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The Weekly Florists' Review* 



OCTOBEH 31, 1007. 



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PACIFIC COAST. 



SPOKANE, VASH. 



The Empire Plant & Floral Co. has 

 just completed the erection of more than 

 5,000 feet of glass and will build two 

 more houses, each 25x100 feet, next 

 spring. The firm does a general business 

 and has a bright outlook for the coming 

 season. The stock at present includes 

 4,000 ferns, all of large size; 10,000 

 geraniums, and 3,000 double petunias, 

 among which there are some choice seed- 

 lings. There is also a house of carna- 

 tions, planted in June, which are at 

 present one mass of flower stems. 



SAN FEANOSGO. 



The Market 



\ye have had several showers of rain 

 during the past week and everything 

 looks somewhat brighter. Business is 

 fair and flowers are, in a general way, 

 quite plentiful. Chrysanthemums are in 

 their glory and can be had at almost any 

 price offered. This is especially true of 

 the smaller varieties, but of the larger, 

 indoor flowers there are already signs of 

 shortening in the supply. 



We have had a good supply of indoor 

 roses, about the first of the new crop, 

 and ]irospects are good for plenty of 

 stock of that kind from this time on- 

 ward. The prices range from $3 per 

 hundred up to $2 per dozen for fancy 

 Beauties. Carnations are in good shape 

 and continue at about the same prices 

 as they have been for the last month. 

 Fancy stock brings about $3.50 per hun- 

 dred and from that price down to $2 for 

 the cheaper varieties. Valley is plentiful 

 and costs The retailers about $4 per 

 hundred. Roman hyacinths move slowly 

 at .$3 j»er hundred. Violets, however, 

 share with mums in being the favorite 

 of the hour. They are in their glory 

 at this time. The price has steadily de- 

 creased since the first of the season, so 

 that now they cost the retailers about 

 75 cents per dozen bunches. 



A tour of the florists' establishments 

 over in Oakland shows business to be 

 fair for this time of the year, the great- 

 est demand being for funeral work. 



Various Notes. 



William .1. Dingee has resigned as 

 park commissioner, on account of the 

 pressure of other business affairs. 



.lames Xiven has accepted a position 

 as head gardener to H. E. Botkin, of 

 Ross Station, Cal. 



W. W. Saunders is erecting a building 

 on Center street, Berkeley, to be devoted 

 to the florists' and seed trade. 



C. C. Morse & Co. are making exten- 

 sive improvements on their grounds at 

 Glen Echo, Alameda county. They are 

 reconstructing a range of plant houses 

 at the present time. 



The fourth annual exhibition of the 

 Menlo Park Horticultural Society was 

 held at that place October 19 and 20. 

 Under the direction of the committee of 

 arrangements, Sidney Clack and F. G. 

 Hutchinson, president and secretary of 

 the society, respectively, and H. Goertz- 

 hain, S. Pay, K. S. Murray, M. W. Car- 

 ter and A. McDonald, all of whom are 

 well known gardeners, the mammoth tent 

 in which the show was held was trans- 

 formed into the most beautiful of hot- 

 houses. The judges were George Wal- 



A. Milting 

 Calla Bulb Co. 



17 to 23 Kennan St. 

 SANTA CRUZ, CAL. 



Mention The BeTlew when yog write. 



Alex Mann, Jr., Co.i-« 



Whol«a«l« DmUof tn 



Florists' Supplies and Cut Flowers 



Wblto Oovos. t9.00 par dOB. 



PampAs Plum**, $10.00 per 1000. 



1 125 POLK STREET, SAN FRANCISCO, CAL 



Mention The Rerlew when you write. 



ters, of Eoss; Charles Abrahams, of the 

 Western Nursery, San Francisco; and 

 Thomas Woods, of San Mateo. The col- 

 lections of chrysanthemums, ferns and 

 foliage plants of James L. Flood, Tim- 

 othy Hopkins, S. E. Slade, J. L. Don- 

 ohue, and Mrs. W. H. Crocker were 

 especially worthy of mention and all 

 were the recipients of various prizes. 

 Sidney Clack, president of the society, 

 stated this was the best exhibition ever 

 given in Menlo Park. G. 



BULB PLANTING. 



The planting of bulbs for blooming in 

 the garden during the winter or early 

 in the spring should interest the intend- 

 ing grower at this time. Under ordi- 

 nary conditions the general planter on 

 the' coast does not have good success with 

 bulbs as a garden flower, esp^ially 

 when he buys promiscuously and uses 

 no judgment as to the varieties he plants 

 out. The idea is to get a couple of 

 dozen hyacinths, tulips, daffodils or 

 whatever he fancies, plant them among 

 a lot of shrubbery and wait for develop- 

 ments. A few suggestions along these 

 lines may be in order at this time. 



To begin with, bulbs do not grow to 

 any advantage if planted among shrub- 

 bery or, in fact, anywhere except by 

 themselves. They invariably want sun- 

 shine; all of it they can get, in fact, as 

 they bloom during that portion of the 

 year when sunshine is at a premium. 

 This does not apply to everything in 

 the bulb line, but easily includes ninety 

 per cent of the more common kinds. 



The soil should not be too heavy. This 

 is an important item, and by heavy soil 

 I refer to that which packs down hard 

 with the action of an excess of moisture 

 and has a tendency to bake like a brick 

 on top. On the other hand, sandy soil 

 acts well with bulbs for the first season 

 and if there is a sufficient quantity of 

 sediment in it they thrive well, pro\ided 

 they are not allowed to dry out in the 

 summer season. Too much moisture, 

 however, and especially if the drainage 

 is not of the best, is fatal to the long 

 life of almost all flowering bulbs, with 

 the exception of callas, etc. 



Another factor that should be taken 

 into consideration is the cutting of the 

 flower stem before it dies off in the nat- 

 ural way. This interferes with the full 

 developm«it of the growth and the sub- 

 sequent growing of the bulblets. The 

 dying down of the foliage is apparently 

 not sufficient for the thorough drying of 

 a mature bulb. This does not apply so 

 much to the narcissus family as it does 

 to hyacinths and tulips, but in no case 

 does it make any particular difference 



b Ivt W AS HOLIDAYS 



Each Per 13 



Erloa Trilmoreana, 6 Inchpota 60c 16.00 



" •• 4-iDch pots 85c 4.00 



" Trlnmphani, filDch DOtH 60c 6.00 



" Medlterranea, 5-lnch potB 35c 3 50 



Capltata, 6 loch pots 60c &.1K) 



" CinercaCarnea, 61nch pots .86c 4.00 

 Also the following Spring and Summer 

 flowerlncr sorts : 



Erica Hyallna, 4-lnch pots Mc 460 



Blanda, 4-inch pots 85c 4.00 



FeraolQta Alba, 5-lnch pots . . .60c 6.00 



" " 4-lDchpots...40c 4.0O 

 " Talsarls (Calluna Vulgaris), 



4-inch pota 80c 8.00 



And Azalea Indica, which are ready to bloom, 

 60c to tl 00 each. Send for catalogue. 



F. LUDKMANN, Paeilie Nnrseriaa, 

 3041 Baker 8t., Ban Franolsoo, Oal. 



Mention The ReTlew when yon write. 



Asparagus Plumosus 



2)i-lnch, 12.50 per 100. 



Asparasraa Sprengerl— 3 and 4-lnch, fine, 

 bushy plants, tS.W) and 18.00 per 100. 



Cyclamen OlKanteami— 8-lnch, 17.00 per 100 



SinUax-3-inch, 91 .50 per 100. 



Petunia Seed from my Champion strain is 

 the choicest seed of this strain obtainable at 

 prices of common seed and cannot be beaten for 

 size of flowers, variety of color and marklnrs. 

 All Petunia Seed is hand- fertilized. Tr. pkt., 36ci 

 1000 seeds, 60c: oz., 920.00. 



My Champion Strain of RulBed Giants is an- 

 other very superior strain, finely ruffled, of enor- 

 mous size. In an endlesR variety of color and 

 marklnrs. Tr. pkt., 35c; 1000 seeds, 75c; oz:, 926.00. 



I have only one grade of the two strains of Pe- 

 tunia Seed listed above, and that is the best. 



Send for list of other seeds. Cash, please. 



FRED 6R0HE, Santa Rosa, Cal. 



Mention The ReTlew when yon write. 



|#P^VI A tf% Kentia Forsteriana, one oi 

 ■LPIW I lAa our 8pecialtieB.8 to 4 ft., 

 '^— '* ' "^^^ $1.60; 4 to 6 ft., $2.50: 6 to • 

 ^^^^■^^■■^ ft.. $3.60; 6 to 7 ft.. $6.00. 



Ptyolioapennft Alexandra* and Baa* 

 tortilla Slacans. 8 to 4 ft., $1.00; 4 to 6 ft., $1.75, 



5 to 6 ft., $2.25. Waahlnctonla Bobuata. 6 to 



6 ft., $1.60; 6 to 7 ft., $2.00. 



Exotic Nurseries, Santa Barbara, Cal. 



We Ship by the Carload. 

 Mention The Rerlew when yoa write. 



to the florist, who only expects one crop 

 of flowers from his bulbs and then 

 throws them out. I refer to the plant- 

 ing for permanent beds for garden dis- 

 play. 



Bulbs do not, in this climate, want 

 an excess of moisture after their growing 

 season, as they will be found to be weak, 

 soft and small and will amount to but 

 little the following year. Too much 

 manure in the ground is another factor 

 which should not be countenanced. 



Bulbs of the narcissus family should 

 be separated and transplanted at least 

 every three years, as they multiply rap- 

 idly and can be easily induced to still 

 further spread themselves under reason- 

 able circumstances. G. 



NEW BEDFORD, MASS. 



State of Trade 



Trade has been good. Funeral work 

 has been plentiful, using up lots of short 

 stock. Flowers outdoors are practically 

 all over; the night of Friday, October 

 18, froze up everything outdoors. Boil- 

 ers are all in operation now. 



Carnations are in fairly good supply, 

 with the demand equal to it. They bring 

 from 35 cents to 50 cents per dozen re- 

 tail. The stems are getting longer every 

 day. Some nice roses are now coming 

 in. These sell at $1.50 per dozen retail. 

 With the advent of cooler weather, violets 

 will now begin to bloom more freely. 

 These are retailing at from 50 cents 

 to $1 per hundred. Mums are now in 



