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The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



June 1, 1906. 



PACIFIC COAST. 



SEATTLE, WASH. 



A merry war is on among the retail- 

 ers, the usual heavy crop of carnations 

 at this time of the year being the sup- 

 ply of ammunition. Signs in the win- 

 dows, 15 cents a dozen, are a little out 

 of the usual for this city, as the prices 

 usually hold up well all summer, 50 

 cents a dozen being low water mark. 

 But I see by reports from eastern 

 cities that the same thing is happening 

 there. For once we can congratulate 

 ourselves on being up with the times. 



In speaking of carnations, the sport- 

 ing proclivities of Enchantress are 

 shown here as well as in the east. 

 Three distinct sports are reported. One 

 of these, a "speckled" one, dark and 

 light pink, will be tested this season. 

 Mrs. M. A. Patten has also sported back 

 to a solid color, pink, the color of Law- 

 son, but with the long stem and general 

 habit of Patten. Flamingo has given us 

 a beautifully variegated sport, but the 

 flower is so crowded with petals that it 

 is top heavy. 



Young carnations in the field are look- 

 ing very well. Planting is usually all 

 finished in this section by April 15. The 

 mortality among rooted carnation cut- 

 tings from the east, of new varieties, 

 ordered early but sent late, has been 

 very high. 



Outdoor roses are plentiful. The 

 state flower, the rhododendron, is being 

 peddled on the streets in bunches to 

 suit the buyer. A few double white 

 narcissi are all that are left of the bulb 

 stock. Sweet peas are blooming out- 

 doors. 



Alfred Peterson, of the Woodland 

 Park Floral Co., wife and family, left 

 May 20, for Europe on a pleasure trip. 

 They expect to be gone four months. 

 A. B. 



SAN FRANOSCX). 



The Market 



From present indications out-of-town 

 shipping will not be up to the usual 

 standard of Memorial week. The very 

 favorable season has been prolonged so 

 much that there is an unusual abun- 

 dance of outside stock in various por- 

 tions of the state which are generally 

 dry and barren of blooms at this time. 

 As a consequence many, interior points 

 will have enough stock to fill their local 

 orders and Sau Francisco will fall short 

 of box trade. 



Flowers still continue very plentiful 

 with us and the prices are as low as I 

 have ever seen them. Still, there is a 

 very fair demand for fancy stock, both 

 of roses and carnations, and the dealers 

 who can cut long-stemmed flowers that 

 are of good color and substance have no 

 complaint about their ability to dispose 

 of them. Sweet peas continue to be the 

 best selling article and they are extra 

 good at present; from 50 to 75 cents 

 per dozen bunches is the price the grow- 

 ers receive. Peonies are about over, also 

 Spanish iris, but we are receiving some 

 good Japanese iris from several whole- 

 salers. They are good sellers and cost 

 the florists from $2 to $3 per hundred. 

 Valley is in the market but in little de- 

 mand. Idlium longiflonun at from $1.60 

 to $2 per dozen stems moves very slowly. 



50,000 FINE 



CALLA BILBS READY 



The above bulbs are free from disease and are true to measurement. 

 1}^ inchea diameter. . . .$4.00 per 100; $35.00 per 1000 



8 inches diameter 6.00 ** 46 00 ** 



2}4 inches diameter. . . 6.00 " 66.00 ** 



3 inches diameter 7.60 " 70.00 



GET YOUR ORDER IN EARLY. 

 Freight prepaid at the above prices. 250 at 1000 rate. CASH. 



A. MITTING, h^'n^'It . Santa Cruz, Cal. 



Mention Th*> RfTlew when yon write. ' 



Outside stock can be had in abundance 

 at any price and is being purchased in 

 considerable quantities by the dealers who 

 are counting not a little on Decoration 

 day trade. 



Various Notes. 



J. M. Young, of the Dwight-Way 

 Nurseries, has departed on a two weeks' 

 fishing excursion to Mount Shasta. 



E. J. Wickson has succeeded Prof. 

 E. W. Hilgard as the head of the Uni- 

 versity's horticultural department during 

 the latter 's leave of absence for a trip 

 to Europe. 



H. M. Sanborn has returned from his 

 visit to southern California. 



J. M. Holland, manager of Gill's 

 Floral Depot, Oakland, is on a month's 

 vacation at Lake Tahoe. 



D. Greuttner, of Vallejo, was in town 

 this week. 



The Portland Seed Co., of Portland, 

 Oregon, is disposing of considerable Ore- 

 gon moss to the San Francisco florists. 

 G. 



CREMATION AFFECTS FLORISTS. 



It is surprising what a difference has 

 been made in the business of the gar- 

 deners and growers who have especially 

 catered to cemetery planting, since the 

 advent of cremation compared with the 

 amount of stock handled before this idea 

 became so popular here. The trend of 

 the public opinion, at least in this state, 

 seems to be gradually changing and 

 where it was formerly customary to spend 

 large amounts on expensive mausoleums 

 and well kept grounds around them, we 

 now find that many people who are 

 amply able and who, in the natural 

 course of events, would spend much 

 money in cemetery adornment, are neg- 

 lecting the old-fashioned burial and fa- 

 voring the more modern form. What- 

 ever may be said pro and con about cre- 

 mation, it certainly puts nothing into 

 the pocket of anyone connected with our 

 line of business. Many of the smaller 

 growers who used to make a good living 

 in the neighborhood of our larger ceme- 

 teries, both in growing plants such as 

 were suitable for cemetery planting and 

 also taking care of the better class of 

 graves, now find it impossible to sell 

 stock enough to make it pay. In fact, I 

 can think of several who have been forced 

 to go out of business for that reason 

 alone. 



The cemetery associations themselves 

 feel the difference even more and the 



FREESIA.... 

 Refracta Slba 

 and Hybrids 



6,000,000 to dig: this season. 



Price and quality of Btock cannot be beaten. 



Also Orand Snohess Oxalla, all colors: 

 Bermnda Butteronps, Trltonias, Zzlas, 

 SparaxlB, Cblidanthna Fraffrans, Saphy- 

 ranthes, Candida and Boaea Omlthog«- 

 Ixuu, AmarylliB Jolinaonl and Belladonna. 

 June and July delivery. 



REES A COMPERE, 



p. O. Address, iMong Beach, Cal., R. F. D. I. 

 Mention The Rerlew when yoa write. 



Calla Bulbs! 



for AuRu&t delivery. 



Paper White Narcissus 



for fall delivery. Send for price list. 



Ii LUDlMANN) SaiTrntnoiaoo, Cal. 



Mention The Reyjew when yon write. 



CAI.ZFOBNIA FIEI.D-OBOWN 



Freesia Bulbs. 



Per lOOO Per 1000 



H to ^-incb bulbs. 11.25 I }4 to ^incb bulbs, $3.85 

 ^to H-ineb bulbs, 2.06 I Mammoth bulbs... 6.40 



Bulbs delivered, express prepaid. 



Rates on orders for over 6000. 



H. N. GAGE, Burnett, Cal. 



Mention The Rerlew when yog write. 



grounds are kept up in most cases with 

 much less help than was used formerly. 

 The florists' trade suffers likewise, as it 

 is gradually creeping into the heads of 

 people that it is not necessary to spend 

 so much money or send such an array of 

 elaborate designs when the departed is 

 to be cremated as it is when there is 

 plenty of room as in the usual cemetery 

 plot. This will be noticed more than the 

 majority of florists imagine if they will 

 attend any funeral where the remains 

 are to be cremated, and compare it with 

 one of the same elaborateness from which 

 there is to be a cemetery burial. G. 



Macon, Ga. — The Idle Hour Nurseries, 

 formerly owned by the late Robert H. 

 Plant, have been purchased by Daniel 

 C. Horgan. There are in all eight green- 

 houses almost wholly devoted to roses 

 and carnations, both of which do well 

 here. The place is up to date in every 

 particular. 



