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The Weekly Florists' Review. 



July 16, 1908. 



PACIFIC COAST. 



The Pacific Coast Association of 

 Nurserymen held a successful sixth an- 

 nual convention at North Yakima, Wash., 

 July 8 and 9, fifty being present. 



The Cherry Fair, to have been held 'at 

 Salem, Ore., beginning July 9, was post- 

 poned to July 16 to 18 on account of 

 cold weather retarding the season. 



The Van Holderbeke Nursery Co., Spo- 

 kane, Wash., has been incorporated, with 

 $60,000 capital stock, by A. Van Holder- 

 beke, E. Van Holderbeke and A. Elm. 



PANSIES IN CALIFORNIA. 



The best selling annual on tliis coast 

 is the pansy. Many thousands are han- 

 dled every winter and spring by florists 

 and gardeners, and it is really surpris- 

 ing that better strains are not in evi- 

 dence than are usually seen exposed for 

 sale. 



Carelessness in the selection of seed 

 and equal carelessness in the growing 

 are both to blame. Great care should be 

 taken in the selection of the seed. But 

 few growers make any pretense of sav- 

 ing their own seed, and when they do so 

 ithey usually gather from the flowers 

 promiscuously and as a consequence 

 many inferior seedlings are grown, with 

 the usual results. Even when the grow- 

 ers use care in the selection of the plants 

 from which the seed is saved, it is un- 

 wise to collect and grow for more than 

 two seasons without renewing the stock 

 from seed grown in another locality. 



When a specialty is made of any par- 

 ticular strain or variety, even greater 

 care must be taken to keep them true 

 to name, but, with so many reliable 

 growers who make the pansy a specialty, 

 there is no diflSculty with seed bought 

 either in this country or in Europe. 



When the s^ed is sown — and during 

 the present month is about the best time 

 in this latitude — it is a good plan to 

 start it under glass, but do not leave it 

 inside for more than two or three weeks 

 after the young plants have shown them- 

 selves. Do not sow the seed too thickly 

 in the boxes. When they are removed 

 to the open, shade them for a few days 

 and they then should be exposed to the 

 8un. 



After about ten to twelve weeks they 

 should be pricked off into flats and left 

 until late in the fall or early in the win- 

 ter, when they should be planted in per- 

 manent beds. Beds that are intended 

 for pansies, if the best results are ex- 

 pected, should be dug over at least twice 

 during the late summer or fall and 

 plenty of well rotted manure worked in. 



Pansies are gross feeders and the beds 

 should be built so that there will be no 

 surplus moisture standing around them 

 after the winter rains commence. This 

 is especially important when the gar- 

 dener has thick, heavy soil ^to contend 

 with, and an addition of a quantity of 

 sand or other loosening material will 

 in this case be of great benefit. On the 

 other hand, just as fine pansies can be 

 grown where the soil is naturally sandy, 

 provided a suflScient amount of enrich- 

 ment is given, in which case it will be 

 necessary to continue feeding at regular 

 intervals during the entire season of the 

 plants' growth. 



Pansies at any stage want plenty 

 of moisture, good drainage and rich 



2 Million Galla Bulbs Ready to Ship 



A. MITTING, 



New Calla-PEARL OF STUTTGART 



Introduced in Oermany 6 years ago. It is the finest 

 Pot Calla In tbe world, growing 1,2 to 16 inches high. 

 A profusion of bloom all winter. Can be grown in a 

 4-lnch pot, as tbe bulbs are never larger than 1 inch 

 diameter. Nice 3-year-old bulbs, 95.00 per 100. 



Circumference Per 100 1000 



Calla Aethioplea Balba, 8 to 10-inch $9 00 $80.00 



•• 7to 8-inch 7.60 65 00 



5 to 71nch 4.50 40.00 



3 to 4Vinch.... 2.50 20.00 



Narolasus alba srandlflora, 6 to 8-inch circum 

 ference, $9.00 per 1000. 



Fre«Bia rafraota alba« mammoth bulbs, only 

 $9.00 per 1000. 



250 at 1000 rates. Packed in slatted crates. Lib- 

 eral count. Safe arrival Bniarantaed. I prepay 

 freight at above prices to your city when check is 

 sent with order.. 



Kennan Street, S&lltfl CfUZy Cflla 



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JOHN BENTHIEN 



PACIFIC COAST 



GREENHOUSE BUILDER 



714 So. 39th St., TACOMA, WASH. 



Contractor for all kinds of wooden and iron 

 greenhouses. 



Complete Heating and Vantilating Systems 



installed and remodeled. 

 AgWBt for the Holly Standard Electric Circalator 



^rit* for estimates 



Mention The Review when you write. 



RAHN S HERBERT 



\rHOLB8AU: FLORISTS , 



PORTLAND, Oregon, Mt. Tabor P. O. 



KENTIAS, FERNS, 

 ARAUCARIAS. 



VIOLXT8, PRINCK8S. 2ifl-in., $2.50 per 100. 

 Mention The Review when you write. 



FISCHER'S 

 Grand Freesia Purity 



The magnificent, giant, white Freesia. When 

 once tried, will always be grown. 



Write for prloeB. Delivery in July. 



RUDOLPH FISCHER. SanU AniU. ai. 



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soil, and if the seed has been carefully 

 selected there is no better paying plant 

 in the entire catalogue of the gardener, 

 nor one that is easier to handle. 



It is a good plan to sow a later batch 

 of seed, usually about six weeks later 

 than the first, and in this way a succes- 

 sion of flowering plants can be had, if 

 the weather permits, from Christmas un- 

 til they become too large to handle to 

 advantage, which is usually late in the 

 summer. G. 



SANFEANOSCO. 



TheMaAet 



The weather continues to be cool. At 

 no time during the last two weeks has it 

 been over 60 degrees at the watmest 

 time of the day in the neighborhood 

 of San Francisco. This makes it favor- 

 able both for the growers and the store 

 men in the handling of flowers. 



Carnations, with the exception of a few 



Petooias Petunias 



Seedlings of my Champion strain of Giants of 

 California and Ruffled Giants, from flats and 

 2-incb pots. $1.50 and $3.00 per 100. 



Hardy Perennials, in good assortment, from 

 2-incb pots, $2.00 per 100. 



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

 livery; 25H o£[ 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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Washlngtonia (S^^£S^) 



W. robusta, l>flto2 feet, balled $0.85 



W. robusta, 2toS feet, balled 45 



W. robusta, Sto4 feet, balled 70 



W. robusta, 4 to 5 feet, balled 90 



W. robusta, 5 to 6 feet, balled LIO 



W. robusta, 6 to 7 feet, baUed 1.90 



Eiotlc HursBfies, Santa Barbara, Cal. 



Calla Lily Bulbs 



Larce. Healtby Bulbs, for Karly Fall 

 Delivery. Send for Price List 



F. LUDEMANN, 



San Frandsoo, Cal. 



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varieties, have never appeared to bet- 

 ter advantage than they do at present. 

 Lawson is about the only variety that 

 seems to be greatly bothered by the 

 thrips and, owing to the condition of 

 the weather, this pest is much less no- 

 ticeable than in former years. The 

 prices of everything in the carnation line 

 are, however, away down to bed rock 

 and there is no immediate prospect of 

 their betterment. 



Roses, except short-stemmed stock, are 

 scarce and what few are seen are bring- 

 ing good prices. Fancy roses are out 

 of existence at present. 



Sweet peas still are the most popular 

 flower and the prices are low, owing to 

 the immense quantities of them being 

 brought in by the Chinese growers. Val- 

 ley and L. longiflorum move slowly, but 

 the supply is not heavy. Gladioli in all 



Pacific Nars«rles 



8U41 Baker St. 



