NOTBMBEB 24, 1910. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review. 



63 



Pacific Coast Plant Tubs 



The BEST Plant and Flower 

 Tub on the market. 



Four sizes: 



13-inch, 

 14>^-inch, 

 16>^-inch, 

 24-inch. 



Across the top 

 of tub. 



Made of thoroughly kiln dried cedar. 

 Steel hoops imbedded in the staves. 

 Never decay. Cannot fall to pieces. 

 They will please you. 



Write for prices. 



PATTON WOODEN WARE CO. 



Seattle, Wash. 



V. y 



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Carnation Cuttings 



Our stock is No. 1 this season, which 

 means No. 1 cuttings. Write for 

 our PRICE LIST, now ready. 



LOOMIS CARNATION COMPANY 



D. F. RODDAN <& SON. LOOMIS. CAL. 



Proprietors. Placer Co. 

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from the financial department of the show 

 recently held in Fairmount hotel was 

 gratifying. The society showed its patri- 

 otic spirit by subscribing for fifty shares 

 of stock of the Panama-Pacific Interna- 

 tional Exposition. 



George Vandenbeele, fern grower at 

 Alameda, has been appointed on the ex- 

 ecutive committee of the North Side Im- 

 provement Club of his town. 



The Shibeley-Mann Co. has moved from 

 Sutter and Polk streets to a larger place 

 on Franklin and Sutter streets. 



Podesta & Baldocchi have given up the 

 selling of flowers in their old location on 

 Sutter street and have concentrated their 

 entire business in the Grant avenue store. 



S. K. Lundy, representing W. A. 

 Manda, of South Orange, N. J., has re- 

 turned from a short trip to Los Angeles 

 and vicinity and will proceed eastward in 

 a few days by way of Portland and 

 Seattle. G. 



NAME OF VINE. 



_ Can ycu tell me the name of tlie 

 vine of wliich I enclose a flower and 

 seed pods? C. A. D. 



This vine is called Clematis Vir- 

 giniana. C. W. 



PROPAGATION OF FICUS. 



I should like to get your opinion as to 

 the best way of starting rubber plants. 

 Should they be started from cuttings t 

 J. G. 



The surest method of rooting Ficus 

 elastica is that of mossing the tops. 

 This consists of making a slanting cut 

 with a sharp knife about halfway 

 through the shoot, the cut being made 

 about three leaves from the top, and 

 then tying a lump of moss the size of 

 an egg around the cut. If this opera- 

 tion is done in the spring and the moss 

 18 always kept wet, the roots are likely 

 to appear through the moss in three or 



Rooted Carnation Cutting:s 



ShoMrinB a Portion of Our Field. 



Is there any comparison to l)e made between cuttings grown on plants tliat have 

 been raised in the open under the most favorable climatic conditions, with plenty 

 of water and good, deep cultivation, and those grown on plants that Iiave Ixien 

 raised under glass ? 



Our Cuttines vrill be ready for early December Delivery. 



Watch this space for prices next insertion. 



RODDAN & SON, 



Loomis Carnation Co.,"' 



Proprietors 



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Loomis, Cal. 



Time to WAKE UP 



ROSES 



Regarding Your 

 Requirements on 



Both field stock and young plants.' We arc U. S. headquarters. 

 Wholesale list for the asking. Own root only. Send 10 cents 

 in stamps for our artistic tri-color ])late of JOANNE WES- 

 SENHOFF, the gran<l Yellow Hybrid Tea. You positively 

 need this rose whether you arc a florist or a nurseryman. : : : 



California Rose Co., Pomona, Cai, 



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PETINIAS 



Seeds of our celebrated strains 



Marvelous Double and 

 Giants of California, Single 



Orders booked for Fall delivery. 

 We are also largre growers of other small seeds. 



Send for Trade Lint. 



THEODOSIA B. SHEPHERD CO. 

 Ventura, California 



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four weeks, provided the plant is kept 

 in a warm greenhouse. The top may 

 then be cut off and potted, keeping the 

 young plant shaded and moist until it 

 becomes established. W. H. T. 



Shasta Daisies 



Alaska, California and Westralia, origi 

 nator's stocli. fxtra strong divisions. $2.50 per 

 100; fi'i..')© per 1000; strong divisions, $-2.00 per 

 100; $19.00 per inoo. 



Cyclamen Persicum Gieanteum, nice 

 plants, full of buds, 3, 4 und 5-iu. pots, at |7.00 

 110.00 and i2."i.OO. 



Delphinium Hybridum Grandiflorum, 

 extra select field plants, l-year-old. nil shades of 

 blue, $7..")0 per 100. Kine of Delphiniums, 

 dark blue, with large white eye. \\-\\\. pots, 16.00 

 per 100. Queen Wilhelmina, the best of the 

 new delphiniums, light blue with white eye, 2 in 

 across. $6.00 per 100. 



Grohe's Champion Strain of Petunias- 

 do not fail to try them; you do not know the 

 possibilities of single petunias till you have used 

 my strain. 



Giants of California, tr. pkt.. 2.">c ; 1000 seeds, 



50c; Is oz.. $;{.0O; oz., $15.00. Ruffled Giants, 



'tr. pkt., 35c; 1000 seeds, (Wc; isoz.,$3..')0; oz.. $17.50 



Send for list of other choice plants and seeds. 

 Cash, please. 



FRED QROHE, Santa Rosa, Cd. 



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