JANI-ATIV U'4. mill. 



The Weekly Florists' Review. 



275 



SPHAGNUM MOSS. 



WIRE WORK. 



C. A. Kuehn, 1122 I'lne St., St. Loula. Mo., 

 Manufacturers of the Patent Wire Clamp 

 Floral Deslgna. A full line ot supplies always 

 on hand. Write for catalogue. • 



H. Hunt, 76-78 Wabash ave., 



SAN FRANCISCO. 

 The Market. 



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111, our smIus to a large e.Ktcnt. 

 iilcst <lciiiand was for violets, 

 il (■arnations. Poinsettias sold 

 he cut state, but in the pots and 

 rit rather slow in some cases, 

 were scarce. Roman hvacinllis 

 \ plentiful, but went sl(nvl\- and 



scarce and brought a high price. Tlie 

 <2uality of roses was fair. Carnations 

 were first class in quality and many 

 grand vases of Hobart. ("lorkpr. ^f:ir- 

 quis, Lawsoii and Hiadl luiild !„■ -. . n in 

 the various stores, (.^luilc a iiihiiIhi ,,i 

 orchids 



ispnsc 



All 



as they shook hands and wished one an 

 other a merry Christmas and happy Xew 



Business since the holidays has been 

 rather quiet, as might be expected, and 

 stock of all kinds is not so very plenti- 

 ful, a few sharp frosts of late having 

 helped out the scarcity. 



Prices: American Beauties, $2 to 

 $.3; Brides and Maids, 25 cents to .$1.50; 

 Liberty, 75 cents; Meteors, 2.5 cents to 

 $1; C. Brunners, 10 to 15 cents. Carna- 

 tions — Hobarts, $1; Crockers, 50 cents 

 to 75 cents; Bradts, 35 to 50 cents; Hill, 

 35 to 75 cents ; mixed fancy, 50 cents : 

 Scotts, 30 to 35 cents; Portias, 25 to 35 

 cents. Chrysanthemums, 35 tOi 50 cents. 

 Violets— Princess of Wales, 75 cents to 

 $1; ruliforiiiii. ::, cents to $1; Marie 

 Loui-r. Al. Il;ii I i-ii, ,$3 to $3.50. Roman 

 hyacinlli-. _',. r,ii|., per doz. Paper 

 whites. :.-, r,nl- per 100. Smilax, 10 

 cents per string. Valley, 50 cents to 75 

 cents per dozen. 



Various Items. 



H. S. Sanborn, of Oakland, lost sev- 

 eral cases of holly by making the mis- 

 take of having them sent liv freight. 

 Let this be a warning t.i ,,tlier~ ..m the 

 coast when shipping -lock n.nii the 

 East. Have your order- -eiil li\ i\|ircss 

 at least. The journey i- a long and try- 

 ing one and very hard on plants or 

 greens. On opening the boxes in this 

 case the holly was found to be worthless. 



K. Oill. ,,f Oakl:in.I. Kporl- hi- rln i-l 



ma- lla.l,. II, e br-l l,e ,Arl ll;l,l. -ellm- 



Sievcrs & Boland, Post street, made a 

 splendid Christmas display of roses and 

 carnations, the finest in San Francisco. 



Pelicano & Co., Kearney street, had a 

 great lot of Bridesmaids, "also a tine dis- 



dur 



n. -11, 1,1- u,rk ^^'n■ I, -v ,- ll,e talk of 



r low I,, I hi I,- lit ,,,j ,,i 1 h,,,- like it in 

 ,11 l'..inei.-.io. .\li. M,,uni,.haii reports 

 s t'liristmas trade the Inst in years. 

 .Stevenson, the London llorist, Powell 

 nvt, did his usual large Clni-tma- 



a few of them left." 'I"li .,- -,,,,1,1 ,,,,1 



stand and see that beautiliil ii- l,,,,.,,,,' 

 covered with dust, so lu' got lujld ui a 

 duster ami si^llercl llie dust to the four 

 winds. 



Tlie Oian:;e lli,,\,- Xurserv Co.. of T/is 

 Angeles, have -Uiil,,l „ |.!,i.',' ,,f l,i,-i„,— 



ey make 



presented to him 

 rairers on the n, 

 onlv mount in A 

 from Knsknid. 

 .,n,>. Ui.nU .!.,/.■ 



|,e,l,-lal lh:il I,, hi Ih,' -hoe was made ot 

 l,,,lly. :,- II II u,i,' ;, -M,all tree of holly, 

 ;in,l ;i ,■,,,-;,'„■,■ ol l,,iL',' Bride roses was 

 litd on one siile of the shoe with a bow 

 of real satin ribbon. The piece cost 

 $150. Our only Tod lost the "blawsted 

 race, doncher know," but "e got the 

 blnnniing 'nrspshne. He ought to have 



\I:i,hni, I'L^ntice, on Washington 

 -li,,i. 1 1., kill,, I. made a specialty of vio- 

 let l,,,,,,|,.,- i,,,i,li' from German birch 

 li.iik ,,- ., i,o\, li\. riiey sold well dur- 

 ii,'j il,r 1,1 1, 1 1,,)- ;,i,,l were a profitable 



X. Smyniacoplris, our Broadway flor- 

 ist, reports a splendid Christmas busi- 

 ness done at his store. Mr. Smymaco- 

 plu^ eevtninly had a fine lot of high- 



J[r 



stocks under glass and ,li,l.,i,- H,,,i 

 they pay him about as well ,,- ;,i,\ i l,,ii;_' 

 he has on the place. The flower- .ire iiuL 

 cut with' stems, but each bloom is picked 

 from the stem as it develops. In that 

 way the plants produce a great many 

 more flowers and are just as handy for 

 file llori-i. wh,, uses them for funeral 

 woik. .\lr. I'oown has a few benches of 

 eaination-. Tiiumph is a favorite: 

 Bradthe Ilk.-. lie ha- a l,ell,-l, ol l'-vrl,e 



gives it a lo,,k l,k,' ., mum., I m.iii u.,iihl 

 give his molhn ill law. I'-y, I,,' will be 

 discarded. 



Mr. J. Gilmorc, of Elmhurst, is start- 

 ing in to cut roses and carnations of fine 



l)ected to ripen so 



IS a fine 

 t are ex- 



M ,1, 



State 



floral 



the llthof .lai,o,, I ,. 

 congress in com ,,, 'i- ,, ,0, its annual 

 spring flower -I,, .v. a ,- ila- ehief topic 

 of discussion. The members iireseiit were 

 enthusiastic and the idea immediately 

 took root. Committees are to be ap- 

 pointed and the work of arranging for 

 the congress will be taken up at once. It 

 is the intention of the society to make 

 the congress .surpass in interest and use- 

 ful,,. - |ii.\i,.n- all'aii- ■ f its kind. In 

 . i,Mi.i. r,,a, uill, Ih,' ,,a,L'ress the so- 



K, II, ill. II, e bl 



ranee. Invifali.,., 

 ■all horticultural 

 Rockies to send ,1 

 many will attend. 



WAYNESBORO, PA. 



Henry Kichholz, the geranium special- 

 st and introducer of .Mars and America, 



las started the erection of iwo Iiouses 



year and as a few 

 lart of the stock the 



supply I- limit. ■,!. 



On trial here are three double Mars 

 seedlings, one of the S. A. Nutt color, a 

 second of the exact Mars color, and the 

 third a glowing cerise pink. There are 

 others in the zonal section, round flower- 

 ing, Bruant type, awaiting another sum- 

 mer's trial. The thousancls of plants of 

 America and others are remarkably 

 thrifty stock and they are twice trans- 

 planted before being sent out. 



A house of carnations in the pink of 

 condition is for local trade, and of novel- 

 ties sent out last year Lawson and 

 Crocker will be retained. It was thought 

 that Genevieve Lord would here replace 

 Frances .Joost but the latter is always 

 selected by the buying public when Ixith 

 are placed together. His list now is 

 Hill for white, Crane for red, Bradt for 

 f;,n.> M,i..c> for dark, Daybreak for its 

 .,\\n - il.i,, .loost for pinK and Crocker 

 .iiid l..,u -.,11 for fancy. 



Ml. i;ubholz considers March 1st as 

 too late a date for the distribution of 

 seedlings as cuttings sent out at that 

 date have with him never made plants 

 large enough to give proper results. He 

 says it is a case of nursing the novelties 

 into heaith every time and not until the 

 second year can a fair trial be given. 

 I'll.. ..iil\ \aii,ty that was an exception 

 I,. il,i- iiil.' \\ I- i:tliol Crocker, but the 

 ,.i,,i,,l .iitiiiiLj- 1. a, bed him .Tan. 1st and 

 the-,. .1111 ing- ili.l make as good plants by 

 fall as his own standard varieties. 



As a pointer on seedling buying he 

 says to always buy rooted cuttings of 

 novelties from the originator: don't 

 allow a rooted eitlling I" !"■ iiacke.l twice 

 or handled a s,...iii.| tin,, «l,,ii it isn't 

 necessary. This he .■oii-i.l.i- a very im- 

 portant factor in flic |)urebasin.jr of nov- 

 elties. > H. 



Bkx.sdxvii.i.e. III.— W. F. Dunteman 

 ill siKui build two houses, each 26x200. 



