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The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



Mabch 22, 1906. 



PACIFIC COAST. 



The California Rose Co., of Los An- 

 geles, Cal., has purchased growing 

 grounds at Pomona, thirty miles east of 

 Los Angeles, and is moving the entire 

 plant there. They state iiiai they have 

 the best soil and general conaitions there 

 to be found in southern «jalifornia. 



Pasadena, Cal, — €has. Hess, head 

 gardener for the Raymond hotel, has re- 

 signed his position and will spend sev- 

 eral months at Searchlight and other 

 new raining camps in Nevada. He has 

 great hopes of making a good strike. 

 He has been there before and knows the 

 country fairly well. He intends to visit 

 his old home in the east before he re- 

 turns to the coast. 



SAN FRANCISCO. 



The Market 



The miserable, rainy weather we have 

 had for the past two weeks has had a 

 very depressing effect on business in the 

 florists' line. This, together with the 

 fact that we are now in the middle of 

 the Lenten season, has caused, a very 

 poor demand for stock of all kinds, with 

 the exception of white flowers for 

 funeral orders, for which there has been 

 the usual sale. 



Carnations are becoming very plenti- 

 ful and the prices are gradually lower- 

 ing. Eoses hold their own, and from 

 appearances there will be no change in 

 the wholesalers' rates for several weeks. 

 Bulbous stock is well over, except some 

 late daffodils and freesias. Easter lilies 

 are in fair supply and demand and cost 

 the stores from $2 to $3 per dozen; 

 violets are about out of season, and a 

 few more days will make them very 

 scarce. 



Fruit blossoms and wild flowers are 

 coming into town in large quantities and 

 are being much used in decorative work. 

 Valley is in large supply and in fair de- 

 mand. Quantities of wild ferns are 

 taking the place of tame maidenhair for 

 tlie present. 



Various Notes. 



Gustave Fleck, Oakland, died March 

 15, aged 62 years. He was an old resi- 

 dent and a native of Germany. 



A. Mann, Jr., reports a heavy demand 

 for galax leaves, of which he has sold 

 several hundred thousand during the 

 past few weeks. 



L. McLean, of San Mateo, is laying 

 out the extensive grounds of W. L. 

 Kauffman at that place. 



Joseph Lewis, a pioneer nurseryman, 

 died at Hayward, Cal., and was buried 

 March 15. He was 60 years old. 



C. A. Barrett, of Berkeley, has a splen- 

 did lot of Easter lilies in line for Easter 

 cutting. He will erect several large 

 houses for the coming season 's planting. 



Thorsttfl & Co., of Fruitvale, are cut- 

 ting heavily of Enchantress and Lawson 

 at present. Their stock is in splendid 

 condition. 



The continued rainy weather has in- 

 terfered greatly with the demand for 

 outside stock in the nurseries and it will 

 be too late for planting many kinds of 

 deciduous trees when the ground is dry 

 enough to work. 



E. W. McLellan & Co., of Burlingame, 

 are handling considerable outside stock 

 for private planting in their neighbor- 

 hood. _ 



Carnation Cuttings 



Red L^'WBon — We offer a large stock of thb variety in splendid conditibn at 

 $3.50 per 100; $30 per 1000. Variegated L*wBon— $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.(0 



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 10 « 



Success, light pink $1.20 $10.00 



Estelle, scarlet 1.70 l.'i.OO 



America, scarlet 1.20 10.00 



G. H Crane, scarlet 1.20 1 .00 



Harlowarden. crimson 1.70 16.00 



Eldorado, yellow 1.20 10.0<i 



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 will ship O. D., subject to examination by purchaser if requested. 



Express inrepald by us pn all orders tor CuttLagrs. 



LOOMIS CARNATION CO., Loomis, Cal 



Pooled Carnation Cuttings, 



===NOW READY TO SHIP = 



Per 100 1000 



RED LAWSON $3.50 $30.00 



ESTELLE. scarlet 1.70 15.00 



APOLLO, scarlet 1.70 15.00 



HARLOWARDEN, crimson 1.70 15.00 



ALBA, white 1.40 1250 



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 15.00 



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



Per 100 1000 



VIOLA ALLEN, variegated $1.40 $12 .50 



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 in.oo 



CHICOT, white 1.20 1000 



PRES. Mckinley, pink 1.20 10.00 



SUCCESS, pink.... 1.20 1000 



MRS. P. JOOST, pink 1.20 10.00 



G. H. CRANE, scarlet 1.20 10 00 



QUEEN LOUISE, white 1.20 10.00 



We prepay expr^-ss charges at above prices. < lash with order, 6 per cent discount, or 

 will ship 0. 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 Tbf Kevlt'W wrben you write. 



Alex. Mann, Jr. 



Zmportsr and Dealer in 



FLORISTS' SUPPLIFS 



and Bronze Galax Leaves, Sheaves of Wheat and 

 Cape Flowers. Choice Doves, 18.00 per doz. 

 Extra White Pampas Plumes, 36 to 46 Inches long, 

 11.60 per lUO. 1441 Polk Street, 

 Telephune East 641. SAN FRANCISCO, CAL.. 



L. H. Davis will shortly erect a range 

 of glass in the vicinity of Elmhurst. 



G. 



SOIL VARIATIONS. 



The Gardeners* Problem. 



The great variety of soils found on 

 this coast is often a puzzling feature to 

 the landscape gardener, and the propo- 

 sition of whether certain plants or trees 

 will thrive and flourish in some par- 

 ticular kind of soil many times becomes 

 quite a problem. I think it is safe to 

 say that our natural soil is made up 

 about evenly of patches of clay, sand, 

 adobe, both yellow and black, and de- 

 posits of black and yellow alluvial sedi- 

 ment. In a section where sand happens 

 to be the only soil to be had, and we 

 have miles of such territory in this 

 vicinity, there is always much difficulty 

 in getting a satisfactory growth of 

 heavy feeding plants or shrubs, and the 

 exacting public usually lays the inability 

 of the gardener to produce the impos 

 sible to his want of knowledge. "With 

 roses this is especially noticeable, and 

 the well-known fact that it is impos- 

 sible to grow them with any degree of 

 success in anything except heavy soil is 

 not taken into consideration. On the 

 other hand, considerable garden space 

 is devoted to carnations; where the 

 natural soil tends toward the black 

 adobe they are never a success and the 

 gardener is usually blamed in return. 



OAK GROVE NURSERItS 



1905 CROP 



Asparagus plumosus nanus seed, lath house 



grown $2.26 per 1000 



Smilax seed $1.25 per lb. 



Canna seed. Crozy's mixed 1.00 per lb 



Cash with order. 



ECl CUD 406 N. LOS ANGELES ST. 

 i rLLUll) LOS ANGELES, CAL. 



ASPARAGUS PLUMOSUS NAhUS 



A FRESH LOT OF VERT FINE SEED, 



vigorous and true to name at $2.25 per 1000; 5000 

 for $10.00. Cash with order. 



r. GILIVf AN TAYLOR SLLD CO. 



OZiSarDALE, CAI. 



Soil for Hardy Shrubs. 



Hardy shrubbery of all kinds suc- 

 ceeds best in heavy soil, and it makes 

 little difference whether it is of the 

 black, yellow or red variety, so long as 

 the ground is kept worked on the surface 

 for the first season or two, or until the 

 plants get well established. As we have 

 little or no rain during our summer 

 months, it is necessary to cultivate such 

 soil several times as soon as possible 

 after winter rains have ceased ; after- 

 wards a good mulching of manure is of 

 benefit, but only as a covering, for all 

 our native soils of the adobe variety are 

 quite rich enough to sustain any gross 

 feeding, hardy stock, provided they are 

 not allowed to dry out on the surface, 

 in which event they retain their moisture 

 a whole season. Such ground, however, 

 is not ordinarily a success for the growth 

 of annuals or soft wooded plants, and to 

 put it in shape for such purposes lib- 

 eral quantities of sand should be spaded 

 in each season. Straw or manure does 

 not fill the requirements in this occasion, 

 as, after they become rotted, the soil 

 runs together as before and the tender 



