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The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



OCTOBBB S, 1905. 



PACIFIC COAST. 



San Mateo, Cal. — H. G. Hardy is 

 building a store with fifty feet front and 

 twenty-five feet deep. He formerly whole- 

 saled his cut but now proposes to go 

 into the retail business. 



Santa Barbara, Cal. — P. Eiedel, for- 

 merly of Coronado, has leased the Monte- 

 cito Nurseries here. He has about 10,000 

 ' feet of glass for cut flowers and winter 

 tomatoes and about thirteen acres in 

 general nursery stocks. Business is 

 steadily increasing in this vicinity and 

 his prospects are very good. 



BURLINGAME, Cal. — Thomas W. Breen, 

 ^ foreman for P. C. Meyer & Co., the Glen- 

 wood Nursery, is the father of a ten- 

 pound baby boy of whom he is vastly 

 more proud than of the fine condition of 

 the very up-to-date place of which he 

 has charge. A house 25x230 planted to 

 the Queen of Edgely rose is not to be 

 equaled on this coast. The plant has in 

 all 140,000 square feet of glass. • 



PLANTS GROWN TOO SOFT. 



Some of our largest plant growers 

 make the mistake of keeping their palm 

 houses too close and dark, and as a con- 

 sequence much of the stock that will be 

 offered for sale through the retailers this 

 season will be entirely unfit for house 

 plants. The demand of the public has, 

 of course, much to do with this state of 

 affairs. It is so customary for the buyer 

 to expect a big plant for a very small 

 price that to fill this want the grower 

 has resorted to every device to bring 

 forth something very showy, if not dura- 

 ble, at a low figure. 



Many of the retailers, after having had 

 poor success in handling goods of this 

 nature, do not keep a stock on hand, but 

 fill up their stores only on the approach 

 of Christmas and when the plants left 

 unsold after that time are disposed of 

 or die no more are bought for another 

 season. 



The great trouble with this class of 

 stock is that it is grown too soft. I vis- 

 ited one of the large growing establish- 

 ments in this neighborhood within the 

 past week and find this idea being car- 

 ried out more than ever. For instance, 

 Kentia Belmoreana growing in 4-inch 

 pots, probably two years old from seed, 

 stood twenty-four inches high, the leaves 

 drawn up out of all proportion by the 

 hefit and moisture. Those growing in 

 5-inch pots averaged from thirty to 

 thirty-six inches, standing on benches as 

 close together as possible. The man in 

 charge told me these were being espe- 

 cially grown for the Christmas trade and 

 many thousands of them would be used 

 by the San Francisco florists during holi- 

 day week. 



This is a great mistake and, although 

 all onr growers do not force their stock 

 in this manner, there are many who do. 

 Very often the retailer, who usually is 

 not very well informed about the grow- 

 ing of house plants, imagines, after he 

 has had the stock a week or two and 

 sees that it is gradually turning yellow, 

 that it was in poor condition when de- 

 livered to him. But I have seen a great 

 deal of it and the difference in the tem- 

 perature of a cold, draughty store and 

 hot, close greenhouses is too marked and 

 the poor plants quickly begin to fade. 



Hannah Hobart 



THE PRIDE OF CALIFORNIA. 

 THE GRANDEST OF PINK CARNATIONS. 



A Bbade deeper in color than Lkwson, blooms four to four and one-balf Incbes acrcBS, full and 

 resrular. Stems Iodr and BtronK. Does not burf>t tbe calyx. Growth free and easy. A pro- 

 liflc bloomer. Its flowers wholesale for a blKber price than any otber carnation in tbe San 

 Francisco market. (See illustration and full description In Florists' Review of June 8. 1905.) 

 Orders for rooted cuttinirs booked now and filled in rotation beRlnninK Jan. 1, 1906, at $3.00 

 per 12; tl5.00 per 100; $UO.O0 per 1000. 



JOHN H. SIEVERS & CO., 1251 Chestnut St., San Francisco, Cal. 



Mention The Review when you write. 



20,000 SHASTA DAISIES 



Alaska, California and Wentrslia, for Fall 1906 

 and Sprlngr. 1906. delivery tl 00 per doz., 17.00 per 

 100. Extra select seed, from largest and fullest 

 flowers only, of above, 1000 seeds. 13.00: 02., 

 tr.CO: ready now. Improved Shasta Daisy 

 "Shasta." 12 60 per 100. All Daisy plant-- are 

 Btronf . fleld divisions, well-rooted. Select Shasta 

 seed, 26c. for IMO: 13.50 per oz. 



Bubanb'B Hybrid Delphlninm. rancres 

 from lifrbtest to darkest blue, shading to prim- 

 rose, with white and dark centers. Flowers from 

 1 in. to l)4-in. across. Trade pkt, 25c.; oz., 11.50. 

 Cash, please. 



Frtd Brolie. McDonald Ave..Santi Rom. Cal. 



Washington Navef 



OrangeTrees 



4 feet blKta, SIO 00 per doz.; $76.00 per 100. 

 F. O. B. Santa Oruz. Cal. Oasb. 



A. MITTING,Kl^,r?«. Santa Cruz, Cal. 



It is hardly necessary to add that the 

 customers who purchase the same article 

 have no better success with it and the 

 poor retailer has considerable trouble on 

 his hands from that source. I have men- 

 tioned kentias especially, as they are the 

 best seller, but much other stock is grown 

 in the same fashion. The various varie- 

 ties of nephrolepis, usually quite hardy 

 here, have within recent years been forced 

 so that the retailers do not dare to toqch 

 them. Rubbers, latanias, seaforthias and 

 other half-hardy stock has been served to 

 them in the same fashion. 



Of course the desire to grow a tall 

 plant in the least possible time, and the 

 further chance to dispose of it at a little 

 less price than some other dealer, is at 

 the bottom of all the troubles. It is a 

 short-sighted policy, however, and one of 

 the reasons why the public has taken so 

 to the idea of using artificial palms in 

 decorations. When a customer, after sev- 

 eral trials, finds out that it is impossible 

 to keep a house plant alive over a couple 

 of weeks, I find they very often get into 

 the habit of filling their jardinieres with 

 those hideous monstrosities I have just 

 mentioned. G. 



PORTLAND, ORE. i^. 4 



Wc are still on good terms with every- 

 body and our only grievance is that flow- 

 ers are not as good as the demand. 

 After a three months' drought we wel- 

 comed a heavy downpour a week ago and 

 since then the weather has been feverish, 

 with frequent showers, and outdoor stock 

 is waterlogged and serviceable only when 

 not subjected to close inspection. Our 

 rural florists, who have but little glass 

 and depend largely on the summer trade, 

 have had a prosperous season. With irri- 

 gation facilities they were able to keep 

 the market well supplied with useful dec- 

 orative material, which found liberal 



Nephrolepis Scottii 



Per doi. Per 100 



Strong plants. 4-in $400 180.00 



Mn 6.60 46.00 



6in 9.00 80.00 



rSRHS Ij.^ gjjj ^^^ 



AVHA (4-in 1.60 12.60 



POSTBB -^e-in 2.80 20.00 



FBBHS (6-in 4.00 80.00 



A8i»ABAOVSr2><-in 1.00 6.00 



VXi. VAVirS l4-in 2.00 16.00 



PTBBXS VABZETXES, 4-iD... 2.00 10.00 



Aspararas PI. Vanua Seeds, true, $2.60 

 per 1000; 8l2 00 per 6000. Cash with order. 



E. F. WAGNER, Elmhurst P. 0., Cal. 



Mention The Reyjew when yon write. 



ALEX MANN, Jr. 



Icaporter end Dealer in 



Florists* Supplies 



AND CUT FLOWERS AT WHOLESALE 



1441 POXiX STBEET 

 Tel. Bait 641 BAB PBAB0Z80O 



Mention The Review when yon write. 



Choice California Seeds 



A8PA«AOV8fHiRb-erade. ) 80.30 per 100 



PLUKOBUS •{ absolutely fresb }■ 1.60 per 1000 



BABUS ( and plump, j 10.00 per 7000 



OABBATZOBB, BABO-BTBBZDIXBD- 



An aBsortment of tbe beit varieties from viKor- 

 ou8 stock — sbould blossom in 4 months—^ 01., 

 88.00. Oasb, please. Money back if not satiafled. 



F. Gilman Taylor, Qlendala,Cal. 



NfpTitlnn The Reylfw when yon write. 



Calla Bulbs! 



^ABD 



Paper White Narcissus 



Send for price list. 



Ii LUDlMANN} Ban Pranoiiico, Cal. 



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patronage from the hotels and clubs ever 

 since the fair opened. 



Indoor stock is coming to the rescue 

 and there is a demand for all of it at a 

 good price. Eoses are especially fine and 

 showing splendid growth. Carnations 

 are not yet entitled to honorable men- 

 tion. Violets are a little obstinate and 

 only an occasional bunch is seen. Chrys- 

 anthemums are late this year and we do 

 not expect any good blooms for three 

 weeks yet. 



"While the weather is still a trifle dis- 

 agreeable, the attendance at the fair is 

 increasing each day and great events are 

 promised that will be of interest to the 

 florists, from now until the fair closes, 

 October 15. 



Visitors were Mrs. McCoy, Charles 

 Hofmeister and A. L. Aahling, Seattle; 



