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The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



Sgftembbb 12, 1907. 



PACIFIC COAST. 



Sylvan, Ore. — Hoffman Bros, now do 

 business as the Western Floral Co. and 

 their address is E. F, D. No. 1, Hills- 

 dale, Ore. 



Portland, Ore.— The Tonseth Co. has 

 taken the necessary legal steps to change 

 its name to the Tonseth Floral Co. ' The 

 incorporators are Briger Tonseth, Cor- 

 nelius Tonseth and Kosa B. Eckenberger. 



SAN FRANCISCO. 



The Market. 



Business shows a gradual improve- 

 ment. A majority of the town people 

 have returned from the various country 

 places and things are assuming a more 

 lively aspect. The weather continues 

 cool, favoring the growers and retailers 

 alike. Flowers are not overplentiful, 

 however, with the exception of asters, 

 and they are still seen in great profu- 

 sion. The demand for them has not been 

 quite as good this year as formerly and 

 it is doubtful if there will be as large 

 an acreage planted next year as there has 

 been previously. Sweet peas are short of 

 stem and the cooler weather is having 

 the effect of making the blooms fall to 

 pieces easily. Some long-stemmed flow- 

 ers are shown from interior places, but 

 those grown in this neighborhood have 

 apparently outlived their usefulness. 



Indoor carnations are more plentiful 

 and, although the stems are short on 

 many kinds, the blooms are of good 

 quality throughout. The prices are a 

 shade higher than those quoted a couple 

 of weeks ago. Eoses are scarce and 

 will continue so for a considerable time. 

 The best Maids, Testouts and Brides 

 cost the retailers from 75 cents to $1 

 per dozen, while short-stemmed stock can 

 be had at about half that price. 



Japanese lilies have held the market 

 for several weeks, at good prices, and 

 are now becoming scarcer. Valley is in 

 fair supply, but moves slowly. Other 

 kinds of outdoor stock are not in much 

 demand and but little money has been 

 made on them this season. Smilax is 

 more plentiful and is in fair demand. 



VariotM Notes. 



W. 8. Jesserun, representing the Bom- 

 bay Eeed Manufacturing Co., is in town. 

 He reports splendid business for his firm 

 all along the coast. 



Wm. Cox, of the Cox Seed Co., has re- 

 turned from a trip to Oregon and Wash- 

 ington. Thomas Cox, manager of the 

 same firm, will depart on an eastern trip 

 in a few days. He contemplates being 

 absent fronj. California for several 

 months. 



John Vallance, of C. C. Morse & Co., 

 has returned from a visit to the northern 

 part of the state. 



W. W. Saunders has opened a store 

 for baskets, moss and florists' supplies 

 under the Chamber of Commerce build- 

 ing, Oakland. G. 



PORTLAND, ORE. 



Current Comment. 



We have experienced one of the cool- 

 est summers in years and wish we might 

 have prolonged its duration, as the 

 weather was not of the enervating kind, 

 but rather tended to increase our vital- I 



A. Mitting 

 Calla Bulb Co. 



17 to 23 KennanSt. 

 SANTA CRUZ, CAL. 



Mention The Review when you write. 



Alex Mann, Jr., Co.^-^ 



Wltolesale Dealer in 



Florists' Supplies and Gut Flowers 



White Doves. $9.00 per doz. 



Pampaa Plumes, $10.00 per 1000. 



1125 POLK STREET, SAN FRANCISCO, CAL. 



ity and prepare us to take up the active 

 duties with greater vigor. 



Trade conditions through August were 

 excellent, and it was not all funeral 

 work, either. Certain great men of the 

 east (statesmen and others) are giving 

 us considerable attention these days and, 

 as they all expect a good, square meal 

 while in Portland, we have been called 

 upon to execute several fine table decora- 

 tions. The present stock in trade con- 



raVERY now and then a well 

 IL9 pleased reader speaks the word 

 which is the means of bringing a new 

 advertiser to 



m 



Such {riendly assistance is thoroughly 

 appreciated. 



Give us the name of anyone from 

 whom you are buying, not an adver- 

 tiser. We especially wish to interest 

 those selling articles of florists' use 

 not at present advertised. 



FLORISTS' PUBLISHING CO. 

 530-60 Caxton Bldg. Chicago 



sists chiefly of asters, gladioli, Lilium 

 auratum and L. speciosum. Asters never 

 were finer than now, and a beautiful 

 rain a week ago means that we may ex- 

 pect a continuous supply of them until 

 the frost comes. 



The sales from a new crop of roses 

 again remind us that they can always 

 command first recognition in popularity. 



A half holiday on Labor day gave us 

 an opportunity to make a few social 

 calls among the growers, so we greased 

 up the automobile and started for Sell- 

 wood. Mr. Sibson had told us that he 

 had something of interest to show us 

 and we were not disappointed. Few 

 changes were noticed in the greenhouses, 

 as last year's rose stock was carried 

 over, and we certainly think that Mr. 

 Sibson did right. Everything under 

 glass showed a clean, healthy growth. 

 Mr. Sibson is rapidly preparing to cater 

 to a large wholesale trade. He was most 

 enthusiastic over the merits of Kate 

 Moulton and Liberty and is cutting a 

 large crop of each. This establishment 

 is just what we need in the northwest. 



We next dropped in on Tonseth & Co., 



B. C. Grown • l^ rgb 

 BlLBS,Ar,'K. 



Von Sioa double-nosed bulbs, per 1000, $15.00 



** " flrstsize " " 10.00 



Poeticus Ornatus " ** 4.50 



Princeps (extra fine) " " 6.0O 



Tulip La Reine " " 6.50 



Many other varieties at low prices. Write 



for frice List. Carriaire paid on orders 



OTer $20 00. 



WollastonS Wallace 



Victoria, B. C, Can. 



Mention The Review when you write. 



CALLA LILY BULBS 



Large, healthv bulbs. 

 Also Narcissus, T.llUim Lonsrlflorum anl 

 LonBlflorum Multlflorum. Send for cata- 

 logue. 



F. LUDEMANN, Pacific Nurseries^ 



3041 Baker St., San Franolaoo, Cal. 



Mention The Review when you write. 



Make a Club Order ^ti;a?rS^ 



Dracaena IndlTUa, 2 to 3 ft., 40c; S to 4 ft., 60c; 

 4 to 5 it., 80c; 5 to 6 ft., tl.lX); 6 to 8 ft, tl.&O. Ktintla 

 Forateriaua, 2 to 3 ft.. 75c; 3 to 4 ft., <1 76; 4 to & 

 ft.. 12.75; 5 to ft., 14.00. ftychosperma Alexan- 

 dra« and seat ortbla Klegans, 2 to 3 ft., 60c; 3 to 

 4 ft., $1.00; 4 to 6 ft., 11.75; 5 to 6 ft., $2.25. Phoenix 

 CanariensU. 5 to ft, $1.75; (> to 7 tt , $2.50; 7 to S 

 ft, $3.00. Wasblnictonla Robusta, 4 to 5 ft, 

 $1.25; 6 to 6 ft., $1.50; fi to 7 ft., $2.00. 

 EXUTIC MIJB8KBIB8, 8ANTA BABBABA, CAL. 

 Mention The Review when you write. 



Shasta Daisy ami Petnoia 



"Giants of California" my specialty. My 

 champion strain of seeds can not be surpassed. 

 Try it. Send for list of all seeds. Orders booked 

 now for fall delivery. 



' FRED 6R0HE, Santa Rosa, GaK 



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of Mt. Tabor, This firm has added one 

 house and made other improvements 

 which betoken progress and prosperity. 

 Here, too, everything shows the best of 

 care and it is one of the leading retail 

 places. 



Crossing over to L. G. Pf under 's, we 

 were told that the veteran was absent,, 

 having been invited to deliver an address 

 before the Federated Trade Unions on 

 the "Social and Moral Obligations of 

 the Laboring Man." We left, wishing 

 that we, too, owned such a valuable 

 piece of property. 



Around the corner appears the fine 

 range of houses owned by William Mar- 

 tin, formerly Martin & Forbes. Some 

 20,000 feet of glass have been added 

 here this season, another move in the 

 "right direction. Close attention to busi- 

 ness on the part of the employer, with 

 plenty of competent help, accounts for 

 the constant productiveness of this es- 

 tablishment. 



A mile south of here, in a popular 

 growing suburb, Clarke Bros, are going 

 right ahead. To allow for further ex- 

 pansion they fenced in a few adjoining 

 acres and have increased their glass area 

 by 25,000 feet. This is the greatest in- 

 crease for any one firm and their busi- 

 ness demands it. The entire place has 

 received a complete overhauling and is 

 all under the personal supervision of A. 

 J. Clarke. H. J. M. 



Before you order stock for import, 

 consult the European advertising pages 

 in the Review. 



