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1084 



The Weekly Florists' Review* 



October 20, 1904. 



PACIFIC COAST. 



Southern California is the land of the 

 rose. On another page of this issue is 

 shown plants of Gold of Ophir photo- 

 graphed at South Pasadena. 



SAN FRANdSCX). 



The Market 



September rains still continue and our 

 unusual climatic conditions have knocked 

 the retail florists' business into a 

 cocked hat. Chrysanthemums are be- 

 ing offered in enormous quantities 

 at almost any price. If the weather 

 were more favorable there would 

 be a possibility that the stores 

 could handle a fair per cent of the flow- 

 ers offered. Major Bonnaffon as fine as 

 it is possible to imagine them can be had 

 as low as $2 per hundred and good whites 

 at half that price. For smaller flowers 

 it is useless to give quotations, as they 

 do not bring any more than the florist 

 feels like offering. These prices, of 

 course, are for outdoor stock, and grow- 

 ers whp had the misfortune not to have 

 had any extra early stock, but are har- 

 vesting their blooms now, will not be 

 able to get remunerative prices. During 

 the past week I have inspected over a 

 dozen of the largest growing establish- 

 mqnts and the crops are in the pink of 

 condition. 



With carnations we have an abundance 

 and, although the stems are rather short, 

 the flowers are good. Prices have de- 

 clined somewhat. Enchantress is being 

 offered in fair quantity, and it is one 

 of the best sellers. 



There is a momentary lull in the de- 

 mand for roses. We have quantities of 

 Brides and Maids offered and unless the 

 quality is extra they can be had at the 

 buyer's price. Lilium longiflorum costs 

 the stores $1.50 per dozen, and although 

 the stems are rather weak, the flowers are 

 good. Late blooming amaryllis and 

 tuberoses help to make up a variety, and 

 valley remains in fair supply and fair 

 demand. 



Regarding business, funeral orders are 

 not as lively as they were a week ago, 

 but we have an occasional wedding dec- 

 oration to console us. The prospects are 

 good for the fall trade if the clerk of the 

 weather can arrange so that we will have 

 a few days' sunshine. 



Varioos Notes. 



N". Synacopulos, the well-known Oak- 

 land florist, has placed his store in the 

 hands of his nephew and will devote his 

 time to the decorations of the cars of 

 the Pullman Co., the contract for the 

 taking care of which he has for the 

 coming season. 



P. J. McDonnell, of Alden, is cutting 

 some extra fine Estelle at present. 6. 



A PECULIAR SEASON. 



The unusii'al rains in the vicinity of 

 San Francisco for the past two weeks 

 have changed our season somewhat. Nar- 

 cissi are almost ready to bloom and daf- 

 fodil bulbs have made quantities of 

 roots. This is not alone due to the 

 rainfall, but to the unusually warm 

 weather that followed it. If we were 

 sure of an absence of frost for two 

 months to come it would be possible to 

 harvest our crop of narcissi and early 



NOW RfAOY. 



Per 100 Per KOO 



Lawson, pink $100 $10.00 



Mrs. Joost, pink 1.00 10.00 



Queen Louise, white 1 00 10.00 



Wolcott. white 1.00 10.00 



O. H. Crane, scarlet 1.00 10.00 



Estelle, scarlet 1.00 10.00 



Prosperity, fancy 1.00 10.00 



Per 100 Per 1000 



Oolden Beauty, yellow $1.00 $10.00 



Harlowarden, crimson 1.00 10.00 



Norway, white 1.00 10.00 



White Oloud, white 1.<I0 10.00 



Flora Hill, white 1.00 10.00 



Genevieve Lord, light pink — 1.00 10.00 



Viola Allen, variegated 1.00 10.00 



CASH or C 0. D.. with privilegs of examining. Express prepaid at above prices. ~ 



California Carnation Co., Loomis, Cal. 



Mention The ReTlew when you write. 



daffodils without any loss. But seasons 

 such as we are having at present are 

 usually followed by heavy frost and dry 

 northeast winds and I have seen many 

 acres of bulbs completely destroyed be- 

 cause they were started growing too early 

 in the winter season, either by rainfall 

 or artificial watering. 



A new but probably short lease of life 

 has been offered our outdoor stock such 

 as gaillardias, coreopsis, dahlias and cos- 

 mos and we are cutting better flowers 

 than I ever remember seeing at this time 

 of year in California. 



With hard-wooded nursery stock the 

 effect was much the same, although I do 

 not consider these unusual late rains of 

 any value. Eoses have commenced to 

 make a soft growth such as we see in 

 the early spring and when our season ar- 

 rives for transplanting them, consider- 

 able pruning will be necessary to keep 

 them in a hardy, dormant condition. I 

 have seen dozens of cherry and plum 

 trees in bloom and this is nothing in 

 their favor, as our heavy frosts of No- 

 vember, December and January are 

 bound to cut them badly. 



We have a habit in California 

 of whitewashing our greenhouse glass 

 generally about the first of May, and as 

 we usually have no rain until the follow- 

 ing November we allow the wash to re- 

 main the entire summer. But several of 

 our largest growers have had to re-white- 

 wash half a dozen times within the past 

 month, as stock that has been grown in 

 shaded houses will not stand this fiery 

 sun 's rays that have been visited upon us 

 between our September and October 

 showers. 



Although not strictly in the line of 

 the florists and nurserymen I might men- 

 tion that many thousands of dollars' 

 worth of damage has been done to the 

 raisin, prune and other dried-fruit in- 

 dustries, to say nothing about the hun- 

 dreds of tons of wheat still in the fields. 



Although in the parlance of the grow- 

 er this makes what is termed a "long 

 season," I have not noticed that such 

 seasons are always desirable, as the Cali- 

 fornia public from time immemorial do 

 not begin to place their orders with the 

 growers much before the first of Decem- 

 ber and we are liable to have a few 

 weeks of dry spell during that month to 

 make up for the superabundance of rain 

 now. However, a little extra water is 

 preferable to not quite enough, and we 

 may have a record-breaking season after 

 all. G. 



Sioux Citt, Ia. — J. C. Bennison has 

 just completed what he believes to be 

 the largest greenhouse in this part of 

 the state. It is 35x248. 



Qraocaria Excelsa, 



From 2K-inch pots, extra stronsr plantl. 

 with 2 and 3 tier, 6 to 8 incbes bigb. 



at f 16 per 100. 



Qraocaria Imbricata, 



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

 •10 per 100 and from 2}<-inch pots 

 6 to 8 inches high, tia.BO per 100. 



r. LUDENSNN, 



3041 Bakor Strost, 



San Francisco, CaL 



Mientloo The Borlaw when yon writ*. 



[^ostoo Ferns 



Nice, clean stock, from 2X-inch pots, 

 $5.00 per 100: S-inch pots. $8.00 per 100. 



Out from the bench, suitable for4lDch, 5-lnch. 

 6-lnch pots, at $16.00, $20.00 and $25.00 per 100. 



Araucaria Excelsa, 



5-ln. pots. 8 to 4 tiers, 50c each or $6.00 per doz. 



Ocean Park Floral Co. 



"WJS^'- Ocean Park, Cal. 



Mention The Rerlew when jron write. 



A 



SPARAGUS 

 PLUMOSUS NANUS. 



Strong 2}i-in. plants, $2.00 per 100 ; $20.00 per 1000. 

 Strong 8-in. plants. 8.60 " 80.00 



New Crop Shasta Daisy Seed, 



Trade packet.... 26c; los...$6.00: lib.. .$60.00. 

 Charges prepaid. Terms cash or 0. 0. D. 



Loomis Floral Co., Loomls, Cal. 



REES&COMPERE 



POST OFFICK ADDEK8S: 



LONG BEACH, CAL,., B. F. D. No. 1. 



S?oJ^?I'or FRtESIA BILBS »"%.8. 



SPECIALTIES— Freeslas. Qrand Duchess Oxalls, 

 Bermuda Buttercup, Amaryllis JohnBODll ana 

 Belladonna. Gladioli. Ornlthoiralum. Zephyran- 

 thes Kosea and Candida, Chlldanthus Fragrans, 

 Hybrid Tlgridlas. Chinese Narcissus, etc,, etc. 



Here is the dollar; we must have the 

 Keview; it pays.— T. G. Yale, Welling- 

 ton, O. 



Here is another dollar; the Beview 

 fills the bill for all that's needed.— T. L. 

 Eagle, Coffeyville, Kans. 



