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The Weekly Florists' Review. 



Mat 14, 1908. 



PetuniaSv Etc. 



Petunia seed, double and liogrle. ruffled and fringed, 

 in separate colors and mixed. NothinK finer grown. 

 Cobxa, Heliotrope, Gloxinia, G«rbera, Mina lobata 

 and other seeds. Orders now booked for fall delivery. 

 Price list on application. 



MRS. M. M*. EDGAR, Ventura, Cal. 



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PACIFIC COAST. 



Pacific coast readers will be inter- 

 ested in the illustrations of the Seattle, 

 "Wash., store of Samuel Graflf, which ap- 

 pear on another page in this i^sue. 



Santa Barbara, Cal. — The Exotic 

 Nurseries have erected a lath house 150x 

 200 for the purpose of growing palms. 

 The proprietors of the concern are E. 

 Le Jeune and A. Verhelle. They say 

 they are well pleased with the way busi- 

 ness is increasing. 



Santa Cruz, Cal. — J. P. Parker has 

 built another orchid house to provide 

 space for his importations of orchids 

 from the Philippines. The Leedham 

 Bulb Co. reports a very successful season, 

 the shipments of daffodils being the larg- 

 est in the history of the company. 



SoQUEL, Cal. — Two of the daughters 

 of Mr. and Mrs. G. L. Grant were mar- 

 ried May 6, Maud Ethel to Walter S. 

 Miller and Alda Eose to Harold L. Gra- 

 ham. The ceremony was performed on 

 a veranda which was completely en- 

 closed by Lamarque roses in full bloom, 

 and the brides' bouquets were huge 

 bunches of natural orange blossoms. Mr. 

 and Mrs. Miller will reside in Naramata, 

 B. C, and Mr. and Mrs. Graham in Oak- 

 land, Cal. 



ASPARAGUS IN CALIFORNIA. 



Shade House Culture. 



The growing of asparagus for cutting 

 for florists' use has become one of the 

 side issues with many of our California 

 greenhouse men. Within the last few 

 years the demand has become so large 

 that a grower must have quite a space 

 devoted to this particular article if he 

 wishes to be able to make a reason- 

 able cutting several times a season. It 

 was originally supposed that this article 

 could only be successfully cultivated 

 under glass, but we have discovered with- 

 in the last couple of years that it can 

 also be grown in a shade house under 

 the same conditions in which smilax is 

 handled. The advantages in growing it 

 under glass are that it produces a light- 

 er shade of foliage, grows quicker in 

 the cold weather and has a tendency to 

 be less coarse in texture. These are 

 all good points; nevertheless, for general 

 usage, the cut branches of outside stock 

 can be used in almost any floral design 

 or bunch of flowers. 



The asparagus is a gross feeder and 

 this will be found one of the principal 

 considerations when planted in open beds. 

 Soil that is not too heavy, with a heavy 

 coating of rotted manure, is all that is 

 necessary for this end of the proposi- 

 tion. See that the house is built where 

 there will be no excess of water to col- 

 lect in the winter time, as asparagus does 

 not stand as much moisture at the root 

 as smilax, and although they may not 

 water-kill during the wet season, they 



CHRYSANTHEMUMS 



Rooted cuttinKB. $2.00 per 100; 2i«-)n. pots, $3.00. 

 CHRTSANTHKBCUM NOVKLTIE8 



Kooted cuttinKS, $2.50 per 100; 213-in. pots, $4.00. 



RAHN ft HERBERT 



SuccessorB to Pfunder's Greenhouse 

 48th Street PORTLAND, ORXGON 



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Calla Lily Bulbs 



Largre, Healthy BvUba, tor Early Fall 

 Delivery. Send tor Price List 



Fl linCMAIIII PMlfie Nurseries 

 • LUUCniAlllly 8041 Baker St. 



San Francisco, Cal. 



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BTTHS 



CARLOAD 



KENTIAS 



Kentla ForBteriana, balled, 3 to 4 ft.. $1.70; 4 to 5 

 ft., $2.75; 5 to 6 ft., $3.75; 6 to 7 ft., $5.50; 7 to 8 ft., 

 $9.00. Kentia Belmoreana, balled, 2 to 3 ft., 95c; 

 8 to 3ifl ft., $1.75; S^a to 4 ft., $2.15; 4 to i^ ft., 

 $2.90. Inquire for Potted Kentias, Seaforttaias, 

 PtychoBpermas, WaBblngtoniaB, etc. 



Exotic Nurseries, Santa Barliara, Cai. 



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are bound to be greatly weakened before 

 the growing season begins again in the 

 spring. To make the condition assured, 

 the beds should be raised six inches above 

 the surrounding soil. This will greatly 

 diminish the tendency of absorbing too 

 much moisture by the root. 



Compared with the same space of 

 bench room under glass, except for the 

 texture and heaviness of the outside 

 grown stock, there is little difference. 

 The outside grown plants usually give 

 but two good cuttings per year, while 

 those under glass can be figured as 

 producing three. During the long win- 

 ter and early spring months but little 

 stock will be cut from that grown out- 

 doors, but it commences to sprout out 

 early in the spring, and in a few weeks 

 the branches will have attained five or 

 six feet in length. They can be readily 

 trained on either string or wire stakes. 

 With regard to the keeping quality of 

 the shade house stock, there is little 

 difference between it and the other. 



Not over three crops can be figured 

 on during the season outside, and if 

 sufficient moisture and enrichment are 

 given several times during the year there 

 should be no trouble in getting splendid 

 returns on the small outlay assumed in 

 planting asparagus in a shade house. 



G. 



SAN FRANCISCO. 



The Market 



San Francisco and vicinity are in the 

 midst of entertaining the sailor boys, 

 and the town has assumed a gala appear- 

 ance. The effect has been to stimulate 

 trade to quite an extent, and bright col- 

 ored flowers have been used lavishly, both 

 for decocrating and for hand bouquets. 

 The street hucksters have been reaping 

 a harvest in handling bunches and the 

 stores have had a busy time for the last 

 few days. I'he greatest amount of trade, 

 however, has fallen to the green goods 

 men, and thousands of bunches of huckle- 

 berry, grass and wild ferns have been 

 used in the various functions around 

 town. 



There was a slight stiffening notice- 

 able in the early part of the week, and 

 the growers showed an inclination to 



Petonias Petonias 



Seedlings of ray Champion Btrain of Giants of 

 California and Ruffled Giants, from flats and 

 2-inch potB. $1.60 and $3.09 per 100. 



Hardy Perennials, in good assortment, from 

 2-iDCh pots, $2.00 per 100. 



Orders booked now for Seeds, etc., for fall de- 

 livery; 26>6 off list prices on advance orders for 

 Seeds, if your order amounts to $5.00 or over. 



Fred Grohe 



Santa Rosa, Cal. 



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iMILLION 



Calla Bulbs For Sale! 



PerlOOO 

 Ctdla Ethioplca Bulbs, 7 to 8-inch cir- 

 cumference $65.00 



Calla Ethloploa Bulbs, 5 to 7-inch cir- 

 cumference 40.00 



Calla Kthlopioa Bulbs, 3 to 5-inch cir- 

 cumference 25.00 



250 at 1000 rates, freight prepaid, wben cash is 

 sent with order. Orders booked now for July 

 BhipmentB. 



A. MITTING 



1 7 to 23 KennaR St., SANTA CRUZ, GAL. 



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Pacific Coast Business Chance. 



Being obliged to give up work on ac- 

 count of eicknees, the owner of a con- 

 trolling interest in a clean and good pay- 

 ing business will sell. This is a growing 

 and shipping business, trade well estab- 

 lished and extending to Atlantic coast. 

 No debts and money in bank. Rare op- 

 portunity for a good man (or two men) 

 with ten to twelve thousand dollars cash 

 to invest,— and the opportunity to live 

 in " God's Country." Don't bother un- 

 less you have the capital to put up. 

 Address No. 260, care Florists' Review,. 

 Chicago. 



make all points count, but the great 

 quantity of stock being brought into- 

 town and the fact that outside stuff is- 

 now beginning to show itself in appre- 

 ciable quantity have put everything down 

 to bed rock again. 



We were treated to a friendly shower 

 during last week and this has proven a. 

 blessing to the growers, for not for a 

 great many years has the soil been so 

 parched in April as it was this season. 

 The last rains we had were in the latter 

 part of February, and when the dry 

 winds of March made themselves felt 

 there was but little moisture left on the 

 surface. 



Sweet p^as have proven the most 

 popular flower this season, and the 

 quality is excellent. They have fallen 

 slightly in price since the quotations of 

 last week and the chances are that they 



DAFFODILS 



Bulbs for forcing, bloominsr or planting. Oma- 

 tus, Princeps Maximus, Barri. Mrs. Langtry, 

 Pheasant Eye, Golden Spur, Emperor, etc. 



Write UB list of wants and quantity. 



Rose Gardens, Belfield,Va. 



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