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The Weekly Florists^ Review^ 



Decbmbeb 29, 1904. 



PACIFIC COAST. 



Seattle, Wash. — The Brighton Seed 

 and Floral Co. will open a store January 

 3 at 215 Occidental avenue. They will 

 handle all kinds of seeds, plants, nursery 

 stock, cut flowers and florists' supplies, 

 doing both wholesale and retail business. 



SAN FRANCISCO. 



The Market 



We are still a few days in advance of 

 Christmas and business up to date is 

 fair. Tomorrow and Saturday will tell 

 the tale as to whether this year is to be 

 up to or above the average. The prin- 

 cipal demand has been for green stuff 

 and other material used in store and 

 home decorations and the dealers who 

 make a specialty of this class of stock 

 have had little complaint. Eed berries 

 have been sold by the ton and huckle- 

 berry by the dray-load and the demand 

 continues unabated. 



We have had several slight frosts this 

 week but not sufficient to curtail the 

 flower supply. The price of carnations 

 has been advanced somewhat, probably 

 about twenty-five per cent this month, 

 and roses in the same proportion. The 

 best Beauties are selling wholesale today 

 at $2.50 to $3 per dozen. Brides, Maids 

 and Testouts bring from 50 cents to $1 

 per dozen. Valley is plentiful at $5 per 

 hundred. Narcissi are a glut. A few 

 daffodils have made their appearance. 

 Poinsettias from Los Angeles are in evi- 

 dence everywhere and make a good show. 



Various Notes. 

 The Cox Seed Co. has handled a 

 good many barrels of British Columbian 

 holly this season. Each contains twenty- 

 five pounds and it sells for $16.50 per 

 barrel. ^ 



The Whittlesey Floral Gardens, of Los 

 Angeles, have shipped a great many thou- 

 sand outdoor poinsettias to the stores 

 here during this week. The flowers ar- 

 rive in splendid condition and cost the 

 retailers about $10 per hundred. 

 it'^/\*^' shooting took place December 

 17 at the greenhouses of P. C. Mever, at 

 Burlingame. John Breen, employed as 

 a gardener and brother of J. T. Breen, 

 the foreman, shot John Olsen, also an 

 employee Breen claims to have shot Olsen 



S?/i-''*'i',*^^°.*; '^^"« ^« a party named 

 Mitchell with whom he had trouble earli- 

 er m the day and who threatened to re- 

 turn and "do him up" at night. Hear- 

 ing a commotion outside of his house he 

 discharged a revolver in the air, hitting 



THE JAPANESE INVASION. 



It is surprising how the Japanese are 

 gradually gaining a foothold in the flor- 

 ist and nursery business in California. 

 This fact is being viewed with consider- 

 able alarm by the growers, as It is evi- 

 dent that the Japs are in the trade to 

 stay. The writer well remembers the 

 first Japanese to engage in this line of 

 trade, only a few years ago. He started 

 in with a few chrysanthemum cuttings 

 brought from Japan and in a few seasons 

 had worked up a profitable business; in 

 fact, he was the first to make the mum 

 popular as a garden flower in this local- 

 ity. In a few years he branched out into 

 other lines of Japanese stock and then 



Rooted Carnation Cuttings 



..NOW READY.. 



These low prices good only up to December 25. 



WHITB: Per 100 PerlCOO 



Queen Louise.... fl.OO $10.00 



Flora Hill 1.00 10.00 



Alba 1.40 12.60 



Gov. W»lcott 100 10.00 



Norway 1.00 10.00 



Lillian Pond 1.40 12.60 



Chicot 1.20 1000 



pzarK: 



Mrs. Thos. LawsOD 1.40 12.60 



Enchantress 360 80.00 



Mrs. Joost 1.00 10.00 



SuccesB 1.00 10.00 



Mermaid 1.00 10.00 



Cre»Bbroolt 1.(0 10.00 



Pres. McKinley 1.40 12.60 



Mrs. Theo. Roosevelt 1.40 12 50 



SOABIBT: 



O H. Crane $1.00 $10.00 



America 1.00 10.00 



■OABLST: Per 100 Per lOOO 



P. Pahner $100 $1000 



Estelle 1.40 12.50 



J. H. Manley 1.60 1600 



Apollo 1.60 • 1500 



OBZKSOiri 



Harlowarden 1.40 12.60 



Gov. Roosevelt 1.20 10.00 



-TBL&OW: 



Golden Beauty 1.40 12.60 



Eldorado 1.00 10.00 



VABIBOATBD: , 



Prosperity 1.40 12.60 



Marshall Field 1.40 12.50 



Stella . 1.40 12.50 



Annazindy 1.00 10.00 



ViolaAUen 1.20 11.00 



Gaiety 1.20 11.00 



Special prices on large lots. Unrooted pips at half price of above. 25 at 100 rate. 2V) at 

 1000 rate. Express prepaid at above prices. Cash or C. O. D. with privHege of examining. 



Loomis Floral Company, 



LOOM IS, 

 CAL. 



Mention The Rpyjew when yog write. 



200,000 ROOTED 



Carnation Cuttings 



NOW READY 



WHITE 



Per 100 PerlOOO 



Queen Louise $1.00 $1000 



Flora Hill 1.00 1000 



Gov.Wolcott 1.00 10.00 



Alba 2.00 15.00 



White Cloud 1.00 10.00 



PIBK 



LawBon 1.20 12.50 



Marquis 1.00 10.00 



Enchantress 8.50 80.00 



Mrs.JooBt 1.00 10.00 



McKinley 1.40 12.50 



Mermaid 1.00 10.00 



Uressbrook i.OO 10.00 



SCARLET Per 100 Per 1000 



Crane $1.00 $10.00 



America 1.00 10.00 



Efctelle 1.40 12.60 



CRIMSOB 



Harlowarden 1.40 12.50 



YELLOW 



Eldorado 1.10 12.60 



Golden Beauty 1.40 12.50 



VARIEOIITED 



Prosperity 1.40 12.60 



Marshall Field 1.40 12.60 



Armazlndy 100 1000. 



Viola Allen 1.20 11.00 



Express prepaid at above prices. Cash or C. O. D. with 

 privilegre of examining at express office. 



{00,000 Pansy Plants at $(0.00 a thousand. 



Loomis Carnation Co. 



Lock Box ns. LoomiS) CaL 



Mention The Review when yon write. 



into carnation growing. Hia success was 

 noted by some of his countrymen and 

 now Japanese gardens and greenhouses 

 are to be seen all over the neighboring 

 country. One of the largest concerns 

 California is owned by a company of 

 Japanese and their equipment is second 

 to none. They employ from fifty to sev- 

 enty-five of their countrymen in various 

 capacities and actually hire white men 

 for the most responsible positions. They 

 engage immigrants from their own coun- 

 try for a few dollars a month, who stay 

 with them until they earn some money 

 and get a slight smattering of English 



and the next thing they do is to rent a 

 piece of land and erect a small green- 

 house. They already handle, together 

 with the Chinese, fully seven-eighSis of 

 the chrysanthemum crop, both outdoor and 

 under glass, and they bid fair to cut a 

 wide swath in carnation and rose grow- 

 ing, both of which they are now actively 

 engaged in. Of course it is out of the 

 question for a white man to compete with 

 them, owing to their manner of living. 



The Japanese are natural horticultur- 

 ists and have been content thtw far to 

 concern themselves with the growing of 

 flowers and plants, but should they in- 



