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The Weekly Florists' Review. 



Mabch 19, 1908. 



PACIFIC COAST. 



Vancouver, "Wash. — Albert Greer, who 

 has been employed for two years by a 

 vegetable grower here, has now pur- 

 chased a place and will soon begin busi- 

 ness on his own account. 



Salem, Ore.— Carl F. Euef has begun 

 the erection of two additional green- 

 houses, 20x100 and 30x100, besides a 

 propagating house, 6x100. He is also 

 planning to make numerous changes, 

 among which will be the devoting of two 

 of his houses exclusively to carnations. 



SAN FRANC3SCO. 



The Market. 



Beautiful, sunshiny weather is in evi- 

 dence at this writing and California has 

 had a taste of several weeks of spring. 

 With the continued warmth the crop of 

 flowers is becoming larger every day 

 and florists can better satisfy their whims 

 if they are at all particular in thb kinds 

 of stock they wish to purchase. For 

 the last three months, although business 

 has not been anything to brag of, the 

 retailers have had to take almost any- 

 thing that the growers wished to give 

 them, but there is quite a change now 

 and the store men can be as particular 

 as they wish and still the growers ap- 

 pear to act as if they would like to 

 sell their stocks. 



Roses have had a decided slump in the 

 last three days and the best whites and 

 ' Maids can now be had at 50 cents per 

 dozen. Lent is partially to blame for 

 this, but behind it all is the favorable 

 weather following in the wake of several 

 months of cloudy days. With carnations 

 there are very similar conditions. En- 

 chantress can be had in any quantity 

 I at $3 per hundred and other varieties 

 in proportion. 



Daffodils and narcissi are getting 

 scarcer and the prices have stiffened 

 slightly. Fruit blossoms are being used 

 in large quantities for decorative work 

 and have largely taken the place of the 

 ^ other kinds of greens. Valley is plenti- 

 ful and moves slowly. Dutch hyacinths 

 and tulips are not very popular, appar- 

 ently, with the flower buyers, and sev- 

 eral growers have announced their in- 

 tention of cutting them off the list for 

 another season. Daffodils have been 

 the best sellers, all things considered. 

 ,A few outside sweet peas are seen and 

 they are costing the retailers $1 per 

 dozen bunches. 



Violets are still in their prime and 

 take up the bulk of the flower trade, both 

 on the streets and in the stores. Easter 

 lilies, owing to the favorable conditions, 

 are coming on much faster than usual 

 this season and several large batches 

 will be in full bloom in a few days. 

 The growers are asking from $1.50 to 

 $2 per dozen for them. 



Business is quiet, both in San Fran- 

 cisco and Oakland, with no immediate 

 prospects of a betterment much before 

 Easter. 



Various Notes. 



A. Ringier, of the W. W. Barnard 

 Co., Chicago, has made several trips 

 to the interior towns of the state. He 

 reports trade conditions good, with heavy 

 demands for some lines of stock. 



The Pacific Fertilizing Co., of 612 

 Seventh street, is head over heels trying 

 'to kefep up with its orders for bone 



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CALIFORNIA ROSE COMPANY, Pomona, Cal. 



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fiCDAIIIIIIIQ 2Vinch pots, all kinds, $2.50 

 UCnHniUmOi per 100; $20.00 per 1000. 

 SCOTTII FERNS. 2itj-inch pots, $3.00 per 100. 

 CARNATION CUTTINGS, leading kinds, $2.00 



and $3.00 per 100. 

 CHRTSANTHBMUMS, $1.50 and $2.00 per 100. 



RAHN ft HERBERT 



Successors to Pfunder's Greenhouse 

 48tti Street PORTLAND, OREGON 



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meal. The demand for this article from 

 near-by towns is much greater this year 

 than ever before. 



Advices from Santa Bosa, Cal., inform 

 us that there is to be a big floral exhibi- 

 tion in that town May 15 and 16. 



M. Domoto, of Domoto Bros., Elm- 

 hurst, has returned from southern Cali- 

 fornia, where he has been traveling with 

 his wife for the last month. 



The Sievers Floral Co. had some elabo- 

 rate floral effects at the Fairmount hotel 

 during the stay of Mrs. J. Pierpont Mor- 

 gan and party last week. 



Chas. Beebe, lately of Trumbull & 

 Beebe, San Francisco, has returned to 

 his home in Oakland from an extensive 

 trip to Nevada. 



F. A. Miller, one of San Francisco's 

 pioneer florists, has retired from business 

 and is now living in Oakland. 



Walter Harper will leave on a trip 

 to Los Angeles and San Diego during the 

 present week. 



At the last meeting of the Society 

 Hortensia of Alameda, several papers 

 were read on timely subjects. G. 



PORTLAND, ORE. 



The Market. 



These are the days when it is a com- 

 mon thing to hear complaints from mer- 

 chants engaged in various lines of busi- 

 ness, but not 80 from the florists. We 

 have not experienced a really dull day for 

 a month, and to quote a remark from 

 one of the fraternity, "Everything 

 goes." An unusually large death rate 

 has created a big demand for funeral 

 work, as gradually the old pioneers are 

 passing to the great beyond. Good 

 prices have been realized, too, for a 

 high order of work. Social events have 

 given us the opportunity to show our 

 skill in a decorative way and counter 

 trade never was better. In the cut flow- 

 er market roses are still scarce, while 

 carnations, responding to the early spring 



Asparagus Plumosus 



2M-inoh, 12.60 per 106. 



AiparsKat Bprengerl— t and 4-laek, flaa, 

 bushy plants, 16.(10 ana 18.00 per 100. 



Cyolamen Olsanteniii— 8-inch, IT.W per 101. 



SmUax— 3-inch, $1.60 per 100. 



Petnnle Seed from my Champion strain is 

 the choicest seed of this strain obtainable at 

 prices of common seed and cannot be beaten for 

 sire of flowers, rariety of color and markinn. 

 All Petunia Seed is hand-fertilised. Tr. pkt., »oi 

 1000 seeds, 60c; oz., 120.00. 



My Champion Strain of Baffled Olaats Is •&• 

 other Tery superior strain, finely ruffled, of enor- 

 mous size,in an endless variety of color and 

 markinrs. Tr. pkt., 86o; lOOO seeds, 76oi os., 126.00. 



I hare only one yrade of the two strains of Pe- 

 tunia Seed listed above, and that Is the beat. 



Send for list of other seeds. Casta, please. 



FRED 6R0HE, Santa Rosa, Cal. 



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^MILLION 



Calla Bolbs For Sale! 



Per 1000 

 Calla Ktliloplca Biilbs, 7 to 8-incb cir- 

 cumference $65.00 



Calla Ktliloplca Bulbs, 6 to 7-inch cir- 

 cumference 40.00 



Calla Etlilopica Bulbs, 3 to 5-incb cir- 

 cumference 25.00 



250 at 1000 rates, freight prepaid, when cash is 

 sent with order. Orders booked now for July 

 shipments. 



A. MITTING 



1 7 to 23 Kennan St., SANTA CRUZ, CAL. 



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fieoeral Nnrsery Stock 



SEND FOR CATAIXK3UK 



ri LUDclflANNy Pacine Narseriei 



San Francisco, Cal. 



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sunshine, are more plentiful and as fine 

 as we ever saw them. Violets are a 

 feast and were never more popular. The 

 air is rich with their fragrance. The 

 window attractions are extremely neat 

 and seasonable, with bulbous stock, daf- 

 fodils and lily of the valley filling a 

 prominent place. The superlative excel- 

 lence of the single daffodil is worthy 

 of note, grown on 18-inch stems, with 

 blooms the size of an after-dinner coffee 

 cup. 



