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NOVBHBEB 16, I9I6. 



The Florists' Review 



91 



CHRYSANTHEMUMS 



HOTHOUSE AND'FIELD. 



CARNATIONS (new crops) 



Now ready for long-distance shipping at growers'^ rate. 



So/California Flower Market, Inc. 



ASSOCIATION OF SOOji GROWERS! 



421-423 Wall Street, LOS ANGELES, CAL. 



says "you never can tell what might 

 happen. ' ' 



Polder Bros., of Montebello, are busy 

 with Dutch bulbs, which arrived in per- 

 fect shape this year. Carnation propa- 

 gation has started early this year 

 and already there are large numbers in 

 the sand and looking well. 



C. Gutting, of the Superior Nursery, 

 has a fine line of small and medium- 

 sized flowering and foliage plants and 

 reports a good demand for them.. 



Large loads of fine mums are going 

 in and out at the California Cut Flower 

 & Evergreen Co. place. 



H. E. Eichards.' 



SAN FRANCISCO. 



The Market. 



The chrysanthemum situation has 

 many angles at present. The California 

 Flower Market has been running a 

 growers' pool and has refused thus far 

 to make any price concessions. This 

 has kept local prices high, which is a 

 source of satisfaction to the retailers, 

 as it has kept the street peddlers from 

 buying first-class stock at reduced fig- 

 ures. On the other hand, it has made 

 it impossible to market the surplus 

 stock at a profit in the east since the 

 crop has begun to come in from other 

 localities. The Japanese undertook to 

 ship the surplus to Chicago on consign- 

 ment when it could no longer be han- 

 dled by the independent shippers at 

 the prices paid earlier in the season, 

 but the warm weather and arrival of 

 heavy supplies from other directions 

 broke the market there, so the venture 

 did not prove so profitable as was 

 hoped. Some of the independent ship- 

 pers are of the opinion that it would 

 have been more satisfactory all around 

 had the growers' pool let them handle 

 the surplus at prices warranted by the 

 condition of the eastern markets. They 

 figure they could have then continued 

 to ship to their regular customers on 

 definite orders, thus providing a wider 

 distribution than was possible by the 

 stock being shipped in quantity to Chi- 

 cago alone. 



There has been some frost, which has 

 about put an end to outdoor stock, but 

 a few gladioli and dahlias still are of- 

 fered, as well as a few scattering lots 

 of cosmos, scabiosas, stocks, etc. Vio- 



Mentlon Thf RatIpw wh«>ii rnn writw. 



PELARGONIUMS- Easter Greeting. Wurtem- 

 bergia, Swabian Maid, German Glory, Prince 

 Bismarck, 3-in., 7c; 30 var.. mixed, 2-in., 4c. 



GERANIUMS, 18 var.. 2-in.. 2^c; Ivy Gerani- 

 ums. 8 var., 2 'so. 



DELPHINIUM Belladonna, from flats, 8c; hy- 

 brids, l-yr„ 5c. Brompton Stocks, ic. Holly- 

 hocks, mixed double and Alleghany, 2c. 



GEORGE H. STARR, Turiock, Cal. 



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CYCLAMEN 



Heavy 6-inch Jo.flO 



Heavy 7-inch 76 



Heavy 8-inch i.oo 



WOODUND PARK FLORAL CO. 



Telephone 8f4 BUMNXR. WASH. 

 Mention Tte Bevlew whe» yoa write. 



Araacaria Bldwillii, 2-ln. pots, 1 ft. high, $14.00 

 per 100. 4-ln. pots, I'a ft. high, $25.00 per 100. 



£rica Melanthera, rooted cuttings, 1 year old, 

 never rffered before, $60.00 per 1000- not less than 

 1000 sold. 



ICrica Melanthera, 2-ln. pots, 2 years old, $14.00 

 per 100. 4-ln. pots, 2 years old, $25.00 per 100. 



Larger stock on application. 



PACinC NURSERIES. Colmt, San Nateo, Cal. 



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lets are extremely fine, the quality be- 

 ing excellent and the supply large. Car- 

 nations shovsf better quality and the cut 

 is larger than last week, with prices 

 holding up fairly well in view of the 

 strong demand. Eoses clean up well in 

 face of strong competition with chrys- 

 anthemums. The rose supply has been 

 kept back somewhat during the last 

 week by cool wind, which made it impos- 

 sible to keep the greenhouses warm. 

 Other greenhouse stock shows the effect 

 also, orchids being quite scarce again. 

 There is no valley at present and none 

 of the growers will have any for some 

 time, it is reported. In potted stock 

 good cinerarias are offered and cycla- 

 mens are plentiful. 



Horticultural Society Meeting. 



The monthly meeting of the Pacific 

 Coast Horticultural Society, November 

 4, was rather uneventful. In the absence 

 of President E. James and Vice-presi- 

 dent T. Fenton, H. Plath was elected 

 temporary chairman. It was a rainy 

 evening and the attendance was small, 

 so little business was transacted. W. A. 

 Hofinghoff brought up the matter of 

 having the trustees audit the books. 



rERNS 



lOO.OOO READY NOW 



IN FLATS 



Best varieties for Fern dishes 

 Sl.60 per 100 



Write for Wholesale Catalogue of Ferns. 

 Kentias, etc., to 



H. PLATH 



"THE FERNERIES" 



Lawrence and Winnipeg Avenues 

 SAN fRANCISCO, CAL 



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RED POTS 



Honestly made. Standard In 

 size. Unexcelled In quality. 

 ^ rt^u r> . Nothing but the best materials 



used. The Pots you will eventually buy. We carry 

 the largest stoctc In the west. 



All Sizes of Standard Pots. Azalea and Fern Pots 



Bulb and Seed Pans. Fern Dishes, Saucers, Etc." 



Special Prices on Carload Lots. 



GARDEN CITY POTTERY CO., Inc. 



Pottery and Office: San Jose, Cal. 



Warehouse: 129 2d Street, Oakland, Cal. 



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Gladiolus Bulbs 



Get our rock-bottom prices before 

 placing your fall order. 



CURRIER BULB CO., Seabright, Cal. 



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H. A. Hyde, of Watsonville, was pres- 

 ent as a visitor. He and Mr. Plath gave 

 an interesting account of their recent 

 automobile trip to Los Angeles in com- 

 pany with D. Eaymond and Mr. Plath 's 

 son and daughter, putting particular 

 stress upon the nurserymen's conven- 

 tion at Santa Barbara, which they at- 

 tended. The only exhibit of the even- 

 ing was fourteen blooms of cattleyas, 

 by J. A. Carbone, which took ninety 

 points. Announcement was made that 



