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The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



Febbuabt 22, 1912. 



PACIFIC COAST. 



A Pacific coast seed storeys shown on 

 page 16. It is that of the Germain Seed 

 and Plant Co., Los Angeles. 



CALIFORNIA YELLOW BELL. 



In the Pacific Coast Department of 

 The Eeview of January 18 I noticed 

 the following inquiry from J. W. I.: 

 "Please give me the scientific name of 

 the plant known as the California yel- 

 low bell." Its botanical name is Em- 

 menanthe pendulifiora and it belongs to 

 the family of hydrophyllacese. 



Albert Aldinger. 



In a recent issue of The Eeview I 

 noticed an inquiry as to the scientific 

 name of the so-called California yellow 

 bell. As a resident of California, I 

 must confess that I never heard of such 

 a name and I think it must be a local 

 name, which could be applied to many 

 of our wild flowers. "The Flora of 

 Middle California," by Professor Jep- 

 son, does not mention it, nor can it be 

 found in "Wild Flowers of Califor- 

 nia," by Mary Elizabeth Parsons. I 

 think J. W. I. has reference to Calo- 

 chortus Benthami, found anywhere 

 from Mariposa to Butte county. Still, 

 he may refer to Calochortus amabilis, 

 also known as the golden lily bell or 

 globe tulip. The latter is of a more 

 erect habit and is eight to twelve 

 inches high, with the radical leaf ten 

 lines long and four to six lines wide. 

 The flower is a clear yellow. It would 

 be advisable for J. W. I. to send a fair 

 specimen of the plant in bloom, buds, 

 roots, leaves and all, to the botanist of 

 Stanford University, Palo Alto, Cal., or 

 to the University of California, Ber- 

 keley, Cal., where it can be identified. 



H. K. 



[Bailey's "Cyclopedia of American 

 Horticulture" and other dictionaries 

 confirm the statement made in the first 

 of the two foregoing replies, that the 

 botanical name of the plant commonly 

 known as the California yellow bell is 

 Emmenanthe pendulifiora, and it seems 

 reasonably certain that this is the 

 flower referred to in the inquiry. It is 

 just possible, however, that the name 

 California yellow bell might refer lo- 

 cally to other flowers, as H. K. sug- 

 gests. Bailey describes the emmenan- 

 thes as follows: "They grow nine to 

 twelve inches high, forming bushy 

 plants, each branch loaded With broad- 

 ly bell-shaped, pendulous, unwithering 

 flowers, about half an inch long, of 

 creamy yellow. The general effect of 

 a branch suggests the lily of the valley, 

 but the foliage is pinnatifid. " — Ed.] 



SAN FRANCISCO. 



The Market. 



Never in the history of the local 

 trade has there been such a profusion 

 of flowers as we have at this time. Vio- 

 lets, daflFodils, narcissi and fruit blos- 

 soms by the millions are being brought 

 to town daily and the end is nowhere 

 in sight. With no cold weather for the 

 last six weeks, but warm sunshine in- 

 stead, everything is a bit early and 

 flower buyers have never had such 

 opportunities as they now enjoy, thanks 

 to the California climate. That this is 

 a profitable condition for the retailers 



•I 



What Is It ? 



It is a vegetable fertilizer. 

 It is absolutely odorless. 

 For potted plants, lawns 



and gardens. 

 25c per package. 

 Distributors wanted in 



each state. Write for 



particulars. 



North American 

 Mercantile Co. 



318-320 Froat Street 



San Francisco, California 



Mention The Review when you write. 



Direct Importations— Tree Fern Stems 



Due to arriye in the early spring of 1912. 

 The trrandest and most graceful of all decorative plants. 



Alsophila robista, DickMoia Aotardica, Dicfcsonia squarroM, CyiUiea medullaris, 

 Cyalhea dealbata, Cyathea SmiUiii CyaUiea Cunainghami. 



All sizes from three feet ap. 

 We will also receive specimen plants of Platyceriums and Todeas, 



Prices and particulars on application. 



NacRORIE-NcLAREN CONPARY 



711-714 Waatbank BIdg., SAN FRANCISCO, CAL. NwBcriat, SAN MATH, CAL 



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JAPANESE LILY BULBS 



For Advance Orders— 1912 Fall Delivery 



All orders will be highly esteemed before April or May. 



Lilium Giganteum, Longiflorum, Formosa, Multiflorum, 

 Magnificum, Melpomene, Rubrum, Album, Auratum, etc. 



Let us supply your wants in Lilies this season. Large stock, far below price, 

 strictly choice, high-grade. Connect directly with growers and exporters 

 in Japan. Write for price list for 1912. Time Is no^e. 



Japan Llllum Co.,9264otiist.,Oakland,Cal. 



Mention The Review when you write. 



Asparagus Plumosus 



and 

 Sprengeri 



Out of 21nch pots. $3.00 per 100. 



Phoenix Canariensis, out of 2^-inch pots, 

 tS.OO per 100. 



WashinKtonla Sonorae, out of 3-lnch pots, 

 $6.00 per 100. 



H. KEMPr, Pacific Nursery 



t041 Bakar St., SAN FRAHCUCO. CAL. 



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and wholesalers is an impossibility, and 

 only the street hucksters are benefited, 

 on account of the fact that they can 

 spread their baskets on the open side- 

 walks all day long without any inter- 

 ference from the elements. 



There has been a fair amount of 

 funeral work for almost all the dealers, 

 but in all other lines business has been 

 slack. Lent is almost here and this 

 will further tend to make everything 

 quiet, so that the prospect at present 

 is not assuring to the retailer. Shipping 



VIOLETS 



CUT BLOOMS-NOW AT THEIR PRIME 



SPECIAL PRICE: 

 85c per doz. bunches, in lots of 5 doz. 

 Less quantity, $1,00 per doz. bunches. 



F. O. B. San Francisco. 

 I am the pioneer and largest shipper. I 

 have a special GIANT variety, single, dark 

 purple, a wonderful keeper. Am now ship- 

 ping regularly to florists in Omaha, Kansas 

 City, etc., and not a box has arrived in bad 

 condition. Have shipped successfully to 

 New York. Order a trial shipment. 



MRS. R. E. DARBEE, 



1974 Bush St.. San Francisco, CaL 



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trade, which was heavy in January, has 

 dropped somewhat, for the same rea- 

 sons as the general trade in town. The 

 prospects for Easter, however, seem to 



