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The Weekly Florists^ Review^ 



Sbftembbb 26, 1907. 



PACIFIC COAST. 



L. Nelson, who recently sold his in- 

 terest in the Bay Shore Nursery Co., 

 Millbrae, has started in business at Red- 

 wood City, Cal. 



ACACIAS. 



For planting on dry hillsides in Cali- 

 fornia there are no better trees than Aca- 

 cia mollissima and A. melanoxylon. Three 

 years ago I planted two A. mollissima on 

 a very dry hillside in July, expecting to 

 later give them one or two waterings, as 

 it was late in the season and the ground 

 already rather dry. Through accident 

 this was not done; nevertheless the trees 

 took hold and have since made an excel- 

 lent growth. Melanoxylon has done about 

 as well under similar conditions. The 

 great beauty of mollissima when in bloom 

 is well known, and the delicate, fernlike 

 foliage is universally admired. I wonder 

 if it is equally well known that this tree 

 supplies excellent firewood? An old tree 

 that was blown down by a winter gale 

 was cut into firewood and I found it 

 fully equal if not superior to blue gum. 

 In places where the blue gum is used so 

 freely as to become monotonous — and 

 there are many such — I believe Acacia 

 mollissima can be recommended as not 

 only more beautiful but of nearly equal 

 economic value. O. B. L. 



OUTDODR ROSES FOR CUTTING. 



Should we be favored this year with 

 our usual mild winter and warm autumn, 

 a bed of outdoor roses is a desirable ad- 

 dition to any grower's stock of cut flow- 

 ers. Roses, if they have been dried out 

 in the summer, wUl, by the addition of 

 moisture, cultivation and a heavy mulch- 

 ing of manure, give a succession of flow- 

 ers from the first part of October to 

 Christmas. If the plants have been wa- 

 tered to a considerable extent during the 

 summer, they will not begin to flower as 

 freely with the advent of recultivation as 

 if they were dormant. 



It makes but little difference whether 

 the roses are on their own roots or 

 whether they are budded or grafted. It 

 is a good plan, however, to plant all 

 grafted roses deep enough in the soil so 

 that roots can be freely made from the 

 union. As only strong-growing kinds 

 are of any use to plant for this purpose, 

 they should be well pruned along the 

 lateral branches, so that the shoots vrill 

 have a tendency to grow erect and 

 strong. Hybrid perpetual roses are the 

 strongest growers and produce the long- 

 est and stiffest stems. There are a few 

 teas, however, that can be depended on 

 to give quantities of blooms. 



Of the white sorts, I have found Mme. 

 Alfred Carrier and Gloire Lyonnaise to 

 be the best for the purpose. They should 

 be heavily pruned and will give quanti- 

 ties of large, erect flowers that, if the 

 weather is favorable, will compare favor- 

 ably with indoor stock. Of yellows, the 

 old-fashioned Safrano is the best of the 

 late bloomers. Marie Van Houtte can 

 also be depended on for a goodly quan- 

 tity. In pink shades there is quite a 

 range of kinds. La France, Testout and 

 Mrs. John Laing have proven to be the 

 most desirable, and Duchess de Brabant 

 and Papa Gontier are easily the best tea 

 roses to plant. In brighter shades, Jacque- 

 minot is an old stand-by, but it will 



A. Milling 

 Calla Bulb Co. 



17 to 23 MennanSt. 

 SANTA CRUZ, CAL. 



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Alex Mann, Jr., Co.i-« 



Wholesale Dealer in 



Florists' Supplies and Gut Flowers 



White Doves, $9.00 per doz. 



Pampas Plumes, $10.00 per 1000. 



1125 POLK STREET, SAN FRANCISCO, CAL. 



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not give the quantity of flowers that can 

 be had from Ulrich Brunner or Liberty. 

 The former produces flowers almost as 

 good as those from under glass. Cecil 

 Brunner is also a good autumn and win- 

 ter flowering variety. 



The quantity and quality of the flow- 

 ers produced by any of the roses outside 

 during the fall and winter depend to a 

 great extent on the weather, but it does 

 not take many blooms usually to repre- 

 sent quite a quantity of dollars in the 

 winter time. AH the varieties mentioned 

 are equally good bloomers in the spring 

 and will produce heavily at the two sea- 

 sons provided they are given a good rest 

 in the summer, plenty of enrichment and 

 care taken in the pruning. G. 



SAN FRANCISCO. 



The Market. 



Flowers are scarcer than they have 

 been for several months. There is a 

 shortage of everything. Asters are over 

 for this year and chrysanthemums are 

 not yet in full supply. Carnations still 

 are being brought into town with short 

 stems, from the freshly planted stock, 

 but they are daily showing better form 

 and color. The price has not advanced 

 and the demand is good, especially for 

 whites. A few good roses are being 

 shown, of the pink sorts, but Beauties 

 and good white varieties are not to be 

 had unless the dealers are satisfied with 

 short-stemmed material. 



Violets have dropped in price to $1 per 

 dozen bunches, but they are not of ready 

 sale, owing to the fact that the weather 

 haa been unfavorable both to their grow- 

 ing and keeping. With longer and cooler 

 nights we can expect plenty of flowers 

 in a few weeks. Sweet peas are in fair 

 demand, but they are invariably short- 

 stemmed and are being used principally 

 in funeral work. 



Business has been good, considering the 

 season, for the last two weeks and there 

 has been a stiff demand for almost every- 

 thing. The growers are, however, still 

 practically between seasons and a full 

 supply of the ordinary lines of stock 

 cannot be expected for several weeks. 

 Valley is plentiful and has been closer 

 cut than at any time this season. .Jap- 

 anese lilies are out of season, with the 

 exception of a few auratums. Over in 

 Oakland business is reported to be good 

 by all the retail dealers. 



Various Notes. 



F. Ludemann, of the Pacific Nurseries, 

 has been out of town for several days 

 in the northern part of the state. 



The California Nursery Co., of Niles, 

 had the largest display of ornamental 



Asparagus Plumosus 



2>^-lnch, |2.5(n$er 100. 



Aaparaffua SprenKerl— -3 and 4-inch, fine, 

 buBhy plsuiB, t&XO and 18.00 per 100. 



Cyclamen UiKantenm— 3-lncb, 17.00 per lOO. 



8milax-2-lnch, $1.60 per 100. . ^\ 



Petania Heed from my Champion strain la 

 the choicest seed of this strain obtaluable at 

 prices of common seed and cannot be neaten for 

 slzB of flowers, variety of color and markinirs. 

 AH Petunia Seed is ha'id-ferillized. Tr. pkt., 26c: 

 1000 seer s, 60c: oz., $20.00. 



My Champion Strain of Ruffled Giants is an- 

 other very superior strain, finely ruffled, of enor- 

 mous size. In an endless variety of color and 

 markioKB. Tr. pkt., 36c; lOOO seeds, 76c; oz. $26.00. 



I have only one ?rade of the two strains of Pe- 

 tunia Seed listed above, and that is the best. 



Send for list of other seeds. Caah, please. 



FRED GROHE, Santa Rosa, Gal. 



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Calla Lily Bulbs 



At Reduced 

 Prices. 



5-ln. in circumference, $86 00 per 1000: *-in. in cir- 

 cumference. $26 00 per 1000; 2^ to 3-in. In drcum- 

 fer«nce, $15 00 per 1000: Kre«>laa, H to H-^n., 

 $3.00 per 1000. Speak quick, before stock is all sold 

 out. ROslKS— 2-year-old, fleld-^rown, without 

 irrijration; send for list of varieties and prices. 



F. LUDKMANN, Pacific NurseHea, 

 3041 Baker St.. San TzuioIboo, Oal. 



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KENTIAS 



EentlaForsterlana, one of 

 our fipecialtles. 8 to 4 (t., 



$1 60: 4 lo5ft..»2.60:6toe 



^^^^^^^^^" ft.. $150; 6 to 7 ft , $5.00. 



Ptyoboaperma Alexandra* and aea* 

 fortlUa KleBana, 3 to 4 (t, $1 00: 4 to 6 ft., tl 75: 

 6 to 6 It. $2.^6. Waahtnctonla Robneta, 5 to 

 6 ft., 91.60; 6 to 7 ft, $2.00. 



Ixotic ^urseries, Santa Barbara, Cak 



We Ship by the Carload. 

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plants at the state fair just closed at 

 Sacramento. 



The Marin County Horticultural Soci- 

 ety has issued a prize list of its coming- 

 esdiibition, which will be held at San 

 Bafael on Saturday, October 26. A gold 

 cup will be awarded for the best display 

 of orchids, and silver cups for the largest 

 and best exhibits of dahlias, chrysanthe- 

 mums, carnations and ferns. Many other 

 premiums will be given and the affair 

 promises to be one of the most success- 

 ful ever held here. T. P. Eedmayne, of 

 San Bafael, is secretary. G. 



I AM much pleased with the Beyiew 

 and like it the best of any paper for the 

 trade. — J. M. Hazlewood, Vancouver, 

 B.C. 



Colorado Springs, Colo. — Frank Hay- 

 den, president of the Colorado Springs 

 Floral Co., took first premium on table 

 decoration at the recent state fair at 

 Pueblo. 



Eldorado, Kan. — Will Noble, who has 

 taken entire charge of the Noble green- 

 houses, is enlarging his buildings and 

 will now be able to supply from Ms own 

 houses the stock for his cut flower trade. 



