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The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



Decbmbbb 16, 1900. 



PACIFIC COAST. 



LOS ANGELES, CAL, 



The Market. 



Except for funeral work, business would 

 be rather dull. Stock of nearly everything 

 but violets and roses is scarce. The liard 

 frost of last week injured carnations and 

 chrysanthemums especially. Poinsettias 

 also suffered, many of them losing all 

 their leaves. In sheltered situations -there 

 are some good ones, which are coloring 

 finely. 



Greenhouse carnations are in short 

 crop, only a few coming in at prp< nt. 

 The best bring $1 a dozen. ChrysaL e- 

 mums are near their finish, although some 

 good ones are still seen in the stores. 

 Some fine azaleas, spiraeas and cyclamens 

 have made their appearance. 



The funeral of five members of one 

 family, who were killed in an automo- 

 bile accident at a railway crossing, called 

 for a great quantity and variety of de- 

 signs. There were so many, in fact, 

 that it was impossible to take them all 

 into the church, and many of them were 

 delivered directly to the cemetery. 



VariMM Noln. 



Morris Goldenson has been showing 

 some fine English holly from British Co- 

 lumbia. He considers himself fortunate 

 in securing a quantity of excellent carna- 

 tions this week. He lost several hun- 

 dred chrysanthemums by the frost. 



The Bedondo Floral Co. has an at- 

 tractive and seasonable window, filled 

 with araucarias and ferns and gay with 

 Christmas ribDons. The whole store has 

 taken on a festive look. 



The Angelus has been displaying some 

 fine poinsettias, which bring from $3 to 

 $4 per dozen. 



The Eosery, the new store of the Eoth- 

 Reymond-MuUer Floral Co., was formally 

 opened on Tuesday of last week. There 

 was a large attendance. Potted maiden- 

 hair ferns were given as souvenirs. It is 

 one of the handsomest, lightest and best 

 appointed stores in the city. A fern ar- 

 bor, where all the potted plants are dis- 

 played, is one of the features. 



S. A. C. 



PORTLAND, ORE. 



The Market. 



Business conditions for the last two 

 or three weeks have been exceptionally 

 brisk. Thanksgiving day passed off 

 quietly, but with general satisfaction on 

 all sides, as business showed an increase 

 of twenty-five per cent over former years. 

 Yellow mums, in particular, were more 

 in demand, on account of the football 

 meet. Prices in mums ranged from $2 

 to $7 per dozen. Carnations were scarce 

 and many dealers stopped booking or- 

 ders the day previous. In fact, there 

 was a general, all-round clean-up. 



The continued rainy season of several 

 weeks' duration has shortened the crop 

 of flowers of all varieties. Roses are in 

 normal supply, with the demand lively. 

 There is a general complaint that violets 

 are still a scarce commodity. Cyclamens, 

 primroses and Garza mums about consti- 

 tute the flowering plants. Fern dishes 

 and table ferns meet with an increasing 

 demand and are never in oversupply. 



The outlook for Christmas is promising 

 in regard to plants. Poinsettias are in 



Rooted Carnation Cuttings 



Pacific Ck>ast Headquarters for quantity and quality 



We sbip and guarantee delivery in ■rood^ondltlon tQ^U^^farts of United 

 States and Canada. FOR DECEMBKR DSlX^^BBT ,/?^^ 



Per 100 1000 



4.000 Aristocrat 9X00 $16.00 



4,000 WlDBor; 1.75 12.00 



10 000 Encbantresi 1.80 15.00 



S.bOO Roae-piok EncbantreBB. . . 1.50 12.00 



3.000 Mtb T. W. LawiOD l.SO 12.00 



15,000 White EDChantreBB 2.25 20.00 



12,000 White Peif ection 2.25 20.00 



- . . Per MO ., 1000 



6,000 Siirah Hill. ../... .|2;00 \ $17.00 



3,00* White Lawson 2.00 18.00 



6,000 O. P. Baaaett -4.00 35:00 



A.OOOBeacoD 2.00 18.00 



20,000 Victory 1.75 15.00 



2,000 Gov Kooaevelt 1.40 12.00 



2,000 Barlowarden 1.40 12.00 



Also many other varietieB; send for list. Express prepaid on all orders amounting: to 

 $5;00 or more. Cash, please. 



B. S. BASSETT'S FLORAL GARDENS, Loondis, Cal. 



Mention The Review when you write. 



fine shape and are showing fine color. 

 Extra efforts are being made to bring 

 the azaleas and general stock into proper 

 shape. Green goods are extremely scarce, 

 especially asparagus. Oregon grape, a 

 local wild green, is highly satisfactory, 

 quite decorative and most beautiful in 

 color. It is similar to the well-known 

 Mahonia leaves. Magnolia leaves for 

 funeral arrangements are often in de- 

 mand and are often handy for the florist 

 \vhen flowers are scarce. ' 



Various Notet. 



C. F. Kipp, of Spokane, spent a few 

 days in the city. He expressed satisfac- 

 tion with Thanksgiving business, saying 

 that it showed a considerable increase. 



Crout & Wilson, of Olne'y, 111., have 

 bought the range of F. J. Broetje, at 

 Mount Tabor, and will continue the busi- 

 ness, with a choice line of cut flowers 

 and plants. 



George Spencer, for many years fore- 

 man for Martin & Forbes, has resigned 

 and will try his luck in Australia. 



George Betz, Sr., has leased his glass, 

 near Oregon City, to C. M. Weintz, and 

 will retire from the worries of business. 



Wedding bells were ringing in the 

 home of Sam Boake on a recent Sunday. 

 Miss Winnie Eoake and George Gardner 

 were the participating parties. 



E. E. C. 



OLYMPIA, WASH. 



An unseasonably heavy frost made its 

 appearance here before Thanksgiving and 

 made business dull. Previous to this, 

 field-grown roses, dahlias and peonies had 

 furnished a fine crop of blooms and found 

 a ready market, as greenhouse stock had 

 not advanced enough to supply the de- 

 mand. 



E. J. Berneche, who has won several 

 honors for dahlias, roses and peonies, 

 has one of the largest and finest collec- 

 tions on the Pacific coast and v?ill be 

 in a position to supply large quantities 

 of dahlias next spring. He won a silver 

 medal at the Alaska- Yukon-Pacific Ex- 

 position. 



SAN FRANCISCO. 



ThcMufcct 



We have been treated to a succession 

 of showers for the last week, which cer- 

 tainly dampened the atmosphere, as well 

 as the ardor of the flower buying pub- 

 lic. Everyone appears to be saving 

 money for the Christmas purchases, and 

 the inclement weather, together with the 

 apparent antipathy of the people to 

 spending money for floral products, has 

 made an exceptionally dull week. The 

 excess of dark weather has also caused 

 quite a scarcity of flowers. It is seldom 



SHASTA DAISY ":;Vir»i;" 



DivlaloBA' from Mr. Barbank'a orifinal plants; 

 no seedlingrs. Extra strong, field diyialoDB, 6 or 

 more aboote, per 100, $2.60; 1000, $24.00. Stronc 

 field divisiona, 2 to 4 ahoota, per 100, $2.00; 1000, 

 $19.00. 



Grohe's Large-flowering Hybrid Delphinium, 

 a selection from the best hybrid atrains in exist- 

 ence, from 8-in. pots, $6.00; 2-in. pots, ready in 

 November, $2.60. Select plants, from field, 1 year 

 old, $6 00. 



Orohe'aChamptbn Strain Persia Seed, 



only the beat flowera used for aeedinr, carefnlly 

 aelected and hand fertilized. GiantaorOalifomia. 

 1000 seeds, 76c; H ox., $3.00; os., $16.p0. RufDed 

 Giants, 1000 seeds, 75c; Hot., $8.60; oz., $17.60. 



Sliaata DalsT— Alaska or Callfomta, >« oc 

 60ci oz., $1.60. Pentatemoii Hybrldna Grand- 

 Iflorna, tr j;>kt., 25c: oz., $1.00. F«ntat«mona, 

 Burbank's Hybrids, tr. pkt., 26e; oz., $1.M. 



Cash please. 



FRED QROHE, Santa Rosa, Cal. 



Mention The Review when you write. 



that the first week in December brings 

 such a quantity of dark, cloudy weather 

 and a consequence of few carnations and 

 roses. The former are at a premium. 

 No American Beauties of the fancy 

 type are being brought into town, and 

 of second quality stock there is only a 

 slight scattering. Maids and Brides are 

 more in evidence. Strictly first quality 

 stock costs the retailers from 75 cents 

 to $1 per dozen, but of shorter stemmed 

 stock there is a fair supply. A few 

 Liberties and Testouts are seen and they 

 cost the stores from 50 cents to 75 cents 

 per dozen. With carnations there is a 

 slighter change in price than might be 

 expected at this time, although the qual- 

 ity is not quite up to the standard. Fair 

 supplies of Enchantress and some of the 

 lighter sorts are being brought into town, 

 but there is a great scarcity in the fancy 

 stock. Poinsettias, from present indica- 

 tions, will not be in oversupply during 

 the holidays. Advices from the south, 

 for outside grown stock, would seem to 

 indicate that there will be a great 

 scarcity of good blooms. For well 

 grown plants in 7-inch pans and pots tlie 

 wholesalers are asking $1 each, and from 

 this price down to 50 cents each for 

 smaller stock seems to be about wh:it 

 will be charged. Valley is plentiful, and 

 according to reports from the growers 

 there will be plenty for the holidays. 

 Bed berries are plentiful and the pri^e 

 has stiffened, since Thanksgiving, to $-'^ 

 per ton. 



Various Notca. 



H. Hayashi, of Alameda, has opened a 

 new store on Santa Clara avenue, neir 

 Park street, in that town. 



The Piedmont Floral & Seed Co. >^ 

 now located on Eleventh street near 

 Washington street, Oakland. 



There seems to be considerable ho.-;i- 

 tancy among the retailers about handling 

 British Columbia holly. The claim '^ 



