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The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



Jdnb 11, 1008. 



PACIFIC COAST. 



Salem, Oee. — Carl Buef has nearly 

 completed the construction of two addi- 

 tional greenhouses, one 22x100 and the 

 other 32x100. His business is increasing 

 rapidly. ^___ 



SAN FHANOSCO. 



TheMarkeL 



Decoration day has come and gone and 

 everything has settled down to thorough 

 quietness, with nothing to break the mo- 

 notony except an occasional funeral order 

 or a small wedding decoration. 



Speaking of Memorial day, I find that 

 the business done in the stores was not 

 over seventy-five per cent of that of one 

 year ago, while the country shipping or- 

 ders were not over fifty per cent of those 

 of last year. This is a fair estimate, 

 and only in isolated cases was there 

 any excess over this. 



The general business depression that 

 is to be found everywhere is responsible 

 for the falling off in trade, and the pro- 

 portion lost during last week is hot more 

 than has been the lot of the florists to 

 experience during all of this year. 



Cut flowers of all kinds are cheap. 

 Roses can be had at from $1 per hun- 

 dred upward and carnations at about 

 the same figure. Sweet peas have proven 

 to be one of the best sellers during the 

 entire spring and they cost the retailers 

 about 75 cents per dozen bunches. Bride 

 gladioli of the several kinds have been 

 in good demand and there has been no 

 excess of them the last week. 



Other kinds of outside stock have 

 moved well, but prices have since then 

 gone to smash. 



There has been a steady demand for 

 all kinds of green stuff. Smilax, aspara- 

 gus and maidenhair fern are proving 

 themselves to be money-makers and it 

 appears to make little difference how 

 poorly other kinds of stock sell; these 

 extras are always called for. Those 

 growers who devote their houses almost 

 exclusively to this class of stock seem to 

 feel less diflSculty in selling their wares 

 than is experienced by flower growers 

 who devote their time either to carna- 

 tions or roses. 



Variottt Notes. 



Martin Beukauf, representing H. Bay- 

 ersdorfer & Co., of Philadelphia, is in 

 town. 



D. Raymond, of San Jose, passed 

 through town this week, on his way to 

 northern California. 



J. D. Hinks, of C. C. Morse & Co., 

 reports heavy orders for forcing bulbs 

 for the coming season. 



The Hassard Nursery Co., of Fruit- 

 vale, Cal., has opened a depot at Moun- 

 tain View cemetery, Oakland. 



Chas. Budd, formerly with J. W. Mil- 

 ton, of Des Moines, la., is on a visit to 

 California. G. 



PORTLAND, ORE. 



The Market. 



Trade made a decided spurt the last 

 week in May, and when we closed shop 

 on Memorial day there was scarcely a 

 flower left over. Omitting Easter, it 

 was the busiest week of this year. All 

 through the northwest the weather had 

 been cold and wet for a whole month, 

 and, as a result, outdoor flowers were 



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1>2 Million Calla Bulbs 



Calla Bulbs pay to bloom 40^ better than Harrisii. 

 Why? You don't have to throw Calla Bulba away 

 after bloominK. Savvy? 



Circumference Per 1000 



Calla Aethloplea Bulbs, 8tolO-incb $80.00 



7 to 8-lnch 66 00 



6 to 7-lnch 40.00 



3 to 5-Inch 26.00 



260 at 1000 rates. Packed in slatted crates. Liberal 

 count. Bale arrival Kuarantaod. 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. 



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It.. Santa Cruz, Cal. 



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Fischer's Grand Frccsia Purity 



The magnificent, giant, white Freesia. When once tried, will always be grown. 

 Write lor Prioas Dallvary In July 



RUDOLPH FISCHER, - Santa Anita, Cal. 



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Paeitle Nurseries 



S041 Baker St. 



CHRYSANTHEMUMS 



Rooted cuttings, 92M per 100; 2i2-in. pots, $3.00. 

 CHRTBAMTHKMDM NOVBXTIEB 



Rooted cuttings, 92.50 per 100; 2>9-in. pots, 94.00. 



RAHN ft HERBERT 



Successors to Plunder's Greenhouse 

 48tli Street PORTX.Ain>. ORXGON 



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Calla Lily Bulbs 



Larse. Healtby Bulba, lor Karly Fall 

 Deliyery. Bend tor Price List 



F. LUDEMANN, 



San Franciaeo, Cal. 



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few and inferior. The demand from out 

 of town probably broke all records, and 

 we received some good, substantial orders 

 from as far as the interior parts of 

 Idaho and "Wyoming. There was the 

 usual call for design work for Memorial 

 day, which cleaned up everything with a 

 short stem. Carnations were in pretty 

 good supply and the retail prices ad- 

 vanced to $1.50 per dozen, "There was 

 also a good crop of indoor roses, the 

 best selling for $3 per dozen. 



The Japanese iris, early peonies and 

 other garden stock were water-soaked and 

 sold at bargain-counter prices. That fine 

 late variety of peony, festiva maxima, 

 which sold a year ago for $4 per dozen, 

 will not be in bloom for two weeks yet. 

 After summing up everything, the retail- 

 ers agree that May was a pretty good 

 month, despite some extremely dull days. 



Various Notes. 



The great rose fiesta is now in prog- 

 ress and Portland is looking her best in 

 rose and green. Had the committee in 

 charge acted wisely, this festive occa- 

 sion, which means so much to the rose 

 enthusiasts, would have been postponed 

 for ten days. The unfavorable season 

 blighted the buds and they develop im- 

 perfectly; and then there is a scarcity, 

 hence the use of too many artificial 

 flowers. 



Our amateur rose society gave a very 

 creditable show June 2, in one of the 

 old fair buildings, which received a tre- 

 mendous patronage. Other features of 



Petunias Petunias 



Seedlings of my Champion strain of Olants of 

 California and Ruffled Giants, from flats and 

 2-inch pots. 91.60 and 93.00 per 100. 



Hardy Perennials, In good assortment, from 

 2-lnch pots, 92.00 per 100. 



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

 livery; 26K off list prices on advance orders for 

 Seeds, if your order amounts to 96.00 or over. 



Fred Grohe 



Santa Rosa, Cal. 



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Washingtonia (SJ^'^'SS^) 



W. robusta, l^to2 feet, balled 90.86 



W. robusta, 2 to 8 feet, balled 46 



W. robusta, 8 to 4 feet, balled 70 



W. robusta, 4 to 5 feet, balled 90 



W. robtista, 6 to 6 feet, balled.... 1.10 



W. robusta, 6 to 7 feet, baUed 1.80 



Exotic Nurseries, Santa Barbara, Gal. 



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the week will be several parades of dec- 

 orated vehicles, for which liberal prizes 

 are offered. We wish there were more 

 flowers and that the weather was ten 

 degrees warmer. H. J. M. 



HAHDY STOCK IN POTS. 



The handling of hardy stock that is 

 grown in pots is one of the severest trials 

 of the nurseryman in the dry portions of 

 California during the summer season. I 

 refer to both deciduous and evergreen 

 stuff, and with many dealers these fur- 

 nish by far the most of the stock han- 

 dled. 



Where there is such an absence of nat- 

 ural moisture as there is in California at 

 this time, the question of keeping plants 

 moist enough to insure a healthy growth 

 is all-important. The proper amount of 

 repotting and shifting takes up much of 

 the time, and watching that the stock 

 does not root through too much has to 

 be always borne in mind. Staking and 

 pruning will have to be done several 

 times during the season, and with each 

 change the grower has to be on the alert 

 to see that his plants do not go back- 

 ward and become unsalable. 



