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The Weekly Florists^ Review^ 



July 14, 1904. 



PACIFIC COAST. 



PORTLAND, ORE. 



We are pleased to be able to report 

 a good June business, with nothiiij» ex- 

 traordinary having i inspired. There 

 ■was a steady demand for choice ma- 

 terial for the educational and hymeneal 

 events which characterized the month. 

 Commencements are becoming a more 

 and more important factor in the flor- 

 ists' trade and there were more flowers 

 used this year than ever before. 



The brides ' favorites this season were 

 white roses arranged in shower effects, 

 and the result was that some very artis^ 

 tic work was executed, but the supply 

 of roses fell short of the demand and we 

 were obliged to resort to the carnation, 

 using Flora Hill or Goethe. The latter, 

 when made up with Asparagus Spren- 

 geri, became quite popular and" is much 

 sought after when pink is preferred. 



Funeral work, too, was much in evi- 

 dence, and we noticed several handsome 

 designs quite original in construction. 

 During the month we were fortunate in 

 having plenty of fine carnations and 

 longiflorum lilies. Carnations will con- 

 tinue good all through July, but the 

 lilies could not stand the racket of the 

 glorious Fourth and took their de- 

 parture. We are suffering from lack 

 of rain and outdoor stock, which looked 

 so promising a few weeks ago, is now 

 almost a failure. The 'display of roses 

 has been magnificent and was the ad- 

 miration and wonder of eastern tourists. 

 The extreme heat and drought, which 

 we are not accustomed to here so early, 

 is ruining the prospects of a midsum- 

 mer crop. 



We have had with us this week an in- 

 teresting visitor from Fruitvale, Cal., 

 in the person of Ralph Clarke. Six 

 years ago Clarke Bros., of this city, 

 built a range of glass at Fruitvale to 

 grow cut flowers for their Portland store 

 and Ealph was assigned to the man- 

 agement. This is his first visit home. 



H. J. M, 



PAPER WHITE NARC3SSL 



The Paper White narcissus is one of 

 the best paying cut flowers we have in 

 California, Our climate and soil seem 

 to be well adapted to its flowering and 

 multiplying and, if any attention what- 

 ever is paid to it regsirding watering, 

 there is no trouble in having a succession 

 of blooms from November until the end 

 of March, it is of the easiest culture, 

 only requiring that it be transplanted 

 every third or fourth year and the weeds 

 hoed out three or four times a season. 

 They can be grown very close together 

 with perfect safety. I iiave s«en in this 

 vicinity 100,000 bulbs planted on an 

 acre of ground and they gave no evi- 

 dences of being crowded. If the bulbs 

 are not artificially watered they will not 

 bloom generally before February, but 

 it is my custom to give them a good 

 soaking about the last week in August 

 and another about two weeks later. 

 This starts them making roots and when 

 our season 's rains begin, about the mid- 

 dle of November generally, they are al- 

 ready partially in bud and a good suc- 

 cession of flowers can be had for sever- 

 al months. When the patch of bulbs 

 depends only on the winter rains to start 

 them growing I have found that they 

 get nicely started just about the time 



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we begin to have our frosty weather, do 

 not make much progress for several 

 months and by that time all the little 

 scattered fields of narcissus are in bloom 

 under the same conditions and the grower 

 realizes very little for his flowers. 



When it is necessary to dig bulbs in 

 this latitude I have found the end of 

 July to be about the proper time to 

 handle them, as by that time they have 

 liecome sufficiently matured to suffer no 

 shock from transplanting. When it is 

 desired to bring bulbs into flower late 

 in the season I do not replant before the 

 first of January, as there is no difficulty 

 in keeping them until that time. Nar- 

 cissi do not seem to be very particular 

 as to the soil they are grown in, pro- 

 vided they are in a situation where they 

 get thoroughly dried out and have a 

 good rest in the summer. They do 

 very well under the shade of such trees 

 as do not make many fibrous roots near 

 the surface and in such a location very 

 long stems are invariably produced. 



We do not grow narcissi to any ex- 

 tent under glass, as with us it is such 

 a cheap flower that it does not pay for 

 the trouble. Regarding the prices real- 

 ized on the coast, we sell the flowers, 

 when they first come in, at an average of 

 $1,25 per hundred. When they become 

 more plentiful they drop in price to $1 

 per hundred and in the early spring, 

 after we h^ve had a few days warm 

 weather, and they are offered by the 

 thousands, they can be bought as low as 

 from 50 to 75 cents per hundred grtems. 

 The price for bulbs here is from 

 $5 to $7 per thousand rnd, as they mul- 

 tiply with great rapidity and need al- 

 most no attention, they are, when prop- 

 ery handled, one of the best paying prop- 

 ositions the growers have, G, 



SAN FRANCISCO. 



Good flowers are still scarce and will 

 be for several weeks to come. By this 

 I mean carnations, roses and lilies. Out- 

 door stock is plentiful enough, but it is 

 only used for show by niany of the flor- 

 ists and is not in much demand unless 

 indoor flowers are not to be had. The 

 weather has been cool for several weeks 

 and what few roses have been offered 

 have been of fair color but weak 

 stemmed. Carnations are holding their 

 own and if we had any spurt in business 

 they would be in short supply, Thrips 

 have made their appearance in a great 

 many places. Lawson and Hill seem to 

 have suffered most. Valley is in fair 

 supply and also L. longiflorum. Jap- 

 anese irises are disappearing fast and 

 the showiest flower we have at present 

 is the gladiolus. They are being brought 

 into the stores in large quantities and. 

 although there is not much cail for them. 



Qraocaria Excelsa, 



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 wltb 2 and 8 tier, 6 to 8 inches hiKb, 



at f 16 per 100. 



Qraocaria Imbricata, 



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

 910 per 100 and from 2}i-inch pots 

 6 to 8 inches high, •18.60 per 100. 



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3041 Baker Straet, 



San Francisco, Cal. 



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LOOMIS, CAL. 



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they make a very bright effect when 

 massed in the shop vnndows. 



Various Notes. 



D, H, Lenox, the Los Angeles florist, 

 is in town for a few days. He has just 

 returned from a trip to Portland, Ore- 

 gon. 



F. Ludcmann, of the Pacific Nursery, 

 reports business very good for this sea- 

 son of the year. 



N, BoUeri and J, Campiano have 

 opened a branch store neur the entrance 

 to the Mountain View cemetery, Oak- 

 land, 



W. W. Saunders, the bulb grower, is 

 about to commence removing his stock 

 from Golden Gate to Fresno. He is 

 permanently located there and in fu- 

 ture will handle his shipping orders from 

 that place. 



Mrs. J. Carbone, of West Berkeley, 

 has finished the reconstruction of her res- 

 idence recently partially destrnved by 

 fire. 



Miss Parsons, the Fresno florist, has 

 departed for home. She made an in- 

 spection of the largest nurseries in this 

 neighborhood while she was here, as well 

 as the florists' stores, G, 



