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ThcWcckly Florists' Review^ 



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Mabch 31, 1910. 



PACIFIC COAST. 



PORTLAND, ORE. 



The Market* 



Spring is in evidence on all sides, and 

 a couple of weeks of bright weather have 

 wrought wonders with flowers. While it 

 was beneficial to general stock, it forced 

 the bulbous stock along too rapidly and 

 almost put the single violets out of com- 

 mission, but the doubles are holding out 

 nicely. Easter lilies seem to be in suflS- 

 cient quantities, and quality is unex- 

 celled. Carnations are plentiful. Roses 

 are exciting themselves. Carnot and Kai- 

 serin are in first crop and as choice as 

 usual. Azaleas, rhododendrons, cycla- 

 mens, lilies, ramblers and hyacinths are 

 the prevailing pot plants. 



Various Notes. 



"Window arrangements are particularly 

 striking. Martin & Forbes' consists of 

 hydrangeas, lilies and azaleas, also cut 

 flowers arranged artistically, including a 

 center of miniature yellow chrysanthe- 

 mums. The window of Clarke Bros, con- 

 tains a magnolia cross of gold, banked 

 with lilies in one corner and baby ram- 

 blers and Azalea mollis in the other, 

 with a large arrangement of lilies in the 

 center, with the view of the store from 

 the street unobstructed. Tonseth's win- 

 dow is a pond with live ducks and land- 

 scape effect on one side, while the other 

 is a general effect of plants and flowers. 

 Max Smith's window is banked with 

 lilies, rhododendrons and azaleas, while 

 the store is attractive with basket and 

 plant arrangements. 



L. O. Beery & Son, of the Bay Tree 

 Nursery Co., San Francisco, have opened 

 a branch oitice at Union and Alberta 

 streets, with a full line of imported 

 plants and trees, doing a general retail 

 and wholesale business. 



J. B. Fotheringham, of F. R. Pierson 

 Co., was here recently, and A. McAdams, 

 the veteran retailer of Chicago, spent a 

 few days in the city. J. J. Soper, of 

 Eockford, 111., paid his respects to the 

 trade here last week. He is investigating 

 the fruit-raising districts, preparatory to 

 l(icating here. F. Goodfriend, of "Wert- 

 heimer & Co., dropped in with a line of 

 ribbons and accessories. 



James Forbes has taken over the range 

 of Charles Street, at Clackamas, and will 

 equip it with the latest improvements. 

 Location and facilities make it an ideal 

 spot for flower production. E. K. C. 



SAN FRANCISCO. 



The Market. 



The favorable weather of several 

 weeks' standing has given place to 

 copious downpours of rain and therefore 

 the absence of crowds of flower lovers on 

 the sidewalks. Shipping trade has been 

 better than usual and all the dealers who 

 cater to that line have had their hands 

 well filled. Easter lilies were good and 

 cheap. Potted stock cost the stores from 

 $3 to $6 per dozen and cut flowers from 

 $2.50 to $4 per dozen. There was an 

 abundance of stock. It was hard to 

 quote prices on carnations or roses. Both 

 these articles could be purchased for al- 

 most any price the shopkeeper wished to. 

 pay. This made it convenient for the 

 churches and other large buyers of flow- 



CARNATION PLANTS 



These are Plants, not Cuttings 



100 1000 



White Perfection $2.50 |25.00 



Victory 2.00 18.00 



Transplanted Giant Pansies 75 5.00 



Bassett's Floral Gardens, "^c^!^' 



Mention The Review when you write. 



Rooted Carnation Cuttings from Soil 



NOW READY 



We have a surplus of Winona and Rose-pink 

 Enchantress from soil. This is line stocli and 

 will give good satisfaction. Also other varieties. 

 Prices on application. 



Asparagus plumosus nanus, 3 and 4-in., fS.OO per 

 100; $30.00 per 1000, f. o. b. Loomls. 



D. F. Roddan Si Son, Proprietors 

 LOOMiS CARNATION COMPANY, - Loooiis, Cal. 



Mention The Review when you write. 

 "HIGHEST QUALITY" 



Seeds, Plants, Bulbs am Supplies 



Florists' and Gardeners' Trade BoUclted. Oata- 

 logne on reqaest. 



leasBcxMtDST^ porti^and, orb. 



MOUNTAIN VIEW FLORAL CO. 



Monta^illa P. O., Portland, Ore. 



Hardy Perennials, 2-yr.-old clumps... doz., $ 1.00 



Asparagus Plumosus, :i-in per 100, 6.00 



Asparagus Plumosus, 4-in " 10.00 



Cyclamen Persicum, red, white 



and pinlf " 3.50 



Vlnca Variegata, 2^j-inch " 4.00 



Mention The Review when you write. 



ers, but it meant little money for the 

 florists. 



Outside bulbous stock is gradually get- 

 ting scarcer and is stiflfening in price. 

 Violets are almost over for the season 

 and it is just as well, as those brought 

 into town for the last few weeks have 

 been both weak of stem and poor of 

 color. Valley has moved well recently, 

 but tulips continue to be a drug in the 

 market. All sorts of wild flowers and 

 fruit blossoms have struck the popular 

 fancy and are being used largely in deco- 

 rations, to the exclusion of higher priced 

 stock. 



Funeral orders have kept several of the 

 retailers busy during the last week, but, 

 as remarked before, the general state of 

 trade is quiet and everyone is hoping that 

 at the end of the week there may be a 

 good clean-up. 



Various Notes. 



C. F. Eltzholtz, representing the 

 Charles H. Lilly Co., of Portland, Ore., 

 was in town interviewing the local deal- 

 ers. 



Fred. J. Higgins, formerly with Clarke 

 Bros., has accepted a position with Gill's 

 Floral Depot, Oakland. 



M. H. Morse, of Oakland, has erected 

 a new show-house at his new floral depot 

 on Piedmont avenue. 



H. Hayashi & Co. have finished the 

 building of five carnation houses at Elm- 

 hurst, each house being 25x125. 



W. S. Marshall, a well known florist of 

 Fresno, Cal., was in town. 



Nevin & Munro, of Fairfax, have fin- 

 ished the planting of several acres of 

 hardy roses for cut flower purposes. 



About twenty of the most prominent 

 growers and wholesalers in the neighbor- 

 hood of San Francisco met March 14 

 with the intention of forming a society 

 that would be to the benefit of the trade 

 at large. As a result, the Florists' 



Arancarias-Roses 



Araucarla Xxcelsa, young healthy plant*, 

 seedlings with 3 to 4 tiers, at 116.00 per 100. 



Tree Peonies, extra strong, 20 varieties, at 

 76c each. 



Camellia Lady Campbell, dark red, double, 

 12 to 16 in. high, busby, at 926.00 per 100. 



Llllum Lons^llorum GlKanteum, 7/9, 800 

 bulbs In one case, at $6.00 per case. 



Roses, from open ground, 2 years old, low 

 budded. attlOOO per 100; not less than 5 of one 

 variety, 200 varietiea to select from. 



F. LUDEMANN 



3041 Baker SL, Pacific Nurseries, San Francisco, Cal. 



Orders Booked New for My Cham- 

 pion Strain o£ Seeds 



Petunia RufOed Giants, Petunia 

 Giants of California, Pentstemon, 

 Galllardla, Kelway's and Hybrld- 

 um Grandlflorum Delphiniums. 



FRED QROHE, Santa Rosa, Cal. 

 RAHN & HERBERT 



Wbolesale Growers 



PORTLAND, ORE. MT. TABOR, P. O. 



PerlOO 

 Gerenluma, 2>a-in. pots . .per 1000, $26.00; $8.00 

 ▲■paragna Spreneerl, 2'a-iD. pots 8.00 



3-in 5.00 



Genista, nice plants. 2b-in. pots 6.00 



Palma, Ferns, Seasonable Plants, Bedding 



Plants a specialty. 



Palms -Palms 'Palms 



Phoenix Can., Washingtonia, etc. 



Exotic Nurseries, Santa Barbara, Cal. 



Mention The Keview when you write. 



Board of Trade was organized and the 

 following well known florists were chosen 

 temporarily: President, H. Plath; secre- 

 tary, E. W. McLellan; and a committee 

 on arrangements consisting of Messrs. 

 Ferrari, Shibeley and Schwerin. These 

 gentlemen will formulate a constitution 

 and set of by-laws. A meeting for the 

 election of permanent officers and trans- 

 action of much other important business 

 was held March 29. 



There is a noticeable scarcity in the 

 Une of blooming azaleas. The several 

 weeks of warm weather brought the 

 flowers out so quickly that Easter found 

 quantities of plants completely out of 

 blossom for the season. 



Eobert Armstrong has accepted the 

 position of head gardener with the Eealty 

 Syndicate, of Oakland, Cal. G. 



BOSTON'S MAY SHOV. 



No more shows will be given by the 

 Massachusetts Horticultural Society until 

 the orchid exhibition, which wiU be held 

 May 26 to 30. A preliminary schedule 

 of prizes has been issued and is being 

 sent out. For the best display of orchid 

 plants in bloom, arranged for effect, em- 

 bracing at least twenty genera and bi- 

 generic hybrids, to fill 400 square feet of 

 space, a gold medal and first prize of 

 $1,000 will be awarded. The second 

 prize will be a silver medal and $500, and 

 the third a bronze medal and $250. For 

 the best display of orchid plants in bloom, 

 arranged for effect, embracing at least 

 ten orchid genera and bi-generic hybrids 

 to fill 150 square feet of space, commer- 

 cial growers excluded, the first prize is a 

 gold medal and $200; second prize, silver 



