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The Weekly Florists^ Review, 



Apbil 9, 1903. 



SAN FRANCISCO. 



The Market. 



We have had more than our share 

 of rain the last .week, excepting for the 

 last two days, when the beautiful Cali- 

 fornia simshine beamed again. Every- 

 thing points to a big cutting for Easter. 

 Carnations and roses in most of the 

 places I have visited are in good shape 

 and I do not think there will be any 

 scarcity. Roses are coming in much 

 more freely than for the past few weeks 

 and the quality has improved greatly. 

 This is especially noticeable in Brides, 

 Maids and Testout. Beauties are not 

 very plentiful and hardly up to the 

 standard. The prices have not changed 

 and are not liable to as far as present 

 indications go. A few Liberty are to be 

 seen and some Kaiserins, but they are 

 not extra good. Carnations are daily be- 

 coming more plentiful and I am sui-e 

 there will be an abundance at Easter. 



Liliura Hanisii are in fair supply and 

 wholesale at $3 to $5 per dozen. The 

 quality is good. Plants in pots whole- 

 sale at .$4 to $6 per dozen, but I am in- 

 clined to think the price will stiffen 

 somewhat in the next few days. 



Princess Violets are about finished and 

 a few Marie Louise and Neapolitan are 

 seen in the stores, but for some reason or 

 other Californians never have taken very 

 kindly to double violets and the florists 

 can do business without them. Daffodils 

 are out of season and about the only 

 thing left in the narcissus line is N. 

 poeticus which is a good seller and a 

 very decorative flower as well. Valley 

 ia fairly plentiful and wholesales at $3 

 per hundred. Spiraea in G-inch pots helps 

 to liven the florists' windows and is a 

 splendid plant for decorating. Many of 

 the florists have considerable church work 

 for Easter and the prospects are good 

 for plenty of trade all around. 



Business for the past week has been 

 very quiet in all lines and everyone will 

 be glad when Lent is over. 



Notes. 



The writer paid a visit to the nurseries 

 of H. Plath at Ocean View a few days 

 ago. Mr. Plath has reehristened his 

 greenhouses "Tlie Ferneries," formerly 

 Union Nurseries. It is a very appropri- 

 ate name as about a dozen large houses 

 are filled to overflowing with ferns, 

 asparagus, palms and dracsenas, of which 

 Mr. Plath has always made a specialty. 

 A portion of one house is devoted to 

 Nephrolepis Piersoni and a splendid stock 

 of Adiantum Williamsii is especially no- 

 ticeable. Mr. Plath has had rare success 

 and his place is well worth a visit. G. 



EVERGREEN SEEDLINGS. 



The board of general appraisers at 

 New York has decided that a seedling 

 that has been transplanted is still a 

 seedling and not a tree. 



The merchandise consisted of a lot of 

 evergreen seedlings and was assessed 

 for duty at the rate of $1 per 1,000 and 

 15 per cent, ad valorem under para- 

 graph 262 of the act of July 24, 1807. 

 The importer claimed they were duti- 

 able at 25 per cent, ad valorem as 

 "evergreen tiees or plants." 



In quite a lengthy opinion, in which 

 considerable expert testimony is quoted, 

 the importer's protest was overruled and 

 the higher rate made applicable. 



l!i!iiii|lum!i,l!oleus,FelDi|ias 



I CHRYSANTHEMUMS, ETC, | 



FIBST-CI.ASS STOCK FBOU a;4-IKCH POTS. 



I 



Geraniums. 



DOUBIiE. 



Centaure. Comtesse de Harcourt. Double 

 Gen. (Jrant, Le Cid. La Favorite. Jean Viaud, 

 Marquis de Montmort. Mme. Landry. S. A. 

 Nutt and other varieties. 



SINGLE. 

 Granville. Jaeqiierie. Mme. Bruant, 

 Queen of the West. Single Gen. Grant and 

 other varieties. 



$2.00 per 100. (Our selection. 1000 for $17.50.) 

 SCENTED. 

 Rose, Balm. Nutmeg. Lemon and Oak 

 Leaved, $3.00 per 100. 

 Variegated— Leaved, $3 00 per 100. 



COLEUS. 



Golden Bedder, Golden, Pink and Crimson 

 VerschaCfeltii, John Pfister and Annie Pfister, 

 Massey and 10 other varieties, $2.00 per 100. 

 Golden Bedder, rooted cuttings, 60c per 100. 



PETUNIAS. 



Single Fringed, $2.50 per 100; Double Fringed, 

 $2.50 per 100: Double Named. $3.50 per 100, 



CHRYSANTHEMUMS. 



Autumn Glory. Col. D. Appleton. Eureka, 

 Glory of the Pacific, Mrs. Perrin. Mrs. O. P. 

 Bassett. Mrs. Murdock. Wm. H.Lincoln. Bes- 

 sie Burton and others, ready now, $2.00 per 

 100. POMPON CHRYSANTHEMUMS, 50 

 varieties. $2,00 per 100. 



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$ 



MISCELLANEOUS GREENHOUSE PLANTS. 



2K-in. pot, per 100 



Abutilon, in variety $2.50 



Acalypha, macafeena 3.50 



Achyranthes, in variety 2.00 



Ageratum. Stella Gumey and Dwarf 



White 2.00 



Ageratums Stella Gumey and white, 



rooted cuttings 60 



Alyssum, Giant Double and Dwarf 



Double 200 



Altemanthera, in variety 2.00 



Caladium, esculentum bulbs, 6 to 9 in 2.00 



■2d size, 4 to 6 in... 1.00 

 Cannas, dormant roots, mixed 1.00 



Named 2.00 



Cannas, 3-in. pots, 60c per doz 4.00 



Canna Robusta. large roots 2.00 



Dahlia Plants in good varieties , 2.00 



2X-in. pots, per 100 



Fuchsias, in variety $2.50 



Forget-Me-Not. large flowering, blue, 

 from 2'2-inch pots, $2.50 per 100. 



Hardy English Ivy 2.00 



Lemon Verbena 2.50 



Lobelia, compacta 2.00 



Rudbeckia golden glow 2.00 



Salvia, Silver Spot, Bonfire and Splen- 



dens 2 00 



Sedum variegata 2.00 



Smilax 2.00 



Summer Flowering Annuals, seed bed. . . .25 



Swalnsona Alba 2.00 



Water Lilies, Nymphaea odorata rosea, 

 25c each: $2.00 per doz. Nymphaea 



odorata gigantea. 50c per doz 3.50 



(Rooted Cuttings of Hardy English Ivy. 

 75c per 100; $5.00 per 1000.) 



Not less than 5 of any one variety sold. .Send for trade list of full line of 

 Greenhonse and Bedding Plants. Cash with order. 



R. VINCENT, JR. & SON, White Marsh, Md. | 



Rooted Cuttings I 



CARNATIONS. 



Pink. Per 100 Per 1000 



LAWSON $2.25 $20.00 



GUARDIAN ANGEL 1.25 10.00 



JOOST 1.25 10.00 



CROCKER L25 10.00 



Varieg'ated. 



PROSPERITY 1.50 12.00 



White. 



Per 100 Per 1000 



FLORA HILL $1.25 



PERU 1.25 



HOOSIER MAID 1.25 



BON HOMME 1.25 



Bed. 



CRANE 2.25 



EVANSTON 1.25 



INE 1.25 



$10.00 

 10.00 

 10.00 

 10.00 



20.00 



10.00 



10.00 



ROSES. 



Per 100 Per 1000 



BRIDESMAID $1.50 $12.50 



BRIDE 1.50 12.50 



PERLE 1.50 12.50 



Per 100 Per 1000 



METEOR $1.50 $12.50 



GOLDEN GATE 1.25 10.00 



IVORY 250 20.00 



All clean, healthy stock and well rooted. 



2J^-INCH ROSE PLANTS. 



Per 100 Per 1000 



BRIDESMAID $3.00 $25.00 



BRIDE 300 25.00 



PERLE 3.00 25.00 



GOLDEN GATE 2.50 20.00 



Per 100 Per 1000 



METEOR $3.00 $25.00 



OLIVER AMES 4.00 36 00 



IVORY 4.00 35.00 



HELEN GOULD 4.00 35.00 



GEO. REINBER6, 51 Wabasli Avenue, CHICAGO. 



Burpee's Seeds Grow 



