Mabch 1, 1906. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review, 



1021 



FREESIA 



Refraeta Alba and Hybrids 



Our prices and quality of stock cannot be 

 beaten. Also Grand Duchess Oxatis^ all 

 colore Bermuda Buttercup, single and dou- 

 ble; TritoniaSt Izias, Sparaxis, Chlidanthus 

 Fragrans} Zephyranthes, Candida and rosea; 

 Omithogalum; Amaryllis Johnsoni and 

 Belladonna* 



CXir Bulbs will be ready for delivery in 

 June and July. 



REES & COIV1PERE 



f. o. address so. 327. s. d. vo. 1. 

 ImOVH beach, OAI.. 



Mention The Bevlew when yon write. 



ROSES 



Pleld-Krown, low budded, 2-year-old, over 200 

 best.varieties. Send for wholesale price list. 



F. LUOEMANN 



8041 Baker St., San Francisco, Cal. 



Mention The Review when you write. 



Alex. Mann, Jr. 



Importer and Dealer in 



FLORISTS' SUPPLIES 



and Bronze Galax Leaves, Sheaves of Wheat and 

 Cape Flowers. Choice Doves, $9.00 per doz. 

 Extra White Pampas Plumes, 36 to 46 Inches long, 

 tl.60 per lUO. 1441 Polk Street, 

 Telephone East 641. SAN FRANCISCO, CAL. 

 Mention The Review when you write. 



is rapidly getting the grounds in shape 

 for the spring flower beds. About 50,- 

 000 border plants of various kinds will 

 be used this season. 



The large eastern seed houses are be- 

 ginning to send us their usual quota of 

 spring visitors. A. Currie, Jr., of ICur- 

 rie Bros., Milwaukee, is in town for a 

 few days. 



W. R. Davis will in the future devote 

 his entire time to his carnation houses at 

 Fruitvale and will greatly enlarge his 

 plant the coming season. 



Edson Adams, of Oakland, has do- 

 nated 100 large sycamore trees to plant 

 on the new boulevard in that town. 



E. D. Bradley is on a two weeks' 

 trip to southern California. 



Sievers & Boland are showing some 

 magnificent Azalea Indica. G. 



THE OLDEST GARDENER. 



The Hon. Frank B. Lown, one of the 

 toastmasters at the Dutchess County ban- 

 quet, at Poughkeepsie, February 22, paid 

 the following tribute to the oldest gar- 

 dener of that section, David Gindra, now 

 in his seventy-fourth year and beloved by 

 all who know him: 



"We laymen are proud to meet our 

 friends, the gardeners, on this our 

 annual feast night. We have with us 

 many who are successful and prominent 

 in their profession, but we have with us 

 one who is the faithful family servitor 

 which is fast fading out. One who has 

 practiced his gentle art so long that the 

 children who knew and love him are now 

 gray and grizzled men. 



"One whose life has been passed in 

 the honored and faithful service of one 

 family, whose deft fingers fashioned the 

 wedding and christening favors for the 

 blushing bride and the blooming matron, 

 and laid the choicest blooms on each in- 

 animate breast that was borne from the 

 home of his employers. He has buried 

 them all and he now stands alone in the 



Carnation Cuttings 



Red Lawson — We offer a large stock of this variety in splendid condition at 

 $3.50 per 100; $30 per 1000. Variegated Lawson— $4 per 100; $35 per 1000. 



Per 100 Per 1000 



White Lawson $3.50 $30.00 



Gov. Wolcott, white 1.20 10.00 



Q. Louise, white 1.20 10.00 



Flora Hill, white 1.20 10.00 



Enchantress, light pink 1.70 15.00 



Lawson, pink 1.40 12.50 



Mrs. Joost, light pink 1.20 10.00 



Per 100 Per 1000 



Success, light pink $1.20 $10.00 



Estelle, scarlet 1.70 15.00 



America, scarlet 1.20 10.00 



G. H. Crane, scarlet 1.20 10.00 



Harlowarden. crimson 1.70 15.00 



Eldorado, Yellow 1.20 10.00 



Prosperity, mottled 1.70 12.50 



Well-rooted cuttings for immediate shipment. 25 cuttings at 100 rate, and 250 at 1000 

 rate. 5 per cent off for cash or 0. O. D., subject to examination by purchaser if requested. 



ExjMress prepaid by us on all orders tor Cuttinars. 



LOOMIS CARNATION CO., Loomis, Cal. 



ROSES Field'Orown, Own Roots 



First Grade, $50.00 per 1000 and up. Second grade. $40.00 to $50 00. 



We are especially lon£ on G)chets, Grass an TeptttZt Clio, Jac.^ Crimson Rambler. 

 Good list of other sorts yet in stock. We ship all over U. S. and know how to pack. 



200,000 Young Rose Plants 



Long list best varieties; same tiling as we are now lining out in the field; propagated 

 from out-door wood. Get price list and order now and make sure of 'em* 



CALIFORNIA ROSE CO., LOS ANGELES, CAL. 



HEADQT7ASTBBS FOR SOSES OM OWN BOOTS 



Mention The Review when you write. 



I^ooted Carnation Cuttings, 



NOW READY TO SHIP 



Per 100 1000 



RED LAWSON $3.50 $30.00 



ESTELLE, scarlet 1.70 16.00 



APOLLO, scarlet 1.70 15.00 



HARLOWARDEN, crimson 1.70 16.00 



ALBA, white 1.40 1280 



PROSPERITY, mottled 1.40 12.60 



GAIETY, mottled 1.20 11.00 



MORNING GLORY, pink 1.40 12.00 



LILLIAN POND, white 1.40 12.50 



EN 'HANTRESS, pink 1.70 16.00 



MRS. THOS. LAWSON, pink... 1.40 12.00 



Per 100 1000 



VIOLA ALLEN, variegated $1.40 $12.60 



MARSHALL FIELD, variegated. 1.40 12.50 



FLORA HILL, white 1.20 10.00 



GOV. WOLCOTT. white 1.20 10.00 



NORWAY, white 1.20 10.00 



CHICOT, white 1.20 10.00 



PRES. Mckinley, pink 1.20 10.00 



SUCCESS, pink 1.20 10.00 



MRS. F. JOOST, pink 1.20 10.00 



G. H. CRANE, scarlet 1.20 10.00 



QUEEN LOUISE, white 1.20 10.00 



We prepay express charges at above prices. Cash with order, 6 per cent discount, or 

 will ship C. O. D., privilege of examination ; if not satisfactory return at once at our expense. 



Sample of Cuttings sent on request. 

 25 at 100 rate. 250 at 1000 rate. 



Loomis Floral Co., Loomis, Cal. 



Mention The Key lew when you write. 



lengthening shadows and they lengthen 

 apace. 



"Faithful, constant, steadfast, I ask 

 you, all gentlemen to arise and drink 

 the health of the dean of the profession 

 — the trusted servant and the faithful 

 friend — the oldest gardener among us, 

 David Gindra, of Rosenlund." 



I WOULD like to congratulate you on 

 the phenomenal results obtained from 

 my advertisement. I have sold several 

 hundred thousand Asparagus plumosus 

 nanus seeds. The Review surely does 

 the work. — F. Gilman Taylor, Glendale, 

 Cal. 



Winnipeg, Man. — The Eosery, which 

 opened for business December 1, 1905, 

 has now taken over the old established 

 business of H. E. Philpot, latelv con- 

 ducted by Ormiston & Griffith. The 

 stores now occupied by both the Rosery 

 and Ormiston & Griffith will be given up 

 and a commodious new store opened at 

 325 Portage avenue. The business will 

 continue as The Eosery under the man- 

 agement of Mr. Butchart. 



80,000 SHASTA DAISIES 



Alaska, California and Westralla, strong field 

 divisions for 3-inch pots and larger, 11.00 per doz.; 

 17.00 per 100; $55.00 per 1000. 



My Dalslts are not chance seedlings which can- 

 not be depended on, but divisions from Mr. Bur- 

 bank's original plants. 



Improved Daisy, Shasta, extra large field 

 divisions which can be divided into 8 or more 

 smaller ones, $2.60 per 100. Paris Daisy "Queen 

 Alexandra," 2ii-ia., feoO per 100. Not less than 60 

 at this rate. Per 100 



Begonias, 6 flowering var. from 2}ii-ln $3.00 



Cineraria Nana Grandlflora and Stellata,2h-ln.2.00 



Geranium Silver Edge, R. C 1.00 



Hardy Perennials In var. 



SEED- Alaska, California and Westralla, 26c 

 per 100; 12.00 per 1000; $6.00 per oz. Improved 

 Shasta Seed, 25c per 1,600; $2.50 per oz. Hybrid 

 Delphinium, Burbank Strain, 26c per trade pkt; 

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

 hand fertilized, 60c per 1000; $16.00 per oz. Cash 

 please. FRED GROHE, Santa Rosa, Cal. 



CALIFORNIA 



CARNATION CO. 



LOOiVliS, CAL. 



Mention The Review when yon write. 



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