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The Weekly Florists^ Review. 



July 19. 190G. 



PACIFIC COAST. 



San Diego, Cal. — The Ford Tropical 

 Nursery is no longer in business at this 

 place. Mark the name off your mailing 

 lists. 



Santa Cruz, Cal. — W. E. King re- 

 ports local trade as good as ever, but 

 trade with San Francisco is gone for the 

 time being. 



PORTLAND, ORE. 



There has not been much doing here 

 this month so far, and our chief occupa- 

 tion at present is trying to keep cool. 

 The hottest wave that has struck Oregon 

 in several years blew in on the Fourth, 

 and is killing business, flowers and 

 everything. We had a good June, plenty 

 of wedding work and school commence- 

 ment exercises. 



Harry Millatt is going to the conven- 

 tion, and will leave here the second week 

 in August for the far east. H. J. M. 



NURSERYMEN MEET. 



The Pacific Coast Association of Nur- 

 serymen held a well attended and en- 

 thusiastic meeting at Tacoma July 11 

 to 13. Officers were elected as follows: 



President, F. W. Powers, Chico, Cal.; 

 vice-presidents, "W. D. Ingalls, North 

 Yakima; C. W. Howard, Riverside, Cal.; 

 C. F. Lansing, Oregon City; M. J. 

 Henry, Vancouver, B. C. ; C. P. Hartley, 

 Caldwell, Idaho; P. A. Dix, Salt Lake 

 City; secretary-treasurer, C. A. Tonne- 

 son, Tacoma. The following committee 

 was appointed on adjustment of dif- 

 ficulties: S. A. Miller, Milton, Ore.; 

 W. D. Ingalls, North Yakima; H. A. 

 Lewis, Portland. 



C. N. Young read a paper on "Beau- 

 tifying the Home." M. McDonald, of 

 Salem, Ore., talked on the growth of 

 English walnuts in Oregon and Wash- 

 ington. A. Brownell, of Albany, Ore., 

 made an address on ' ' Insect Pests and 

 Their Eelation to the Nurserymen and 

 Orchardists. " A talk by W. S. Thorn- 

 ber, of the state experimental school at 

 Pullman, on "Co-operative Work of 

 Nurseries and Experiment Stations" 

 produced a long discussion, finally 

 eliciting a consensus of opinion of the 

 delegates that this state is urgently in 

 need of two experimental stations, owing 

 to the great difference in climatic condi- 

 tions of eastern and western Washing- 

 ton. J. G. Hopkins read a paper on 

 " Hose Growing." 



North Yakima and Salem, Ore., were 

 bidders for the next convention of the 

 association, the delegates finally deciding 

 to meet next July at the Oregon capital. 



SAN FRANCISCO. 



The Market. 



There is very little difference in the 

 aspect of business- at this time and that 

 of July, one year ago. We have only 

 about one quarter the number of retail 

 stores, and they handle the business for 

 about half our customary population. 

 The weather has turned very warm again, 

 an»» according to the predictions of the 

 weather prophet we may expect consider- 

 ably more of the same thing. There is 

 considerable demand for good white 

 stock of all kinds. Bride roses and 

 fancy white carnations are being 



55,000 CALLA BILBS 



PerlOOO 



Calla Bulbs, K In. diameter $10.00 



Oalla Bulbs, % in. diameter 15.00 



Calla Bulbs, lin. diameter 20.00 



Oalla Bulbs, 1^ in diameter 28.00 



250 at 1000 rate. 



PerlOOO 



Calla Bulbs, 2 in. diameter $86.00 



Ualla Bulbs, 04 in • di ameter 60.00 



Calla Bulbs, 8 In diamettr 80.00 



Freight prepaid when cash is 

 sent with order. 



50,O0O Fern Spores, mixed varieties, per 1000, 25c. 



WESTERN CARNATION CO., SOQUEL, CAL. 



Mention The K«Tlew when you write. 



California Seeds 



SELECT STOCK 



Cosmos (tall), pink, white or yellow, per lb. $1.50 

 Naaturtluxn (tall), Jupiter or Croesus " .40 

 S^^eat Peas, separate colors, some new 



varieties perlb. .20 



OaUfomia Oisnts, mixed " .18 



Petiinlas, Giants of California %oz. 8.00 



Cash please. Money back if not satisfied. 



r. Gilman Taylor Seed Co. 



Box 94, GLENDALX, CAL. 



Mention The Review when you write. 



SHASTA DAISIES 



Alaska, California and Westralla seed and 

 plants. 



Petunias— Giants of California, hand fertil 

 ized. from choicest collection. Orders booked 

 now for fall delivery. Also other seeds. Send 

 for list and prices to 



FRED GROHE, Santa Rosa, Cal. 



Mention The BeTlew when yon write. 



handled in good quantities. For other 

 kinds of stock there is little demand. 

 Shipments to the country have ceased 

 almost entirely. Occasional demands for 

 funeral flowers or designs keep that 

 portion of the trade alive. 



A great many of San Francisco's 

 wealthy inhabitants are at the various 

 summer resorts or the seashore, and as 

 a consequence there is almost nothing 

 doing socially. The month of June was 

 fully up to the mark on the score of 

 weddings, and although elaborate func- 

 tions were hardly the rule, quite a large 

 quantity of good stock was constantly 

 used. 



In Oakland and Alameda normal condi- 

 tions prevail. All the retailers report 

 fair business for the month, with pros- 

 pects for a good fall trade. 



Variotu Notes. 



H. Otsupo has purchased three acres 

 of land in Elmhurst, and will improve 

 the property jn the near future. He 

 will erect three houses for carnations 

 and two for roses. 



Alex. Frey, until recently employed 

 by Shibeley, the florist, has removed to 

 Oakland. 



H. Hayashi, of Alameda, has built an 

 asparagus house on his Elmhurst prop- 

 erty, 25x100 feet in size. 



John Young, of the Dwight-Way 

 Nursery, Berkeley, will take a trip to 

 southern California in a few days. He 

 expects to be gone two months. 



The Cox Seed Co. has leased a store 

 on Market street, near California, for 

 a term of years. They expect to be 

 ready for business about the first of 

 August. 



John Vallance is on a trip through 

 Lake county and the northern part of 

 the state. He will return to town about 



Wholesale Prices 



Cut Flo\i^ers 



Per 100 



Carnations $0.50 to $1.00 



Roses. I too to 3.00 



Sweet Peas J.0 



Centaureas .50 



Asparagus sprays 1.00 



Asparagus stringv 10 ft. long, each, 25 



SIGNAL HILL FLORAL CO. 



S41 S. Los Angrelea St. 

 LOS ANGELES, - • CAL. 



Mention The Hevlew when you write. 



Calla Bulbs! 



for August delivery. 



Paper White Narcissus 



for Fall delivery. Send for price list. 



F llinFMANIII S041 Baker St.. 



Ii LUULlUHlin) San rranolsco, Cal. 



Mention The Bevlew when yon write. 



ALEX MANN, JR. 



Importer and Dealer in 



FLORISTS' SUPPLIES 

 Cut Flowers, Galax Leaves 



Also Wlilte Doves, $9.00 per doz. 



2041 Pine St. SAN FRANCISCO, CAL. 



Mention The ReTlew when you write. 



the first of September. 



Thorsted & Co. expect to dispose of 

 some of their Fruitvale holdings. They 

 have several valuable pieces of property 

 on Fruitvale avenue. 



A visit to the conservatories of 

 Sievers & Co., on Van Ness avenue, will 

 well repay a lover of flowers at this 

 time. The display of ferns, palms and 

 begonias is the finest ever shown by 

 this firm. 



W. W. Saunders is on a month's trip 

 to Fresno, Cal. 6. 



PACIFIC COAST ROSES. 



I have made several tours among our 

 principal rose growers, and from indica- 

 tions there will be but a small percentage 

 of the usual crop to be offered to the 

 public for the coming winter. There has 

 been such a poor demand for this flower 

 for the last three months that at least 

 fifty per cent of the houses have been 

 allowed to dry out four months ahead 

 of the usual time. There seems to be 



