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The Florists' Review 



Maech 31, 1921. 



J. A. AXELL 



Wholesale Commission Florist 



==: 463 Bush Street =^=^= 



San Francisco, Cal. 



WE CLOSE SUNDAYS 



husiiicss for liinisi'lf, tlioiijrli at i)ro.sent 

 liis plans arc not matured. 



(^harlio Lewis is now witli tlic Broad- 

 way Florist. 



At Wolfskin's & M. (ioldenson's a 

 l)ifif lot of orders for niadeup l)asket(s 

 were booked before Kaster, one order 

 calling for several hundred i)lants. 



Out of 1(1,01)0 Kaster lily bulbs, 

 Wriffht 's Flower Stioi)'s tjreenliouses 

 brou^jht in over it, 000 i)lants for the 

 holiday, in spite of the fact that the 

 bulbs came in late. 



Friends of S. Murata will be fjlad to 

 learn that ht> is considerably imjiroved 

 in liealth, althoufjh he will not he able 

 to leave the hospital for some time. 



Mome sjilendid specimen plants of 

 Krica rejjerniinans, timed to the minute, 

 were noted at tlie store of the K. ('. 

 Amliny ("o. Thes<' make fine Easter 

 I)lants for the better class of trade. 

 Another sjjecialty is cut Easter lilies 

 shiii])ed here from ('hicajjo. The flow- 

 ers are shipped in the bud and arrived 

 in excellent condition, oix'ninji n]i ])ure 

 white. 



Walt<'r (larbett, who has been maii- 

 a^^er for the E. ('. Amlinfj Co. since the 

 opening; of the store, leaves here April 

 1 to i^n into business for himself as -a 

 dealer in cut flowers and plants. 



The see(l de])artnient of Ilow.ird iSc 

 Smith's nursery, at Montcbcllo, Cal.. is 

 a busy ]dace these times. This is under 

 the close ])ersonal surscillance of Fre(l 

 Howard, president of the company, who 

 takes }fre;it interest in the s|ileii(lid 

 strains of flower seeds beinff raised and 

 disseminated from here. Frnest Kd 

 wards is the cajiable and widl informe(l 

 manager of this department and. as 

 soon as the rush season is over, he in- 

 tends to take a trip to F^nrope. He has 

 a wide actpiaintance among English and 

 American seedsmen. Mr. Edwards is 

 a n.ativc of I-Jirminghani, England. 



Asked how business was for E.aster. 

 during last week, Mr. Koyce, hi-ad shi]i 

 per for W, Armacost & Co., })ointed to 

 a stack of f)rders on file for every ilay 

 of the following week. "Actions s]ieak 

 louder than words." This firm is in 

 .'igain with a splendid cut along all 

 lines. 



Harry Hailey. of Montelxdlo. Cal., is 

 mailing out his orders on ]dumosus seecl 

 and he says it looks as though he will 

 be sold out by the time present orders 

 are filled. Tlie seed is of extra good 

 grade thi.s year, though the crop was 

 not so large as usual. I'urity freosias 

 look well on the ranch and a big cut of 

 Sprcngcri seed is being taken. 



Harold Amling is receiving the con- 



Field-grown Roses 



GROWN UNDER CONTRACT 



Send us your budding list and get our quotations for 

 growing your own selection of roses in any quantity. 

 We bud on genuine Manetti stock. Our roses are all 

 field grown. Ready for shipment October 1, and can 

 be shipped anywhere in the United States in perfect 

 condition. Let us grow your roses, while you devote 

 your time to the more profitable effort of selhng. 



WRITE FOR NEW CATALOGUE SUPPLEMENT, WHICH 



LISTS LATEST ROSE INTRODUCTIONS FROM 



AMERICAN AND EUROPEAN GROWERS. 



Elmer Bros. Nursery 



. 



82 S. Market St. 



SAN JOSE, CAL. 



VIOLETS 



Roses - Carnations - Sweet Peas 



All kinds of Greens and Spring Flowers 



BEST QUALITY EVER 



Also Artificial Flowers and Dried Strawflowers 



Growers' Cut Flower Company 



WHOLESALE GROWERS AND SHIPPERS 



55 St. Anne St. C^^^^r^^") San Francisco, Calif. 



Atparafat Pliutoiat 2-in. , $ 10.00 per 1000 



Cineraria*, Giant Flowering. 2^-in . $ I .OOper 100 

 Pelarfoainini, many standards, 2-in., $ 10. OOper 100 

 Geraaiuit. incl. Ivy, 2 and 3-in.,$ t.OO and $6.00 

 Paasiet, Gant strain, transplanted, ready to 



bloom $10.00 per 1000 



Write for 1921 price list on bedding stock. 



FRED G. fHLK, Whole-a>e Gower 

 224-236 Sanborn Ave. SAN JOSE, CALIF. 



Write or Wire 



Humboldt Everg^reen Co. 



FOR YOUR 



MEXICAN IVY 



We also bare plenty of very fine Salal Sprays 

 DYERVILLB, s CALIFORNIA 



