April 19, 1906. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



1597 



PACIFIC COAST. 



The Theodosia B. Shepherd Co., Ven- 

 tura, Cal., has just issued a catalogue 

 which shows the Pacific coast to be keep- 

 ing up with the east in the matter of 

 good printing for trade literature. 



Santa Cruz, Cal. — The Leedham Bulb 

 Co. has been reorganized and consider- 

 ably strengthened financially. The new 

 ofiicers are Montroyd Sharpe, president; 

 E. Leedham, vice-president; 0. J. Lin- 

 coln, secretary; Henry Willey, treasurer. 

 C. E. Lilly is superintendent. In the 

 past narcissi and dahlias have been the 

 principal stock produced, but tulips, 

 hyacinths, lilies and gladioli will now be 

 added. Additional land has been secured 

 and the company now has sixteen acres 

 of land especially suited for bulbs. 



FLORISTS' MOSS. 



The scarcity of florists' moss has 

 prompted some of the dealers to send 

 for their supplies to Washington or Ore- 

 gon. The article from that neighbor- 

 hood is not so valuable as the native 

 moss. On account of the excess of mois- 

 ture it grows very coarse and stringy 

 and cannot be used to the same advan- 

 tage as the local variety, and for hang- 

 ing baskets and other places where it is 

 expected to be kept green for some time 

 it is of little or no use. 



For the past five or six years the gath- 

 ering and selling of moss has been in 

 the hands of various Italian firms, which 

 have practically a monopoly of it. As 

 the regions close to the railroads have 

 been denuded for years, there are but 

 few places left that can be profitably 

 worked. Far removed from the beaten 

 paths there are, of course, many thou- 

 sands of sacks still to be had, but as the 

 hauling is an important item when bulk 

 is considered, such localities are not very 

 popular. 



On account of the fact that in central 

 and southern California the native mosses 

 make but a very meager growth, it takes 

 four years before the ground can be cov- 

 ered again to advantage. 



The best quality of moss is taken from 

 our native live oaks, and the poorest 

 quality is found on moist rocks. The 

 latter is usually very short, with quanti- 

 ties of gravel and soil mixed with it. 

 If the conditions are favorable, the men 

 who gather moss can easily pick twenty- 

 five sacks a day. If there is any mois- 

 ture in it, it must be spread on the 

 ground until perfectly dry and then 

 sacked. The usual price charged by 

 the wholesalers is from 40 to 50 cents 

 per sack, each sack weighing in the 

 neighborhood of fifteen pounds. It has 

 been the fashion with the Oregon tree 

 moss to bale it in large bundles, but 

 there seems always to be more or less 

 moisture, and as a result considerable 

 stock has come from that locality en- 

 tirely unfit for use. From $40 to $50 per 

 ton is the price asked for moss in this 

 shape. 



Moss h5s not as yet entered so largely 

 into the packing of plants, etc., as it 

 does in the eastern states, on account of 

 Its high price, and the chances are that 

 I* ^'ilJ never again be very plentiful in 

 this neighborhood. With each successive 

 year the gatherers will have to go deeper 

 into the forest, and this, together with 

 the destruction of much of our native 



Borbaok's Everbeariog Crimson Wmter Rhubarb 



THE FINEST VEGETABLE FRUIT EVER INTRODUCED. 



It gives a bright red sauce as delicious as berries. We are HEADQUARTERS for the PLANTS. 

 It is perfectly hardy. Large plants. $18.00 per 100; $1.50.00 per 1000. Medium, $12.00 per 100; $90.00 

 per 1000. Small, Ist size, $10 00 per 100: $77.50 per 1000. 2nd size, $5.00 per 100; $37.50 per 1000. 250 at 

 1000 rate. We issue RHUBARB CIRCULAR, SEED AND PLANT LIST and Retail Catalogue of 



anf ca?S?' '''"°'' Thcodosia B. Shepherd Co., Ventura, Cal. 



Mention The RctIcw when you write. 



California Seeds 



SELECT STOCK 



Cosmos (tall), pink, white or yellow, per lb. $1.50 

 Nasturtium (tall) , Jupiter or Croesus " .40 

 Sixreet Peas, separate colors, some new 



varieties per lb. .20 



" " California Giants, mixed " .18 

 Petunias, Giants of California /^ oz. 3.00 



Cash please. Money back if not satisfied. 



F. Gilman Taylor Seed Co. 



Box 94, GLENDAUC, CAL. 



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ROSES 



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

 beBt.varietieB. Send for wholesale price list. 



F. LUDEMANN 



3041 Baker St., San Francisco, Cal. 



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timber growths, will compel florists to 

 fall back on the coarser Oregon moss. 

 G. 



SAN FRANCISCO. 



The Market 



Writing just in the Easter rush, busi- 

 ness is fair along general lines. There 

 do not seem to be so many shipping 

 orders as we have formerly enjoyed. All 

 kinds of flowers are plentiful and cheap. 

 (Jarnations are to be had in any quan- 

 tity and at very low prices. Koses, al- 

 though they have kept up in price, are 

 in good supply and from present indica- 

 tions they will be very cheap in a few 

 days. For once at least in the history 

 of San Francisco there are plenty of 

 Easter lilies, both as cut blooms and 

 potted. The former cost the dealers 

 from $2 to $3 per dozen and the latter 

 from $6 to $9 per dozen. The country 

 is covered with calla lilies and they can 

 be had at from 75 cents to $1.50 per 

 hundred. Quantities of them are al- 

 ways used in church decorations. 



Green stuff, both cultivated and wild, 

 is in good supply, the only article that 

 is scarce being wild maidenhair. 



Variou* Notes. 



Arnold Ringier, of the W. W. Barnard 

 Co., Chicago, has recovered from a slight 

 indisposition and departed for the south- 

 ern portion of the state. 



Pelicano & Co. will shortly open a 

 much larger establishment three doors 

 from their present location. They will 

 handle seeds and bulbs in addition to 

 their flower trade. 



G. Rossi will depart next week on a 

 European trip. He expects to be absent 

 from San Francisco for four months. 



Chas. Schultz is up from San Jose. 

 He will remain in town for two weeks. 



John Vallance, superintendent of the 

 Cox Seed Co. 's plant department, re- 

 ports heavy spring sales in all lines 

 of ornamental stock. 



Mo?s is scarce. On account of the con- 

 tinuous wet weather the price has ad- 

 vanced to 50 cents per sack. 



SHASTA DAISIES 



Alaska, California and Westralla, strong: field 

 divlsionB for 3-inch pots and larger, fl.OOperdoz.; 

 16.00 per 100; 160.00 per 1000. 



The above are from divieions of Mr. Burbank's 

 original plants. 



Paris Daisy, Queen Alexandi-a, 2'A-in.., $3.00 per 

 100. 



Cyclamen Giganteum, 2 and 3-ln., $5.00 and $7.00 

 per 100. 



Hardy Perennials in Var., 1-year-old, field 

 clumps, $4.00 per 100. 



SBED— Alaska, California and Westralla, 26c 

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

 Shasta Seed, 26c 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; $16.00 per oz. Cash 

 please. FRED GROH£, Santa Rosa. Cal. 

 Wentlon The Review when yon write. 



Western 

 Carnation Co. 



SOQOEL, CgL. 



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There is no excess of azaleas in bloom 

 for Easter. With most of the growers, 

 well flowered plants are scarce. The 

 warm weather in the early part of March 

 had the effect of rushing the season and 

 the plants in most instances bloomed be- 

 foie they were wanted. 



D. J. Richards will visit Goldfield and 

 Tonopah, Nevada, to look over the 

 ground preparatory to opening a floral 

 estabii-shment there. G. 



KOCHIA SCOP ARIA. 



How is Kochia scoparia grown and 

 what is the best soil for it? J. H. C. 



This annual is often known as the mock 

 or summer cypress because it resembles 

 a closely clipped evergreen. We have 

 never grown it, but remember seeing it 

 at Washington, D. C, last summer and 

 thought it a very decorative and desir- 

 able annual plant. The seeds may be 

 sown in the greenhouse in April or in 

 the open ground in May. The plants 

 should stand about two feet apart. Any 

 ordinary garden soil will grow it, but a 

 light texture is preferred. We learn 

 that this species has small, light-green 

 foliage, very compact, which gives it its 

 familiar name. At the end of August it 

 becomes covered with its minute but 

 countless flowers. W. S. 



MisHAWAKA, Ind.— -C. L. Powell has 

 begun work on an addition to his plant. 

 The plans include two new greenhouses, a 

 boiler house, bulb cellar and a salesroom 

 12x32 feet. 



CONNERSVILLE, Ind. — A short time ago 

 Henry Rieman sold his greenhouses and 

 business to his son, Charles A. Rieman, 

 who now has about 25,000 square feet 

 of glass. Mr. Rieman has been in ill 

 health for some time and has not been 

 able to be out of the house for weeks 

 prior to April 12. 



