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The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



September 10, 1908. 



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PACIFIC COAST. 



SAN FRANCISCO. 



TheMaffcet 



At last, after three months of waiting, 

 we are being treated to a spell of sum- 

 mer weather. Business, except for a 

 few spurts in the line of funeral work, 

 remains very quiet and there is an ex- 

 ^ cess of almost everything in the flow- 

 er Une except roses. The new crop ot 

 carnations is making a good showing, it 

 is noticeable this year that the growers 

 have been overhauling and changing their 

 houses much sooner than they formerly 

 did, and an avalanche of early sfock is 

 the result. Why the greenhouse men 

 have shown such an inclination to have 

 very early flowers the last two seasons 

 is difficult to explain, but there certainly 

 has been a rush in changing the houses, 

 with the result of an oversupply of car- 

 nations at the time when asters and early 

 chrysanthemums hold the market. 



Asters, by the way, are scarcer than 

 last week, but the prices have remained 

 the same. Another two weeks will wit- 

 ness their departure and, from present 

 indications, chrysanthemums will be in 

 full supply to take their places. 



Some violets of the Princess variety 

 have already reached town, but they are 

 weak of stem and small of flower and 

 do not make much show. Sweet peas are 

 moving more slowly than at any time 

 during the season. Amaryllis and gladi- 

 oli are scarcer and bring the same fig- 

 ures as were quoted last week. Aspara- 

 gus grown in lath houses is now at full 

 Irowth and is in heavy supply. Some 

 early smUax is shown. Maidenhair fern 

 continues in good supply. 

 Various Note*. 



J J. Kegley has taken a few days' va- 

 cation, to inspect the state fair at Sacra- 



The orchid houses of J. C. Siegfried, 

 / at Alameda, are in splendid shape for 

 another season's cutting. 



Harold George, of Elmhurst, has taken 

 charge of the greenhouses of Alfred 

 Galloway, lately deceased, at Frmtvale, 

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THE DEMAND FOR FRUIT TREES. 



There are many nurseries in California 

 and Oregon that deal almost entirely 

 in fruit trees, and from present mdica^ 

 tions there will be quite a planting of 

 some varieties of trees on the Pacific 

 coast. On the whole, the present book- 

 ings of orders with the dealers who han- 

 dle fruit trees exclusively are better than 

 the orders on' hand at the nurseries where 

 ornamentals are handled. It is cus- 

 tomary, of course, for lists of fruit to 

 be booked earlier than other kinds of 

 stock, as planters want to be sure they 

 will have enough trees on hand to plant 

 their young orchards with. 



The ruling prices will be much lower 

 than those of one year ago, and there 

 is a much larger assortment of trees to 

 select from. Last season the greatest 

 demands were for prunes, pears, apri- 

 cots, peaches and some varieties of apples. 

 For the latter there is no great demand, 

 however, either in central or southern 

 California, the plantings being greatest 

 in northern California, Oregon and Wash- 

 ington. Last year IJ cents to 18 cents 

 was the ruling price for almost everything 



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CALLA BILBS 



READY TO SHIP 



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 express to your city, when check Is sent with order. 



NEW CALLA, Pearl of Stuttsart. Introduced in 

 Germany six years ago. It is the finest pot caila in the 

 world, growing 12 to 16 inches high. A profusion of 

 bloom all winter. Can be grown in a 4-tnch put, as the 

 bulbs are never larger than one inch in diameter. Nice 

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



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RAHN S HERBERT 



WHOLESALE FLORISTS. 

 PORTLAND, Orecon, Mt. Tabor P. O. 



KENTIAS, FERNS, 

 ARAUCARIAS. 

 VIOLETS, PRINCESS, 2is-in., $2.50 per 100. 

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except cherries, plums and apples. The 

 Oregon nurseries, however, sold at slight- 

 ly lower figures than these, as did some 

 of our dealers, when it became late in 

 the season and slight surpluses were left 

 on hand. 



Dealers at present are asking from 8 

 cents to 12 cents here for first size stock, 

 with plenty on hand. Orders are coming 

 in fairly rapidly, but the planters are par- 

 ticular as to what they are going to 

 plant. The demand for Bartlett pears, 

 apricots and prunes will be light, with 

 apparently very little demand for plums 

 or almonds. A few varieties of peaches 

 are selling well. Figs and grapes are 

 to be largely planted in central and 

 southern California. Cherries in a few 

 favored localities will be given a good 

 acreage. 



The heavy crops of fruit during the 

 present season and the prevailing low 

 prices have had the effect of keeping 

 many farmers, who intended planting, 

 from going too heavily into the produc- 

 tion of fruit, and a considerable quan- 

 tity of stock sold will be used for the 

 replanting of old or worn out orchards. 

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VIOLETS FOR FRISCO MARKET. 



The growing of violets in the vicinity 

 of San Francisco is almost entirely in 

 the hands of the Italian gardeners. Up 

 to ten years ago all the flower growers 

 had a patch of violets for the blooms, 

 and Swanley White, Marie Louise, Nea- 

 politan and California were the vari- 

 eties grown in about equal quantities. 

 Abou^«this time Princess of Wales made 

 its appearance and rapidly went to the 

 front as a profitable market variety. The 

 Italian growers, .who up to this time had 

 contented themselves with hardy outside 

 flowers and the growing of vegetables, 

 now turned their attention to violets, and 

 to a great extent gave up the handling 

 of other stock. With the advent of this 

 influx into the violet growing and the 

 fact that the Italians could produce the 

 flowers cheaper than the other growers, 

 they soon had the handling practically in 

 their hands. 



The first move made was to discard 

 the growing of everything except the 

 Princess, which, on account of its hardi- 

 ness, freedom of bloom, long stems and 

 long continued blossoming, was the best 

 paying variety. A few scattered patches 



20,000 SHASTA DAISIES 



Alaska. California and Westralia. fleld-grown 

 from divisions of Mr. L. Burbank's original stock, 

 not seedlings, extra strong divisions. 



Pet 100 1000 



5 shoots ormore $2.50 $24.00 



3to4 shoots 2.00 19.00 



lto2 shoots 1.26 11.00 



CycIaAnen PerBicum Gigauteum 



Fine plants, large flowers from named varie- 

 ties, 800 4-in. ready now, $10.00 per 100; 3000 3-In. 

 ready Sept. 15. $7.00 per 100. , 



Seeds ot Sbasta Daisy— Alaska, California 

 and Westralia, 1000 seeds, 50c; oz., $2.00 net. 



Pentstsmon Hybrldus Grandiflorus, 

 new, largest flowers, in great variety of colors, 

 the be^t of all Pentstemons, pkt., 25c; oz., $1.50. 

 List of otlier seeds. Cash, please. 



FRED CROHE, Santa Rosa, Cal. 



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Roses and General 

 Nursery Stock 



Sand for Catalogue 



F. LU DEM ANN ^^tVJtf*' 



Pacific Nun«rie$, San Francisco, Cal. 



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KENTIAS 



Keatia Farsteriaia 3-4 ft 4-5 ft. 5-6 ft. &7 ft. 



(Potted) Ea. per 10... $2.00 $3.40 $6 10 $8.00 

 Kzotic Nurseries* Kentias have dark green 

 leaves and stand wind drafts and dry atmos- 

 pheric conditions. Ask for wholesale price list. 



EXOTIC NURSERIES, Santa Barbara, Cal. 



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of the double varieties were to be seen 

 in different localities, but the fact that 

 so few were offered for sale in the 

 stores and so few seen on the streets, 

 made the flower buyers cease to ask for 

 them and they have now practically 

 ceased to be grown in quantity. 



With the violet situation in the hands 

 of the Italian growers, they quickly com- 

 bined in various ^vays and the output and 

 price were regulated to suit themselves. 

 The flowers were grown in the neighbor- 

 hood of the vegetable gardens, where 

 water and child labor were plentiful, 

 and these have been the secrets of the 

 success of the violet growers. Even 

 the Japanese and Chinese have not been 

 able to solve the problem of labor so 

 that they vdll be able to sell at the 

 same prices with the Italians, who de- 

 pend almost entirely on boys and girls 

 to pick the flowers, and in this regard 

 they are singularly blessed, as any visi- 

 tor to the Italian colonies can vouch 

 for. 



During the past season several of the 

 combinations made by the Italian grow- 

 ers were broken and the retailers were 

 treated to something in the nature of a 

 real treat, namely, that it was possible 



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