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The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



December 27, 1906. 



PACIFIC COAST. 



All southern California is rejoicing 

 in the rains that have teen so plentiful 

 the last twenty days. The florists are 

 complaining at the loss of some outdoor 

 flowers but under-glass stock is fine. 



Los Angeles, Cal. — Budolph Fischer, 

 of Great Neck, L. I., has bought five 

 acres of land about twelve miles from 

 Los Angeles and has built a house and 

 planted about an acre of Freesia Purity. 

 Mr. Fischer's family already is living 

 on the place and Mr. Fischer intends to 

 join his people here in the spring. 



The founder of the Woodburn Nur- 

 series, Woodburn, Ore., was J. H. Settle- 

 mier, a pioneer of '49, having crossed 

 the plains by ox team when a boy 9 

 years of age, and has lived in the Wil- 

 lamette valley ever since. He worked 

 in the nursery of his father, afterwards 

 going into business for himself at the 

 present location in 1863, continuing until 

 1892, when his son, F. W. Settlemier, 

 succeeded to the ownership. 



It is stated that the demand for 

 young peach trees for planting in the 

 famous peach region adjacent to Yuba 

 City, Cal., will be greater this year than 

 in years gone by. In fact, the demand 

 has spread into sections heretofore un- 

 known to be good peach soils. The can- 

 neries are yearly increasing their out- 

 put of fruit, and the demand for peaches 

 is exceeding the output. It is under- 

 stood that local nurseries are over- 

 whelmed with orders for peach trees. 



SAN FRANOSOO. 



The Market 



"We are in the midst of the holidays, 

 and from present indications the season 

 will be exceptional. Business, both in 

 the stores and with the wholesale grow- 

 ers, has been good for the last month. 

 The price and quality of all classes of 

 stock has shown a steady advancement 

 and the demands have, for the last two 



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 us on all orders. No disease of any description. Unrooted cuttings half price. 

 25 cuttings at 100 rate; 200 at 1000 rate. 



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n^cpc Field'Orown, Low Budded, 

 KV3t.a Two Years Old, Well Rooted. 



Climblne Roses— Papa Gontler, 11.00 each. 

 Mme. Caroline Tesiout, $18.00 per 100. Kaiserin 

 Augusta Victoria, $12.00 per 100. Beauty of Eu- 

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



American Beauty, $18.00 per 100. 



Mme. Caroline Testout. $12.00 per 100. 



Frau Karl Oruschki, $20.00 per 100. 

 Send for Rose Price List. 



FW imFIUIMIUlU 3041 Baker St. 

 • LUUCITIAnini SauFranclsco.Cal. 



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usual quota of stores, all the growers are 

 busy with both local and shipping trade. 

 There is no apparent scarcity of any 

 one article at present, except violets, 

 and we have not as yet had suflScient 

 moisture to suit their demands. Valley, 

 which has been scarce, is now in abun- 

 dant supply and is bringing good prices. 



Berries, mistletoe and huckelberry are 

 being sold by the ton, and the general 

 supply of all kinds of green goods does 

 not exceed the demands. 



In all the bay towns the same condi- 

 tions seem to prevail, and I think it is 

 safe to predict we will have a banner 

 holiday trade. G. 



THE UNIVERSITY FARM. 



E. J. Wickson has returned from a 

 trip to Hanford, where he attended the 

 annual growers' convention. A feature 



Greenhouses of C. F. Ruef, Salem, Oregon. 



weeks, exceeded the supply. The weather 

 is ideal at the present writing and gives 

 every indication of remaining so for 

 several days at least. Warm sunshiny 

 days and cool nights have a tendency to 

 bring crowds of people out of their 

 homes and never has the season been 

 any gayer. 



Although we have only a third of our 



of this gathering was the reading of a 

 paper by Prof. "Wickson on the "Horti- 

 cultural Uses of the University Farm." 

 Without directly referring to the ef- 

 fort on the part of Fresno county peo- 

 ple to have the main experiment sta- 

 tion of the university located on the M. 

 Theodore Kearney property near Fresno, 

 and the abandonment of the Davisville 



SHASTA DAISY 



Alaska, California and Westralla. extra strong 

 field divisions, from divisions of Mr. Burbank'a 

 original stock, $2.50 per 100; $22.50 per 1000. Small 

 plants, Just right for 3-inch pots, $1.25 per 100; 

 $11.00 per 1000. 

 Asparagus Plumosus Nanus, 2V^-inch, $2.50 



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

 Cyclamen Per. Giganteum, i-ln., $5.00 per 100. 



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

 tirrhinum Queen of the North, Cineraria Nana 

 Grandifl., Hydrangea panlculata type, Geraniums 

 in all colors. Marguerite 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; $3.60 per oz. 



Petunia Giants of California, a good strain, 

 50c per 1000; $1.50 per }^ 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 250 seeds, 26c; 1000 seeds, 

 76c; ^oz., $2.50; oz., $15.00. Cash please. 



Send for list of other seeds to 



FRED GROHE, Santa Rosa* Cal. 



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horticultural grounds, Prof. "Wickson 

 made it clear that there was room for 

 both farms and that the Fresno prop- 

 erty would, in accordance with the 

 wishes of the donor, be used for horti- 

 cultural research and experiment. 



He said that Mr. Kearney's gift of 

 5,400 acres of valuable land to the state 

 stands for a declaration of his dying 

 faith that whatever the state may pro- 

 vide and maintain for horticultural 

 training and research there is ample op- 

 portunity and demand that much more 

 shall be done by individual gift and be- 

 quest. He described .at some length the 

 farm purchased by the state near Davis- 

 ville and also the Kearney property, 

 both of which, he said, were admirably 

 adapted to the uses to which they are 

 to be put. 



Continuing, he stated that this rich 

 inheritance which comes to the state, 

 must be taken as evidence of two things: 

 First, the research work and the popu- 

 lar presentation of its results, by Prof. 

 Hilgard and his staff during the last 

 third of a century has convinced the peo- 

 ple of California that the fullest knowl- 

 edge of California conditions of climate, 

 of soils and cultures must be had for 

 intelligent and profitable pursuit of the 

 industries which are based upon them. 

 Second, that the equipment and facili- 

 ties of the department for teaching the 

 practical arts, in accordance with the 

 scientific demonstration of local condi- 

 tions, were pitiably meager and inade- 

 quate. 



Hence arose the popular demand that 

 the college should undertake instruction 

 in California farm practice on much 



