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The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



Seftdmbeb 23, 1909. 



BUSINESS CHANCE 



IN PORTLAND, ORB. 



For sale on account of dissolution of partner- 

 Bbip, a long establlBbed and exceptionally well 

 located wholesale and retail business in seeds, 

 grain, poultry and orcbard supplies; a rare op- 

 portunity for one or two men to invest $10,000 

 profitably in the great nortbwest. Address No. 

 8Sa, care Florists' Review, Chicago.' 



PACIFIC COAST. 



Santa Cruz, Cal. — E, A. Bailey is 

 now sole proprietor of the A. Mitting 

 Calla Lily Bulb Co., Mr. Mitting having 

 relinquished to Mr. Bailey his remaining 

 interest in the business. 



Oakland, Cal. — For the third time 

 during the present year the store of H. 

 M. Sanborn, at 517 Fourteenth street, 

 was recently burglarized. Entrance was 

 gained through the rear of the store and, 

 after ransacking the place and rifling the 

 cash register, the thief got away without 

 being discovered. 



SAN FRANCISCO. 



The Market 



Flowers are scarcer than they have ever 

 been in the history of San Francisco. 

 All the growers are changing their 

 houses or else the newly-planted stock 

 is not yet suflSciently started to produce 

 any blooms, and as a consequence no 

 really good stock is offered. In addition 

 to this, the outside stuff, which should be 

 abundant at this time, is badly spoiled by 

 the excess of unexpected hot weather 

 with which we have been blessed for the 

 last ten days. It quickly dried up the 

 few remaining asters and burned the tips 

 of the dahlias and gladioli, so that good 

 stock of any kind has been at a decided 

 premium for the last two weeks. 



No roses are seen, with the exception 

 of short-stemmed Brides and Maids, and 

 everyone is longing for cooler weather, 

 which we are fully entitled to at this 

 time. 



Sweet peas are practically out of mar- 

 ket, and mums have not yet made their 

 appearance in sufficient quantities to give 

 them a standing. There is a general rise 

 in prices on all kinds of stock. Carna- 

 tions that went begging at 1 cent each 

 all summer cannot now be bought for 

 less than $3 per hundred. Violets have 

 made a place for themselves already, and 

 cost the retailers about $1 per dozen 

 bunches. They are of the Princess of 

 Wales variety, but are short of stem and 

 small of flower. With a few cool nights, 

 however, they will rapidly assume a bet- 

 ter form and color. 



Business is fair, considering the disad- 

 vantages under which the trade is labor- 

 ing at present. Funeral orders are plen- 

 tiful, with a generous sprinkling of dec- 

 orations for weddings and other social 

 functions. 



Various Notes. 



Thos. Heatherington, until recently 

 gardener to Lieutenant Winship, at San 

 Bafael, is now located at 20 De Wolf 

 street, Ocean View. 



Charles Mack, of Denver, Col., is on a 

 visit to the Pacific coast, and is at pres- 

 ent in San Francisco. 



Henry Buehl, of the Euehl-Wheeler 

 Co., San Jose, is spending a few days in 

 town. 



Joseph M. Wiesel, representing the 



FIELD PLANTS 



Following varieties field plants. First-class 

 stock. Write for prices. 



Winior, Roa«-plnk BnohantreM, Melson 

 Vlsher, BnchRntresa, Winona, Beacon, 

 Robert Cralc, Ttotory, Estelle, Red Law> 

 ■on. White Kncbantreaa, White Perfeotlon, 

 Prosperity, Eldorado. 



Aaparacaa Plamosns Nanas Seedllnss, 

 2 ancr2>a-iD. pots, $10.00 per 1000. 



AsparaK«s Plnmoana Nanus, 4 and 5-in. 

 pots, 10c each. F. O B. Loomis. 



A nice vari-ty of other ferns. Write for prices 

 and particulars. 



LOOMIS CABNATION COMPANT. loomls. Cal. 



D. F. Roddan & Son, Proprietors. 

 Mention The Review when you write. 



Araucaria Excelsa 



From 2-incb pots. 5 to 6 inches high, young, 

 healthy seedlings with two tiers, at $16.00 per 100; 

 $160 per 1000; 500 and over at the thoasand rate. 



F. LUDEMANN 



3041 Baker SL, Pacirw Narseriei. San Francisco, Cal. 



Mention The Review when you write. 



Palms, Araucarias, Ferns 



Ferns from benches, ready now. Polnsettlas 

 and seasonable plants. Ask for prices. 



RAHN ft HERBERT 



WHOLESALE GROWERS 

 Portland, Ore., Mt. Tabor P. O. 



Mention The Review when you write. 



Barteldes Seed Co., of Denver, Col., is 

 interviewing the local dealers in the in- 

 terest of his firm, 



John Fronmiller, head gardener for 

 many years to F. M. Smith, the "borax 

 king," has accepted a similar position 

 with P. E. Bowles, the local banker. 



Gill's Floral Depot is erecting two 

 propagating Ileuses, 20x100 feet each, 

 on their Twenty-eighth street nursery 

 grounds, at Oakland, Cal. 



The Thorsted Floral Co. has been of- 

 fered a large bonus for its lease in the 

 new Phelan building, in which it recently 

 opened a store. G. 



It may interest readers of the Eeview 

 to know that the rebuilding of the new 

 Palace hotel is nearing completion and it 

 will be opened in November of this year. 

 An interesting feature in the old Palace, 

 from the point of view of florists, was 

 the plant decorations in the glass-covered 

 court, called the palm court. This feature 

 will be repeated in the new house, only 

 the decorations wUl be less extensive, on 

 account of the fact that the roof in the 

 new house will be only two stories high, 

 while in the old house the roof was over 

 all, that is, six stories high. So the top 

 gallery will be dispensed with, but I 

 hope that the quality will be better this 

 time. 



It is a noteworthy fact that the outside 

 lath house grown palms, like kentias and 

 seaforthias, especially larger specimens, 

 are coming more and more into use on 

 this coast. I made a trial in Fairmont 

 hotel of a number of these paJms, from 

 the Exotic Nurseries, Santa Barbara, 

 Cal., and they are doing finely. 



The coming Portola festival, in Octo- 

 ber, has caused a revival of the use of 

 pampas grass. One sees it more and 

 more as decorations in store windows, 

 and on wagons, horses, etc. It is 

 colored red and yellow, the Spanish col- 

 ors, the colors of the discoverer of San 

 Francisco bay. The Portola Pacific Hor- 

 ticultural Society is more active than 

 ever. The members are working hard to 

 make the coming show in October a g^eat 

 success, and it is a sure thing that this 



BURByiNK'S 



Spineless Cactos 



One of his greatest produetioiu, both 

 as a fruit and food plant; Tery orna- 

 mental; should be carried by all Nars- 

 erymen and Florists. Ketail price, $2.01 

 to $5.00 each. 



Our Special Price to the Trade 



75o each; 60 plants, 65c; 100 plants, No 

 each. 



San Fernando Nursery Co. 



SAN FERNANDO, CAL. 



Mention The Review when you write. 



FIELD -GROWN 



Carnation Plants 



Also 300 VICTORT, well established in 8-ic. 

 pots, nice, bushy plants, at 4c each. 



AsparasruB Flumosua Nanus SeedllnBs, 

 at $1.'26 per 100; postage paid. 



BASSETT'S FLORAL GARDENS 



Carnation Ave., LOOMIB. CAL. 



Mention The Review when you write. 



DO TOU WANT STOCKS PLANTS?! 



WASHINCTOHIA ROBUSTA 



(Fan Palms). 2 to 3 ft., by the thousands. f 



Exotic Nurserie^ 



Santa Barbara, Cal. I 



Mention The Review when you write. 



Cyclamea Giganteoin 



Dry bulbs. 1 to l^s-in. diameter... per 100, 1 MSO 



Aapaxmcas 8pr«na*ri» 6-in 16.00 



Aspararua Bpranirerl, 4-in MO 



Aaparaaus PlumoBua, 2in 2.00 



FRED GROHE, Santa Rosa, Cal. 



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show will beat all previous ones. There 

 are many valuable prizes offered. 



Anthony Tymcio. 



LOS ANGELES, CAL. 



Ctirrent Comment. 



Business in our line has kept up won- 

 derfully all summer, the demand for 

 good stock keeping pace with the supply. 



Mr. Hills, formerly of Maywood, HI., 

 is again in town and says he intends to 

 make his home here permanently. 



O. C. Saakes, for the last ten years 

 located at Second and Spring streets, 

 has opened an up-to-date store on Fourth 

 street, between Spring and Broadway. 

 This is considered the best location in 

 the city for a florist's store. There are 

 now four fine flower shops in this one 

 block, and there is some talk of a fifth, 

 to be opened soon. Mr. Saakes still has 

 his old stand, but expects to close it in 

 a short time, that he may give his entire 

 attention to the Fourth street store. 



The writer was invited to pay a visit 

 to the new establishment of Messrs. 

 Dieterich & Turner, located at Monte- 

 bello, seven miles east of Los Angeles. 

 The ground, five acres in extent, was pur- 

 chased last March. They have since 

 erected two handsome houses, each 

 56x300 feet. They are built of the 

 latest and best materials and certainly 

 are a credit to Mr. Turner's skill as a 

 mechanic, he having planned and built 

 them himself. He has one house planted 



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