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48 



The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



Januabt 18, 1910. 



PACIFIC COAST. 



Portland, Ore. — Clarke Bros, are 

 sending their customers and friends a 

 handsome calendar, reproducing the 

 painting "Pansies," by Boileau. 



PROPAGATING HOLLY. 



Will you please let me know the best 

 and cheapest way to get a start in grow- 

 ing holly? I want to get the kind that 

 has berries on it. If they can be started 

 from slips, when is the best time and 

 what is the best way? If they can be 

 started from seed, when and how should 

 the seed be planted? I am located in 

 Oregon. G. E. C. 



This query can be answered in several 

 ways, and a good deal depends on what 

 quantity of plants G. E. C. wishes to grow. 

 If he only desires a few large plants and 

 does not want to wait several years be- 

 fore he can cut a crop of berries, the best 

 way would be to import some strong, 

 well-berried plants from Europe. These 

 can be landed in Oregon for a couple of 

 dollars apiece, and the plants will be 

 large enough for immediate sale. 



If, on the other hand, he wishes to 

 grow a large quantity of stock and is 

 not in any immediate hurry for returns 

 from them, our advice would be as fol- 

 lows: Early next fall, order from some 

 responsible European firm as many young 

 holly seedlings as it is desired to plant. 

 Three-year-old stock is the best to im- 

 port, and a reasonable allowance should 

 be made for plants that will not grow; 

 in other words, if it is desired to grow 

 2,000 hollies, order 3,000 seedlings. These 

 plants will arrive late in the fall, and as 

 soon as possible they should be planted 

 out in nursery rows. Do not plant the 

 seedlings closer than one foot apart. 

 About May 1 they will be ready for 

 budding, as the stems will by that time 

 be large enough for this purpose. Select 

 buds from well-fruiting trees, and do not 

 use any wood that is too soft. The 

 method is the same as that pursued with 

 all kinds of deciduous stock. Hollies are 

 easily propagated in this way, and the 

 buds start out quickly. Topping should 

 be done about the first of September, as 

 by this time the shoots from the bud 

 have commenced to show themselves. Do 

 not cut back stocks the eyes from which 

 have not grown. Rather give them an- 

 other chance and bud over again. In 

 cutting off the wild stock above the bud 

 after the eye has started, it is a good 

 plan to leave a couple of inches of the 

 hardy stem above the eye. Early the 

 following spring the wild top can be cut 

 down to within half an inch of the top 

 of the bud. By this time, if the stock 

 has been kept growing in a good, healthy 

 condition, the young shoots should be at 

 least a foot in length, and the following 

 season all should show berries. 



It takes several years, however, to get 

 a good-sized plant, but the way we have 

 described is the most satisfactory if the 

 grower is not in too much of a hurry and 

 wants to raise a quantity of berries. The 

 wild stock can be purchased in Europe 

 at a few dollars per thousand, and scions 

 from fruiting plants can be purchased 

 from any responsible grower on the Pa- 

 cific coast. It i» not practicable to grow 

 from cuttings, and seedlings which are 

 only fit to be used to graft or bud on 

 can be purchased cheap in Europe. Al- 

 though it takes several years to grow a 



Rooted Carnation Cuttings 



Taken from plants grown in the open field the year round. Ready for immediate delivery. 



PINK 



Per 100 1000 R£D 



Per 100 1000 



TTlnons. lirht pink $3.00 



BnobanneM, ttiell pink 1.80 



Wlnsor. light pink 1.75 



Roa«-plnkJBnohantreM 1.60 



Nelaon Flaber , cerise 1.25 



BIra. T. W. liKwaon, cerise 1.75 



CRIMSON 

 Harlowarden 1.40 



$25.00 

 15.00 

 12.00 

 12.00 

 10.00 

 15.00 



12.00 



YELLOW— £ldorado 1.60 12.00 



Beacon $2.26 $20.00 



Vtotory 1.75 15.00 



RedLawaon 1.26 8.00 



KateUe 1.15 12.00 



WHITE 



White Perfection .' 2.25 20.00 



White Enchantreaa 2.25 20.00 



White Lawaon 2.00 16.00 



Flora Hill 1.50 



Aaparasaa Plumoana Nanna, 2Hi toS-in. pots, $15.00 per 1000, f. o. b. 



25 of any one variety, at 100 rate; 250 of any one variety, at 1000 rate. Express charges prepaid* on 



all orders amounting to $5.00 or more. 



LOOMIS CARNATION CO., D. T. Roddan & Son, Proprietors, LOOMIS, CAL. 



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Rooted Carnation Cuttings 



Per 100 



Enchantress $1.80 



Roaejtink Enchantress 1.50 



Mrs.T. W. Lawson 1.50 



White Enchantress 2.25 



White Perfection 2.26 



Express charges prepaid on all 

 orders amounting to $5.00 or more. 



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1000 

 $15.00 

 12.00 

 12.00 

 20.00 

 20.00 



Per 100 



White Lawson $2.00 



O.P. Bassett 4.00 



Beacon 2.00 



Victory 1.76 



Got. Roosevelt 1.40 



1000 

 $15.00 

 35.00 

 18.00 

 15.00 

 12.00 



BASSETT'S FLORAL 6ABDENS, Loonis, Cal. 



Araucaria Exceisa 



From 2-lnch pots, 5 to 6 inchea high, young, 

 healthy aeedllnga with two tiers, at $16.Q0 per 100; 

 $160 per 1000: BOO and over at tha ttaonaand rata. 



F. LUDEMANN 



3041 Baker SL, Pacific larscrica. San rTand$GO, CaL 



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Kentia Belm. Seeds 



IN FORT 



Get them fresh— Oash with order. 

 $4.25 per 1000; $40.00 per 10,000. 



Exotic Nurseries, Santa Barbara, Cal. 



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supply of holly for market, the demand 

 is and has been much greater than the 

 supply. G. 



SAN FRANCISCO. 



The Market. 



Being now in the first week of the new 

 year, we have had ample time to take a 

 long survey of the surroundings and give 

 a fair summary of the holiday trade. 

 From reports from a majority of the 

 growers, it seems that Christmas busi- 

 ness was quite up to that of last year, 

 though the sales were more divided than 

 is usual. New Year's trade was at least 

 twenty-five per cent heavier than that of 

 one year ago, which makes a highly sat- 

 isfactory starting for 1910. At the pres- 

 ent writing we are being treated to quite 

 a spell of cold weather, and as a result 

 everything in the flower line is much less 

 plentiful than it usually is at this time. 

 Carnations and roses, especially of the 

 lighter colors, are scarce, and if the pres- 

 ent cold snap continues we shall be heav- 

 ily pressed for flowers. 



In violets the supply is even less plenti- 

 ful, and the price has risen somewhat, so 

 that the retailers are now paying $1 per 

 dozen bunches, and they are being put up 

 in small packages, even at that price. 

 Daffodils and narcissi have made their 

 appearance; the former are entirely hot- 

 house grown, while the latter are being 

 sent into town from the interior, and are 

 outside stock. Valley is scarce and not 

 of extra good quality. Chrysanthemums 

 are really past their prime, but the Chi- 



SHASTA DAISY "r.Vb.lSLr'' 



Divisions from Mr. Borbank's orlgioal plants; 

 no seedlings. Extra strong, field dlTiaiona, 6 or 

 more ahoots, per 100, $2.60; 1000, $24.00. Strong 

 field dlTlsions, 2 to 4 shoots, per 100, $2.00; 1000. 

 $19.00. 



Grobe's Large-flowering Hybrid Delphinium, 



a selection from the best hybrid strains in exist- 

 ence, from S-in. pots, $6.00; 2-in. pots, ready ia 

 November, $2.60. Select plants, from field, 1 year 

 old, $6.00. 



Orohe'a Champion Strain Petunia S««d, 



only the best flowers used for seeding, carefnllr 

 selected and band fertilized. Giants ofOalifornia, 

 1000 seeds, 75c; >« oz., $3.00; oz., $16.00. Ruffle* 

 Giants, 1000 seeds, 75c; H oz., $3.50; oz., $17.60. 



Shaata Dalay-Alaaka or California, ^ oa.. 

 60c; oz., $1.50. Pentatemon Hybridna Grand- 

 Ifloma, tr^kt., 25c: oz., $1.00. Pcntatemona, 

 Burbank's Hybrids, tr. pkt., 25c; oz., $1.00. 

 Oash please. 



FRED QROHE, Santa Rosa, Cal. 



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RAHN ft HERBERT 



Wliolesale Growers 



PORTLAND, ORE. MT. TABOR, F. O. 



Per 100 

 Geranlnma, 2ia-in. pots . . per 1000, $25.00; $ 3.00 



Cyolamsn, 4-in.. buds and flowers 26.00 



Primula Oboonloa, 2'ii-in. pots 4.00 



Mama, stock plants 6.00 



Palma, Fema and Seaaonable Planta. 



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ASPARAGIS ROOTS 



Columbian Mammoth White, Coaover's Colos- 

 sal, Barr's Mammoth, Palmetto, strong, healthy. 

 1-year-old roots. 



Locanberries. Mammoth Black Berriea. 

 Write for prices. 



Otto F. Sdiuchard, Watsonville, Cal. 



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nese growers continue to make quite large 

 pickings of them, and, owing to the gen- 

 eral scarcity of stock, they move well. 



Maidenhair fern, asparagus and smilax 

 are scarce again, and show the results of 

 the close cutting for the holidays. Orchids 

 are being sent into town in about suffi- 

 cient quantities to supply the market. 

 All kinds of outside stuff, except that al- 

 ready mentioned, are completely out of 

 season, and everyone is wishing for an 

 abatement of the cold snap, so that 

 flowers may resume their normal condi- 

 tion. 



VariotM Notes. 



Several of the retail stores refused to 

 accept consignments of outside grown 



