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The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



Mahch 21, 1907. 



200,000 

 CALLA BULBS 



Orders now booked for July, August 

 and September. 



17 to 23 Kennan St. 

 SANTA CRUZ, CAL. 



t. WTTIK, 



PACIFIC COAST. 



San Diego, Cal. — The Southern Con- 

 struction Co. is planning to start two 

 large palm nurseries. Miles of streets 

 of this aity are to be ornamented with 

 the choicest palms in California, set 

 thirty feet apart. 



SANFSANOSOO. 



The Market 



The weather has been favorable for 

 flowers for the last week and every- 

 thing has been plentiful, except good 

 roses, and they are at a premium just 

 now. There has been no really good 

 stock of Beauties offered oy the grow- 

 ers for the last month, but from ap- 

 pearances we can expect a heavy cut- 

 ting in good season for Easter. Carna- 

 tions remain stationary in price, with 

 a slight shortage of the white varie- 

 ties. There are plenty of light pink 

 and Enchantress to be liad, and the 

 quality is good. 



Bulbous stock is still in evidence, 

 especially the later sorts of daffodils. 

 Narcissi are over for the season and 

 valley is plentiful and in fair demand. 

 Some Harrisii are ready and these cost 

 the retailers $2 per dozen. The out- 

 look for Easter lilies is good and from 

 present appearances there will be 

 ample stock to tin all requirements. 



Violets are getting scarcer and we 

 do not expect they will last for over a 

 few weeks at the most. Sweet peas 

 have made their appearance and are 

 the first of the spring flowers to be 

 had. They sell at $1 per dozen bunches, 

 but are expected to be much cheaper 

 after Easter. 



Green stuff, both wild and cultivated, 

 with the possible exception of smilax, 

 is now plentiful enough to supply all 

 wants and the famine that has been 

 experienced by all the retailers is now 

 at an end. 



Business has been fair for this sea- 

 son of the year and all are looking for- 

 ward to a prosperous Easter. 



Various Notes. 



The Union Florists, formerly of 

 Fourth street, will open up on Six- 

 teenth street, near Mission, in a few 

 days. 



Thos. Hansen will make a trip to 

 Portland, Ore., in the near future. 



Thos. O'Neil has returned and taken 

 charge of the Myrobolan Nurseries, 

 Haywards, Cal. 



Thos. Meherin, formerly located at 

 No. 516 Battery street, is at present 

 residing in Berkeley. Mr. Meherin ex- 

 pects to open a seed store and tree 

 yard during the summer. 



David Neely has recently refused an 

 offer of $20,000 for his Berkeley hold- 

 ings. Mr. Neely is one of the pioneer 

 nurserymen of the coast. 



The Society Hortensia held a regular 

 bimonthly meeting in Alameda March 9. 



G. 



1000 seeds $ 2.00 



6000 seeds 10 00 



13,000 seeds 



True Asparagus 

 Plumosus Seed 



Raised under lath in California, is so superior 

 in vitality as to be beyond comparison. We are 

 gliid to be able to announce tbat at last we have 

 our seed picked. It is later than usual this year. 

 owinK to lonff. continued cold rain, but the seed 

 is all the better for it. 



We can guarantee delivery from now on. 



25,000 seeds $ 35.00 



60,000 seeds 65.00 



20.00 100,000 seeds 110.00 



Oath, please. 



F. Gilman Taylor Seed Co. 



{incorporated) 

 Box 9. GLSNDALK, CAL. 



Mention The Review when yon write. 



SHASTA DAISIES 



ALASKA, CALIFORNIA, WESTRALIA 



strong, field-grown divisions, tru* to name* 



12 50 per 100. Express paid for cash with order. 



The Leeiham Bulb Co., Santa cruz, Cai. 



CARNATIONS ON THE COAST. 



I am located about six miles from 

 the Pacific ocean and about midway be- 

 tween San Francisco and Portland. I 

 should like to grow carnations in the 

 open ground for cut flowers for the 

 wholesale trade. Can you tell me what 

 varieties would succeed best in this 

 situation? D. M. 



There will be no diflBculty in growing 

 carnations anywhere in the neighborhood 

 referred to during the spring and sum- 

 mer months, but to produce flowers late 

 in the fall and during the winter would 

 be out of the question. Carnations can 

 be and are grown outdoors with success 

 anywhere along the coast below San- 

 Francisco down to San Diego, but when 

 they are planted north of there they pro- 

 duce but little during the season of the 

 year they are most in demand. 



Unless in some favored locality in our 

 southern country, the carnation as an 

 outdoor bloomer is not considered to be 

 a very profitable proposition. The pub- 

 lic taste has gradually been educated up 

 to a point where hothouse flowers are de- 

 manded and, although the outdoor prod- 

 uct is used to a certain extent, they do 

 not bring more thJfn a fraction of the 

 price paid for indoor stock. 



At the season of the year when there 

 would be an abundance of flowers in 

 the region described by D. M. they 

 would be brought into competition with 

 the much finer indoor stock and the 

 prices would hardly pay for their care 

 for the balance of the season. 



Regarding the best varieties for gar- 

 den planting, I have found that Estelle 

 is so far the most satisfactory of the 

 scarlet sorts, although old Portia is also 

 a splendid bloomer, but the blossoms 

 are not so large or double. Of the deep 

 pink varieties I prefer Ethel Crocker 

 to anything else for this latitude. Wm. 

 Scott is probably the next best. Lawson 

 is of no value as a garden variety and 

 E. Schwerin is not as good a color out- 

 doors as it is under glass. Fiancee and 

 Nelson Fisher are not good outdoor sorts 

 here. 



Of tho whites, Flora Hill is better 

 than anything else. Boston Market is 

 a splendid bloomer but the flowers are 

 not of good size,' and Queen Louise 

 bursts badly. Harlowarden is the most 

 satisfactory of the dark reds and John 



SHASTA DAISY 



Alaska, California and Westralia. extra atronr 

 field dlrisions, from divisions of Mr. Burbank'a 

 original stock, 12.60 per 100; $22.50 per 1000. Small 

 plants, just right for 8-lnch pots, 11.26 per 100 1 

 111.00 per 1000. 



Cyclamen Per. GlKanteom. 2-in., 16 per 100. 



Cineraria, Prize Strain, 4-inch, 14.00 per 100. 



Shasta Daisy Seeds of Alaska, Calif omlA 

 and Westralia only, 50c per 1000; 13.50 per oz. 



Petniita Oiants of California, a good strain, 

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



Cbamplon Strain — After years of careful 

 selection and hand fertilizing, using only the 

 most perfect flower for that purpose, I hare at 

 last obtained a strain that cannot be surpassed 

 by anyone. Trial pkt. of 360 seeds, S&c; 1000 seeds, 

 T6c; ^oz., 12.50; oz., tl6.00. Cash, please. 



Hybrid Delphinium, Burbank's Strain, all 

 shades of blue. This strain has been much 

 improved the past year. 25c per 1000 seeds; 

 11.50 per oz. 



Send for list of other seeds to 



FRBD GROHE, Santa Rosa, Cal. 



Mention The Review when yon write. 



WMd%CWlSl. Fleld-Orown, UowBndded, 

 ■CV9l9 Two Tears Old, WeU Rooted. 



Cllmblne Roses— Papa Oontier, tl.OO each. 

 Mme. Caroune Testout, llS.OO per lOa Kaiseria 

 Augusta Victoria, 113.00 per 100. Beauty of Bn- 

 rope, 110 00 per 100. Bridpsmaid, 110.00 per 100. 



American Beanty, tlS.OO per 100. _ 



Mme. Caroline Testout. 113.00 per 100. 



Fran Karl Dmschkl, 130.00 per 100. 

 Send for Rose Price List. 



r« LUDCMANN SanFranclsco.Cal. 



Mention The Review when you write. 



Carbon is a splendid yellow striped sort. 

 Mrs. Patten has not been a success and 

 Enchantress and Prosperity are worth- 

 less. 



Should the writer have an opportunity 

 to try his success with carnations under 

 glass he will have a much greater num- 

 ber of varieties to select from, but for 

 garden sorts with the intention of mar- 

 keting them, a few kinds will be all that 

 should be used. 



Some success has attended the grow- 

 ing of carnations from seed. Good 

 strains of the marguerite type or picotees 

 make admirable flower producers and, al- 

 though the blossoms are not to be com- 

 pared with the hothouse product, their 

 freedom of bloom makes them of some 

 value. G. 



COLUMBUS, OHIO. 



The Market. 



< Every member of the craft is now 

 most actively preparing for the great 

 Easter business that we daily feel com- 

 ing stronger and nearer. Conditions 

 could not be better than they are in 

 Columbus for an enormous business; 

 the sunless weather, which lasted so 

 long, has certainly whetted our cus- 

 tomers' desires for flowers to a point 

 where they will buy lavishly. It is still 

 an uncertain factor, regarding the sup- 

 ply of good stock that will be available 

 here. As regards lilies, the reports are 

 mixed. With some they have done well 

 and will come about right, but in places 

 the disease has shown itself badly; in 

 fact, at least half the bulbs that were 

 started have already been thrown out. 

 There seems to be less disease among the 

 Harrisii than any others. If the fine, 

 sunny days we are now having continue, 

 roses and carnations will be in good 

 form. As regards flowering plants of 

 all kinds, the supply is large and of 

 good quality; this is due no doubt to 

 everyone making a special effort with 

 plants — we fell down so flat on them 

 last year. Give us good weather Easter 

 week, is all we ask. 



