DXCBMBBB 15, 1910. 



The Weekly Florists' Review. 



93 



be small. The present season is prov- 

 ing hard on the plants. Up to the 

 E resent time — December 6, there has 

 een no trace of frost here, but there 

 has been a much larger fall of rain than 

 the average and extremely little sun- 

 shine. 



Carnations will be the staple, as 

 there are a great many growers. The 

 quality will be quite up to the average. 

 Scarlet, of course, will be scarce. Chrys- 

 anthemums will be present in consider- 

 able quantities. Chadwick, Nonin, 

 Jones and Nagoya are the favorites 

 here with the growers for Christmas. 

 Poinsettias will be scarce. Some fine 

 batches are seen, but the tempting 

 offers made by our Seattle friends will, 

 I am afraid, cause many of the best to 

 cross the border. Local violets will be 

 present in small quantities only. This 

 deficiency, however, will be easily made 

 up by the California stock, which is 

 arriving in good shape. 



In plants, Gloire de Lorraine is in 

 larger supply and better quality than 

 usual, and the same is true of cycla- 

 men. Of the other popular varieties 

 the supply seems to be smaller than 

 usual. F. W. B. 



VAEIEOATED DUSTY MILLER. 



Please tell me whether anyone has a 

 variegated dusty miller in four colors — 

 lemon yellow with two different shades 

 of green, slightly tinted with pink. I 

 cannot tell whether it is a centaurea or 

 cineraria, but think it is a gem. I 

 should like to know if it is something 

 new, as I fail to find any description 

 of anything of this kind. A. S. F. 



Cineraria maritima and Centaurea 

 candidissima each have silvery foliage 

 and are used in bedding. I do not know 

 of a variety of either of these plants 

 which answers to your description. Per- 

 haps, however, some other reader may, 

 and can supply the needed information. 

 The name dusty miller is occasionally 

 applied to Cineraria maritima. It is in 

 Europe a common name for auricula, 

 but the latter charming spring flower- 

 ing plant is little grown here, the 

 climate being against its successful cul- 

 ture. C. W. 



SPANISH IBIS IN FANS. 



Some time ago I purchased a lot of 

 Spanish iris bulbs to force for Easter. 

 How many bulbs should De put in, say, 

 6-inch and 7-inch pans? Would ten and 

 fifteen, respectively, be about right? 

 Should they go outside and be covered 

 with ashes for six or eight weeks, as 

 hyacinths and tulips are treated? What 

 subsequent treatment should they have, 

 to be in good condition by next Easter? 



J. E. 



It would not be well to try to grow 

 the Spanish iris in smaller sized pans 

 than 8-inch, unless you have them deeper 

 than the ordinary bulb pans. An 8-inch 

 pan will hold and flower fifteen bulbs. 

 Do not plant them any closer than this, 

 if you want good flowers. A 10-inch 

 pan will hold twenty bulbs. Of course, 

 you could stand them thicker than this, 

 but a considerable percentage would 

 probably not flower, 



Spanish iris should not be covered 

 with ashes, as are tulips and hyacinths. 

 They need light all the time, as they 

 commence to grow soon after planting. 

 You can keep them in a coldframe until 

 time to start them indoors. Easter, 



Rooted Carnation Cuttings 



NOW READY 



We have a fine stock of No, 1 Rooted Cuttings now ready, 

 and take pride in pleasing everyone. 



PINK 100 1000 



Enchantress $2.50 $20.00 



Rose-piuk Enchantress 2.00 18.00 



Winona 1.75 1600 



Dorothy Gordon 6.00 50()0 



Admiration 600 5000 



Arist pcrat 1.75 15.00 



CRIMSON 



Maggie Moore 1.75 15.00 



Harlowarden 1.75 16.00 



TBLLOW 



Eldorado 1.75 15.00 



SCARLET 100 1000 



Victory | 2.00 $18.00 



Beacon 2 00 18.00 



O. P, Bassett 1.75 15.00 



Defiance 1.75 16.00 



WHITE 



White Enchantress 2.^0 20.00 



White Herfection 2.50 20.00 



Sarah Hill 2.00 18.00 



Alma Ward This fine hardy 



white is hard to equal, and is 



going fast 10.00 90.00 



Express charges prepaid on orders amounting to $10.00 or more. 



-Let UB liave yotir order early.- 



Loomis Carnation Co , LoomJ; pTa^'cer 



& Son. Proprs. 

 Co., California 



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Shasta Daisies 



Alaska, California and Westralla, origi- 

 nator's stock, extra strong divisious, S2.50 per 

 100; $22.5(1 per 1000; strong divisions, $2.00 per 

 100: $l9.(K>per M'OO. 



Cyclamen Persloum Gigranteum, nice 

 plants, full of buds, 3, 4 and 5-iu. pots, at $7.00, 

 $10 0()Hnfl tiS^.OO. 



Delphinium Hybrldum Grandlflorum, 

 extra st'lett field plants l-yea'-old, nil shudt-s of 

 blue, $7.60 per 100. Klngr of Delphiniums, 

 dark blue with larsr» white eye, 3-iu. pois $6.00 

 per 100. Queen Wilhelmlna, the best of the 

 new delphiniums, light blue with white eye, 2 in. 

 across. $fi.<0 per 100. 



Grohe's Champion Strain of Petunias- 

 do not fail to ir> them ; you do not know the 

 possibilities of single petunias till you have used 

 mv strain. 



Giants of California, tr. pkt.. 2.'x; ; 1000 seeds, 

 50c; le oz.. $.{.10; oz., $15 00. Ruffled Glints, 

 tr. pkt., 36c; 1000 seeds, 60c: >soz.,$3.6o; oz.. $i/.jO. 



Send for list of other choice plants and seeds. 

 Cash, please. 



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FRESH CUT ROSES 



If you want regu- Fnch Flnworc ^^ reason- 

 ar shipments of IIBOII IIUWOlO able prices 



addresstheSIBSON ROSE NURSERIES 



(Cut Flower Dercirtment) 



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About 50,000 feet of glass devoted to Roses 

 for Cut Flowers, 



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FOLIAGE PLANTS 



Blooming Plants — Bedding Plants 



Prices on Application. 



RAHN & HERBERT 



Wholesale Gro^^ers 

 110 East 40th Street. PORTLAND, ORE. 



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1911, comes about the middle of April, 

 and bulbs intended to be in flower then 

 should be placed in a minimum tem- 

 perature of 48 to 50 degrees about 

 March 1. Do not give them a higher 

 night temperature than 50 degrees, or 

 you will spoil them. These irises will 

 not stand hard forcing. They need an 

 abundant water supply and feeding 

 after being started in heat. 



The reason these bulbous plants are 

 so little seen in pans is that they grow 

 a little too tall. If you intend growing 

 them in pans, select the dwarfer grow- 

 ing kinds, like Louise, chrysolora and 

 Midley. C. W. 



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Calla EllioUiana 



Largest size, $20.00 per 100. 

 Second size, 15.00 per 100. 



The Lefdham Bulb Co., Santa Cruz, Cal. 



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ARALCARIAS 



Araucarla Excelsa, y< >ung. healthy plants, 

 seeillintjs with .i lo 4 ti.TS, at $16.00 per,100. 



Araucaiia Excelsa, top cuttings from 4-In. 

 pots, 3 tiers, 4 branches to each tier, 35c each, 

 $32.00 per 100. 



Asparagrus Plumosus, 2-in. pots, $3 per 100. 



H. KEMPF, Pacific Nursery 



8041 Baker St., SAN FRANCISCO, CAL. 



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Rooted Carnation Cuttings 



STOCK FINE 



Is Going Rapidly 



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LOOMIS, CAL. 



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