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January 3, 1907. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



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500,000 ROOTED CARNATION CUTTINGS I 



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For immediate shipment, with more coming. 



HANNAH HOBART, ^^Z^^^^r" JNO. H. SIEVERS & CO., 



January delivery, $7.50 per 100; $6O.0O per lOOD. 



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MRS. JOOST, salmon 



ELDORADO, yellow 



FLORA. HILL, white 



WHITE LAW80N 



QUEEN LOUISE, white 



GOV. WOLCOTT, white 



HARLOW ARDBN, best crimsoD. 



GOV. ROOSEVELT, crimsou 



MRS. PALMER, scarlet 



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Per 100 Per 1000 



ENCHANTRESS, popular light pink $1.60 $l5.0n 



MRS. L AWSON, dark pink 1.4o lO.CO 



VAR. LAWSON, best variegated 1.60 15.00 



PROSPERITY, white, mottled pink 1.40 ]'2.50 



ESTELLE, poarlet 1.60 Ift.OO 



RED LAWSON, liRht red 1.60 12.50 



G. H. CRANE, scarlet 1.40 10.00 



AMERICA, lisrht red 1.40 10.00 



G. LORD, light nink 1.40 



RICHMOND GEM 1.40 



200 cuttings or more at 1000 rate. 5 per cent off for cash or will ship C. O. D. if preferred. 

 Express charges prepaid by us on all cutting orders. SATISFACTION GUARANTEED. 



Loomis Carnation Co., Loomis, Cal. 



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CARNATIONS 



250,000 healthy, well rooted Cuttings of choice and standard varieties, as follows: Hannah Hobart, 

 Enchantress: Red, White, Pink and Variegated Lawson; Estelle, Mrs. Joost, G. H. Crane, America, 

 Eldorado, Harlowarden. Gov. Wolcott, Queen Louise, Flora Hill, Governor Roosevelt, Richmond 

 Gem, Genevieve Lord, Arjiyle and Gaiety. Write for price list, terms, etc to 



THE HERMITAGE CARNATION CO., D. P. Roddan, Prop., LOOMIS, CAL. 



Mention The Review when you write. 



Choice Asparagus Plumosus Seed 



will not be as plentiful as anticipated earlier in 

 the season and we are compelled to revise our 

 prices to meet the changed conditions. No 

 orders can be accepted for over 100, UOV from one 

 firm. Prices for delivery beplor in? In January, 

 are as follows: 100U Heedu, 12 (lU: 6000 needs, SlO.OO; 

 13.000 seeds tiU.UO: 26,010 f-eedht. tH5 UO: 50.000 seeds. 

 165.00! 100,100 seeds, llli> OU. P. OILMAN TAYLOB 

 SKKD CO. (Inc.), Box 9, Glendale, «al. 



SHASTA DAISIES 



ALASKA, CALIFORNIA, WESTRALIA 



strong, field-grown divisions, true to name, 

 12.60 per 100. Express paid for cash with order. 



The Leedham Bulb Co., santa Cmz, Cai. 



department stores carry them now and 

 they have reduced the prices so low that 

 there is little money to be made in such 

 material by the ordinary florist. 



With green stuff the demand waa 

 heavy. Much English holly was sent to 

 San Francisco from British Columbia, 

 and, despite the fact that the stores were 

 compelled to pay $18 per small barrel 

 for it and that it lasted but a short time, 

 when removed from, the barrels, it sold 

 well. 



But little eastern holly was seen here 

 this year. It is not in favor with the 

 customers apparently. 



Red berries, mistletoe and huckleberry 

 had an unprecedented sale and many 

 dealers made more money out of their 

 green goods than from any other source. 



Garlands and festooning, also not 

 made by florists generally, had a promi- 

 nent place in the window decorations 

 around town. G. 



Oaks, N. D.— D. C. Walter has sold 

 out his greenhouse business and has gone 

 to Prescott, Ariz. 



Port Ferris, N. Y. — Frank Lamereaux 

 was robbed, December ::U, while on a 

 train from New York city, of overcoat, 

 rubbers and a book. A woman is be- 

 lieved to have been the thief. 



BALTIMORE. 



The Market. 



Christmas business was good and a 

 great many stores afterwards looked as 

 though a cyclone had struck them. 

 Christmas day was the coldest we have 

 had for thirty-five years and great diffi- 

 culty was experienced in making deliv- 

 eries. 



Carnations were scarce and, in fact, 

 all kinds of cut blooms were short. 

 Bulbs of all kinds were used to good 

 advantage and everything in the shape 

 of a flower was salable. Greens of all 

 kinds were cleaned up. There was a 

 steady demand for plants and large num- 

 bers were sent as presents. Thousands 

 of various kinds of yarding were used for 

 decorations. The retail stores never 

 looked more like a paradise, and no one 

 is making any complaints as to the lack 

 of business.. With all this happiness, 

 there was considerable funeral work dis- 

 posed of. 



Variotu Notes. 



W. Christie, of Waverly, has opened 

 an attractive store at Gay and Eden 

 streets ancj will be in the neighborhood 

 of George E. Personett. 



W. Moore, gardener for H. Hurst, 

 Woodbrook, Md., has completed two new 

 houses 20x47 feet each. 



J. J. Cummings, on West Baltimore 

 street, is still displaying some extra fine 

 poinsettias. 



Albert G. Fiedler & Co. report that 

 they had as much business as they could 

 handle this Christmas, and every year 

 there has been a steady increase over the 

 last. 



Robert Halliday was presented, Christ- 

 mas week, with a bouncing baby girl. 



J. C, Reineeke, gardener for Norman 

 James, is cutting some extra fine Gates, 

 Brides and Maids. He has one of the 

 finest kept houses in that section. 



L. Lancaster had a fine Christmas busi- 

 ness in the suburbs. J. L. T. 



NEW ORLEANS. 



After a little spell of cold we are 

 again enjoying spring weather and busi- 

 ness is quite brisk. Several balls, the 

 opening of a new theater and funeral 

 work have kept some florists busy. At 

 the funeral, a few days ago, of a prom- 

 inent cotton merchant more than 150 

 floral ofi'erings were presented. 



A few years ago the custom of deco- 

 rating with plants and flowers at Christ- 

 mas, as is done in the northern states, 

 was hardly noticeable in New Orleans, 

 where most of the population originated 

 from the Latin race, which does not ob- 

 ser\-e Christmas day as much as the 

 Anglo Saxons. But everything is 

 changed now and this Christma.s was a 

 record-breaker. Never before was such 

 a quantity of holly sold. Some came 

 from Delaware, some from Alabama, 

 some from the pine woods around New 

 Orleans. The best cama from Alabama. 

 For several blocks Canal street was lined 

 with stands with wreaths and everyone 

 sold out. Christmas trees wero short. 

 One or two days before December 25 the 

 scarcity was felt in the market and 

 every dealer had to run to the woods and 

 cut any piece of green, which was sold 

 at a good price. 



The high price of northern flowers 

 prevented a few from buying, but a fair 

 supplj' of our home flowers, which had 

 been protected by an exceptionally mild 

 season, gave a chance to almost every- 

 body to have a few flowers. No doubt, 

 every florist must be satisfied and have 

 in mind that another Christmas day 

 must find them well supplied with good 

 stock. M. M. L. 



Riverside, III. — The firm of Schmidt 

 & Mayer, otherwise known as the River- 

 side Floral Co., dissolved partnership, by 

 mutual consent, December 19, 1906. An- 

 ton J. Schmidt, on retiring from the 

 firm, immediately assumed control of his 

 new range of greenhouses in Riverside. 



Lewiston, Me. — T. J. Allen reports an 

 excellent Christmas trade, both cut flow- 

 ers and plants being in strong demand. 

 More flowers could have been sold but 

 for the high prices prevailing, $8 being 

 asked for very moderate carnations in 

 Boston commission houses. Landscape 

 work continues to increase, but compe- 

 tent men to assist in this branch are 

 hard to find. Another greenhouse will 

 be added during the coming season. 



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