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The Weekly Florists' Review, 



OcxoBEK 24, 1901. 



POWDER BLOWERS. 



The Peerless Powder Blower. Distributes 

 equally well Sulphur. Lime. Slug Shot. To- 

 bacco Dust. Paris Green, etc. Price, $4.00 

 F. O. B. Chicago. Edw. E. McMorran & Co., 

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



RAFFIA FIBER. 



Always on hand. Best Madagascar, 10 lb. 

 lots. S1.50; 100 lb. lots, 512.00. Prices bale lots 

 on application. A. Rolker & Sons. B2 Dey St., 

 N. Y. City. 



We sell the FLORISTS' MANUAL on month- 

 ly pajTnents. Write for our terms— they're 

 easy Florists' Pub. Co.. 334 Dearborn St., 

 ChljtKO. ^^^ 



SPHA^NUjOlpSS. 



Why not buy your Sphagnum Moss from first 

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

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

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

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

 Sparta. Wis. 



Clean, fresh, 5 bbl. bale. fl.OO; 3 bales. $2.50; 

 5 bales, $4.00. H. R. Akers. C hatsworth, N. J. 



TIN FOIL. 1_ 



Tin foil for florists. Special shades and de- 

 signs. Write for samples and prices. The 

 Palen Co.. Kingston, N. T. 



TOBACCO DUST. 



Tobacco dust. $1.25 per 100 lbs.. $2.25 per 200 

 lbs.. $4.50 per 500 lbs.. $8.50 per 1000 lbs. 

 Van Reyper glazing points, 60c per 1000. $5.60 



^Galvanized plant stakes for carnations: 



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



4-ft 1.00 per 100; 8,00 per 1000 



B-tt 1.20 per 100; 9.50 per 1000 



GRIFFITH & TURNER CO.. Seedsmen. Bal- 

 timore. Md. 



WIRE SUPPORTS. 



Thaden's Wire Tendril is adapted to hori- 

 zontal wires as well as stakes for roses, carna- 

 tions, chrysanthemums, etc. Easily put on 

 and easily taken oft and are durable. Sample 

 100, prepaid, for 60c. H. Thaden & Co., At- 

 lanta. Ga. 



Model Extension Carnation Supports and 

 Model Plant Stakes. Write tor prices and de- 

 scriptive circular. The Parker-Bnien Mfg. 

 Co.. 430 Kent Ave., Brooklyn. N. Y. 



Model Extension Carnation Supports, made 

 ■with two or three circles; also galvanized rose 

 stakes and tying wires. Igoe Bros., 226 North 

 9th St., Brooklyn, N. Y. 



DO NOT TIE UP roses or carnations imtll 

 you have read our circular on wire. H. F. 

 Llttlefleld, Worcester, Mass. 



WIRE WORK. 



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

 manufacturer of the Patent Wire Clamp Flor- 

 al Designs. A full line of supplies always on 

 hand. Write for catalogue. 



We are the largest manufacturers of wire 

 work In the west. McKellar & Winterson, 46 

 47. 49 Wabash Av., Chicago. 



Emll Stettens, Manufacturer of Florists' 

 Wire Desi gns. 335 East 21st St.. New York. 



Reed & Keller. 122 W. 25th St.. New York, 

 Manufa cturers of Wire Designs. 



E. H. Hunt. 76-78 W^abash Av., Chicago. 



GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. 



We are having as fine a spell of In- 

 dian summer weather as one could even 

 pray for. It did not arrive, however, 

 until after there was a killing frost 

 which gave business a decided impetus. 

 Weddings and receptions are in full 

 blast. Most of the principal ones are 

 booked as far ahead as December. 



Shipping is not so brisk as it was 

 during the summer and up to about 

 October 8, for the reason that most_ of 

 the retail growers are now cutting 

 enough of their own stock to meet the 

 light demand. 



Carnations are coming along finely, 

 although, as a rule, of rather poor qual- 

 ity. But little first class stock is being 

 cut with the exception of the Irene, 

 which is the best carnation on this 

 market. 



Prices remain firm. Early mums, $2 

 per doz. ; Robinson, Morel, etc., just in, 

 at $3 per doz. Carnations, 25 to 35 



cents per doz. Violets, 20 cents per 

 doz. Beauties, $2 to $3 per doz. 



Eli Cross is soon to take unto himself 

 a wife. Miss Elizabeth Brower is the 

 fortunate lady's name. Eli is building 

 a residence where the happy couple will 

 take up their abode. 



Recent visitors: J. A. Bissinger, Lan- 

 sing; Chas. Fruch, Jr., Saginaw; Chas. 

 Noll, of the Dayton Folding Box Co., 

 Dayton. O., and a representative of the 

 G«o. Wittbold Co., Chicago. G. F. C. 



SAN FRANCISCO. 



The Market. 



Between wedding decorations and 

 funerals the week has been a busy one 

 and nearly all of us have had a fair 

 share of the work. White roses have 

 been very scarce, the demand for them 

 being greater than for any other white 

 flower. Chrysanthemums are keeping 

 up their prices. Fancy blooms bring 

 as high as $3 per dozen; outside mums 

 are coming in more freely and are most- 

 ly pink and white. Some pretty Vivi- 

 and-Morels are in the market. Violets 

 are plentiful and are improving in qual- 

 ity as the weather is getting cooler, 

 which suits them. Lily of the Valley is 

 becoming more plentiful. 



American Beauties, $1.50 to $2; 

 Brides, 25 to 75 cents; Bridesmaids, 25 

 to 50 cents; Meteors, 35 to 50 cents; 

 Cecil Brunners, 10 to 15 cents; Kaiser- 

 ins, 25 to 75 cents; Perles, 25 to 35 

 cents; Carnots, 25 to 50 cents per doz. 

 Carnations— Hobart, $1; Crocker, 25 to 

 50 cents; Prosperity, 75 cents; Lawson, 

 25 to 50 cents ; Triumph, 35 cents ; mixed 

 fancy, 25 to 50 cents; Hill, 25 to 35 

 cents; Scott, 15 to 25 cents; Portia, 

 10 to 15 cents per doz. Chrysanthe- 

 mums — Madame Bonton, $1 to $3; Bon- 

 naffon, $1 to $1.50; Queen, 50 cents to 

 $1.50; Viviand-Morel, 75 cents to $1 

 per doz. Outside chrysanthemums, 10 

 to 25 cents per doz. Lily of the Valley, 

 50 cents per doz. Princess of Wales 

 violets, 75 cents to $1.50. Smilax, 5 

 cents; asparagus, 12 J cents per string. 

 Chrysanthemums have been in the mar- 

 ket since August 1. A. Galloway, of 

 Fruitvale, brought in the first yellows, 

 for which he received $2.50 per doz. 

 Pottet was next with some beautiful 

 whites. At present the market is well 

 stocked with all grades and colors and 

 prices range from 10 cents to $3 per doz. 

 Some nice Queens and Bonnaffons can 

 be seen at the stores. Sweet peas are 

 almost gone and what few are coming 

 in are very poor. The same may be said 

 of asters. 



P. Hyashi, Alameda, is cutting some 

 nice Queens and Bonnaffons. 



Pacific Coast Hort. Society. 

 A meeting of the Pacific Coast Horti- 

 cultural Society was held on October 7 

 at Mission Opera House, Mission street, 

 San Francisco. The election of officers 

 for the ensuing year resulted as follows: 

 President, H. Plath ; vice president, Wm. 

 Eldred; secretary, T. A. Munroe; treas- 

 urer, P. Cauhape; financial secretary, 

 M. Borkheim; librarian, J. W. Bagge; 

 ushers, J. Eppstein, G. Gagne; trustees, 

 J. Milne, E. Serveau, C. H. Baker. 



With the above set of officers our so- 

 ciety ought to run along very smoothly 

 the coming year for all the gentlemen 

 elected are workers and have the good 

 of the society at heart. A chrysanthe- 

 mum show may be held some time in 

 November; but the question whether we 



shall hold one or not was left over till 

 next meeting, the third Monday in Oc- 

 tober. 



Various Notes. 

 Mr. E. Gill (I don't mean the old 

 man), our enterprising young Oaklander, 

 has just finished planting his new car- 

 nation house, which 2,000 plants fill 

 nicely; they are mostly Flora Hill, Law- 

 son and Bradt. Ed speaks of erecting 

 a large house for chrysanthemums, and 

 a lath house for asters next year. 



Chas. F. Fick has moved to San Mateo 

 and seems to be well satisfied vrith the 

 change. 



Mr. Geo. Hansen, the well known land- 

 scape gardener of Berkeley, is on the 

 sick list. 



Mr. Chas. Hasselbacher, who has been 

 sick for some months past, having failed 

 to get relief through six white doctors, 

 tried a Chinese doctor who claimed he 

 could cure him in three weeks. The 

 three weeks are up but no cure has 

 as yet been effected. Stomach trouble 

 is the cause of Mr. Hasselbacher's illness. 

 It is hoped he will soon get well. 



Mr. Sam R. Love, lately with H. M. 

 Sanborn, Oakland, will open a store at 

 1153 Washington street, Oakland, about 

 October 14. This location will place Mr. 

 Love right alongside a sister florist, Ma- 

 dame Prentice. Sam called in to see the 

 madame a few days ago and informed 

 her that he was not opening up along- 

 side her place of business for meanness. 

 "Oh, no," replied the madame, "I know 

 you would not do that ; I think it's for 

 'love.' " I might add that this store will 

 be used only until Mr. Love can find a 

 better one. It is to be hoped that he 

 will make a success of his first venture 

 in business, as he is a popular young 

 man with an excellent disposition. 



A few days ago one of our cheap, out- 

 side carnation growers dropped into a, 

 downtown retail store while the propri- 

 etor was in the act of showing a cus- 

 tomer a vase of carnations at 75 cents 

 per doz. Turning to the grower, who 

 carried a basket, the customer inquired 

 what he was selling. "A sella da pinka," 

 replied the grower. "What do you ask 

 for them," queried the customer. 

 "Twelva dozen fora da fifty centa," said 

 the grower. The would-be customer took 

 a couple of dozen carnations and hand- 

 ing the grower 25 cents left the store. 

 Wouldn't that jar any man paying 

 $150.00 a month for rent? 



Mr. Thomas H. Stevenson had a vase* 

 of the new white sport from Viviand- 

 Morel, Mrs. Ritson, in his window this 

 week. The bud on opening is a lemon 

 yellow but as the petals expand it fades 

 to a beautiful white. It is a good 

 thing and no doubt will be largely grown 

 next year. 



Mr. John Carbone, Berkeley, is cut- 

 ting some very fine Prosperity carna- 

 ,\iiicli bring 76 cents wholesale. 

 Mrs. P. Fredricks has opened a flor- 

 ist's store on Post street near Grant 

 avenue. , 



N. Symnacoplus, Oakland, has made a 

 contract with the Southern Pacific Rail- 

 road Co. to decorate with plants a num- 

 ber of south and eastbound cars, by the 

 year. The contract calls for $5 per car. 

 The Shanahan Floral Co. has had a 

 very busy week in making funeral work. 

 Among the pieces made by this com- 

 pany, and which is worthy of mention, 

 was a design made for the funeral of 

 the late Mr. Mark Thall, the owner of 

 a local theater. The piece represented 

 a stage, 10x2 feet and 7x6 feet which 



