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The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



OCTOBBB 11, 1006. 



PACIFIC COAST. 



Santa Ana, Cal. — Fred Kafferty, the 

 florist, is secretary of the Board of Hor- 

 ticultural Commissioners of Orange 

 county. 



Ashland, Ore. — Jos. Sander has bought 

 the Hicks gardens and greenhouses. 

 Years ago he was in the florists' busi- 

 ness at Moberly, Mo. 



TO HOLD JOINT SESSION. 



The California State Fruit Growers' 

 Association will hold its annual conven- 

 tion at Hanford in December, Hanford 

 being the center of a rich fruit growing 

 section. It has been practically decided 

 that the Pacific Coast Association of 

 Nurserymen will hold its annual meet- 

 ing in conjunction with the State Fruit 

 Growers' convention. One-half of the 

 convention probably will be given over 

 to the nurserymen, and this session is 

 expected to be an interesting one. The 

 Pacific Coast Association of Nursery- 

 men never has met in California before. 



PROFIT IN OUTDOOR PLOVERS. 



The extraordinary demand for almost 

 all kinds of common outdoor grown 

 flowers this season has drawn some at- 

 tention to this branch of the business 

 and it is probable that another season 

 will show much more available stock of 

 this kind. The quantity of neglected stock 

 of the more expensive flowers and their 

 subsequent scarcenese probably had con- 

 siderable to do with the demand, and 

 also the fact that the seasonable flowers 

 such as asters and chrysanthemums are 

 not beiitg produced in sufi^cient quantity 

 to supply the ordinary needs. Again 

 the public taste seems to be changing to 

 a considerable degre*e and many of the 

 flowers of our grandmother's time are 

 again in vogue. 



I made a call on one of the largest 

 growers in the neighborhood of San 

 Francisco, within the past few weeks, 

 and saw probably the most extensive 

 fields of gaillardias, stocks, coreopsis, 

 dahlias and cosmos to be found here. 

 Quite a portion of the grounds are de- 

 voted to carnations and roses under glass 

 also, but the grower informed me that 

 there was no comparison in the profits 

 derived from the outdoor and indoor 

 stock. The balance was all in favor of 

 the first named. The ease with which 

 this stock can be grown and marketed — 

 the heavy aemand and the many suitable 

 places in the locality that could be de- 

 voted to it should interest a few more 

 successful growers. I have not included 

 violets in this category as they are not a 

 summer blooming flower, and their cul- 

 ture is more difficult than the others 

 mentioned. Begarding the quantities 

 used I might mention them in order; 

 viz., dahlias, gladioli, coreopsis, gaillar- 

 dias, stocks, bachelor's buttons and cos- 

 mos. I might mention some others but 

 the above list has filled the demand 

 nicely for this season. I have also pur- 

 posely omitted asters, sweet peas and 

 chrysanthemums, as they are usually 

 grown by specialists and not by the 

 ordinary grower. 



ii'lenty of moisture, not too heavy soil, 

 care in picking and handling the flowers 

 are tne only requisites necessary in this 

 climate to have an abunuance of such 

 stock, and if we are to have the same 



500 LBS. MONTEREY CYPRESS SEED 



Per lb., $1.60 



260 Lbs. CALIFORNIA REDWOOD SEED 



Per lb., $8.60. 



A. MUTING, uT^m. Santa Cruz, Cal. 



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Cut Flowers for the Northwest 



We are Wholesale Growers 

 and Shippers of Fine Roses 



IHE SIBSON ROSE NURSERIES 



Cut Flower Dept. 

 1 180 Milwaukie Avenus, PORTLAND. ORE. 



Mention llie Review when joa write. 



demand next season that we enjoyed 

 this, there will be consideraole money 

 made by the growers. Many of our 

 wholesale men have large patches of 

 vacant land on their premises and that 

 are thoroughly suited to this branch of 

 the business and when some of our most 

 experienced growers say that they have 

 made more money on their outdoor stock, 

 which under ordinary conditions they 

 pay no attention to whatever, than 

 they have from their greenhouses, all 

 summer, it looks like a rather easy way 

 to get some ready coin to tide over the 

 long summer season. G. 



PORTLAND, ORE. 



The Market. 



Since our last report we have been 

 kept busy using up everything that was 

 good, bad and indifferent, and the re- 

 sponse to queries as to the condition 

 of trade is "never was better with 

 fewer flowers. ' ' And this means that 

 the remnant of 1906 outdoor grown 

 stock was a profitable asset. 



Asters certainly have been grand, es- 

 pecially those shipped in by H. Clem- 

 mens, of Newberg, and we particularly 

 wish to emphasize the quality of the 

 pink variety. Jack frost is not an early 

 visitor and were it not for the heavy 

 fall rains we could pick good asters all 

 through October. So much for the pass- 

 ing of the garden flowers and we once 

 again are glad to welcome the superior 

 grade of stock grown under glass. 



Variotn Notes. 



Violets made their appearance two 

 weeks ago, and we were informed that 

 Gus Teufel took the initiative. They 

 were the California variety and gems 

 of the first water. 



The first chysanthemums of the season 

 were seen in Clarke Bros.' window Oc- 

 tober 1. The appropriate name of this 

 leader of autumn beauties is the Queen. 

 She traveled from Fruitvale, Cal., by 

 special train and we met her at the 

 depot with a brass band. "With an erect 

 and perfect form and a bloom of im- 

 maculate whiteness, her presence is de- 

 sirable on all occasions. 



Martin & Forbes are now cutting an 

 immense crop of fine roses and theii 

 large show window is splendidly adapt- 

 ed for displaying them. 



Martin Reukauf, representing Bayers- 

 dorfer & Co., heading this season's pro- 

 cession of traveling men, sold us a big 



We are booklnc orders no^r lor 



ASPARAGUS PLUMOSUS NANUS 



for delivery next winter. Per ounce (about 700 

 seeds), $1.00; per pound, $14.00; per 5 pounds, 

 $55 00; per 10 pounds, $100.00. 



F. Gilnan Taylor Seed Co., Gtendale, Cal. 



Mention The Review when yon write. 



Calla Bulbs! 



Paper White Narcissus 



Send for Price List. 



n LuDcMANNf 8«b Fnuoiaco. Cml. 



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SHASTA DAISIES 



Alaaka, Oalifomia and Westralla seed and 

 plants. 



Petunias— Giants of California, band fertil- 

 ized, from choicest collection. Also other seeds. 

 Send for list and prices to 



FRED OROHK, Santa Roaa. Cal. 



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bill of imported goods and new ideas 

 last week and toned up our intellects 

 with a fund of pure Philadelphia Eng- 

 lish. 



Walter K. Lewis came next in the 

 interests of the Dayton Paper Novelty 

 Co. We are always glad to welcome 

 these wide-awake young men of the east. 



After a vigit with his daughter here 

 ' last summer John Schneider, until re- 

 cently a resident of Kansas City, return- 

 ed to locate permanently in Portland. 

 He has done the right thing by investing 

 heavily in real estate, but is undecided 

 whether to build greenhouses or start a 

 chicken ranch. H. J. M. 



SANFRANOSGO. 



TlieMtffcet 



We are having the longest spell of 

 warm weather that we have experienced 

 for the past twelve months. Although 

 it is almost the miadle of October 

 the thermometer has registered from 8<> 

 degrees to 90 degrees in the saaue. This 

 will last but a short time, however, as 

 we are getting well on toward the win- 

 ter season. 



Business has been rather quiet for the 

 past two weeks. The bustle during the 

 entire month of September has given 

 way to a brief resting space which will 

 soon give way, I hope to the regular 

 fall trade. Flowers have been scarce at 

 the same time. The delay with the 

 chrysanthemum crop, coupled with the 

 diminished cuttings from ooth carnations 

 and roses, has maae a big difference 

 with the retailers and many complaints 

 have been heard about the shortness of 

 s.ock. At this writing, however, we are 

 shown considerably more mums by the 



