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The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



January 20, 1910. 



PACIFIC COAST. 



SPOKANE, VASH. 



The Market. 



Since the holidays, trade of one kind 

 and another has been steady and at times 

 has demanded an extra supply of stock, 

 •with everybody working overtime. What 

 poinsettias still remain in the market 

 have been in good demand for both wed- 

 ding and table decorations. Some chrys- 

 anthemums still linger, and the public 

 wUl continue to call for them till the 

 summer sun shines. Smilax, now in 

 bloom, finds extra favor. Easter and 

 calla lilies, with a sprinkling of roseums, 

 have been good Si^andbys for funeral 

 work. Considerable wedding work is 

 booked for the rest of January. 



Plant sales have been extra good since 

 Christmas, both in blooming stock and 

 ferns. 



We have not felt the heaviest effects 

 of the surrounding storms, although 

 steady cold and frequent falls of snow 

 have made us realize that it is midwinter. 

 All plants and flowers require extra pro- 

 tection, and nobody is anxious to send 

 out palms and ferns. 



Various Notes. 



The New Year's window decoration 

 at the store of the Spokane Florist Co. 

 was an interesting display, consisting of 

 the rising sun of 1910 pictured in yellow 

 rays of a fabric, with the figures ' ' 1910 ' ' 

 in gilded magnolia leaves. Burning can- 

 dles outlined the piece on the circular 

 edge. To one side, representing the at- 

 tendant festivities, was a decorated 

 punch bowl done in grapes and roses. 



The New Year's window of Hoyt Bros. 

 Co. presented a clock of red and white, 

 over which hung a lycopodium bell, 

 swinging. The edge of the bell was 

 slashed with scarlet ribbon, and two long 

 bell ropes of scarlet ribbon, with showers 

 of small immortelle bells and pine cones, 

 reached to the clock below. 



The Dutch bulb growers are upon us, 

 several having reached this section within 

 the last few weeks. 



J. J. Karins, from H. A. Dreer, is 

 gathering his annual harvest of orders 

 in this vicinity. 



F. W. Winters has left Miss Arm- 

 strong's employ and joined the inde- 

 pendent order of plantsmen. We under- 

 stand that he is to make a specialty of 

 landscape gardening. S. 



SAN FRANCISCO. 



The Market. 



We are still being treated to a spell 

 of cold, frosty weather. In this neigh- 

 borhood we have had white frost every 

 morning for the last three weeks and, 

 as a consequence, stock continues to be 

 scarce. This is particularly noticeable 

 with all kinds of outdoor flowers, which 

 at this time should be somewhat in evi- 

 dence. Narcissi and daffodils, especially 

 the former, are backward, and violets are 

 in shorter supply than they have been 

 for years at this time. Chrysanthemums 

 are almost out of season and a couple of 

 weeks more will finish them. Some splen- 

 did sprays of cut Acacia mollissima from 

 the south, however, show that before 

 long we will be treated to plenty of tree 

 blossoms. Although everything has been 

 scarce, there are evidences that we will 



Rooted Carnation Cuttings 



Per 100 1000 



IVinona. liEbt pink $3.00 $25.00 



KnchantresB ; 1.80 15.C0 



Winaor 1,76 12.00 



KoM^plnkEnohantren 1.50 12.00 



NeUon Flaher 1.25 10.00 



Harlowarden 1.40 12.00 



Kldorado, yellow 1.60 12.00 



Variesated L.awBon 1.26 10.00 



26 of one variety at 100 rate; 250 of one variety at 1000 rate 

 orders amounting to $5.00 or more. 



PerlOO 



Beacon $2.26 



Victory 1.75 



Redliawaon 1.25 



KBtelle 1.16 



White Perfection 2.25 



White BnchantresB 2.25 



White LawBon 200 



1000 

 $20.00 

 15.00 

 8.00 

 12.00 

 20.00 

 20.00 

 15.00 



Express prepaid od 



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



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Araucaria Exceisa 



Vrom 2-inch pots, 5 to 8 inches high, yoiinff, 

 healthy seedllnca with two tiers, at $10.00 per 10*; 

 $160 per 1000; 600 and over at the thoosand rat*. 



F. LUDEMANN 



3041 Baker St, Pacific ■■rstriss. Su Frandsn, Cil. 



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Kentia Belm. Seeds 



IN PORT 



Get them fresh— Oash with order. 

 $4.25 per 1000; $40.00 per 10,000. 



Exotic Nurseries, Santa Barbara, Cal. 



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Asfer Seed 



Late Branchins:, Oregon Grown. 



Extra fine color, strong btems, fine for 

 cuttinc- Prices: White, lavender, flesh pink and 

 purple, ^8 01., 25c; ^4 oz.. 40c; ^ oz., 70c; 1 oz., 



W. B. SIMS, Grower, Newberg, Ore. 



be treated to an overabundance of all 

 kinds of flowers in a few weeks. Carna- 

 tions are selling at present at from $4 

 per hundred down to about half that 

 price for second quality stock. With 

 roses there is less to select from. Good 

 Beauties cannot be found at any price, 

 although Bride and Maid are in fair sup- 

 ply and of good quality. The Burlin- 

 game growers are sending into town some 

 extra fine Killarney and Liberty, which 

 give much needed color to the florists' 

 shop windows. 



Valley is in fair supply and moves 

 well at $4 per hundred. A few early 

 freesias have made their appearance, but 

 a full supply will not be cut for several 

 weeks yet. California red berries are 

 showing the results of the frost and are 

 practically over' until next year. "Wild 

 maidenhair is being brought into town by 

 the green goods men and supplies a long 

 felt want by the retailers. Smilax is 

 somewhat scarcer than it has been and 

 shows the results of too close cutting for 

 the holidays. Orchids are being produced 

 in about suflScient quantities to keep the 

 market supplied. Business, in a general 

 way, can be described as being rather 

 quiet since the holidays, with funeral or- 

 ders more in evidence than anything else. 



Variottt Notes. 



A company of Italian growers have 

 bought ten acres of land on Wild Cat 

 creek, near Stege, Contra Costa county, 

 Cal. 



L. O. Beery, late of the Bay Tree Nurs- 

 ery, has entered the general nursery busi- 

 ness, with headquarters at Oakland. 



Charles J. Hall has gone to southern 

 California and will not return to town 

 for several weeks. 



C. C. Morse & Co. are negotiating for 



SNASTA DAISY 



Alaska, Calif orala 

 and Westralla 



Divisions from Mr. Burbank's oriKinal plants; 

 no seedllnsrs. Extra strong, field dlTlslcns, 6 or 

 more shoots, per 100, $2.50; 1000, $24.00. Strom 

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

 $19.00. 



Grohe's Large-flowerinf Hybrid DdphiaiHn, 

 a selection from the best hybrid strains In exist- 

 ence, from S-lu. pots, $6.00; 2-in. pots, ready is 

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

 old, $6.00. 



Orohe's Champion Strain Petunia Seed, 



only the best flowers used for seedinr, carefolly 

 selected and hand fertilized. Giants of Oalifoniia, 

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

 Giants, 1000 seeds, 75c; ^ oz., $3.50; oz., $17.60. 



Shaata DaUy-Alaaka or California. ^ os., 

 60c; OS., $1.50. Fentatemon Hybrldns Grand- 

 Ifloma, tr^kt.,25c: oz., $1.00. Pentatemona, 

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



Cash please. 



FRED QROHE, Santa Rosa, Cat. 



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RAHN S HERBERT 



Wliolesale Gro'wers 



PORTLAND, ORK. MT. TABOR, P. O. 



PerlOO 

 Oeraninms, 2>ain. pots . ■ per 1000. $25.00; $ 8.0O 



Cyclamen, 4- in., buds and flowers 25.00 



Primula Oboonica, 2'3-in. pots 4.00 



Mams, stock plants ,. 6.00 



Palms, Ferns and Seasonable Plants. 



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ASPARAGIS ROOTS 



Columbian Mammoth White, Conover's Colos- 

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

 1-year-old roots. 

 LiOKanberries. Mammoth Black Berries. 



Write for prices. 



Otto F. Sdiuchard, Watsonville, Cal. 



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Rooted 

 Carnation Cuttings 



Pacific Coast headquarters for quantity 

 and quality. Send for price list. 



Bassett's Floral Gardens, ^°cau*' 



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a large tract of land in the neighborhood 

 of Haywards, where they contemplate 

 starting large seed farms. 



The Superior Court of Alameda county 

 has just rendered a decision in which the 

 newly appointed county board of forestry 

 is held to be an illegal body. G. 



LOS ANGELES. CAL. 



The Market. 



Aviation week brought crowds of people 

 to Los Angeles, and there was great ex- 

 citement at Dominguez, where the trials 

 took place, but the florists did not reap 

 any great harvest from it. All of the 

 stores had beautiful window displays, 

 which attracted a great deal of attention. 



There is a comfortable general business 

 done, but no rush. Flowers are getting 

 more plentiful, with the greatest demand 



