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The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



Jolt 30, 1908. 



PACIFIC COAST. 



Tacoma, Wash. — The new conserva- 

 tory in Wright park is now completed. 

 The central section, 20x25 feet, is sur- 

 mounted by a dome, and there are two 

 wings, each 20x50. The erection of this 

 conservatory is due to the generosity of 

 W. W. Seymour, a capitalist, who gave 

 $10,000 for the beautifying of the city. 



COMPULSORY TREE TRIMMING. 



A town in the vicinity of San Fran- 

 cisco has passed an ordinance making it 

 obligatory on the part of property own- 

 ers to keep sidewalk trees trimmed off to 

 within twelve feet of the ground. The 

 plea has been made that fire engines have 

 been unable to navigate along many 

 streets owing to the overhanging branch- 

 es. The fact that this town has many 

 miles of sidewalk trees that will be af- 

 fected by this ordinance, and their 

 butchered appearance when altered after 

 the trees have been allowed to grow nat- 

 urally for years, shows the evil results 

 of non-systematic planting and pruning. 



If trees are allowed to spread too 

 much at the expense of their center- 

 growth when they are young and can be 

 easily trained, a grave mistake is made. 

 A tree that has put all its vigor into 

 lateral branches will after a time show 

 no inclination to fill in with easily 

 trained growths, and when, as in the 

 present case, it becomes necessary to cut 

 large and heavy branches off, it is usu- 

 ally no longer possible to get the trees 

 back into symmetrical shape again. 



By proper pruning our largest trees 

 can be kept at any desired height or 

 form for an almost indefinite time. The 

 writer has on his grounds a cypress 

 hedge (Cupressus macrocarpa), which, 

 though growing in the present location 

 for forty-seven years, is only four feet 

 high and two feet through. Directly 

 across the street are two specimen trees 

 of the same variety, twelve years of 

 age, that are forty-five feet high and 

 thirty feet spread at the base. 



The carelessness shown in the treat- 

 ment of sidewalk trees is deplorable, and 

 what should be an object of beauty is 

 more often a subject for ridicule or 

 censure. Uniformity and the suitability 

 of the various growths to the subject at 

 hand are rarely taken into consideration 

 by the general planter, and here the prac- 

 tical gardener and the landscape archi- 

 tect have a splendid chance to display 

 their knowledge to the greatest advan- 

 tage, for by the use of trees on the pub- 

 lic highways the visitor is often im- 

 pressed more than by the well kept lawns 

 or masses of private shrubbery. G. 



SAN FRANdSCX). 



The Market 



Business is about in the same condi- 

 tion as it has been for the last month. 

 There is practically nothing doing ex- 

 cept funeral work. Flowers, with the 

 exception of fancy roses, are overplenti- 

 ful. Long-stemmed sweet peas, how- 

 ever, have not been in oversupply for the 

 last two weeks, but there are quantities 

 of short-stemmed stock offered at any 

 price. 



Carnations are of better quality than 

 those usually seen here in the middle of 

 the summer, but the prices asked are 



Half Million Calla Bulbs 



Circumference Per 100 1000 

 CalUAethlopieaBalbs, 7to 8-incb... $11.00 $100.00 



5 to 7-inch 8.00 76.00 



3 to 4i2-inch....3.00 26.00 



260 at 1000 rate. I prepay express when cash is 

 sent witli tbe order. No more freight orders filled 

 this season. 



NEW CALLS 



Pearl of Stuttgart 



Introduced in Germany about 6 years ago. It is tbe 

 finest Pot Calla I have ever grown in my 41 years' 

 experience. It grows about 12 to 16 inches high. 

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

 4-incb pot, as the bulbs are never larger than 1 inch 

 diameter. Nice 3-year-old bulbs, $6.00 per 100. 



Send for New Fall Bnlb 

 Trade List. Now Ready 



A. MITTING, K.JL\rs^..t. Santa Cruz, Cal. 



RAHN ft HERBERT 



WHOLKSAUC FLORISTS, 

 PORTLAND, OreBon, Mt. Tabor P. O. 



KENTIAS, FERNS, 

 ARAUCARIAS. 

 VIOUBTS, PRIMCBS8, 2ifi-in., $2.60 per 100. 

 Mention The Review when you write. 



FISCHER'S 

 Grand Freesia Purity 



The magnificent, giant, white Freesia. When 

 once tried, will always pe grown. 



Write for prices. Qelivery In July. 



RUDOLPH FISCHER. SanU Anita, ai. 



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away down and those usually received 

 are still lower. Short-stemmed roses can 

 be had at any price oflfered. Valley 

 moves slowly and there have been sev- 

 eral big batches of it brought into town 

 during the last week. Lilies of all kinds 

 are in fair demand, and the prices re- 

 ceived are better than they were a week 

 or two ago. Other kinds of outside stock 

 are not worth mentioning, there is so 

 little being used. 



Over in Alameda county the retailers 

 seem to be doing a fair share of busi- 

 ness. Funeral work has been good, owing 

 to the fact that there were several deaths 

 among prominent people during the last 

 week. 



The weather continues to be too cool 

 to be comfortable in the mornings and 

 evenings, but during the middle of the 

 day is very pleasant. 



Various Notes. 



The Marin County Horticultural So- 

 ciety will give a chrysanthemum exhibi- 

 tion at San Bafael in October. 



William Walters, the well-known land- 

 scape gardener of San Bafael, has just 

 recovered from a severe illness. 



John Martin, of Ross Station, has re- 

 ceived a large consignment of orchids 

 from several eastern growers within the 

 last week. It is the intention to devote 

 the greenhouses principally to this ar- 

 ticle in the future. 



Albert Galloway, a prominent carna- 

 tion grower of Fruitvale, Cal., died July 

 12. Further particulars concerning him 

 are given in this week's obituary column. 



G. 



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Petiinias Petonias 



Seedlings oflmy Champion strain of Giants of 

 California and Ruffled Giants, from flats and 

 2-inch pots. $1.60 and $3.00 per 100. 



Hardy Perennials, in good assortment, from 

 2-inch pots, $2.00 per 100. 



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

 livery; 26K ofit list prices on advance orders for 

 Seeds, if your order amounts to $6.00 or over. 



Fred Grohe 



Santa Rosa« Cal. 



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Washingtonia (?ii?^S^) 



W. robusta, 1^ to 2 feet, balled $0.85 



W. robusta, 2to8 feet, balled 46 



W. robusta, 8 to 4 feet, balled 70 



W. robusta, 4 to 6 feet, balled 90 



W. robusta, 6 to 6 feet, balled 1.10 



W. robusta, 6 to 7 feet, balled 1.90 



Exotic Nurseries, Santa Barbara, Cai. 



Mention The Review when you write. 



Paeitle Nurseries 



S041 Baker St. 



Calla Lily Bulbs 



lATKO, Hoaltliy Bulbs, for Karly Vail 

 DollTory. Send for Price List 



F. LUDEMANN, 



San FrauiciBCo, Cal. 



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SPOKANE, WASH. 



The Inland Nursery and Floral Co., 

 the enterprising firm which has already 

 been referred to in the Review, has re- 

 cently completed a handsome and sub- 

 stantial office on its grounds at the cor- 

 ner of Washington street and Nora ave- 

 nue. The builc&ng is constructed of con- 

 crete blocks. It is 30x40 feet, two 

 stories high, and is divided into two dis- 

 play rooms and an office. The firm also 

 has attractive grounds and large green- 

 houses here, besides its thirty acres of 

 country property. Its business is increas- 

 ing rapidly and from all appearances de- 

 velopment has only just begun. 



The stockholders of the company are 

 H. C. Rice, J. H. Mumm, J. M. Harris, 

 E. L. Rice, J. J. Bursell and W. G. 

 Thompson. 



