April 23, 1903. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review. 



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found it necessary to move to larger 

 quarters, and has moved across the 

 street to a larger and more commo- 

 dious store, and \ve expect to hear of 

 him controlling the north-end business. 



D. J. 



aNONNATL 



Easter Trade. 



be, and wish them many, many years of 

 happiness and prosperity. 



Shipping trade has been unusually 

 good and there is an active out-of-town 

 demand for all kinds of stock. 



C. J. Ohmer. 



Easter has come and gone and now 

 we have but to talk about what hap- 

 pened. This Easter was a great Easter, 

 the greatest we have ever had, without 

 a doubt. Eveiy one to whom I have 

 spoken says that there was an increase 

 over last year's sales, but how much 

 they are unable to state at present. 

 The wholesale shipping trade was by 

 far the heaviest ever known in this city, 

 and the home trade was in proportion. 

 One very satisfactory state was that 

 the commission men sold out almost slick 

 and clean, thus insuring good returns to 

 the growers. 



As was expected, carnations were very 

 scarce, but roses were in fine shape and 

 the supply was just about enough to 

 give every one all they could use. Tlie 

 stock, too, as a rule, was nice and fresh, 

 and there was very little evidence of 

 pickling. 



Bulbous stock was equal to the de- 

 mand and sold well, there being very 

 little left. Tlie demand for pot plants 

 was never better, the public seeming 

 to take to them more this year than 

 ever before. 



Tlie usual post-holiday lull in busi- 

 ness failed to make its appearance this 

 year and trade is all that could be de- 

 sired. Prices are holding up remark- 

 ably well and the stock is being sold out 

 rapidly. Carnations are still scarce, and 

 although the growers say that there are 

 thousands of buds in sight, yet the 

 weather has been so dark and gloomy as 

 a rule that they just stand and but few 

 open. Roses are just about equal to the 

 demand, and the best of them are of fine 

 quality. Bulbous stock has about played 

 out. There is still a fair supply of 

 lilies and they sell well. Callas also are 

 in demand. Smilax is still scarce. As- 

 paragus is in better supply. 



Notes. 



The new city greenhouses in Eden 

 Park, built especially for display pur- 

 poses, were opened to the public on 

 Easter Sunday. Tliere was a fine dis- 

 play of a great many varieties of bloom- 

 ing and foliage plants. The greenhouses 

 are models of their kind, built with the 

 new cement construction. 



Saturday was the meeting night of 

 the florists' club, but as there was not 

 a quorum present it had to be called 

 off. 



Ben George is receiving congratula- 

 tions. It's a boy, and is getting along 

 nicely. 



I have just learned, and from absolute 

 authority, that our old and well-known 

 friend IXick Witterstaetter is going to 

 discontinue paddling through life alone, 

 and on May 1st or thereabouts will take 

 unto himself a wife. As yet I have 

 been unable to ascertain the name of 

 the fortunate young lady, but for her 

 benefit I am obliged to say that without 

 doubt her charms must be great to have 

 been able to lure IHck from single bless- 

 edness. And now I want to offer my 

 congratulations to Dick and his bride to 



SAN FRANCISCO. 



The Market. 



Easter has been here and has gone 

 under the most favorable weather im- 

 aginable. I have never seen such quan- 

 tities of flowers on hand. Business which 

 did not promise well during the first 

 part of the week opened up very nicely 

 on Friday morning, and came with a 

 rush on Saturday so that the florists 

 had about all they could handle, and 

 although the prices realized were not 

 quite as high as last year at this time, 

 business can be called good all around. 

 Country shipping orders were not so 

 plentiful as those of a year ago, the rea- 

 son being, I think, that we have more 

 outside flowers, such as lilacs, roses, 

 bulbous stock, fruit blossoms and wild 

 flowers, owing to the lateness of Easter. 

 IJlium longifiorum and L. Harrisii were 

 to be had in any quantity, something 

 quite unusual here and sold wholesale 

 in six and seven-inch pots at from $4 

 to $6 per dozen, and at retail for about 

 twice that price. Cut lilies at from 

 $3 to $5 per dozen, wholesale. The 

 quality, especially of the L. longifiorum, 

 was good, better, in fact, than the L. 

 Harrisii. 



Roses were in good supply, Beauties 

 sold at from $3 to $6 per dozen, whole- 

 sale. Maids at from 50 cents to $1. 

 Kaiserin and Brides about the same. 

 Liberty and Testout at 75 cents to $1.50 

 per dozen. 



Carnations were to be had in unliin- 

 ited quantities and were of splendid 

 quality, ranging in price from $2 to $5 

 per 100, with a few very fancy ones 

 at 75 cents per dozen. 



Valley at $3 per lOO. White and 

 purple iilae at any price and calla lilies 

 o-oing begging at 50 cents per 100. 

 ° Violets, except a few Marie Louise 

 and Swanley White have about disap- 

 peared and daffodils are no longer seen. 

 Narcissus poeticus are also among the 

 "has beens." 



To sum everything up, flowers were 

 very plentiful and cheap and the amount 

 of trade about the same as that of last 

 season and the prices realized by the 

 florists about 30 per cent less than that 

 of last Easter. I think, however, when 

 everything has been figured up and all 

 liills paid, we can say that we are very 

 well satisfied. 



Notes. 

 The spring flower show of the Pacific 

 Coast Horticultural Society will be held 

 on April 30, May 1 and 2, in the maple 

 room of the Palace hotel. Valuable pre- 

 miums, cash prizes and medals are to 

 be awarded to the successful exhibitors 

 for roses, carnations, sweet peas, pan- 

 sies, decorative plants, floral designs, 

 etc. It promises to be a very success- 

 ful affair and will be ably managed by 

 Mr. J. W. Bagge. The society is in a 

 very prosperous condition and numbers 

 all the up-to-date growers on its roster. 

 F. Shibeley, of Sutter street, reports 

 a splendid Easter trade. His windows 

 are among the most artistic in town 

 and his assortment of flowers are always 

 of the best to be had. 



Sievers ifc Boland have secured larger 

 quarters for their ever increasing busi- 

 ness and will move about May 1, to sev- 

 eral doors above their present location, 

 on Post street. They have leased the 

 entire ground floor of a large building 

 and will fit it up in splendid shape. 



The regular monthly meeting of the 

 California State Floral Society was held 

 today at Central Hall, on Sutter street. 

 ,\ large number of the members were 

 on hand and JLiy 15 next was appointed 

 to be Book Day, on which occasion each 

 member is requested to contribute a 

 l)Ook on horticulture, floriculture or kin- 

 dred subjects to the society's library. 



I regret to have to chronicle the death, 

 after a short illness, of Mr. John Davie, 

 gardener to Mr. Joseph Grant, at Bur- 

 lingame. Mr. Davie was w<dl known in 

 ihese parts as a successful gardener and 

 plantsman, and an active member of the 

 Pacific Coast Horticultural Society. 



G. 



BOSTON. 



The Market. 



Did we ever sec a more disagreeable 

 week, so far as Old Sol's department 

 was concerned? And could it be differ- 

 ent than depressing in every way? One 

 might think our monied class would 

 telephone orders thick and fast for a 

 few flowers to help dispel the gloom; 

 but they hardly seemed to think that 

 way, and trade was slim indeed until 

 the closing day of the week, when clouds 

 of all kinds were lifted and we experi- 

 enced a fairly good rush of business. 



Other causes than the weather were 

 partly to be blamed. There is always 

 the slack of business after a holiday to 

 reckon with and this time all dealers 

 had quite a bunch of goods of different 

 kinds left over, which they were anxious 

 to dispose of before purchasing any- 

 thing else. 



Flowers did bloom faster last week 

 than could be expected, too. They were 

 quite plentiful all the week, excepting 

 violets and perhaps good carnations 

 were none too much so. But in spite 

 of all prophesv, lilies, good and strong, 

 have been coming in right along since 

 Easter. Tlicre is too much glass around 

 now to choke off a supply of its product. 

 But the growers seem to have full faith 

 in the future, and heavy building is in 

 progress for the coming summer. A 

 partial list would include Budlong & 

 Son, Providence, two houses, each COO 

 feet long; Peter Fisher, of Ellis, Mass., 

 two houses, each 300 feet long: Patten, 

 of I»\vell, one house 300 feet long, and 

 Nicholson of South Framingham, one 

 or two large houses. 



A feature in the case is the appear- 

 ance of large numbers of Kaiserins so 

 early in the season. They are coming 

 from three or four large growers and 

 running verv good for variety and sea- 

 son. Shipp"crs as a usual thing do 

 not realize how tender this rose is. and 

 consequently do not handle it carefully 

 enough. AH red roses will stand con- 

 siderable abuse, pink ones and some 

 white ones will stand a little, but the 

 Kaiserin Augusta Victoria qnickl.v re- 

 sents anything of the kind, and the least 

 bit of it marks a twelve-cent rose down 

 to a three or four-cent one very quickly. 

 One move has been made to assist 

 the Columbus Avenue Co-Opcrative Mar- 

 ket in its endeavor to stand alone in 



