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The Florists' Review 



Seftembeb 29, 1921 



CHRYSANTHEMUMS 



ARE NOW READY 



FOR SHIPMENT 



They are excellent in quality. The supply promises to be ample. 



Express refrigerator cars leave for Chicago and New York every Tuesday and 



Friday. They run via Ogden, Cheyenne and Omaha. 

 We ship Chrysanthemums dry-packed. The boxes are light. This means a saving 



in express charges. 



ORDER YOUR DRIED FLOWERS NOW. 



J. A. AXELL, 



WHOLESALE 

 COMMISSION FLORIST 



463 Bush Street, 

 SAN FRANCISCO, CAL. 



WE CLOSE SUNDAYS 



job after his extended vacation in Chi- 

 cago and other mid-west points. 



H. R. E. 



SAN FRANCISCO, CAL. 



The Market. 



Recent rains have somewhat reduced 

 the supply of mums. As the demand is 

 steadily increasing, prices have gone up 

 somewhat, though they are well below 

 last year's level. The quality of the 

 chrysanthemums is excellent and the 

 market is cleaned up daily on them. A 

 few gladioli are still in the market, but 

 the end of their season is near and the 

 quality shows deterioration. Some of 

 the new-crop carnations are in the 

 market, but only in small <juantities. 

 There are plenty of good dahlias. The 

 popular pompon dahlias are still good 

 and plentiful. Roses are going up, 

 both in quality and price. From now 

 till Christmas, there is expected to be a 

 good supply of roses. There are still a 

 few asters and the market is daily show- 

 ing lots of marigolds and outside stock 

 generally. Violets are starting their 

 fall season. Orchids and gardenias are 

 both scarce. 



Various Notes. 



Thousands of people attended the an- 

 nual show of the Dahlia Society of 

 California at the Palace hotel, San Fran- 

 cisco, September 15, 16 and 17. In ac- 

 cordance with the usual custom. Presi- 

 dent J. M. Davis and Show Manager 

 I-'Vank C. Burns, having agreed to the 

 list of judges submitted to the executive 

 committee, withheld the names from 

 publicity until after the show. One of 

 the features was a complete educational 

 exhibit, showing how to grow, cultivate, 

 water and generally treat dahlias in 

 order to obtain satisfactory results. A 

 dahlia hat attracted much attention in 

 the Pelicano, Rossi & Co. exhibit. 

 Frank D. Pelicano won the tirst prize 

 for the best general display. There was 

 a long list of prizes in the three classes, 

 professionals, semi-professionals and 

 amateurs. An examination of private 

 gardens was made by Frank D. Peli- 

 cano, R. MeWhirter and Arthur Twitch- 

 ett. Beautiful dahlias grown by prison- 

 ers at San Quentin penitentiary were 

 given special mention by the judges. 

 The University of California was an 

 exhibitor, its display coming from the 

 university's trial gardens. Certificates 

 of merit were awarded to C. C. Morse, 

 the Hallawell Seed Co., Golden Gate 

 park and the University of California. 

 Ambassador, declared the finest dahlia 



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in the California show, is of the hybrid 

 cactus variety and comes from Santa 

 Paula, Cal. It was grown by A. Waldie. 



Purple asters were used for decora- 

 tions on Elks' day. 



The Charles C' Navlet Co. did not 

 exhibit at the dahlia show, but the San 

 Francisco store of this firm seems to 

 have been about the only local store 

 that had a dahli:i exposition of its own. 

 Tlie dahlias displayed aroused much in- 

 terest. The firm's Holland bulbs have 

 just arrived. 



A rousing event was made of the 

 bowling contest between the Podesta 

 & Baldocchi bowlers and a scratch team, 

 captained by David Lichtenstein, the 

 Terminal Florist. Spectators' seats 

 were packed, largely by florists, and the 

 rooting sounded like a riot. The Po- 

 desta & Baldocchi team won by !»9 



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Freesia, large yellow 22.50 



Early Gladiolus, The Bride 15.00 



Narcissus Paper White, first size 



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Narcissus Paper White, second size.. 15.00 

 Narcissus Paper White, planting 



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Narcissus Grand Monarch 18.00 



Narcissus Grand Monarch, extra large 40.00 



Daffodils, Emperor 22.00 



Poeticus (Pheasant's Eye) 20.00 



Leucojum Vemum (Snowflake) 20.00 



Gladiolus Mrs. Frank Pendleton, 1st 



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Gladiolus Mrs. Frank Pendleton, 2nd 



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SAN FRANCISCO, CAL. 



Dagger Ferns 



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jioints. "A hard fought contest," said 

 Victor Ferrari, scorekeeper. Robert 

 (ieppner, Jr., led the rooting for the 

 victorious team as mascot. J. A. Axell 

 could not ]day because of a sprained 

 ankle, and Gus Taylor had sprained his 

 wrist cranking a Ford. The Podesta & 

 Baldocchi team consisted of V. L. Po- 

 desta, N. A. Baldocchi, E. Mangina, A. 

 .T. Podesta and D. Bacigalupi. The con- 

 testing team's memViers were Louis 

 ('apurro, A. Gillette, D. Lichtenstein, 



