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The Weekly Florists' Review. 



May 2, 1907. 



PACIFIC COAST. 



The nursery of the Santa Barbara 

 Nursery Co., Santa Barbara, Cal., is at 

 Goleta, seven miles west of the city. 



A VETERAN. 



E. D. Fox entered the field at San 

 Jose, Cal., nearly forty years ago and 

 since that time his nurseries have be- 

 come known to growers in all parts of 

 the Pacific coast. His nurseries are lo- 

 cated at Wayne station, a short distance 

 from San Jose, on the Milpitas road, 

 his sales yard and oflSce being at 153 

 Park avenue. At present Mr. Pox has 

 130 acres devoted to fruit and orna- 

 mental trees, one of the largest any- 

 where in the west. He makes a spe- 

 cialty of peach, pear and other fruits 

 and palms. Mr. Fox is said to be the 

 oldest established nurseryman in the en- 

 tire state. 



A DISCOURAGING SEASON 



The long continued rainy weather has 

 made a short spring for tue plant deal- 

 ers, and now, with the advent of consid- 

 erable warm weather, everything has 

 leaped out so freely that the planting 

 season is practically over. I refer here, 

 of course, to stock that has to be han- 

 dled at a certain season or let grow until 

 another year. March is our best month 

 for retail orders and as at that time we 

 were almost entirely flooded by the in- 

 cessant rains, we had to wait for April, 

 and by that time the showers ceased, the 

 sun came out in great fury, high north 

 winds blew and in a few days the sur- 

 face of the ground was baked hard and 

 all the trees were in leaf. This is a repe- 

 tition of last season's features, and 

 they are rather discouraging to small 

 growers, who do not get much of a 

 chance to dispose of their wares after 

 May 1, with the exception of bedding 

 and soft-wooded stock. 



The wholesale nurserymen usually have 

 their season from December to April 1, 

 and the retailers after that date, and al- 

 though the demand on almost all lines 

 has been heavy, the deliveries in a great 

 many cases have not proven so well. 



This has been rather unfortunate, as 

 we experienced the same trouble last 

 year, in which, although the heavy rain- 

 fall came earlier in the season, it lasted 

 almost as long, with the same results we 

 had this season. These conditions refer 

 to California in the vicinity of San 

 Francisco, and not either at the extreme 

 north or at the southern portion of this 

 coast. 



It is a well-known fact that when a 

 heavy or continuous rainfall is followed 

 by a few days or wecKS of dry weather, 

 the surface of the ground hardens on top 

 and rapidly dries out. This, unless given 

 considerable working, finally dries down- 

 ward for several inches, so that the pros- 

 pective planter concludes to wait until 

 next season before he improves his gar- 

 den. 



Where the ground is sandy, it does not 

 crust so effectively on the surface, but it 

 dries out just the same and requires 

 much more additional irrigating to put it 

 in order for the growing of plants. 



In large grounds and parks, where fa- 

 cilities are at hand to plant at any time, 

 the present climatic conditions do not 

 make much difference, but to the general 



Special Sale, 2 Weeks Only 



NEPHROLEPIS BOSTON. 2>^-in $25.00 per 1000 



*' PIEEISONI, 2>^-in 30.00 per 1000 



ADIANTUM PEDATUM, 2^-in 30.00 per 1000 



** 4-in 50.00pefl000 



MIXED FERNS, 2^-in 20.00perl000 



ASPARAGUS SPRENGERI, 4-in 25.00 per 1000 



« ♦* Seedlings 5.00 per 1000 



Express Prepaid. Cash. 250 at 1000 rate. Write for Calla Bulb catalogue. 



A. MITTING, WHOLESALE FLORIST. 



17 to 23 Kennan St., SANTA CRUZ, CAL. 



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True Asparagus 

 Plumosus Seed 



Raised under lath in California, is so superior 

 in vitality as to be beyond comparison. We are 

 glad to be able to announce that at last we have 

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

 owing to long, continued cold rain, but the seed 

 is all the better for it. 



We can guarantee delivery from now on. 



1000 seeds $ 2.00 



6000 seeds 10.00 



18,000 seeds 20.00 



2.'i,000 seeds $ 35.00 



50,000 seeds 65.00 



100,000 seeds 110.00 



Cash, please. 



r. Gilman Taylor Seed Co. 



(incobpobatxd) 

 Box 9. GLBNDALB, CAL. 



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Asparagus Plom. Seed 



Lath House Grown, 1907 Crop 



100 seeds $0.25 lO.roo seeds $16^ 



lOOOseeds 1.75 SO.OOOseeds 621)0 



OAK GROVE NURSERIES 



E. Flenr. 4(14.406 N. Lob Angeles St. 



LOB ANGKLES. CAL. 



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r."JS.d BIO BARGAIN '-iiS!;! 



Size, 2-lnch only. Lob Angeles make. No col- 

 lars. No nick, (larger than H inch). Formerly 

 used by Chase Rose Company and all good goods, 

 12.60 per 1000, t o. b. Klverslde, Cal. Preight 

 rate Riverside to San Francisco. 62c per 100 lbs.; 

 to Portland and Seattle. 97c per 100 lbs. Weight, 

 260 Ihs. per 1000 pots. Sample box, 620 pots for 

 tl.60 f. o. b. Write for price on 3x6 sash. 



CHAS. HOir ABD, 21« 1 Park Ave. , Biv.rsid., Cal. 



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public, who have to fall back on an ar- 

 tificial water supply with which to keep 

 the ground in order, an excess of mois- 

 ture when it is not needed, followed by 

 a great excess of hot weather and drying 

 winds when they are certainly not to be 

 desired, can proiduce only one result, and 

 that is a very much shortened spring 

 season, and a great deal of small stock 

 left on the nurseryman 's hands. G. 



SAN FRANCISCO. 



The Market. 



Business in a general way can be de- 

 scribed as being at a low ebb at this 

 time. Flowers are plentiful, owing to 

 the abundance of warm weather we have 

 been having, and the spring crop is now 

 here in all its glory. Carnations are 

 cheaper than they have been at any time 

 during the last year, unless possibly at 

 the time just after the earthquake. Roses 

 are not so plentiful, but they can be had 



PETINIAS. 



Giants of California, from my Champion 

 Strain. 2-ln., $2.60 per 100. Seedlings from 

 plants, tl.26 per 100. 



Per 100 

 Campannla Media Calyoanthema, white 



and blue ?2 oo 



Coreopsis Lanceolata Grandlf lora, 2-in. 1.00 



Dlanthos Hlamarlu., 1 year- old 4 00 



Hibiscus Crimson Kye, 1-year old .S.50 



Lobelia Bedding Qaeen, 2 in 2.00 



Margnerlte Qaeen Alexandra and 



KtoUe D'Or, 2-ln 1.50 



Pentstemon, Burbank Hybrids, 2-in 2 00 



Flatycodon, 2-in 2.50 



PhysosteKla Vlrslnlca, 1-year-old 3.50 



Oriental Popples, 1-year-old 3.50 



Stokesla Cyanea, 1-year-oId 4.uo 



Violets, Princess of Wales, California, Swan- 

 ley white and Marie Louise, strong field 



plants 1.00 



Orders booked now for seed to be delivered fall, 

 1907. Send for list. Seed raised on contract. 



FRED GROHE, Santa Rosa, Cal. 



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Surplus Stock 



OF THE PACiriC MURSERIKS 



EvergrMB Trees aod Flowering ShrnbR Per 100 



Araeis floribanda fragrans, 3 feet high $12.50 



Aeaela melanoxylon , 2 feet high 12.50 



Dioamaalba, 1 to 1% feet hixh 12.50 



Kieallonia rosea, S ieetbigh 14.00 



HetroklderoB nemperfloreDR, 2 feet high.... 15.00 

 ■elaienca, in 6 varieties, 2 to 3 feet high... 14.00 



Eagenis apicnlsta, 2 to 3 feet high 15.00 



Laarns tlnos, 1 to 1^ feet high 14 00 



Camphor tree, 2 to 8 feet high 16.00 



Grerlllea robasta. 2>^ to 3 feet high 16.00 



Cork oaks, 1 foot higd 900 



PIttosporsm crasHifoliaiii, 2 feet high 14.00 



Plttospornm teBnitollnm, 2 feethlgh 14 00 



Dracaena IndlTisa, 2 feet high 10.00 



All the above plants are pot-growo and in the 

 most healthy condition. 25 plants will be sold at 

 100 rate. F. LUDEBCAMN. 



8041 Baker St., San Francisco, Cal. 

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CALIFORNIA %^'SS. 



AH varietiea* UfUurpMied. Catalogi'e 

 free. We deliver Narcisstis and Daifodi^s 

 specially early for earliest forcio;?. 



THE LEEDHAM BULB CO , Santa Cruz, Ca!. 



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at any price the retailer chooses to <> 

 fer. 



Several lots of Easter lilies are - 

 bloom now and the price for them avr 

 ages about $1.50 per dozen for go< 

 stock. Valley brings on an average abo 

 $3 per hundred, although short-stemnn" 

 stock can be had for much less. Viol* i 

 have held out well, owing to the lateno- > 

 of the rainy season, but with the advei^ 

 of warm weather they are getting soi 

 and flabby and do not keep well. Son' 



