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The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



March 26, 1008. 



to prefer to patronize the Japanese 

 grower. 



This may sound somewhat forced, but 

 it is a pertinent question with both 

 parties, and a vital one with the retailer, 

 for usually with him the greatest trouble 

 in the winter is where to buy his flow- 

 ers, and in the summer where to sell them. 

 The Japanese growers are more crafty; 

 they apparently realize the fact that 

 the grower who brings stock in the 

 winter will be honored with trade in the 

 summer. They are not entirely above 

 charging all the traffic will bear at cer- 

 tain seasons, but even this fact is usually 

 condoned by the retailer to a great ex- 

 tent. But when you inform him a week 

 before Christmas that you are cutting 

 very little stock just now, that, in fact, 

 everything is off crop and you will not 

 be able to supply anything for several 

 weeks, do not be surprised to find out 

 about April 1 that the Japanese grower 

 seems to have better luck than you have 

 in disposing of his products. G. 



SAN FRANOSCO. 



TheMa^et. 



We are having the nicest weather imag- 

 inable. Warm sunshine and cool nights 

 have brought into town an avalanche of 

 flowers of all descriptions such as has 

 rarely been seen at this time of the year. 

 Last year during the month of March we 

 had incessant showers and flowers were 

 generally scarce and fully thirty per cent 

 higher than now. Business in comparison 

 with last year, however, even with our 

 beautiful weather, is twenty-five per cent 

 less in volume. The fact that we are in 

 the midst of Lent has considerable to do 

 with it, but even in the funeral line there 

 is little doing. 



We are getting Enchantress and other 

 fancy carnations at our own prices. Roses, 

 especially Maid and Bride, are also to be 

 had in any quantity at from $3 to $6 per 

 hundred. The reason for the excess of 

 flowers at this time is the fact of the 

 continued warm, bright weather, which 

 ordinarily we do not have before next 

 month, and this, coupled with the Lenten 

 dullness, has regulated the supply and de- 

 mand, to the financial loss of the growers. 



With other kinds of stock there is little 

 to record. Easter lilies are plentiful and 

 cost the retailers from $1.50 to $3 per 

 dozen. Valley is in oversupply and nets 

 the growers about $3 per hundred. Daf- 

 fodils are on the wane and, although 

 cheap, are being bought up fairly well. 

 Violets can be had at almost any price. 

 Apparently the growers have no combina- 

 tion of prices this year and the florists 

 have benefited greatly thereby. Wild 

 maidenhair has almost entirely taken the 

 place of the tame variety and is a very 

 welcome adjunct to the store men. 



Smilax bids fair to be scarce at Easter, 

 from what I am able to observe, but calla 

 lilies have never been so plentiful as they 

 are this season and can be had at almost 

 any price. 



Narcissus poeticus has made its appear- 

 ance and has taken the place of the other 

 varieties of narcissi. A few early sweet 

 peas are offered at $1 per dozen bunches, 

 but it looks like forcing the season and 

 they are not yet in much demand. Showy 

 tulips are seen everywhere, in pots and 

 baskets, but they have not had an exten- 

 sive sale thus far this season. 



Various Notes. 

 Jack Sievers has retired from the Siev- 

 ers Floral Co., but expects to embark in 

 business again shortly. 



Young Rose Plants 



All propagated from wood taken in the FISLD from blooming plants. This is the same 

 stock as we are now planting in the field. Not less than 25 of a variety sold. Net cash. No 



discount on thousand lots. Price per 100 



Antoine Rivoire $4.00 



Agrippina 2.50 



Baby Rambler 2.50 



Bridesmaid 2.50 



Burbank 2.50 



Cath. Mermet 2.60 



Cecile Brunner 2.50 



Clara Watson 3.50 



Climbing Cecile Brunner 2.60 



Coquette de Lyon 2.50 



Dorothy Perkins 2.50 



Duch. de Brabant 2.60 



Etoile de Lyon 2.60 



Etoile de France 6.00 



Gainsborough 8.00 



Gloire des Rosomanes 3.00 



Grass an Teplitz 3.00 



Helen Gould 2.60 



Helena Cambier 3.00 



Kaiserin 2.50 



Price per 100 



Killamey $4.00 



Mme. Abel Chatenay 3.00 



Mme. Alf. Carrierre 2.50 



Mme. Car. Testout 3.60 



Mme. de Vatry 2.60 



Mme. Wagram 3.00 



Marechal Niel 2.00 



Marie Van Houtte 2.60 



Marquis deQuerhoent 2.50 



Meteor 2.60 



Mrs. Robt. Garrett 3.00 



Papa Gontier 2.50 



Perle 3.00 



Queen of Prairie 2.50 



R. O. Wurtemburg 2.50 



Vis. Folkestone 3.60 



White Banksia 2.50 



White Cochet 3.00 



Wm. Allen Richardson 3.00 



Winnie Davis 4.00 



YeUow Banksia 2.50 



CALIFORNIA ROSE COMPANY, Pomona, Cal. 



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CemeteryVasesaodWireFrames 



FOR THE NORTHWEST 



10,000 Cemetery Vases, $10.00. $12.00 and $15.00 per 100 



These vases are painted green and are the same as those offered by W. W. Barnard Co., Chicago. 

 Send orders to me and save freight charges. 



J. W. HUSERIK, Aix 



Manufacturer of 

 KINDS OF WIRE GOODS 



IWYt N. 17th Street, PORTLAND, ORE. 



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CEDAUIIIIIQ 2Vinch pots, all kinds, $2.50 

 DLnmllUniOi per 100: $20.00 per 1000. 

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

 CARNATION CX7TTINGS, leading kinds, $2.00 



and $3.00 per 100. 

 CHRTSANTHXMUMB, $1.50 and $2.00 per 100. 



RAHN a HERBERT 



Successors to Pfunder's Greenhouse 

 48tli Street PORTLAND, OREGON 



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General Norsery Stock 



SEND TOB. CATAIXK3UE 



F. LUDEMANN, 



8041 Baker 8t. 



Paelfie Nnraeriei 



San Francisco, Cal. 



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BTTHE 



CARLOAD 



KENTIAS 



Kentia Forsteriana, balled, 3 to 4 ft., $1.70; 4 to 5 

 ft.. $2.75: 5 to 6 ft., $3.75; 6 to 7 ft.. ^^..-iO; 7 to 8 ft., 

 $9.00. Kentia Belmoreana, balled, 2 to 3 ft.. 95o; 

 3 to 3^2 ft., $1.7.5: 3»2 to 4 ft., $2.15: 4 to 4^8 ft., 

 $2.90. Inquire for Potted Kentias, Seaforthian, 

 Ptychospermas, Washingtonias, et<'. 



Exotic Nurseries, Santa Barbara, Cal. 



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A. D. Sanborn, of Berkeley, has en- 

 tirely recovered from his recent illness. 



P. J. Keller, of Piedmont, has received 

 a consignment of 20,000 lily bulbs from 

 Japan. 



Thomas O'Neill, of Haywards, has suc- 

 ceeded to the business established by his 

 father, who has retired and will devote 

 his time to his fruit ranch. 



R. D. Fcnnon has departed on a tour 

 of southern California. He intends to 

 be gone for four weeks. 



The Pacific Nurseries have a splendid 

 showing of azaleas in pots. This firm 

 makes a specialty of European stock. 



G. 



Asparagus Plumosus 



2^-lnch, 12.60 per 1(M. 

 AsparaKoa Sprencerl — I and 4-liiek, fine, 



bushy plants, 16.00 and 18.00 p«r lOI. 



Cyolaman Gljgant«iiin— 3-liich, I7.H p«r 101. 



SmUaz-S-inch, 11.60 per 100. 



Petunia 8e«d from my Champion strain 1» 

 the choicest seed of this strain obtainable at 

 prices of common seed and cannot be beaten for 

 size of flowers, variety of color and marklnr ■. 

 All Petunia Seed Is hand-fertilized. Tr. pkt., %ct 

 1000 seeds, 60c; oz., 120.00. 



My Champion Strain of Ruffled Olants is an> 

 other very superior strain, finely ruffled, of enor- 

 mous size, In an endless variety of color and 

 marklnrs. Tr. pkt., 36c; lOOO seeds, T6o; ob.,I26.00. 



I have only one ^rade of the two strains of Pe- 

 tunia Seed listed above, and that Is the best. 



Send for list of other seeds. Gash, please. 



FRED 6R0HE, Santa Rosa, Cal. 



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^MILLION 



Calla Bulbs For Sale! 



Per 1000 

 Calla Etlilopica Bulbs, 7 to 8-inch cir- 

 cumference $65.00 



Calla Etbioplca Bulbs, 5 to 7-inch cir- 



cuniferfnce 40.00 



Calla Etbiopica Bulbs, 3 to 5-inch cir- 



cumfereuce 25.00 



250 at 1000 rates, freight prepaid, when cash is 

 sent with order. Orders booked now for July 

 shipments. 



A. MITTING 



17 to 23 Kennan St., SANTA CRUZ, CAL. 



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Sabula, Iowa. — W. B. Lovell will 

 spend the summer at Big Fork, Minn., 

 but his business here will be well at- 

 tended to during his absence. 



We enclose money order for $1 for 

 another year of the Review. We cannot 

 do without it; it is the standard of ex- 

 cellence. — Frank Bros., Beardstown, 111. 



