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The Market. 

 Everything in the flower line has giv- 

 en way to the aster for the past two 

 weeks. I have never seen them so plen- 

 tiful or so cheap as they are at pres- 

 ent. Good flowers, with long stems, can 

 be bought at from 50 cents to $1 per 

 hundred and the florists are using them 

 in vast quantities to fill up their win- 

 dows. Roses are not very plentiful but 

 there are just about enough to supply 

 the demand, which is not heavy. A 

 good deal of mildew is noticeable on 

 most of them. Carnations are equal to 

 all wants and can be bought at a low 

 figure. All kinds of outdoor stock is 

 plentiful, including Japanese lilies. 

 Business is only fair and, although we 

 had about 25.000 visitors during the last 

 week, none of the florists seem to have 

 been enriched to any considerable ex- 

 tent. What business was done was prin- 

 cipally in the line of festooning and 

 window decorating. 



Various Notes. 



The death of Dr. Charles B. Brigham 

 removes one of the most enthusiastic 

 growers of plants on the coast. The 

 scientific cultivation of flowers, espe- 

 cially tuberous begonias, gloxinias and 

 ferns, occupied much of his time. Dr. 

 Brigham was well known by all the 

 craft and his demise is universally re- 

 gretted. 



A visit to the greenhouses of E. T. 

 McLellan, at Burlingame, shows every- 

 thing in apple-pie order. Fifteen men 

 are employed on the place and the 



pleted. A large batch of valley 



was noticeable; this firm has been very 

 sucessful with this popular flower. 

 Everything on the grounds has a thrifty 

 appearance and bespeaks a big harvest 

 later on. 



I saw several large cases of Lilium 

 Harrisii opened today by a local seed 

 house. They were in good shape and 

 were sent out by W. W. Barnard & Co., 

 ( Chicago. 



The Department of Agriculture at 

 Washington will spend a large sum in 

 the purchase of land in California for 

 the cultivation of plants and seeds, and 

 buildings for their housing. The deter- 

 mination of the department to provide 

 for this enterprise became known this 

 week through the announcement of Pro- 

 fessor Arnold V. Stubenrauch, of the 

 horticultural department of the Univer- 

 sity of California, as one of the 

 committee of two to select a site for 

 the proposed station. The appointment 

 was made by Dr. A. J. Pieters, head of 

 the division of plant introduction and 

 seed distribution of the Department of 

 Agriculture, with whom Professor Stu- 

 benrauch recently toured the state. P. 

 II. Dorsett, of Los Angeles, was ap- 

 pointed the other member of the com- 

 mittee, who will be called upon to se- 

 lect a site of loo acres in some fertile 

 and well irrigated spot. G. 



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