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The Weekly Florists' Review* 



December 17, 1908. 



PACIFIC COAST. 



Holly in the Pacific north\Yest is 

 splendidly berried this year. 



The Park Board at Tacoma, Wash., 

 proposes to issue bonds to the amount of 

 $500,000 for the improvement of the 

 park system. 



San Jose, Cal. — Frank W. Street, a 

 well-known florist of this vicinity, has 

 accepted a position with the Fairview 

 Greenhouse Co., of Victoria, B. C, and 

 will make that city his home. 



PLANTS FOR CARPET BEDDING. 



For the last few seasons there has been 

 a good demand for carpet-bedding plants 

 on the Pacific coast, and it is surprising 

 that many of our larger dealers do not 

 devote- more space to this kind of stock. 

 Of th.e easiest growth and requiring so 

 little attention, it pays well because of 

 these advantages and also because of 

 ready sale. 



Achyranthes in several varieties are 

 usually not killed by frosts in Califor- 

 nia. Often they are not affected at all, 

 in which case cuttings can be taken at 

 any time during December or January 

 and put in flats in coldframes, or, better 

 still, given a little bottom heat. If the 

 indications are for cold weather, a good 

 supply of cuttings should be taken in 

 the fall' and rooted during the cold spell 

 under glass. 



Geraniums of the many varieties used 

 are treated in the same way as the achy- 

 ranthes, the only care necessary being to 

 see that they do not get too much mois- 

 ture when they are in the process of 

 rooting. Alternantheras are slightly 

 more delicate than either of these and 

 do not root c|uite as readily. They are 

 quite susceptible to cold weather and 

 should be given a little bottom heat. 

 Salvias are of the easiest culture and 

 can be rooted in two weeks easily. Dusty 

 millers will root as well in the open as 

 under glass. Lobelias can be either 

 broken up from large clumps or grown 

 from seed. Usually the latter is prefer- 

 able. Golden feather is best grown from 

 seeds; also better plants can be had in 

 this way. Ageratums can be grown 

 either way, but seedlings make the best 

 plants. Begonias are best grown from 

 seed, which should be planted in Janu- 

 ary under glass. They are rather deli- 

 cate at first, but grow rapidly, and can 

 be put outside after they are a couple 

 of inches high. G. 



SAN FRANCISCO. 



ThcMafket 



Business for the first week in Decem- 

 ber has been quiet. There is but little 

 doing aside from funeral orders. The 

 public apparently is keeping its spare 

 cash with the intention of making a big 

 showing at Christmas time. Flowers are 

 comparatively cheap, especially in the 

 line of carnations. The best fancy car- 

 nations can be had at the rate of $3 per 

 hundred and poorer stock is sold as low 

 as $1.50 per hundred. We have had only 

 a few nights' frost this season, and the 

 weather since then has been so mild that 

 there has been no tendency to cut flow- 

 ers short. 



Roses are holding their own well, and 

 the prices during the last few days have 

 shown some signs of stiffening. The 



Largest Btock of up-to-date varieties ever grown in Loomis. All our cuttings are taken 

 from one-year-old plants, which have been grown in the open field in absolutely virgin Boil. 

 All cuttings rooted without artificial heat. 



The following varieties now ready for delivery. 



PINK pg, joQ 



Wlnsor $8.00 



2.50 

 2.00 

 2.00 

 1.50 



Roae-Plnic Snohantresa. 



Nelson Flalier 



■noluuitresa 



Mrs. La^raon 



SCARLET 



Beacon 3.50 



Robert CralK 2.26 



Victory 2.26 



KsteUe 2.00 



Red X.awaon 1.50 



1000 

 $26.00 

 20.00 

 15.00 

 15.00 

 10.00 



80.00 

 17.50 

 17.50 

 15.00 

 10.00 



• WHITE Per 100 1000 



Wblte ■ncluuitreas $3.50 $30.00 



Wlilte Perfection 2.50 20.00 



Gov. Wolcott 1.50 10.00 



WUte Lawton 1.60 10.00 



Flora HUl 1.50 10.00 



CRIMSON 



Harlowarden. 



1.75 12.50 



VARIEGATED 



Lawaon 



Proaperlty. 



YELLOW 



2.00 

 1.75 



16.00 

 12.50 



■Idorado 1.50 10.00 



25 cuttings at 100-rate; 250 cuttings at 1000 rate. Unrooted cuttings at half price. 



All ezpreaa oharcea prepaid by ua. Cuttings are free from disease and well 

 rooted. Satisfaction guaranteed. 5 per cent discount on orders with cash or will ship 

 C. O. D. Examination allowed in either case and plants returned at our expense if not 

 satisfactory. 



Loomis Carnation Company 



D. F. BODDAN it SON, 

 Froprletora. 



LOOMIS, CAL. 



Mention The Review when you write. 



Shibeley-Mann Co.,t"c. 



WHOLESALX DXAIiXKS IN 



FLORIST SUPPLIES 

 and Cut Flowers 



1203 Sutter St., SAN FRANCISCO, CAL. 



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best Beauties cost the stores from $2 to 

 $3 per dozen. Brides and Maids can be 

 had at 50 cents to $1 per dozen, and the 

 same prices hold for other sorts. 



Inside mums are in shorter supply 

 than they have been. Appleton, Mrs. 

 Jerome Jones and Bonnaffon cost the 

 retailers from $1 to $3 per dozen. Out- 

 side mums are still plentiful enough, but 

 the prices have advanced probably fifty 

 per cent within the last two weeks. 



Violets are plentiful and good. Noth- 

 ing sells except Princess of Wales, and 

 these wholesale at 75 cents per dozen 

 bunches. Valley moves slowly. Smilax 

 is getting more plentiful. Maidenhair 

 fern and asparagus are scarcer. Red 

 berries are being used in large quanti- 

 ties by the florists and hucksters. Tons 

 are sold every day in San Francisco and 

 vicinity. Some Paper "White narcissi 

 have made their appearance and are 

 being sold at $1 per hundred, wholesale. 



From indications around the stores, 

 there will be a good Christmas trade. 

 Crowds of shoppers are seen on the 

 streets every afternoon, when the weather 

 is pleasant, and if numbers are any cri- 

 terion as to future business we are going 

 to have a good Christmas and New Year. 



Various Notes. 



The Piedmont Floral and Seed Co., of 

 Oakland, has moved to the Central Bank 

 building, at the corner of Broadway and 

 Fourteenth street. 



The Wickstrom Floral Co. is now lo- 

 cated at 810 Van Ness avenue. 



C. C. Morse & Co. have issued their 

 catalogue for 1909. It is fully up to the 

 mfirk set by this firm and is one of the 



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C. D. Weaver, of Los Angeles, passed 

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 away from home about three weeks. 



G. 



TACOMA, WASH. 



Current Comment. 



The business taken as a whole is in 

 the best shape and largest volume since 

 the writer has been interested in Tacoma, 

 and that is a period of five years. The 

 stocks in general appear to be in a 

 healthier and better condition, too, and 

 up to the present the local supplies have 

 been equal to or more than the demand. 

 We lately made a visit around among the 

 growers and everywhere found the gen- 

 eral appearance better than ever before. 

 Good cuts of carnations seemed to be in 

 sight everywhere, and better flowers than 

 usual. The kinds planted were compara- 

 tively few and not a place had the latest, 

 except that one place had a few hundred 

 Victory, which certainly showed promise 

 to be a winner. The red carnation is not 

 planted except in limited numbers and 

 the way matters stand now the red will 

 set its own price, and get it, too, within 



