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44 



The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



Febboabx 13, 1908. 



PACIFIC COAST. 



Seattle, Wash.— The Alki Floral Co. 

 has beea incorporated, with a capital of 

 $1,800. The incorporators are H. R. 

 Anderson, J. K. Justice and E. O. Lar- 

 «on. 



SAN FRANCISCO. 



The Market 



There has been a fair amount of busi- 

 ness during the last week, which has 

 been one of the stormiest up to this 

 time. It has rained almost continuously 

 for the last two weeks and some people 

 are beginning to wonder when it will 

 stop. 



The excess of dark weather has kept 

 the output of flowers by the growers 

 down to a great extent, for had we an 

 excess of bright sunshine the retailers 

 would have been swamped with stock. 

 This may sound strange for the middle 

 of winter, but when it is taken into con- 

 sideration that the thermometer has not 

 been lower than 40 degrees outside at 

 any time during the month of January, 

 with the exception of three nights, it is 

 easy to see that inside or outside stock 

 has received little or no check and we 

 have had growing weather practically all 

 winter. The continued dark weather we 

 are having at this time, which, although 

 not cold, has the effect of shortening 

 the supply, is the first set-back this sea- 

 son. 



The supply of bulbous stock is heavy 

 at present. The early varieties of yel- 

 low daffodils net the growers abojit 75 

 cents per hundred," and 50 cents is paid 

 for the white narcissi, Violets are a 

 drug at 75 cents per dozen bunches. 

 Fruit blossoms have made their appear- 

 ance, but, owing to the continued fainy 

 weather, are not very good. Acacia mol- 

 lissima, Pyrus Japonica, pussy _ willow 

 branches, blue gum flowers and branches 

 and wild currant are being used very ex- 

 tensively at this time for cheap decora- 

 tions, and their lasting qualities make 

 them much sought for by shopkeepers 

 who make an effort to keep up window 

 displays. 



Various Notes. 



H. Dehm, the well-known nurseryman 

 and landscape gardener of Eureka, Cal., 

 is in town on a short visit. Mr. Dehm 

 is looking up various linfes of stock in 

 this neighborhood and reports everything 

 satisfactory up in his section of the 

 country. 



August Lacroix, one of San Francis- 

 co's pioneer nurserymen, against whom 

 a charge of incompeten6y to handle his 

 property was brought by his wife, has 

 been declared sane by the superior court. 

 Mr. Lacroix for many years lias been 

 proprietor of the Presidio Nurseries. 



The death of Wm. J. Landers, onfe of 

 the owners of the California Nursery Co., 

 of Niles, Cal., is reported in this week's 

 obituarv column. G. 



THE MILD CALIFORNIA WINTER. 



The mild, open winter through which 

 we are just passing, has been .unusual 

 for its practically hgiving caused no set- 

 back to stock where a few weeks, at 

 least, of freezing weath'cr are usually 

 expected. Outside roses of sU<?h varieties 

 as Duchess de Brabant, Safrano and 

 Papa Gontior are at this writing in full 

 bloom and quantities of t,h^ flowers are 



150,000 ROOTED CARNATION CUTTINGS 



Stronc, healthy and gruaranteed to rive aatlsf action, of the foUowlnv varieties: 



Per 100 Per 1000 



Bnehant^eM. llrht pink IS.OO 116.00 



Mrs. Lswion 1.50 10.00 



▼ariesated Lawson 2.00 16.00 



Prosperity 1.60 12.60 



Red I<awson 1.60 12.60 



Amerloa.red ,.1.40 10.00 



■Idorado, yellow 11.60 



Floi^a Hilt, white 1.40 



Gov. Woloott, white 1.40 



White Lawaon, white S.OO 



Harlo warden , crimson 1.60 



Aspa 

 8- 



^arasns Plnmosvs, iH to 

 -inch pots 



Per loo Per 1000 

 112.60 

 10.00 

 10.00 

 16.00 

 11.60 



1.00 



16.00 



BxpresB charres prepaid at above rates. 6 per cent discount tor cash with 

 order or will ship C. O. D. Examination allowed in either case. 



LOOMIS CARNATION CO., 



D. F. BODDAN A SON, 

 Proprietors, 



LOOMIS, CAL. 



Mention The Review when you write. 



CEQAMIIIII9 2>i-inch pots, all kinds, $2.60 

 ULllfllllUIIIOf per 100; $20.00 per 1000. 



BOSTON and SCOTTII FERNS. 2K-Incb 



pots. $8.00 per 100. 

 REX BEGONIA, 2}i-incb pots, $6.00 per 100. 



RAHN & HERBERT 



8ieeessors to PtsBder's Greeakosis 

 48th St. PORTLAND, OREGON 



Mention The Review when yon write. 



A. Mitting 

 Calla Bulb Co. 



17 to 23 Kennan St. 

 SANTA CRUZ, CAL. 



Mention The Review when you write. 



being sold by the street hucksters. On 

 the inside stock the effect has also been 

 marked, and roses are now fully as much 

 advanced as they usually are April 1. 

 The greenhouse men have had to do 

 but little firing this season, and were 

 it not for the absence of sunshine, the 

 pickings would be phenomenal. All of 

 this speaks for a heavy cutting in the 

 near future. The effect on inside carna- 

 tions has been practically the same. At 

 no time since the changing of the stock 

 last fall has there been any scarcity of 

 stock, and the retailers have had no 

 trouble whatever to keep their vases filled 

 with anything called for. 



This is quite the reverse of what we 

 have usually witnessed at this season, 

 and while in one way it benefited the 

 retailers, on the other hand it has kept 

 the prices down a shade lower than here- 

 tofore. Low prices usually do not be- 

 speak successful times, nor does a pleni- 

 tude of stock make it easier to dis- 

 pose of. The condition that the trade 

 is in at the present time is, of course, 

 only a reflex from other industrial con- 

 ditions, and the fact that it has been 

 possible to procure flowers at a fair 

 price may be to tlie benefit of both the 

 growers and the retailers under the cir- 

 cumstances. 



From the standpoint of the plantsmen 

 the season thus far, owing to the excess 

 of moisture, has not been up to expec- 

 tations. It must be borne in mind that 

 when there is an excess of moisture and 

 no cold weather, deciduous stock takes 

 biit a short resting spell and, before 

 we know it, leaves and blossoms begin 

 to proclaim that spring has arrived. As 

 an example, the writer cut quantities of 

 almond blossoms, all in full bloom, dur- 

 ing the third week in January. This is 

 not an isolated instance, but can be used 

 as a criterion for everything else in the 

 neighborhood of San Francisco. 



Heliotropes, fuchsias and geraniums 

 are in full bloom all over town, and 

 aohyranthes, salvias and lobelias look 

 almost as bright as tliey have at any 

 time since last fall. 



There are only two features to be 



Asparagus Plumosus 



IH-inoh, 12.60 per 100. 



AsparaKna SprenKerl — 3 and 4-lnek, llne, 

 bushy plants, 16.(10 and 18.00 per 100. 



Cyclamen GlKant«um— 3-lnch, ST.N par 100. 



8mUax-3-inch, 11.60 per 100. 



Petmila Seed from my Champion strain Is 

 the choicest seed of this strain obtainable at 

 prices of common seed and cannot be beaten for 

 else of flowers, variety of color and markings. 

 All Petunia Seed is hand-fertilized. Tr. pkt., 2&ci 

 1000 seeds, 60c; oz., 120.00. 



My Champion Strain of Ruffled Oiants is an- 

 other very superior strain, finely ruffled, of enor- 

 mous size, in an endless variety of color and 

 markings. Tr. pkt., 86o; lOOO seeds, 76c; oz., 136.00. 



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

 tunia Seed listed above, and that Is the bMit. 



Send for list of other seeds. Gash, pl«aa«. 



FRED 6R0HE, Santa Rosa, Gal. 



Mention The Review when yon write. 



General Norsery Stock 



SEND FOR CATALOGUE 



8041 Baker St. 



Pacific Nnrserle* 



F. LUDEMANN, 



San Francisco, Cal. 



Mentlop The Review when yon write. 



feared in the category of the plant grow- 

 er, and these are continued spring rains 

 until it is practically too late to trans- 

 plant and replant, and sudden and com- 

 plete stoppage of rain, followed by dry 

 winds, which in a few days dry up the 

 surface of the ground completely, start 

 the buds to expand and the leaves to 

 grow, and in a jiffy the season is over 

 until the following winter. G. 



WAYSIDE NOTES. 



Henry J. Osterhoudt, gardener to W. 

 P. Clyde, of New Hamburg, N. Y. 

 showed me, among many choice things) 

 a fine strain of Primula obconica gigan- 

 tea. Some blooms measured two inches 

 and an eighth across. It is of a beau- 

 tiful rose tint, and has large trusses 

 borne on long stems. He says Holmes' 

 Supreme is one of the finest tomatoes 

 yet introduced, for forcing. Among a 

 choice, but not large, collection of 

 orchids I noticed some fine pieces of 

 Cypripedium Leeammi. The new mig- 

 nonette, Majesty, is well grown; spikes 

 measuring two feet often occur. In car- 

 nations, Winsor does well in this heavy 

 soil. White Perfection is considered su- 

 perior to White Enchantress, both with 

 regard to form and floriferousness. All 

 stock seems to be in excellent condition. 

 A splendid water supply is obtained from 

 an artesian well 268 feet deep. Mr. Os- 

 terhoudt installed a full nest of Heller's 

 seed drawers, in which to keep the seed 

 needed from time to time to sow on this 

 big estate. 



David Harrison, gardener to G. H, 

 Hoyt, of Staatsbtirg. X. Y., says he had 

 big success in growing the new cosmos. 

 Lady Lenox, last season, by taking the 

 plants, which were grown in 6-ineh pots, 

 and J dunging them ,outsido, pitching the 



