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The Weekly Rorists^ Review. 



March 8, 1906. 



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TWIN CITIES. 



The Market 



Trade with all dealers has been fair. 

 None of them has had a big week, but 

 all are satisfied with results. The sup- 

 ply of stock has been better than the 

 past few weeks. Eoses have not been 

 so scarce and dealers in general have 

 been able to supply their wants nicely. 

 It is to be expected trade will not be 

 as brisk the next thirty days as here- 

 tofore on account of Lent; nevertheless, 

 it keeps up nicely. Some retailers have 

 had good orders for funeral work and 

 it is safe to predict a good, steady busi- 

 ness for the balance of the month. 



Bulbous stock holds full sway and all 

 growers have had good success with it. 

 Large numbers of very fine tulips and 

 daffodils are shown; in fact, the tulips 

 we have this season are away ahead of 

 what we ever had, which no doubt is the 

 result of good bulbs with proper care 

 given them. Some flowers measure fully 

 three and one-half inches in length, 

 which is good stock and above the aver- 

 age. Violets are plentiful and some 

 dealers have already started to reduce 

 the price of them. It is no doubt a 

 hard matter to throw away surplus, but 

 is it not better to do so than to cut the 

 price? We believe if a close account 

 were kept that the retailer would find 

 it a great deal more profitable to hold 

 up the price, even if some of them were 

 thrown in the dump. 



Lilies appear to be coming on nicely 

 and it is quite evident that we are 

 going to have a good supply for Easter 

 unless something unforeseen happens. 

 With some of our growers they are well 

 advan^'ed and Avill have to be held back, 

 while with others they will stand all the 

 heat that can be given them. Azaleas 

 are looking good and we also antici- 

 pate a good supply of them. Baby 

 Ramblers are grown quite extensively, 

 one grower has in the neighborhood of 

 1,500, which look fine. They are grown 

 in cool houses along with carnations; 

 in consequence the flower is a good color 

 and the plants look strong and healthy. 

 Hydrangeas are coming along nicely and 

 all growers have a fair supply. One 

 thing is noticeable, the hydrangeas are 

 not so tall this year, the average being 



about sixteen inches, which makes a good 

 marketable plant. 



All growers have started a large num- 

 ber of cuttings of roses. The varieties 

 mostly used being the Eichmond, Moul- 

 ton and Killarney. With these three 

 leading sorts we should have some fine 

 stock this fall. All we need now is a 

 new Avhite and yellow to complete the 

 assortment. 



Minneapolis. 



Donaldson 's Glass Block reports a 

 good business. Saturday is reserved for 

 sale day, principally on bulbous stock, 

 which they have in large quantities. 



Powers' Mercantile Co. has good suc- 

 cess in disposing of large numbers of 

 potted plants by selling them at reduced 

 prices. Saturday is developing into a 

 regular sale day for the department 

 stores. 



Whitted Floral Co. is handling con- 

 siderable stock, all home-grown, with the 

 exception of a few carnations which 

 come from near-by towns; business is 

 good. 



John ^lonson, of the Minneapolis 

 Floral Co., reports a rapidly increasing 

 demand for cuttings of his new rose. 

 Miss Kate Moulton, and says he is going 

 to have no trouble in disposing of fully 

 100,000 of them. 



St Paul. 



Some of the finest carnations in this 

 section are grown by E. F. Lemke. They 

 are superior to what is being shipped in 

 from exclusive carnation growers. He 

 has some Lawsons and Enchantress 

 which would be hard to beat. He in- 

 tends adding three or four houses to 

 his pl^nt this season. 



Haugen & Swanson have some fine 

 cyclamen plants. They are also cutting 

 some fine violets, which are distributed 

 among the different retailers. 



L. L. May & Co. have had some roses 

 the past week which are a credit to any 

 concern. The selects of them have been 

 sold on first sight at good prices. It 

 is an easy matter to sell their Killarney 

 and Eichmond at $3 per dozen. 



Otto Hiersekorn reports a good busi- 

 ness and stock a great deal easier to 

 obtain than in the past few weeks. He 

 has had a good many orders for designs. 



Felix. 



PACIFIC COAST. 



Pasadena, Cal. — A. L. Harmon, for- 

 merly of lola, Kan., is here and plans 

 to build a range of greenhouses as soon 

 as he can secure a favorable site. 



Sacramento, Cal. — S. H. Gerrish, one 

 of' the best known gardeners of the vi- 

 cinity, is contributing gardening articles 

 to the local papers. 



Baker City, Ore. — Trade with E. C. 

 Eisele, proprietor of the Center Street 

 Greenhouses, shows a steady increase; 

 so much so that he cannot supply the 

 demand and has to ship in stock, 



Thk largest range of glass on the 

 western side of the Eocky Mountains is 

 owned by a Japanese company and fully 

 half the glass erected during the past 

 three years is for various Japanese nur- 

 serymen and florists. 



Sacramento, Cal. — The state horticul- 

 tural coxnmissioners have issued an an- 

 nouncement that supplies of the cottony 

 cushion scale are badly needed for the 

 purpose of feeding the Vedalia cardinalis, 

 or lady bug, that are now being bred in 

 the insectary of the commission at San 

 Francisco. 



Seattle, Wash. — The public library 

 has issued a list of books on gardening 

 which the local papers were glad to pub- 

 lish, owing to the general lack of books 



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