May 5. 1906 



HORTICULTURE 



593 



SAN FRANCISCO NOTES. 



'Midst the delirious excitement of 

 this community, of which my scattered 

 thoughts are part and parcel. I feel at 

 a loss how to begin this report or what 

 to say that would be in line with HOR- 

 TICULTURE'S scope. It was a week 

 ago yesterday at break of day that my 

 comfortable home with all my worldly 

 possessions collapsed with the earth- 

 quake from which I fortunately 

 crawled out with several immaterial 

 cuts and bruises. And then before 

 composure a four days' fire ensued 

 that could not be extinguished because 

 the earthquake had broken the water 

 mains of the city, the result being that 

 the North and South divisions of San 

 Francisco, which comprised two-thirds 

 of the city, were wholly consumed. In 

 these devastated divisions about all , 

 the commercial traffic of San Francisco 

 was carried on, and more than one 

 hundred and fifty stores conducted by 

 cut-flower dealers and plantsmen went 

 up in smoke. And where are these 

 people now? Hard to find, I assure 

 you, for confusion reigns supreme. 

 Some, I have heard, were crushed by 

 the earthquake, but I am not giving 

 their names until I learn the facts. 

 Others are stopping' with growers in 

 the adjoining county of San Mateo and 

 on the east side of the bay, and others 

 are getting on as best they can in the 

 several thousand army tents erected 

 in flower decked Golden Gate Park and 

 the Presideo. and the green "hillsides 

 nearby. The floral business in the 

 saved portion of the city, the Western 

 division, has always been well attended 

 to by these five prosperous dealers 

 whose loss by the quake was only 

 comparatively slight in the way of 

 broken glass and pots: Serveau Bros,. 

 2328 California street; R. Groves & 

 Bro., Haight street and Masonic 

 avenue; Clise & Jacobson, 942 Fill- 

 more street; D. Roserie, Sacramento 

 street and Central avenue, and the 

 Belmont Florists (Louis Motroni & 

 Bro.,) 2358 Fillmore street. A few 

 hours ago I visited the Western 

 Nursery of Charles Abraham, three 

 blocks distant from the fire line, and 

 the nursery of John H. Sievers & Co., 

 only one block beyond the fire. This 

 was undoubtedly saved by dynamiting 

 a close by building. I found at these 

 nurseries the offices and storehouses 

 crowded with fire refugees, and also 

 tents full of destitute people scattered 

 about in the broad paths and byways. 

 The damage to these places was not 

 excessively severe in broken glass and 

 pots and furrowed and cracked plant 

 beds, but a shortage of water tor plant 

 life was sorely felt. Thousands of 

 laborers are at work throughout the 

 city in getting the water connections 

 in order and within a few days it is 

 believed all will be fairly well in this 

 respect. Perhaps by next week, if we 

 are providentially spared, more can 

 be reported of the disaster that has 

 befallen the flower trade and its de- 

 votees in San Francisco. 



HORTICULTURE:— Kindly discon- 

 tinue my ad. as we are about sold out 

 of violets and carnations and at the 

 rate chrysanthemums are going will 

 soon be done with these. 

 Very truly, 



WM. SWAYNE. 



PHILADELPHIA NOTES. 



A large party of friends were on 

 hand at the Reading Terminal on Mon- 

 day to bid good bye and bon voyage 

 to Harry Bayersdorfer who sailed May 

 1st on the Grosser Kurfurst on his 

 annual European trip. 



Paul Richter, manager of the Michell 

 Seed Store leaves his present position 

 in about two weeks to take charge of 

 the American Horticultural Distribu- 

 ting Company of Martinsburg. W. Va. 

 This change has been caused by a 

 break down in health under the heavy 

 and exacting strain of a rapidly grow- 

 ing seed business. The company which 

 Mr. Richter goes to are manufacturers 

 of insecticides in a large way. They 

 have a process for arsenate of lead 

 which is so extensively used as a 

 remedy for the codling moth, also a 

 scale destroyer, a weed killer, and 

 several other valuable remedies which 

 they manufacture on a large scale. 



The surprise of the week in the 

 wholesale flower trade was the resig- 

 nation of Clarence J. Watson from his 

 position held by him for several years 

 as manager at Samuel S. Pennock's. 

 Three week's ago another of Mr. Pen- 

 nock's bright young men, Ralph 

 Shrigley, left to take a position in a 

 wholesale grocery warehouse. 



Fred J. Michell has just returned 

 from a ten days' trip to Baltimore and 

 Washington in the interests of his 

 firm. He reports trade and collections 

 good and booked a number of good 

 orders for fall delivery. 



Florists 



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