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The Weekly Florists' Review* 



November 4, 1909. 



PACIFIC COAST. 



TACOMA, WASH. 



The Market. 



Business conditions at present are as 

 good as in any former year, and probably 

 better. Stock seems somewhat scarce, 

 but there are prospects of a good supply 

 of first class cut flowers. The supply of 

 carnations is not equal to the demand, 

 and good roses have not appeared in 

 plenty yet. Asters were plentiful and the 

 quality good, so these, along with other 

 outdoor stock, have kept something ou 

 hand. The Crego asters were especially 

 good. The writer had a few other kinds, 

 such as Henderson's Invincible and Carl- 

 ton, but Crego proved the best. 



Various Notes. 



Carnations have done well since being 

 planted in. The Northwestern Floral Co. 

 and A. A. Hinze grow them under glass 

 all the season. No one makes much of 

 an attempt at rose growing under glass 

 around Tacoma. Our damp, cloudy, 

 foggj- weather does not prove an ideal 

 kind of weather for rose growing, any- 

 way, so the roses mostly come from 

 where there is more sunshine, 



John Hamilton has received a new hot 

 water boiler of the Kroeschell style, and 

 it certainly will do the work wanted. 



There has not been much going on in 

 additions to greenhouses for flowers, but 

 some have gone up for vegetable grow- 

 ing, which pays as well as flower growing, 

 or better. Lettuce, tomatoes and cucum- 

 bers are all ready sellers at good prices, 

 and practically there is never an over- 

 supply of any of them. Several of our 

 leading growers have carnations for the 

 winter, but throw them out to make room 

 for tomatoes early in the season. They 

 say the latter pay better than flowers. 

 We know of some who throw them out 

 then and buy them for the extra demand 

 they get through the season. Stock in 

 general looks well at all the places. 



S. L. H. 



LOS ANGELES, CAL. 



The banquet given by the Chamber of 

 Commerce, for President Taft, was beau- 

 tiful and unique. The Shrine auditorium 

 was elaborately decorated for the occa- 

 sion by the Roth-Reymond Floral Co., 

 who are among the leading florists. On 

 the stage, where the President's table 

 was placed, a Spanish patio was built. 

 The pergola was covered with grape 

 vines, bearing large clusters of fruit. 

 The effect was carried out by a drop 

 curtain at the back of the stage, on which 

 was painted a Spanish garden. Palms 

 and flowers were so arranged as to make 

 the vista seem real. The President's table 

 was decorated with a centerpiece of or- 

 chids, valley and maidenhair. There were 

 seventy tables, each having centerpieces 

 of roses, with many full blown roses scat- 

 tered loosely over the cloth and ribbons. 

 The girders were festooned with plu- 

 mosus and smilax and from them hung 

 forty baskets seven feet in diameter, 

 while from the chandeliers hung baskets 

 twelve feet in diameter, brilliant with 

 electric lights. Near the President was 

 an electric fountain which sent forth 

 California violet water. On the wall was 

 an electric map of the United States, 

 about fifteen feet square, each state out- 

 lined by white electric lights, while with 



FIELD-GROWN CARNATION PLANTS 



Winaor per 100, $5.00 



Rose Pink Knobantreu " 4 50 



N«Uoii FUher " 4.00 



KnohantreH " 000 



Reason " 8.00 



Loomis Carnation Company, 



F. O. B. 



uoovaa, cal. 



Rob«r^ OralK per 100, $8.50 



Estelle " 6.00 



Red Lawaon " 6.Q0 



Prosperity " 6.00 



Eldorado " 4.00 



Transplanted AsparaKas Nanus Seedllnss, 2 to 2>a-incb pots SlOOOperlOUO 



AsparaKns Plnmosos Nanus, 4 to 5-inc^ $5 00 per 100 



D. P. Roddan & «»on. Proprietors, 



LOOMIS, CALIFORNIA 



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Own Root 



Field-grown 



Roses 



California 



Rose Co., 



Pomona, 

 Cal. 



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Palms, Araucarias, Ferns 



Ferna from benches ready now. Polnsettlaa 

 and seasonable plants. Ask for prices. 



RAHN ft HERBERT 



WHOLESALE GROWERS 

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



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DO TOU WANT STOCKY PLANTS? 



WASHINCTONIAROBUSTA 



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



Exotic Nurseries 



Santa Barbara, Cal. 



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red lights the President's journey from 

 the start back to Washington was flashed 

 out. There were used in the decoration 

 4,000 smilax, 1,000 plumosus, 1,000 Spren- 

 geri, 8,000 carnations, 6,000 roses, 15,000 

 maidenhair, 2,000 Beauties, 1,000 potted 

 palms and 1,000 yards tulle. 



The automobile in which President 

 Taft rode to view the city was hand- 

 somely decorated with 1,000 of the best 

 yellow chrysanthemums. This was done 

 by the Angelus Florist, J. W. Wolters, 

 manager. C. 



SAN FHANOSCG. 



TbeMatket 



The great Portola festival has come 

 and gone, and the city has resumed its 

 usual appearance again. Although there 

 were probably 300,000 visitors in town 

 during the last week, reports from the 

 various retailers do not agree as to the 

 increase in the volume of business caused 

 thereby. Som* are inclined to doubt that 

 the florists derived much business from 

 the influx, while others report a decided 

 gain from the situation. It is apparent, 

 however, that business was at least fifty 



SHASTA DAISY "'rB^wJi^rK" 



DlyisioDS from Mr. Burbank's oriitlnal plants; 

 no seedlings. Extra strong, field divisionB, 6 or 

 more shoots, per 100. $^.60; 1000. S24.00. Strong 

 field divisions, 2 to 4 shoots, per 100. $2.00; 1000, 

 $19.00. 



Grohe's Large-flowering Hybrid Delphinium, 



a selection from the best hybrid strains in exist- 

 ence, from Sin. pots. $6 00; 2-in. pots, ready in 

 November, $2.60. Select plants, from field, 1 year 

 old, $6 00. 



Orohe'a Champion Strain Petunia Seed, 



only the best flowers used for seeding, carefully 

 selected and hand tertilized. Giants of California, 

 1000 seeds 76c; 's.oz.. $3 00; oz., $16.00. Ruffled 

 Giants, 1000 seed8,*75c; ^ oz., $3.50; oz., $17.50. 



Shasta DaUy— Alaska or California, >4 oz., 

 60c; oz., $1 60. Pentatemon Hybrldns Grand- 

 Kloraa, tr pkt.. 25c oz., $1.00 Pentatemona, 

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

 Cash please. 



FRED QROHE, Santa Rosa, Cal. 



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Araucaria Excelsa 



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

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

 $150 per 1000; 600 and over at the thoosand rata, 



F. LUDEMANN 



3041 Baker SL, Pacific NarseriM. San Frandsco, Cal. 



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Rooted Carnation Cuttines 



All the best varieties for Dec. 1 delivery. 

 Send for price liet, now ready. 



Field- srown plants yet for sale 



Bassett's floral Gardens 



LOOMIS, CAL.. 



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Cinerarias 



Strong, clean plants from bench, ready for S 

 and 4-incb pots, $2.00 per 100. 



350.000 1 yr. Aaparasus Plants, ready for 

 deliverj in December. Leading varieties. Write 

 for prices. 



Otto F. Schuchard, Watsonville, Cal. 



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per cent better than at the corresponding 

 period of last year. The greatest de- 

 mand was for flowers of the Portola 

 colors, and anything in the line of red 

 or yellow was quickly disposed of. 



At the present writing the prices of 

 stock have declined somewhat, while the 

 quantity is greatly on the increase. Car- 

 nations are in splendid form and color, 

 and roses are getting better than they 

 have been at any time since early sum- 

 mer. Chrysanthemums are the most popu- 

 lar flower at present, and the prices on 

 both inside and outside stock have a 

 tendency to point downward. This is 

 due to a great extent to the favorable 

 weather with which we have been blessed 

 for the last month. 



Violets are quite plentiful, and the 

 price remains stationary at 75 cents per 

 dozen bunches. Sweet peas, gladioli and 

 dahlias are practically out of the market. 

 Orchids, from Santa Cruz principally, are 

 in steady demand. Several of the Ala- 

 meda county growers are apparently 

 rather late about showing their stock. 

 Cut asparagus and maidenhair are still 

 plentiful, and will be so until a few days 



