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The Weekly Florists^ Review. 



AoODST 13, 1008. 



PACIFIC COAST. 



Vancouver, Wash. — Eugene Zimmer 

 has leased his establishment to John 

 Renter, who will continue the business. 



COAST DAHLIA GROWERS. / 



The cactus dahlia was recently selected 

 as the official flower of the Alaska- Yukon- 

 Pacific Exposition and soon afterwards 

 followed the organization of the Seattle 

 Dahlia Club, with Chas, S. Gleason, 232 

 Burke building, Seattle, as president, and 

 B. D. Chesnut, Foster, King county, as 

 secretary, who would be pleased to cor- 

 respond with dahlia growers, admirers 

 and enthusiasts in the Pacific northwest 

 with the end in view of organizing local 

 clubs in each community and later a Pa- 

 cific Coast Dahlia Association. 



B. D. Chesnut. 



SALEM, ORE. 



Last December Frank W. Power dis- 

 posed of his remaining interest in the 

 Oregon Nursery Co., the Capital City 

 Nursery Co., the Albany Nurseries and 

 the Portland Wholesale Nursery Co., to 

 M. McDonald. Previous to this time, in 

 May, 1907, Mr. Power had sold a part of 

 his interests, the Chico Nursery Co., to 

 Bouillard & Wightman and the deal of 

 last December left him without any finan- 

 cial interest in the above properties. 



At the request of Mr. McDonald, who 

 was obliged to be absent in California 

 on account of the sickness of his wife, 

 Mr. Power consented to remain as gen- 

 eral manager of the Oregon Nursery Co. 

 until after the spring packing this year. 



Mr. Power commenced work for Mc- 

 Gill & McDonald, proprietors of the Ore- 

 gon Wholesale Nursery Co., nine years 

 ago, after it had been under the control 

 of the above firm about five or six years 

 and the business by hard work had been 

 built up to about $33,000 to $35,000 per 

 year. The first year that Mr. Power 

 was with the company the sales were 

 about $75,000 and have made rapid ad- 

 vances ever since, until now they are 

 probably the largest of any nursery west 

 of the Rocky mountains. In 1900 the 

 company was reorganized as the Oregon 

 Nursery Co., Ltd., and about five years 

 ago Mr. Power became a stockholder and 

 vice-president of the company, holding 

 this position in the corporation until 

 his retirement. 



About four years ago Mr. Power pur- 

 chased a large interest in the Chico 

 Nursery Co., and shortly afterward moved 

 to Chico, Cal., to manage the business. 

 He was successful in building up a large 

 business in California. The sales last 

 year amounted to over half those of the 

 old company in this city. However, owing 

 to the climate being unfavorable to the 

 health of himself and family, Mr. Power 

 sold out his interests at Chico in May, 

 1907, to Bouillard & Wightman, and re- 

 turned to Salem, where he again took 

 up active work with the Oregon Nursery 

 Co. He may now organize a new com- 

 pany. 



SAN FRANCISCO. 



The Market 



Calla Bulbs ready to ship 



New Calla— PEARL OF STUTTGART 



Introduced In Germany 6 years ago. It is the finest Pot 

 Calla in the world, growing 12 to 16 inches high. A pro- 

 fusion of bloom all winter. Can be grown in a 4-inch 

 pot, as the bulbs are never larger than 1-inch diameter. 

 Nice ,S-year-old bulbs, $6.00 per 100. 



Calla Aetbopioa bulbs, 3 to Ahi in. in circumference' 

 $2.50 per 100; «20.00 per 1000. 



250 at 1000 rates. Packed in slatted crates. Liberal 

 count. Safe arrival Buaranteed. I prepay express 

 at above prices to your city when check is sent with 

 order. 



Miniii6,Klir.'.l Santa Gruz, Cal. 



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The opening of the city schools dur- 

 ing the present week has brought quite 

 a number of town people back, and busi- 

 ness shows a slight increase over that 



RAHN S HERBERT 



WHOLK8ALK FLORISTS, 

 PORTLUUTD, Orearon, Mt. Tabor P. O. 



KENTIAS, FERNS, 

 ARAUCARIAS. "^ 



VIOLETS. PRINCBSS, 2^-in.. $2.50 per 100. 

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Fischer'sFreesiaPority 



Mammoth and first • g>rade 

 bulbs all sold. A limited sup* 

 ply of second-g^rade bulbs left. 



RUDOLPH FISCHER, SanU AniU, ai. 



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of the last few weeks. There is a notice- 

 able scarcity of roses of all varieties, 

 with the possible exception of whites, 

 and good prices are the rule for this 

 class of stock at present. 



Carnations are in heavy supply. But 

 few of the growers have commenced to 

 change their houses, and until they do, 

 owing to the favorable weather, there will 

 be a quantity of stock offered. There 

 is but little thrips to be seen this sea- 

 son. The cold weather has kept it 

 backward and never has the quality of 

 stock been better in San Francisco than 

 that seen here now. 



Of outside stock, sweet peas are still 

 the best sellers and many growers are 

 bringing in stock from new patches sown 

 early in the spring. Lilium rubrum and 

 L. silbum are coming into market rapidly. 

 They are principally grown under lath 

 houses. They cost the stores from $1 to 

 $1.50 per dozen stems. Amaryllises are 

 now at their height. They sell whole- 

 sale at from $2.50 to $4 per hundred. 

 Sweet sultan, coreopsis, gaillardias and 

 other flowers of this kind are very plen- 

 tiful and can be had at any price. 



Various Notes. 



Word comes from San Diego, Cal., 

 of the death of Walter Cooke, the land- 

 scape architect, August 6, at the Wil- 

 lows, a summer resort in the mountains 

 near Alpine. Mr. Cooke, as chief engi- 

 neer of the San Diego City and County 

 Boulevard Commission, was driving 

 through the country viewing roads, with 

 the idea of their adornment with shade 

 trees at the proper season, when an acci- 

 dent to the harness resulted in dropping 

 the wagon pole and frightening the 

 horses. Mr. Cooke was thrown out of 

 the wagon and fell down the side of the 

 road, a distance of about fifty feet, 

 breaking five ribs and dislocating a shoul- 

 der. He lay where he fell for several 

 hours before being discovered. One of 

 the broken ribs had punctured the lung 



Petunias Petaoias 



Seedlings of my Champion strain of Giants of 

 California and RufBed Giants, from flats and 

 ^-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; 26H off list prices on advance orders for 

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



Fred Grohe 



Santa Rosa, Cal. 



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Roses and General 

 Nursery Stock 



Send for Cataiogu* 



F. LUDEMANN ^^'gtrStf*'' 



Pacific Nurseries, San Francisco, Cal. 



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Corypha australis t'^^l'^ssr.X^^A?* 



(Only for California trade.) Each Each 



per 10. per 100 



Coryphn aaatralU. balled, 2 to 3 ft.. $1.20 $1.00 



•• •• •• 3 to 4 ft.. 2.00 1.75 



" 4 to 6 ft., 3.00 2.50 



" 5tofift., 4.00 3.60 

 " 6 to 7 ft., 5.00 

 7 to 8 ft.. 6.00 



EXOTIC NURIERIES. 1421 State St., Siata larlara. Cal. 



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tissue, and that, with the exposure, re- 

 sulted in his death. He was a partner of 

 Samuel B. Parsons, of New York, the 

 authority on landscape culture, and with 

 him came to plan park and boulevard 

 improvements in San Diego. Mr. Cooke 

 was 55 years of age and unmarried. 



The Floral establishment of Clarke 

 Bros., on Clay street, Oakland, was bur- 

 glarized during the night of August 1, 

 and a considerable sum of money was 

 taken from the cash drawer. 



L. A. Barrett, of the Fairview Nurs- 

 ery Co., Berkeley, Cal., is at present on 

 a trip to South America. G. 



Faibmount, Ind. — The greenhouse op- 

 erated by Miss Addie Dare, in the south 

 part of town, has been moved to the 

 west side of Mill street. It has been 

 doubled in size and a steam heating 

 plant will be installed. 



Portland, Me. — The firm of J. W. 

 Minott & Son has now been incorporated, 

 under the name of the J. W. Minott Co., 

 with a capital stock of $50,000. The 

 oflScers are: President, Eliza D. Minott; 

 treasurer, Frank L. Minott, both of South 

 Portland. 



