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The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



Apeil 28, 1910. 



PACIFIC COAST. 



Sumner, Wash. — The Sumner Floral 

 Co. has been incorporated with a capital 

 of $8,000, by J. W. Thompson, Elizabeth 

 Brentlinger and Andrew Hiker. 



Pacific coast readers will be specially 

 interested in the illustration of the store 

 of the Eoth-Eeymond-Muller Floral Cto., 

 Los Angeles, which appears on another 

 page of this issue. 



PORTLAND, ORE. 



The Market. 



Business conditions are about what 

 they should be and everyone is getting 

 his share of the trade; funeral work is 

 up to the standard and many times the 

 forces are taxed to get it out in time. 

 Flowers are plentiful of almost every 

 Tariety. Carnations are of unusual form 

 and quality. Roses are all that could be 

 asked, and are gaining in popularity. 

 Sweet peas and violets are scarce, with 

 the former advancing in quality and the 

 latter diminishing, and the Crimson 

 Bamblers, Hiawatha and Lady Gay are 

 in elegant display. Calceolarias and cin- 

 erarias are the only things to be had 

 in small blooming plants. 



Unusual activity is noticeable in all 

 outdoor work and gardening. Seedsmen 

 and nurserymen report sales far in ad- 

 vance of former years. 



Various Notes. 



William Sibson claims the honor of 

 picking the first outdoor rose. It was of 

 the Lady Battersea variety and of fine 

 form, 



A. Peterson, of Seattle, spent a few 

 days in our midst and reports business as 

 satisfactory in his city. 



B. C. Cook has opened an artistic store 

 at 122 Third street. The sides and ceil- 

 ing are entirely covered with mirrors and 

 li^ts. 



Mrs. Frank T. Barlow, of Oregon Qty, 

 is quite an enthusiastic rose grower, and 

 attributes much of her success to the 

 Beview, of which she is a constant 

 reader. E. E. C. 



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NURSERY TRADE IN CALIFORNL^. 



The present season, from the stand- 

 point of the Pacific coast nurserymen, has 

 been one of the most satisfactory that has 

 been experienced in many years. Not 

 only has the demand for almost all kinds 

 of stock been heavy, but the season itself 

 has left little to be desired. This is one 

 of the most important points to be con- 

 sidered, for no matter how good the de- 

 mand is in this line, if the weather is un- 

 favorable, there is bound to be a great 

 loss in the digging and planting of stock. 

 For the last several seasons we have been 

 treated to an exceedingly short spring; 

 we have had successions of drying vnnds, 

 commencing usually about March 1, which 

 closely followed an excess of rain in the 

 two earlier months of the year. As the 

 season in the central portion of the Pa- 

 cific coast is practically over by the mid- 

 dle of April, it can be seen that we had 

 but a small margin on which to do our 

 season's trading. This season, however, 

 roas been a banner one, and if there is 

 to be any fault found at all, it will have 

 to fee on the score that there was a short- 

 age of stock in almost all lines. 



Although we are well on toward May 

 at this writing, we have yet experienced 



FRESH CUT ROSES 



If you want reKU- CmaIi ElnilfOfC ^^ reasons 

 lar shlpmenta of riBoll riUWVId able price- 



address the SiBSON ROSE NURSERIES 



(Out Flower Department) 

 1180 Milwaukie Ave., PORTLAND. ORE. 



About 6O,O0U feet of glass devoted to Roses for 

 Cut Flowers. 



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WINONA FROM SOIL 



Large, healthy, thrifty growing plants, well 



r started in soil. We are ottering these at $26.00 per 



1000 ( our regular price on this variety from sand ), 



shipped f. o. b. Loomis. Order at once if you wish 



to secure a good healthy plant of this variety. 



Asparaeus Flumosus Nanus, 3 and 4-in., 

 $3.00 per 100; $30.00 per 1000. f. o b. Ix)omls. 



D. r. Roddan 8i Son, ProprietorB 



LOOMIS CARNATION COMPANY. - LooMis, Cal. 



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"HIGHEST QUALITY" 



Seeds, Plants, Bulbs u< Supplies 



VlorlBtB' and Gardeners' Trade solicited. Oata- 

 loffue on request. 



^^toomKootm tn^ pobtland, orb. 



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MOUNTAIN VIEW FLORAL GO. 



MontaviUa P. O., Portland, Ore. 



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



Asparasrus Plumosus, S-in per 100, 6.00 



Asparasrus Plumosus, 4-in " 10.00 



Cyclamen Perslcum, red, white 



and pinlc. " 3.50 



Vinca Varlesnata, 2i2-lnch " 4.00 



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no drying winds, and the rainfall has 

 been so even and so gradual that there 

 has been no delay in either the digging 

 or planting of stock. Excessively wet 

 winters are often followed by the mean- 

 est sort of drying winds in the early 

 spring; for weeks and weeks it will be 

 80 wet that it is impossible to put a foot 

 on the ground and in a couple of days 

 the north winds have so hardened the sur- 

 face that nothing less than dynamite will 

 stir it. 



In the line of fruits, the indications 

 are that the crops wUl be quite heavy. 

 In some localities it is possible that a 

 little damage has been done to the blos- 

 soms by the late rains, but in a general 

 way the climatic conditions have been so 

 favorable that no one cares to find any 

 fault. Such dealers as had a heavy stocK 

 of ornamentals on hand have cleaned out 

 well, and the sale of roses has been phe- 

 nomenal. Never in the history of the 

 coafit trade has there been a better de- 

 mand or a better stock on hand to fill it. 

 The same may truthfully be said of al- 

 most everything grown or handled here 

 that pertains to the nursery or gardening 

 trade. This has given a great impetus 

 to all these industries on the Pacific 

 coast, and from all sides come reports 

 that there will be a much greater acre- 

 age devoted to these lines for the coming 

 season than ever before. G. 



SAN FRANCISCO. 



The Market. 



We are still being treated to an abun- 

 ance of beautiful weather, although the 

 prospects are for cooler days and nights 

 and an early downfall of rain. Business 

 is not as lively as we should like to see 

 it "at this time. The excess of bright, 

 warm sunshine has brought an Aval^che 

 of almost all kinds of stock into the mar- 



ARAUCARIAS— CAMELLIAS 



Arauoarla Sxoelas, young, healthy plapts 

 seedlings with 3 to 4 tiers, at |16.00 per 100. 



Tr«« P«onlea> extra strong, 20 varieties, at 

 $1.00 each. 



Camellia Lady Campbell, darlc red, double. 

 12 to 15 in. high, bushy, at $25.00 per 100. 



Camelllaa, large plants, 3 to 5 feet high, 

 European double varieties, named, from |1.00 to 

 $1.50 each. I want to close out this lot. Speak 

 quick. 



F. LUDEMANN 



Pacific NnraerieB 



8041 Baker St., SAN rRANCISCO, CAL. 



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Orders Booked Now for My Cham* 



pion Strain of Seeds 



Petunia Ruffled Giants, Petunia 

 Giants of California, Pentstemon, 

 Galllardla, Kelway's and Hybrid- 

 um Grandlflorum Delphiniums. 



PRBD QROHE, Santa Rosa, Cal. 



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RAHN Sl HERBERT 



Wholesale Growers 

 110 East 40tta Street, PORTLAND, ORE. 



Large Kentias, 9, 10 and 12-in. poti. 

 BeImoreana« Forsteriana. 



These plants to be sold cheap, for we need the 

 room. Prices on application . 



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Palms -Palms -Palms 



Phoesn (mil, Washiigtoaia, etc 



Exotic Nurseries, Santa Barbara, CaL 



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ket and, although an effort has been 

 made to keep prices up, by some of the 

 growers, it has not been successful ex- 

 cept for a few articles. 



Carnations are cheap again, but the 

 same can not be said of roses. Beauties 

 are not plentiful and the wholesalers hold 

 them at rather stiff prices. Liberty, 

 Eichmond and other red sorts share the 

 general scarceness and are Ukewise bring- 

 ing good figures. Orchids are only in 

 fair supply and there are not quite 

 enough to fill all requirements. Bulbous 

 stock has almost entirely disappeared, 

 except some long stemmed, late flowered 

 tulips. There are some iris, anemones 

 and ranunculi shown, but these are only 

 used in cheap decorations. Gypsophila 

 has made its appearance, to the great de- 

 light of the retailer, who has been sorely 

 tried for the last six months in getting 

 enough greens to mix with sprays and 

 bunches. Asparagus and maidenhair 

 ferns have been scarce and rather high 

 priced, and the general public expects 

 such quantities of these commodities 

 gratis, that the problem becomes serious 

 with the florists in their efforts to give 

 satisfaction. 



Variotis Notes. 



The city of Santa Eosa, Cal., will give 

 a rdse festival to last for three days, 

 commencing May 5. 



The G. A. B. coast encampment, held 

 April ,19 to April 23 in Oaklahd, devel- 

 oped ti' healthy demand for blight col- 

 ored roses and canl^tions, which the-local 

 dealers had som^' trdiibleHo fill. 



Prank Claverie, recent'ly with the 



