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The Florists'^ Review 



APUIL 7, 1921 



night before the orders were all 

 made up. 



A. A. Kelly, of Kelly's Gardens, and 

 also a state representative, addressed 

 the Florists' Club at its regular meet- 

 ing, which was held April '•>. H. II. 



SAN FRANCISCO. 



The Market. 



Stock is now plentiful, with the ex- 

 ception of carnations, sweet peus ami 

 orchids. There are plenty of roses, 

 l)oth cut and potted. Violets will have 

 ended their season, locally, about April 

 10, and few daffodils remain in the 

 market. Ranunculi are just coming 

 in. On the whole, the market, since 

 Easter, has been supplied with quanti- 

 ties of stock in the nature of spring 

 flowers. 



Various Notes. 



The Retail Florists' Association of 

 fSan Francisco has not wished to make 

 any premature announcements regard- 

 ing its important jdans. However, P. 

 Vincent Matraia, of the Art Floral (\)., 

 has consented to make the following 

 statement for The Review: "At a spe- 

 cial meeting of the Retail Florists' 

 Association held March 17, every flo- 

 rist present subscribed toward the new 

 wholesale flower market, which will be 

 called the San Francisco Flower Mar- 

 ket and will be composed of all the 

 American wholesale growers and all 

 the retail florists. At that meeting, we 

 had $.'55, 000 subscribed. On the follow- 

 ing Sunday, March 20, a committee 

 composed of V. Podesta, Victor Ferrari 

 and myself held a meeting at Cohiia. 

 Cal., for the ]>urposc of getting more 

 growers to subscribe. All who were 

 present subscribed, bringing the total 

 up to .$62,000. So far, we have not 

 (juite half of the growers ;ind florists 

 enlisted in the movement. At the next 

 meeting we expect to have, all the flo- 

 rists and growers present and expect to 

 have the full amount subscribed for the 

 purchase of a 5-story building, to cost 

 $150,000." Although Mr. Matraia did 

 not say so, it is generally understood 

 that the building is already selected 

 and ]iegotiations for its purchase have 

 been in progress for some little time. 

 However, no announcements can be 

 made regarding the building till con- 

 tracts are signed and other necessary 

 matters attended to. 



A large number of residents of San 

 Francisco were reminded of absent 

 friends by the action of the Retail Flo- 

 rists' Association, aided by the Western 



