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The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



June 10, 1010. 



PACIFIC COAST. 



This week's obituary eohiinn contains 

 a report of tlie death of John Maxwell, 

 a nurseryman of Napa, Cal. 



Portland, Ore.— W. S. Sibson, of the 

 Sibson Kose Nurseries, acted as one of 

 the judges at the Portland Rose Soci- 

 ety's annual show, which opened on 

 Monday, June (i, and continued for six 

 days. Mr. Sibson made the awards 

 during the two-day exhibition at the 

 Exposition building, on Tuesday and 

 Wednesday. 



Portland, Ore. — June 6 to 11 was rose 

 week and the annual exhibition, the 

 parade of flower-decorated automobiles 

 and other events calling the rose into 

 prominence were great successes. At 

 the exhibition at the Armory a class 

 was provided for nurserymen. Clarke 

 Bros, won the first premium of $100 for 

 best general exhibit of roses and shrub- 

 bery; Swiss rioral Co. second, and the 

 Bay Tree Nursery third. 



Portland, Ore. — George Spencer, of 

 the Martin & Forbes Co., recently re- 

 turned from a trip to Australia, on 

 which he found much of interest. At 

 Melbourne he formed the acquaintance 

 of T. W. Pockett, originator of several 

 of the best chrysanthemums grown in 

 America. Mr. Pockett is curator of the 

 Malvern Botanic Gardens, a beautiful 

 spot built by Mr. Pockett 's genius 

 where there was only a sandy waste a 

 few years ago. Mr. Spencer says the 

 florists' business in Australia looked to 

 him to be in about the stage it was in 

 America twenty years ago. The largest 

 greenhouse he saw was about 15x50, 

 glazed with 8x10 glass. In the flower 

 stores the stocks of metal wreaths were 

 more conspicuous than the flowers, 

 though, of course, it was summer in 

 Australia at the time of Mr. Spencer's 

 visit. 



CALLAS IN CALIFORNIA. 



The illustration on page 49 is re- 

 produced from a photograph made in 

 one of the calla fields of the MacRorie- 

 McLaren Co., San Francisco, and will 

 serve to give an idea of how this crop 

 is produced. These plants are growing 

 for bulbs to supply the eastern trade, 

 and not for cut flowers. Dan MacRorie, 

 who is widely known in the trade 

 through his years of connection with 

 eastern houses, stands on the right 

 hand in the picture. A comparison of 

 the flowers with the figure of Mr. Mac- 

 Rorie, and he is not a small man, will 

 give an idea of the luxuriance of the 

 iirowth of the calla in California. 



SAN FEANCISCO. 



The Market. 



The hot weather whicli we passed 

 through a week ago has commenced to 

 show its effects. Many thousands of 

 blooms under ordinary circumstances 

 would have been ready for market now 

 and in the near future, but the quick 

 rise of temperature which commenced 

 about a week before Memorial day prac- 

 tically finished the crop and flowers 

 have never before been so scarce in the 

 early part of June. Good roses are out 

 of the question and all orders have to 

 be filled with stock which plainly shows 



CALLAS 



Free from disease, care- 

 fully selected sand srrown 

 bulbs : : : : 



We have the best lot of Callas grown in 

 California this year. 



- WRITK rOR PRICKS 



MacRorie -McLaren Company 



781 Crocker Bld^.. SAN FRANCISCO, CAL., and SAN MATEO, CAL. 



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FOB 



COMIirG 



SEASON 



Carnations 



We have a fine new stock of up-to-date varieties 

 on virgin soil, from which we can supply the very 

 best cuttings and solicit your patronage for the 

 coming season. Write for our price list and we will 

 booli your address on our mailing list. 



D. F. Roddan ti Son, Proprietors 



LOOMIS CARNATION CO., Loomis, Placer Co.,CbI. 



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Palms -Palais -Palms 



Phoesn Can., Wishiiftonia, etc 



Exotic Nurseries, Santa Barbara, Cal. 



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the results of too much heat. In carna- 

 tions the • conditions are almost the 

 same, and although not so much can 

 be said against the quality of them, 

 everyone complains of their scarceness. 

 Sweet peas are about the only popular 

 flower that is plentiful, and they also 

 are getting rather short of stem. The 

 price on them continues to be low, while 

 quite the reverse is true of roses and 

 carnations. 



We have had an abundance of funeral 

 onlers and plenty of .June weddings, 

 while the out-of-town dealers have been 

 purchasing largely from the wholesalers. 

 A few cactus dahlias have been sent to 

 town and Bride gladioli are all out of 

 season. Other kinds of hardy stock are 

 being used up well and more could be 

 sold if it could be had. There is no 

 immediate chance of any great quantity 

 of inside stock being sent into town 

 and such growers as have much to offer 

 can consider themselves lucky. 



Various Notes. 



.John Maxwell, one of the best known 

 nurserymen in this section, died at his 

 home in Napa, Cal., May 27. He had 

 been a resident of California for over 



Araucarlas 



Anuoarla Kzcalaa, younK, healthy plants, 

 seedlings with 3 to 4 tiers, at 116.00 per 100. 



Araucaria Ezoalsa, top cuttings from 4-in. 

 pots, 3 tiers, 4 branches to each tier. 36c each : 

 $32.00 per 100. 



Asparasus Plumoaua, 2-in. pots, $3.00 per 

 100. 



F. LUDEMANN 



8041 Baker St., BAN rRANCXBCO. CAL. 



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Orders Booked Now for My Cham- 

 pion Strain of Seeds 



Petunia RulQed Giants, Petnnla 

 Giants of Calllomla, Pentstemon, 

 Gaillardla« Kelway's and Hybrid- 

 um Grandlflorum Delpblnlums. 



FRED QROHE, Santa Rosa, CaL 



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RAHN 9l HERBERT 



Wholesale Growers 

 110 Kast 49tta Street. PORTLAND, ORK. 



Large Kentias, 9, 10 and 12-m. poti. 

 Belmoreana, Forsteriana. 



These plants to be sold cheap, for we need tli^ 

 room. Prices on application. 



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twenty-five years and was a native nt 

 England. He was a large grower i>' 

 fruit trees and general nursery stock 

 and was a successful business man. H'' 

 is survived by a grown-up family an'' 

 was 5.5 years of age. 



Frank Shibeley will depart short l,v 

 on a two weeks' vacation, to be taken 

 in the neighborhood of Cazadero. 



R. D. Hunter is on a trip throng'' 

 southern California. 



E. W. McLellan & Co.. of Burlinganic. 

 "will shortly commence building sevenil 

 additional rose houses. 



W. Atlee Burpee, of Philadelphi.'i. 



