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Headquarters Buildios: of a Portland Rose Farm. 



PACIFIC COAST. 



M. v. Brown, Los Angeles, Cal., has 

 sold his interest in the nursery business 

 to M. L. Helsel and will start east in a 

 few days to spend the winter. 



ROSE GROWING IN OREGON. 



Horticulture in Oregon is a vastly dif- 

 ferent proposition from the same voca- 

 tion in the east. Climatic conditions are 

 entirely at variance and the country is 

 new, so that demand is just beginning to 

 be felt in full force. Portland is known 

 as the rose city of Oregon, but rose cul- 

 ture there is in the open, not under glass. 

 The accompanying illustration shows a 

 typical establishment, that of G. Inder- 

 muhle, located only two miles from the 

 business center of the city. The head- 

 quarters building is a decidedly unpre- 

 tentious affair viewed through eastern 

 eyes, but it suffices for the conduct of a 

 prosperous and constantly increasing 

 business. The outdoor view shows the 

 nursery stock, two acres being given to 

 roses. In the foreground are the bush 

 plants in a large number of varieties and 

 in the background the climbing roses, and 

 beyond that other lines of decorative 

 stock. The soil and climate are particu- 

 larly adapted to roses and in the five 

 years since he began to clear this land 

 Mr. Indermuhle has been making steady 

 progress. 



SAN FRANC3SOO. 



is in good shape, and there is but little 

 scarcity in either roses or carnations. 

 The prices obtained, however, have had 

 a decided upward tendency, especially 

 for fancy stock. They are fully 50 

 per cent "higher than those of two weeks 

 ago, and I do not anticipate that they 

 will get any cheaper for some time. 

 Good adiantum and smilax are not so 

 plentiful, and great quantities of wild 

 ferns and other kinds of greens are 

 being used instead. Valley, which has 

 only been ih light supply this season, is 

 becoming much more in evidence, as 

 some of our largest growers are com- 

 mencing to cut heavily. Inside mums 

 are almost out of season. A few good 

 Mrs. Jerome Jones and Bonnaffons are 

 being brought into town by the Japanese 

 growers, but they are in short supply. 



The indications for holiday trade are 

 good. There is much inquiry from pros- 

 pective buyers, and all the dealers an- 

 ticipate a heavy rush in a couple of 

 weeks. 



Various Notes. 



The retailers are making considerable 

 complaint that the growers have been 



shipping too many flowers to out-of- 

 town customers, so that they have not 

 been able to get sufficient stock to fill 

 orders. The growers maintain that they 

 have been forced to dispose of a ma- 

 jority of their stock in the country all 

 summer and autumn and they will here- 

 after turn quite as much attention to 

 interior dealers as to the florists in the 

 city. One of the largest growers in 

 California, situated within a few miles 

 of San Francisco, has not sold a blossom 

 in this town since the fire, whereas, be- 

 fore that eventful time, he did no ship- 

 ping whatever. The fact of the matter 

 is that the growers did not realize what 

 a big field there was until a demand 

 was created in our nearby towns, and 

 this accounts for the attention shipping 

 orders now receive. 



The Holland Nursery Co., of Elm- 

 hur&t, is in with a heavy crop of valley. 

 This firm makes a specialty of this arti- 

 cle and has success invariably with it. 



The coming fiesta in Oakland has had 

 the effect of a great many orders for 

 garlands and other decorations being 

 placed with the florists. 



Domoto Bros, are receiving large con- 

 signments of Japanese stock on every 

 steamer. They report trade in that line 

 good. 



James Skinner is offering to the trade 

 a lot of mammoth kentia palms just 

 received from Belgium. They arrived in 

 splendid condition. 



Charles Carpenter has left on a week's 

 duck hunting. G. 



PORTLAND, ORE. 



The Market. 



Trade has been running at a good 

 brisk gait and everybody is wearing a 

 satisfied smile. Another cause for grati- 

 fication is the excellent quality of every- 

 thing coming into the market. This last 

 remark we intend as a bouquet for the 

 growers, who certainly are making great 

 advance in their respective lines. There 

 are none too many carnations an<- vio- 

 lets, the last named tempting more cus- 

 tomers than any other flower. The rose 

 supply is ample and the color grand. It 

 has been said that good roses could not 



TheMarka. 



We have had a touch of colder weather 

 for the last week and flowers are in 

 shorter supply in consequence. Business 

 has been good since Thanksgiving and 

 the prospects are favorable for its con- 

 tinuance. We are badly in need of rain, 

 and until it arrives there will be little 

 in the line of outside stock. Violets 

 are even scarcer this week than they 

 were last, and there is nothing that will 

 make them plentiful unless it is a good 

 downpour. Bulbous stock is likewise 

 scarce, and for the same reason. Out- 

 side chrysanthemums are getting poorer 

 in quality and beginning to show the 

 results of the continued cold weather. 



Inside stock with most of the growers 



Rose Farm of G. Indermuhle, Portland, Ore. 



