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The Weekly Florists' Review* 



JUNE 6, 1907. 



PACIFIC COAST. 



SAN FRANCISCO. 



The Market. 



Decoration day trade is over, and from 

 the reports from the retailers I ,have 

 seen I judge business was hardly up to 

 the mark established in former years. 

 With the wholesalers, especially among 

 those catering to out-of-town orders, re- 

 ports are favorable, and the same can 

 also be said of business in nearby 

 towns. 



The car strike, which is still in force, 

 is to blame to a great extent, as the 

 poor facilities offered to the traveling 

 public have greatly lessened the travel 

 over all the lines, including those, of 

 course, that run to the various cemete- 

 ries. For the first time in many sea- 

 sons there was no shortage of stock, and, 

 although some of the growers made an 

 effort early in the week to raise the 

 prices on a few kinds of flowers, they 

 did not succeed in keeping them up, and 

 as a consequence there was rather a 

 slump about the middle of the week. 

 Sweet peas appeared to be one of the 

 best sellers and the growers held them 

 at the rate of $1 per dozen bunches 

 throughout. There was a slight shortage 

 in light-colored carnations, especially 

 Enchantress, and they were quickly 

 bought up by the flower buyers. Bride 

 gladiolus sold well and vras in good sup- 

 ply and of excellent quality. Boses did 

 not move well and there was an excess 

 of short-stemmed stock. 



Over in Oakland the business with the 

 retailers was/probably better than on 

 this side of/fne bay, although it did not 

 actually «]^ep up with that of former 

 years. 



Various Notes. 



The Holland Nursery Co., of Elm- 

 hurst, is cutting an extra large and fine 

 stock of valley at present. 



A. RoUeri, of the California Ever- 

 green Co., reports a heavy shipping busi- 

 ness in the line of huckleberry and brake 

 ferns to interior points. 



P. Hughes, of Elmhurst, is on a 

 month's trip to Seattle. He recently 

 rented his greenhouses to a Japanese 

 firm. 



J. C. Siegfried, of Alameda, is cut- 

 ting some fine cattleyas now. The de- 

 mand has been good for the flowers all 

 spring. 



Harry Grady has returned to Oakland 

 after having spent several weeks in the 

 neighborhood of Sacramento. 



A long, quiet summer is predicted by 

 many of the local dealers. Trade dis- 

 turbances have had a great deal to do 

 with present and prospective conditions. 



G. 



ASTERS IN CALIFORNIA. 



The growing of asters for the local 

 market has become one of the principal 

 industries engaged in by the growers of 

 outside stock in the vicinity of San 

 Francisco. Much experimenting has 

 been indulged in by those interested in 

 this work, in an effort to get a better 

 strain than we have at present, but the 

 late branching sorts are the only varie- 

 ties grown to any extent. Quilled or 

 early flowered kinds have never proven 

 very successful in California, and the 

 fact that a majority of such kinds are 



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' 100 1000 



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6 " . " 660 4500 



5 " " 4.60 35.00 



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CALIFORNIA ^TUS. 



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not ordinarily long-stemmed adds to the 

 disadvantage of growing them. 



Within the last five years wonderful 

 strides have taken place in the culture 

 of the aster. "While formerly a 12-inch 

 stem was considered a good length for 

 the florist, now we do not consider a 

 flower first-class unless it is attached to 

 a stem from twenty-four to thirty inches 

 in length and the size of the blooms 

 must average from three to four inches 

 in diameter. 



To grow the aster successfully the 

 first requisite is proper soil, the second 

 is plenty of water and the third is no 

 extreme temperature. They will grow 

 readily in soil that is not too sandy and 

 where the drainage is good. The aster 

 is a gross feeder and any trouble shown 

 in making the soil extra rich will be 

 responded to with interest. The ground 

 should not be planted over two years in 

 succession unless there have been inter- 

 mediate crops grown between, and then 

 great attention must be paid to its en- 

 richment. It is better, however, to grow 

 them if possible on new soil each year 

 or skip a year between the plantings. 



The seed should be planted in flats 

 about the first of February in this cli- 

 mate. At that season of the year they 

 can only be handled to advantage under 

 glass. Give the seedlings plenty of air 

 and light and there is little danger from 

 the direct rays of the sun. I use flats 

 18x24 inches and I use about an ounce 

 of seed to six flats. This will give about 

 1,200 seedlings to each flat when they 

 are transplanted, which should be done 

 about the first part of April. If the 

 young plants are left longer than this 

 they either damp off or grow too tall 

 and spindling to be of any use. I 

 replant the asters in the same sized flats, 

 planting 150 in each flat. Tliis is plenty 



True Asparagus 

 Plumosus Seed 



Raised under lath in California, is so superior 

 in vitality as to be beyond comparison. We are 

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

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We can guarantee delivery from now on. 



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6000 seeds 10.00 



18,000 seeds 20.00 



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50,000 seeds 66.00 



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per 1000. 



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of room, as I do not keep them in the 

 boxes over six weeks before I plant 

 them in the ground. From each seedling 

 box eight or ten can be made and they 

 should not be left in the greenhouse 

 over two weeks after they are replanted. 

 Better success will be had with them if 

 they are taken directly out in the open 

 after that time and their watering care- 

 fully looked after. 



By the middle of May they will be 

 heavy enough to bear transplanting into 

 the open ground, and it is surprising 

 how closely together they can be grown 

 if they are given plenty to feed on and 

 an abundance of moisture as well. They 

 must, however, be kept jumping along, 

 as, should they get a check from the 

 want of moisture, it is impossible to get 

 good results, and a lot of half-sized or 

 imperfect flowers will be the result. 



G. 



I WANT to thank the Review for the 

 many orders it has brought me. — S. J. 

 McMiCHAEL, Findlay, O. 



