May 



l'.Mi:i. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review, 



1007 



View in the Store of Charles Fox, Philadelphia, at Easter. 



SAN FRANCISCO. 



The iWarkeU 



The Wiiiin weather is licie to stay, 1 

 supiiiisc. iuul with it comes an over-sup- 

 ply of carnations, roses and lilies. Two 

 weeks ago carnations were selling at .$3 

 per hundred wholesale; they have 

 dropped in price to $1.50 per hundred 

 for the same kind of stock. A few' 

 fancy flowers are quoted at about .$3 per 

 liundred, but they can be bought at al- 

 most any price: and as for poor stock, 

 it is useless to give any quotations on it. 

 Bridesmaid roses are a glut and will be 

 for a couple of weeks to come. Kaiser- 

 ins and Brides bring from $2 to .$4 per 

 hundred and American Beauties sell at 

 from 50 cents to $2 per dozen. Easter 

 lilies are very plentiful and the growers 

 ■sell them at '$1.50 to .$2.50 per dozen. 



Coreopsis, mignonette, sweet peas, gail- 

 lardias. stocks. l>achelor buttons and 

 marigolds are beginning to make tlieir 

 apiiearance in quantity and outside roses 

 furnish plenty of stock for the street 

 venders, of which, by the way, we have 

 a very large supply in San Francisco. 

 Everything at'the present time is at its 

 lowest ebb regarding price and in a 

 few weeks things will stiffen somewdiat. 



Trade is fair for the season. Man\- 

 larsc and elaborate funeral designs are 

 being made today for the funeral of 

 Irving il. Scott, 'which takes place to- 

 morrow. F. Pelicano, Podesta & Bal- 

 docchi, Sievers & Boland and Thos. H. 

 Stevenson, have the bulk of the orders. 

 It will be one of the largest funerals 

 ever held in San Francisco, llr. Scott 

 for many years was president of tin- 

 Union Iron Works. 



Notes 

 Mr. David Xeely. well known to all 

 the old San Franciscans as a pioneer 

 nurservman and florist, but at present 

 a resident of West Berkeley, has been 

 sued by Miss Mary Lanigan for $25,000 

 for breach of promise, ifr. Xeely is 



over 70 years of age and the fair plain- 

 tiff is aged 22. She was employed in 

 tlie capacity of housemaid during Mr. 

 Xeely's wife's sickness and immedialely 

 after her death the suit was brought. 



We are expecting something very fine 

 in the line of exhibits from the forth- 

 coming flower show of the Pacific Coast 

 Horticultural Society, to be held in the 

 Palace Hotel. The tables have been 

 eagerly sought for an<l everything prom- 

 ises well for the exhibition. Will give 

 further particulars of anything merito- 

 rious in my next letter. 



Mr. A. Duhem, one of the pioneer 

 florists, situated many years ago on Sut- 

 ter street, has identified himself with 

 the Napa Nursery Co., at Napa, Cal. 



,T. Seulbcrger. of Oakland, is abml 

 ready to move into his new store, on 

 Fourteenth street, opposite the ilcDon- 

 ough theater. He is going to kee]i his 

 Seventh street establishment, but will 

 leave it in charse of his s(,ii. 



Sievers & Boland have had several 

 fine decorations in the Palace Hotel, dur- 

 ing the past week. They furnished a 

 great quantity of American Beauty 

 roses to embellish the rooms of Mrs. 

 .T. Pierpont Morgan, who has been stop- 

 ))ing in San Francisco for the past 

 week. 



.John Carlson, lo.ated for many years 

 on the corner of Haight and Fillmore 

 streets, will move shortly from his pres- 

 ent location, as the property has been 

 sold. He has been very successful and 

 is talking of retiring from business. 



Seed Trade News. 



Mr. .Tohn T. Buckbee. Rockford, HI., 

 visited Chicago Tuesday. 



SOMK time back there was a noise in 

 sweet corn. The posted ones are wait- 

 ing for the echo. 



So FAii indications point to Clay's 

 making L'ond \|irir< -.linrtn'."' in inunlcr 

 trade. 



.IliXii.Nii from leccnt nport- it would 

 seem that the seedsmen who cater to 

 the packet trade might get pointers at. 

 the government's seed establishment. 



FiF.l.l) lorn is in good demand. Prices 

 have stitt'ened and it is evident that the 

 >upply of dependable st<x-k is scarce. 



C}IICAG0. — The Leonard Seed Co. finds 

 its new location advantageous. It 

 places them more in the swim, as it 

 were, Goodwin. Harries & Co. and Bar- 

 nard & Co. lieing on the same street 

 and within two blocks, while Vaughan's 

 i~ just across the river. 



Skkiiixc; for onion sets is being 

 pushed at Chicago, 'llie growers who 

 work sandy soil have the advantage at 

 present and are about through. ITiosi- 

 working heavier ground hope to finish 

 up by the end of the week. 



TuK recent sharp frosts throughout 

 the middle west had no nuiterial effoct 

 on trade. The backward spring pre 

 vented early sprouting and in most of 

 the gardening sections the planling>i 

 were not far enough advanced to be 

 .scriou^ly hurt. 



Li.NCOi.x, Xeb.— Snow fell on .\pril 

 2!t and ice formed to the thickness of 

 thrcc-fourilis of an inch, and this <'hange 

 in the weather has made quite a iliflcr- 

 enec in the garden seed irado. Neverthe- 

 less the (;riswi)lil Seed Co. reports an cx- 

 ceedinglv good trade this spring, both 

 wholesale and mail order business being 

 almost iloubic that "f la-t y.sir. Sales of 

 Siberian corn ami (ierman millet have 

 been remarkably large. The linn's ncw 

 bnilding was ready none loo soon. It 

 gave them iliiul)le the room they had be- 

 fore, and l)\il for the inereasod space 

 they would have U-cn unable to handle 

 i thi'ir business this seascin. 



