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The Weekly Rorists^Rcview* 



OCTOBSB 18, 1906. 



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PACIFIC COAST. 



ViCTOElA, B. C. — Mrs. M. A. Farring- 

 ton has sold the Fairview Qreenhouses 

 and removed to Los Angeles. The big 



freenhouse plant now is in charge of F. 

 'rancis, manager. 



LOS ANGELES, CAL. 



James Stewart, a well known and 

 honored old resident of Los Angeles 

 county, passed away at his home, 246 

 North Soto street, October 5, having 

 been ill for nearly three months. Mr. 

 Stewart was a successful horticulturist, 

 and was regarded as an authority on 

 fig and walnut culture. He introduced 

 the Smyrna fig into southern California. 

 In 1870 he purchased a ranch near Ri- 

 vera which forms part of his estate, 

 which is valued at about $100,000. He 

 was born in Cleveland, Tenn., in 1827. 



SAN FRANOSGO. 



The Market 



■^e have had a slight change in the 

 weather during the last week. It now is 

 much cooler than it has been for several 

 months, and everyone is glad of the 

 change. Flowers are somewhat easier, 

 and the price remains about the same 

 as the last quotation two weeks ago. 



Boses and carnations are both more 

 plentiful than they have been, and of 

 somewhat better color throughout. Chrys- 

 anthemums have been rather disappoint- 

 ing thus far, both as to size and color; 

 but we are now having more satisfac- 

 tory weather, and it is probable that 

 they will improve somewhat. I refer to 

 outside grown stock in this instance. The 

 chrysanthemums grown under glass are 

 up to the standard, and are bringing the 

 wholesalers fair prices. 



Business, both in San Francisco and 

 Oakland, has had an upward tendency 

 during the past week. A majority of 

 the town residents are back in the city 

 again, and the country orders keep the 

 dealers busy as well. The outlook for 

 plenty of stock for the coming season 

 18 good, as far as I am able to judge, 

 and with plenty of roses, carnations, 

 valley and lilies in sight, we should 

 have a healthy autumn trade. 



Variotti Note*. 



Julius Seulberger, of Oakland, has 

 returned from an outing at Lake Tahoe. 



Eien & Co., of Elmhurst, are cutting 

 a fine crop of Enchantress at this time. 



L. M. Barrett, of Berkeley, Cal., has 

 devoted one house to the culture of 

 Adiantum Croweanum. He has good 

 success with this variety. 



Domoto Bros, have two large houses 

 filled with early chrysanthemums. They 

 report a heavy shipping trade for Sep- 

 tember and October. 



William J. Dingee has written a let- 

 ter to the public complaining against 

 the housing of refugees in the city parks. 



B. L. Bivers will make a short tour 

 of Southern California and return about 

 the first of November. 



Thomas O'Neill has again resumed 

 the management of the Myrobolan Nurs- 

 eries, Haywards. 



A general complaint has been made by 

 growers that it has been almost impos- 

 sible for the last few months to hire 



500 LBS. MONTEREY CYPRESS SEED 



Per lb., $1.60. 



260 Lbs. CALIFORNIA REDWOOD SEED 



Per lb., $8.60. 



A. MiniNG, m'^^ITz, Santa Cruz, Cat. 



Mention The Reylew whea you write. 



n^^C^BC Field'Orown, Low. Budded, 

 KUal.9 Two Years Old. Well Kooted. 



ClImbliiK RoBes— Papa Oontler, tl.OO each. 

 Mme. Caroline Testout, 118.00 per 100. Eaiserin 

 Augusta Victoria, 112.00 per 100. Beauty of Eur- 

 ope, $10 00 per 100. Bridesmaid, $10.00 per 100. 



AmeHcan Beauty, $18 00 per 100. 



Mme. Caroline Testoat, $12.00 per 100. 



Fran Karl Dmschki, $20.00 per 100. 

 Send for Bose Price List. 



Ft linBRflitlUlU 3041 Baker St. 

 • LUUCniAninisanFranoiaco.Cal. 



Mention The EeTlew when you write. 



requisite help to keep the various nurs- 

 eries in running order. The high prices 

 paid in other lines of work seem to be 

 to blame in this matter, as even ordi- 

 nary laborers are being paid as much as 

 experienced gardeners; and, if a man 

 can do a little carpentering and assist 

 in plumbing, he has no difficulty in get- 

 ting $3.50 or $4 per day. G. 



PARASITE FROM CHINA. 



George Compere, who is in China in 

 search of parasites to combat the de- 

 structive scales that prey on fruits and 

 trees in California, has communicated 

 with the state horticultural commission, 

 stating that his efforts along that line 

 are meeting with great success. His most 

 notable discovery is a scale-infested 

 palm that he secured in the interior. 

 The plant was carried on the backs of 

 coolies for many miles and then shipped 

 to the coast on a junk boat. It is now 

 in San Francisco and will be forwarded 

 to the horticultural commission. 



The plant contains the purple scale 

 and the parasite. The parasites, like 

 those recently received, will be bred and 

 kept for experimental purposes. , 



Mr. Compere will soon leave China for 

 India, where he will continue his search 

 for parasites. The work undertaken by 

 the horticultural commission is of great 

 scope, and will be of inestimable value 

 to the California fruitgrowers if the 

 attempts to kill the fruit and tree scale 

 are successful. 



THE EUCALYPTUS. 



A Useful Tree. 



The fact that several of our western 

 railroads have planted large tracts of 

 land with red and iron-bark gum trees, 

 to cut down and use as railroad ties, 

 has drawn some attention to this val- 

 uable tree. Considerable experimenting 

 has been done along these lines and 

 various kinds of trees have been used 

 for that kind of work. It has been 

 found that the ordinary blue gum. Eu- 

 calyptus globulus, is not suited where 

 it is necessary to lay the ties on the 

 surface of the ground, as it will not 

 last, ordinarily, longer than two seasons. 

 It also has been tried for driving into 

 the water, in the shape of piles for 

 bridge construction; and, although it is 

 not affected as much by the teredo as is 

 redwood (Sequoia sempervisens), it is 



SHASTA DAISY 



Alaska, California and Westralia. extra stroner 

 field dlvlBlons, from divisions of Mr. Burbank's 

 origrlnal stock, $2.60 per 100; $22.50 per 1000. Small 

 plants, just right for 8-inch pots, $1.25 per 100; 

 $11.00 per 1000. 

 Aaparagras Plamoana Nanus, 2>^-inch, 12.60 



per 100. 2-inch, $2.00 per 100. 

 Cyclamen Per. Glgantenm, 2-ln., $6.00 per 100. 



The followinsr from 2- inch at $2.00 per 100— An- 

 tirrhinum Queen of the North, Cineraria Nan» 

 Grandifl., H.vdrangeapaniculata type, Oeranlum» 

 in all colors. Marguerite, Queen Alexandra, 

 Flowering Begonia (8 var.), Smilax. 



Shasta Daisy Seeds of Alaska, Callfoml&^ 

 and Westralia only, 50c per 1000; $8.60 per oz. 



Petunia Giants of California, a good strain, 

 60c per 1000; $1.50 per H oz.; $10.00 per oz. 



Champion Strain — After years of careful 

 selection and hand fertilizing, using only the 

 most perfect flower for that purpose. I have at- 

 last obtained a strain that cannot be surpassed 

 by anyone. Trtal pkt. of 250 seeds, 26c; 1000 seeds, 

 76c; H oz., $2.60; oz., $16.00. Cash please. 



Send for list of other seeds to 



FRED GROHE, Santa Rosa, Calr 



Mention Th^ Review when yon write. 



We are booklaB orders noTir for 



ASPARAGUS PLUMOSUS NANUS 



for delivery next winter. Per ounce (about 70O 

 seeds), $1.00; per potuid, 914.00; per 5 pounds, 

 $66.00; per 10 pomidB, $100.00. 



F. Gilman Taylor Seed Co., Glendale, CaU 



Mentlmi The Review when yon write. 



not long lived on account of the excess 

 of moisture. It is claimed that the red 

 gum, however, will last for from five to 

 eight years when driven into the water, 

 and when used as a railroad tie its life 

 is double that time. 



Owing to the growing scarcity of red- 

 wood on this coast, this fact is of great 

 value to railroad builders, and others, a9 

 its lasting qualities have been fully dem- 

 onstrated. As there is bound to be a 

 great scarcity of redwood in the near 

 future, and as railroad building is only 

 in its incipiency on this coast, there will 

 be an enormous demand for timber in 

 the near future. 



The red gum is of easy growth, and, 

 altbough it does not attain large size a» 

 quickly as does the common blue gum,. 

 it can be classed with the quick-growing 

 trees. It seeds freely, and is perfectly 

 hardy in central and southern California.. 

 The seeds should be secured from the 

 older growths on the trees early in the 

 spring. They shell very easily if thrown 

 in the sun for a week or ten days, when 

 the seed will all drop out by vigorously 

 shaking the pods. 



Railing Seedlings. 



I have had the best success with them 

 in planting the seed outside in a lat- 

 tice frame, with an extra amount of 

 shade in the middle of the day should 

 the sun be warm. The seed should not 

 be sown too thickly. An ounce of clean 

 seed will easily cover fifty square feet 

 of surface. This may seem like wasting 

 space, but I have had uniform success 

 when planting seed at about that 

 spacing. Care should be taken in not 

 giving too much water and having the 



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