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The Weekly Florists' Review* 



August 20, 1008. 



iii. 



Wholesale Cut Roses '«>'• *"«* Northwest 



■" ■' We are '" '■ ' ■ " 



Wholesale Growers and Distributors of Fine Cut Roses! 



Regular Shipments of Fresh Flowers to the Trade Only 



About 50,000 feet of modern glass entirely devoted to Roses for Cut Flowers! 



The Sibson Rose Nurseries 



(Cut Flower Department) '." 1^' 



Office and GreenhouBea, HQQ Mllwoukle Avo., Portlaud, Oregoii 



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PACIFIC COAST. 



SAN FRANCISCO. 



The Market 



Business is better at present than it 

 has been at any period since June 1. 

 The opening of the city schools has 

 had the effect of bringing most of our 

 town people back from the country and 

 the increase in trade has been quite 

 perceptible. 



White stock of all kinds is moving 

 well and everything in the line of light 

 colored flowers is quickly bought up. 

 Chrysanthemums have . made their ap- 

 pearance here and several varieties ot 

 early whites and yellows are displayed. 



Asters are now at the height of their 

 season. They are mostly produced by 

 the Chinese growers and the quality is 

 good throughout. Semple's Branched 

 seems to be the variety grown princi- 

 pally and they cost the stores from $1 

 to $2 per hundred. 



Carnations, owing to the fact that 

 many growers are at present changing 

 their beds, are not in abundant supply. 

 Enchantress and fancy whites are scarce 

 and it will be several weeks before they 

 are again offered in quantity. The red 

 and deep pink varieties do not sell so 

 well as the lighter colors. With roses 

 there is still quite a shortage. There is 

 no fancy stock at all to be seen, and 

 Brides, Maids and a few second rate 

 Beauties are all that can be seen at pres- 

 ent. Sweet peas still sell well, and sev- 

 eral growers who have long-stemmed 

 batches just coming into bloom are get- 

 ting good prices. 



Amaryllis and gladioli are plentiful 

 and at the same time sell well. The 

 former costs the retailers about $2 per 

 hundred. Lilium album and rubrum are 

 fairly plentiful. They are good sellers 

 and cost the stores from $1.50 to $2.50 

 per dozen. Ferns and asparagus are 

 plentiful at present, and the bunches 

 are being made large enough so that the 

 retailers can get something out of them. 

 There is quite a difference between the 

 bunches as made now and those of a 

 couple of months ago, and it is all in 

 favor of the retailer. 



Various Notes. 

 Alexander Frey has returned from a 

 two weeks' visit to Los Angeles and 



vicinity. ^i . ^ tt 



A regular meeting of the Society Hor- 



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CALLA BILBS 



READY TO SHIP ; 



T.iberal count. Safe arrival gruaranteed. I prepay 

 express to your city, when check is sent with order. 



NEW CALLA, Pearl o( StuttKart. /'Introduced in 

 (Germany six years ago. It is the flnest pot calla in tbe 

 world, frrowing 12 to 16 inches high. A nrofusion of 

 bloom all winter. Can be grown in a4-int%'pot, as tbe 

 l)ulbs are never larger than one inch in diameter. Nice 

 3-yearold bulbs, $5.00 per 100. 



^AMiniWB,Kl,V.:'.l, Santa Cruz, Cal. 



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RAHN ft HERBERT 



WHOLESALE FLORISTS. 

 PORTLAND, Oreson, Mt. Tabor P. O. ' 



KENTIAS, FERNS, 

 ARAUCARIAS. 

 VIOUETS, PRINCESS, 2is-ln., $2.50 per 100. 

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Fischer'sFreesiaPority 



Mammoth and first - grade 

 bulba all sold. A limited sup- 

 ply of second-g^ade bulbs left. 



RUDOLPH FISCHER. SanU AniU. ai. 



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tensia was held in Alameda on Saturday 

 evening last. 



The Eureka Wire Works, of Oak- 

 land, are now located on Twelfth and 

 Castro streets. 



Chester Hutchison has completed his 

 new store on Telegraph avenue, Berke- 

 ley. G. 



POINSETTIAS IN CALIFORNIA. 



I should like some information on 

 poinsettias as cut flowers. What dis- 

 tance can they be shipped? What are 

 the best methods of picking, packing 

 and preserying them? W. 



The poinsettias, as grown in Cali- 

 fornia for the wholesale trade, are in 

 the neighborhood of San Francisco cul- 

 tivated entirely under glass and almost 

 exclusively pot-grown. Those from south- 

 ern California are grown almost entirely 

 outdoors, owing to the mildness of the 

 climate there. 



In the vicinity of San Francisco we 



Petunias Petunias 



Seedlings of my Champion strain of Giants ot 

 California and Ruifled Giants, from flats and 

 2-lnch pots, $1.50 and $3.00 per lOO: 



Hardy Perennials, in good assortment, from 

 2-incb pots, $2.00 per 100. 



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

 livery; 25% oft 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 Catalogue 



F. LU DEM ANN ^°'§tr?.V'' 



Pacific Nurseries, San Francisco, Cal. 



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uOrVphd dUStrflllS lawns ana avenoes?'^ 



(Only for California trade.) Each Each 



per 10. per lOO 



Corypha anstralla, balled, 2 to 3 ft., $1.20 $1.00- 

 •• 3 to 4 ft., 2.00 1.75 

 •' 4 to 5 ft., 3.00 2.50 



5 to 6 ft., 4.00 3.60 



6 to 7 ft., 5.00 



7 to 8 ft., 6.00 



EXOTIC NURSERIES. 1410 State St., Saati iarlara. Cal. 

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have no trouble whatever in getting the 

 blooms from Los Angeles in good order. 

 The only difficulty is with the foliage, 

 which, if the packing is not carefully 

 done, or if the stems are allowed to 

 stand too long in water, usually drops 



