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The Weekly Florists^ Review^ 



Beptiombbr 5, 1907. 



PACIFIC COAST. 



Sacramento, Cal. — The Fifteenth Na- 

 tional Irrigation Congress will be in ses- 

 sion here September 2 to 7. 



Everett, Wash. — Trubsnaw & Fergu- 

 son are building a big greenhouse near 

 the Wye in Snohomish to grow lettuce for 

 this market. 



Spokane, Wash. — The Spokane Floral 

 Association announces that silrer medals 

 will be awarded for the best displays at 

 the twelfth annual aster show in connec- 

 tion with the Spokane Interstate Fair, 

 September 23 to October 5. Exhibits are 

 expected from Washington, Idaho, Ore- 

 gon, Montana and British Columbia. 



Six century plants, with variegated 

 leaves, are said to be blooming at one 

 time in the Sutro gardens, at San Fran- 

 cisco, Cal. They are on the upper para- 

 pet, overlooking the sea. Assistant Gar- 

 dener Coleman says that they were 

 moved from different parts of the gar- 

 den to this point ten or twelve years ago. 



IRRIGATION FOR ROSES. 



TTie use of irrigation in the growing 

 of outdoor roses, when the plants are to 

 be used for greenhouse forcing, is a sub- 

 ject that should be carefully studied by 

 the prospective planter, as the condition 

 in which the plants are replanted in hot- 

 house beds has a great effect on their 

 subsequent failure or success. 



In a broad sense, ' there is a much 

 greater chance fbr a succession of heavy 

 crops from stock that is grown without 

 irrigation than when considerable moist- 

 ure has been used. The popular idea, 

 that the best results are to be obtained 

 from the largest plants, irrespective of 

 the real condition the plant may be in, 

 has dominated the growers, and much 

 stock is transplanted into houses that 

 is far from being in condition to imme- 

 diately respond to heat and moisture, 

 and too often it will rest a long time, 

 together with the attending dying back 

 of more or less wood, before it responds 

 vigorously to its new conditions. 



Under ordinary circumstances it is not 

 necessary for a hardy rose when grown 

 outdoors to have a resting spell in the 

 middle of summer. Nature intended 

 such a time to take place with the ap- 

 proach and continuation of cold weather. 

 But when this is circumvented by artifi- 

 cial heat at the time the rose expects its 

 holiday the plant must have received a 

 reasonable amount of forced drying off 

 previously if it is to be expected to con- 

 tinue its good work. Were it not for the 

 fact that the soil becomes impoverished 

 from the constant drain on its supply of 

 nitrogenous matter and also that the rose 

 is usually overforced, it should live and 

 })loom for many seasons, if other condi- 

 tions were equal. 



If the weather is warm there is always 

 danger in handling roses that have been 

 grown in the nursery rows, where arti- 

 ficial watering has been resorted to. If 

 the weather is cool they can probably be 

 transplanted safely enough, but they will 

 be very slow in starting. Again, roses 

 that are irrigated usually make a few 

 very long roots and there is an absence 

 of fibers, which is always conducive to a 

 long wait before they leaf out. The 

 greatest trouble, however, is from the 

 fact that the stock has not had a suffi- 

 cient Testing season and, whether it dies 



A. Milling 

 Caila Bulb Co. 



17 to 23 hennanSt. 

 SSNT3 CRUZ, CAL. 



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Pacific Coast Business 

 Opportunity 



On account of sickness, the owner of a con- 

 troUlng interest in a good clean and payinR 

 business will sell. Require $8 000.00 to $lO,00<i.OO 

 to handle this. Addrtss Ho. lOl, oar* Flo- 

 riata' Kovlew, Chloaffo. 



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back or not, it is bound to take a long 

 rest before it makes much of a showing. 

 Consequently the season is often well 

 over before anything is accomplished in 

 the flowering line. 



Eoses grown without irrigation, wheth- 

 er on their own roots or budded or graft- 

 ed, are always more satisfactory to plant- 

 ers. They will stand more neglect and 

 more extremes of temperature, have bet- 

 ter roots, do not need as much trimming 

 and will respond with much more alacrity 

 to their new environments than any other 

 kind. This is on the same lines as the 

 artificial drying up of rose beds in the 

 summer before they are started again in 

 the fall. G. 



SAN FRANCISCO. 



The Market 



Business continues well down, as far 

 as receipts are concerned. There have 

 been some funeral orders, and these have 

 helped to use up quite a portion of the 

 surplus white stock. There is little be- 

 ing offered in the line of fancy stock of 

 any kind. Roses are fair, considering 

 the time of year. A few very good 

 Bridesmaids are being shown from Bur- 

 lingame, but with other sorts there is 

 nothing in season. 



Carnations are still scarce, as there is 

 but little being cut from the newly plant- 

 ed stock. The shortage of white varie- 

 ties still continues, and it will be several 

 weeks before we have our usual quota. 



Asters are being brought into town in 

 enormous quantities, particularly the 

 short-stemmed • flowers. The prices on 

 these are not worth quoting, as they can 

 be bought for almost any price offered. 

 They will last about two weeks yet, and 

 then will become scarcer. 



From appearances the chrysanthemums 

 will be in evidence in a short time. The 

 acreage that is devoted to them is not 

 quite so extensive as in former years, and 

 whether there will be suflicient or not to 

 supply the demand can better be told 

 later. 



Japanese lilies are in good demand and 

 are paying the growers well for their 

 trouble. Amaryllis of the early variety 

 are drawing to their close and have not 

 proven good sellers. The later flowered 

 sorts are beginning to be seen, and they 

 appear to be better sellers. 



Valley moves slowly. Colored gladioli 

 and dahlias are a positive glut in the 

 market. All other kinds of hardy stock 

 move slowly, with the exception of sweet 

 peas, and they are much scarcer, particu- 

 larly the long-stemmed stock. The weath- 

 er continues cool, with prospects of its 

 unlimited continuance. 



Hutchings & James, of Elmhurst, are 



B. €• Grown i l^ SL 

 BULBS, Al,'».. 



Von Sion double-nosed bulbt, per 1000, $1SML,. 



** ** first size " " liOuOO V 



PoeticosOrnalttt ** ** 4.50 



Prioceps (extra fine) «* " 6j00 



TalipLaReiae ** ** ^M 



Many other varieties at low prices. Write 



for t^ice List. Oarriaice paid on orders 



orer $20 CO. 



Wollaston & Wallace 



Victoria, B. C, Can. 



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PETUNIAS! 



Petunia seed, grianti, ruffled and fringed in lepante 

 colors and mixed. No thins finer grrown. 



1000 sef dB. 1-16 OS. oz. 



T>onble. frinred, mixed 11.00 16.00 176.00 



SlnRle, mixed, extra fine 2 60 n.Ot 



verygood 1.76 KM 



quadrlcolor. 2.60 83.00 



" crimson, superb 2.60 83.00 



'"entupy Prize 3.00 40.00 



" Bheingold 3.00 40.00 



Also in quantities of )^-oz. and upward at rate per oz. 

 Orders now lx>oked fur fa.l delivery. 



MRS M. M. EDGAR, •• Ventura, Cal. 



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CALLA LILY BULBS 



Largre, healthv bulbs. 

 Also Naroiaaus, T.ninm Liongiflonim anA 

 LonKlflorum Multlflonun. Send for cata- 

 logue. 



F. LUDBM ANN, Pacific Nurseriea, 



3041 Baker St., San Franclaco, CaL 



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Make a Club Order ^ti:a!^S.« 



Dracaena Indivlsa. 2 to 3 ft., 40c; 8 to 4 ft., OOc: 

 4 to 6 ft., 80c; 6 to 6 ft., 11 W); 6 to 8 ft., tl.&O. Kentla 

 Koraterlana, 2 to 3 ft.. 76c; 3 to 4 ft, II 76; 4 to 6 

 ft.. 82.75; 6 to 6 ft., 84.00. Ftychosperma 4]«xan- 

 drae and Meaforthia KleKnna, 2 to 3 ft., 60c; 8 to 

 4 ft, 81 00; 4 to 6 ft, 81.75; 5 to 6 ft.. 82.25. Phoenix 

 Canarlenala, 6 to 6 ft, 81.75; 6 to 7 tt, 82.60; 7 to S 

 ft, 83.00. WaahlnKtonIa Robnata. 4 to 6 ft. 

 81.26; 5 to 6 ft. 81.60; 6 to 7 ft, 82.00. 

 EXUTIC IIIUB8KBIB8, 8ANTA BABBABA, CAL. 

 Mention The Review when you write. 



Shasta Daisy am Petania 



"Giants of California" my specialty. My 

 champion strain of seedq can not be surpassed. 

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

 now for fall delivery. 



FRED 6R0HE, Santa Rosa, Cal. 



showing some very fine samples of 

 nephrolepis in pots and pans, of which 

 they have an immense stock. They make 

 a specialty of these and are growing 

 largely of poinsettias and begonias for 

 the holiday trade. 



Various Notes* 



S. W. Marshall, of the Fresno Nurs- 

 ery, is in town. Mr. Marshall was treas- 

 urer for Fresno county for many years, 

 but is at present devoting his entire time 

 to his various nursery enterprises. 



E. Lacazette has just finished two rose 

 houses at his Melrose place. The size of 

 the houses is 25x1.50 feet. Two other 

 houses, recently completed, have been de- 

 voted to mai<lenhair and asparagus grow- 

 ing- 



The Karmau range of greenhouses at 

 Elmhurst, formerly leased to Thomas 

 Hooper, has been rented to a Japanese 

 company. 



T. F. Lewis is (Hi a triji to Oregon and 

 Washington. G. 



