 water applied to them, they immediately 

 commence to make a clean, heavy growth 

 and an abundance of foliage and flowers 

 is sure to result, whereas if the plants 

 have been irrigated during the previous 

 summer the application of moisture does 

 not affect them as quickly and they often 

 insist on a resting season when they 

 should be setting flowers for Christmas. 



G. 



