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The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



Fbbbdabt 14, 1007. 



PACIFIC COAST. 



Los Angeles, Cal. — The flower ven- 

 ders have been debarred from selling on 

 the street, pending a decision of the city 

 attorney as to what class of licensees 

 they belong in. 



SAN FRANOSGO. 



The Market. 



Bright, warm weather is making every- 

 thing extremely plentiful in the cut 

 flower line. Violets are iji their glory 

 and tlie price has fallen twenty-five per 

 cent during the last week, with an im- 

 provement in the quality of the blooms. 

 Carnations, too, are beginning to show 

 the advent of more desirable weather by 

 richness of color and stiffness of stem. 

 Boses are scarce yet and it will be a 

 month at least before they will be in 

 corresponding supply. 



The greatest increase, however, is no- 

 ticeable in bulbous stock. Narcissi, of 

 the white variety, can be had at $5 per 

 thousand and daffodils, both single and 

 double, from $6 to $7.50 per thousand. 

 Freesias are well to the front and cost 

 the stores from $1 to $2.50 per hundred. 

 Boman hyacinths are not in as good de- 

 mand as in former years and valley 

 moves slowly. A few early tulips are 

 seen and there is a good demand for cut 

 cyclamen, especially of the white varie- 

 ties. 



The new crop of adiantum will shortly 

 be fit to cut and it will be a great relief 

 to the retailers, as they have had much 

 trouble for the last three months in get- 

 ting sufficient green stuff with which to 

 carry on business. 



The state of trade is fair. Funeral 

 work has been heavy with a large pro- 

 portion of the dealers, with a good 

 sprinkling of other lines of trade. 



Various Notes. 



John Jack, recently gardener to Lieu- 

 tenant Winship, at Koss station, has ac- 

 cepted a position with the Sharon estate 

 at Menlo Park. 



William George, of Elmhurst, is cut- 

 ting some of the finest daffodils ever 

 sent to the San Francisco market. The 

 soil in his neighborhood seems to be par- 

 ticularly adapted to their growth. 



W. J. Graham, the well-known land- 

 scape gardener, of East Oakland, has em- 

 barked in the business of growing early 

 cucumbers under glass. He has one large 

 house planted and will shortly commence 

 the erection of another. 



Carl Swanson, for many years fore- 

 man for the Cox Seed Co., at Glen Echo, 

 has branched out in landscape garden- 

 ing on his own account. 



D. J. Briggs, for many years inter- 

 ested in the nursery business in southern 

 California, will locate permanently in 

 the vicinity of San Francisco in the near 

 future. 



John McLaren estimates that it will 

 take $175,000 to repair the various city 

 parks and replant the shrubbery and 

 grass plots, as well as at least two years 

 of time, before they are in as good con- 

 dition as they were before the advent of 

 the camping of the refugees. 



Alexander Frey has returned to the 

 business and has taken a position with 

 Gill's Floral Depot, Oakland. 



The perplexing question of fuel, which 

 has been a source of considerable anxiety 



Choice Asparaps Plumosus Seed 



will not be as plentiful aB anticipated earlier in 

 the season and we are compelled to revise our 

 prices to meet the chan«red conditions. No 

 orders can be accepted for over 100,000 from one 

 firm. Prices for present delivery are as fol- 

 lows: 1000 seeds, 12.00; 6000 seeds, 110.00; 18,000 

 seeds, tW.OO; 26,000 seeds, 186.00; 60,000 seeds, 

 |65.()u: 100,000 seeds, 1110 00. F. GILMAN TATLOB 

 SEED CU. (Inc.), Box 9, GIsndale, Gal. 

 Mention The Review when yon write. 



Greens 



A crate of finest HUCKLKBKRRT delivered 

 to you, express prepaid, for$6.00. Will please you. 

 Oreen and bronze, and flrst-class. Cheap, too. 



S. L. Harper, Florist, 9 1 2 C St., Tacoma, Wash. 



Mention The Review when you write. 



SHASTA DAISIES 



ALASKA, CALIFORNIA, WESTRALIA 



Btronr, fleld-frrown divisions, true to name, 



12.50 per lOO. Express paid tor cash with order. 



The Leedham Bulb Co., Santa cmz, Cai. 



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HOLLAND BULBS 



TouDfr man who knows how to grow Dutch 

 bulbs, experience in Holland and this country; 

 best references. Wants position in this line by 

 Auril, alone the Pacific coast preferred. State 

 wages and full particulars. L. Van der Lin- 

 dan, oare Carl Purdy, Uldali, Cal. 



to most of the growers, has been par- 

 tially solved by the weather, which, al- 

 though dark and rainy, has not been 

 cold; so that depleted stocks have been 

 saved entire annihilation for the time 

 being. 



John Becanne, of Alameda, reports 

 trade fair in his town in the retail line. 

 Mr. Becanne is one of the pioneers jn 

 this part of the world. 



G. B. Lull, state forester, has sent out 

 circular letters to all California nursery- 

 men, inquiring as to the available stocks 

 of the various varieties of eucalyptus on 

 hand. G. 



SPOKANE, WASH. 



C. E. Balzer, city florist, has a plan 

 for beautifying Manito park and at the 

 same time honoring the international 

 convention of the Baptist Young Peo- 

 ple's Union, which meets here July 4 to 

 7 and which will be attended by dele- 

 gates from all over the world. He will 

 plat a 3-aere tract in the midst of the 

 park, which will be planted to flowers 

 with artistically aranged walks. The 

 garden will lie on a knoll, with the 

 highest point in the center. The crown- 

 ing feature will be the emblem of the 

 society complete in every detail, letter- 

 ing, color scheme and all. The motto, 

 "B. Y. P. U., Loyalty to Christ," and 

 the stars and stripes of the United States 

 shield, which is a part of the emblem, 

 will be shown. The emblem will be 

 12x12, standing upright. The plants 

 used will be chosen with respect to the 

 various colors needed. 



EVERGREEN HEDGES. 



With the advent of a great deal of 

 building and the laying out of grounds 

 in this vicinity, it is noticeable that in 

 many of our finest places the evergreen 

 hedge is again much in evidence. For 

 many years they have not been much 

 planted, but the fact that there is a 

 brisk demand at present for almost 



SHASTA DAISY 



Alaska, Oallfomla and Westralia. extra atroDr 

 field divisions, from divisions of Mr. Burbank'i 

 original stock, CS.60 per lOli; 132.60 per 1000. Small 

 plants, lust rlgrht for 8-inch pots, tl.36 per lOQ: 

 111.00 per 1000. ' 



Cyclamen Per. OlKantenm, 3-ln., 16 per 100. 



Cineraria, Prize Strain, 4-inch, M.OO per 100. 



Shasta Daisy Seeds of Alaska, California 

 and Westralia only, 60c per lOOO; 18.60 per oz. 



Petunia Giants of California, a good strain, 

 60c per 1000; 11.60 per Vi oz.; 110.00 per oz. 



Champion Strain — After years of careful 

 selection and hand fertilizintTi usingr 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., 12.60; oz., 116.00. Cash please. 



Hybrid Delpbinlnm, Burbank's Strain, all 

 shades of blue. This strain has been much 

 improved the past year. 25c per 1000 seeds; 

 11.60 per oz. 



Send for list of other seeds to 



FRKD GROHB, Santa Rosa, Cal. 



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n^^CBC Field-Orown, LioW'Bndded, 

 K V9I.9 Two Tears Old. WeU Rooted. 



CllmbinjE Roses— Papa Oontier, 11.00 each. 

 Mme. Caroune Testout, 118.00 per 100. Ealserln 

 Aurusta Victoria, tl2.00 per 100. Beauty of Bu- 

 rope, 110 00 per 100. Bridesmaid, tlO.OO per 100. 



American Beauty, 818.00 per 100. 



Mme. Caroline Testoat. 113.00 per 100. 



Fran Karl Dmsohki, I2d.00 per lUO. 

 Send for Rose Price List. 



F« LUDEMANNganFranclsoo.Cal. 



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AHENTION, Western Florists! 



Wholesale Growers of Carnations, Roses, 

 Violets, Paper Whites, Callas, Plumosus, 

 Sprengerl, Smilax, Adiantum, etc. 



We Want to Hear From Tou. 



RISING & DUNSCOMB CO., Inc. 



805 N. Broadway, LOS ANGBLES, CAI<. 



Mention Tlie Review when yon write. 



anything that is suitable for such a pur- 

 pose is worthy of comment. Twenty- 

 five years ago no one thought his plant- 

 ing was complete without a Monterey 

 cypress hedge around it, and the fact 

 that it could be kept at any desired 

 height for any length of time argued 

 much in its favor. About ten years ago 

 many of our finest hedges were attacked 

 by a small gieen aphis and thousands of 

 trees died in a short time. They did 

 not usually attack all the trees in a 

 hedge, but picked out a few here and 

 there, and these speedily died, leaving 

 ugly gaps to be filled in with smaller 

 trees. This blight continued here for 

 several seasons and eventually disap- 

 peared, and has not been seen for at 

 least five years. Many hedges were cut 

 out and burned up and some other ever- 

 green planted, or the hedge proposition 

 dispensed with entirely. 



There is now, however, a decided re- 

 action in favor of hedges of some sort 

 and, while the native Monterey cypress 

 is not planted as freely as in former 

 years, it still finds some favor for that 

 purpose. 



Pittosporums are being largely used, 

 and of the various varieties suitable P. 

 Eugenoides and P. tenuifoUum seem to 

 be the most valuable. The former sort 

 has a large lemon-colored leaf, but does 

 not make as dense a hedge as the other 

 kind. Both grow readily from seed and 

 are easily transplanted, and when once 

 established they stand pruning very well. 

 They can be kept at a reasonable height 

 with but little trouble. 



The Laurus Tinus is also a good tree 

 for this purpose, and, in addition, is 

 covered with masses of white blossoms 

 continuously. California privet is not 

 much used here, although it makes a 



