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The Weekly Florists' Review. 



JAMUABT 26, 1912. 



PACIFIC COAST. 



Subscribers on the Faciflc coast 

 should not fail to note that their spe- 

 cial department of The Bevlew has 

 grown until it now occupies four pages. 

 Give us a boost and the Pacific Coast 

 Department will keep right on growing. 



Seattle, Wash. — Bosaia Bros, are 

 planning to put up four new green- 

 houses, each 28x200. 



Aptos, Cal. — Peter Hauer has a fine 

 lot of yearling apple trees in his nur- 

 sery in Pleasant Valley. 



Centralia, Wash.— For the first time 

 in the history of this town a florist 's 

 delivery wagon has been seen on the 

 streets. It belongs to C. D. Doncaster, 

 of the Floral View Greenhouses. 



Santa Cruz, Cal. — W. E. King was 

 married January 11. Theo. A. Butter- 

 worth has secured a large vacant space 

 on the main business street and is fill- 

 ing it with nursery stock for sale. J. 

 P. Parker cut a good crop of orchids 

 for the holidays, including one spike of 

 cattleya with eleven flowers. 



Orenco, Ore.— Fifty residents of this 

 town and employees of the Oregon Nur- 

 sery Co. have organized a club for the 

 study of horticulture. John A. Mc- 

 Gee was elected president and Roy A. 

 McDowell secretary. At the first meet- 

 ing an address on a horticultural theme 

 was delivered by Frank W. Power, sec- 

 retary of the Oregon State Horticul- 

 tural Society. 



SAN DIEGO, CAL. 



The San Diego Floral Co. opened a 

 store January 1, at 1014 Fifth street. 



Winter trade is increasing so rapidly 

 that first-class stock is at a premium. 



Lanier Bros, report that their trade 

 since opening at 1321 C street Decem- 

 ber 1 has far exceeded what they ex- 

 pected. K. 



PORTLAND, ORE. 



The Market. 



With the passing of the cold and 

 snowy weather, business has taken a 

 decided change for the better, and the 

 death of several of the city's promi- 

 nent people increased demand for fu- 

 neral work. Flowers of all varieties 

 are plentiful, carnations being the best 

 sellers for all occasions. Boses also 

 are in heavy crop; White Killarney 

 especially is doing itself justice this 

 season. 



Spring flowers are in greater variety 

 and always move well. Indications 

 point to an early spring. 



Various Notes. 



A. H. Hammer, formerly of Smyth's, 

 Chicago, is visiting friends in this city. 

 He is a recent graduate of Northwest- 

 ern College of Medicine and expects to 

 remain in Portland to practice his pro- 

 fession. 



J. J. Karins, of Philadelphia, and 

 James Forbes crossed sticks in a pool 

 tournament of thirty-six games a few 

 days ago; result, Karins 520, Forbes 

 472. This is an annual event and, need- 

 less to say, the game was played strict- 

 ly on its merits; the attention of 



Direct Importations— Tree Fern Stems 



Doe to UTive In the eari7 spring of 1912. 

 The ffrandest and moit graceful of all decorative plants. 



Alsofhiia robssti, DicfcsMia Aitirdki, DkksMia squrrosa, Cyathci actfillaris, 

 Cyalhea deilbsti, Cystkei SsiHfcii Cyslkci CrasisflMHt. 



All sices from three feet ap. 



We wiU also receive spedaien plaits of Platyceriiiu %wi Todcas, 



Prices and particulars on application. 



NacRORIE-HcLAREN CONrANY 



711-714 Wartbaak IMg^ SAN FRANCISCO, CAL. Nancfta. SAN MATNi CAL 



Mention The Eeview when 70a write. 



Los Angeles Flower Market 



Chab. E. Morton. Mgr. 414 )i S. Broadway, Loa Ani^eles, Cal. 



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

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

 Ferns, Smilax, in fact everything in season. 



FLORISTS' 



SUPPLIES 



Write, telegraph or telephone your orders. 



Prompt attention given. 



Menaon. The ReTiew wnen too writ* 



Rooted Carnation Cuttings 



READY 

 NOW 



Per 100 1000 



Enchantress $2.00 $18.00 



R. P. Enchantress 2.00 18.00 



Pure White Enchantress 2.25 20.00 



Dorothy Gordon 3.00 25.00 



PinkDelight 3.00 26.00 



Per 100 1000 



Wlnsor $2.00 $18.00 



Winona 2.00 18.00 



Beacon 2.00 18.00 



Victory 2.00 18.00 



Eldorado 2.00 18.00 



Express prepaid on orders amounting to $10.00 or more. 



BASSETTS FLORAL GARDENS, 



B. s. BASsnr, 



Proprietor 



LOONS, CAL 



Mention The Bevlew when tou write. 



Messrs. Eingier and Fotheringham is 

 called to this fact. 



E. W. McLellan, of San Francisco, is 

 in town to look over the market condi- 

 tions. E. B. C. 



SAN FKANCISCO, CAI.. 



The Market. 



The weather has turned mild again 

 and we are getting a taste of spring 

 somewhat in advance of the scheduled 

 time. Rain is not up to the required 

 quantity, and unless we have a down- 

 pour soon, the season of 1911-1912 will 

 do down in history as a "dry year." 

 While this does not affect the retailers 

 as directly as it does those more in- 

 terested in the plant trade, it gives a 

 general feeling of danger to everyone 

 that is daily evidenced in decreased 

 sales along all lines. 



Flowers are becoming cheaper and of 

 slightly better quality as the time pro- 

 gresses, and, with the influx of con- 

 siderable lots of outside bulbous stock, 

 it will be but a short while until the 

 store windows assume their springtime 

 appearance. Roses show the largest 

 gain in quality and quantity, and we 

 can look for plenty of fancy cuts from 

 this time onward for several months. 

 Carnations, although slightly higher 

 than they were one year ago, are also 

 showing a tendency to drop in price. 

 Valley has been well used up for sev- 

 eral weeks, and the same can be said 

 of all kinds of white stock. Funeral 

 orders have been brisk at most of 



ins riumosas *" 



ASpan^lU I1UUIUMI5 Spreae«ri 



Ont of 2-lnch pots. $3.00 per 100. 



Phoenix Canarlensls, oat of 2>a-ineh poti. 

 iB.OOper 100. 



WfuthinKtonia Sonora«, out of 3-lnch poti. 

 $6.00 per 100. 



H. KEMPr, Padfk Nursoy 



•041 Bak«r St.. MAX FKAVCUOO. CAL. 



MentJon The Review when you write. 



the stores, and these, together with a 

 fair number of wedding decorations, 

 have brought the first weeks of the new 

 year up to the standard. Mums are 

 practically over and we shall see no 

 more of them until next fall. Violets 

 are in their prime and are used in 

 enormous quantities by all the stores 

 as well as by the street vendors. 



Other lines of stock show no material 

 change except a general tendency to 

 larger quantities and a downward 

 tendency in price. 



Various Notes. 



Two new stores have made their 

 appearance in town. The Schwartz- 

 wald Co. has opened on Devisadero 

 street near Page street, and the Violet 

 Floral Co. has started in the retail 

 trade on Devisadero street near the 

 corner of McAllister street. 



The Pacific Orchid Co., of Alameda, 

 is cutting heavily of cattleyas at this 

 time. This company will erect two 

 new houses, each 25x75 feet, during 

 the coming spring. 



Thomas Domoto, of Domoto Bros., 

 Elmhurst, was held up and robbed by 

 three men on the evening of January 13, 

 within a block of his nursery. He wao 



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