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Mabch 2, 1905. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review. 



847 



fendant warranting it to be Grand Rap- 

 ids lettuce seed and suitable for raising 

 lettuce in greenhouses. 



That after planting and caring for it 

 plaintiff found that it was not Grand 

 Rapids seed and was of no value for 

 greenhouse purposes, or for any other 

 purpose. He alleges that on account of 

 the fact he was prevented from raising 

 any crop of marketable lettuce, and was 

 thereby damaged to the amount of $900. 



RHUBARB CULTURE. 



The following note is from the En- 

 terprise, of Riverside, Cal., for Febru- 

 ary 20. 



Mrs. Tbeodosla SUepherd, of Ventura, has 

 developed a bis business in the culture of 

 rhubarb. She has leased vacant lots about 

 town aggregating about an acre, and has 

 planted rhubarb plants thereon. So well has 

 she succeeded that she is now shipping to out- 

 side points from twelve to fifteen tons a 

 weels. Some of these shipments are consigned 

 to Ogden, San Francisco, Fresno and Los 

 Angeles. The rhubarb plant grows with little 

 attention. It is perennial and the price re- 

 ceived for it enables the grower to make 

 a big profit. 



SAN FRANCISCO. 



The Market 



We are having beautiful spring 

 weather but flowers are rather scarce, 

 with the exception of violets and daf- 

 fodils. Eoses, except the short-stemmed 

 stock, seem to be out of business. I 

 made a tour of the principal stores in 

 town this week and was surprised to see 

 such a poor showing of first-class roses, 

 darnations are in sufficient supply to 

 cover the demand. The price remains 

 the same as it has for the past month 

 but from what I hear from the grow- 

 ers it will drop considerably in the 

 next two weeks, as the period of rest- 

 ing is getting over and with favorable 

 weather an avalanche of flowers can be 

 expected very soon. Paper White nar- 

 cissi are gone but daffodils are now in 

 full crop. Princeps and Sir Watkin are 

 the best selling sorts and are sell- 

 ing at from 75 cents to $1 per hundred 

 blooms. Roman hyacinths are gone. 

 Dutch hyacinths are used for window 

 decorating and some late blooming aza- 

 leas and cyclamens make the windows 

 showy. 



Quantities of almond and plum blos- 

 soms are brought in and are very popu- 

 lar for decorative purposes. Smilax and 

 maidenhair are scarce and the florists 

 have to rely to a great extent on wild 

 ferns of various kinds. Business is 

 rather quiet, although I think it is bet- 

 ter than it was last year at this time. 

 Funeral work seems to furnish most of 

 the demand. 



Various Notes. 



Arnold Ringier, representing W. W. 

 Barnard & Co., of Chicago, is in town. 

 Mr. Eingier came by the way of Ore- 

 gon and Washington and reports every- 

 thing flourishing in the northwest. 



J. H. Sievers & Co. are ready to send 

 out their light pink Lawson. It is a 

 grand acquisition to our list. It is 

 about the color of Enchantress, with a 

 very large flower and long, heavy stem. 

 Mr. Sievers considers it one of his fin- 

 est seedlings. 



Clfas. Stepenbach reports a heavy 

 month's business. He has had consid- 

 erable trouble during the past few 

 weeks to get enough fancy stock to fill 

 his orders. American Beauty has been 

 scarce and with the larger dealers con- 



Rooted Carnation Cuttings 



..NOW READY.. 



Per 100 



Queen Louise 11.00 



Flora HIU 1.00 



Alba 1.40 



Gov. W«lcott 1.00 



Norway 1.00 



LUIlanPoncI 1.40 



Ohicot 1.20 



WXMKt 



Mrs. Tbos. Lawson 1.40 



Bochantress S60 



Mrs. Joost 1.00 



Success 1.00 



Mermaid l.oo 



Oressbrook 1.00 



Pres. McEinley 1.40 



Mrs. Tlieo. Roosevelt 1.40 



80ABXAT: 



O.H.Orane 11.00 110.00 



America . 1.00 10.00 



Per 1000 

 110.00 

 10.00 

 12.60 

 10.00 

 10.00 

 12.60 

 10.00 



12.60 

 80.00 

 10.00 

 10.00 

 10.00 

 10.00 

 12.60 

 12 60 



■CASUBT: Per 100 Per 1000 



P. Palmer tl-00 $ia00 



Estelle 1.40 12M 



J. H. Manley 1.S0 16.00 



Apollo 1.B0 1600 



OBZKBOXri 



Harlowardeo 1.40 12.60 



Gov. Roosevelt 1.20 10.00 



YBLXiOW: 



GoldenBeauty 1.40 12.60 



Eldorado 1.00 10.00 



VABZBOAVBO: 



Prosperity 1.40 12.60 



MarsbaU Field 1.40 12.60 



SteUa 1.40 12.60 



Annazlndy 1.00 10.00 



VlolaAUen 1.30 11.00 



Gaiety 1.20 11.00 



Special prices on large lots. Unrooted pips at half price o( above. 25 at 100 rate. 260 at 

 1000 rate. Express prepaid at above prices. Cash or 0. 0. D. with privHege of examlnluK. 



Loomis Floral Company, 



LOOMIS, 

 CAL. 



Mention Tt« BeTlew when yoB write. 



Carnation Cuttings 



NOW READY. 



Per 100 Per 1000 



Queen Louise, wbite $1.00 88.00 



Flora HIU, white 1.00 8.00 



Gtov. Wolcott, white 1.00 8.00 



White Oloud. wbite 1.00 8.00 



Per 100 Per 1000 



110.00 



8.00 



8.00 



10.00 



Lawson, pink $1.00 



Mrs. Joost, pink LOO 



America, scarlet I.OO 



Prosperity. varieKated 1.00 



Unrootad Cuttings at ena-half priea of Rootad Cuttings. 



Express prepaid at above prices. Cash or 0. 0. D. with 

 privilege of examining at express office. 



lOO.OOO PAVBT nAVTS AT 96.00 PBB lOOO. 



LOOMIS CARNATION CO. Lock Box 115, Loomis, Cal. 



Mention Tlie Iterlew wh«n yon write. 



siderable difficulty has been experienced 

 in keeping any stock on hand. 



John Kleiner, for many years in the 

 nursery and florist business in Oakland, 

 has returned to that town from Modoc 

 county, where he has resided for the 

 past two years. G. 



Milwaukee, Wis. — Currie Bros, lost 

 $300 by fire in their building February 

 14. 



The price of DeVoy & Son's new 

 Telegraph geranium is $15 per 100, not 

 $15 per 1,000 as erroneously quoted in 

 last week's Eeview. 



Fremont, Neb. — C. H. Green has 

 about 15,000 feet of glass and reports 

 business good right along this winter. 

 He has had a good cut and has realized 

 good prices. There is now a fine lot cf 

 bedding stock coming along for spring, 



Paxton, III. — On February 20 An- 

 drew Peterson sold his greenhouse plant 

 here to Addems, Morgan & Co., of 

 Loda. E. B. Morgan will be the resi- 

 dent manager, ta^ng possession June 

 1. Mr. Peterson will remove to Hoopes- 

 ton, where he has another greenhouse 

 establishment. 



A Grand New Rose, Climbing 



CAROLINE TESTOUT 



Fleld-KTOwn, strong, 8 to 4 feet high, 80c each; 

 83.00 per 12; $26.00 per 100. Also Climbing 



Cecil Brunner 



Field-grown, strong, 3 to 4 feet high, 15c each; 

 $1.50 per 12; $12.00 per 100. 



Araucaria Excelsa 



From 2K-lnch pots, extra strong plants, with 2 

 and 3 tiers, 6 to 8 inches high, at $16 per lOO. 



F. LUDEMANN, 



3041 Baker St., San Francisco, Cal. 



ASP. PLUMOSUS NANUS SEED 



In quantities to suit. $2.25 per 1000. 

 Immediate delivery. 



REES&COMPERE 



p. O. Address : 

 &OVO BaAOK, 0A&., B. D. Ho. 1. 



Mention Tte Eeview when yoo write. 



The Eeview is all ri^rht; you are cer- 

 tainly alive to the interests of the flor- 

 ists and your advertisers; keep it up. — 

 S. M. Haebison, Danville, Ky. 



