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The Rorists^ Review 



Dbcembeb 30, 1920 



VIOLETS ROSES CARNATIONS 



FREESIAS STRAWELOWERS 



All Varieties Now Ready for SHIPMENT 



F. C. JAEGER &; SON, Wholesale Shippers 



152 Powell Street 



Phone Garfield 1343-1344 



SAN FRANCISCO, CAL. 



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and kept poorly. This condition was es- 

 pecially true of the late Bonnaffon 

 mums. As for carnations, both quantity 

 and quality left something to be desired. 

 Portland, Ore., and California were both 

 drawn on to meet local needs. 



Eoses were generally of good color, 

 but the cut was not sufficient to meet 

 the trade needs and liberal California 

 shipments were noted. Columbia from 

 local growers made probably the best 

 showing, with Eussell, Premier, Francis 

 Brunner and Ward also showing. There 

 was some increase in the supply of 

 orchids and bouvardias were chiefly used 

 with this flower because of the extreme 

 scarcity of valley. 



Potted poinsettias and dwarf orange 

 trees were probably the leaders in sea- 

 sonable offerings, while tulips and 

 cyclamens ranked close seconds in popu- 

 lar favor. One of the Second avenue 

 shops had an excellent showing of 

 orange trees. The demand for tulips 

 throughout was for the brighter-colored 

 varieties. Paper Whites were used in 

 several window decorations along with 

 these flowers. 



There has been a splendid business in 

 store decorations this year, and local 

 traders say they expect to see a regular 

 increase each year in this class of busi- 

 ness. One of the department stores used 

 three large Christmas trees at its main 

 entrances, in addition to window and 

 interior decorations. A novelty offer- 

 ing for Christmas week was the first 

 potted hyacinths of the season, and 

 these were snapped up as fast as offered. 

 There was a nice sale of artificial flow- 

 ers all through the season, but less stock 

 of this sort is being used than in recent 

 seasons. This is considered a good thing 

 by the trade, since there are greater 

 business possibilities in the development 

 of a steady sale of fresh flowers. 



Various Notes. 



A splendid all-around business was re- 

 ported by the Hollywood Gardens for 

 the Christmas season. Tliis establish- 

 ment made a specialty of its baskets and 

 had several new and unusual combina- 

 tions on display. The cut from the 

 greenhouses was still short of the firm's 

 requirements. 



The work of remodeling Kenncy's 

 Home of Flowers has been completed, 

 except for the visit of the painters, and 

 this work will not be completed until 

 after the holidays. This store made the 

 first showing for this season of Proser- 

 pine tulips and had no difficulty in dis- 

 posing of all the stock. 



The Seattle Fern & Moss Co. in the 

 first two days of Christmas week 

 shipped out several tons of holly and 

 cedar roping. There was a steady call 

 for ferns as well. 



VIOLETS MUMS 



Violets $1.25 per dozen bunches 



Chrysanthemumc, all colors 2.00 to $3.50 per dozen 



Pompons 35 to .60 per bunch 



Plumostts .30 per bunch 



Adiantnm 30 to .35 per bunch 



Mexican Ivy .16 per bunch 



Woodwardia Ferns 3.50 per 100 



Choicest Flowers only handled, "they will carry to almost any part of the U. S. 

 Refrigerator Car Leares San Frasdsco Ercry Friday 



DARBEE 



Wholesale and Retail Florist 



1036 HYDE STREET, SAN FRANCISCO, CALIF. 



Member FlorUtc' Telegraph Delivery Acsoclatloii. 



IfentloB The Berlew wbm 70a write. 



California Dahlias and Cannu 



THE LATEST AND BEST 



G. S. ARCHER 



400 North Marengo Ave., Alhambra 



L08 Angeles, CaL 



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Surplus Ornamental Stock 



Suitable for Pacific Coast Planting. 

 The E. Gill Nanery Co , West Berkeley, Calif. 



Risden & Desmond delivered some fine 

 potted cyclamens and the sweet peas 

 from this firm were among the best 

 stock offered on the market. 



The Woodlawn Flower Shop devel- 

 oped a novel Christmas window through 

 the use of a life-sized figure of 8anta 

 Claus, holding the upper end of a large 

 white cornucopia. From the wide end of 

 this poured out enough flower boxes to 

 cover the floor of the show window. 

 The display was alternately flooded with 

 red and white light. This shop handled 

 many large decorations. 



The Rainier Floral Co. delivered some 

 fine potted cyclamens and primroses. 



The Orpheum Floral Co. was forced 

 to increase the sales force to seven peo- 



H. PLATH 



"The Ferneries'* 



Lawrence and Winnipeg Avenues 

 SAN FRANCISCO, CAL. 



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FERNS, KENTIAS and 

 PRIMULA OBCONICA 



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CALIFORNIA AND IMPORTED 



BULBS 



C. KOOYJVIAN CO., Inc. 



431 Bush Street, 

 SAN FRANCISCO, CALIF. 



Aiparagnt Plnmotut. . .2-in., $40.00 per lOOa 

 Cinerariat, Giant Flowering, 2-in., $.S.OO per 100 

 Fnchfiat, Black Prince, 4-in., $15.00 per 100 

 Geraniums, incl. Ivy, L'and3-in., $4 .00 and $6.00 

 Pansic*, Giant Strain, 5 to 8 leaves, $ 4 .50 per 1 000 

 Write for prices on othor stock. 



FRED G. EHLE. Wholesale Grower 



224-236 Sanborn Ave., SAN JOSE, CALIF. 



pie to care for the holiday rush. This 

 firm has been making a special feature 

 of popular-priced baskets. 



Melby & Allen showed some of the 

 finest poinsettias of the season. In or- 

 der to care for the Christmas business, 

 they took the store adjoining their shop 

 for the week and a stall was secured in 



