The Weekly Florists' Review. 



855 



11; is siiid that Dcconition Day prices 

 will go into effect May 27. Itut if the slock 

 is us plentiful as it is at prespnl, prices 

 will not go up mucli. 



St. Louis Free From Fakirs. 



\l,H,.l Well- Im- .Inllr ;l ^..,,,1 lllilli; ii'V 



let for his surpl 

 all three— the -i 



.\rtliur Blome was in town last week 

 selling the famous Nephrnlcpis VVittboldii 

 for tlie George Wittliold Company, of Chi- 

 cago. Mr. Blome reports great sales on 

 this iilant. 



llis'li.'il Ullll -II kill'-- 111.' |i.i-i w.'ok. 



Arnold Scheideggcr. of Kirkwooil, is 

 building two new houses, and Hugo 

 Gross, of the same place, is building 

 three new houses, all to be 2.5.\100. They 

 grow only violets and carnations for thi' 



W". K. .Tordar 

 Floral roiii|..iii. 

 the 111. II I' 111 u. 



to the .Jordan 



n avciinr. has 

 ilii' i.liinting 



;l- Ih'i'I, ..i.-ioil; 



I hi- -lo.'k .at 



V I Wcl.cr .'.'Icl.iiii.'.l III- li ft V fourth 

 birtliday annivcr-ary la-l Abmday night 

 at his home, entertaining his euchre club. 

 The affair passed off in a very pleasant 

 way. 



Charlie Kuehn and .Arthur Kllison are 



members of the Mrunswick Bowling Club 

 and are playing in a summer league in 

 which their chili is in the lead, lioth 

 are doing some line bowling. 



A recent visit to George VVindlcr's 

 iilace. on Delore avenue, found the place 



i.oki 



Ilk. Great credit 

 iiig 'men for their 

 ikc their place a 



Ml. Win. Bouche has Just linish 

 llow.'i lii'ds in front of the union > 

 and the llower boxes around Ih 

 garden. The place looks better tlia 

 before. 



The (lower staiuls in the Inioii i 



Shaw Banquet. 



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the menibci 



Dr. E. A 



the followi 



Henrv Hit. 



. The .-uiii of .$1,000 

 It in the will of the 

 defray the- expenses, 

 re present, including 



ifornia style. The cheap tlorists got the 

 decorations of the city and made a cheap 

 job of it. 



Prices. 



Prices: American Beauties. 50 cents 

 to ,$2; Bri.les. :\[ai.l>. :\fc(cors. l.". to SO 

 i-,'nl-; lei il p., i,iiin'i -. ,1' ii'iii-; Carnots, 



mi.xed fancy, 15 to 50 cents; Bradt, 20 to 

 .'io cents; Nugget, 25 cents; Scott, 5 to 

 15 cents per doz.; Portias, 50 to 75 cents 

 per 100. I-iarrisii, $1 to $2; sweet peas, 

 50 to 75 cents per do/,.; sinilax, 5 cents; 

 asparagus, 10 cents per string. 



Trade Notes. 



IJoinoto Bros., I'niitvale, will grow 

 411,000 inside chry.sanlhemuins for the 

 eoniing season. 



v.. Gill, Oakland, has received some 

 very large shipping orders for cut (lowers 

 fur Decoration Day. 



Wm. Nunenmaeher, Piedmont, received 

 a new addition to his family on May 0. 

 Billy says it's a girl — I wonder if he is 

 sure. 



Kiyow & Co., San Francisco, will grow 

 5.000" chrysanthemums, Queen and Bon- 

 naffon, this year. This firm is bringing 



State Exhibition. 



The Ca-lifornia State Floral Society 

 held its spring exhibition on May Iti, 17 

 and 18 in the northern end of the Ferry 

 building. Snti Francisco. The show was 

 a spleiiiTi.l -,!...'-- in ev,-ry way. Although 



not quil, ,,|. I.I I'll 1 I'xhibitions in the 



iiunibi'i ,ii I \liiliii-. Ill,' excellence of the 

 various ,i,-|il;n- u,i- ,,Mt:iiiily ahead of 

 anythiiiL; |^.■ -,-,'n in ^,in I'lancisco. 



Tlie lainaliiiii exliii.il ni.nlc liy John 

 H. Sicvcrs & Co. wiu simply wonderful 

 and it was well worth the price of admis- 

 sion alone to see what can be accom- 

 plished in carnation culture. Six new 

 seedlings shown by this firm were of the 

 Hobart type: Mrs. F. Carlan, a very 

 (ine shell pink with a splendid calyx; No. 

 14, a tine scarlet; E. Raymond, salmon 

 |iiiik; .Icnnie Gifford, rose; Mrs. McKin- 

 le\. a iM'autiful dark pink; A. B. Spreck- 

 cls. a beautiful red. The above six car- 

 nations took first premium for best six 

 varieties. 



The Golden Gate Park made a fine dis- 

 play of caladiums, not for competition, 

 that were much admired. 



C'ox Seed & Plant Co., 1st premium 

 for potted and boxed decorative plants. 

 This was a fine exhibit. 



Domoto Bros., 1st premium for best 

 pair palms; 1st premium for best pair 

 aspidistras. 



C. C. Abranis, Western Nursery, potted 

 plants and pansies not for competition. 



F. Ludemann made a fine exhibit of 

 palms, Boston ferns and Pandanus Veit- 



K. S|ii I'l In.'I-, 1-1 inemium for pelargo- 

 niums .111.1 III -I -i\ I .irnations. 



Berk,'l,y riii\,i>ily exhibited gloxin- 

 ias,- not for competition. 



Domoto Bros., 1st premium for best 

 twenty-five decorative plants; 1st pre- 

 mium for variegated foliage plants. 



E. Gill, 1st premium for largest and 

 best collection of outside roses. Special 

 premium for display of new seedling 

 roses. First premium for cut sprays of 

 flowering shrubbery and ornamental 

 trees. The exhibit was much admired by 

 the public. 



Wm. Chandler, 1st premium for wild 

 Mowers. 



Wm. Sachan, 1st premium for cut 

 dowers, mixed roses, cinerarias and cacti. 



•Tames Bell, Berkeley, outside roses, 

 not for competition. 



H. Meldc, Eureka, wild azaleas. This 

 exhibit was very attractive. 



Mrs. Fenton, delphiniums, not for com- 

 petition. 



Luther Burbank, Shasta daisies, colum- 



