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The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



UCXOBER 7, l{tO?l, 



PACIFIC COAST. 



Florists on the Pacific coast espe- 

 cially will be interested in the illustra- 

 tions on another page showing the prog- 

 ress of the San Joaquin Floral Co., of 

 Stockton, 



Santa Barbara, Cal.— George Whip- 

 ple, a well known gardener in Montecito, 

 will open a flower store in a combination 

 concrete and glass building for which 

 ground was broken September 23, on 

 State street adjoining the Howard- 

 Canfield building. 



Spokane, Wash. — Hoyt Bros. Co. re- 

 cently prepared a post card carrying a 

 picture of the store front, another of the 

 greenhouse range, one of the uniformed 

 messenger, and several pictures of cut 

 flower arrangements. At the fair they 

 gave away 6,000 of these, most of which 

 were mailed to friends by those' who took 

 them. Hoyt l^os. Co. expects to mail 

 out several thousands more, with an |id-" 

 vertisement printed on the front of the 

 card. 



SAN FRANCISCO. 



TheMukcL 



A few stiff showers have somewhat 

 changed the situation in the cut flower 

 line. Good violets, and plenty of them, 

 have been the most noticeable feature, 

 and this has been especially agreeable to 

 the retailers. The price has lowered about 

 25 cents per dozen bunches, and the 

 quality has improved about 100 per cent. 

 Carnations are daily becoming more 

 plentiful and, although they are still 

 eagerly bought up, the chances are that 

 in a week or so they will be much easier. 

 This will depend somewhat on the chrys- 

 anthemum crop, which up to the present 

 time has been slow in materializing, but 

 from this time onward we can look for 

 plenty of flowers at fair prices. 



We have seen the last of the aster crop 

 during the present week, and the same 

 can be said of gladioli and amaryllis. A 

 few Japanese lilies are still being shown, 

 and although they are quickly bought up 

 they are quite past their prime, and do 

 not bring as good prices as they did 

 earlier in the season, 



Roses are the scarcest proposition that 

 the retailer has to face at this time. Al- 

 most everyone is afraid to take orders 

 for fancy stock for fear that he will be 

 unable to furnish it. There is a fair 

 amount of second quality Brides and 

 Maids, but they do not fill all require- 

 ments. 



Any kind of good outdoor stock sells 

 well. Coreopsis, gaillardias, stocks and 

 such like are eagerly bought for window 

 displays, and much space is devoted to 

 these articles that is usually filled by 

 something much more expensive. 



Business, despite the changes in the 

 weather, continues to be fair, and with 

 the advent of the better grades of stock 

 that are becoming daily more in evi- 

 dence, the chances are good for a con- 

 tinued run of fair trade. Funeral orders 

 are ahead of those handled at this time 

 one year ago, both in San Francisco and 

 the surrounding towns. 



Vjuiouf Notes. 



L. E. Blochman, the well-known Santa 

 Maria dealer, is in town, 

 C. E. Lilley, the green goods man, for- 



FIELD-GROWN CARNATION PLANTS 



Flrst-olass stock, guaranteed. 

 First Sizes Per 100 Second Sizes p^, ,^ 



1000 Enchantress ...$6.M) 600 Victory.. VJJ 



60O Beacon 6.00 600 Rose-pink Enchantress " tiSi 



400 White Enchantress 6.00 500 Winsor " ' '•'' 



1000 Victory 6.00 300 White Enchantress. 



25 plants Bbipped at 100 rate. 



4.00 

 '400 



BASSETT'S 



FLORAL GARDENS :: 



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LOOMIS, CAL. 



Own Root 



Field-grown 



Roses 



California 



Rose Co., 



Pomona, 



Cal. 



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FIELD PLANTS 



VoUowinK varletiea field plants. First-class 

 stock. Wnte for prices. 



Winsor, Ros«.plnk Enchantress, Nelson 

 Fisher, Bnchantress, Winona, Beacon, 

 Robert Crals. Victory, Estelle, Red Law 

 son. White JEnchantress, White Perfection, 

 Prosperity, Eldorado. 



Asparacns Plamosas Nanas SeedllnKS, 

 2 and 2>a-in. pots, 110.00 per 1000. 



Asparagras Plnmosns Nanus, 4 and 5-in. 

 pots, 10c each. F. O B. Looml8.__ , ^ 



A nice variety of other ferns. Write for prices 

 and particulars. 



LO0HI8 CIBHATION COHPANT. Loomls, Cal. 



D. F. Roddan & Son, Proprietors. 



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nierly located at Ben Lomond, is now 

 handling his shipments from Santa Cruz, 

 Cal. 



Domoto Bros, are planting one of their 

 large rose houses to Liberty at their Elm- 

 hurst nurseries. 



Geo. Eosmarin has the contract for 

 supplying several thousands of shade 

 trees, to be planted on the sidewalks of 

 Alameda during the coming planting sea- 

 son. 



Geo. D. Martin will spend two weeks 

 in the southern portion of the state look- 

 ing over the stock in the principal trade 

 centers. 



Martin Eeukauf, representing H. Bay- 

 ersdorfer & Co., of Philadelphia, de- 

 parted from town October 1. He reports 

 a satisfactory- amount of business done 

 along the coast towns. 



C. H. Cornwell has become interested 

 with John K. Sievers in the Sievers 

 Floral Co.*, and a new firm name will 

 probably be announced in a few days. 



G. 



GERANIUMS BECOMING POPULAR. 



Geraniums of all kinds have always 

 been looked upon heretofore in Califor- 

 nia as a flower of no value and relegated 

 to the back garden, or used to cover 

 waste places. They are of such easy and 

 continuous growth and flowering quali- 

 ties and attain such a huge size that the 

 public has, up to within the last season 



SHASTA DAISY "SVw.'?,';!;,?" 



Divisions from Mr. Burbank's original pianti 

 no seedlings. Extra strong, field divisions s oi 

 more shoots, per 100, $2.50; 1000, 824.00. JScronB 

 field divisions, 2 to 4 shoots, per 100, 92.00 loon 

 $19.00. ^• 



Grohe's Large-flowering Hybrid Delphinium 



a selection from the best hybrid strains in rxist! 

 ence, from 3-in. pots, $6 00; 2-iD. pots, reedy in 

 November, $2.50. Select plants, from field, i veir 

 old, $6 00. 



Orohe's Champion Strain Petunia Seed 



only the best flowers used for seeding, careluUj 

 selected and hand fertilized. Giants of California 

 1000 seeds. 75c; >« oz., $3.00; oz., $16.00. Ruffled 

 Giants, 1000 seeds, 76c; "s oz., $3.60; oz., $17.50. 



Shasta Daisy— Alaska or Calltornla, ^4 oz 

 50c; oz., $1 50. Pentatemon Hybrldns Grand* 

 ifloraa, tr j;>kt.. 25c: oz., $1.00 Pentstemoni. 

 Burbank's Hybrids, tr. pkt., 26c; oz., $1.00. 



Cash please. 



FRED QROHE, Santa Rosa, Cal. 



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Araucaria Excelsa 



From 2-lnch pots. 6 to 6 inches high, young, 

 healthy seedlings with two tiers, at $16,00 per 100; 

 $150 per 1000; 500 and over at the thousand rate. 



F. LUDEMANN 



3041 Baker St, Pacific Narseritt, Sao Frandsco, Cal. 



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Palms, Araucarias, Ferns 



Ferns from benches, ready now. Poinsettlas 

 and seasonable plants. Ask for prices. 



RAHN & HERBERT 



WHOLESALE GROWERS 

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



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DO TOV WANT STOCKS PLANTS? 



WASHINGTONIA ROBUSTAI 



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



Exotic Nurserie 



Santa Barbara, Cal. 



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or two, given them little attention. Wilb 

 more stress being laid on the making of 

 artistic neighborhoods and home sitis, 

 many lovers of massive effects have i'l 

 terested their neighbors, and large plain 

 ings have been made of the newer and 

 brighter shades of geraniums, to the dis- 

 tinct betterment of general surrounding;::. 



Improvement clubs have found tb.tt 

 the geranium in California can be Mi-"' 

 as a small or large hedge, as a coveriTi j; 

 for any unsightly mark on the landscaj 

 or as a massive bedder in any portion ;' 

 the garden. It is evident that many thon 

 sands of them will be called for duriiu.^ 

 the next season, and plant growers shou' i 

 be prepared with good supplies of t'*^ 

 best colors. 



Large planters usually plant nothin. 

 but the unrooted cuttings, as under a I 

 most any conditions there is rarely ovfr 

 one per cent of failure in their growth. 

 But to the general planter who wisb<>? 

 but ^ hundred or two, rooted cuttings 

 will appeal most forcibly. 



With geraniums that have been ^row» 



