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The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



NOTBMBES 19, 1008. 



PACIFIC COAST. 



Santa Cruz, Cal. — E. Leedham, foun- 

 der and manager of the Leedham Bulb 

 Co., died November 5, at the age of 80 

 years. Further particulars concerning 

 him will be found in this week 's obituary 

 column. 



Santa Claba, Cal. — Charles Wood- 

 ward had a narrow escape from being 

 killed in his garden by a robber whom 

 he caught prowling about on the prem- 

 ises shortly after 2 o'clock on the morn- 

 ing of November 1. Mr. Woodward had 

 concealed himself in the garden with the 

 purpose of protecting himself from the 

 depredations of Hallowe'en jokers, but 

 encountered, instead, an actual robber, 

 who was overcome after a severe struggle 

 and turned over to the police. At one 

 stage of the fight the robber had a re- 

 volver aimed at Mr. Woodward's breast, 

 but the weapon failed to explode. 



PASADENA, CAL. 



The Pasadena Nurserymen's Associa- 

 tion has been organized, with a member- 

 ship of ten, and the following oflScers 

 were elected: President, Thomas Chis- 

 holm; treasurer, J. B. Wagner; secre- 

 tary, T. E. Gould. The president ap- 

 pointed a committee of three to formu- 

 late by-laws and a constitution, to be 

 submitted to the members for discus- 

 sion at their next meeting, which is sub- 

 ject to the call of the president. 



The formation of this association has 

 been contemplated for some time, but 

 the action of the City Commissioners in 

 planting street trees and caring for them, 

 at the expense of the taxpayers at large, 

 was the immediate cause of the forma- 

 tion of the Nurserymen's Association. A 

 petition of the nurserymen with reference 

 to this matter was presented at the meet- 

 ing of City Commissioners November 

 2, and was brought up for further dis- 

 cussion November 9. 



The Pasadena Gardeners' Association 

 also issued a formal protest, signed 

 by President John Blake and Secretary 

 Eobert McKenzie, which reads as follows : 

 "At a special meeting of the Pasadena 

 Gardeners ' Association, held in the Board 

 of Trade rooms, October 30, after a dis- 

 cussion of the present plan of planting 

 and caring for street trees in the parkings 

 of lots, vacant and otherwise, which has 

 been recently started by the city of Pasa- 

 dena, this association, by a unanimous 

 vote, declared themselves opposed to the 

 system." T. E. Gould. 



CUTTINGS OF HARDY VINES. 



With the beginning of the cool 

 weather in November, it is a good plan 

 to make cuttings of hardy vines that can 

 be grown in this way. A coldframe or 

 a greenhouse is an ideal place in which 

 to root them, if they are planted in flats 

 filled with sand or any light soil. With 

 many of our hardy shrubs it is not advis- 

 able to make cuttings until we have had 

 a tinge of sharp frost to cause the leaves 

 to drop and the stems to become thor- 

 oughly dormant, but with practically all 

 our vines this is not necessary, and 

 whether they are deciduous or evergreen 

 makes but little difference. 



In an ordinary flat, 18x24 inches, three 

 inches deep, 200 cuttings can be planted 

 without crowding, and there is no diffi- 

 culty whatever in handling them if they 



Rooted Carnation Cottiogs 



We are Pacifle Coast Headquarters for quantity and quality. All growers agree that early 

 plants are the money-makers so place your order now and get the first. Oive us a trial order 

 and we know you will come again without urging. Til* following varieties ready 

 Deoember 1. 



FUfK 



Per 100 1000 



RXD 



Wlneor $300 $25.00 



R. P. ■ncbantreas 2.00 16.00 



■notaantress 1.76 15.00 



BIrs. T. W. Lawson 1.25 10.00 



WHITI! 



Wblte Bnoluuitress 3.00 25.00 



Gov. WolooU 1.26 10.00 



WUte Lawson 1.60 14.00 



Lady Bountiful 2.00 16.00 



Queen Louise 1.26 10.00 



Boston Bfarket 1.25 TO.OO 



Flora Hill 1.25 10.00 



KsteUe 



Victory 



Red Lawson. 



2.00 

 1.60 



CRIMSON 



Harlowarden 1.40 



Gov. Roosevelt 1.40 



VARIKGATKD 



variecated Lawson 



Prosperity 



TKLLOW— Kldorado 



Per 100 1000 



.$1.76 $15.00 

 16.00 

 14.00 



12 00 

 12.00 



176 

 1.40 



1.50 12.00 



15.00 

 12.00 



25 at 100 rate; 250 at 1000 rate. 5% discount for cash, or will ship c. o. d. Sure-to-please 

 guarantee at all times. Express prepaid at above prices. 



BASSEH'S FLORAL GARDENS, LOOMIS, CAL. 



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are sheltered by glass overhead, provid- 

 ing they are not allowed to get too warm 

 by an unexpected hot spell and are not 

 given too much moisture before they have 

 become well calloused. Boxed cuttings 

 are lost much oftener through an excess 

 of moisture than through too little, and 

 oftener through insufficient circulation of 

 air than from too much ventilation. 

 These rules apply, of course, only to stock 

 that is hardy outside, and not to such 

 articles as have to be kept under glass 

 throughout our cold season. 



Honeysuckles, passion vines, lantanas, 

 solanums, tecomas, bougainvilleas, man- 

 devillas, jasmines, ampelopsis, plumba- 

 gos, ivies and many other vines can thus 

 be grown easUy in a small space, where 

 it would be necessary to give them con- 

 siderable ground if they were planted in 

 the open. Cuttings that are planted out- 

 side have to be very carefully watched, 

 and although they make stronger plants 

 in less time than they do if grown in 

 flats, the chances for their drying out or 

 not being able to vFJthstand climatic 

 changes are always against them. 



About the end of March should show 

 the cuttings well rooted and they can 

 then be potted or planted out in open 

 rows for a heavier growth, as all danger 

 is then past of succumbing to any ordi- 

 nary setback. G, 



SAN FRANOSCO. 



The Market 



The excitement of election time is over 

 and business has resumed its normal as- 

 pect again, and I am pleased to say that, 

 all things being considered, we are having 

 a fair share of trade at present. The 

 big intercollegiate football game takes 

 place on Saturday next, at Berkeley, Cal., 

 and already the chrysanthemum growers 

 have their hands full supplying the re- 

 tailers a'nd the street hucksters. 



Never in the history of the mum in 

 this state have the blooms been of such 

 extra good quality and sold at such rea- 

 sonable prices. Everything in the flower 

 line is cheap, however. Carnations, which 

 at this season of the year should net the 

 growers at the rate of at least $4 per 

 hundred, do not realize over half that 

 figure. Roses also, except fancy stock, 

 can be had in any quantity at from $2 

 to $4 per hundred. The continued warm, 



ECHEVERIAS 



$2.00 per 100, $18.00 per 1000; postpaid. Cash. 



LAS PALMAS GREENHOUSES 



p. O. Box 160, PALO ALTO, CAL. 



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OREGON FERNS 



Are the best in the world. I can supply 

 them in any quantity at $1.50 per 1000. 



I also handle Oreffon Grape and Sphac- 

 num Moss. 



SAM ROAKE, Clackamas, Oregon 



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KENTIAS 



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



(Potted) Ea. per 10... $2.00 $3.40 $5.10 »a.00 

 Exotic Nurseries* Kentias have dark green 

 leaves and stand wind drafts and dry atmos- 

 pheric conditions. Ask for wholesale price list. 



EXOTIC NURSERIES, Santa Barbara, Ga' 



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Shibeley-Mann Co.,i"c. 



WHOLSSAIiE DEALEBS IN 



FLORIST SUPPLIES 



and Cut Flowers 



1203 Sutter St., SAN FRANCISCO, CAL. 



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sunshiny days, coupled with the fact that 

 the demand has heretofore been rather 

 light, are the factors that are to blame 

 in the matter. The weather at present 

 shows no signs of changing to be colder, 

 and until we have some sharp frosts or a 

 few weeks of dark, cloudy weather, we 

 need look for no relief from low prices. 

 Violets are in abundance and sell well, 

 probably better than any other article the 

 retailer handles. Maidenhair fern and 

 asparagus are somewhat scarcer than they 

 have been, but smilax is daily becoming 

 more plentiful and of better length and 

 longer keeping qualities. 



Various Notes. 



The Society Hortensia, of Alameda, 

 held its usual bimonthly meeting on Sat- 



