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The Weekly Florists' Review. 



Adodst 27, 1908. 



PACIFIC COAST. 



Portland, Ore. — Mrs. A. C. Wooding- 

 ton, wife of the foreman at the Sibson 

 Kose Nurseriea, with her two sons, is 

 visiting relatives at Grand Rapids, Mich. 



Garfield, Wash. — Edwin G. Scott has 

 moved his greenhouses to a better loca- 

 tion and is adding two houses with con- 

 crete walls, thus making his total glass 

 area about 6,000 square feet. 



LOS ANGELES. 



State of Trade. 



Trade for the last week has been rather 

 dull, almost all the retailers complaining, 

 but we look for a rattling good business 

 as soon as the result of the coming elec- 

 tion lias been determined. Flowers are 

 now almost at the store man's prices. 

 Centaurea is selling at present at the 

 fancy price of $1 per thousand, with 

 carnations not much more, and hard to 

 move even at these prices. Stock is not 

 very good. Roses are scarce, with few 

 outdoor ones to be had. 



H. N. Gage, a local grower, has opened 

 up a stand in Hamburger's new depart- 

 ment store, and there is every reason to 

 believe that he will make a success of it. 



Qub Meeting. 



The Los Angeles Florists' Club is 

 growing rapidly, having a membership 

 of over seventy-five in good standing to 

 date. At a special meeting called for 

 Saturday evening, August 15, there were 

 over forty members present. At the con- 

 clusion of business they repaired to one 

 of the leading cafes, where a bountiful 

 repast was served. Several good speeches 

 were listened to with evident intejrest and 

 enjoyment, and after three good, lusty 

 cheers for our president, O. C. Saakes, 

 were given, everyone went home with a 

 friendly feeling for his neighbor, the 

 world in general and the Los Angeles 

 Florists' Club in particular. C. E. M, 



PORTLAND, ORE. 



The Market 



We are passing through a quiet sum- 

 mer and there is nothing interesting, 

 from a business standpoint, to report. 

 The weather has been hot and dry and 

 the smoke from the forest fires does not 

 help the situation. The month of July 

 was the dullest we have experienced in 

 years. The present month, however, has 

 shown some signs of life, and occasion- 

 ally an opportunity comes to turn out 

 some fine funeral work. 



With no rain in seven weeks, all out- 

 door stock has suffered severely and the 

 cut flower market looks sick. Asters and 

 sweet peas are fairly good, although 

 short-stemmed, and we are told that it 

 requires the constant use of the hose to 

 keep them blooming. » 



A Visit to the Sibson Rose Nurseries. 



S. H. Forshaw, of Pendleton, Ore., 

 well known to the trade here, was a 

 most welcome visitor last week. He had 

 not visited Portland since the Lewis and 

 Clark Fair and was keen to note the 

 progress this city has made in the last 

 three years. As he expressed a wish to 

 see the Sibson Rose Nurseries, the writer 

 was ready to escort him to Sellwood. Mr. 

 Sibson was on duty and brimming over 





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NKW CALL.A, Pearl of Stuttffart. Introduced in 

 Gnrmany six years aijo. It is the finest pot calla in the 

 world, growing 12 to 16 inches high. A profusion of 

 bloom all winter. Can he grown in a 4-<nch pot, as the 

 bulbs are never larger than one inch in diameter. Nice 

 3-year-old bulbs, $5.00 per 100. 



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RAHN ft HERBERT 



WHOLKSALK FLORISTS, 

 PORTLAND, Oreson, Mt. Tabor P. O. 



KENTIAS, FERNS, 

 ARAUCARIAS. 

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

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Fischer'sFreesiaPority 



Mammoth and first - g^ade 

 bulbs all sold. A limited sup* 

 ply of second-g^rade bulbs left. 



RUDOLPH FISCHER. SanU Anita, at. 



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with enthusiasm, as the owner of such 

 a fine range of glass ought to be. 

 Never have we seen stock looking as 

 promising at this place. 



The three 200-foot houses planted to 

 Richmond, Ivory, Golden Gate and Kate 

 Moulton denote skillful treatment and 

 are models of perfection. The house of 

 Richmond is a grand sight — strong, 

 thrifty looking plants just coming into 



O. C Saakes. 



(President Los Angeles Florists' Club.) 



bud. There will be a big crop when the 

 fall trade opens up. 



Mr. Sibson is still partial to Kate 

 Moulton and says his customers prefer it 

 to any other pink rose. It is doing splen- 

 didly this year. The smaller houses are 

 planted to American Beauties and mis- 



Petaoias Petunias 



Seedlings of my Champion strain of Giants of 

 California and RufBed Giants, from flats and 

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



Hardy Perennials, in good assortment, from 

 2-incb pots, $2.00 per 100. 



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

 livery; 25% off list prices on advance ordera 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 



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Pacific Nurseries, San Francisco, Cal. 



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uOnfPnS aUS>r8liS lawni^'nd avenaes!*' 



(Only "^f or California trade.) Each Each 



per 10. per 100 



Corypha anstralls, balled, 2 to 3 ft , $1.20 $1.00 



•• 3 to 4 ft., 2 00 1.76 



4 to 5 ft., 3 00 2.60 



6 to « ft., 4.00 3.60 



6 to 7 ft., 6 00 



7 to 8 ft., 6.00 



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cellaneous stock, the Beauties showing 

 the same thrifty growth as the other 

 roses. After leaving the place, Mr. 

 Forshaw remarked that he was well paid 

 for his trip to Portland and that be par- 

 ticularly liked Mr. Sibson 's way of en- 

 tertaining visitors. H. J. M. 



SAN FRANCISCO. 



The Market 



Business continues to improve slightly 

 and the growers are having a much bet- 

 ter demand for stock than at any time 

 during the present summer. The weather 

 continues even cooler than that of the 

 last few weeks. The sun rarely shows 

 itself until the middle of the afternoon, 

 and the mornings and evenings are cold. 

 This has its advantage in making it easy 

 for the growers in their changing of 

 houses, but is disadvantageous to the 

 opening of all kinds of blossoms. 



The prices of almost everything at 

 present are fully equal to those of last 

 year, but there ig not quite so much stock 

 produced as at the corresponding season 

 a year ago. Asters are now at their 

 best and cost the stores about $1 per 



