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The Weekly Florists' Review* 



Jamcabt 23, 1906. 



PACIFIC COAST. 



Pasadena, Cal. — W. J. Hesser, 

 fonuerly in the greenhouse business at 

 Plattsmouth, Neb., is now propagator 

 for the Park Nursery Co., of Pasadena. 



PORTLAND, ORE. 



State of Trade. 



Trade fell to a low ebb immediately 

 after New Year's, allowing us time to 

 get rested and to take a trial balance, 

 and we are now more convinced that 

 1907 was a remarkably good year for our 

 profession. At this writing, business 

 has righted itself and we are prepared 

 to hold the fort for another six months. 

 One satisfying feature is the fine qual- 

 ity of nearly everything coming into the 

 market, and there is no scarcity of stock, 

 either, in any line except violets. We 

 must remark that the growers are right 

 up to snuflf this season, having surmount- 

 ed many difficulties characteristic of this 

 moist climate. The retail stores are em- 

 bellished with cinerarias, azaleas, cycla- 

 mens and daffodils which sell farily well 

 and are easily handled in the absence of 

 Jack Frost. 



Visiting the Suburbs. 



Portland's many suburbs have made 

 a surprising growth in the last few years 

 and none has shown greater activity than 

 that known as the Mount Scott district. 

 Lents, its terminus, lies six miles south- 

 east of the city proper, and we often 

 walk out and back to keep ourselves in 

 good physical trim. This we undertook 

 last Sunday. Leaving Hawthorn avenue, 

 we get a partial view of Clarke Bros.' 

 large place, once plainly visible from 

 the street car, but now almost obscured 

 by substantial cottages and bungalows. 

 The big dog on duty objected to our 

 presence, so we passed on to renew ac- 

 quaintance with Tom Bodley. No pre- 

 tension is made of enlarging his busi- 

 ness, as he is more interested in real 

 estate. 



A Japanese firm, doing business under 

 the name of the Nippon Floral Co., is 

 nicely established at Arleta, with 7,000 

 feet of glass. Respecting a Japanese 

 custom, we removed our shoes before 

 entering the place and were nicely enter- 

 tained by one of the proprietors with 

 descriptions of many oriental novelties. 

 In the same neighborhood Budolph 

 Stadeli has built one good, substantial 

 house and knows how to grow carna- 

 tions. He also devotes much time to 

 landscape work and to the care of 

 gardens. 



Our next stopping place was Kern 

 Park, where we met a gentleman bearing 

 the familiar name of Jay Gould. Al- 

 though an electrician by trade, Mr. 

 Gould has other talents and has trans- 

 formed a bit of the wilderness into one 

 of the most attractive places in the dis- 

 trict. He has started with two houses 

 « and equipped them with everything mod- 

 ern, including electric lights. Mr. 

 Gould says bis method of watering stock 

 is a legitimate one and looks good to 

 him. 



On the return trip we crossed lots and 

 paid our respects to Jean Kobinson, in 

 Woodstock, a successful violet grower. 

 The sun was shining some and Jean said 

 it was worth a dollar a minute to him. 

 From there we went to Montavilla and 



150,000 ROOTED CARNATION CUTTINGS 



Strontr, healthy and guaranteed to rive aatlaf action, of the folio wlnr varieties: 



Per 100 Per 1000 



Knebantreaa. llrht pink tS 00 116.00 



Mrs. Lawaon 1.60 10.00 



▼ariesated L.awsoii 3. 00 16.00 



Prosperity 1.60 13.60 



Ked I<awson 1.60 12.60 



Ameiioa. red l.«0 10.00 



Kldorado, yellow., 11.60 



Flora HUi, white 1.40 



Uov. Woloott, white 1.40 



White Lawson, white S.OO 



Harlo warden , crimson 1.60 



Asparasiis PlnmosnSt >H to 

 sh pot 



Per 100 Per 1000 



B-inch pots. 



S.00 



111.60 

 10.00 

 10.00 

 16.00 

 11.60 



16.00 



BxpresB charres prepaid at above rates. 6 per cent discount for cash with 

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



LOOMIS CARNATION CO.," 



F. BODDAIf * son. 

 Proprietors, 



LOOMIS, GAL 



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CPnAllillllQ 2>^Incb pott, all kinds, $2.60 

 QLllfiniUinOf per 100; 120.00 per 1000. 



BOSTON and SCOTTII FERNS. 2}^-incb 



pots. S3 00 per 100. 

 BEX BEGONIA, 2}i-inch pots, $5.00 per 100. 



RAHN & HERBERT 



Biecesssrs to Ptiadsr's Greeakosss 

 48th St. PORTLAND, ORKGON 



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G AUFOBim umim co. 

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



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A. Mitling 

 Calla Bulb Co. 



17 to 23 Kennan St. 

 SANTA CRUZ, CAL. 



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made a short call on the Mountain View 

 Floral Co. This firm is making a spe- 

 cialty of flowering plants this winter and 

 the output is a credit to any place. 



The first traveling man to extend 

 greetings of the New Year was James 

 Karins, representing Henry A. Dreer. 

 There would never be hard times if 

 everybody were as optimistic as Mr. 

 Karins. Our Commercial Club has for 

 some months had a photographer sta- 

 tioned at the Union depot to take a snap- 

 shot of any traveling man landing there, 

 and Mr. Karins' picture now adorns the 

 room of that institution. 



H. J. M. 



SAN FHANOSCO. 



The Maricet. 



Everything is at a standstill, with the 

 exception of funeral orders, and they are 

 the chief source of income for the flo- 

 rists at this time. There has been a 

 great quantity of out-of-town shipping 

 and those retailers who make a specialty 

 of this kind of work have had plenty 

 to do. 



Flowers are fairly plentiful and the 

 prices remain about the same as those 

 quoted during the last few weeks. Eoses 

 are scarcer than they were at any time 

 during the holidays and the prices show 

 a tendency to rise somewhat. Carnations 

 are plentiful and cheap, with a brisk de- 

 mand for all kinds of white varieties. 



Valley is plentiful and moves slowly. 

 A few good Harrisii are seen and they 

 cost the retailers $2 per dozen stems. 

 Daffodils of the Ard Kigh type have 

 made their appearance in town and they 

 sell well at $2 per hundred. Narcissi of 



Asparagus Plumosus 



SM-lnch, 12.60 per 100. 



Asparaaras Sprengerl— S and 4-inok, fine, 

 hushy plants, H.OO ana 08.00 per 100. 



Cyolamen OlKantenin— S-inch, 17.00 per 100. 



SmUax-S-lnch, tl.60 per 100. 



Petanla Seed from my Champion strain is 

 the choicest seed of this strain obtainable at 

 prices of common seed and cannot be beaten for 

 sice of flowers, variety of color and marUnrs. 

 All Petunia Seed is hand-fertUized. Tr. pkt., %c: 

 1000 seeds, 6ec: oz., de.oo. 



My Champion Strain of Raffled Giants is an- 

 other very superior strain, finely ruffled, of enor- 

 mous slze^ an endless variety of color and 

 markings. Tr. pkt., 86c: 1000 seeds, 76e: oa., 036.00. 



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

 tunia Seed listed above, and that la the beat. 



Send for liat of other seeds. Gash, please. 



FRED GROHE, Santa Rosa, Cal. 



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ROOTED CARNATION CUTTINGS ^^'i^e^ 



Per 100 Per 1000 



EaohantresB, flesh pink $1.80 $1600 



O. Lord, Ught pink 1.30 lUJW 



Marlowarden, crimson 1.40 13.00 



Bed Lawson. light red 140 13.00 



Oct Woloott. white 1.30 10.00 



ittrs. Lawson, cerise pink 1.40 12.00 



riora HUI, pure white 1.20 lO.OO 



Eldorado. yeUow 1.40 13.00 



NO DISEASE. 260 or more cuttings of 

 any variety at lOUO rate. Unrooted cuttings 

 one-half price of rooted cuttings. 



Terms: Cash with order, or C. O. D., sub- 

 ject to examination by custumer. Express 

 charges prepaid by us on all orders at above 

 prices. Prompt attention to orders. 



LOOMIS FLORAL CO., lioomis, Cal. 



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fieneral Norsery Stock 



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t«41 Baker St. 



Pacifle Narseries 



F. LUDEMANN, 



San Francisco, Cal. 



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the white sorts are in good demand for 

 white work, and although they are not 

 yet in their prime, they move well. 



A few straggling mums of the late 

 white and yellow sorts are seen, and al- 

 though they are long past their prime, 

 they do very well to fill in designs with. 

 Hothouse-grown sweet peas help to keep 

 up the variety in the windows. Roman 

 hyacinths have moved slowly all during 

 the season and at no time has there been 

 any particular demand for them. Green 

 stuff is plentiful, with the possible excep- 

 tion of maidenhair, and all the large 

 growers seem to be in poor supply at 

 this time. 



Various Notes. 



G. W. Simmons, of Elmhurst, will 

 erect three rose houses "in the early spring. 



P. McDonnell, of Alden, will shortly 

 commence building two additional carna- 

 tion houses. 



The May Seed Co. has opened a store 

 on Market street, above California street, 

 G. 8. May was with th© Cox Seed Co. 

 for many years. 



The Trumbull Seed Co. has become well 

 established at its new location, in the 

 middle of the burned district. 



L. A. Larel, of Forbestown, Cal., is 



