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The Weekly Florists' Review. 



Januabt 18. 1912. 



PACIFIC COAST. 



Subscribers on the Pacific coast 

 should not fail to note that their spe^ 

 cial department of The Review has 

 grown until it now occupies four pages. 

 Oive us a boost and the Pacific Coast 

 Department will keep right on growing. 



CALIFOBNIA YELLOW BELL. 



Please give me the scientific name of 

 the plant known as the California yel- 

 low bell. J. W. I. 



I do not know a plant of this name. 

 The California yellow poppy is Esch- 

 Bcholzia Californica. Perhaps some 

 Pacific coast reader can supply the 

 name. C. W. 



SAN FEANCISCO. 



The Market. 



The frosty nights have been replaced 

 by light rains and milder weather gener- 

 ally. Stock of all kinds, which has 

 been rather scarce since the holidays, 

 has gradually become more plentiful. 

 Carnations are still being held slightly 

 higher than they were one year ago, 

 and roses, except short-stemmed stock, 

 also are a scarce article. A few extra 

 Beauties are shown every day and they 

 are costing the stores from $2.50 to $3 

 per dozen. Good Brides and Kaiserins 

 have ready sale for funeral orders, and 

 much of the lighter pink stock is used 

 the same way. Daffodils are becoming 

 more plentiful, and the same can be 

 said of narcissi. Romans do not move 

 fast and valley is in oversupply. Vio- 

 lets are over their temporary setback 

 and are now quite numerous again. 

 With the aisappearance of our frosty 

 nights of a week ago and the substi- 

 tution of rain instead, they are of 

 better color and length of stem. Or- 

 chids, especially cattleyas, are plenti- 

 ful. Business is only fair, but quite a 

 bit of funeral work is distributed 

 among the different stores. 



Various Notes. 



Charles T. Mason is on a trip through 

 Oregon and Washington. 



The Hackel Ploral Co. has given up 

 the store across from the present loca- 

 tion on Powell street. 



H. Hayashi has sold out his entire 

 Alameda business and will devote his 

 attention to his Elmhurst nursery. 



L. G. Lewisj formerly of Los Angeles, 

 is in town on a short visit. G. 



VICTORIA, B. C. 



The Market. 



The business for the Christmas sea- 

 son was easily ahead of anything that 

 ever before reached this locality. The 

 demand was limited only by the supply. 

 Everything was sold out at good prices 

 and the returns were largely cash. 

 Plants were practically cleaned out be- 

 fore the cut flower trade began, so 

 that the delivery problem was simpli- 

 fied. The weather was ideal, with an 

 average temperature of about 45 de- 

 grees and no wind. Chrysanthemums 

 were a leading feature and their con- 

 dition was perfect. It seems quite 

 possible to have perfect mums here 

 until February 1. ' " ' - 



The New Year's trade was fine. Of 



Direct Importations— Tree Fern Stems 



Due to arrive in the early spring of 1912. 

 The grandest and most graceful of all decorative plants. 



Alsophila robisU, DickMoia Astirdica, Dkhsoaia aqurrosi, Cyathca ■crfnilaris, 

 Cyathea dealbata, Cyathea SmiliiH CyaUwa CanainkaaL 



All sizes from three feet up. 



We will alM receive speciaieo plaots of PiatyccriMais aad Todeas, 



Prices and particulars on application. 



NacRORlE-NcLAREN CONrARY 



711-714 Waatbank BMg^ SAN FRANCISCO. CAL. fhnariaa. SAN MATNl CM. 



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Los Angeles Flower Market 



Chas. E. Morton. Mgr. 414>^ S. Broadway, Loa Anf^eles, Cal. 



The best equipped wholesale house on the Pacific Coast. Handling the 

 entire cut from eighteen large growers. Roses, Carnations, Violets, Plumosus, 

 Ferns, Smilax, in fact everything in season. 



FLORISTS* 



SUPPLIES 



Write, telegraph or telephone your orders. 



Prompt attention given. 



ItenQoD The Ravicw wheo tou writ* 



Carnation Rooted Cuttings l^li'^^rD.xl':'^^ 



Beacon. Enchantress, Lawson, Estelle, Winsor, $2.00 per 100; $17.50 per 1000. Dorothy 

 Gordon, 13.00 per 100; $25.00 per 1000. Victory, White Perfection, Rose-pinli Enchantress, 

 $2.50 per lao; $20 00 per 1000. Healthiest, cleanest plants you can find on Pacific coast. Ko 

 cuttings taken from outdoor stock. 



ASPARAGUS PLUMOSUS NANUS 



2i«-inch pots, from flats, ready for 8-inch pots per 100. $2.50; per 1000. $20.00 



PANST PLANTS, Henry Mette's Triumph of Giant, per 1000. $5.00. 

 Express charges prepaid on orders amountiog to 310.00 or more. All orders must be accomi>anied by cash. 



H. HAYASHI & CO., 73rd Aveaae and Thonas Street. ElmhurSt, Csl. 



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course, no 'slants were left, but cut 

 flowers were sold out clean again and 

 the receipts again were cash. No 

 doubt these conditions are somewhat 

 due to the boom the Canadian west is 

 now experiencing, and can hardly be 

 expected to continue always at the 

 same high level. 



The third festival in which the flo- 

 rists largely participate and which is 

 peculiar to the west, is the Chinese 

 New Year, coming somewhere within 

 two weeks each way from February 1. 

 It is held this year for the last time. 

 The Chinese revolution seems to have 

 modernized the Chinese in a day. On 

 the coast, pigtails have totally dis- 

 appeared and with them the terrible 

 power of the many fearsome devils, 

 and the Chinese New Year of 1913 

 will be held January 1. F. B. 



PASADENA, CAIi. 



At the annual meeting of the Pas- 

 adena Gardeners' Association, it was 

 decided to change the name to the Pas- 

 adena Horticultural Society. 



The following officers were elected: 

 J. B. Feldman, president; John Blake, 

 vice-president; George H. Kennedy, re- 

 cording secretary; L. R. Brand, finan- 

 cial secretary; William Hutchinson, 

 treasurer. Eobert Pegg was elected a 

 trustee for a three-year term; Julius 

 Thedin for two years, and William Far- 

 rell for one year. Charles S. Forsythe 

 was elected eergeant-at-arms. 



Reports showed that the past year 

 had been a very successful one for 

 the association. The two flower shows 



Asparagus Plumosus 



and 

 Spreneerl 



Oat bt 2-lnch pots, $3.00 per 100. 



Phoenix Canariensis, out of 2%-lnch poti. 

 16.00 per 100. 



Washinstonla Sonorae, out of )-lnch pott. 

 15.00 per 100. 



H. KEMPr, Padfk Nursery 



S041 Baksr St., BAN PRAKCXBOO. CAL. 



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conducted by it were successes, aud 

 all the other activities of the organi- 

 zation brought about satisfactory re- 

 sults. The outlook is for a good year 

 in 1912. It is planned to hold a flower 

 show in the spring and another in the 

 fall. 



TACOMA, WASH. 



The Market. 



Last week was one of the worst for 

 many years, for we received everything 

 on the list in the weather line, from 

 summer temperatures to ten inches of 

 snow, which certainly made it a trying 

 time for those engaged in the flower 

 business. Business has, as usual, been 

 a little dull since the holidays, but it 

 seems to be gaining again now. 

 Flowers are still scarce and everyone 

 has an unusual amount of split carna- 

 tions, caused perhaps by the changeable 

 Weather of the last few weeks. 



The Visit to Seattle. 



Tuesday, January 9, several of the 

 local growers got together for a visit 

 to our neighboring city, Seattle. The 

 day was spent in visiting various green- 



