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The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



Febiiuakv 10, 1910 



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Rhododendrons 



Just arrived from Holland, a large consignment 

 of choice Rhododendrons and Azalea Mollis, full 

 of buds, well-balled, will bloom for Easter. Buy of 

 us and save heavy freight bills. 



Write quick for special prices. 



L. 0. BEERY & SON, S^Is^.^'y'! Oakland, Cal. 



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PACIFIC COAST. 



LOS ANGELES. CAL. 



The Market. 



While most of the northcru and east- 

 ern cities are reporting zero weather, with 

 many plant shipments coming in late and 

 some of them frozen, southern Califor- 

 nia is enjoying summer weather, with a 

 maximum temperature of 80 degrees, 

 which tends to increase the supply of all 

 kinds of flowers, though heretofore they 

 have been scarce. 



Sweet peas from outside have improved 

 wonderfully; their stems are lengthening 

 perceptibly and the flowers are large and 

 perfect. Some nice stocks are being sent 

 in, some pale pink ones being especially 

 pretty, and they have a good sale. Calla 

 lilies are so common that they are seldom 

 seen in the stores. They are full of bloom 

 now, in the open ground, and hedges of 

 them are seen everywhere. Some Trum- 

 pet Major narcissi are coming in from 

 outside. Many pots and pans of Dutch 

 hyacinths are now seen in the stores. 

 Tulips do not do well in California and 

 onlj' a few of them are grown. Azaleas 

 and cyclamens are in fine shape, and help 

 out when other flowers are scarce. 



Many of the florists report business as 

 unusually dull during aviation week, with 

 nothing doing but funeral work. Others 

 say that thoy liad good sales of corsage 

 bouquets and one of the florists remarks 

 that there never has been a season when 

 flowers were in such demand for corsage 

 wear. An item in one of the daily papers 

 was as follows : "A casual glance at 

 the prcseonium boxes down at Dominguez 

 field ai y afternoon now reminds one of a 

 flower show. ' ' 



The damage done to the oranges by the 

 frost is not as great as at first reported. 

 The packers are taking great care that 

 none of the frozen ones get in with those 

 sent east. Some deaths of children have 

 been reported from eating them. The 

 frosts have put local tomatoes out of the 

 market, and they are being shipped in 

 from Cuba. The first carload sold at $4 

 per crate of six baskets. Eggplant is 

 coming in from Florida. A few straw- 

 berries from local fields are coming in, 

 but they are poor and sell at 15 cents a 

 basket. 



Various Notes. 



Wright's Flower Shop reports a big 

 call for orchids, Beauties and other choice 

 flowers. One order called for two dozen 



choice orchids. One bunch of 110 Beau- 

 ties sold for $300 at holiday time. They 

 grow most of their own flowers. They 

 are building four new houses, each 27x 

 300, and will erect another, especially for 

 orchids. They are the only, growers in 

 Los Angeles who handle Easter lilies. 

 They grow Harrisii, using only the larg- 

 est bulbs, and do not have much loss. 

 Mr. Wright makes a specialty of valley 

 and gets some exceptionally fine flowers. 



At The Angelus some white poinsettias 

 were seen, which are a rarity and can 

 hardly become popular. 



Some of tne best roses sent into Los 

 Angeles come from the greenhouses of 

 William Haerle, of Hollywood. The flo- 

 rists who can procure them consider them- 

 selves fortunate. The writer paid a visit 

 there and found everything in the pink 

 of perfection. The house of Beauties was 

 quite a sight, with canes six and seven 

 feet long. He also grows My Maryland, 

 Killarney, White Killarney and Eich- 

 mond, all of which were in fine shape and 

 so clean it was a pleasure to look at them. 

 The orchid house had many blooms of 

 cattleyas and cypripediums. One house 

 of giganteum and longiflorum will be in 

 bloom for Easter. He gets no lilies in 

 before that time. He also grows quanti- 

 ties of azaleas and other flowering plants 

 for the holidays. The cut of roses for the 

 following morning's shipment fully up- 

 held his reputation, as they were all fine 

 buds with long stems. He uses distillate 

 oil for heating. Soft coal is $14 a ton in 

 California. S. A. C. 



SAN FRANCISCO. 



The Market. 



Business continues to be rather quiet, 

 although the general opinion among re- 

 tailers is that it is somewhat better than 

 it was one year ago at this time, and the 

 tendency is decidedly upward. 



Flowers of all kinds, both inside and 

 outside grown, are scarce, owing to the 

 continued cold weather Avith which we 

 have been blessed during the last six 

 weeks. It gives signs, however, of be- 

 coming more salubrious and, although 

 tills will be pleasurable from one point 

 of view, it is questionable if these really 

 cold winters are or are not a benefit to 

 the florists' trade. Eoses and carnations 

 are higher in price than we usually see 

 them at this time, but the stiff rates will 

 not keep in vogue much longer, as al- 

 ready the signs are for a heavy" crop with 

 a consequent dropping in price. We usu- 

 ally have plenty of wild flowers and fruit 

 blossoms at this time, but from present 



RAHN & HERBERT 



Wbolesale Growers 



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



Per 100 

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

 Asparagos Spreneerl, 2^-ia. pots 3.00 



3ia 5.00 



OenlBta, nice plants. 2i-2-in. pots 6.00 



Falma, Ferns, Seasonable Plants, Bedding 



Plants a specialty. 



DAHLIA BULBS 



We offer in quantity, over 50 varietit s of the 

 newest Dahlias, all types. Descriptive caialoBue 

 and trade prices on request. 



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indications it will be several weeks be- 

 fore the.se are seen in quantity. Violets 

 and narcissi are practically all that we 

 have from the outside at present, and 

 we are bound to have a late season at all 

 events. Maidenhair fern, both wild and 

 cultivated, continues to be scarce, and 

 the same can be said about both smilas 

 and asparagus, although not quite so 

 noticeable. 



Various Notes. 



H. M. Sanborn, of Oakland, has sold 

 the property on which his floral estab- 

 lishment was situated for many years, 

 and will retire from active business in 

 favor of his son, who has been associated 

 with him for several years. 



The Sievers Floral Co. made an ;is- 

 signment to E. W. Gunther during the 

 present week, in favor of their creditors. 

 This firm was located on California stroet 

 for several years before they opened at 

 their present location. 



The Elmhurst Floral Co., of Oaklaud, 

 Cal., has opened a store in the Cen :al 

 Bank building in that city. 



Word comes from Santa Eosa, C !■, 

 that the magnificent greenhouses of u- 

 dolph Spreckels were totally destro "d 

 by fire on the night of January 29. lie 

 loss will approximate $5,000, and > as 

 caused by an explosion in the oil-burii ig 

 apparatus. 



John Mallett, one of San Francis 's 

 pioneer gardeners and for several yea' a 

 resident of southern California, is in 

 town on a short visit. G- 



Pelicano, Eossi & Co. have had h* 

 plans drawn for a handsome six-story 

 building, which is to be erected for tlicffl 

 on Powell street, north of Ellis and ^ni- 

 mediately adjoining the Golden W(^st 

 hotel. The cost of the building will be 



