Decembeb 6, 1006. 



The Weekly Florists' Review* 



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SPECiaL OFFER 



Something Good 



and Cheap 



For Catalogue Men. 



Per 100 



1000 Hiblaous Peach Blow, extra fitrong, 2-iD. pots $ 3.60 



1000 Hiblaous Peach Blow, very fine plants, S-in. pots 5.00 



1250 Hibiscus, Double Crimson, 4-ia. pots 5.00 



500 Abutllon Dlok de Lonlay, i-in. pots 2.S0 



1500 Abutllon Maiden Blush, 2-iD. pots 2.50 



2000 Geranium Achievement, strong, 2>^-iD., finest of all 



the hybrids, Ivy-zonale section 3.00 



1000 Gertrude Pearson, extra fine, S-in. pots 4.00 



500 Lonicera Superba Gisantea, novelty, the grandest 



giant flowered, large foliaged, honeysuckle in existence 10. CO 



120U Beeonla Areenteo-Guttata, strong, 2>^ia 3.00 



Per 100 

 2000 Hydraneea Otaksa Monstrosa, extra heavy stock, 



3-in. pots $ 4 00 



500 Liantana Tralline: Queen, 2J^-in. pots. . . , 2.00 



1150 Crimson Rambler Roses, 2-year-old, extra fine canes, 



4 to 6 feet high 15.00 



1800 Climbins Clothllde Soupert Roses, very fine stock, 



2 to 4 branches, 4 to 5 feet high 15.00 



(Roses shipped without soil on the roots in dormant condition during, 

 December with perfect safety,) f o. b. Los Angeles. No less than 

 100 lots at 100 rate, on any of above. 



The above are all extra fine stuff and cheap at the prices quoted. Cash with all orders. 



...Nurserym 

 Box 484, LOS ANGELES, CAL. 



HOWARD & SMITH, Inc., p. «. '^"''«'^'"- 



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ROSE MISS KATE MOULTON 



With us is splendid In growth, flower, foliage, productiveness. We will book 

 orders in rotation for early spring delivery from 23^ and 3-inch pots. Prices, 

 $12.00 per 100; $50.00 per 500; $100.00 per 1000. Our propagating 

 capacity is limited. Apply early if you want healthy, well grown stock. 



THE SIBSON ROSE NURSERIES, ^VpIk^SiA 



1180 MILWAUKEE AVE., PORTLAND, ORE. 



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CARNATIONS 



250,000 healthy, well rooted Cuttings of choice and standard varieties, as follows: Hannah Hobart, 

 Enchantress; Red, White, Pink and Variegated Lawson; Estelle, Mrs. Joost, G. H. Crane, America, 

 Eldorado, Harlowarden, Gov. Wolcott, Queen Louise, Flora Hill, Governor Roosevelt, Richmond 

 Gem, Genevieve Lord, Argyle and Gaiety. Write for price list, terms, etc to 



THK HERMITAGE CARNATION CO., D. F. Roddan, Prop., LOOMIS, CAL.. 

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PALMS 



25 Phoenix Canariensls.. 



40 



10 Chamaerops Excelsa . 



40 California Fan 



10 Erythea Edulls 



20 Australis Corypha 



20 Dracaenas 



.4 to 6 ft. 

 .3 to 4 ft. 

 .2 to 8 ft. 

 .8 to 6 ft. 

 .2 to 3 ft. 

 .2 to 3 ft. 

 .4 to 6 ft. 



Good, hardy stock, never been under cover. 

 Must be moved this season. Price (which Is 

 low) on application. 



W. E. KING, Florist 



East Santa Crns, Cal. 



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of-town shipments, were scarce. There 

 was not such a noticeable insufficiency 

 of roses. The demand, I think, was 

 about equal for violets, yellow mums and 

 carnations and these were the only flow- 

 ers that the retailers had to scramble 

 for. Valley was in fair supply. Some 

 well-grown poinsettias were shown and 

 many Roman hyacinths and narcissi. It 

 will be a few days before the retailers 

 can figure up their business for the 

 week, but I have seen no one who did 

 not appear to be satisfied. 



Various Note*. 



James Skinner, of Christmas tree 

 fame, is in town on his annual visit 

 from Oregon. He states that the de- 

 mand this year for trees is heavier than 

 ever. 



L. M. Barrett, of Berkeley, is in line 



with a good supply of maidenhair for 

 the holidays. He has splendid success 

 with Adiantum Croweanum and devotes 

 considerable space to it. 



H. Gresens, of Alameda, reports the 

 heaviest business during Thanksgiving 

 week ever experienced by his firm. 



Considerable business was done by the 

 local dealers in California red berries. 

 Many customers, who could not be sup- 

 plied with violets, turned their attention 

 to the berries and seemed to find in 

 them a good substitute. G. 



PROPAGATING NUT TREES. 



Will you oblige me by giving a little 

 information about propagating nut trees, 

 as I have unsatisfactory results? Please 

 cover, if convenient, in reply, the best 

 mode of selecting, handling, time of 

 planting, etc., of such varieties as Eng- 

 lish walnut, sweet chestnut, butternut, 

 maple, elm, mountain ash and hawthorn. 



C. H. B. 



The writer of the above takes in quite 

 a varied list of stock, together with an 

 opportunity to go into considerable de- 

 tail in the various phases of its growth, 

 but a few of the principal features may 

 clear up some of the difficulties encoun- 

 tered. 



To begin with, the subject of the 

 growing of nut trees presents several 

 successive steps. Walnuts, almonds, 

 chestnuts and butternuts are grafted to 

 whatever variety the grower wishes to 

 propagate. The seedlings are usually 

 grafted when about two years old and 

 they make a growth of several feet in 



the next two seasons, when they are large 

 enough to sell. The exception to this 

 rule is the almond, which is always 

 budded on one-year-old wild stock and 

 attains a salable size the following 

 season. 



Seedling nut trees can be procured 

 from any of the large eastern nurseries 

 and if one-year-old seedlings are planted 

 they should be grown one year before 

 they are grafted. They are easily 

 handled and the grafting should be done 

 in December and January, and the 

 ground kept well cultivated, so that the 

 young scion will not dry out when the 

 warm weather begins. 



The best selling varieties on this coast 

 are the Chaberte, Franquette, Mayette 

 and Parisienne walnuts. Nonpareil, 

 Paper-shell and IXL almonds, American 

 Sweet, Paragon and Alpha chestnuts. 



Considerable success can be had from 

 planting and fruiting nut trees that are 

 grown from selected nuts and not 

 grafted; but the demand has of late 

 years been for grafted trees of well- 

 known sorts. The party inquiring can 

 purchase or grow the seedlings and when 

 the time comes for grafting the scions 

 can be procured without trouble from 

 any repufeble tree grower. 



With maples there is no trouble what- 

 ever. They are easily grown from seed, 

 although young seedlings are sold at such 

 reasonable prices by wholesale dealers, 

 who make a specialty of selling to 

 smaller nurseries, that it hardly pays to 

 propagate them when two or three-year- 

 old seedlings can be had at a few cents 

 per hundred. They are easily handled, 

 perfectly hardy and grow fast when 

 planted in • nursery rows. Should the 

 inquirer care to bother, they can be 

 grown very easily from seed, but my 

 advice is to import, as I find it much 

 cheaper. The best selling sorts of maples 

 on this coast are the English silver- 

 leaved, sycamore, Norway and black. 

 They are all of equally easy growth and 

 are good sellers. 



The same rule can be applied to elms, 

 mountain ash and hawthorn. The haw- 

 thorn, however, if it is desired to grow 

 any of the double sorts, will have to be 

 budded or grafted in the same manner 

 as the nut trees. They can be budded in 

 May or June and grafted in December. 

 Wild or single hawthorns can be pur- 

 chased at low prices and can be altered 

 when either two or three years old. They 

 have come into great favor within the 

 last few years on this coast and are of 

 the easiest growth and stand transplant- 

 ing without trouble. G. 



