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The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



April 11, 1907. 



PACIFIC COiST. 



McMiNNViLLE, Ore. — Easter trade here 

 was all that could be desired. S. H. 

 Maris says that all his stock of flowers 

 and plants was sold out by noon the day 

 before and a house 28x80 of lettuce 

 looked as though a cyclone had gone 

 through it. 



PORTLAND, ORE. 



Easter Trade. 



Most people are glad when Easter ar- 

 rives, and tne florists are thankful when 

 it is past. After a brief interview with 

 the retailers, we are satisfied that the 

 predictions made in our last notes have 

 been verified, it is true that hundreds 

 of plants were not far enough advanced 

 to be offered for sale, and yet there 

 never was as fine a showing at one time, 

 and we believe all demands were met. 

 In this grand collection we will men- 

 tion the dwarf crabapple, new here; 

 rhododendron, spiraja, azalea, cyclamen, 

 hyacinth, lily of the valley and the ever- 

 popular Easter lily, all grown to a high 

 state of perfection and trimmed in the 

 newest toggery. The window displays 

 showed good artistic ability and were 

 much talked of. 



The general run of cut flowers was 

 ample and excellent and we have not 

 been favored with such clean stock for 

 years. Prices did not frighten custom- 

 ers and not much remained in this de- 

 partment but a mixed lot of bulbous 

 stuff, most of which was grown outside, 

 but brought into bloom by the use of 

 incubators. Easter lilies, both cut and 

 growing, took precedence over everything 

 else. 



We are too tired to go further into 

 detail, and for any other information ask 

 Arnold Kingier, who made us a brief call 

 during the rush, when he returned from 

 the Sound. He congratulated us on our 

 great display and delightful spring 

 weather. H. ^J. M. 



SAN FSANOSOO. 



The Market 



The weather has given us a variety of 

 changes during the last week. At the 

 present moment it is raining, and at 

 this hour yesterday the wind was blow- 

 ing a hurricane and the dust flying in 

 tremendous clouds. We are apparently 

 having our March weather, and it is put- 

 ting a damper on business of all kinds. 



Flowers are plentiful enough, with the 

 exception of Lilium Harrisii, and the 

 prices are gradually getting a little 

 lower than they have been. Good Amer- 

 ican Beauties are being shown, as well 

 as fancy stock of Brides and Maids, 

 and, although rather late in the game, 

 they are always welcome. 



Carnations are to be had in any quan- 

 tity, and the quality is of the best. 

 Sweet peas have had a hard tussle with 

 the superabundance of moisture with 

 which we have been blessed for the last 

 two months, and, in turn with all kinds 

 of hardy outdoor stock, have up to this 

 time been in short supply. 



Violets are slowly nearing the end of 

 their season, and with the advent of a 

 few warm days they will be of little ac- 

 count. Valley is in big supply and 



True Asparagus 

 Plumosus Seed 



Raised under lath in Califortiia, is so superior 

 in YitalUy as to be beyond compaiison. We are 

 glad to oe able to anuounce tLai at labt we bave 

 our seed piciied. It is later tban UHUal tbis year, 

 owiuK to long, continued cold lain, but toe seed 

 is all tbe better for it. 



We can guarantee delivery from now on. 



1000 seeds $ 2.00 



6U00 seeds 10 00 



13,000 seeds 20.00 



26,000 seeds $ 35.00 



60,U00 seeds 65.00 



100,000 seeds 110.00 



Cash, please. 



r. Gilman loylor Seed Co. 



(incorporated) 

 Box 9. GLBWPALB, CAL. 



SHASTA DAISIES 



ALASKA, CALIFORNIA, WESTRALIA 



strong, field-grown divisions, true to name, 

 $2.50 per 100. Express paid for cash witb order. 



The Leedham Bulb Co., Santa Cruz, Cai. 



rSK.d BIG BARGAIN mv'S 



Size, 2-inch only. Los Angeles make. No col- 

 lars. No nicks (largrer than >« inub). Formerly 

 used by Chase Rose Ooinpany aud all good goods, 

 $2.50 per 1000, f o. b. Klveiside, Cal. It'reljht 

 rate Riverside to Saa Frauclscu, 62c per lOU lbs.; 

 to Portland and Seattle. 97c per 100 lbs. Weight, 

 250 lbs. per 1000 pots. Sample box, 620 pots for 

 $1.60 f. o. b. Write for price on 3x6 sash. 



CHA8. HOITABD, 21d 1 Park Ave., Blrnsid*. Cal. 



moves slowly. Late flowering tulips and 

 Dutch hyacinths are in good quantity, but 

 do not sell very readily. 



Smilax is beginning to bloom and the 

 season for its cutting is about over. 

 Other kinds of green stuff are plentiful 

 and the wild maidenhair has taken the 

 place of the greenhouse variety in most 

 instances. 



VarioiM Notes. 



B. Buchanan has severed his connec- 

 tion with the Cox Seed Co. 



Clarke Bros., of Portland, Ore., have 

 opened a floral establishment on Clay 

 street, Oakland. 



J. Seulberger, of Oakland, has re- 

 turned from a trip to Stockton and vi- 

 cinity. 



Fred Anderson, of the Chico Nurser- 

 ies, is in town. 



The unusually late rains have inter- 

 fered somewhat with the marketing of 

 lilac. The demand, however, has been 

 exceptionally good. 



"W. W. Saunders is at present a resi- 

 dent of Berkeley, from which he is ship- 

 ping quantities of California poppies to 

 town. 



C. C. Morse & Co., who have recently 

 acquired the plant of the Cox Seed Co., 

 at Glen Echo, will shortly commence an 

 entire rearrangement of the buildings 

 and will build several new structures 

 this summer. 



It is rumored that another Japanese 

 company has acquired ten acres of land 

 at Elmhurst and will erect several car- 

 nation houses there during the summer. 



G. 



EASTER AFTERMATH. 



Easter is now a thing of the past, 

 and it is a good time to look back and 

 see what has taken place and whether it 

 was up to the standard of former years 

 or not. It is now one year since the 

 late catastrophe, and the city of San 

 Francisco is rapidly regaining its lost 

 ground, in the shape of new buildings 



PETINIAS. 



Giants of California, from my Champion 

 Strain. 2-in., $2.50 per 100. Seedlings trom 

 plants, $1.25 per 100. 



Per 100 

 Campanula Media Calyoanthema, white 



aiiU blue $2.00 



Coreopsis l,anceolata Orandlflora, 2-ln. 1.50 



Diantnas Flamarlua, 1 year-uld 4.OO 



Hibiscus Crimson Kye, l-year old 3.50 



Lobelia B«ddlnit Ciu«en, 2 m 2.00 



MarituerUe Queen Alexandra and 



Ktulle l>'Or, 2-ln f 1.50 



Fentstemon, Bur t^auk Hybrids, 2-ln 2 00 



I'latycodon, 2-in 2.50 



PhysusteiEla Vlrslnlca, 1-year-old 3.50 



Oriental fupples, 1-} ear-old a.au 



btokesla Cyituea, 1-year-old 4.00 



Violets, Princeus of Wales, California, Swan- 

 ley White and Marie Liouise, strong field 



plants l.OU 



Orders booked now for seed to be del vered fall, 

 1907. Send for list. Seed raised on contract. 



FRLD GROHE, Santa Jlosa, Cal. 



Mention The Review when you write. 



Surplus Stock 



or TttC PACiriC NURaSRIXS 



ETsrcreen Trees mod Flowering Hhrnba Per 100 



Acacia (lorlbanda fraitrans, 3 (eetbitih $12.50 



Acacia melanuxylon , 2 teet higta 12.50 



Dlo»ina alba, 1 to iKfeetbiiih 12.60 



KscalloniM rosea, ii teet hiKb 14.00 



Metroslderos lemperflorens, 2 feet bigb 15.00 



Melalenca, in 6 varieties, 2 to 3 feet high... 14.00 



kaveala aplCDtata, 2 to 3 feet high 16.00 



Laams tinoi, 1 to 1>^ feet high 14.00 



Caaiplior tree, 2 to 3 feet higta 16.00 



GrcTillea robusta, 2^ to 3 feet high 16.00 



Cork oaks, 1 foot bign 9.00 



PlUOBporam craBslIollam, 2 feet higta 14.00 



Plttosporom leBnltultaoi, 2 teetblga 14 00 



Dracaena Indivlsa, 2 teet high 10.00 



All the above plants are pot-grown and in tbe 

 most healthy condition. 26 plants will be sold at 

 100 rate. F. LOOCMAnN, 



8041 Baker St., San rranolsco, Cal. 

 Mention The Review when you write. 



200,000 

 CALLA BULEIS 



Orders now booked for July, Augtist 

 and September. 



AIIITTIIIG 17 to 23 Konnan St. 

 I ml I I lUDy SANTA CKi/Z, CAL. 



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and other improvements. The florists 

 have not been much behind in the way 

 of reestablishing themselves and at the 

 present time all the large firms that 

 were in business at the time of the fire 

 are again represented, and probably 

 about one-half of the smaller stores have 

 found locations again. Although the 

 town is probably 50,000 less in popula- 

 tion than it was a year ago, the love 

 for flowers that is everywhere predomi- 

 nant here has tended to the advantage 

 of the trade, and more flowers were used 

 in proportion this season than ever be- 

 fore. 



In conversation and from observations 

 made during the last few weeks, the fact 

 that there would be a short supply of 

 Easter stock, and more particularly 

 Easter lilies, was everywhere apparent 

 and most of the stock shown was neither 

 up to form nor color. Here was a great 

 mistake made by the growers, and the 

 small receipts from their sales where the 

 demand was so great should be a good 

 lesson in teaching them that such a con- 

 dition should not be allowed to happen 

 again. 



A year ago all the eastern bulb men 

 reported heavy sales to the growers, and 

 that there would have been extensive 

 plantings and heavy cuttings there could 

 be no doubt. But, to use the common 

 expression, they got "cold feet," and 

 a majority of the orders were counter- 



