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The Florists' Review 



OCTOBEB 14, 1920 



VIOLETS 



Ready October 15. Book your season order now. 



Chrysanthemums 



The big crop is in. Excellent stock at $2.00 to $2.50 

 per dozen. Cheaper grades if desired. 



We hare also plenty of small Mams, pink, white and 

 yellow, at $4.00 to $5.00 per 100. 



POMPONS, all colors, 25c to 35c per bunch. 



Season price, $1.25 per dozen bunches. 



Russell Roses 



All grades, any quantity. 



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Asparagus and Adiantum 



30c per bunch 



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J. A. AXELLy Wholesale Commission Florist 



463 Bush St., SAN FRANCISCO, CAL. 



beautifully decorated. The happy cou- 

 ple left for their honeymoon trip to 

 Catalina, going from there to San Fran- 

 cisco. They plan a trip to Arizona be- 

 fore returning home. 



The E. "C. Amling Co. is making final 

 preparations for its opening October 18. 

 An icebox 9x11x18 feet has been in- 

 stalled, as well as the requisite benches, 

 tables and office fixtures. Carpenters, 

 plumbers and others are working over- 

 time and H. E. Amling and Walter Gar- 

 bett are as busy as the proverbial bees. 

 The policy of this house is to be weekly 

 payments for all growers. As far as 

 possible the stock will be handled on a 

 commission basis, consignors being 

 charged fifteen per cent only, for han- 

 dling. H. B. Richards. 



SAN FRANCISCO, CAL. 



The Market. 



Flowers are exceedingly abundant just 

 now and of good quality. The market is 

 heavily supplied every morning, but they 

 are all gone when business closes for 

 the day. Wholesale houses are so full 

 of chrysanthemums that in some cases it 

 is difficult, if not impossible, to find 

 one 's way to the back of the store. These 

 are all being handled for packing, how- 

 ever, and are gone by nightfall. The 

 mums are still the chief asset of the San 

 Francisco market and were in the zenith 

 of their glory last week. This statement 

 applies to the chrysanthemums grown 

 under cheesecloth as well as to the out- 

 door flowers. There is heavy packing by 

 all firms, and the refrigerator car went 

 out loaded to capacity October 8. No 

 one, however, is waiting for Fridays. At 

 present every working day is a packing 

 day here. 



Carnations are coming in more plenti- 

 fully, but are being used chiefly for the 

 local trade. A little more chilly weather 

 will be necessary to. develop good pack- 

 ing qualities. The pouring rain of Oc- 

 tober 5, the first real downpour of the 

 fall season, is expected to benefit the 

 violet crop greatly, though the mums 

 will take a day or two to recover from 

 their drenching. Some violets are being 

 shipped to all points and next week will 

 see much larger shipments. Roses are be- 

 coming more and more plentiful, while 

 cosmos and other flowers in season, such 

 as poppies and marigolds, are brighten- 

 ing the local florists' stores. 

 Various Notes. 



Tke ©ntir^ stock of the Hillsborough 

 Nurwries, at Burlingame, has just been 

 bought by Major F. Peterson and J. 



Chrysanthemums 



The finest Mums at the best prices. 



We know how to pack^them for long distance 



shipping. 



If you need Mums — or any other cut flowers 



or greens — 



LET US HAVE YOUR ORDER 



California Floral Company 



H^oImoI* Dmalmn in Cat Flowr* 



217 Winston St. LOS ANGELES, CAL. 



THE BEST IN THE. WEST 



Mums of all grades and several 

 varieties are ready for shipment 



ALL KINDS OF DECORATIVE GREENS 

 Write for a trial shipment 



DOMOTO BROS. 



440 Bush Street 



SAN FRANCISCO, CAL. 



Mwitlon Th« BgTlew when yon wr ta. 



Haywood, who are constructing model 

 greenhouses for orchids at Burlingame. 

 The Hillsborough Nurseries form an 

 entirely separate business from the 

 orchid farm, although Messrs. Peterson 

 and Haywood will run both enterprises. 

 They have taken a long lease on the 

 ground covered by the Hillsborough 

 Nurseries, as well as purchasing the 

 stock, and there they will continue the 

 cultivation of roses, pot plants and other 

 nursery products. For their orchid 

 nursery they have a special permit to 

 import a large consignment of phalsen- 

 opsis from the Philippines and the 

 orchids are now en route from the 

 Philippines and other tropical count- 

 tries. When they arrive Messrs. Peter- 

 son and Haywood will have the largest 



collection of Philippine orchids in the 

 United States. J. A. Axell will handle 

 all the cut stock from both nurseries. 

 "In this way it will be handled cen- 

 trally and everyone will have a chance 

 at it," stated Mr. Axell, who added 

 that this will mean at least a truck- 

 load more of goods for his house 

 every day. At present he is working to 

 capacity and has had to engage extra 

 help, which he was fortunate in secur- 

 ing, for some of the retail florists are 

 looking in vain for capable help to meet 

 the present rush of business. 



"Orders are coming in like hot 

 cakes," was the cheerful statement 

 made at the store of General A. J. 

 Gooch, where packing of mums and vio- 

 lets was in active progress. The pre- 



