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The Weddy Florists' Review. 



October 8, 1908. 



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Shibeley-Mann Co.,i"c. 



Wholksalx Dxalkbs in 



FLORIST SUPPLIES 

 and Cut Flowers 



1203 Sutter St., SAN FRANCISCO, €AL. 



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PACIFIC COAST. 



Bellingham, Wash. — Five tons of 

 fancy bulbs, including narcissi, hyacinths 

 and tulips, have been received for the 

 new government station located in the 

 Marrietta road. The work of fall plant- 

 ing is well under way. 



Tacoma, Wash. — Seymour conserva- 

 tory, the new structure in Wright park, 

 has been completed, and a large num- 

 ber of plants, flowers and shrubs are 

 being moved into it, under the direction 

 of the park supervisor, E. R. Daven- 

 port. It is said that some of the plants 

 are quite rare and that the collection, as 

 a whole, will be one of the most valua- 

 ble on the Pacific coast. The conserva- 

 tory was constructed at a cost of $10,- 

 000, donated by W. W. Seymour, a prom- 

 inent local capitalist. 



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The weather has turned somewhat cool- 

 er and business can be said to be a 

 shade better. Flowers are scarcer now 

 than at any time since last winter. The 

 early crops from the recently planted 

 carnation houses have been well gather- 

 ed and the slower coming crops are riot 

 y^jt at hand. Roses are in short supply 

 yet, but, from appearances, they will soon 

 be plentiful. Asters are completely out 

 of season and chrysanthemums are get- 

 ting easier in price. Violets are in just 

 about suflScient quantity to fill require- 

 ments. Thiey will be in much better con- 

 dition when they have had a few more 

 showers. Sweet peas are of little value 

 to the florist at presi-nt. The stems are 

 getting short and the flowers drop easily. 



Cut asparagus is getting scarcer, most 

 of the big patches having been well cut. 

 Smilax, although early in its season, 

 is being brought into town in fair quan 

 tity. Outside dahlias are being used 

 in large quantities for decorative pur- 

 poses. There has been a great improve- 

 ment in the quality of the blossoms offer- 

 ed for sale this year as compared with 

 those of former years, and as a conse- 

 quence the dahlia has taken its place 

 among the most useful fall flowers. 



The demand for all classes of stock is 

 on the increase and October gives promise 

 of being as busy a month as it was a 

 year ago. Funeral work has occupied the 

 attention almost entirely of some of 

 our retailers for the last few days. 



Various Notes. 



John Gill is on a business trip to the 

 southern portion of the state. 



M. H. McCowen, formerly with Clarke 

 Bros., of Oakland, is now associated with 

 Chester P. Hutchinson, of Berkeley, Cal. 



E. Bourguignon, of San Jose, is in 

 town for a few days. 



Charles Leopold, one of San Fran- 

 cisco's veteran florists, will have charge 

 of the new retail store of the Thorsted 

 Floral Co., of Oakland. 



BDLBS 



^Calla and 

 Hyacinth 



Calla Aethloploa, 3 to 6-inch circumference, 

 90.0U per 100. 



I prepay express when cash is sent with order. 



10,000 HYACINTHS 



A-No. 1 bulbs from Holland. Send for price list. 



yk. MITTIH6, ^:^ll Santa Cruz, Cal. 



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Own Root 



Field-grown 



Roses 



California 



Rose Co., 



Ponona, 

 Cal. 



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RAHN ft HERBERT 



WHOLK8ALE GROWBRS 

 POBTLAND, Or«Kon, Mt. Tabor P. O. 



KENTIAS, ARAUCARIAS 



Boston Perns, from bench 36c. 60c. 75c 



Bleganttsslma 60c, 75c, $1.00 



P. Von Lingen has returned from a 

 three months' trip to Holland and Bel- 

 gium. He is one of the owners of the 

 Holland Nursery Co., of Elmhurst. 



William Kennedy, representing F. 

 Felix, of Seattle, Wash., is in town 

 taking orders for English holly, grown 

 in Victoria, B. C. G. 



IMPROVEMENT IN THE DAHUA. 



There has probably been no flower 

 within recent years that has been so 

 greatly perfected in California, and has 

 proven so valuable to the decorator and 

 florist, as the dahlia. Originally used 

 exclusively for garden decoration and 

 never considered choice enough to be 

 cut and offered for sale in the shops, it 

 has within the last two years taken a 

 place at the head of the fall blooming 

 flowers. It has almost crowded the chry- 

 santhemum to the wall and has left.it far 

 behind as a decorative feature on well 

 kept grounds. 



The reasons for this are many, but . 

 easy to discover. Dahlia specialists have 

 been more active in the last few years 

 than almost any other branch of the 

 profession and, as a result, the old-fash- 

 ioned, stiff, heavy flowers have been 

 superseded by delicate, graceful, mag- 



3041 Bator 

 Str*«t 



Keitia Firittriaaa 



(Potted) Ea. per 10. 



20,000 SHASTA DAISIES 



Alaska, California and Westralia, field-^rown 

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

 not seedlings, extra strong divisions. 



Per 100 1000 



6 shoots ormore 12.60 $24.00 



8 to 4 shoots 2.00 19.00 



lto2 shoots 1.25 11.00 



Cyclamen Peraicum Gig^ajiteam 



Fine plants, large flowers from named varie- 

 ties, 800 4-in. ready now, $10.00 i>er 100; 8000 8-ln. 

 ready Sept. 15. $7.00 per 100. 



8«edB of Sbaate Daisy- Alaska. California 

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



Pentstemon Hybrldus Grandifloms. 

 new, largest flowers, in great variety of colors, 

 the best of all Pentstemons. pkt.,'25c; oz., $1.60. 

 List of oUxmr seeds. Cash, please. 



FRED GROHE, Santa Rosa, Gal. 



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Roses and General 

 Nursery Stock 



Send for Catalogue 



F. LUDEMANN 



Pacific Nurt«rie$, San Francisco, Cal. 



KENTIAS 



8-4 ft 4-5 ft. 6-6 ft. 6-7 ft. 

 $2.00 $3.40 $510 $8.00 



Kxotlo Niirseries* Kentias have dark green 

 leaves and stand wind drafts and dry atmos- 

 pheric conditions. Ask for wholesale price list. 



EXOTIC NURSERIES. Santa Barbara, Cal. 



nificently colored blossoms, borne on long, 

 straight, stiff stems — just the long-de- 

 sired want of the critical public. 



The dahlia has the advantage, again, 

 of being of the easiest culture, requiring 

 little or no care, as long as ordinarily rich 

 soil, plenty of moisture and a reason- 

 able situation are given. With the chry- 

 santhemum, if anything except mediocre 

 blossoms are desired, a great deal of time 

 and attention have to be given for a 

 limited quantity of blossoms. The sea- 

 son of flowering in our favored Cali- 

 fornia climate is from three to five 

 months and even longer, while a few 

 weeks is all that can be expected from 

 any of the chrysanthemum family. 



I refer here, of course, entirely to the " 

 dahlia as a garden flower and do not 

 reflect on the mum blossoms grown under 

 glass, where comparisons cannot be made. 

 • As a flower to be used to advantage in 

 floral designs the dahlia has few su- ' 

 periors, although it does not last as long 

 as the carnation. 



The public has shown conclusively ia 

 the last two seasons that the newer va- 

 rieties of dahlias will be used extensively 

 in house and table decorations, and grow- 

 ers should provide themselves with a 

 stock sufficient to be relied on for cut- 



