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TheWeekly Florists' Review. 



February 29, 1912. 



PACIFIC COAST. 



Subscribers on the Pacific coast 

 shoiild not fail to note that their spe- 

 cial department of The Beview has 

 grown until it now occupies five pages. 

 Give us a boost and the Pacific Coast 

 Department will keep right on growing. 



There should be in this department a 

 weekly letter regarding trade doings at 

 Spokane. Who will send it? 



On page 52 is an illustration showing 

 one of the houses of the MacEorie-Mc- 

 Laren Co., with Lorraine begonias in 

 full bloom. 



The severe storms have delayed the 

 mails from the Pacific coast this week, 

 trains being far behind their schedules. 

 This accounts for the absence of several 

 regular news-letters. 



On pages 18 and 19 are illustrations 

 showing palms outdoors in the vicinity of 

 Los Angeles, the Jubsea spectabUis on 

 page 19 being said to be the finest speci- 

 men in the United States. 



Portland, Ore. — J. G. Bacher has pub- 

 lished in the Oregonian a column article 

 on how to plant roses that surely will 

 stimulate the demand for stock. 



Klamath Falls, Ore. — S. G. Bryant is 

 looking forward hopefully to the early 

 spring season, as that is his especially 

 busy time. During the winter, when 

 trade is rather dull, he increases his 

 income by taking charge of a green- 

 house for a private family. 



PORTLAND, ORE. 



The Market. 



Business conditions are about the 

 same as last reported; there has been 

 a steady business daily, enough to keep 

 all lines of stock moving. Spring stock 

 is here in abundance, but the prices 

 have held up remarkably. The favor- 

 able weather has started the daffodils 

 into bloom in the yards, while hya- 

 cinths and tulips are pushing the 

 ground rapidly. Eose bushes and 

 shrubbery have commenced to put on 

 leaves, but all danger of frost has not 

 yet passed. 



February 22 was designated as the 

 official rose planting day here, in which 

 the school children took an active part. 

 Washington and Oregon officials at- 

 tended in a bodv. E. E. C. 



SAN FRANCISCO, CAL. 



The Market. 



Flowers of all kinds are still a glut 

 in the market and, with the advent of 

 Lent, business is not as brisk as we 

 should like to see it. There has, how- 

 ever, been a fair amount of funeral 

 orders during the last ten days, and 

 they seem to have been divided up well 

 among the different retailers. Daffo- 

 dils are now at the height of their sea- 

 son and are the best selling article that 

 the florists handle. Paper Whites are 

 also taking the place of the cheaper 

 white stock in funeral designs. Valley 

 and hyacinths do not move as quickly 

 as they did a few weeks ago. Lilium 

 longiflorum is quiet, with plenty of 

 stock in sight for Easter. 



Carnations are cheaper and roses, ex- 



t 



What Is It ? 



It is a vegetable fertilizer. 

 It is absolutely odorless. 

 For potted plants, lawns 



and gardens. 

 25c per package. 

 Distributors wanted in 



each state. Write for 



particulars. 



North American 

 Mercantile Co. 



318-329 rroRt Street 



San francisco, California 



Mention The Review when you write. 



Direct Importations— Tree Fern Stems 



Due to arrive in the early spring of 1912. 

 The grandest and moat sraceful of all decorative plants. 



Alsophila robasti, Didtseaia Aitardka, DicksoRia squirrosa, Cyithea nedullaris, 

 Cyilhea deilbata, Cjathea Smithii Cyathea Cunainfhaai. 



All sizes from three feet up. 

 We will also receive spedaea plants of Platyceriums aad Todeas, 



Prices and particulars on application. 



NacRORIENcLAREN CONPANY 



711-714 Waatkank BMt.. SAN FRANCISCO, CAL. Nancriaa. SAN MATIO, CAL 



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JAPANESE LILY BULBS 



ror Advance Ordera— 1912 Fall Delivery 



All orders will be highly esteemed before April or May. 



Lilium Giganteum, Longiflorum, Formosa, Multiflorum, 

 Magnificum, Melpomene, Rubrum, Album, Auratum, etc. 



Let lis supply your wants in Lilies this season. Larcre stock, far below price, 

 strictly choice, higrh-srradc. Connect directly with growers and exporters 

 in Japan. Write for price list for 1912. Time is no^e. 



Japan Ullum Co.,92$4othst.,Oaklanil,Cal. 



Mention The Review when you write. 



Asparagus Plumosus Sireaeen 



Oat of 2-lDch poto. $3.00 per 100. 



Phoenix CanarienBis, out of 2>9-lncb pou 

 16 OOper 100. 



wiaahinrtonia Sonorae, oat of 3inch pot«. 

 $6.00 per 100. 



H. KEMPF, Pacific Nursery 



•041 Bak«r St.. BAH FRAHCXBOO. CAL. 



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cept some fanc}' stock, are at rather 

 low figures. Freesias and tulips hold 

 their own. Fruit blossoms of half a 

 dozen kinds are in good demand for 

 decorative purposes. Wild adiantum is 

 being used heavily for mixing with 

 violets and bulbous stock. Other sorts 

 of flowers all show a slight tendency 

 to drop gradually in price. Violets are 

 slightly on the wane, owing to the 

 warm weather and the tendency to 

 begin the growing of the plants. 



VIOLETS 



CUT BLOOMS-NOW AT THEIR PRIME 



SPECIAL PRICE: 

 85c per doz. bunches, in lots of S doz. 

 Less quantity, $1,00 per doz. bunches. 



F. O. B. San Francisco. 



I am the pioneer and larfrest shipper. I 

 have a special GIANT variety, sinirle, dark 

 purple, a wonderful keeper. Am now shlp- 

 plnfT regularly to florists In Omaha, Kansas 

 City, etc., and not a box has arrived In bad 

 condition. Have shipped successfully to 

 New York. Order a trial shipment. 



MRS. R. E. DARBEE, 



1974 Bush St., San Francisco, Cal. 



Mention The Kevlew when yoa write. 



Various Notes. 

 Martin Keukauf, representing H. 

 Bayersdorfer & Co., was recently in 

 town for a few davs ' stav. 



