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The Weekly Florists' Review. 



JuNB 3, 1009. 



CITRUS NURSERY FOR TEXAS. 



According to Major Sam H. Dixon, 

 chief clerk of the Texas department of 

 agriculture, the country tributary to 

 Brownsville promises to become one of 

 the leading orange-growing sections of 

 the state, as the land has been found to 

 be particularly adapted to the growing 

 of this product. Major Dixon has just 

 returned from Mission, Hidalgo county, 

 where he inspected the first carload of 

 orange seedlings which has ever been 

 shipped to that section. The shipment 

 came direct from Japan, and the entire 

 car was of the Satsuma variety of 

 oranges. The seedlings were for the Mis- 

 sion Japanese Nursery, of which Henry 

 H. Miamato, a Japanese, is manager. 

 Major Dixon said the stock was found 

 to be free of pests or diseases, having 

 been previously inspected by the general 

 government. He said this company con- 

 trols several hundred acres of land in and 

 around Mission which is to be planted 

 entirely in oranges. The company has en- 

 gaged the services of an expert Japanese 

 agriculturist named Fujimeta. This is 

 only the beginning of this new industry 

 for that section of the country, and if it 

 proves successful, and all indications are 

 that it will, then other orchards will 

 spring up, as the people are greatly in- 

 terested. 



While absent, Major Dixon also in- 

 spected a garden of cape jasmines which 

 at Dickinson were reported to be infected. 

 This was under the provisions of the new 

 nursery inspection law. He said he found 

 the plants to be all right, but at League 

 City there were some cape jasmines in- 

 fected, and the owners thereof quickly 

 destroyed them, even before any inspec- 

 tion was made. 



PACIFIC COAST. 



Spokane, Wash. — The weather here 

 is unusually chilly for the season, and 

 outdoor stock is at a standstill. 



Los Angeles, Cal. — Fred H. Hunter, 

 vice-president and manager of the Ger- 

 main Seed & Plant Co., has resigned. 



The Alaska- Yukon-Pacific Exposition 

 at Seattle opened June 1, in what is said 

 to be a better state of preparedness than 

 any preceding exposition has shown on 

 the day designated for its opening. Many 

 of the trade will visit Seattle this sum- 



mer. 



CALIFORNIA NURSERY TRADE. 



The extreme dryness in central and 

 southern California during the early 

 spring months has not been conducive to 

 heavy sales by the nurserymen and gar- 

 deners. Although we were not visited by 

 such drying winds during April as we 

 were one year ago, still the tendency was 

 greatly against the planting of small 

 stock, such as is usually sold during that 

 month. 



With no rain at all in May, or no 

 prospects of any, prospective planters 

 viewed with alarm the quick hardening 

 of the soil and many of them considered 

 the task of planting hopeless. As a con- 

 sequence, next fall is the nearest season 

 that is to be thought of. 



Taken as a whole, the season's trade, 

 except for such stock as could be han- 

 dled to advantage in the fall, was not 

 very satisfactory. With constant rain 



in January and a portion of February, 

 followed by drying winds in March and 

 dry, hot weather in April, the lot of the 

 nurseryman was not an enviable one. Be- 

 fore the ground was dry enough to culti- 

 vate properly, the hot winds had so 

 crusted the surface that subsequeiit plant- 

 ing was impossible. 



This is the condition in a general way. 

 In many cases, however, where planters 

 had their own water supply and cared 

 to use it, these diflSculties could be over- 

 come. But where natural conditions reg- 

 ulated the planting season, there is little 

 to be said in favor of either the spring 

 of 1908 or 1909. G. 



OUTDOOR STOCK IN CALIFORNIA. 



The excessive dryness of the present 

 season has had a rather shortening effect 

 on the outside flowers in the central and 

 southern portions of California. Usually 

 we expect and get a few showers of rain 

 in April or the first part of May, but 

 this, apparently, was intended to be a very 

 dry year, and as a consequence natural 

 growths of all kinds have made but little 

 headway this spring. We had copious 

 rains in February, and, with the advent 

 of an excess of drying winds in March, 

 the surface of the earth quickly dried 

 and it has been getting drier ever since. 



Where the soil was sulficiently sandy 

 td allow dry cultivating immediately 

 after a cessation of showers, there has 

 been less suffering by the outside stock, 

 but where for some reason or other cul- 

 tivating was not carried on at just the 

 proper moment on the heavy soils, the 

 condition could hardly be worse than it is 

 at present. Where the growers have 

 plenty of water and are not afraid to 

 use it, there has been no stoppage in 

 growth, as this has been a fair growing 

 season if the lack of moisture has been 

 overcome. 



This has been especially noticeable with 

 the wild ferns and wild flowers, which at 

 this writing are well past their prime. 

 It has also had a crushing effect on the 

 growers of hardy annuals and perennials. 

 Many of these growers depend, in the 

 early spring at least, on sufficient rain- 

 fall to keep their crops growing until 

 Memorial day, but this season has been 

 a hard one, and where there has not been 

 an abundance of natural water it bas 

 been a serious task to provide it arti- 

 ficially. 



The store men have been complaining 

 all spring that the supply of coreopsis, 

 gaillardias, stocks, candytuft and bach- 

 elor's buttons has never been so scarce, 

 and such growers as have had this class 

 of stock to sell have been the envy of 

 some of our carnation growers who have 

 many thousands of dollars invested. It 

 certainly looks out of the ordinary to 

 have florists crying for stock such as I 

 have mentioned, and to hear them say in 

 the next breath that they had no sale for 

 some extra fancy carnations just sent in 

 by some prominent grower. G. 



SEATTLE, WASH. 



Because he requested two young men 

 to discontinue their rough-house tactics 

 at a ball given in Dudley's hall in South 

 Park Saturday night, May 22, James 

 Simpson, a young florist, is laid up with 

 a broken right leg, badly lacerated face 

 and head, bruised shoulders and body, 

 and his left ear is nearly severed from 

 his head. 



Simpson was in charge of the floor the 

 night of the ball given by the Fraternal 



20,000 SHASTA DAISIES 



Alaska, California and Westralla, field-grrown 

 from divisions of Mr. L. Burbank's orlKlnal stock; 

 not seedllDgB extra strong divlBlons. 



Per 1000 1000 



5 shoots or more .....$2.50 $24.00 



8to4Bhoot8 2.00 19.00 



1 to 2 shoots 1.25 11.00 



Cyclamen Persicum Gie^anteuni 



Fine plants, large flowers from mamed varie- 

 ties, 800 4- in ready now, $10.00 per 100 ; 300O 8-in. 

 ready now, $7.00 per 100. 



Seeds ot Sliasta Daisy— Alaska, California 

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



Pentatemon Hybrldua Orandlflorus, 

 new, largest flowers, in great variety of colors, 

 the best of all Pentstemons, pkt., 25c; oz., $1.50. 



List of other seeds. Cash, please. 



FRED GROHE, Santa Rosa, Gal. 



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Araucaria Excelsa 



From 21nch pots, 6 to 6 Inches high, young, 

 healthy reedlings with two tiers, at $16.00 per 100; 

 $150 per 1000; 500 and over at the thousand rate. 



Ficus Macrophylla 



The broad leaved Morton Bay rubber tree, 

 from 2-inch pots, at $7.00 per 100. 



F. Ludemann 



Pacific Nurseries 



3041 Bakir St., San Francisco, CaL 



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 We have a tew thousand Asparagni 



PLUMOSUS NANUS 



SKKD UEIT. 



That we will sell at the following special prices. 



The seed is A No. 1, liesh and plump. Delivered 



free In United States and Canada. 



1,000 seeds $ 1.75 25,000 seeds $83.00 



6,000 seeds 9.00 50,000 seeds 60.00 



13,000 seeds 19.00 100,000 seeds 90.00 



As usual, cash with order. 



OAK GROVE NURSERIES 



Office, 404 N. Los Angeles St, LOS ANGELES, QL 



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Field Plants 



We win have a nice lot of early Field Plants 

 ready for delivery shortly. These are strong, 

 healthy plants, having 8, 4 and 5 branches. 

 Prices on application. 



LOOMIS CARNATION CO., Loomis, CaL 



D. F. RODDAN & SON, Proprietors. 

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Palms, Araucarias, Ferns 



Mums, leading varieties, rooted cuttings, 

 2Vinch pots. Ask for prices. 



RAHN S HERBERT 



WHOLESALE GROWERS 

 Po rtland, Ore., Mt. Tabor P. O. 



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