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The Weekly Florists' Review* 



June 4, 1908. 



PACIFIC COAST. 



San Beenaedino, Cal. — The great 

 celebration known as the Festival of 

 the Arrowhead was opened here in the 

 evening of Tuesday, May 19, and was 

 continued the rest of the week. It is 

 believed that the city never before en- 

 tertained so many guests. At least 25,- 

 000 people witnessed the floral parade 

 Thursday forenoon. Flowers of every 

 available variety were lavishly used in 

 the construction and decoration of the 

 floats and other objects in the parade. 

 Many substantial cash prizes were 

 awarded. 



In December a national apple show 

 will be held at Spokane, "Wash. As grow- 

 ers of apples in Canada are invited to 

 compete for the liberal prizes offered, it 

 would be more correct to describe the ex- 

 hibition as international. The sum to be 

 given in prizes is said to be $15,000, and 

 of this amount $1,000 will be given for 

 the best apple. The object of this exhi- 

 bition is, it is stated, to "popularize the 

 apple as the great national fruit" of 

 ^jnerica. Washington is remarkable for 

 the extent to which apples are cultivated 

 within its boundaries and also for the 

 high state of development to which these 

 fruits attain. 



PORTLAND, ORE. 



The Market* 



We are not going to complain about 

 business this time, as it has settled down 

 to normal conditions and the prospect 

 looks bright for a few weeks at least. 

 Weddings are quite a feature at present 

 and there is a brisk demand for funeral 

 work. Early school graduations also 

 help to swell the volume of trade and 

 there is little stock going to waste. The 

 weather stays cool, which is most help- 

 ful to indoor cultivation. Carnations are 

 as fine as we ever saw them. There is 

 not an oversupply and prices remain 

 firm. Boses, too, still maintain an ex- 

 cellent quality and the demand is good. 



Some early outdoor commercial flow- 

 ers are in the market, such as Iceland 

 poppies, peonies, stocks and iris. 



Various Notes. 



Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Clarke and John 

 Holden have been in Seattle for a few 

 days, to note the fighting capacity of 

 Uncle Sam's Atlantic fleet. 



J. B. Pilkington has gone to Milwau- 

 kee, Wis., to attend the nurserymen's 

 convention. 



JuUus Broetje brought the first pond 

 lilies to the city Saturday, May 23, and 

 ikej retailed at $1 per dozen. 



D. J. McNamara, a rose and carnation 

 grower of Boston, Mass., is a new addi- 

 tion to Clarke Bros.' greenhouse force. 



H.J. M. 



The Sibson Eose Nurseries are cut- 

 ting some splendid stock of Miss Kate 

 Moulton and Richmond. On visiting 

 their greenhouses recently, we saw 

 "Kates" with stems five and one-half 

 feet and Richmonds nearly as long; the 

 flowers and foliage both speaking for 

 the careful management of Mr. Wood- 

 ington, the grower and foreman at this 

 place, in getting his plants into such 

 splendid condition, after the long, dis- 

 couraging, sunless months of winter. 

 Since its introduction, Mr. Sibson has 



a 



'2 Million Calia Bulbs 



Calla Bulbs pay to bloom 40% better than Hanisll. 

 Why? You don't have to throw Calia Bulbs away 

 after bioominK. Savvy? 



Circumference Per 1000 



Calls Aethloplea Bolbs , 8 to 10-inch $80.00 



7 to 8-lnch 65.00 



6 to 7-lnch 40.00 



3 to 6-Inch 26.00 



260 at 1000 fates. Packed in slatted crates. Liberal 

 count. Bate arrtval guaranteed. I prepay freight 

 at above prices to your city when check is sent with 

 order. Send in your order today and cash to reach me 

 June 20. Reference. First National and People's Bank, 

 Santa Cruz, Cal., and Dunn's. 



" *° «lt.. Santa Cruz, Gal. 



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MiniNG, 



Kennan 



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the finest Frees! a 

 ever offered to 

 the trade, and the 



Fischer's Freesia Purity, 



only one worth growing. The flower heads are of very large size, and are of glistening whiteness and 

 of thick, heavy substance, making its keeping quality superior to all others. The stems, always stiff, can 

 be grown two feet and over, making this magnificent Freesia one of the finest decorative flowers. 

 It can be used entirely alone in that respect, or with other long stemmed flowers. The greatest care 

 is taken by us to keep this beautiful Freesia pure and free from all danger of mixing by carefully pick- 

 ing off all seed pods and not allowing one to ripen and drop its seed in the ground, where it would 

 surely grow the next season and work disaster, as it does not come true from seed. So beware of 

 buying stock that has been increased from seed. You will always find Purity here in all its purity. 

 Send in your orders without delay, for last year the orders far exceeded the supply. This year 

 we hope to fill all orders, and offer first and second grade bulbs for sale. 



Send for Price list. Delivery In Karly July. 



RUDOLPH FISCHER, - Santa Anita, Cal. 



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CHRYSANTHEMUMS 



Rooted cuttings, 12.00 per 100; 2i2-In. pots, $3.00. 

 CHRT8AMTHSMUM NOVELTIES 



Rooted cuttings, 92.50 per 100; 2^-in. pots, $4.00. 



RAHN ft HERBERT 



Successors to Pfonder's Greenhouse 

 48th Street PORTLAND, OREGON 



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Calia Lily Bulbs 



LarKe, Healthy Bulbs, tor Early Fall 

 Delivery. Send tor Price Ust 



F. LUDEMANN, '-""'AvrSS^ >,. 



San Franciaco, Cal. 



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been steadfast in his support of Miss 

 Kate Moulton, which he considers is 

 probably the best all-around pink rose 

 in commerce. Nearly all his customers 

 now ask for this rose in preference to 

 Bridesmaid, and as it is gprown at this 

 establishment, it certainly is a satisfac- 

 tory flower. S. E, H. 



SAN FRANCISCO. 



The Market 



Business, although quiet, is slightly 

 better than that for the previous two 

 weeks. Warmer weather is the rule and 

 flowers are in overabundant supply. 

 There is a shortage, however, of fancy 

 Beauties and some kinds of fancy car- 

 nations, but of everything else there is 

 enough and to spare. 



Peonies are now at their height and 

 quantities are being sent into town from 

 outside sources; from $3 to $5 per hun- 

 dred is the ruling price. Gladioli are 

 being used considerably, and such other 

 kinds of outside stock as coreopsis, gail- 

 lardias and sweet peas help the retailers 

 to make big window displays at a slight 

 cost. Sweet peas, in spite of the fact 

 that they are a cheap flower, are money- 

 makers and more of them are sold than 

 of anything else that is outside grown. 

 Hawthorn in huge bunches has proven 



Petunias Petunias 



Seedlings of my Champion strain of Giants of 

 California and RufQed Giants, from flats and 

 2-inch pots. $1.50 and $3.00 per 100. 



Hardy Perennials, in good assortment, from 

 2-inch pots, $2.00 per 100. 



Orders booked now for Seeds, etc., for fall de- 

 livery; 25X off list prices on advance orders for 

 Seeds, if your order amounts to $5.00 or over. 



Fred Grohe 



SaDta Rosa, Cal. 



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Washingtonia 



/CAUrORNIA\ 

 V.rAN PALMS / 



W. robusta, l^to2 feet, balled $0.85 



W. robusta, 2 to 8 feet, balled 46 



W. robusta, 3 to 4 feet, balled 70 



W. robusta, 4 to 5 feet, balled 90 



W. robusta, 6 to 6 feet, balled 1.10 



W. robusta, 6 to 7 feet, balled 1.90 



Exotic Nurseries, Santa Barbara, Cal. 



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a good seller this spring and has easily 

 been the most popular flower of its class. 



Valley and Easter lilies are a drug on 

 the market. The continued warm weather 

 has brought out thousands of them that 

 were not far enough advanced to cut for 

 Easter, but they will soon be a thing of 

 the past and the other varieties of Jap- 

 anese lilies will take their places. From • 

 what I am able to learn, there will be 

 a big cutting of both album and rubrum 

 this season, and quite a fair lot of 

 auratum. 



Maidenhair fern, for the first time 

 this year, is now in heavy supply. The 

 cold weather retarded it somewhat all 

 spring and now the excess of heat has 

 made a big showing on the new growth. 



Smilax in quantity is practically over 

 and only a few scattered patches are to 

 be depended on. 



A few early asters have appeared, but 

 they are of short stem and the public 

 has not yet discovered them. 



Business over in Oakland is fair, con- 



