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Dbckmbbb 10, 1908. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review. 



55 



ship, of San Bafael, has earned quite a 

 reputation as a piper among the garden- 

 ing fraternity in his neighborhood. G. 



CALIFORNIA RED BERRIES. 



-Whenever the winter frosts first make 

 their appearance on the Pacific coast, the 

 California red berry, Heteromeles arbuti- 

 folia, takes on sufficient color to make it 

 an object sought for by the buying pub- 

 lic. Up to Thanksgiving the weather 

 with us had been very mild, and what 

 few berries were seen were neither bright 

 nor glossy enough, but since then a few 

 nights' frost in the mountains has col- 

 ored them well. 



It is surprising how many tons of these 

 are sold in San Francisco every day. One 

 firm alone, that handles green goods only, 

 distributes about twenty tons weekly to 

 the various florists. There are many com- 

 mission houses dealing in them also, and 

 this bids fair to be a banner year in the 

 amount brought into town. 



These berries are indigenous to the en- 

 tire central and northern portions of 

 California. They grow best in localities 

 situated somewhat back from the ocean 

 breezes, and attain the largest size where 

 there is plenty of water to keep them in 

 a growing condition throughout the sum- 

 mer. The berries that grow near the 

 coast are of smaller siie and less highly 

 colored, and if there has been much 

 foggy weather they turn a disagreeable 

 shade of red, which renders them unfit 

 for selling. The constant cutting of the 

 best quality has made them scarce in 

 places that are easy of access and the 

 pickers have to keep going farther away 

 each year from the haunts of civilization 

 ,in quest of salable bunches. The trees 

 are of rather slow growth and, when thor- 

 oughly denuded, do not bear again heav- 

 ily for several years. 



The berries are cut with stems about 

 eighteen inches long and packed in crates, 

 care being taken that they are not packed 

 too wet or too tightly. When sold in the 

 San Francisco markets, they net the 

 growers about $50 per ton. The retailers 

 usually pay about twice the price, allow- 

 ing the middlemen and the transportation 

 companies to have the balance. 



The land on which they grow is usually 

 devoted to grazing or to timber culture, 

 and many thousands of dollars are dis- 

 tributed among the country people weekly 

 during the months of December, January 

 and February, by the wholesale dealers 

 in green goods. G. 



Wellsville, O. — W. A. Herbert says 

 business has improved greatly in the 

 last month. 



MiscellaneousStock 



Fansles $ 4.00perl000 



Omranlums 600 



BOSM 35.00 



CliryHuxtliemuins 40.00 



Fern* from 170 to 100.00 



Calls LUy Bulbs 60.00 



Caunatlons 60.00 



S«nd for Priee Uat 



We win also ezchanKe for nursery stock. 

 Please mention The Review. 



THE GOLDEN WEST NURSERY 



Los Qatos, Cal. 



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Rooted Carnation Cuttings 



We are Paciflc 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 vartetles ready 

 NOW. 



PINK Per 100 1000 



Wlnaor $300 $25.00 



B. P. Knoliantreas 2.00 16.00 



Xnohantress 1.75 15.00 



Mrs. T. W. Lawson 1.25 10.00 



WHITK 



Wliit e Vnohantress 



Gov. Wolcott 1 25 



White Lawson 



Lady Bountiful 



Queen Louise 



Boston Market 



riora HiU 



BED 



EsteUe 



Victory 



Bed La^rson 



CBIMSON 



HarIo^«rarden 



Gov. Boosevelt 



Per 100 1000 

 ..$1.75 $15.00 

 .. 2.00 16.00 

 .. 1.60 14.00 



VABIKGATKD 



variegrated Larson 



Prosperity 



TKIXOW- Eldorado 



1.40 

 1.40 



175 

 1.40 



12 00 

 12.00 



15.00 

 12.00 



.... 1.50 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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Yellow Callas 



^^^^^^^^^= ( Richardia Elliottiana ) ^^^^^^^^^= 



1000 bulbs that will bear 2 to 4 flowers $20.00 per 100 



3000 bulbs that will bear 1 to 2 flowers 15.00 per 100 



Prices F. O. B. Santa Crtu. 



All first-class stock. 



THOMAS THOMPSON, Santa Cruz, Cal. 



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ECHEVERIAS 



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



LAS PALMAS CREEMHOUSES 



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



KENTIAS 



Ri«lia Fsrsterisu 3-4 ft 4-5 ft. 5-6 ft. 6-7 ft 



(Potted) £a. per 10... $2.00 $3 40 $5.10 «o.00 



■zotio Nurseries* Kentias have dark green 

 leaves and stand wind drafts and dry atmos- 

 pheric conditions. Ask for wholesale price list. 



EXOTIC MUBSEBIES. Santi Bartara, Ca' 



RAHN ft HERBERT 



WHOLESALE GROWERS 

 Portland, Ore., Mt. Tabor P. O. 



Kentias, Decorative Plants, Xmas Plants 



Geraniums and CamatioDs, rooted cuttings. 

 Mum stock plants, the best kinds, $5.00 per 100. 



CALIFORNIA CARNATION CO. 



Carnation Specialists 

 Leading Varieties 



LOOMIS, - CAL. 



20,000 SHASTA DAISIES 



Alaska, California and Westralia, fleld-grown 

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

 not seedlings, extra strrng divisions. 



Per 100 1000 



5 shoots ormore $2.50 $24.00 



8to4 shoots 2.00 19.00 



lto2shoot8 1.25 11.00 



Cyclamen Persicuni Gig^anteum 



Fine plants, large flowers from named varie- 

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

 ready now, $7.00 per 100. 



Seeds of Shasta Daisy- Alasi «, Calif omit 

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



Pentstemon Hybrldus Grandifloms, 

 new, largest flowers, in great variety of colon, 

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

 List of other seeds. Cash, pl« 



FRED CROHE, Santa Rosa* Cal. 



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Special Offer 



Of Araucarla Excelsa, grown from top 

 cuttings, well rooted. .3-tier, 6 to 8 in. high, from 

 3-in. pots, 30f ea.; $-2.80 per 10; $25.00 per 100. 



Araucaria Bidwelll, seedlings, 8 to 10 in. 

 high, from 3-in. pots, 35c each. 



Araucarla Cunninchami, seedlings, 6 in. 

 high, from 3-iD. pots, 3Sc each. - 



F. Ludemann 



Pacific Nurseries 



3041 Bakir St., San Francisco, Cal 



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