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The Weekly Florists' Review^ 



Januart 31, 1907. 



PACIFIC COAST. 



SAN FRANOSOO. 



The Market 



The excess of rainy weather still con- 

 tinues and the end is apparently not yet. 

 We have only had two days of sunshine 

 in the last two weeks and the effect has 

 been to reduce the quantities of stock 

 offered by about fifty per cent. Busi- 

 ness, on the other hand, especially in the 

 line of funeral work, has been good and 

 neither the growers nor the retailers 

 have any difficulty in disposing of their 

 stock. 



Violets are plentiful and of splendid 

 quality; in fact, they are about the only 

 article of which we have an abundance 

 at this time. The price of roses and 

 carnations has not changed since the , 

 holidays, although most of the growers 

 are not cutting more than one-half their 

 usual quantity. Adiantum and cut as- 

 paragus are scarcer than they have ever 

 been at this season of the year. None 

 of the growers seems to have any surplus 

 and much trouble is experienced in get- 

 ting any good stock. Smilax is also 

 well cut down and, although several of 

 the largest growers are keeping houses 

 filled for Easter trade, little of it is 

 offered at present. 



Bulbous stock is somewhat easier than 

 at last report, although we have not had 

 sufficient sunshine to bring anything ex- 

 cept small quantities into market. Out- 

 side mums are gone and a few early 

 sweet peas are making their appearance. 

 California red berries are almost out of 

 season and this useful adjunct to the 

 business will be seen no more until next 

 Thanksgiving. 



Various Note*. 



At the opening of the new American 

 theater January 21 the town outdid it- 

 self in the size and number of the floral 

 designs displayed. The Sievers Foral 

 Co., Boland Floral Co., Pelicano & Co. 

 and the Art Floral Co. had the bulk of 

 the orders. 



The continued rainy weather makes 

 business quiet for the retail dealers in 

 the plant line. .Things will certainly be 

 lively when they commence, but owing 

 to the lateness of the season, stock is 

 bound to be short. 



A. W. Hincks, of C. C. Morse & Co., 

 is visiting the dealers in the nearby 

 towns. Gr. 



UTILIZING EUCALYPTUS. 



I made mention a short time ago in 

 these columns that several large tracts 

 of land in California were being planted 

 to several varieties of eucalyptus, with 

 the intention of using the material in 

 railway construction. Along the same 

 lines the forestry service has been ex- 

 perimenting with the more common blue 

 gum, and a few points have been dem- 

 onstrated which promise to add mate- 

 rially to the wealth of the state and 

 have only recently been brought to light 

 through Prof. L. E. Hunt, the well- 

 known horticulturist. Tests made by 

 Prof. Hunt have demonstrated that eu- 

 calyptus can be successfully substituted 

 for some of the hardwoods that are 

 becoming difScult to obtsiin. 



The department has been interested in 

 the use of eucalyptus for manufacturing 



ULRICH BRUNNER 

 ULRICH BRUNNER 



FIELD.OROWN, OWN ROOTS, VERY FINE, 

 THREE GRADES, LOW PRICES. 



Cochet (pink and white) and Teplitz, nice plants at $5.00 per 100; also 

 scale for $3.50 per 100, prime for lining out, all from the field. 



Don't delay if you want to get in on this. 



CALIFORNIA ROSE CO., POMONA, CAL. 



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ROSES 



ROSES 



ROSES 



Two-year-old, budded, fleld-grrown without Irrigation. American Beauty, Meteor, 

 Bride, Bridesmaid, $9.00 per 100. Send for list of other Tarleties. 



SUNSET NURSERY. 1506 Dwight Way, BERKELEY, CAL. 



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Choice Asparagus Plumosus Seed 



will not be as plentiful as anticipated earlier in 

 the seaBon and we are compelled to revise our 

 prices to meet the changred conditions. No 

 orders can be accepted for over 100,00U from one 

 firm. Prices for delivery begin i infr in January, 

 are as follows: lOOO seeds, 12.00; 6000 seeds, $10.00; 

 18.00U seeds, 120.00; 26,000 seeds, tXS.OO; 60,000 seeds, 

 166.001 100,000 seeds, tUO 00. F. GILMAN TATLOB 

 SEED CO. (Ine.), Box 9, Glendale, Csl. 



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Greens 



A crate of finest HUCKLKBERRT delivered 

 to you.express prepaid, fo»- $.5.00. Will please you. 

 Green and bronze, and first-class. Cheap, too. 



S. L. Harper, Florist, 9 i 2 C St. , Tacoma, Wash. 



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purposes for some time. Recently, how- 

 ever, the attention of the government 

 has been attracted to the importance of 

 this field and an appropriation was made 

 to aid in conducting a series of experi- 

 ments. Prof. Hunt has been assisted in 

 the work by A. L. Heim, the government 

 representative, who is an expert and a 

 well-known authority on timber and val- 

 uable woods. They have received ship- 

 ments of timber from a great many 

 places and tests have been made to de- 

 termine to what extent the rapidly grow- 

 ing eucalyptus could be utilized for man- 

 ufacturing purposes. 



The results of their experiments have 

 been cleverly set forth in a trade bul- 

 letin issued by the United States De- 

 partment of Forestry Service. 



The article calls attention to the fact 

 that the eucalyptus has not thus far been 

 extensively used by manufacturers in 

 the United States and giving as a rea- 

 son that the supply has not been suffi- 

 cient to establish a market. It states 

 further that blue gum, the most common 

 species in California, has, however, com- 

 peted with black locust for insulator 

 pins, has given satisfactory service in 

 chisel and hammer handles and has been 

 used for wagon tongues, axles, shafts, 

 spokes and hubs. It is hard, strong and 

 tough and is stronger than hickory, and 

 that fifteen-year-old sugar gum is nearly 

 as strong as black hickory and ninety-one 

 per cent as strong as second growth 

 hickory. 



The wood of very sappy trees is apt 

 to warp, but the wood from more mature 

 growths can be easily handled to prevent 

 warping. Early seasoning should pro- 

 ceed slowly and open piling is desirable 



SHASTA DAISY 



Alaska, California and Westralla, extra stronr 

 field divisions, from divisions of Mr. Burbank's 

 origrinal stock, $2.60 per 100; $22.60 per 1000. Small 

 plants. Just right for 8-inch pots, $1.26 per 100; 

 $11.00 per 1000. 



Cyclamen Per. GiKanteam, 2-in., $6.00 per 100. 



Cineraria, Prize Strain, 4-lnch, $4.00 per 100. 



Shasta Daisy Seeds of Alaska, California 

 and Westralla only, 60c per 1000; $8.60 per oz. 



Petunia Olants of California, a erood strain, 

 60c per 1000; $1.60 per Vi oz.; $10.00 per oz. 



Champion Strain — After years of careful 

 selection and hand fertilizing', uslnsr 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; H oz., $2.60; oz., $16.00. Cash please. 



Hybrid Delphlnlnm, Burbank's Strain, all 

 shades of blue This strain has been much 

 improved the past year. 26c per 1000 seeds; 

 $1.60 per oz. 



Send for list of other seeds to 



FRED GROHE, Santa Roaa, Cal. 



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DACBC Fleld*Orown, I<owBndded, 

 ■CV9K.a Two Tears Old, Well Booted. 



ClImblnK Roses— Papa Oontier, $1.00 each. 

 Mme. Caroline Testout, $18.00 per lOa Kaiserln 

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

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



American Beauty, $18.00 per 100. 



Mme. Caroline Testont, $12.00 per 100. 



Fran Karl Druschkl, $20.00 per 100. 

 Send for Rose Price List. 



F« LUDEMANNsanFranolBco,Cal. 



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AHENTION, Western Florists! 



Wholesale Growers of Carnations, Roses, 

 Violets, Paper Whites, Gallas, Plamosas, 

 Sprengeri, Smilax, Adiantum, etc. 



We Want to Hear From Tou. 



RISING & DUNSCOMB CO., Inc. 



805 X. Broadway, LOS ANGELES, CAL. 



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and the wood should be sheltered until 

 dry. 



Many of the eucalyptus family grow 

 most luxuriantly in California and under 

 forest conditions form straight, tall 

 poles, free from branches and have, 

 therefore, especial value as timber trees. 



In the light of such information as 

 this, many an owner may begin to plant 

 his barren hillsides out to eucalyptus 

 and doubtless as the industry grows it 

 may even be found profitable to uproot 

 many of the small orchards throughout 

 the state and set out eucalypti in their 

 stead. A grove of this kind can be cut 

 every five years and even for fuel pur- 

 poses it is said to be a more profitable 

 crop than almost anything else that re- 

 quires so little trouble to develop. G. 



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