February 2, 1922 



The Florists* Review 



115 



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acacia sprays and potted tulips, hya- 

 cinths, azaleas, primulas and cyclamens. 

 Even asparagus ferns and other green 

 goods have been affected by the weather 

 and not only is the market cleaned up 

 every day, but an early morning rush 

 takes place in an attempt to secure the 

 small amount of stock available. 



Various Notes. 



A large amount of space was recently 

 devoted by the daily newspapers of 

 San Francisco to the florists' industry 

 at the bay cities. Business, the organ 

 of the San Francisco Chamber of Com- 

 merce, started the ball rolling in its 

 issue of January 20, and most of the 

 daily papers followed suit. It was the 

 irony of fate that, just when the nor- 

 mal opportunities for flower growing 

 were being written up, the frost was 

 busy reducing the stock in a most ab- 

 normal manner. The damage, however, 

 is merely temporary and a few warm, 

 rainy days will soon bring things back 

 to normal. 



John Vallance, East Bay horticul- 

 turist, is urging that the school chil- 

 dren be encouraged, with gifts of seeds, 

 etc., to plant flowers and shrubs in the 

 school yards. He says that to make 

 garden spots around the schools would 

 promote greater industry and more hap- 

 piness among the children. 



The Kirkman Nursery Co.. of Fresno, 



Cal., has purchased the entire Sanford 

 tract, located east of the Liberty Union 

 high school, at Antioch, Contra Costa 

 countj', Cal. The property consists of 

 150 acres and it is the intention of the 

 (Continued on pajre 102.) 



OAKLAND, CAL. 



The Market. 



For the first time in a year the de- 

 mand for stock in Oakland has exceeded 

 the supply. Prices, accordingly, have 

 practically trebled and conditions are 

 exceedingly health}-, although some of 

 the retailers feel that the cost of procur- 

 ing stock offsets the rise in prices. It is 

 necessary for retailers now to visit the 

 nurseries in order to get any stock at all. 

 This change in conditions is due en- 

 tirely to the freezing weather and 

 the high north wind which swept the en- 

 tire state, beginning January 18, con- 

 tinuing for several days. The tempera- 

 ture is still low, with heavy frosts in 

 the morning. During the first several 

 days of this weather all of the outside 

 stock wns frozen, with a few exceptions 

 in the more sheltered regions. At the 

 present writing a storm is predicted, 

 which, at temperatures now prevailing, 

 will cause the unprecedented occurrence 

 of a snow storm, according to the 

 weather bureau. In addition to freez- 

 ing most of the outside stock, the tem- 



perature of the greenhouses has been so 

 low that little stock is blooming. 



Since the cold weather set in the price 

 of carnations has risen to $2 per bunch, 

 while roses are as high as $6 per bunch. 

 A few violets, .with the overabundant 

 freesias and such carnations and roses as 

 are out, are practically the only flowers 

 available in any quantities. Narcissi 

 are $2 per hundred, while China lilies 

 have re.'ichcd the unheard-of price of 

 .$2. 50 per hundred. Daffodils, which were 

 exceedingly abundant during the early 

 p.'irt of the month, are now entirely out 

 of the market. Tulips appeared about 

 Christmas, and arc steadily improving in 

 quality. Hyacinths have also been on 

 the market for several weeks. The first 

 Easter lilies came in about a week ago. 

 A curious situation in the market is the 

 great abundance of orchids now avail- 

 able. A month ago, when other stock 

 was in abundant supply, orchids were al- 

 most unobtainable. 



Violets were just coming in well when 

 tlie freeze came and a great many of 

 thnm were frozen entirely. Of those 

 tliat survived, the few that are being 

 brought in are slightly nipped. It is 

 difficult to get the violets picked, as the 

 mornings have been cold, with little im- 

 provement as the day advanced. The 

 Italians, who do most of the picking ob- 

 ject to working in this kind of weather. 

 Marigolds and other small outdoor flow- 

 ers were frozen badly, as were calla 



