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Mabch 30, 1011. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



97 



tieulturist, delivered an address on 

 "Common Garden Pests and How to 

 Fight Them." It was extremely grati- 

 fying to the society that, on applying 

 to the Department of Agriculture for a 

 lecturer for the occasion, the Depart- 

 ment not only agreed to supply the 

 lecturer, but to pay all expenses in con- 

 nection with the affair. F. B. 



PORTLAND, ORE. 



The Market. 



Business has been quieter since the 

 lenten season commenced. The small 

 amount of entertaining and the sunny, 

 spring-like weather have^deluged the 

 market. Carnations of al+Sfarieties are 

 consigned to the dump ^ quantities. 

 Daffodils are a drug, impo^fele to move 

 at any price, as too much'^tside stock 

 is available. j^ 



Violets are becoming selSpee and will 

 be practically out of the market for 

 Easter, but all other stock'for that oc- 

 casion is coming along nicely, with a 

 guarantee of great plenty. 



Greens are unusually scarce, with no 

 supply to draw from. 



The nurserymen are jubilant, as busi- 

 ness to date far exceeds previous years, 

 ;ind tbf' season has only .-just begun. 



Various Notes. 



•James Forbes left last week to at- 

 tend the National Flower Show in Bos- 

 ton, and expected to stop over at the 

 principal cities en route. 



R. O. Hinz, of Leavenworth, Kan., 

 is visiting here and contemplates mak- 

 ing this citv his future home. 



F. E. C. 



LOS ANGELES OPPORTUNITIES. 



Having had several inquiries in re- 

 gard to the opportunities for a grower 

 ^~vwith capital out here, in Los Angeles, 

 Oal.', I thought that possibly a few re- 

 marks on the subject might not be 

 amiss. 



Five years ago there were two or 

 three small greenhouses, containing not 

 over 30,000 feet of glass all told, de- 

 voted to the growing of cut flowers 

 for this market. In these houses car- 

 nations only were grown, all the hot- 

 house roses being shipped in from the 

 north and arriving in the usual condi- 

 tion after traveling 500 miles or more. 

 About fifty acres were devoted to car- 

 nations in the open field, and possibly 

 twenty acres +o violets and five to roses. 



At the present time there are three 

 good sized places for the growing of 

 <arnations under glass; these produce 

 about 5,000 blooms a day and will pro- 

 duce during the spring months 10,000 

 daily. There are two firms that grow 

 roses for the wholesale trade; one of 

 them has three houses, each 55x300, and 

 the other has smaller houses, with about 

 half that area. One retail dealer has 

 four houses, each 28x300, devoted to 

 rose culture, growing 80,000 American 

 Beauties, 12,000 Killarneys, etc., all of 

 this output going to his own store in the 

 ••ity. The same grower has three smaller 

 houses devoted to mixed stock, carna- 

 tions, lilies, etc., for his own use. 



In open field culture, there are at 

 least 150 acres devoted to carnations, 

 100 to violets and thirty to roses. There 

 are two small establishments that grow 

 adiantums, but not one-quarter enough 

 to supply the local demand, which ex- 

 ceeds 30,000 per day, the balance being 



Cattleya Doi^iana 



Large importation of this beautiful yellow Cattleya just received from our 

 collector, in fine condition, via the Pacific route. Plants were 6nly sixteen 

 days on the journey. All strong and well leaved, running from 10 to 50 bulbs. 



Due to arrive in a few days— four thousand 



Phalaenopsis Schilleriana and Amabilis^ 



Prices per dozen, 100 or 1000 on application. 



MacRORIE-McLAREN COMPANY 



711-714 Westbink BIdg., SAN FRANCISCO, CAL. Nurseries, SAN MATEO, CAL 



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STOCK YOU NEED 



Per 100 



Achyranthes. bloofl-red and yellow $1.50 



Ageratum 1 00 



Aster, Branching 1.00 



Bachelor's Button 100 



Balsam 1.00 



Carnations (strong plants) 2.50 



Calliopsis 1.25 



Canterbury Bells 1.25 



Daisies 1.00 



GalllBrdla (Grandiflora) 1.25 



Lobelia 1.00 



Per 100 



Marguerite (yellow and white). $2.00 



Asparagus Sprengeri (1-year-old) 2.00 



Pansy 1.00 



Petunia (choice single) l.(X) 



Sweet William 1.26 



Stock 1.00 



Scabioca 1 25 



Shasta Daisy (original stock) 2.00 



Snapdragon 125 



Verbena 1.50 



Salvia 2.00 



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Acacia Melanoxylon, 6-inch pots, 5 to 6 feet, per 100, $25.00. 



Carnation Enchantress, rooted cuttings, per 1000, $17.50. 



Chrysanthemums, rooted cuttings, all commerc al varieties. Write for special price list. 



Phoenix Canariensis, 2*3-In., 3-in., 4-in., 5-in. pots, $3.00, $5.00, $10.00, $20.00 per 100. 



H. HKYHSHI St CO., 



Alameda, Cal. 



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LEAD IN THE CUT FLOWER MARKET 



OREGON GROWN SEED OF THE BEST ASTERS 



We are offering seed of only 

 those types i f the aster which 



This seed is all of our own careful selection from plants of Vleorous Gro^etli, with 

 Lone Steins producing Pertect Flowers. 



CREOO A8TF.K SKKD, pink, shell pink, white or pnrvle..Tr. Fkt.. 26c; 4 Pkts., 76c: Ob., $4.00 



VICK'S KOCUKSTKU. lavender pink Tr Pkt.,25c; 4Pkt8..76c; Os.. 4«l 



LAliV RUU8l!.Vl!:i.T. brisrhtpluk Tr. Pkt .20c; 4Pkt8..e0c: Oz., 3.00 



HERBERT & FLEISHAUER, Aster Specialists, Mclllinnville, Oregon 



Mention The Bevipw wi —n von wnte 



shipped in daily from San Francisco, 

 500 miles away. 



The growing of flowering plants for 

 retail florists is only touched on the 

 edges. A few hundred begonias, about 

 1,000 azaleas, probably 5,000 cyclamens 

 and a few pots of bulbous stock are 

 produced. 



In the growing of bulbous flowers 

 there are two growers of Purity free- 

 sias, and about an acre in each place 

 is covered with lath in tulips, hyacinths, 

 narcissi, etc. There are three firms that 

 grow these for the wholesale trade. It 

 is my opinion that the market will be 

 well supplied with this class of blooms. 

 After a careful survey of the field, I 

 should judge there will be about 125,000 

 tulips, 250,000 Paper Whites, 500,000 

 Emperor, 100,000 large flowering Dutch 

 hyacinths, 100,000 gladioli, 50.000 Bella- 

 donna amaryllis, etc. 



After spending several years in the 

 retail trade in this city and recently 

 going into the wholesale trade, T am 

 convinced of the need — yes, the urgent 

 demand — for z number of large growing 

 establishments, as the outside shipping 

 trade in Nevada, Arizona, New Mexico, 

 etc., would use at paying prices the 

 greater portion of all stock produced, 

 whereas there is not enough at present 

 for local use, even with the limited num- 

 ber of stores we have in this growing 

 city. 



What is needed is more modern houses 

 and men of enterprise and experience. 

 The field is .i large one, the demand a 

 growing one and the opportunities un- 

 bounded. The wealth of the moneyed 



Wholesale Only 



Par 100 Par luOO 



Shasta Daley plants $2.00 |12.<W 



Golden Glow plants 2.00 12.00 



Goldenrod plants 2.00 12.00 



Carnation plants, California outdoor 



Tarieties 2.00 15.00 



Sprengeri plants, S-ln. pots 3.60 30.00 



AsparagDS plumosns, 3-ln. pots... . 6.00 40.00 



Violet plants. Princess of Wales... .76 0.00 



Los Angeles Flower Market 



414^ Sooth Broadway, Uw Anfeles, OaL 



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world is being poured into Los Angeles, 

 and where wealth is, there is a de- 

 mand for choice flowers. Yet, with all 

 these favorable conditions before us, 

 we are obliged to put up with thou- 

 sands of inferior field-grown blossoms, 

 which too often can be had in quantity 

 when not wanted and are exceedingly 

 scarce when the demand is urgent. 



On account of the inferiority and un 

 reliability of crop, the field-grown car 

 nations would soon cease to figure in 

 our markets, except as a summer 

 bridge-over, if the demand could be 

 met with enough house-grown blooms. 

 __C. E. M. 



Covington, Ky. — The Covington Seed 

 Co. is letting contracts for the con- 

 struction of three greenhouses, contain- 

 ing 15,000 square feet of glass. These 

 houses will be equipped with concrete 

 benches and walls, the only wood used 

 being the bars and ridge. With this ex- 

 tension there will be in the neighbor- 

 hood of 50,000 square feet in the plant. 



