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The Weekly Florists'' Review^ 



November 29, 1900. 



PACIFIC COAST. 



BuRAL free delivery from Los Angeles 

 now reaches a number of firms in the 

 trade that heretofore have had poor 

 mail facilities. 



Penryn, Cal. — Harry S. McGowen, 

 who formerly held a half interest in the 

 California Carnation Co., of Loomis, has 

 purchased the entire interest. 



FRUIT AND NURSERY MEETING. 



The California Fruit Growers' Associ- 

 ation, the California Horticultural Com- 

 missioners and Inspectors and the Pacific 

 Coast Association of Nurserymen will 

 meet at Hanford, Cal., December 4 to 8. 

 An informal session of the latter society 

 will be held at liuther Burbank's place 

 at Santa Bosa x)ecember 3. 



"While the program throughout con- 

 tains many headings of interest to the 

 nurserymen, their own day, Wednesday, 

 will be of special importance to those 

 who grow plants for sale. The program 

 is as follows: 



Address F. W. Power 



Benefits to Be Derived from the Pacific 

 Coast Nurserymen's Association and the 



American Association of Nurserymen 



S. A. Miiler 

 The Nursery Business in California: Present 

 Needs and Future Possibilities. .Leonard Coates 



European Methods J. B. Piiltingtou 



Fruit Varieties Prof. K. J. Wickson 



Introductions at the Plant Introduction Gar- 

 den of Possible Interest to Nurserymen. . 



Prof. P. H. Dorsett 



ALAMEDA, CAL. 



Alleging that the fumes from the pot- 

 tery works of N. Clark & Son in West 

 Alameda ruin his plants, F. W. Vo- 

 winckel, an Alameda nurseryman, whose 

 property is in the vicinity of the pot- 

 tery works, has begun suit for injunc- 

 tion and $5,000 damages. If he wins 

 his case and secures a permanent injunc- 

 tion, it will close a plant worth ap- 

 proximately $1,000,000, which has been 

 running in Alameda for about a quarter 

 of a century. No buildings are very 

 close to it, but it is surrounded by vege- 

 table gardens and the nursery of Vo- 

 winckel. 



In his complaint Vowinckel charges 

 that the company has for some time been 

 manufacturing sewer pipe, and has been 

 burning crude oil and other fuel in its 

 furnaces in such a negligent manner 

 that the smoke, soot and gases emitted 

 destroy vegetation within a considerable 

 radius, among the properties affected be- 

 ing that of the plaintiff. 



This is the second suit of the kind to 

 be instituted by plant growers in Ala- 

 meda. Some years ago vegetable gar- 

 deners of the west end won a damage 

 and injunction suit against the Pine 

 Smelter, and the plant was closed and 

 moved away. 



SAN FRANOSCX). 



The Market 



We have had a series of dry winds 

 for the last few days and are greatly in 

 need of a few showers. The lack of sun- 

 shine has had a tendency to make flow- 

 ers scarce, and the growers will take ad- 

 vantage of that fact, and a general raise 

 of prices can be expected. The outside 

 mums are holding out splendidly, the 

 weather having been favorable for them 

 thus far. The growers are charging the 

 rot.ailors from $1..'50 to $2. .50 per hun- 



Uorooted CARNATION Cnttiags 



PerlOOO Per50C0 



Harlowarden, crimson $6.00 $25 00 



Woloott, best white 6.00 20.00 



mora Hill, still good 5.00 20.00 



PerlOOO Per 6000 



Prosperity, fancy $G.00 $25.00 



Bfrs. Joost. pink 500 20.00 



Mrs. T. Lawon, pink 6.00 25.00 



250 at 1000 rate; 2000 at 5000 rate. If you send cash I will pay the express. 



A. MITTING, nT.'-^3"^L?.°:"s\.. Santa Cruz, Cal. 



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SHASTA DAISIES 



ALASKA, CALIFORNIA, WESTRALIA 



strong field-grown divisions, true to name, 

 $2.50 per 100. Express paid for cash with order. 



The Leedham Bulb Co., Santa Cniz,, Cai. 



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ASPARAGUS 

 PLUMOSUS NANUS 



1,000 seeds, $2.00. 25 000 ^eeds, $35.00. 



6,000 seeds, 10.00. 50,000 seeds, 65.00. 



13,000 seeds, 20.00. 100,000 seeds, 110 00. 



F. Oilman Taylor Seed Co., Glendale, Gal. 



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dred and there will be no surplus. Vio- 

 lets are in fair supply, although the 

 weather is not favorable. The stores 

 have been paying a uniform price of $1 

 per dozen bunches to the wholesalers. 

 There is no change in the quality or price 

 of roses and there is plenty of stock, es- 

 pecially of the short stemmed. Good 

 Beauties Are scarce, and as for fancy 

 stock, there is none at present being of- 

 fered. Valley and Romans are in short 

 supply. Many growers have done noth- 

 ing in the line of flowering bulbs this 

 season, and there is bound to be a short- 

 age of such stock for the holidays. Smi- 

 lax is in good supply, but maidenhair 

 and asparagus show a tendency to be 

 scarce. Business is fair in the general 

 lines, and funeral trade has been good 

 for several weeks. The general opinion 

 about Thanksgiving seems to be that we 

 will have plenty of trade for everybody. 



Various Notet * 



A visit to the orchid housea of J. C. 

 Siegfried, in Alameda, shows a lot of 

 the best commercial varieties in splendid 

 condition. A heavy demand is reported, 

 with many orders for Thanksgiving. 



At the nurseries of M. Lynch, at 

 INIenlo Park, much activity in shipping is 

 evident. This firm sells but little of 

 their large output in San Francisco, the 

 majority of everything grown being ex- 

 pressed to interior and northern cities. 

 An immense house full of smilax is being 

 held for the holidays. 



Thorsted & Co., of Fruitvale, are ex- 

 hibiting a new seedling white carnation. 

 It is the size and shape of Wolcott, but 

 does not burst and is sweet scented. An- 

 other season's trial will be given it be- 

 fore extensive propagation will be car- 

 ried on. 



The city of Oakland will hire half a 

 dozen additional gardeners for the vari- 

 ous plazas. Ninety dollars per month are 

 the wages paid in this department. 



Charles Beebe, late of Trumbull & 

 Beebe, is at present connected with the 

 relief bureau, which was organized to 

 aid the victims of the late earthquake 

 and fire. 



The Boland Floral Co. has established 



SHASTA DAISY 



Alaska, California and Westralla. extra strong 

 field divisions, from dlvlBlons of Mr. Burbank's 

 original stock, t2.&0 per 100; $22.50 per 1000. Small 

 plants, just right for 3-inch pots, $1.26 per 100; 

 $11.00 per lOUO. 

 AsparaKus Plnmosna Nanus, 2H(-inch, $2.50 



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

 Cyclamen Per. Gig:anteum, 2-in., $5.00 per 100. 



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

 tirrhinum Queen of the North, Cineraria Nana 

 GraBdlfl., Hydrangea panlculata type, Geraniums 

 in all colors, Margruerite Queen Alexandra, 

 Flowering Begonia (8 var.). 



Smilax, 2^-in., $2.00 per 100. 



Shasta Daisy Seeds of Alaska, California 

 and Westralla only, 50c per 1000; $3.50 per oz. 



Petunia Giants of California, a good strain, 

 60c per 1000; fl.50 per 14 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. Trial pkt. of 260 seeds, 26c; 1000 seeds, 

 75c; ^oz., $2.50; oz., $15.00. Cash please. 



Send for list of other seeds to 



FRED GROHE, Santa Roaa, Cal. 



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n^CBC Field-Grown, liOW-Bndded, 

 ■C«^aK.3 Two Years Old, Well Rooted. 



Climbins: Roses— Papa Gontier. $1.00 each. 

 Mme. Caroline Testout. $18.00 per 100. Kalserin 

 Augusta Victoria, 112.00 per 100. Beauty of Eur 

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



American Beauty, $18 00 per 100. 



Mme. Caroline Testout. $12.00 per 100. 



Frau Karl Druschki, $20.00 per 100. 

 Send for Rose Price List. 



r. LUDEMANNsanFrancisco.Cal. 



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itself in a creditable manner on Geary 

 street. It is the first florist to come 

 down town since the fire. 



J. D. Marion has departed on a two 

 weeks' trip to southern California and 

 Arizona. G. 



HEELING IN. 



Much valuable deciduous stock is lost 

 every season by the ordinary dealer from 

 carelessness in heeling in and the subse- 

 quent lack of attention. I have spoken 

 especially of hardy deciduous trees and 

 shrubs, as they are handled almost en- 

 tirely during the winter and early spring 

 and usually without any soil on the roots. 

 To begin with, it is not a sensible idea 

 to attempt to dig anything in the line of 

 deciduous stock before it is perfectly 

 dormant, or as near so as it gets in this 

 climate. The old rule was to wait until 

 we had a couple of sharp frosts, but as 

 they do not always appear in California, 

 I find it is a better plan to wait until we 

 have sufficient rain to wet the earth to a 

 depth of from eight inches to a foot. 

 Sometimes this fails us, and, although it 

 is usually not a profitable proceeding to 

 attempt to handle stock with a pick and 

 shovel, it is occasionally necessary to do 

 so. But little is to be gained by the 

 purchaser or the grower by this method, 

 and the injury to the smaller roots 

 should be a matter of concern. Custom- 

 ers, however, do not always use judgment 

 and the nurseryman often has to trans- 

 plant stock much against his will. 



When the proper time has arrived for 

 transplanting, it should be done without 

 any unnecessary uncovering or delay 



