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The Weekly Florists^ Review. 



April 14, 1904. 



PACIFIC COAST. 



SAN FRANCISCO. 



The Market. 



Tlio latter part of Kasler week was all 

 that could be asked for as to weather. 

 Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday were 

 showery — on Thursday the suu eame out 

 and we have had beautiful j\eather ever 

 since. Business for Easter was about the 

 same as that of last year, no special rush 

 anywhere and plenty of stock to fill all 

 requirements. Lilies sold well and there 

 were plenty to be had. The stores re- 

 tailed them at from $4 to $U per dozen 

 stems and plants in pot at $1 each, al- 

 though some extra large stems in 7-ineh 

 pots retailed at $1.50 each. Azaleas sold 

 well in 6 and 7-inch pots at $2 to $3 

 tacli. Roses were not overplentiful and 

 sold at fair prices. Carnations were in 

 good supplv except whites and they 

 wholesaled "at $3 and $4 per 100. A 

 few growers had patches of Empress daf- 

 fodils and easily disposed of them at 

 $1.50 per 100. Narcissus poeticus at $1 

 per 100 and valley at $3 to $4, were 

 eagerlv bought up. Some white lilac 

 both in pots and from the open was 

 shown in the larger stores and quantities 

 of cherry and pear blossoms helped keep 

 up the show. All sorts of evergreen 

 stuff sold well and we have an ocean of 

 it at this time. Calla lilies were used 

 for church decorations by the thousands 

 and sold wholesale at $1 per 100. 

 Spirseas in pots sold wholesale at from 

 $6 to $9 per dozen. Take it as a whole, 

 business was up to the usual Easter 

 mark and all the growers I have seen 

 were well pleased with their sales and 

 the retailers with only a few exceptions 

 seem to be satisfied. 



Various Notes. 



During Easter week Sievers & Boland 

 had by far the largest and most artistic 

 show of flowers and plants in town. 

 Their windows were a center of attrac- 

 tion and their big trade well justified the 

 trouble this enterprising firm goes to, to 

 keep them up. 



F. Shibeley had a very busy Easter. 

 He handles nothing but first-class stock 

 and does a good sliipping business as 

 well as conducting one of the largest 

 retail stores In town. 



Some complaint was made that many 

 of the Easter lilies delivered in pots had 

 been only transplanted in them a few 

 hours, being taken from boxes and staked 

 up for the occasion. They did not hold 

 their heads up well, in many instances 

 not being sufficiently established to stand 

 the change of temperature from the 

 greenhouse to the store. The plants came 

 from the Japanese growers entirely, I am 

 told. G. 



Ottavsta, III. — Fred J. King was laid 

 up during the Easter rush but is now 

 able to be about again. 



I^urbank's Shasta 



' ^■^ 1 New crop. 

 20c per 100; 

 $1.25 per 1000; $9.00 

 per ounce; j4-ounce at ounce rate. 



LOOMIS FLORAL CO. 



LOOMIS, CAL. 



Mention The Ee^ew when you write. 



Daisy Seed 



CALIFORNIA SEEDS. 



Shasta Daisy— 75c per 1000 seeds. S6 50 per 

 10,000 Qeraniuni— "Uood Veutuie" mixture, a 

 grand mixture of fine iaree flowering sorts in 

 gieat variety, 60c pkt,. $3.00 per oz. Smilax— 

 $2.00 per lb Ipomoea-'Heavenly Blue" 40c 

 oz , $.3 60 per lb. Cyperus Alternlfoliua— 25c 

 pkt.. $1.00 per oz. Alsupbylla Australis— 

 (Australian Tree Fern) 50c pkt., $7.60 oz. Apple 

 Geranium— 75c per 1000 seeds. Asparaans 

 Spreng'eri-60c per 1000 seeds Erythea 

 Edulls— (Guadalupe Island Palm) a fine rapid- 

 growing fan palm, $1.50 per 1000 seeds. (Seeds 

 heavy.) Send for trade list. 



Theodosia B. Shepherd Co , Ventura, Cal. 



Mention The Review when you write. 



nsparagus 

 True U Plumosus 

 * Nanus Seed 



$6.50 per lOOO. 



Plants from Flats, $15 per 1000. 



Express paid. 



California Carnation Company 



LOOIMIS, CAL. 



CARNATION 



ROOTED CUTTINGS 



ONLY FIRST-CLASS STOCK. 



Wbite. 100 1000 

 Queen Loui8e$1.20$10 00 

 Gov. Wolcott. 3.00 25.00 

 White Cloud.. 1.00 9.00 



Scarlet. 

 America 1.00 9.00 



Fink. 100 1000 



Marquis $1.00 $9 00 



Mrs. Joost ... 1.20 10.00 

 Varieerated. 



Armazindy... 0.85 17.00 

 Prosperity ... 1.40 2.60 



LOOiyilS GARNATiON CO. 



Lock Box 115. 



LOOMIS, CAL. 



^raucaria Excelsa, 



From 2K-inch pots, extra strong plants, 

 with 2 and 3 tier. 6 to 8 inches high, 

 at »16 per 100. 



Praucaria Imbricata, 



From 2-inch pots, 4 to 6 inches high, 

 810 per 100. and from 254-inch pots 

 6 to 8 inches high, 812.50 per 100. 



F. LLDElViaNN, 



3041 Baker Street, 



San Francisco, Cal. 



A GAUFORNiA OPPORTUNITY 



Owing to death and the setllement of an 

 estate one-half of the stock of the Leedham 

 Bulb Co.. Santa Cruz.. Cal., is to be sold. It is 

 preferred that tills interest pass to a practical 

 man who can devote his full time to the busi- 

 ness. Cash to the amount of $2UU0 is require l. 

 The business is in good shape and can be largely 

 developed. This is a splendid opportunity for 

 the right man. The land controlled by the com- 

 pany is ideal soil for bulb growing. Plenty of 

 water. Climate the best on the Pacific Coast. 

 The property of the company has been examined 

 by the edii or of the Florists' Review and he has 

 expressed the belief thai there Is a great future 

 for the business. 



Address 



E. LEEDHAM, 



SANTA CRUZ. CAL. 



Always mention the Florists' Review when 

 writing advertisers. 



NURSERY NEWS. 



AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF NURSERTMEN. 



Pre8.,N. W. Hale, Knoxvllle. Tenn.; Vlce-Pres., 

 P. A. Weber, St. Louis; See'y. Geo. C. Seager, 

 Rochester, N. Y. ; Treas., C. L. Yates, Eochester, 

 N. Y. The twenty-eighth annual convention 

 will be held at Atlanta, Ga,, June, 1904. 



The Eochester district reports nursery 

 sliipments fully a month late. 



C. M. Harrison will close out his nur- 

 sery at Glasgow, Mo., and remove to a 

 fruit farm in Saline county. 



The Johnson Orchard and Nursery 

 Co., of Dallas, Tex., has iDcrea,sed its 

 capital from $10,000 to $20,000. 



W. T. Harris, formerly with Young- 

 ers & Co., at Geneva, Neb., is starting in 

 the nursery business at Black Foot, 

 Idaho. 



In smoky cities the planting of the 

 London plane tree, Platinus orientalis, 

 is recommended. It endures conditions 

 fatal to most large growing trees. 



In the Westchester, Pa., district 

 larger forces than ever before employed 

 are digging stock and shipments are go- 

 ing forward with celerity as a short sea- 

 sou is feared. 



L. E. Tapt, of Agricultural College, 



Jlich., has been tendered the appoint- 

 ment as chairman of awards for the 

 horticultural departm,eut at the St. 

 Louis World 's Fair. 



The Werick Bros. Co., at Cheekto- 

 waga, N. Y., has been incorporated with 

 $7,000 capital to do a general nursery 

 liusiness. The incorporators are E. W., 

 C. H. and H. P. Werick, of Buffalo. 



A NOVELTY in the advertising line is 

 a card sent out by the Peterson Nursery, 

 <;'hicago. It is intended to go in the 

 buyeis' card index and gives concise in- 

 formation as to the stock offered by 

 the advertiser. 



An authority estimates that there arc 

 now 1,800 peach orchards in Georgia and 

 that approximately a million trees will 

 bear this year, with a prospect of ship- 

 ments this season aggregating 5,000 

 cars. The best previous year was 1898 

 with 2,500 cars. 



BELATED NURSERY STOCK. 



The Sloterdyke, from Eotterdam to 

 New York, arrived April 7 with a large 

 ronsignment of nursery stock, aggregat- 

 ing S19 packages. The stock left Hol- 

 land March 12 on the Statendam, which 

 Ijroke down, and the cargo was tran- 

 shipped. The manifest showed horticul- 

 tiu-ai wares as follows: 



Clucas & Boddington Co., 29 cases 

 plants; P. Ouwerkerk, 52 cases; A. Eho- 

 tert, 7 cases; J. MacHutchison & Co., 180 

 cases, 78 hampers, 2 packages; Wm. El- 

 liott & Sons, 47 cases. 



To customs brokers there were eon- 

 signed: C. B. Richards & Co., 49 cases 

 plants; B. F. Vandegrift & Co., 20 cases; 

 Walters & Ware, 173 cases, 35 hampers; 

 J. W. Hampton. Jr., & Co., 4 cases; Com- 

 jiany 's General Agent, 140 cases, 2 hamp- 

 ers plants, 6 eases bulbs; J. M. Thorburn 

 Co. had 4 cases bulbs; J. Ter Kuile, 1 

 case bulbs; Knauth, Nachod & Kuhne, 2 

 cases bulbs, 1 case flower roots; Mer- 

 chants' Despatch, 1 case plants and 100 

 bags garden seeds. 



