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The Weekly Florists* Review. 



JcNa 20, 190T. 



PACIFIC COAST. 



CALLAS IN CALIFORNIA. 



The accompanying illustration is re- 

 produced from a photograph taken at 

 the establishment of A. Mitting, Santa 

 Cruz, Cal., and shows 50,000 calla bulbs 

 of the 1907 crop. Mr. Mitting started 

 in the calla bulb business four years 

 ago, having found through investigation 

 that there is no place better adapted 

 to growing bulbs of Calla ^thiopica 

 than the counties of Santa Cruz and 

 Monterey. The small bulbs are sown 

 like peas, in rows twelve to fourteen 

 inches apart, after which a heavy coat 

 of manure is spread over the ground. 

 The bulbs are dug every third year. Mr. 

 Mitting says that nowhere in the two 

 counties meutioned is there any of the 

 calla disease this year. 



SAN FRANCISCO. 



The Market. 



Business is a shade better this week 

 than it was last, but is still rather quiet. 

 "We have had a wonderful change from 

 the usual June weather, it being that 

 things have been livened by several show- 

 ers. Although from many standpoints 

 this is rather pleasant, to the country 

 at large it is a drawback, as much dam- 

 age has been done to grain and fruit 

 along the coast. 



^'lowers are plentiful and are fast 

 recovering from the close cutting they 

 received at Memorial day. The one ex- 

 ception, however, is roses, and good qual- 

 ity stock is scarce, especially Beauties. 

 ,Good Brides and Maids cost the stores 

 from 50 cents to 75 cents per dozen at 

 present. Carnations are holding their 

 own well and good quality stock, such 

 as of Prosperity, Enchantress and others, 

 net the growers $2.50 per hundred. 



Sweet peas continue to be good sellers 

 and are more plentiful. Coreopsis, gail- 

 lardias, dahlias and gladioli are now in 

 full swing and are being used exten- 

 sively. 



Over in Oakland conditions remain 



200,000 Calla Lily Bulbs-Athlopica 



The above Qulbs are all warranted to be free from disease, 

 and safe arrival is gruaranteed. My first car leaves for the East 

 promptly on July 16. If cash is sent with the order I will prepay 

 the freight, which is 15 per cent value of the bulbs. 



A. Mitting, 17-23 Kennan St., Santa Cruz, Cal. 



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RED 

 FLOWKR 



POTS 



$2.50 



per 1000. 



Size 2-ln. only, formerly used by Chase Rose 

 Co., and Kood groodB. Los Anrelea make. No 

 collars, no nicks (larg'er than ^-in.) No charge 

 for packlncr. Try sample 1000. Write for price 

 on Hotbed Sash, Ventilator Saab, Washed 8x10 

 Glass, Mastlca and Half-tone Cuts. 



Chas. Howard. 2121 Park Ave. Rivenide. Cal. 



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CALLA LILY BULBS 



Large, bealthr bulbs. 

 Also Narol8su8, I.nUim Lonelflorum and 

 LionKiflorum Multlfloruin. Send for cata- 

 logue. 

 F. LUDEMANN, Pacific Nuraeries, 



3041 Baker St. , San Franolaco. Cal. 

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fair, considering the season. The clos- 

 ing of the schools, together with a good 

 run of funeral work, has made the flo- 

 rists look rather jubilant — something not 

 always noticeable during the month of 

 June. 



Various Notes. 



John P. Reddy, of Gill's Floral Depot, 

 Oakland, is making a tour of southern 

 California. 



Alex Mann, Jr., of the Shibeley-Mann 

 Co., has returned from the northern part 



Fifty Thoasand Calla Bolbs. 



Fischer's Grand 

 Freesia Purity 



will b« Ready for DeliTcry In July 



Price: Ist grade, $2.75 per 100; $22.00 per 1000.. 

 2d grade, $2.25 per 100; $18.00 per 1000. 260 at 

 1000 rate. Limited quantity of Mammotbi 

 Bulbs, $4.00 per 100. Cash with order fromi 

 unknown parties. 



All orders up to 1000 sent free by mail. 



RUDOLPH FISCHER 



SANTA ANITA, CAL. 



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GROWN 

 BULBS. 



CALIFORNIA 



An varieties. Unsurpassed. Catalogue 

 free. We deliver Narcissus and Daffodils 

 specially early for earliest forcing^. 



THE LEEDHAM BULB CO., Santa Cruz, Cat. 



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Sliasta Daisy and Petunia 



"Giants of California" my specialty. My 

 champion strain of seeds can not be surpassed. 

 Try it. Send for list of all seeds. Oiders booked 

 uuw for fall delivery. 



FRED GROHEr Santa Rosa, Gal. 



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of the state. He reports trade condi- 

 tions good in that locality. 



A gang of hoodlums destroyed the 

 greenhouses of P. Naheta, a Japanese 

 nurseryman of West Berkeley, last week 

 and the incident has caused consider- 

 able feeling among the Japanese popu- 

 lation here. 



Thos. Meherin, who has been out of 

 the seed business since the San Francis- 

 co fire, expects to reopen in the same 

 neighborhood during the summer. 



A son of Thomas Thompson, the vet- 

 eran florist of Napa, was among the 

 graduates of St. Mary's College, Oak- 

 land, this week. 



A. I). Wilson will leave next week on 

 a two months' eastern visit. He will 

 visit New York, Chicago and Philadel- 

 phia while away. G. 



RIVERSIDE, CAL. 



What promises to be one of the most 

 beautiful portions of Kiverside is being 

 developed by Frank A. Tetley out of the 



