November 30, 1905, 



The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



J 09 



vines, colored leaves and branches. It 

 was made to represent an autumn scene 

 and V7as one of the cleverest pieces of 

 work I have seen for a long time. It 

 has been the custom here for many years 

 to use little of anything else except 

 huckleberry, fango grass, smilax and 

 plants in room and table decorations, 

 and this was an agreeable surprise being 

 that nothing of the kind had a place 

 in it. 



Where it was the rule to twine smilax, 

 grape branches were used. Twisted around 

 chandeliers and hung in festoons over 

 doors and windows, they became very 

 effective, both for coloring, which was 

 of the brightest shades of brown and 

 red, and for its graceful and airy appear- 

 ance. Wild blackberry vines were used in 

 considerable quantities. They somewhat 

 resembled the grape branches, except that 

 the leaves are much smaller and the colors 

 even brighter. Thoy were pinned on por- 

 tieres and curtains and for rich shad- 

 ings could hardly be equalled. Large 

 branches of madrones were stood upright 

 in jardinieres ^lled with earth to repre- 

 sent growing shrubs and these, with their 

 multitudes of scarlet berries and large 

 green leaves, made an agreeable change 

 from the ever-present kentia or latania. 

 Branches of pepper were used to twine 

 around the stairways and quantities of 

 red berries mixed with them helped to 

 make the scene typically Californian. The 

 musicians were screened behind a hedge 

 of bamboo, the variety known as Bam- 

 busa falcata. The branches were cut 

 about ten feet high and stuck into jars, 

 about two dozen being used to make a 

 twenty-foot screen. 



Over a mantel Magnolia grandiflora 

 branches mixed with short stems of sil- 

 ver maple and white birch tips were used. 

 The dark green of the former, together 

 with the varied tints of the other foli- 

 age, made a pretty combination and car- 

 ried out the idea of autumn. 



Several large bouquets were distributed 

 around the rooms, in which the varie- 

 ties just mentioned were used and these 

 together with streamers of the wild black- 

 berry trailing from them and lying care- 

 lessly on the tables, were both novel and 

 artistic No flowers whatever were used 

 in the decoration and for something oriffi- 

 nal, true to the season and strictly Cali- 

 torman I considered it superior to any- 

 thing I had seen. q "^ 



SAN FRANC3SCO. 



Tlie Market 



After ]93 days without a drop of natu- 

 ral moisture, the welcome showers are 

 here at last and everybody feels like 

 Shouting. Business during the past week 

 has been good, m the shape of funeral 

 orders, but outside of these, there is noth- 

 ing to mention. Mums are a little scarcer 

 especially the yellow varieties, and the 

 price consequently has advanced. Roses 

 and carnations are holding their own 

 both in quality and quantity. Violets are 



Z2 tt°"'"' ^'"^^ hyacinths have 

 Tsf i^T appearance in larger lots and 

 cost the stores about 30 cents per 

 flozen. Other stock is about in the usual 

 supply. A few sweet peas are seen, but 

 these, together with almost everything in 

 finish ^ outdoor stock are close to their 



Various Notes. 



Thos. E. Cruess, the landscape ear- 

 dener, of Mare Island, is in town on a 

 short visit. 



Hannah Hobart 



THE PRIDE OF CALIFORNIA. 

 THE GRANDEST OF PINK CARNATIONS. 



A shade deeper in color than Lawson. blooms four to four and one-half inches across, full and 

 regular. Stems long and strong. Does not burst the calyx. Growth free and easy. A pro- 

 lific bloomer. Its flowers wholesale for a higher price than any other carnation in the San 

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

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

 per 12; $15.00 per 100; $120.00 per 1000. 



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



80,000 SHASTA DAISIES 



Alaska, California and Westralla, strong field 

 divisions for3-lnch pots and larger, 11.00 per doz.; 

 «7.00 per 100; $55.00 per 1000. 



Improved Daisy, Shasta, extra large field 

 divisions which can be divided Into 3 or more 

 smaller ones, $2.50 per 100. Not less than 50 at 

 this rate. Per 100 



Begonias, 10 flowering var. from 2^-in $3.00 



Coleus, large var., hybrids, 25^-in 2.00 



Cineraria Nana Grandiflora and Stellata,2J«-in.2.00 



Geraniums, 10 standard var., 2-in 1.50 



Silver Edge R. C 1.00 



Heliotrope, dark and light R. C 75 



Petunias, I)reer"s Strain, double, and Giants 



of California, single, fringed R. C 1.00 



Hardy Perennials in var. 



SEED— Alaska, California and Westralla, 25c 

 per 100; $2.00 per 1000; $6.00 per oz. Improved 

 Shasta Seed, 25c per 1,500; $2.50 per oz. Hybrid 

 Delphinium, Burbank Strain, 25c per trade pkt.; 

 $2.00 per oz. Petunia Giants of California, fringed, 

 hand feriilized, 50c per 1000; $15.00 per oz. Cash 

 please. FRED GROHE, Santa Rosa. Cal. 



Mention The Review when you write. 



ALEX MANN, Jr. 



Importer tnd Dealer in 



Florists' Supplies 



AND CUT FLOWERS AT WHOLESALE 



1441 POLK STREET 

 Tel. East 641 SAN FRANCISCO 



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F. Gonzales is receiving large ship- 

 ments of Japanese nursery stock and re- 

 ports a heavy demand for maples, ca- 

 mellias and several other varieties. 



Thos. Chisholm has returned to Pasa- 

 dena after having spent several ■weeks 

 in town. 



Sievers & Boland report splendid or- 

 ders for Thanksgiving week. 



The ■welcome showers have given quite 

 an impetus to the nursery trade, which 

 had been moving very slowly in this 

 neighborhood of late. 



A regular meeting of the Society Hor- 

 tensia of Alameda county was held No- 

 vember 18. A proposition to have a win- 

 ter bulb show was discussed. 



P. Llubere has disposed of almost his 

 entire stock of orchids recently imported 

 from Central America. Some fine clumps 

 of cattleyas and odontoglossums w^re 

 especially noticeable. 



The display of Bonnaffon and Mrs. 

 Jerome Jones chrysanthemums in the 

 windows of F. Shibeley is one of the 

 sights of Polk street. 



Chas. Abraham, of the Western Nurs- 

 eries, is in line with a big stock of palms 

 and ferns especially grown for the holi- 

 day trade. 



The great number of guests being en- 

 tertained at the Palace hotel this winter 

 has caused an avalanche of trade for 

 Thos. H. Stevenson, whose flower stand 

 has become one of the busiest spots in 

 that great caravansary. G. 



Those readers who send queries and 

 do not sign name or address should re- 

 member that they thereby make it impos- 

 sible that they be answered. 



100,000 ROOTED 



CARNATION CUTTINGS 



NOW READY 



LAWSQN Per 100 1000 



Variegated... $7.50 $60.00 



Red 5.00 40.00 



White 3.50 30.00 



Pink 1.40 12.50 



Enchantress... 1.75 15.00 



Harlowarden.. 1.75 15.00 



Mrs. Joost 1.20 10.00 



(;. Lord 1.20 10.00 



Success 1.20 lO.UO 



Mermaid 1.20 10.00 



Per 100 1000 



Wolcott $1.20 $10.00 



Flora Hill 1.20 10.00 



Queen Louise.. 1.20 10.00 



Prosperity 1.40 12.50 



Ai^yle 1.20 10.00 



Armazindy . . . . 1.20 10.00 



Eldorado 1.20 10.00 



Mrs. P. Palmer 1.20 10.00 



Estelle 1.75 15.00 



America 1.20 10.00 



Unrooted ciittingrs half price of rooted cutting's. 

 25 at 100 rate; 250 at 1000 rale. Expressage prepaid 

 by us at above prices. 20 per cent allowed cash 

 with order. Will ship, if you wish, C. O. D.— priv- 

 ilege of examining. 



California Carnation Co., Loomis, Cai. 



Mention The Review when you write. 



My recent advertising in this magazine sold 

 out all my seed of 



ASPARAGUS PLUMOSUS NANUS 



but I am pleased to say that after Dec. 1 I'll have 

 a fresh lot of very fine seed, vigorous and true to 

 name which I can sell at $1.70 per 1000; 6000 for 

 $10.00. Cash with order. 



F. Gilman Taylor, Glendale, Cal. 



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ROSES 



Field-grown, low budded, 2-year-old, over 200 

 best varieties. Send for wholesale price list. 



F. LUDEMANN 

 3041 Baker St., San Francisco, Cal. 



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GREENS 



for Decorations 



HARPBR, Florist 

 012 C STREET, 

 TACOMA, WASH. 



We will ship Ferns, Huckleberr.y, Oregon Grape, 

 Wild Smilax, Cedar and Spruce, English Holly for 

 holidays. Any amount, any time. It is fine for 

 Decorating and cheap to use velth cut flowers. 

 Try a case at $5.00. Mixed or one or more kinds. 

 Prompt shipment and satisfaction. Cash, please. 



Mention The Review when yon write. 



SPOKANE, WASH. 



Trade conditions have greatly im- 

 proved in the past ten days, supply of all 

 stock being equal to the demand, out of 

 town orders clearing up all the small 

 sized chrysanthemums. 



A few of the craft paid a hurried visit 

 to W. S. Van Doren, at Post Falls, 

 Idaho, one day last week and found 

 everything at this establishment in first 

 class condition. The visitors were given 

 a hospitable reception and the green- 

 houses and boiler room turned over to 

 their inspection. Most of the stock pro- 

 duced is disposed of in this city and the 

 surplus sent to the smaller surrounding 

 towns. 



There is a rumor of organizing a Flo- 

 rists' Club, with fraternity the chief ob- 

 ject in view, but as yet only a whisper of 

 this has reached us. Kennedy. 



