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The Florists' Review 



31 



Officers and Directors of ttie New San Francisco Co-operative Flower Market. 



such shows is nlrcaily :issiiri'<I. proviiiod 

 <'acli iiiiMiihcr will ;^ivt' his wholo hcrirtfi! 

 su]ii)ort l>y st:ii;iTiy exhihits. I.ct us re 

 mciiiht-r tluit wi! ure all \i1:illy intt'i- 

 ('stt>(l in thf course ot' the ('hicajjo in;ir 

 kct ;ini| should .-it ;ill linics jiiiMni the 

 advaiita^t's thyt wc have and lie alrit 

 to create new ones it' })ossit)le. 



FRISCO'S CO-OPERATIVE MARKET. 



I'roJUj)tly at O-A') on a San l-'rancisco 

 morning, Septenil»er 1, the liu<;e doors 

 in wliat ])ri'Vions to that time had been 

 the St. (Jeorye garatj*', -''t tin- cornier 

 of Rush and St. Anne streets, swuiiy 

 rapidly open and. in the jiresence ot' the 

 board of directors, the San l-'ranciscct 

 Cooperative Flower Market ojiened with 

 a rush, .\niid the cheers of the I'rowd 

 awaiting the opening, the first w.-igon, 

 loaded with flowers, drove info the mar 

 ket. Others followed. Buyers flocked 

 in amazingly. Hiisiness pickt>d up in 

 stantanoously. Th(\ culmination of 

 weeks of stud\, argument and haul 

 work on the ))art of the Sail Fraiici> 

 cans was a success. 



Hut this great initial iiisli w a 

 the work of a moment 



nounceUieiii Ml iiM- in-\M*% ii'i >-i|<i»iii- 

 lier 1 stated that "San I'r.-incisco is 

 to have .-I great flower m:iiket. It h;i^ 

 been arranged through the ifTurt^ of 

 jiractically all the retail llcin>t- ami 

 growers of San l-'rancisco.'' 



The re.'ison for the markil is cbailv 

 expre^ised in the word- of ;i \mI1 kiioun 

 member of the prot'i'ssion. wiio said. 

 "Something id' the sort is iieciii'd In 

 reduce the competition of 1 h(> sti'eet 

 flower peddlers. These peddlers cause 

 prices to be shot to pieces. If \m' run a 

 market in the s])irit of coiiperation with 

 the Japanese, not against them, we )irob 

 ably can do suniething ti> legulatc 



(dices." July '27 articles of ini'oipora- 

 tion were tiled for the concern. The 

 papers of incorporation staled that 

 it is organized "to store, sell and dis- 

 tribute flowers, ]dants, bulbs, florists' 

 accessories, goods, wares and uu'rchan- 

 dise.'' The cajiitali/ation of the cor- 

 poration is .tl'.'),U(lO. The florists on the 

 incor])orators ' committee named in the 

 Iiai)ers are I'. \'. Matraia, Tharles W. 

 Hrown and .loseph 1'. llaywooii. 



Tlu' building itsidf, formerly :i garage, 

 needed little remodiding. It is ."iNxl.'i,") 

 feet and has driveways going into it 

 from two streets. A great advantage 

 is that autonuddles and wagons can 

 drive right into the building, ;i con- 

 \enience that facilitjites loailing and 

 unloading and does aw.ay with the jiark 

 ing pr(d)lem. 



.\t a meetin;; held not long iigo the 

 following (dlicers and directors were 

 elected: President, I'. V. Matraia. of 

 the .\rt Floral <'i«. : s<(retary, < . \V. 

 Urown, id' Mrown iV Ki-nnedy; treasurer, 

 .lami's T. llayward, nursetyman, of liur 

 liugame; .assistant ;it ti>iiie\'. K. Can 

 mm, nurseryman, and diri'ctnis, II. I'latli. 

 iif the Ferneries; H. .\l . .loseph, of .In 

 sepli's; .M.aiiuel Ucdieri .and |)a\iil Arata, 

 growers, and Frank Thalchei, of I'eji 

 caiio, Kossi \ ( 'o. Miss Kli/abeth (i. 

 W.alsh is the liiiokkeeper (if the coui 

 pany. 



One of tin' ;i(con)pau.N ing ilhist r.af ion- 

 shows |)art nf the interior of the mai 

 ket, aftei' thi' rush to buy on the open 

 ing day, x\hen the "hot dog'' m;in sold 

 his wares. The other ]iresents, outside 

 the ro'W m.'irket. the otticeis ami ilirec 

 tors. Heading fiom left to right, they 

 are .Joseph llaywiilcj, |{. .losepli, I'. \'. 

 Matr.aia. Kensley ('aniinn. Charles 

 I'.rown. II. I'lath, Daxid .\rata. Frank 

 Thatclii^r and .M;iunel Kcillei i. The • • m.-i- 

 c-(d,'" with the r|(i;ik (i\ CI iiis ;niii. i- 

 H. .loseph. .Ir. 



DAHLIA SHOW AT PROVIDENCE. 



There weri' no less th.-iii I'lM cl;isNes 

 ill the schedide of the Rhode Island Ilor 

 licultur.al Sucietx- t'or the earlv f:ill 



show, which opened .Sejiteiiiber \'> in the 

 ballroom of the Narrajjaiisett hot(d, 

 l'ro\ ideiice, K. 1. There were forty- 

 three classes .-illottecl to dahlias jilone, 

 and there w;is a ;ri-;i|id exhibit of these. 

 .Ml were Well .a ira iiged and the flowiMs 

 weie of >ii|peili ipi.'ility. Ill the class for 

 100 ii.amed v.ariet ies. embraciiifi .ill 

 types, \V. 1>. Ilath.iway won a keen con 

 test with a splendid collection, all in 

 perfect condition and ot' mammoth si/e; 

 si'cond. Kdg.ar W. I).irling; third, .Mfred 

 K. Doty. .\ew ll.aveii. Conn. 



.\moiig other large exhibitors of d.ah 

 lias Were the Saundi'is (iardens, .Vorth 

 .Scituale. K. I., wliitdi also had m.any 

 tine seedlint;s and excellent gladioli. T. 

 II. Hughes. .New Bedford. .Mass.. was 

 strong on both gl.ailiidi ;tnd dahlias, and 

 .also William .Steel, .\ulnirn. K. I., whose 

 -.eedliny d.ahlias, ujadicdi, asters, sna]>- 

 dragoii>, roses .md other seasonablo 

 llowers were shown in cpiantity. There- 

 was the iisu.al large disp|;iy ot' \eye 

 I;ibles and fruits, also honey and bees. 

 • lohii .S. Doiy, he.ad g.ardener to Fred 

 crick S. I'.'.-k. Harrington, K. I., c.-ip 

 tiired m.'iiiy of the premiums in the 

 \ I'tiet.ible and I'liiit classes with high 

 uraclc' produce. The attendance was 

 large on both i|;iys ol' the exhiliifion. 

 \V. .\. Cr.ai;^, Hrookliiie. .Mass., ofliciateil 

 as judge. The exhibition cominittee 

 consisted ot' Ailliur Sillen, Alexandei 

 M;icr,ie and <'oiiiernis ll.art si ra. ot 

 Providence; Stuart I'r.att. of Loiiy 

 me.Klow. ami 'I'om Hrook. of (irevstone. 

 K. K. 'I'lKunas makes .-m etticdent secre 

 tary. \V. \. ( '. 



CLEVELAND, O. 



The Market. 



Husilless l;ist week was just .■! little 



better th.an it li:id breii for the 1 wo 

 weeks previous, .(ithoueli | h,. increase 

 w;is s,, sin:il| ilint it would hardly be 

 notic-ed. Woses, in ji.'ut icnl.a r, si'em to b.- 

 about the only line tlijit is uioxing to any 

 extent and these are (deauing up fairly 

 well d.aily. 'I'he outdoor stock at present 

 is mediocre .ami. therefore, is not moving 



