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The Weekly Florists' Review, 



September 27, 1906. 



PACIFIC COAST. 



STOCK PLANTS. 



Insurance for Next Season. 



As late as the end of September is 

 tlie proper time to arrange to have stock 

 plants to carry over for the coming 

 season of all our hardy border plants. 

 It happens every few years that there is 

 no necessity to shelter plants at all from 

 the frost, and in such cases the cuttings 

 can be taken directly from the plants in 

 the ground and rooted early in the 

 spring. But we have no assurance that 

 -we shall escape frost and to be on the 

 safe side, -it is well to be prepared. 1 

 usually take cuttings from achyranthes, 

 alternanthera, lobelia, geraniums, agera- 

 tum, begonias, heliotropes, and stock of 

 this kind, at this season, and root them 

 in a cool frame, well shaded. 



Outdoor cuttings will be found to root 

 niuch quicker when handled in this way 

 than when put in a propagating house in 

 the late summer or fall on account of 

 the warm weather we usually experience 

 at , this time. Keep the cuttings well 

 veqtilated, and they will be rooted nicely 

 by * the time the cold weather arrives. 

 They will not make much growth in a 

 coldframe after that until very early in 

 the spring, when they will suddenly com- 

 mence to grow very rapidly. Then a 

 second batch of cuttings should be 

 taken, and these will root easily in a 

 frame or under glass anywhere. In a 

 couple of weeks these will be old enough 

 to put outside, when all danger of frost 

 is past, and the demand has commenced 

 for the various kinds of bedding plants. 



On the other hand, if stock plants are 

 allowed to stand outside in the open 

 all winter, and an effort is made early 

 in the spring to propagate from the 

 weak, stringy stems, it is almost impos- 

 sible to get strong plants for the spring 

 trade in time for general planting, and 

 if the frost has been severe enough to 

 kill all the stock plants in the open you 

 will have to lay in a new supply. 



Pansies that were sown in July should 

 now be large enough to prick out into 

 flats and removed to the open. This 

 is the only way they can be made 

 stocky enough to have them hold their 

 own when the cold weather begins. They 

 can be transplante«l into the open ground 

 about the end of October, and if the 

 weather be at all favorable, a lot of 

 good blooms can be had, commencing 

 from the first of December. Pansies are 

 gross feeders, more so than anything 

 else in the line of border plants, and 

 well-rotted manure should be freely 

 spaded into the beds when they are 

 planted. G. 



SAN FRANOSGO. 



The Market 



Flowers of all descriptions are really 

 scarce. We have almost nothing in the 

 line of cheap stock to make any showing 

 with at present. Asters are gone for 

 the season. We have had about a week 

 of steady drying winds and its effect 

 has been disastrous to all kinds of out- 

 side stock. Sweet peas are usually at 

 this season of the year in good shape 

 but from various causes they are now 

 both short of stem and poor of flower, 

 and the stores are compelled to pay 



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500 LBS, MONTEREY CYPRESS SEED 



?^:r Pep lb., $1.60. 



260 Lbs. CALIFORNIA REDWOOD SEED 



Per lb., $8.60. 



Santa Cruz, Cal. 



A. MITTING, 



Wholesale Florist 

 17 to 23 Konnan St. 



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Gut Flowers for the Northwest 



We are Wholesale Growers 

 and Shippers of Fine Koses 



THE SIBSON ROSE NURSERIES 



Cat Flower Dept. 

 1 180 Milwaukia Avenua, PORTLAND. ORE. 



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from 75 cents to $1 per dozen bunches 

 for them. Inside roses are between 

 seasons at present, and they continue 

 very scarce and poor. There is abso- 

 lutely no stock of anything in the line 

 of fancy roses or carnations. Of the 

 latter there is a very noticeable scarc- 

 ity of good long-stemmed flowers. We 

 are all patiently waiting for mums to 

 help us tide over the quiet season. There 

 are some inside flowers offered, but in 

 very small quantities. 



Valley is scarce at present and is not 

 in any particular demand. Amaryllis 

 has helped to tide over the quiet sea- 

 son nicely. Smilax is becoming longer 

 of string and more plentiful. Business 

 for the past week has been fair, par- 

 tially because we have had the Jewish 

 New Year to help us, and quite a quan- 

 tity of funeral work as well. Street 

 cars are running again, and everything 

 here has resumed its normal appearance. 



Variotts Note*. 



Culligan & Co. expect to resume busi- 

 ness in town within the next sixty days. 

 They have not as yet secured a location. 



The Forrest Floral Co., of Mission 

 and Twenty-second streets, reports a 

 heavy run of funeral work for the last 

 two .weeks. This firm has one of the 

 best appointed stores in the Mission. 



The Cox Co. has resumed operations 

 in its new store on Market and Cali- 



We are booldnK orders now^ for 



ASPARAGUS PLUMOSUS NANUS 



for delivery next winter. Per ounce (about 70O 

 seeds), $1.00; per pound, $14.00; per 5 pounds. 

 $56 00; per 10 pounds, $100.00. 



F. GHinan Taylor Seed Co., Glenilaie, Cal. 



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Calla Bulbs! 



Paper White Narcissus 



Send for Price List. 



I • LUutMANNi San rranclsco, CU. 



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SHASTA DAISIES 



Alaska, Oalitomla and Westralla seed and 

 plants. 



Patanlaa— Giants of California, hand fertil- 

 ised, from choicest collection. Also other seeds. 

 Send for list and prices to 



FRED GROHE, Santa Rosa, Cal. 



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fornia streets, and is much pleased 

 with the new location. 



Domoto & Co. report a heavy month's 

 shipping, having been unable to get 

 roses in sufficient quantity to fill orders 

 from the country. 



Fred L. Davis will return to San 

 Francisco about October 1. He expects 

 to open a store on Fillmore street in 

 time for the fall trade. 



Garibaldi & Co. have been unable, 

 owing to the continued dry weather, to 

 cut many violets from Ocean View beds. 

 This firm has about twenty acres in 

 operation this season. 



Rolleri & Co. are planting American 





