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August 9, 1906. 



The Weekly Florists' Review. 



727 



Plant Now LILIUM HARRISII for Early Forcing 



We ofTer some extra choice Liliam Harrisii wbicb has been grrown for us from the orlgrinal, pure stock. Tbis is tbe kind 

 o{ stock tbat you want for the very earliest forcinK, as it is tbt true. oriKinal Harrisii. The small sizes— 5-78 and &-78— 

 are particularly desirable for this purpose, as they will flower more quickly than the larger bulbs. If yon want to get 

 ft little of the original, pure Harrisii, try a case or two of tbis. As our stock of this is limited, we can offer only a few 

 cates to a single buyer. If yon have been dissatisfied with tbe Harrisii that you have forced heretofore, try ti case or 

 two of this and see if it is not more than worth tbe difference in price over tbe dtock that you have been buying. In 

 ordering ask for the puie selected strain of original Harrisii, which we offer as follows: 



9 to 7-inoh bulbs, 400 to tbe caso, $17.00 per case. 

 to 7-liiob bulbs, SSO to tbe case, 17.50 per case. 

 7 to 9-incb bulbs, 200 to tbe case, 30.00 per case. 



EASTER COMES EARLY THIS YEAR-MARCH 31 



and a great many growers will want to use Harrisii instead of Longiflorum so as to be sure and have the plants in 

 flower in time, as the season is going to be short for Japan Lon(?iflorum. The crop of Harrisii this year is the shortest 

 it has been in years, and in view of the extra demand, we advise those who have not already covered their require- 

 ments to lose no time doing so. 



For very earliest forcing— Christmas and later— we recommend the pure Harrisii offered above, but for later 

 forcing for Easter, our customers will find the regular stock offered below iirst-class stock— much better than the aver- 

 age stock u.sually offered. We can quote the regular stock as follows: 



e to 7-lnob bulbs, SS5 to tbe case, $18.80 per case. 



FRXKSIA RSFRACTA ALBA, tbe true white variety. Now ready. Finest Bermuda-grown stock. $1.00 per 100; $7.50 per 1000. 



BKRMUDA BUTTKRCUP OXAXJES, $1.00 per 100; $7.60 per lOOO. 



F. R. Pierson Co., Tarrytown-on-Hudson, N. Y. 



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the plants for the last two months, and 

 at the present time many growers are 

 getting ready to apply moisture and 

 carry over the old bushes for another 

 season. 



I find that few bulbs will be forced in 

 proportion to the quantity that it has 

 been the custom to plant. Valley and 

 Eomans will not come up to more than 

 fifty per cent of the usual output; with 

 other articles in the bulb line I find no 

 enthusiasm shown. 



To sum up, from present indications 

 I think it is safe to predict that there 

 will not be over fifty per cent of the usual 

 quantity of roses, carnations, bulbs and 

 lilies produced in the neighborhood of 

 San Francisco for the season of 1906 and 

 1907. G. 



SAN FRANOSOO. 



The Market 



Business is now at the lowest ebb we 

 have seen it since the fire. There is lit- 

 tle or nothing doing in any department 

 of the florist 's trade, with the exception 

 of funeral orders. The weather con- 

 tinues cool, and flowers are not quite 

 so plentiful as they have been. We are 

 noticing a gradual decrease in the 

 quantity, both of roses and carnations, 

 brought in by the growers. 



Asters are now at their height. They 

 are not being offered in more than half 

 the usual quantity. The price remains 

 low and the quality is not quite equal to 

 that of former seasons. The best long- 

 stemmed stock does not net the grow- 

 ers over $1..50 per hundred, and shorter- 

 stemmetl flowers can be had at about 

 half that price. 



Lilium album and L. rubrum are seen 

 everywhere, and they can be had as low 

 as 75 cents per dozen. Amaryllises at 

 $1.50 per hundred spikes help to make 

 the florists' windows showy. There is 

 hardly any demand for them, however. 



Tuberoses are plentiful. Valley ap- 

 pears to be scarcer again, and the price 

 ranges from $3 to $4 per hundred. Out- 

 side stock, such as peas, gaillardias, 

 dahlias and gladioli, is hardly worth 

 picking, as there is absolutely no demand 

 for it. 



The shipping to interior points has 

 been more active than usual this sum- 



mer, probably caused by the presence of 

 so many San Franciscans in outside 

 towns. The schools will reopen in a few 

 days, and we may expect quite an influx 

 of people to town again. 



Various Notes. 



Trumbull & Beebe have opened a store 

 at 525 Sansome street, one block from 

 their former location. 



D, (Jreuttner, of V^llejo, is in town. 

 Mr. Greuttner reports a good trade in 

 the retail florist 's line in his town. 



John Vallance has returned after a 

 month's vacation in the northern part of 

 tlie state. 



The ground and greenhouses of Sato 

 & Co., of Elmhurst, will be sold at auc- 

 tion about the middle of August. The 

 Japanese-American Bank, of San Fran- 

 cisco, holds a mortgage of about $20,000 

 against the property. 



Podesta & Baldochi report a heavy 

 shipping business for the month of July. 

 This firm is now located on Sutter and 

 Polk streets. 



Owing to the decreased demand for 

 cut flowers, one of the large Japanese 

 firms has reduced the amount of help 

 from forty-five to twenty-five greenhouse 

 men. 



Thomas O'Neill, of the Myrobolan 

 Nursery, Haywards, is on a trip to the 

 northern part of the state. 



W. W. Saunders, of Fresno, Cal., is 

 living at present in Berkeley, Cal. 



Nat Rolleri is permanently located at 

 Sixth and Washington streets, Oakland. 



On account of the changes made by 

 the recent fire, it is probable that the 

 fall chrysanthemum show at San Bafael 

 will not be held until one year later 

 than the time announced. 



William Coupland, of Rincon Hill, has 

 at the present time probably the finest 

 assortment of begonias to be seen in 

 any private place in San Francisco. 



John Martin, or Ross Station, is con- 

 structing two houses, 20x50 feet, for car- 

 nations and orchids respectively, and his 

 neighbor. Lieutenant Winship, will im- 

 mediately commence the building of a 

 range of six large greenhouses for roses, 

 carnations, palms and ferns. 



James Niven has received a lot of 

 over 900 phala;nopsis from the Philip- 

 pine Islands. 



A fierce fire broke out on the morn- 

 ing of July 31 at Oakley, Cal., in the 

 boarding and lodging house of the Bras- 

 Ian Seed Growers' Co., a couple of miles 

 from town. Aoout 200 Chinese and 

 Japanese were asleep there at the time. 

 The flames spread with great rapidity, 

 endangering the immense seed farm, 

 with its hundreds of acres ready for 

 threshing. Adjoining buildings and 

 barns were consumed. The home of the 

 superintendent (was saved. By heroic 

 action the fire was prevented from reach- 

 ing the fields. G. 



NE V BEDFORD. MASS. 



Asters and sweet peas are plentiful, 

 but are not first-class on account of the 

 long spell of damp weather. E. Y. 

 Pierce has been sending in the best 

 asters on the market, and they are extra 

 fine. 



George Borden, foreman for R. H. 

 Woodhouse, leaves today for a three 

 weeks' vacation in New Hampshire. 



Julius Rusitzky, with W. P. Pence, 

 has gone to Nashua, N. H., for the rest 

 of the summer. 



E. Y. Pierce is building two new 

 houses, one for violets and the other 

 for roses. 



William Livsey has put on an addi- 

 tion to his houses, with a lean-to for 

 violets. F. C. C. 



THE FLORISTS' MANUAL. 



We note your advertisement in the cur- 

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 edition of Scott's Florists' Manual and 

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 is thoroughly acquainted with the first 

 edition of this work, having often had 

 occasion to use it for reference while a 

 student at the Michigan Agricultural 

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South Bend Floral Co. 



July 28, 1906. 



I THINK the Review is improving all 

 the time and could not well do without 

 it; here is payment for two years in 

 advance. — Geo. O. Klein, Camden Sta- 

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