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The Florists^ Review 



Junk 8. 192-2 



Brown & Kennedy, stated that tele- 



jjrapli orders were numerous on that 



day. M. M. 



OAKLAND, CAL. 



Tlie Market. 



Loi-al ttoriHts are unanimous in their 

 opinion that never before have flowers 

 been so plentiful, of such good quality 

 and such wide variety.- Flowers moved 

 freely throughout May, while Mothers' 

 day proved the biggest event in florists' 

 virclen for a long time. Memorial day 

 was injured to a certain extent by the 

 late spring, as the private gardens were 

 still filled with flowers. 



Gladioli are about two weeks late in 

 getting into the market strongly. Grow- 

 ers of the small, white gladioli, that are 

 so pojiular for Memorial day here, are 

 liable to undergo eonsiderable loss, as 

 few of these flowers were in the 

 m;irket in time for this juirpose. White 

 marguerites and ])eonies are also late. 

 Carnations ;ire ;i little short, but roses 

 are ]ileiitiful. There was plenty of 

 j;yps(i|iliila for Memorial d;iy. The best 

 <-:irn;it ions jiiid roses are still coniing 

 from under glass. ;is ;ire most of the 

 siiMpdr.-igons and lafhsjiur. Iris of all 

 varieties is ;ilni(ist couiijletely out of the 

 mnrket. .Marigolds :iud str.iwtliiwers 

 li:i\j- been jilentiful, while the ni;irl<et 

 ii;is lieen lloodeil with sweet pens. Flo- 

 rists declare th;it ne\-er before ha\'e 

 there been sucli <|u;int ities of these flow- 

 ei~. HIT li;is the color or si/.e been better. 



Various Notes. 



T]\r funeral of .). A. Hill. |iublic ;id- 

 luiiiist rator, was one of tiie largest in 

 O.-ikbmd for some time. l'ractic:illy all 

 of the florists recei\-e(i birge orders for 

 this funeral. 



Thomas & Harris report an excellent 

 .MetMoriiil d;iy business. .\ number of 

 werblings of note ;ire scliecluled for the 

 i-urrent montli. The ScliU'uter wi'dding. 

 held the last juirt of May, was one of 

 the laigest of the se;isou thus f;ir. The 

 decorations were furnished by Thomas 

 & Harris. This firm ;ilso furnislied the 

 bou(piets for the gr;i<lu;iting exercises 

 ;it two of the f:ishion;ible girls' schools 

 at Oiiklnnd. A snow ]il;int fiom the 

 ]irivate grounds of the Hotel Wnwona. 

 in the Sierras, is being displiiyed in the 

 windows of Thomas & Harris jind is 

 iittracting a great deal of attention. 

 These ])lants are rare, and anyone re- 

 moving them from a n;itional forest is 

 subject to a heavy penalty. P. *'. H;ir- 

 ris is looking forward to a montli 's \a 

 cation, which he will spend in southern 



Richard Diener Cimpany 



INO. 



OrigiBaton and Grawos 

 •f tlie Largest and Unett 

 GiadioU and Petnniu 



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('.'ilifornia in the near future. .T. ,T. 

 Thomas has just purchased a Stiide- 

 b;iker and will also m;tke a xacation 

 trip to the soutii after he has Miastere(l 

 the details of running the vttr. 



Seulberger's store was (dosed ^fe- 

 moiial day, in accorcl.iiice with tlie es- 

 tablished custom of till' business. The 

 shipping business May 28 was good, 

 however. liusiness through the month 

 of May was entirely satisfactory. Fu- 

 neral work jilayed ;i iarf^e ]iart in k(>ep- 

 ing the stock moving. 



The H. M. SaulKirn Co. reports a good 

 month. .\ccordiiig to \V. S. H.-irmon, 

 the shijiping business for Memorial day 

 was less than for some time. Mr. Har- 

 mon states that the retail shipjiing busi- 

 iK'ss has been falling off' steadily for 

 several years, owing to the est.ablish- 

 ment of florists' shops in the manv 

 small towns throughout falifoinia and 

 Nevada. The estaidishment of several 

 large florists' stores at Reno, Nev., has 

 been largely responsible for the loss of 

 the Nevada trade. These stores keep 

 agents in all the small Nevada towns 

 where there are no florists established, 

 and the shipping business on special 



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days, such as Memorial diiy, wliiili diict' 

 w;is almost tlic cxcliisivc monopoly of 

 ();ikl;iii<l. S;iii KrjiiK'isco ••illd Sacra- 

 mento, now fiocs lurf^cly to Hciio. 



Tlif Oakl.-inil Flower Slioji lins had .-in 

 unusmilly hrisk montli in wliolcsale 

 slii]i]dng. Tlie abundance of flowers 

 .•incl the two special days in May were 

 lar}j(dy responsil)le for this condition. 

 Cliff Wa^iiaet, one of the iirojirietors, 

 w!is liMck !it work the last week in May. 

 Mr. NVaKiinet w:is ill for nearly two 



