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The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



Apbil 7, 19l6. 



PACIFIC COAST. 



Everett, Wash. — V. Kangley has sold 

 his greenhouses and business to Charles 

 leuter, formerly of Streator, 111. 



Seattle, Wash. — Wm. E. Gibson, man- 

 ager of the Hollywood Gardens, says that 

 plans are made for the early removal of 

 the retail store to much larger quarters. 

 Business is excellent. 



San Francisco, Cal. — Petitions in 

 voluntary bankruptcy were filed in the 

 United States district court March 24 

 by Alexander Mann, Jr., who fails for 

 $3,062, without assets. 



Walla Walla, Wash. — Huff & Young, 

 who at present have five good sized 

 greenhouses, are contemplating the erec- 

 tion of additional buildings, including 

 an office and perhaps more greenhouses. 

 Hampton Huff, the senior member of the 

 firm, has been engaged in the business 

 here for the last fifteen years, and two 

 years ago he associated himself with 

 Fred M. Young, a florist of life-long 

 experience. 



San Francisco, Cal. — The California 

 Ladies' Flower & Plant Co. has been 

 incorporated, and its papers regularly 

 filed with the secretary of state at 

 Sacramento. It has a capital stock of 

 $75,000, of which $1,000 is paid up. The 

 officers and incorporators are Mrs. W. 

 C. Kalston, president; Mrs. F. K. Firth, 

 vice-president; Mrs. Lucy M. Hayes, sec- 

 retary; Mrs. Thomas H. Stevenson, treas- 

 urer; Mrs. George Kalston and Mrs. 

 California Newton. It is expected that 

 a large nursery will be established and 

 flowers will be grown to supply the local 

 and coast markets. It is understood Mrs. 

 Thomas H. Stevenson will be the active 

 manager of the company. 



LOS ANGELES. 



The Market. 



During the week before Easter a good 

 deal of fog prevailed and rain was pre- 

 dicted every day, but it held off until 

 Easter Sunday, when it rained hard all 

 day. On Monday morning there were 

 twelve inches of snow on Mount Lowe 

 and the white covering extended far 

 down the sides, being three inches deep 

 at Rubio Canyon. A carload of the snow 

 was brought down to the grounds of the 

 Hotel Maryland, in Pasadena, where the 

 eastern guests had the pleasure of par- 

 ticipating in a snowball battle on the 

 rose-bordered lawn, snowballs and flow- 

 ers making a novel combination. 



The florists all had fine Easter displays 

 and there was a great demand for all 

 kinds of flowers. Easter lilies, of course, 

 had first call and there were many thou- 

 sands of them sold. Most of them were 

 of medium length, though there were 

 some remarkably tall ones, which are al- 

 ways sought after for church decoration. 

 There were to be seen in most of the 

 stores some attractive made-up baskets 

 of lilies and ferns, as well as many com- 

 bination baskets. Cut lilies sold at $4 

 a dozen stalks. They never sell by the 

 blossom and bud here, as they do in the 

 east. 



Pans of valley sold exceedingly well 

 and there were beautiful spirseas to be 

 Been in all the stores. 



There were no azaleas, as they are all 

 through blooming. Only a few pans of 



CARNATION PLANTS 



These are Plants, not Cuttings 



100 1000 



White Perfection $2.50 $25.00 



Victory 2.00 18.00 



Transplanted Qiant Pansles 75 5.00 



Bassett's Floral Gardens, "-"SS^- 



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Rooted Carnation Cuttings from Soil 



NOW READY 



We have a surplus of Winona and Rose-pinli 

 Enchantress from soil. This is fine stock and 

 will give good satisfaction. Also other varieties. 

 Prices on application. 



Asparagus plumosus nanus, 3 and 4-in., $3.00 per 

 100; $30.00 per 1000. f. o. b. Loomis. 



D. F. Roddan Sc Son, Proprietors 



LOOMIS CARNATIUN COMPANY, - Loomis, Cal. 



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"HIGHEST QUALITY" 



Seeds, Plants, Bulbs au Supplies 



riorlBtB' and Gardeners' Trade Boliclted. Oata- 

 lome on reqaest. 



^^a.6»a]goOMI>BT., PORTLAND, OHB. 



MOUNTAIN VIEW FLORAL CO. 



Montavilla P. 0.« Portland, Ore. 



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



Asparasrus Plumosus, 3-in per 100, 6.00 



Asparasrus Plumosus, 4-in " 10.00 



Cyclamen Persicum, red, white 



and pink " 3.50 



Vlnca Variesrata. 2i2-inch " 4.00 



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tulips and hyacinths were seen. Lilacs 

 were scarce. Violets are gone. 



Roses and carnations were plentiful, as 

 were also smilax, plumosus and ferns, 

 which were used profusely in trimming 

 the churches, all of which w'ere elabor- 

 ately decorated. Thousands of Easter 

 lilies and roses were used, and the callas 

 and marguerites must have run into hun- 

 dreds of thousands. Besides being 

 banked everywhere, the callas were made 

 up into numerous crosses, of varying 

 sizes, up to ten feet high in some of the 

 churches. The pastor of one of the 

 churches asked that 20,000 lilies be sup- 

 plied by the members of the congrega- 

 tion, and more than 30,000 were given, 

 many of them being Easter lilies, which 

 were banked ten feet high on three sides 

 of the chancel. 



There was a great demand for boxes 

 of prepared orange blossoms, as they are 

 the only flowers which the tourists can 

 send east, besides being a novelty. 



VariotJs Notes, 



The park conservatories had a large 

 and beautiful Easter display of orchids, 

 hyacinths, tulips, narcissi and a variety 

 of other bulbous flowers. As the rain 

 prevented manv from going out on 

 Easter, there were crowds of visitors last 

 week. 



Wright's Flower Shop rented a vacant 

 store on Broadway for the overflow and 

 it was filled with Easter lilies and callas, 

 which went fast. 



Charles Morton has taken a partner, 

 H. R. Darling. 



Mr. and Mrs. Jack D'Ortignac are the 

 proud parents of a new baby boy, who 

 came to them last week. 



George King, of R. W. Saakes' flower 

 store, was married March 29 to Miss 

 Wood. 



Tassano Bros, have opened a new 



ARAUGARIAS— GAMEI^LIAS 



Arauoarla ■xcelsa, young, healthy plants 

 seedlings with 3 to 4 tiers, at $16.00 per IOC- 

 Tree Peonies, extra strong, 20 varieties, at 

 $1.00 each. 



Csmellia Lady Campbell, dark red , double. 

 12 to 15 in. high, bushy, at $25.00 per lOO- 



CamelUas, large plants, 3 to 5 feet high. 

 European double varieties, named, fTom $1.00 to 

 $1.50 each. I want to close out thialot. Speak 

 quick. 



F. LUDEMANN 



Pacific Nurseries 



3041 Baker St. , SAN r RANCI8CO, CAL. 



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Ordera Booked Now for My Cham- 

 pion Strain of Seeds 



Petunia Ruffled Giants, Petunia 

 Giants Of California, Fentaten&on, 

 Galllardla, Kelway's and Hybrid- 

 um Grandlflorum Delplilnluma. 



FRED QROHE, Santa Rosa, Cal. 

 RAHN it HERBERT 



Wholesale Growers 

 PORTLAIVD, ORK. MT. TABOK, P.O. 



Per 100 

 0«ranlama,2>^-ln. pots ..per 1000, $25.00; $S.0O 

 AaparaKiia ^prenscrl, 2%-ln. pots 8.00 



8-ln 6.06 



Genlita, nice plants, a^a-ln. pots I.I9 



Falma, Ferna, Seaaonable Flanti, BeddisK 



Plants a apeclalty. 



Palms -Palms 'Palms 



Phoenn Can., Washingtonia, dc 



Exotic Nurseries, Santa Barbara, CaL 



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wholesale store at 304 "West Ninth street. 

 They carry a good stock and report good 

 sales. S. A.. C. 



SAN FRANC3SCO. 



The Market. 



Easter has passed into history as one 

 of the best in the annals of local trade 

 within recent years. Owing to the quiet 

 condition of business prior to the middle 

 of Easter week, many of the storekeepers 

 were fearful of laying in a large stock of 

 flowers. As a consequence some were 

 caught napping and at the last moment 

 did not have enough stock on hand to fill 

 orders. The heaviest demand was for cut 

 Easter lilies, and the fact that at the end 

 of the week there were not enough flowers 

 in the town to supply the local men shows 

 how lively business was. The weather 

 was cold for a week or more preceding 

 Easter and blossoms did not open as fast 

 as was expected ; in addition, the extraor- 

 dinary amount of shipping that was done 

 by many of our houses easily used up all 

 available stock. With carnations there 

 was little trouble, except in the case of 

 the pure white sorts, but these were 

 scarce. Lilies in pots were in about suffi- 

 cient quantity to fill all orders^ but no 

 unsold stock has been reported. About 

 the same report could be made on azaleas, 

 rambler roses, hyacinths, primulas, cinera- 

 rias, ferns, etc. 



In the week after Easter, trade kept 

 well on the move, with plenty of funeral 

 work. The weather has turned quite 

 warm again and all kinds of stock are on 

 a downward tendency as far as price is 

 concerned. Bulbous flowers of all kinds 



