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The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



DJDCaMBBB SO, 1009. 



PACIFIC COAST. 



SAN FRANCISCO. 



ThcMaikct 



Although it is still two days before 

 Christmas at the time of writing, the 

 indications show that, in a general 

 way, it is safe to say that the gross 

 amount of sales for the entire holiday 

 trade will be fully up to that of one 

 year ago, but the demand for stock "will 

 not be along the same lines. The weather 

 for the last ten days has been all that 

 could be desired. Warm, bright days and 

 cold, frosty nights lengthened the buy- 

 ing season so much that there was no 

 rush at the last moment, as we usually 

 have at this season. When the days are 

 stormy, the flower-buying public always 

 puts off its flower purchasing until the 

 last moment, and, as a result, much 

 trade is not waited on properly. This 

 was a banner year in this regard. There 

 was no undue haste necessary at any time 

 and the orders came in so steadily that 

 delivery was a pleasure. 



But to return to business itself. The 

 demand, early in the week, was almost 

 entirely for roses and stocks were quickly 

 bought up. When the shortage ap- 

 peared, as it did about the middle of the 

 week, the buyers had to be contented 

 with short-stemmed stock and they then 

 turned their attention to carnations. 

 These appeared at first to be a glut, but 

 at the week's end all were spoken for. 

 The growers advanced prices fully 100 

 per cent in the last forty-eight hours. 

 All kinds of fancy stock sold for $1 per 

 dozen, and about half that price for short 

 stems. 



Violets, owing to the slight rainfall 

 during the last two weeks, were scarcer 

 and the prices were given a boost by 

 the growers. Only a limited amount 

 could be had and they were charged to 

 the stores at the rate of $1 per dozen 

 bunches. Valley is scarce and the supply 

 only fair in quality, with a wholesale 

 price of $5 per hundred. 



Although quite a quantity of poinset- 

 tias was received from southern Cali- 

 fornia growers, they were not strictly 

 first-class and many of the retailers re- 

 fused to handle them. The main trouble 

 seems to be the inability of landing them 

 here with any foliage left on the stems. 

 However, the locally grown stock moved 

 well and from all accounts everyone will 

 sell out completely. 



There was but a limited demand for 

 large ferns and palms in pots. The 

 flower-buying public seemed only to want 

 the smaller sizes of both these articles 

 and when $2 or more was asked for a 

 plant, the customer usually spent the 

 amount in cut flowers. All sorts of pans 

 and pots of Primula obconica, cyclamen, 

 hyacinths and begonias found a ready 

 sale and these, together with a few 

 azaleas, made up a great portion of the 

 trade. Eed berries and wreaths could be 

 had on almost every street corner and 

 the supply seemed to be inexhaustible. 

 The hucksters were more in evidence this 

 year than ever before. A proper sum- 

 mary of trade for the holidays of 1909 

 would be that the bulk of the sales was 

 fully up to that of last year, but the 

 individual amounts were smaller and the 

 selling season at least four or five days 

 longer. 



Rooted Carnation Cuttings 



Pacific Coast Headquarters for quantity and quality 



We sbip and BTuarantee delivery In Bood condition to all parts of United 

 States and Canada. FOR IMIfKDIATE DEL.IVERT 



Per 100 1000 



4.000 Aristocrat |a.GO 115.00 



4.000 WlDBor 1.75 12.00 



10 000 EnchaDtresa 1.80 15.00 



8.100 Rose- pink EnchantresB... 1.50 12.00 



8,000 Mrs T. W. LawBon 1.50 12.00 



15,000 White EncbantreBB 2.25 20.00 



12.000 White Perfection 2.26 20.00 



AIbo many other varieties; send for list. 

 $5.00 or more. Cash, please. 



Per 100 lOOO 



6,000 Sarah Hill $2.00 $17.00 



3.000 White Lawson 2.00 15.00 



5,000 O. P. Bassett 4.00 85.00 



fi.OOO Beacon 2.00 18.00 



20.000 Victory 1.75 15.00 



2,000 Gov Roosevelt 1.40 12.00 



2,000 Uarlowarden 1.40 12.00 



Express prepaid on all orders amounting to 



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



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Rooted Carnation Cuttingfs 



Taken from plants grown in the open field the year round. 



PINK Per 100 1000 



Winona, light pink $8.00 $25.00 



Bnchantreas, shell pink 1.80 15.00 



Wlnaor, light pink 1.75 12.00 



Kose>pinkX;ncliantreB8 1.50 12.00 



Nelson Fisher, cerise 1.25 10.00 



Mrs. T. W. Lawson, cerise 1.75 15.00 



CRIMSON 

 Harlowarden 



Ready for immediate delivery. 



RED Per 100 



Beacon $2.25 



Victory 1.75 



Red Lawson 1.25 



Kstelle 1.15 



1000 



$20.00 



15.00 



800 

 12.00 



WHITE 



White Perfection 2.25 



White Enchantress 2.25 



White l.awson 2 00 



Flora HIU 1.50 



20.00 

 20.00 

 16.00 



1.40 12.00 



YELLO W-Eldorado 1.50 12.00 



Asparaarns Plnmosns Nanus, 2^ to3-in. pots, $15.00 per 1000, f. o. b. 



25 of any one variety, at 100 rate; 250 of any one variety, at 1000 rate. Express charges prepaid* on 



all orders amounting to $5.00 or more. 



LOOMIS CARNATION CO., D. F. Roddan & Son, Proprietors, LOOMIS, CAL. 



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Etoile De France 



The King Bee of Rich 

 Red Hybrid Tea Garden 



ROSES 



Superfine field stock, second size, $5.00 per 

 100: first size, $10.00 per 100. 



Send for price list otber sorts — Teas, 

 H. T'B, H. P's. Also YODNG ROSES. 



California Rose Co., Pomona, Cal. 



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Araucaria Excelsa 



From 2-iDCh pots, 5 to 6 incbei high, yonnr, 

 healthy Beedllngs with two tien, at $10il0 per 100; 

 $160 per IMO; 600 and over at the thoosand rats. 



F. LUDEMANN 



3041 Baker SL, Pieific Narseriti. San Francisco, Cal. 



Various Notes. 



Thos. H. Stevenson is well located in 

 his new store on Post street below 

 Kearney street. He has an attractive 

 establishment. 



The Misses Worn, the well known deco- 

 rators, had the work for the Palace hotel 

 opening during the present week. 



The Thorsted Floral Co. has disposed 

 of its Phelan building lease, at a hand- 

 some profit, and will retire January 1. 



W. W. Saunders, the well known green 

 goods man, of Healdsburg, Cal., is in 

 town. 



A. C. Bryant, of Calistoga, Cal., is 

 shipping large quantities of California 

 red berries to the local dealers. 



J. J. Kegley, for many years manager 

 of Gill's Floral Depot, of Oakland, Cal., 

 has returned to California after an ex- 

 tended eastern trip. G. 



SHASTA DAISY "'AVw^JS.?" 



Divisions from Mr. Burbank's original planti; 

 no seedlings. Extra strong, field diviBionB, 5 or 

 more Bhoots, per 100, $2.60; 1000, $24.00. Strong 

 field divisions, 2 to 4 Bhoota, per 100, $2.00; 1000, 

 $19.00. 



Grohe's Large-flowering Hybrid Delphinium, 



a selection from the best hybrid strains in exist- 

 ence, from 3-in. pots, $6 00; 2-in. pots, ready in 

 November, $2.50. Select plants, from field, 1 year 

 old, $6.00. 



Orohe's Cbamplon Strain Petunia Seed, 



only the best fiowers used for seeding, carefully 

 selected and hand fertilized. Giants of California, 

 1000 seeds. 75c; H oz., $3.00; oz., $15.00. Kuftled 

 Giants, 1000 seeds, 75c; >e oz., $3.50; oz., $17.50. 



Shasta Daisy— Alaska or California, \ os., 

 60c; oz., $1.50. Pentstemon Hybrldns Grand- 

 Ifloraa, tr^kt., 25c: oz., $1.00 Fentstemoni. 

 Burbank's Hybrids, tr. pkt., 25c; oz., $1.M. 



Cash please. 



FRED QROHE,Sanla Rosa, Cal. 



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RAHN & HERBERT 



Wholesale Gro^^ers 



PORTLAND, ORE. MT. TABOR, P. O. 



Per 100 

 Geranlnms, 2^in. pots . -per 1000, $25.00; $ 3.00 



Cyclamen, 4-in., buds and flowers 25.00 



Primula Obconica, 2Vin. pots 4.00 



Blnms, stock plants 5.00 



Palms, Perns and Seasonable Plants. 



ASPARAGUS ROOTS 



Columbian Mammoth White, Coaover's Colos- 

 sal, Barr's Mammoth, Palmetto, strong, healthy, 

 1-year-old roots. 

 LoKanberrles. Mammoth Black Berries. 



Write for prices. 



Otto F. Schuchard, Watsonville, Cal. 



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GIANT BAMBOOS 



In Quantities 



The plant that brings in the money, because 

 it is an attractive feature in any garden. 



Exotic Nurseries, Santa Barbara, Cal. 



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