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The Weekly Florists' Review^ 



August 23, 1906. 



PACIFIC COAST. 



SANFRANOSGO. 



The Market 



We have had a week of extremely 

 warm weather, and consequently there 

 has been a heavy cut of everything in 

 the flower line, with the possible excep- 

 tion of roses. Asters, which are usually 

 the most popular flowers at this time, 

 are overplentiful. I have never seen 

 them offered in such large quantities at 

 such low prices. In quality they are 

 up to the mark. The only problem in- 

 volved is that there are too many grown 

 for the demand. 



There is a temporary falling off in 

 carnations. Many of our growers are 

 changing their houses at this time, and 

 there has not been an oversupply, a 

 fact, especially noticeable in the better 

 sorts. A slight rise in price might also 

 be noted. The growers have advanced 

 their rates, to the stores about 5 cents 

 per dozen, on the greater part of the 

 stock. 



Lilies of all kinds are of slow sale. 

 Amaryllises can be bought at any price, 

 and Lilium album and L. rubrum 

 are being offered to the stores by the 

 Japanese growers at ruinous prices. Sev- 

 eral large batches of valley are in now, 

 and they meet with a fair demand. Sweet 

 peas are of short stem and also short 

 demand. They are getting poor since 

 we have had such warm weather. 



Other kinds of hardy stock are well 

 out of bloom. Gladioli, dahlias and 

 coreopsis are practically over for the 

 season. Cosmos has made its appearance, 

 and is being used quite extensively in 

 the decoration of shop windows. Busi- 

 ness is quiet, but all signs point to a 

 revival in the near future. 



Vaiiouc Note*. 



D. Raymond, of San Jose, is in town 

 for a few days. He reports business 

 well up to the mark. 



Thorsted & Co., of Fruitvale, have fin- 

 ished changing their carnation houses. 

 Their stock has made a heavy growth 

 and gives splendid prospects for a good 

 cut in the near future. 



The Society Hortensia, of Alameda 

 county, has had several meetings at the 

 floral establishment of H. Gresens, Ala- 

 meda. 



B. D. Hammond has gone on a month 's 

 trip to Portland, Ore. 



A visit through the violet beds in the 

 neighborhood of Ocean View shows most 

 of the patches in healthy, growing con- 

 dition. There is very little red spider 

 in this locality, and the finest flowers 

 are usually produced here. 



Rolleri & Co. are busy planting Brides 

 and Maids in the new nursery on San 

 Bruno road, recently leased from L. 

 Bonneau. 



Prof. Hugo de Vries, the famous bot- 

 anist from the University of Amsterdam, 

 has much to say in defense of Luther 

 Burbank, who was recently attacked by 

 an English botanist. Dr. de Vries spent 

 much of his time while he was on this 

 coast during the summer in visiting and 

 conferring with Burbank, and had a 

 fine opportunity of watching his work 

 'at Santa Rosa. G. 



100,000 CALLA BILBS 



I ship the same day order is received. I have five men dlgRintr and 

 the bulbs are fine. I guarantee measuTement and safe arrival. 



Per 100 by Ex. Per 1000 by Freight. 



Bulbs 10 IncheB circumference $10.00 $90.00 



Bulbs 8 inches circumference 8.00 70.00 



Bulbs 6 inches circumference 4.00 86.00 



Bulbs 4 to 5 inches circumierence 8.00 26.00 



Bulbs 8 Inches circumference ' 2.00 16 00 



SO.OOO PAPER WHITK8, \^ inches in diameter 1.60 10.00 



I prepay all charges to your city at above prices. CASH. 



WESTERN CARNATION CO., Santa Cruz, Cal. 



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SHASTA DAISIES 



Alaska, Oalifornia and Westralia seed and 

 plants. 



Petunias— Giants of California, hand fertil- 

 ized, from choicest collection. Orders booked 

 now for fall delivery. Also other seeds. Bend 

 for list and prices to 



FRED GROHE, Santa Ro«a* Cal. 



Mention flie Review when yon write. 



Calla Bulbs! 



for August delivery. 



Paper White Narcissus 



for Fall delivery. Send for price list. 



Ii LUDLRnANN) San Franolsoo. Cal. 



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LANDSCAPE GARDENING. 



Sidewalk Trees. 



It is plain, from the inquiries being 

 made by people having large frontages 

 on public highways, as well as from 

 various improvement clubs in the neigh- 

 borhoods of our large cities, that there 

 is much interest being developed in the 

 way of beautifying our public sidewalks, 

 and considerable planting will undoubt- 

 edly be done this coming season. Up 

 to this time there has been but little 

 co-operation between the owners of large 

 tracts of land, and jtnuch confusion has 

 resulted in the absence of fixed ideas 

 regarding the various suitable trees, as 

 well as the care required after planting. 



Igoorance Catises Waste of Money. 



The majority of the people who plant 

 are woefully ignorant regarding the care 

 required to get .i tree started so that 

 it will in a measure take care of itself 

 after a certain time. Much money has 

 been wasted in promiscuous planting and 

 making no preparations for caring for 

 the planted stock. In this section of 

 California it is absolutely necessary that 

 a tree should be taken care of for the 

 first season at least, or until it gets 

 well established in the ground. Com- 

 mercialism is usually the dominant factor 

 in the entire proceeding. The owner 

 orders so many trees of such a size 

 as he wants and gives the order to the 

 lowest bidder. He probably has them 

 planted by the person who will do the 

 work the cheapest — just as he would 

 order a fence built. The trees are cov- 

 ered up and no attention is paid to them 

 and as the result of a shortness of moist- 

 ure in the summer usually about fifty 

 per cent succumb. The following season 

 he probably will order trees for the 

 ones that died, which are usually re- 

 placed by a much smaller size, making 

 a miserable collection of freak speci- 



Wholesale Prices 



Cut Flowers 



Per 100 



Carnations $0.50 to $1.00 



Roses too to 3.00 



Sweet Peas JO 



Centattreas .50 



Asparaigus sprays lUX) 



Aspara£tis strings, 10 ft. long, each, .25 



SIGNAL HILL FLORAL CO. 



S41 8. Los Anselea St. 

 LOS ANOKLES, • • CAL. 



Mention The Review when yon write. 



California Seeds 



SELECT STOCK 



Coamoa (tall), pink, white or yellow, per lb. $1.60 

 Nasturtium (tall), Jupiter or Croesus " .40 

 Bwmmit Peas, separate colors, some new 



varieties perlb. .20 



Oalifornia Giants, mixed " .18 



Fatunlas, Giants of California %oz. 8.00 



Cash please. Money back If not satlsfled. 



P. Gilman Taylor Seed Co. 



Box 94. GL.KlfDAI.B. CAI<. 



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mens. This applies probably more to 

 civic societies and improvement clubs 

 than it does to private planters, but the 

 percentage in all cases is greatly in the 

 majority, and this accounts for the great 

 number of poorly planted sidewalks 

 which are often the point of ridicule 

 from our eastern visitors. 



Better Choice of Trees Needed. 



Californians are proverbially short- 

 sighted. In their ornamental plantings 

 the idea of making arrangements for 

 the proper caring for sidewalk trees for 

 at least a season after they are planted 

 seems never to enter their heads. We 

 are young in that line of work, and 

 nature has been so prodigal with her 

 gifts in the floral line that due regard 

 for lasting effects is rarely taken into 

 consideration. 



When a proposition for street planting 

 is entertained, either by a society organ- 

 ized foj the purpose or by a number of 

 property owners, there should always 

 be a landscape gardener within call, for 

 of all the queer ideas ever broached by 

 the dear public, the enthusiastic lot own- 

 ers who honestly wish to improve their 

 localities certainly take the cake. 



At a meeting of a city improvement 



