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The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



June 23, 1910. 



PACIFIC COAST. 



PORTLAND, ORE. 



The Market. 



Business last week showed an im- 

 provement. Stock of all descriptions was 

 plentiful, including sweet peas, which 

 are of the finest quality. Eoses, both 

 indoors and outdoors, are also abundant 

 and the parks and yards are a mass of 

 blooms, yet the florists secure a good 

 price for choice stock. 



The school commencements put a 

 little energy into the demand, with the 

 call for red flowers predominating. 

 Peonies are almost a thing of the past; 

 only a few can be had. The fourth an- 

 nual rose show came to a close Saturday 

 evening, June 11, and completed a week 

 of gaiety which also reaped a harvest 

 for the florists. 



Various Notes. 



Many florists from Seattle attended 

 the Portland rose festival. Among them 

 were Thomas Pritchard, W. B. Gibson, F. 

 Felix, L. Walz and wife, and Mrs. L. 

 W. McCoy, who came in her automobile. 



E. Scuchiewicz and F. W. Winters, of 

 Spokane, and D. M. Kersey, of Belling- 

 ham, Wash., spent a few days in this 

 city recently. W. R. C. 



SAN FRANCISCO, CAL. 



The Market. 



The weather continues remarkably 

 cool and the indications are that it will 

 remain so for some time. This is a 

 great assistance to the florists in several 

 ways. Seldom have flowers been known 

 to keep so well and there is no difficulty 

 in having a good window display; also 

 the general public does not show as 

 great a desire to leave town as is usual 

 at this time. These are small consider- 

 ations, no doubt, but they have quite a 

 bearing on the retail trade nevertheless, 

 and it must be admitted that business 

 is better than it usually is at this time. 

 Cut flowers of all kinds still show the 

 results of the recent hot spell and, 

 although somewhat more plentiful than 

 they were a week ago, they are far 

 from being abundant. Boses more than 

 anything else exhibit this in the mildew 

 on the foliage, so that it is safe to say 

 that there is really no first quality stock 

 to be bought. Carnations are much 

 more numerous, but the prices remain 

 practically the same. Sweet peas are 

 not brought into town in large quanti- 

 ties and the stems are not as long as 

 the retailers would like to see, but they 

 are quickly sold and there does not seem 

 to be quite enough to fill all require- 

 ments. 



In other classes of hardy stock 

 there is little to spare and the growers 

 cannot complain of difficulty in dispos- 

 ing of it. In the surrounding towns 

 much the same conditions prevail and 

 business is much better than it gener- 

 ally is in the month of June. 



Various Notes. 



Oscar Morris and son, from Los 

 Angeles, are in town for a few days' 

 recreation. ^ | j^ ;\£ jQ| 



F. H. Himter has rHurnecT fronPa 

 two \Ceeks' trip through southern Cali- 

 fornia. 



CALLAS 



Free from disease, care- 

 fully selected sand gfrown 

 bulbs. 



We have the best lot of Callas grown in 

 California this year. 



-WRITE FOR PRICKS 



MacRorie- McLaren Company 



721 Crocker Bide., SAN FRANCISCO, CAL.. and SAN MATEO, CAL. 



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Calla Lily Bulbs 



Prices Qaoted for Jaly Delivery. 



Narcissus Bulbs 



Write for Wholesale Pjrice List. 



Planting^ Bulbleta ol America Gladio- 

 lua, $8.60 per 1000, postpaid. 



The Leedham Bulb Co. 



SANTA CRUZ, CALIFORNIA 





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FOB 



C«»HING 



SEASON 



Carnations 



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

 on virgin soil, from wlilch we can supply the very 

 best cuttings and solicit your patronage for the 

 coming season. Write for our price list and we will 

 book your address on our mailiDg list. 



D. F. Roddan St Son, Proprietors 



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



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Palms •Palms -Palms 



Phoenix Can., Washingtonia, etc. 



Exotic Nurseries, Santa Barbara, Cat. 



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.Tohn Gill, of the E. Gill Nursery Co., 

 has returned from a month's sojourn 

 among the principal places of interest 

 in the south. 



E. James, of Elmhurst, is construct- 

 ing a plant house 30x100 feet. 



G. Rolleri, of the California Ever- 

 green Co., has returned from a week's 

 trip to Stockton, Cal., where he was 

 called by the serious illness of his wife, 

 who is reported somewhat better. 



J. A. Carbone, of West Berkeley, has 

 gone into the growing of orchids quite 

 extensively and is cutting some fine cat- 

 tleyas at the present time. 



H. H. Lilienthal, the well-known 

 landscape gardener, has taken charge of 

 the laying out of the grounds at Rock 

 Ridge park, near Berkeley, Cal. G. 



ROSE FESTIVAL AT PORTLAND. 



The great rose festival at Portland, 

 Ore., has just concluded, after delight- 

 ing several hundred thousands of vis- 

 itors. The weather was most favorable 

 and roses were in great profusion for 

 decorative purposes. The rose show 

 held in the big Armory hall June 7 and 

 8 was one of the most interesting fea- 



Araucarias 



Arauoarla Xxoelaa, younsr, healthy plants, 

 seedlings with 3 to 4 tiers, at $16.00 per 100. 



Araucarla Kxoelia, top cuttings from 4-in. 

 pots, 3 tiers, 4 branches to each tier. 35c each: 

 $32.00 per 100. 



Asparasua Flumosua, 2-in. pots, $3.00 per 

 100. 



F. LUDEMANN 



8041 Baker St., SAN rRANCIBCO, CAL. 



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Orders Booked Now for My Cham- 

 pion Strain of Seeds 



Petunia Ruffled Glanta, Petunia 

 Olanta of California. Pentstemon, 

 OalllaWlla, Kelway'a and Hybrid- 

 um Grandlfloruni Delphiniums. 



FRED QROHE, Santa Rosa, Cal. 



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RAHN Sl HERBERT 



Wholesale <}rowers 

 110 Cast 49th Street, PORTLAND, ORX. 



Large Kentias, 9, 10 and 12-in. pots. 



Belmoreana, Forsteriana. 



These plants to be sold cheap, for we need the 

 room. Prices on application. 



tures of festival week. It is estimated 

 that 50,000 people went to see this 

 grand display. No admission wa? 

 charged. The great mass of roses on 

 display were all outdoor grown and 

 competition between amateurs was keen 

 for the many handsome prizes oflfered 

 by Portland's fashionable rose society. 

 The new varieties of French and Eng- 

 lish origin attracted much attention, 

 not to overlook E. G. Hill's varieties, 

 which are certainly equal to the best 

 foreign lunds. The precocious spring 

 brought many of the best roses ten days 

 ahead of the rose show, but there were 

 plenty left to fill the space. 



In the nurserv class onlv three firms 



