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The Rorists' Review 



Jolt 21. 1921 



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SAN FBANOISGO, OAIi. 



The Market. 



There was no surplus in tho market 

 last week. About enough stock to go 

 around is being brought in, but it is 

 the early florist who catches the good 

 roses and gladioli, for most of them 

 are gone by 6 a. m. Hot weather is 

 causing many of the roses to be some- 

 what wilted and the new crop is not 

 expected till September. Gladioli are 

 also nearing the end of their present 

 season and are commanding higher 

 prices. Asters continue to come into 

 the market, but not in any great quan- 

 tity. Dahlias are becoming more and 

 more plentiful and an infinite variety 

 of styles and colors can be found. Car- 

 nations are still fairly plentiful, Peru- 

 vian lilies continue in the market, and 

 among other stock are poppies, mar- 

 guerites, snapdragons, delphiniums, 

 hydrangeas, cosmos, lilies of the valley, 

 etrawflowers, summer lavender, etc. 



Various Notes. 



Great preparations are in progress 

 among dahlia growers for the sixth 

 annual show of the Dahlia Society of 

 California, which will take place at the 

 Palace hotel here September 15 to 17. 

 A large premium list has already been 

 prepared and coming exhibitors are 

 already beginning to show some of 

 their new seedlings. P. C. Burns, of 

 the Burns Dahlia Farm, San Bafael, 

 was in the city and stated that the com- 

 ing show is a topic of much interest 

 among dahlia growers in his section of 

 the country. Mr. Burns, who finds that 

 dahlia growing is more popular than 

 ever, has a number of new creations, 

 which he will exhibit. Frank D, Peli- 

 cano, of Pelicano, Bossi & Co., had 

 flowers from several of his new and un- 

 named seedlings at the store. One of 

 these, a flower of enormous size and 

 luxuriance, was deep lemon in color. 

 Others were variegated. 



The dahlia farm of the Charles C. 

 Navlet Co. is sending in some seed- 

 lings that are much admired. In the 

 store window are some that are highly 

 colored, others that are variegated, and 

 one that is of a purple so deep as to 

 look like black velvet. "Prize-winners 

 of the past and the future," was how 

 Manager Picetti described the exhibit, 



Edgar M. Sanborn, a prominent flo- 

 rist of Oakland, Cal., has just had his 

 appointment to the Oakland park board 

 confirmed by the cify council. The ap- 

 pointment was made by Mayor John L. 

 Davie, who gave the council details as 

 to Mr. Sanborn 's fitness for the post. 

 Mr. Sanborn is a graduate of the Uni- 

 versity of California, agricultural de- 

 partment, and he has had much experi- 

 ence with flowers. He will fill the posi- 

 tion on the board vacated by Dr. S. H. 

 Buteau, who resigned on account of 

 private business. 



C. Kooyman & Co. arc showing their 

 first Henryi lilies of the season. The 

 company has planted 40,000 bulbs of 

 rubrum and Henryi. These bulbs will 

 not be harvested till September. 



Henry Avansino, manager for the 



£. W. McLellan Co., Inc., has purchased 

 a nursery in Alameda county and, at 

 present, is devoting considerable time 

 to getting things into shape there. P. 

 D. Mortensen is in charge during Mr. 

 Avansino 's absence. Mr. Mortensen 

 recently came here from Alaska, where 

 he spent eight years, chiefly at Fair- 

 banks. 



J. A. Axell is spending his vacation 

 visiting his family in Minnesota, where 

 seven of his brothers reside. 



The United Flower & Supply Co. is 

 behind in its orders for helichrysum, 

 because the new crop is not ready. 

 Seven acres were planted with a special 

 variety of helichrysum and the plants 

 are doing well. The company has 

 plenty of other strawflowers coming 

 from the growers. 



Domoto Bros, are helping to keep 

 the market supplied with hydrangeas, 

 which, it is stated, are grown outdoors, 

 sheltered by reed partitions. This firm 

 has had no break in its supply of lilies. 

 Mr. Enomoto is visiting the bulb 

 farms in the vicinity of Santa Cruz. 



As an example of the luxuriance that 

 flowers reach in California, George P. 

 Wagner, of Joseph's, showed a mass 

 of blue hydrangeas in the window. 

 "We buy them from the owner of a 

 home in Alameda county, who has a 

 solid hedge of them — all blue hydran- 

 geas," he said. 



Podesta & Baldocchi have been dis- 

 playing flowers in baskets of porcelain, 

 imported from Italy by Victor Podesta. 

 They sold so fast that there are not 

 many of the baskets left. This firm 

 has had considerable funeral work. 



Albert O. Stein has just returned 

 from a vacation, spent at Catalina and 

 Los Angeles. In addition to catching 

 some big fish at Catalina, Mr. Stein 

 sampled various kinds of aeroplanes 

 and hydro-aeroplanes at San Diego and 

 vicinity, obtaining bird's-eye views of 

 the southland. Norman Marcus, deco- 

 rator for Mr. Stein, is in southern 

 California. A. J. Mendosa is next in 

 line for a vacation. 



Mrs. Darbee has returned from an 

 extended automobile tour of northern 



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SUMMER FLOWERS 



During the summer we will have an abundant stock of all classes of 

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 We are especially strons on GLADIOLI, CARNATIONS. ROSES. 

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