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The Weekly Florists' Review* 



Ja.nuauv 24, lUUT. 



PACIFIC COAST. 



San Francisco, Cal. — Prof. N. E, 

 Hausen, of Brookings, 8. D., has 

 reached here on a trip around the world, 

 searching for new plapts for the U. S. 

 Department of Agriculture. 



Los Angeles, Cal. — The Ingleside Flo- 

 ral Co. has combined the store, green- 

 houses and nurseries at 148 W. Adams 

 street. F. Edward Gray is the pro- 

 prietor. 



Hollywood, Cal. — E. C. Hamton is in 

 the cucumber business exclusively, grow- 

 ing them under glass. He built a new 

 house this season 26x180 and now has 

 about 20,000 feet of glass. He reports 

 that the season has been cold and un- 

 favorable, as there has been about three? 

 times the normal amount of rain. 



McMiNNviLLE, Ore.— S. H. Maris, pro- 

 prietor of the Pioneer Greenhouses, has 

 one house 20x80, one 24x80, one 16x80 

 and one 12x40, making a total of 7,900 

 feet of glass. He grows carnations, 

 mums, commercial plants, etc., and has 

 a stock of miscellaneous supplies. Mr. 

 Maris reports a prosperous year and a 

 splendid holiday trade. 



Shipments of apples in the green 

 state from the Pajaro valley, California, 

 for the season to the end of December 

 aggregated about 2,000 carloads. The 

 crop of green fruit was short compared 

 with last year, particularly in market- 

 able Newtowns, on account of scab, 

 while aj30ut ten times as many apples 

 as last year were dried and canned. 



EXCESSIVE MOISTURE. 



The effect of the superabundance of 

 rain in the central and northern portions 

 of California is evident in the quietness 

 of the trade. Hundreds of thousands of 

 trees in the nursery rows remain undug 

 and many others are healed in the 

 ground. There has not been enough dry 

 weather at any one time since our down- 

 pour began to allow the proper digging 

 of stock, and the mud is too deep to 

 work to any advantage. This unlooked 

 for amount of moisture does not usually 

 come among us, but I have noticed that 

 every four or five years we have what 

 is termed a wet year. This is particu- 

 larly unfortunate when the season com- 

 mences late, as it did this year, for it 

 makes the selling season so short that 

 many planters will put off their pur- 

 chases for another season.. 



In the eastern states, where cold 

 weather is in order until the first part 

 of May, this makes little difference; but 

 in California it is necessary to get the 

 planting over by the first of March, as 

 after that time we usually get plenty of 

 warm weather and deciduous trees rap- 

 idly begin to leaf and then their season 

 for handling with naked roots is over. 



The dealers in fruit trees probably 

 fare worse than those in any other 

 branch of the trade at this time, as their 

 season is very short and planters usually 

 do not care to take any risks, where the 

 involvement of a large quantity of trees 

 ^ and their maintenance for several years 

 is concerned. This makes a heavy blow 

 for the grower to bear, as the additional 

 expense of carrying trees over for an- 

 other year is one of the most expensive 

 and unsatisfactory features to be con- 

 ' tended with. This does not make such a 



CARNATION CUHINGS SET 



SEUCCTKD CUTTIHGS, WSLL-ROOTKD. 



PIMB 



Per 110 Per ICOO 



Knchantreaa, light $1 6U 116 bU 



Mrs. JLawaon, cerise 140 10.00 



Mrs. Joost, Bulmon l.W 10.(jO 



Aricyle, light l.JO lO.OO 



VAKiKOATKO 



V. LawBon 160 16.00 



t'rosperlty. mottled.: L40 12.(0 



Oalety, striped ].20 lu.OO 



CRIBI8UN 



OoT. Koosevel^ 1.40 13.60 



Harlowarden 1.40 12.60 



SCARLET 



Per 100 Per looo 



Red Lawson, light |10O 11260 



JC^telle 1.60 15.00 



America, light 1.40 looo 



Potter Palmer 1.20 1000 



W^ITE*'"*"* ^•*" ^"•'* 



White Lawaon 3.00 16 oo 



K.Hill no 1000 



Qaeen Louiae 1.20 10 00 



Ooir. Wolcott 1.40 lUOO 



TEL.LOW, Eldorado 1.40 lO.UO 



Warranted true to name. 36 at 100 rate; 200 at lOOO rate: unrooted cutilngs, half nrlce 

 Bxpress prepaid at aoove prices. We will ship C. O. D. subject to examination If desired 

 or will allow 6 per cent discount for cash with order. Write ua for Quotations on 

 large orders. " 



California Carnation Co., Loomis, Cal. 



Mention The BcTlew when yog write. 



difference with the ordinary lines of or- 

 namental trees, unless for some large 

 sizes that are rapidly getting too big for 

 handling to advantage. 



The effect on small stock that is being 

 grown from cuttings or seed is to keep 

 it backward and there will be a scarcity 

 of annuals and soft wooded stock for 

 several months to come. Sweet peas for 

 early flowers also plainly show the re- 

 sults of too much moisture and subse- 

 quent plantings will have to be made in 

 the near future. Q. 



SAN FRANOSGO. 



The Market 



The rain has been descending unceas- 

 ingly for the last week. We have seen 

 nothing whatever of the sun. Business 

 is quiet in everything except funeral 

 work and flowers are much scarcer than 

 they were a week ago. The dark weather 

 has had the effect of shortening supplies 

 of all kinds and, although there is but 

 little sale for flowers in a retail way, it 

 keeps the dealers hustling to have a show 

 in their windows. 



The prices of carnations and ro^es have 

 not been raised and we do not anticipate 

 that they will be. The best fancy carna- 

 tions cost the retailers $4 per hundred 

 and from that price down to $2. Good 

 roses are decidedly scarce and, unless we 

 have a warmer spell soon, they will be 

 almost out of market. 



The greatest shortage at present seems 

 to be in the line of green stuff of all 

 kinds. Many of our growers of maiden- 

 hair and asparagus operate their houses 

 entirely without the use of artificial heat 

 and now, that we have had such a suc- 

 cession of cold weather, they are not 

 cutting anything like the usual quanti- 

 ties and supplies are short. Smilax is 

 in the same condition and the dealers 

 are having some diflSculty in filling or- 

 ders. 



Violets are plentiful and are being 

 used in large quantities on all occasions. 

 Narcissi are gradually coming into 

 bloom and a couple of weeks will see 

 them at their height. 



Various Notes. 



Charles Kegley, late of Des Moines, 

 Iowa, is located at Oakland. Mr. Kegley 

 is well pleased with California after 

 having spent many years in the eastern 

 states. 



Clarke Bros., of Fruitvale, Cal., have 

 a large house filled with smilax which 

 they will keep for their Easter trade. 



Choice Asparagus Plumosus Seed 



win 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 100,000 from one 

 firm. Prices for delivery begloslng in January, 

 ?„'^*^o"°^8: 1000 seeds, WOO; 6000 seeds, 110.00; 

 18.000 seeds, IXI.OO; 26,000 seeds, 186.00; 60,000 seeds 

 I66.00i 100,000 seeds, 1110 00. F. GILMAN TATLOB 

 SEED CO. (Ine.), Box 9, fliendale, Cal. 



Mention The RcTlew when you write. 



SHASTA DAISIES 



ALASKA, CALIFORNIA, WESTRALtA 



strong, field-grown divisions, tme to name, 

 •a.60 per 100. Express paid for cash with order. 



The Leedham Bulb Co;, Santa cniz, Cai 



Mention The Review when yoo wrlt«». 



They report a heavy winter's business 

 up to date. 



D. Greuttner, the Vallejo florist, is in 

 town. 



The Key Route Floral Co. has opened 

 up an establishment on Twenty-second 

 and Grove streets, Oakland, Cal. 



J. H. Sievers & Co. have opened a 

 branch depot on the corner of Bush street 

 and Van Ness avenue. 



The scarcity of coal has made it un- 

 pleasant for dealers who trust to that 

 article for heating purposes^ but where 

 oil is used the coal famine makes little 

 difference. 



The city of Oakland will shortly issue 

 bonds to the value of $1,000,000 to be 

 expended in improving the public parks. 



A. D. Lewis is on a two weeks' trip 

 to Los Angeles and San Diego. 



N. Rolleri has; returned from a busi- 

 ness trip to southern California. 



The Society Hortensia held its regular 

 semi-monthly meeting at Alameda, Jan- 

 uary 12. G. 



SEATTLE, WASH. 



The florists of this section are now 

 quieting down to the usual run after a 

 most strenuous rush during the holiday 

 season. Everyone could have sold twice 

 as many flowers, but they were not to 

 be had for love or money. They had 

 been in the habit of depending on the 

 south and British Columbia and these 

 growers did not have enough for their 

 own use. A number of customers went 

 from place to place in hopes of getting 

 flowers, but without success. 



The H. Harrington Co., of Vashon, 

 reports fifty per cent increase in business 

 oyer last year. Poinsettias, mums and 

 violets were the most sought after in 

 cut flowers. In fact, noon the day be- 



