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The Weekly Florists' Revfcwv 



Adgust 1, 1907.' 



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PACIFIC COAST. 



Pasadena, Cal.— The Park Nursery- 

 Co. thinks that of all fems to date 

 Nephrolepis Whitmani is the best. It 

 is not yet plentiful or well known on the 

 coast. 



SAN FRANCISCO. 



The Market. 



There is little to talk about for the 

 last week, except to mention that busi- 

 ness is chiefly noticeable on account of 

 its absence. The weather remains cool; 

 in fact, overcoats can be worn with com- 

 fort at any time of the day and they 

 are a necessity after sundown. This has 

 the advantage that many persons are in 

 town who usually haunt the watering 

 places in summer, and it also has the ef- 

 fect of keeping the stock sent in by the 

 growers in much better shape than it is 

 usual to find it at this time of the year. 

 Never has there been so much good stock 

 shown, both inside and outside grown, 

 as has been displayed for the last two 

 months, at the time when goods of all 

 kinds are in their poorest condition. If 

 the retailer only had business to match 

 the stock, there would be little complaini. 

 However, an early exodus from the coun- 

 try can be looked for this season, and 

 with the opening of the schools in the 

 near future things will probably bright- 

 en considerably. 



Eoses are holding their own, in price 

 as well as quality, and the growers have 

 little to complain of. Carnations are 

 also in tiptop form and color and in fair 

 supply. Outside stock, with the excep- 

 tion of sweet peas, continues to be a 

 drug, and were it not for the street 

 venders but little of it would be used. 



Various Notes. 



Chas. Gandil, late of Redondo and Los 

 Angeles, is in town on a visit. Mr. Gan- 

 dil was for many years connected with 

 the Exotic Gardens, on Mission street. 



Thos. Manton, recently employed at 

 Hotel del Monte, Monterey, is in town, 

 en route to Australia. 



J. P. Nissen, the landscape gardener 

 of Berkeley, has returned from a month 's 

 trip to San Jose. 



Robert Gilmore has severed his connec- 

 tion with Domoto Bros., at Elmhurst, and 

 is with E. W. McLellan & Co., at Bur- 

 lingame, Cal. 



John M, Holland is with the C. C. 

 Morse Co., at Glen Echo, Oakland. 



Douglas Fraser, of Vallejo, is in town 

 on a short visit. 



G. Symacopulos, of Oakland, is remod- 

 eling his Broadway store. 



The Piedmont Floral Co., of Oakland, 

 reports a good funeral trade for the 

 month of July. S. K. Love and H. J, 

 Letts are the proprietors of this old es- 

 tablished business, having recently pur- 

 chased the interest of M. C. Morse, who 

 has located near Mountain View ceme- 

 tery. G. 



SEEDLING EVERGREENS. 



The handling of young seedling ever- 

 greens at this time of the year demands 

 the growers' attention. I refer to such 

 stock as hardy palms, conifers and ever- 

 green trees, the seed for which was 

 planted in the late winter or early 

 spring months. Whether grown under 



400,000 MORECALLA 

 LILY BULBS yETHIOPICA 



Sblpments made day order is received. A great many florists 

 are ordering Calla Bulbs to plant after mums. Safe arrival guar- 

 anteed. All bulbs are prepaid by freight. It wanted by express 

 I prepay 2>^c lb., you pay the balance. 



CALLA BDLB8, AXTHIOPICA 



9 and 10 inches circumference $9.60 per 100; $85 00 per 1000 



7 and 8 inches circumference 7.60 per lOo; 65 00 per 1000 



5 and 6 Inches circumference 6.00 per 100; 40 00 per 1000 



8 and 4 inches circumference 8.00 per 100; 20.00 per 1000 



Cash with order. 26 at 100 rate. 260 at 1000 rate. 



A. MITTING ,J'r^rSt."2?8.. Santa Cruz, Cal. 



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glass in flats or in the shade house, if 

 the seed has germinated well and the 

 young plants are growing vigorously, 

 they are apt to be too close together in 

 the boxes, and when the dark days and 

 long nights arrive careful judgment 

 must be used or the damping off habit 

 will get a larger portion of them. If 

 the stock is far enough advanced to put 

 in thumb pots and the grower has suf- 

 ficient room and accommodations for 

 them, it is the best way to handle al- 

 most everything. If not, they should be 

 transplanted into other flats and given 

 sufficient room both for growing and 

 for a circulation of air between the 

 plants. Do not attempt to put anything 

 out in the open at this time. They 

 should be kept either under glass or in 

 a shade house — preferably the latter — 

 or any place where there is a free cir- 

 culation of air and the plants can be 

 conveniently watered. The direct rays 

 of the sun are dangerous at this season 

 of the year, especially when the water 

 has to be used overhead. 



With hardy palms much care must be 

 used vrith any of the varieties of the 

 so-called fan-leaved palms. Although 

 they are very hardy in a later stage of 

 growth, they are very delicate when 

 small, and plenty of room must be given 

 the young seedlings. It is a better plan 

 to transplant them at this time, when 

 they are growing vigorously, than later, 

 when they have ceased for the season. 

 With the date palms there is not so much 

 risk, which is also true of the chamaerops 

 and dracaenas. 



Young peppers and acacias need much 

 attention later and the same rule applies 

 to them. Do not attempt to grow them 

 too closely in flats without transplant- 

 ing, as three-quarters of them will suc- 

 cumb in the fall and early winter. They 

 are among our best sellers and are eas- 

 ily handled if watched carefully. 



Young conifers can be transplanted 

 into flats or thumb pots very success- 

 fully at this time. They are not so 

 liable to damp off as the varieties I have 

 just mentioned, but if left in seed flats 

 until next spring the danger of losing 

 a greater portion of the roots in the ef- 

 fort to tease them apart is always pres- 

 ent and many will be lost in conse- 

 quence. 



All such stock should be kept under 

 shelter until the plants have shown a 

 tendency to make additional fibrous 

 roots after transplanting, and should the 

 boxes act badly the places can be re- 

 filled again from the seedling boxes. A 

 few days suflSce to tell whether there 

 will be any shortage in the count of the 

 young transplanted stock. G. 



The Review will send Smith's Mum 

 Manual for 40 cents. 



CALLA LILY BULBS 



Large, healthy bulbs. 

 Also Narcissus, Llllum LonBifloruin and 

 Lonanflorum Multmorum. Send for cata- 

 logue. 



F. LUDEMANN, Pacific Nurseries, 



. 3041 Baker 8t. , Ban Franolsoo, Cal. 



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Make a Club Ordpr ^ti;S?rJiU 



Dracaena lixllTtsa. 2 to 3 ft., 40c; 3 to 4 ft., 60c; 

 4 to 5 ft., 80c; 6 to 6 ft., $1 00; 6 to 8 ft. 11.50. Kvntla 

 Forsterlaiia. 2 to 3 ft.. 75c; 3 to 4 ft., fl 76; 4 to 6 

 ft. $2 76; 5 to 6 ft., $4.00. Ptychosperma 4lexan> 

 drae and Neaforthia t< legans, 2 to 3 ft., 60c; 3 to 



4 ft, $1 00; 4 to 6 ft., 11. 75; 6 to G ft., $2.25. Phoenix 

 Canarlensls, 5 to 6 ft, $1.75; 6 to 7 (t , $2.60; 7 to 8 

 ft, $3.00. Washtnicionta Robustn, 4 to 6 ft, 

 $1.26; 6 to 6 ft.. $1 50; C to 7 ft.. $2.00. 



EXUTIC AlBSKUIKN, 8ANT1 BABBABA. CAL. 



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Shasta Daisy and Pctonia 



"Giants of California" my specialty. My 

 champion Btrain of seeds can not be surpassed. 

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

 now for fall delivery. 



FRED 6R0HE, Santa Rosa, Cal. 



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Let us book your orders now for California 

 Seedllug Geranlnm Plants, ready Nov. 

 and Dec. next. Ouly the beat out of 100 tested 

 varieties will be sent out. By mall, $2 00 per 100. 



W£EKH a CO.. Sawtelle, Los Aageles Co., Cal. 



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NEW ENGLAND DAHLIA SOCIETY. 



The executive committee after free 

 deliberation voted that the previous vote 

 to co-operate with the Massachusetts 

 Horticultural Society in giving an ex- 

 hibition of dahlias on September 4 and 



5 be rescinded; that the contributors to 

 the prize fund be thanked and notified 

 that on more extended and mature con- 

 sideration by the executive committee 

 it has been deemed wise to defer all ex- 

 hibition work for the present season and 

 that the treasurer be instructed to re- 

 fund the contributions. 



The work of creating a 'proper and 

 perfect classification and a set of rules 

 for judging which must be established 

 before we can give an exhibition is of 

 the greatest importance and requires 

 careful deliberation, much more so than 

 at first anticipated, and this reason alone 

 was ample justification for the action of 

 our executive committee. 



Every member of our society is urged 

 to assist in the exhibit of the nearest 

 horticultural society and in that way give 

 special prominence to our favored flower. 



Those who have a possible chance to 

 exhibit on September 5 and 6 at Boston 

 Bhould try their utmost to make this ex- 

 hibit eclipse all previous ones. 



Maurice Fijld, Secretary. 



