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The Weekly Florists' Review. 



October 17, 1901. 



POTS— Continued. 



Flower Pots. Before buying write us tor 

 prices. Geo. Keller & Son, 361-363 Herndon St. 

 (near Wrlghtwood Ave.), Chicago. 



Toledo. Ohio. 



Red Standard Pots, wide bottoms, well 

 burned and porous. Reduced prices. 

 Harrison Pottery. Harrison, Ohio. 



Red Pots. Colesburg Pottery Co., Colesburg, 



POWDER BLOWERS. 



hacco Dust, Paris Green, 



P. O. B. Chicago. Edw. E. McMorran & Co.. 



Manufacturers, 15-21 N. Clinton St., Chicago. 



Tin foil for florists. Special shades and de- 

 signs. Write for samples and prices. The 

 Palen Co., Kingston. N. T. 



SPHAGNUM MOSS. 



Why not buy your Sphagnum Moss from first 

 hand? We are always ready to ship on a mo- 

 ment's notice and can save vou at least 20 per 

 cent. Prices, single bale. 75c; 10-bale lots, J5.60. 

 Send for sample bale. Z. K. Jewett & Co., 

 Sparta, Wis. 



TOBACCO DUST. 



Tobacco dust, J1.25 per 100 lbs.. J2.25 per 200 

 lbs., $4.50 per 600 lbs., $8.50 per 1000 lbs. 



Van Reyper glazing points, 60o per 1000, $5.60 

 per 10,000. 

 Galvanized plant stakes for carnations: 



3%-ft $0.85 per 100; $7.00 per 1000 



•1-ft 1.00 per 100; S.OO per lOOO 



5-ft 1.20 per 100; 9.50 per 1000 



GRIFFITH & TURNER CO.. Seedsmen, Bal- 



WIRE SUPPORTS. 



Thaden's Wire Tendril Is adapted to hori- 

 zontal wires as well as staltes for roses, carna- 

 tions, chrysanthemums, etc. Easily put on 

 and easily taken oft and are durable. Sample 

 100, prepaid, tor 60o. H. Thaden & Co.. At- 



Model Extension Carnation Supports, made 

 Pith two or three circles; also galvanized rose 

 takes and tying wires. Igoe Bros.. 226 North 

 th St., Brooklyn, N. T. 



DO NOT TIE UP roses or 

 you have read our circular 

 Dlttlefleld, Worcester, Mass. 



WIRE WORK. 



C. A. Kuehn, 1122 Pine St.. St. Loula, Mo., 

 manufacturer of the Patent Wire Clamp Flor- 

 al Designs. A full line of supplies always on 

 hand. Write for catalogue. 



argest manufacturers of wire 

 St. McKellar & Winterson, 45 

 Av., Chicago. 



E. H. Hunt. 76-78 Wabash 



SAN FRANCISCO. 



The Dahlia Show. 



The Pacific Coast Horticultural Soci- 

 ety held a dahlia show September 16 in 

 Mission Opera House. Mission street, 

 San Francisco. The show was a small 

 one but a very good one for a starter. 

 The dahlias, doubles and singrles, cactus 

 and pompons, were splendidly staged 

 and made a brilliant display. "The con- 

 stant stream of members and their 

 friends who_ passed in front of the tables 

 were high in their praise of the prize 

 winnintj exhibits and declared our dahlia 

 show the finest ever witnessed in San 

 Francisco. The prizes were awarded as 

 follows : 



Golden Gate Park, first prize for best 

 collection of dahlias; 30 varieties. 



Jos. Thompson, first prize for best ten 

 cactus dahlias; and for best six show 

 dahlias, and for best flower in the ex- 

 hibition. 



W'm. Eldred, first prize for best ten 

 decorative dahlias, and for best seedling 

 dahlia. 



\Vm. Bagge, first prize for best fancy 

 dahlias, and for best double dahlias. 



T. Monroe, first prize for best double 

 dahlias. 



Exhibits were also made by Mr. T. 

 Seedman, Santa Cruz; C. B. Alexander, 

 San Francisco, and T. Lee, Del Monte. 



After the show was over President H. 

 Plath made a little speech on behalf 

 of our society and its first exhibition. 



Mr. Jos. Thompson was called upon 

 for a few words and they came gal- 

 lantly, in his usual style. Mr. Thomp- 

 son hoped that flower shows such as our 

 dahlia show would be held frequently 

 and reasonable cash prizes ofl'ered. He 

 said that the honor of winning a first 

 prize with a well-grown bloom or plant 

 was more to be proud of than the actual 

 cash. 



Mr. John MacLaren, superintendent 

 of Golden Gate Park, was the next 

 speaker. He declared the dahlia exhib- 

 its the finest he had ever seen and 

 hoped the next show given by the soci- 

 ety would be a chrysanthemum show 

 and that it would be a good one and 

 urged every member to do his best to 

 make it such. 



Mr. F. Jaeger spoke a few words, 

 from the retailer's point of view, for 

 the dahlia as a store flower. Mr. Jae- 

 ger said: "That if the dahlia had the 

 keeping qualities of the chrysanthemum 

 the mums would not be in it with the 

 dahlia as a cut flower." The many 

 beautiful tints and exquisite formation of 

 the blooms, especially in the cactus vari- 

 eties. Mr. Jaeger thought, ought to place 

 the dahlia on an equal footing with the 

 rose, carnation and chrysanthemum. 



Mr. Bagge was next called upon for 

 a speech but he declared that he left 

 his speech at home. If the few words 

 spoken by Mr. Bagge are a sample of 

 the speech left at home he had better 

 bring that speech with him next meet- 

 ing night. Mr. Bagge made the speech 

 of the evening and gave the members 

 the pedigree of the dahlia as far back 

 as Solomon's time, if I am not mistaken. 



Mr. J. M. Duncan, an amateur, gave 

 us a little talk on window boxes. Mr. 

 Duncan believed that passersby on the 

 street took more notice of his window 

 boxes than they did of his wares and 

 was glad that prizes were to be ofl'ered 

 for window gardening in San Francisco. 

 Mr. Duncan also spoke of his success as 

 an amateur in the north of Scotland 

 where he first visited a flower show and 

 on seeing the vegetable exhibit declared 

 he had better vegetables in his "ane 

 kale yard." Why don't you exhibit 

 them, said the managers. Mr. Duncan 

 did exhibit after that and won first 

 prizes for cabbages five years in succes- 

 sion. 



Mr. Wm. Eldred .showed some seed- 

 lings from Roemer's Coultrii that were 

 much admired. The colors were in pink, 

 some being beautifully marbled with 

 pink and altogether distinct from the 

 white form of that poppy. 



Various Notes. 



Mr. T. Stevenson, the London florist, 

 sent one of his messenger boys to an 

 undertaking establishment with a floral 

 design a few days ago. When the little 

 chap arrived at the parlors the under- 



taker told the boy to take the design 

 to the back part' of the building and 

 in going through, the inquisitive little 

 fellow took a peep into a casket con- 

 taining a corpse. Just at that- moment 

 escaping gases from the mouth of the 

 dead man caused peculiar sounds to 

 arise from the casket. The boy dropped 

 the floral design and bolted back to Mr. 

 Stevenson's store — "Say, Mr. Steven- 

 son, that dead man up at the undertak- 

 er's is alive!" Upon inquiry Mr. Stev- 

 enson found that escaping gases were 

 the cause of the boy's fright. 



Mr. James Cleary is home from his 

 trip east. It is an hour well spent to 

 listen to Mr. Cleary's description of his 

 reception by eastern florists. The elec- 

 trical display at Bufl'alo he describes as 

 fairyland; also the bedding done on 

 exposition grounds as something he 

 never dreamed of. Mr. Cleary was well 

 pleased with his trip. 



Mr. H. G. MacGowan, Peidmont Nur- 

 series, has his place in fine shape. His 

 rose houses never looked better and very 

 little mildew, if any, can be seen. 



Mr. H. Prentice, Washington street, 

 Oakland, is the proud possessor of a 

 beautiful little baby boy, which makes 

 four to date. Howard, you are a good 

 provider. 



The California Nursery Co. are haul- 

 ing large quantities of tule from Niles 

 Lake, wjiich is used in immense quan- 

 tities to pack nursery stock for ship- 

 ment. 



E. Gill, Oakland, is cutting large 

 quantities of outside roses, Kaiserins, 

 Brides, Liberties, Testouts, Siebrechts 

 and La France. He has 30 acres to 

 cut from. The recent rains brought 

 them out nicely. 



Mr. Charles Hasselbacher, Oakland, 

 Cal., died on October 11. Mr. Hassel- 

 bacher was one of our largest rose gi-ow- 

 ers and I can well remember some fifteen 

 years ago when he began growing roses 

 the immense profits he made in growing 

 La France, that famous rose, and a 

 great seller in those days, bringing as 

 high as $1 per bloom. Mr. Hasselbach- 

 er was a native of Germany and leaves 

 a widow; no children. 



A report comes from Honolulu that 

 Mr. Joseph Carbone died at that port 

 early in October. Mr. Carbone was at 

 one "time a member of the firm of Car- 

 bone & Monti, Kearney street, San 

 Francisco. In later years he has been 

 known as the introducer of the famous 

 California violet, from which he cleared 

 over $30,000. Mr. Carbone leaves a wid- 

 ow and one son. J. N. 



Springfield, 0. — Charles M. NiuflFer 

 has purchased the greenhouses and prop- 

 erty of Thomas J. McBeth. He will re- 

 model them at once and build four new 

 houses in the spring. 



HoLTOKE, Mass. — Gallivan Bros, have 

 opened a floral store at 70 Dwight street. 

 The firm is composed of Daniel and Den- 

 nis Gallivan, both of whom were for 

 years in the employ of E. D. Shaw. 



Princeton, III. — N. P. Col berg has 

 sold his business to Oscar Lindstrum, 

 who will continue it. 



Pleasant Hill, ]\Io. — Mr. George M. 

 Kellogg's stock is looking fine and he 

 reports business as very good. 



If you have a good thing, push it 

 along through the Review's classified 

 advs. 



