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The Weekly Florists^ Review, 



Januaby 10, 1907. 



PACIFIC COAST. 



San Bernardino, Cal. — J. H. Cox has 

 succeeded to the business of the Downer 

 Seed & Plant Co. 



Santa Cruz, Cal. — The Leedham Bulb 

 Co. recently received a large shipment 

 of bulbs from Europe, valued at $2,000. 



San Jose, Cal. — Mr. C. Navlet, the 

 florist, was married recently, the bride 

 being a young lady of Tre& Finos. The 

 ceremony was performed in Santa Cruz. 



George Compere has brought a new 

 colony of parasites from China, to be 

 bred by the California State Horticul- 

 tural Commission, at San Diego, and dis- 

 tributed in orange orchards infested with 

 purple scale. 



PORTLAND, ORE. 



The Holiday Trade. 



Our predictions of a big holiday trade 

 were fully realized. We have visited all 

 the retail stores and found the verdict 

 unanimous that Christmas trade beat all 

 previous records by at least twenty per 

 cent. Preparations for this great event 

 seem to begin earlier every year, and, 

 judging from the long hours of hard 

 work for two weeks preceding, we doubt 

 if the great volume of business just han- 

 dled can be exceeded in coming years. 

 Even the weather, wet and disagreeable 

 in the extreme, did not dampen the ardor 

 of the public. Flowering plants and bas- 

 ket arrangements were the best and most 

 numerous ever seen here and were our 

 salvation. Those ranking first were a 

 splendid lot of azaleas, poinsettias, Lor- 

 raine begonias and pans of daffodils 

 which commanded a most profitable fig- 

 ure. Tlie poinsettia is preeminently 

 taking here, owing to its brilliant color. 

 After the stampede there were barely 

 enough plants left, in all the stores to 

 form a suggestive trade-mark. 



The cut flower department made a 

 complete surrender and our only regret 

 is that we did not have a few thousand 

 more carnations. Koses were superior 

 to those of last year, notwithstanding 

 four weeks of unfavorable weather. A 

 few hundred late chrysanthemums sold 

 from 50 cents to $1 each. Violets and 

 cut poinsettias were scarce, as none were 

 shipped in from California. So great 

 was the demand for everything that half 

 the forces were obliged to work all Mon- 

 day night putting up orders and arrang- 

 ing tiie stock for the grand finale. 



Very little profit was made by the re- 

 tailers on holly and mistletoe, owing to 

 the scarcity and poor quality of the 

 former and a monopoly of the latter by 

 the street venders. 



Another heavy demand for cut flowers 

 was made on New i ear's and there were 

 none left unsold. Between the Christmas 

 and New Year festivities there was a 

 good call for funeral work, allowing us 

 little time to recruit our lost vitality. It 

 was the crowning effort of our lives and 

 we are still feeling the effects of it. 

 H. J. M. 



SAN FRANOSOO. 



TheB^ket 



Now that both the principal holidays 

 of the season are past and gone we can 

 form a fair estimate of the business 



WELL ROOTED CARNATION CUTTINGS 



SPKCIAL— Are you goinK to plant KnoluuitreBS heavily this season? We are 

 pared to supply an almost unlimited demand. 50,000 well rooted cuttings ready 



at $1.60 per 100; $15.00 per 1000. 

 WHITK Per 100 Per 1000 



WMte LAwaon $2.00 



Gov. Woloott 1.40 



Flora HIU 1.40 



Queen Louise. 

 8CARUCT— KsteUe . . 



G. H. Crane 



America 



RedLa^eeon 



YELLOW- Eldorado 



1.20 

 1.60 

 1.40 

 1.40 

 1.60 

 1.40 



$15.00 

 10.00 

 10.00 

 10.00 

 15.00 

 10.00 

 10.00 

 12.50 

 10.00 



FINK— Hannab Hobart Per 100 



(novelty 1906, SieverB)...$7.50 



Mrs. Lawson 1.40 



G.Lord 1.40 



Arcyle 1.20 



Mrs. Joost 1.20 



CRIMSON— Harlowarden. 



Gov. Roosevelt 



VARIEGATED Lawson. 



Prosperity 



Gaiety 



1.40 



1.40 

 1.60 

 1.40 

 1.20 



pre- 

 now 



Per 1000 



$60.00 



10.00 



10.00 



10.00 

 12.60 

 12.60 

 16.00 

 12.50 

 10.00 



Ready to ship at once. Gash with special discount of 5 per cent or C. O. D. privileire 

 examination. Money back guarantee. We pay return charges on all shipments 

 arriving in an unsatisfactory condition if returned at once. Exprens charges paid by 

 us on all orders. No disease of any description. Unrooted cuttings half price. 

 25 cuttings at 100 rate; 200 at 1000 rate. 



LOOMIS FLORAL CO., lock box 153, Loomis, Cal. 



Mention The Review when yog write. 



ROSE MISS KATE MOULTON 



With us is splendid in growth, flower, foliage, productiveness. We will book 

 orders in rotation for early spring delivery from2>i and 3inch pots. Prices, 

 $12.00 per 100; $50.00 per 500; $100.00 per 1000. Our propagating 

 capacity is limited. Apply early if you want healthy, well grown stock. 



THE SIBSON ROSE NURSERIES, SS^r't'S^^; 



1180 MILWAU&IE AVE., PORTLAND, ORE. 



Mention The Review when yon write. 



ROSES=ROSES 



Two-year-old, budded field-grown without irrigation. American Beauty, Meteor, 

 Bride, Bridesmaid, $9.00 per 100. Send for list of other varieties. 



SUNSET NURSERY, 16O6 Dwi^ht way. Berkeley, Cal. 



Mention The Review when you write. 



■v^^CBC Field-Grown, Low'Bndded, 

 Ktf ata Two Years Old, Well Rooted. 



ClimbinK Rosea— Papa Gentler. 11.00 each 

 Mme. Caroline Testout. 118.00 per 100. Kaiserln 

 Augusta Victoria, $12.00 per 100. Beauty of Eu- 

 rope, tlO 00 per 100. Bridesmaid, tlO.OO per 100. 



American Beauty, 118.00 per 100. 



Mme. Caroline Teatont, tl2.00 per 100. 



Fran Karl Dmschkl, $26.00 per 100. 

 Send for Rose Price List. 



Fl linPKAMIUlU 3041 Baker St. 

 • LUWCinAnini SanFranclBco.Cal. 



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AHENTION, Western Florists! 



Wholesale Growers of Carnations, Roses, 

 Violets, Paper Whites, Callaa, Plumosus, 

 Sprengeri, Smilax, Adiantam, etc. 



We Want to Hear From Tou. 



RISING & DLNSCOMB CO., Inc. 



205 N. Broadway. LOS ANGELES, CAX. 



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done and compare it with that of former 

 years. Although this is the first season 

 we have had since the fire and there are 

 not over one-quarter as many stores in 

 town as there were a year ago, the flo- 

 rists were well satisfied with the results. 

 Both days showed a good demand for 

 all classes of stock and, except in rare 

 instances, there was ample to supply all 

 demands. 



The heaviest business was done on the 

 days prior to Christmas and stock was 

 well cleaned up; so that there was really 

 a shortage between then and New Year 's. 

 Prices were good throughout and any 

 one having anything to sell had no dif- 

 ficulty in disposing of it. There was 

 some shortage of poinsettias, both cut 

 and grown in pots. The continued cold 

 weather in the southern portion of the 



SHASTA DAISY 



Alaska, California and Westralia. extra strong 

 field divisions, from divisions of Mr. Burbank'a 

 original stock, $2.60 per lOU; $22.50 per 1000. Small 

 plants, Just right lor 3-inch pots, $1.26 per 100; 

 $11.00 per 1000. 

 AsparaKQi Plnmoana Nanus, 2^-inch, $2.60 



per 100. 2-lnch, $2.00 per 100. 

 Cyclamen Per. GlKantenm, 2-in., $6.00 per 100. 



The foUowlnjr from 2-lnch at $2 00 per lOO— An- 

 tirrhinum Queen of the North, Cineraria Nana 

 Orandifl., Hydrangreapaniculatatype, Oeraniuma 

 in all colors. Marguerite Queen Alexandra, 

 Flowering- Begonia (8 var.). 



SmUax. 2H-in., $2.00 per 100. 



Shasta Daisy Seeds of Alaska, California 

 and Westralia only, 60c per lOOU; $3.60 per oz. 



Petunia Olants of California, a good strain, 

 60c per 1000; $1.60 per V6 oz.; $10.00 per oz. 



Champion Strain — After years of careful 

 selection and band fertilizing, using only the 

 most perfect flower for that purpose, I have at 

 last obtained a strain that cannot be surpassed 

 by anyone. Trial pkt. of 260 seeds, 26c; lOOOaeeda, 

 76c; H oz., $2.60; oz., $16.00. Cash please. 



Send for list of other seeds to 



FRED GROHE, Santa Roaa, Cal. 



state had much to do with the scarcity 

 of cut stems and the dealers who had 

 good quantities on hand reaped a har- 

 vest. 



With carnations and roses the supply 

 was just about equal to the demand. 

 Valley was in fair quantity and had a 

 rapid sale. Boman hyacinths were not 

 as plentiful as formerly and but little 

 show was made of azaleas, cameUas or 

 other flowering plants. 



Both maidenhair and smilax are scarce 

 at present. Many of our largest grow- 

 ers have made but little effort since the 

 fire to keep up stocks of either of these 

 commodities and, as a consequence, there 

 has been a shortage with no immediate 

 signs of easing for some time to come. 



