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The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



NOVEMBKH 17, 1904. 



PACIFIC COAST. 



BEDDING STOCK FOR SPRING. 



This is the best time of the year 

 to propagate soft-wooded plants for 

 borders or carpet bedding and, as there 

 is considerable call for this class of ma- 

 terial in the early spring in and around 

 our large towns, a gentle reminder may 

 be in order. This class of stock i& so 

 easily grown here that many of our 

 growers do not bother with it and leave 

 the handling to gardeners in private 

 places or to the small dealers. But I 

 have always found that at the proper 

 season there is a considerable demand 

 and some of our largest commercial 

 places that have complete lines of other 

 stock lose a good many dollars bv not 

 being able to furnish stock of this char- 

 acter and for whiph nothing else can 

 be substituted or suggested. 



Our border geraniums, achryanthes, 

 alternantheras, coleus, begonias, salvias, 

 lobelias, feverfew and verbenas are now 

 in full growth and cuttings can be taken 

 and struck in flats with no danger of 

 their not rooting. There is no neces- 

 sity of giving greenhouse room for this 

 class of stock, as anything in the line of 

 a frame is just to their liking. Some 

 sej'.sons we have frost sufficient to kill 

 these border plants and other years they 

 are only scorched on the tips of the 

 foliage. However, this is the best time 

 to make cuttings and if we do not have 

 ccld weather there will be no necessity 

 of covering the frames. If the weather 

 should get frosty it will be necessary to 

 put a few sash over them at night and 

 be careful not to water too freely un- 

 til the cuttings are rooted, after which 

 all is plain sailing. 



I have found a good demand for 

 AJme. Salleroi, Mountain of Snow, Mar- 

 shal McMahon, Mme. Pollock and Hap- 

 py Thought geraniums, the past few 

 seasons, selling the young plants out of 

 the flats without potting early in 

 March. Achryanthes and alternan- 

 theras have sold well and verbenas also. 

 The same rules will apply to the grow- 

 ing of all these plants. Lobelia, salvias, 

 sweet alyssum and agreatums are easily 

 grown from seed and this should be 

 planted within the next few vveeks. 

 Coleus are more delicate and the cut- 

 tings had better be planted in the green- 

 house and transplanted later into thumb 

 pots. The weather is especially warm 

 and favorable at present for ' making 

 cuttings and it is best to have this work 

 attended to before a sharp frost spoils 

 the young foliage and shoots for the 

 season 's supply. G. 



SAN FRANCISCO. 



The Market 



I might strain a point and say that 

 business is fair, but that is the best 

 that can be said about it. The weather 

 still continues favorable and flowers are 

 coming in to town in abundance. Esnp- 

 fially is this true of ehrysanthenunns and 

 carnations. Of the former we have an 

 avalanche at present and the cmj* will 

 last for a few weeks more. With car- 

 nations, the majority of tlie benche;^ have 

 come into bloom and we will have quan- 

 tities to select from before the cold 

 weather begins. Prices are away down. 

 which is always a poor sign for the flor- 

 ist. The best of the fancy sorts yrc be- 

 ing sold at three dozen for a dollar and 



300,000 Rooted Caroatioo Cuttiflgs 



== NOW READY ==^ 



t^" These low prices g:ood only up to December 20th. 



Scarlet: Per 100 ....1000.... 6000 



Crane, still ahead $1.00 $10.00 $45.00 



America 1.00 10.00 45.00 



P.Palmer 1.00 10.00 45.00 



Estelle 1.40 12.60 60.00 



Crimson : 



Harlowarden 1.40 12.50 60.00 



Oen. Oomez 1.00 10.00 45.00 



Yellow • 



Golden Beauty 1.40 12.60 60.00 



EK^ora'to 1.00 10.00 46.00 



Prohperity. fancy 140 12.60 60.00 



Violania, still ahead .... 5.60 50.00 



MarshaU Field 140 12.50 60.00 



Stella 1.40 12.60 60.00 



Armazindy 1.00 10.00 45.00 



Viola Allen 1.20 11.00 60.00 



Unrooted Pips at half price of Rooted Cuttings. 



26 at 100 or 1000 rates ; 2500 at 5000 rate. 



Express prepaid at above prices. Caisb or 0. O. D. with privilege of ezamininR 

 at express office. 



California Carnation Company, 



Lock Box (03. 



LOOMIS, CXL. 



Mention The Review when yon write. 



a very few at 50 cents per dozsn. Or- 

 dinary sorts sell at about $2 per hun- 

 dred and less. Roses are fairly plenti- 

 ful, owing to the continued bright weath- 

 er. American Beauty sells at from $1 

 to $2 per dozen, Brides and Maids at 

 from 25 cents to 75 cents, according to 

 quality, and Meteor, Liberty and Testout 

 at the same prices. Paper White nar- 

 cissi are being sold to the stores at 75 

 cents to $1 per hundred stems. Violets 

 are not over plentiful and uulos we 

 get more rain the next few days they 

 will become even scarcer. They are sell- 

 ing wholesale at 75 cents per dozen 

 bunches. Valley is plentiful and o'iiy in 

 very slight demand; it sells at $5 per 

 iuindred. Only a few Lilium Harrisii 

 are seen, of fair quality. Indoor mums 

 are cheap. There is so little diir<.rence 

 between the flowers grown outside and 

 those from under glass that the retailers 

 will not pay high prices for the lat- 

 ter. As a consequence the best grade of 

 flowers can be had at from $5 to $10 

 per hundred. Smilax is becoming plen- 

 tiful but maidenhair fern is scarce. All 

 tlie summer and autumn blooming plants 

 have gone out of business and it only 

 nt ods a couple of good sharp frosts to 

 put the prices of the balance of stock 

 whore they should be at thit; season of 

 the year. 



Various Notes. 



Wm. Harniou. of H. M. Sauliorn's 

 Floral Depot, Oakland, is on the sick 

 list. 



The good resolutions mad? by the flor- 

 ists regarding the closing of stoics •■♦ 

 1 o 'clock on Sunday have been rc-eeind- 

 el by a majority of the dealers and 

 tlioy are now open for business always. 

 This order of things makes a hardship 

 oil the clerks who should be entitlod to 

 half a day's rest at least. G. 



LOS ANGELES. 



The florists of Los Angeles have orga- 

 nized an association which will seek to 

 secure early closing, etc. The firms ren- 

 resente<l are: The Redondo, Ocean Park 



and Central Park cQinpanies, The Ameri- 

 ca i and Mercantile concerns, Mrs. Lord, 

 Mr. Goldenson, Mr. Wright, Theodore 

 Payne and the Ingleside company. The 

 following officers will represent the new 

 oiganization: T. W. Wright, president; 

 Morris Goldenson, secretary; O. C. Saaks, 

 treasurer. 



WINNIPEG. MAN. 

 T. W. Duggan, manager of the Dale 

 estate in Brampton, Ont., was in Winni- 

 peg during the past week calling on cus- 

 tomers. The Dale estate is widely known 

 as the largest horticultural concern in the 

 Dominion, and a representative of the 

 Free Press interviewed Mr. Duggan re- 

 garding the handling of the products of 

 the greenhouses. 



"Is It true that you ship out flowers all the 

 way from Brampton to WlunlpoK?" asked the 

 reporter: 



"Surel.v," rppUed Mr. Duggan. "thousands of 

 tlK-ni, mllllonH of them, right to Victoria, Van- 

 couver, and also Calgary. Regina. Brandon and 

 I'ortHge la Prairie, and we are sending five times 

 iiH many now as we did two years ago. We 

 regard it both as a certain sign of prosperity 

 imd of the cultivated taste of western people. 

 If liny one wants to know what class of people 

 ; re living in the towns and cities of the west, 

 let them Inquire of the florists. They will find 

 that the best customers of cut flower dealers 

 1 re In Western Caiuida. As a sign of pros- 

 perity it Is also une<|ualed. You can readily 

 judfie how quickly flowers are cut out of a 

 citizen's expense bill during hard times. They 

 are one of the first things to go. When we sell 

 nil tlie flowers we can grow, you may be as- 

 sured that the country is as prosperous as It 

 can lie. and that Is the case at the present 

 iniinient. Wo have fourteen acres under glass — 

 quite a little farm — and we are behind In our 

 (Tilers. The Brampton greenhouses are still 

 much the largest In Canada, very much the 

 largest. The business was built up years ago. 

 Mild has always maintained its place. We are 

 splendidly located and have an Ideal soli for 

 Hnrlculture. 



"The west Is the i-oinlng country, however: 

 there Is no doubt about It. Where you cannot 

 grow wheat you can dig minerals out of the 

 earth. You will never be the whole thing, as 

 they say. but you will l>e a very considerable 

 jinil in'iKirtant part of it. You rre Just on the 

 beginning of our career, and you have a most 

 important history before you." 



Kenosha, Wis. — C. G. Anderson has 

 had a chrysanthemum show which at- 

 tracted many people to his place. A de- 

 parture with him is a house of lettuce 

 for local trade. 



