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The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



NOVBUBBB 8, 1906. 



PACIFIC COAST. 



Fruitvale, Cal. — E. Flossmann has 

 bought the business of Emil Wagner. 



Dr. L. O. Howard, of the U. S. De- 

 partment of Agriculture, is in California 

 studying the "Bug vs. Bug" method of 

 insect extermination. 



Los Angeles, Cal. — J. W. Wolfskin 

 viiW remodel the store at 220 West 

 Fourth street to make of it one of the 

 most attractive flower stores in the state. 



All nurserymen are busy, or about to 

 get busy, on the coast. Trade conditions 

 are good, money plentiful, and there is a 

 fine demand for all classes of standard 

 stock. 



J. Warren Lane, vice-president of 

 the Leonard Coates Nursery Co., Mor- 

 ganhill, Cal., has withdrawn from that 

 company and taken the position of man- 

 ager of the Inglewood Nurseries, Ingle- 

 wood, Cal. 



SAN FSANOSGO. 



The Market 



Business among the retailers shows lit- 

 tle improvement over last week. The 

 weather continues warm and dry. Busi- 

 ness with the wholesalers, however, con- 

 tinues to be good. There is just about 

 enough stock produced to be all used up 

 in the stores and by the various shipping 

 orders. 



Chrysanthemums are the seasonable 

 flowers, and the prices realized by the 

 growers are somewhat in excess of those 

 of last year. As I have stated before, 

 the quality of the stock produced is not 

 equal to that of former seasons, but as 

 there are fewer growers than formerly 

 the flowers are in good demand. There 

 is no change in roses or carnations. 

 Prices have remained stationary, and the 

 demand continues fair. Violets, owing 

 to the continued dry weather, remain 

 scarce, there being not over half the 

 usual quantity at this time. Other kinds 

 of outdoor stock, such as dahlias, gladi- 

 oli, sweet peas, gaillardias and coreopsis, 

 are getting, owing to the lateness of the 

 season, of poor quality, and a week or 

 two will finish them. 



A few Paper White narcissi are seen 

 and valley is in good supply. Maiden- 

 hair fern, with a majority of the grow- 

 ers, is getting short of stem. Smilax is 

 plentiful, and is appearing in good, 

 heavy strings. Indoor mums are moving 

 slowly, but are bringing good prices. 

 The best yellow and white varieties cost 

 the retailer from $2 to $3 per dozen. 

 Funeral work has been quiet for the last 

 two weeks. There is a little doing in the 

 line of weddings, with quite a few deco- 

 rations on the tapis. 



Various Notes. 



P. C. Meyer & Co., of Burlingame, are 

 cutting some extra fine Bonnaflfon. They 

 will have a splendid lot for Thanksgiv- 

 ing. 



Kien & Co., of Elmhurst, have six 

 houses planted to carnations. Enchant- 

 ress, Flora Hill and Lawson are the 

 principal varieties grown. 



Chailes Abraham, of the Western 

 Nurseries, reports a good fall trade in 

 ferns, palms and general nursery stock. 



E. C. Hughes has purchased two acres 



ADIANTUM PEDATUM 



Adiantum Pedatum grows its fronds 24 inches bigb, with 5 branches on a stiff 

 stem. No better adiantum grown for catting or as a pot platt. Strong 6-inch 

 pots, $10.00 per ICO. Uasb, ex. prepaid. Try 25 and you will want more. 



TBIXOW CALL A, KLLIOTTIANA, strong bulbs, the Oummings pot plant, 35c 

 each; t4.00 per 12. 



A. HITTING, 17-23 KENNAN ST., SANTA CRUZ, CAL. 



Mention The RcTlew when you write. 



near Burlingame, and will erect several 

 greenhouses within the next two months. 



A visit to the greenhouses of John H. 

 Sievers & Co. shows five large houses 

 planted to various kinds of carnations. 

 The stock of Hannah Hobart looks par- 

 ticularly healthy, and promises well for 

 an abundant crop of flowers in the near 

 future. 



Fred C. Davis will leave during the 

 coming week for a three weeks' outing 

 to Portland, Ore., and vicinity. This is 

 his first vacation in five years. 



The dealers say that there is a small 

 demand for bulbs for garden planting 

 this fall. The ideas of the planting pub- 

 lic seem to tend toward other classes of 

 stock. G. 



STREET TREES. 



Good Varieties for Gilifomia. 



The planting season is again near at 

 hand and it is evident, from the progress 

 made last season in the way of planting 

 our public highways to ornamental trees, 

 that there will be even greater work done 

 in the coming fall and winter. There is 

 such a difference of opinion among peo- 

 ple interested, and such a small amount 

 of judgment shown by many of them, in 

 what has already been done, that dealers 

 should make a study of this branch of 

 the business, and use their influence in 

 persuading the general public to plant 

 suitable trees. We have such a varied 

 climate in this state, and such an assort- 

 ment of evergreen and deciduous trees 

 to select from, that there should be no 

 trouble in directing what is the most ad- 

 visable for this purpose. 



I have seen several avenues planted 

 during the past season with Grevillea 

 robusta. This I consider one of our 

 most beautiful evergreen trees. It at- 

 tains a height of fifty feet and although 

 it is not usually of rapid growth for the 

 first two seasons, its progress is fast sub- 

 sequently. It is not so hardy as the 

 common pepper tree, Schinus Molle, but 

 it makes a more symmetrical tree, and 

 stands pruning much better. The young 

 trees should be well staked, when first 

 planted, and the ground kept moist and 

 well worked during the first season. The 

 various kinds of acacias have been heav- 

 ily planted in the state for many years, 

 and they are still in good demand. 



One of the most beautiful of the fam- 

 ily is the A. linearis. This is of a most 

 graceful weeping habit, and although of 

 not quite such a strong growth as several 

 of the better known kinds, it eventually 

 makes a large tree. Like the tree men- 

 tioned previously, it stands trimming 

 well, and can be planted from twenty 

 to fifty feet apart on the sidewalk. In 

 many parts of California the Texas um- 

 brella tree is in great favor. It makes a 

 magnificent specimen where the climate 

 suits it, but in any other locality it is 

 not satisfactory. It flourishes in our in- 



SHASTA DAISY 



Alaska, California and Westralia, extra strong 

 field diviiBlons. from divlBions of Mr. Burbank's 

 original stock, 12.60 perm; 122.50 per 1000. Small 

 plants, just right for S-lnch pots, 11.26 per 100; 

 tU.OOperlOOO. 

 Aaparacna Plnmoras Nanua, 2M-lnch, 12.60 



per 100. 2-inch, 12.00 per 100. 

 Cyclamen Per. GiKanteum, 2-in.. 15.00 per 100. 



The following from 2-inch at $2 00 per 100— An- 

 tirrhinum Queen of the North, Cineraria Nana 

 Orandifl., Hydrangea paniculata type. Geraniums 

 in all colors. Marguerite Queen Alexandra, 

 Flowering Begonia (8 var.). 



Bmllax, 2Hi-in., t2.00 per 100. 



Shasta DMsy 8e«ds of Alaska, California 

 and Westralia only, 60c per lOOO; tS.60 per oz. 



Petunia Oiants of California, a good strain, 

 60c per 1000: 11.60 per H oz.; 110.00 per oz. 



Cbamplon 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. Trial pkt. of 260 seeds, 26c; 1000 seeds, 

 76c; Hi oz., $2.60; oz., tl6.00. Cash please. 



Send for list of other seeds to 



FRED GROHE, Santa Roaa* Cal. 



Mention The Review when yog write. 



DA&VIC Field-Grown, LowRadded, 

 K V9E:9 Two Years Old, Well Booted. 



CIlmblnjE Rosea— Papa Oontier. 11.00 each. 

 Mme. Caroline Tesiout. 118.00 per 100. Kalserin 

 Augusta Victoria, 112.00 pf-r 100. Beauty of Eur- 

 ope, $10 00 per 100. Bridesmaid, IIO.OO per 100. 



American Beauty, $18 OU per lUO. 



Mme. Caroline Testont. tl2 OU per IQO. 



Fran Karl Omschici, $20.U0 per lUO. 

 Send for Rose Price List. 



F. LUD£|V|ANNsanFranolBCO,Cal. 



Mention The Berlew when you write. 



We ar« booking order* now tor 



ASPARAGUS PLUMOSUS NANUS 



for delivery next winter. Per ounce (about 700 

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

 $55.00; per 10 pounds, $100.00. 



F. 6ilnian Taylor Seed Co., Glendale, Cal. 



Mention The Review when yon write. 



terior counties, where the heat seems to 

 greatly encourage its growth. 



The subject of palms for sidewalk 

 planting has been mentioned several 

 times in these columns. This might also 

 include dracsenas, although they have not 

 been used as much as formerly during 

 the past few seasons. Washingtonia ro- 

 busta and Chamserops excela I consider 

 the only suitable palms to plant in this 

 climate. The former is the quicker grow- 

 ing of the two. They, in common with 

 almost all our hardy palms, are fond of 

 considerable moisture during the sum- 

 mer season, and when they are well 

 treated in that regard, they make mag- 

 nificent specimens in a few years. They 

 are both easy to transplant at any size, 

 and little check is given them by so do- 

 ing. Date palms are often seen planted 

 on sidewalks, but they are not suitable, 

 unless the walk is vode, and they are 

 given a chance to spread. Brahea fila- 

 mentosa for the same reason is not con- 

 sidered a satisfactory variety. Both 

 these and the date palm are most difficult 

 to make grow after transplanting, espe- 

 cially when they are lifted from the 

 ground when they are somewhat large 

 plants. G. 



