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The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



Januabt 9, 1908. 



RAHN ft HERBERT 



Siecesiori to Pfnnder's GreenhouM 

 48th St. PORTLAND, OREGON 



Wholesale Growers of Plants and Cut Flowers 



Clirysaiitlxeiniun Stock Plant* , all leading 



klndB, ib.OO per 100. 



Mention Tbe BcTlew wben yon writs. 



PACIFIC COAST. 



Santa Cruz, Cal. — W. E. King says 

 the outlook is thus : * ' Too much busi- 

 ness. No reliable help. Am likely to 

 be found dead in the harness." 



McMiNNViLLE, Obe. — S. H. Maris, pro- 

 prietor of the Pioneer Greenhouse, says 

 that Christmas trade was better than 

 ever before. Flowers were all cleaned 

 up and twice as many plants were sold 

 as on any former Christmas. The finan- 

 cial stringency has not been felt here, so 

 far as his business is concerned. 



LOOMIS, CAL, 



The Loomis Floral Co. has been mak- 

 ing improvements in its heating plant. 



The California Carnation Co. has been 

 getting in touch with the trade across 

 the big waters. 



D. F. Eoddan, of the Loomis Carna- 

 tion Co., was recently married. 



H. S. M. 



SAN FRANCISCO. 



The Market 



There has been the usual lull after 

 the holidays and everything is now get- 

 ting down to its normal state. The trade 

 for New Year's was fully as good as 

 that of one year ago, with an extra de- 

 . mand for roses and violets. Carnations 

 did not sell as well as was expected and 

 valley was a slight drug on the market. 

 Poinsettias were so well cleared out at 

 Christmas that there were no really good 

 ones offered. Fancy roses, owing to the 

 continued dark weather, were exception- 

 ally scarce and but little of the best 

 grade found its way to town. 



There has been considerable funeral 

 work, which has been well divided among 

 the stores during the last week, and 

 this helps to clean up much of the short- 

 stemmed stock. 



Chrysanthemums of the outside grown 

 varieties are nearly at the end of their 

 season. A few poor whites and yellows 

 are still being offered to the retailers, 

 but they are good for little else than to 

 use in funeral designs. 



There has been a scarcity of maiden- 

 hair ferns for the last few days, but 

 smilax is overplentiful. The fact that 

 the large buyers for window decorations 

 were not so plentiful as usual this sea- 

 son left a great quantity of it uncut, 

 where it usually is completely cut down 

 for that class of trade. 



The prospect for cut flowers is good 

 at present and the prices are a shade 

 less than they were at this time one year 

 ago. The tendency on all classes of 

 stock, however, is downward and I am 

 inclined to think that January prices 

 will not average over seventy-five per 

 cent of that received for the same class 

 of stock in 1907. 



Various Notes. 



The Piedmont Floral Co., of Oakland, 

 has removed to its new location in the 



150,000 ROUTED CARNAIION CUTTINGS 



Strong:, healthy and gruaranteed to rive Batlsfaction, of the following varieties: 



Per 100 Per 1000 



KnohantreH, U«rht pink $2 00 HKOO 



Mrs. Lawaon 1.60 10.00 



Tariegated Lawson 2.00 16.00 



Prosperity 1.60 12.60 



Red JLawson 1.60 12.60 



America, red 1.40 10.00 



Per 100 PerlOOe 



Bldorado, yellow 11.60 tl3.6B 



Flora Hill, white 1.40 10.00 



Got. Wolcott, white 1.40 10.00 



White Lawson, white 3.00 16.00 



Harlowarden, crimson..^..... 1.60 13.60 



3.00 16.00 



Asparaicas Plamoaas, 2H to 



8-incu pots. 



Express cbarres prepaid at above rates. 6 per cent discount for cash with 

 order or will ship 0. O. D. Examination allowed in either case. 



LOOMIS CABNATIOM CO^'-'SSi^r- LOOMIS. CAL 



Mention The Review wlien you write. 



Alex Mann, Jr., Co.<» 



Wholesale Dealer In 



Florists' Supplies and Cut Flowers 



Whit* Dovea, $9.00 par dos. 

 Oalaz Leavas* bronx* and creen 



1 1 26 POLK STREET, SAN FRANCISCO, CAL. 



Mention The Review when yog write. 



pALIFORNIA CARNATION GO. 



WRITE FOR CATALOG 



:: :: :: LOOMIS, CAL. :: :: :: 



Mention The Review wben you write. 



A. Miffing 

 Caila Bulb Co. 



17 to 23 Kennan St. 

 SANTA CRUZ, CAL. 



Mention Tbe Review wben 70a write. 



Hotel Athens, on Broadway. The firm 

 has fitted up a very attractive store and 

 caters to the best trade in Oakland. 



James Vallance, brother of Manager 

 John Vallance, of the nursery depart- 

 ment of C. C. Morse & Co., has returned 

 to his home at Livermore, Cal. 



James Skinner, the Christmas tree 

 man, has returned to Portland, Ore. 



Hutchings & James, of Elmhurst, re- 

 port a record-breaking sale of poin- 

 settias in pans and pots. They grew the 

 finest stock sent to market. 



The Sievers Floral Co. reports a splen- 

 did holiday trade, with an exceptional 

 demand for long-stemmed Beauties. This 

 firm makes a specialty of this article. 



Chas. W. Bates has taken a long 

 needed vacation and gone on a trip 

 through southern California. 



J. P. Nissen has returned from a 

 week's visit to San Jose and Santa 

 Clara. G. 



PORTLAND, ORE. 



State of Trade. 



The final struggle of 1907 ended wjth 

 most satisfactory results and we can now 

 sit up and take notice. The pessimisticly 

 inclined have taken a new lease on life 

 and agree that the florists got all that 

 was coming to them. We have seen 

 nearly all the retailers and find them of 

 the same mind in pronouncing Tuesday, 

 December 24, the greatest day in his- 

 tory. It did not rain on that day, but 

 Wednesday it fell in torrents, the wind 

 blowing a regular gale. Had it not been 

 so, we undoubtedly would be able to re- 

 port a twenty-five per cent increase over 

 last year's sales. Buyers were more 



ROOTED 



CARNATION CUTTINGS 



FOB IMSLEDIATE DELIVRRT 



. PerlOO PerlOeO 

 Hannah uobart (Slever's), ce- 

 rise pink $4.00 186.00 



Knchantreaa, flesh pink 1.80 1600 



O. Lord, llgrht pink 1.20 1000 



Var. Laweon, best of Its color, 1.10 13.M 



Harlowarden, crimson 1.40 12.01 



Red I<a«eon. llffht red 140 12.00 



Gov Wolcott, white 1.20 10 00 



Mn. Lawion, cerise pink 1.40 12.00 



America, red 1 40 



Flora Hill, pure white 1.20 10.00 



Bldorado, yellow 1.40 12.00 



£stelle. scarlet 1.70 15.00 



Prosperity, fancy mottled 1.20 lO.M 



NO DISEASE. 

 260 or more cut tin^s of ai y variety at 1000 rates 



Unrooted cuttlngrs one-half price of rooted 

 cutting's. 



Terms: Cash with order, or 0. O. D., suh- 

 lect to examination by customer. Express 

 chargres prepaid by us on all orders at above 

 prices. Prompt attention to orders. 



LOOMIS FLORAL CO., Loomis, Cal. 



••• IZKl^/%9«»« 



4.00 



6.80 

 8.6a 

 6.01 

 4.01 



4.50 

 4.00 

 6.00 

 4.01 



8.01 



Bach Per U 



Erioa Wilmoreana, 5-lnchpotB 50c 16.00 



4-inch pots 86c 



" Triamphans, 6-inch pots 60c 



" Hediterranea, 6-inch pots 36o 



" Capitata, 6 inch pots 60c 



" Clnerea Carnea, 6-inch pots. .860 

 Also the following: Spring and Sammer 

 flowering sorts: 



Erioa Hyalina, 4-lnch pots 40o 



" Blanda, 4-inch pots 860 



" Fersolata Alba, 6-lnch pots. ..60c 

 " " " 4-lnch pots... 40c 



" Talsarts (Calluna Vulgaris), 



4-lnch pots 80c 



And Axalea Indica, which are ready to bloom. 

 60c to 11 00 each. Send for catalogue. 



F. LUDEMANN. PacUie Nurserias. 



3041 Baker St., San Franolsco, Oal. 



Mention The Review when yon write. 



Asparagus Plumosus 



2H-lnch, 12.60 per 100. 



Asparasas SprenKeri — 3 and 4-lnch, fine, 

 bushy plants, 15.00 and 88.00 per 100. 



Cyclamen OiKant«am— S-lnch, I7.M p«r 100. 



Smllax-2-inch, 11.60 per 100. 



Petnnia Seed from my Champion strain is 

 the choicest seed of this strain obtainable at 

 prices of common seed and cannot be beaten for 

 size of flowers, variety of color and markings. 

 All Petunia Seed is hand- fertilized. Tr. pkt., 26c: 

 1000 seeds, 60c; oz., 820.00. 



My Champion Strain of Ruffled Olants Is an- 

 other very superior strain, finely rulHed, of enor- 

 mous size. In an endless variety of color and 

 markings. Tr. pkt., 36c; 1000 seeds, T6c; oz. 836.00. 



I have only one grade of the two strains of Pe- 

 tunia Seed listed above, and that Is the best. 



Send for list of other seeds. Cash, pleas*. 



FRED 6R0HE, Santa Rosa, Gal. 



Mention The Berlew whep yw wtlta. 



numerous, but did not take so readily to 

 the more expensive arrangements. 



There was nothing particularly new in 

 the plant line, but everything displayed 

 was well done, especially the poinsettias. 

 Grown in pans they were the grandest 

 lot ever seen in Portland and the cen- 

 ter of attraction. In the cut flower 

 line carnations ranked first in quality, 

 and never before have we seen them so 

 fine at Christmas. The rose crop WM 

 rather light and the select blooms sold 

 readily. Valley, Romans and narcissi 



