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The Florists^ Review 



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SANTA BABBABA, CAK 



The Market. 



Trade is a little quiet here, and hard- 

 ly likely to improve for some time, but 

 the florists are keeping up a nice dis- 

 play and in this way making a bid for 

 what there is going. Good bulbous 

 stock, such as gladioli and Spanish 

 irises, are the chief offerings; the stock 

 comes mostly from northern points and 

 Los Angeles. 



Various Notes. 



A. Beverley, of the Mission Oak 

 Nursery, reports a larger trade than 

 usual in vegetable plants and roses. 



Joseph "Whipple keeps up an elegant 

 display and the nursery stock is look- 

 ing fine. He has just purchased a new 

 Studebaker Six. 



At the nursery of the Southern Cali- 

 fornia Acclimatizing Association, on 

 State street, there is always something 

 of interest, and on this trip I was just 

 in time for that most beautiful shrub, 

 Carpenteria Californica. The lovely, 

 pure white blossoms were just then in 

 their prime. Fremontia Californica was 

 also in full beauty, the tree a golden 

 sheet. Sterculia acerifolia was also in 

 bloom, showing the peculiar habit it 

 has of dropping the foliage when the 

 flowers appear. This is known as the 

 Australian flame tree, on account of its 

 bright red flowers. 



At the W. H. Cowles estate, W. Don- 

 ald still keeps up the good work. A 

 large specimen of Phoenix macrophylla 

 is being moved from Qoleta, probably 

 the largest of its kind in existence and 

 one of the few known in cultivation. 



H. R. Richards. 



LOS ANGELES. 



in the show and for the best three both 

 went to splendid flowers of Frau Karl 

 Druschki. As showing the interest 

 taken, large crowds thronged the floor 

 long before the judges had finished 

 their work. The show was under the 

 management of A. Hunt, manager of 

 the floral department here. The judges 

 were Fred Hills and H. R. Richards. 



Howard & Smith report that nursery 

 business is keeping up well. There is 

 a bright and pretty showing now at 

 the Montebello grounds. Practically 

 everything is in bloom, but one of the 

 finest of all is the collection of sweet 

 peas. All the novelties of other grow- 

 ers are being tried out, while the new 

 hybrids raised by the firm are exquisite 

 in color, of true Spencer type and of 

 immense size. All show the modern 

 long stem and have four flowers to the 

 stem. There is also a grand showing of 

 hybrid gladioli and new or distinct 

 shrubs. Deutzia magnifica is an ele- 

 gant species, with large, pure white 

 flowers, a great improvement over D. 

 crenata. 



Henry J. Kessel, of the Richmond 

 Fernery, San Francisco, has been call- 

 ing on the trade here with his special- 

 ties. 



C. H. Totty, of Madison, N. J., 

 stopped here for a couple of days en 

 route to San Diego and has nothing 

 but praise for this section. H. W. 

 Turner, who is working with Mr. Totty 

 in the dissemination of some of the 

 newer roses, was piloting him around. 



The California Cut Flower & Ever- 

 green Co. has made several changes in 

 the store at 316 South Broadway. The 

 stairway has been opened up and a 

 plate glass window has been put in to 

 show off the stock. In the basement a 

 new icebox has been installed and 



The Market. 



There is little doing either in decora- 

 tive work or transient business. Fu- 

 neral work is the only thing that has 

 in any way helped to reduce surplus 

 stock. Although the northern growers 

 apparently have not dumped as much 

 stock here as usual at this time of year, 

 yet there are many flowers that do not 

 find a purchaser. Indoor roses are fine, j 

 but the price is low, owing to the large 

 number of outdoor flowers that are 

 coming in. Carnations are a drug on 

 the market, selling at prices that hard- 

 ly pay for gathering. Now that the 

 climbing form of Cecile Brunner is 

 about over, the bush form will prob- 

 ably sell better. As it is, the flowers 

 are not worth picking. Delphiniums 

 and other hardy stock are making a 

 pretty show in the windows. Greens 

 are cheap, especially Asparagus plumo- 

 sus. 



Various Notes. 



Quite an extensive rose show was 

 held on the fourth floor of the Ham- 

 burger store, May 17. Many hundreds 

 of fine blooms were staged in the great- 

 est varietur and the majority of the 

 prize-winning exhibits were worthy of 

 a place in any show. The first-prize 

 single was a splendid bloom of Sun- 

 burst, while the cups for the beat bloom 



things generally are much better ar- 

 ranged than before. 



R. W. Saakes and 0. C. Saakes both 

 had a good deal of work for the funeral 

 of "Hap Hogan" this week. 



H. R. Richards. 



SAN FBANCISCO. 



The Market. 



More rain has fallen this week, and, 

 while no further storms are expected, 

 a few showers would be no surprise. 

 Small sales are picking up a little and 

 business has been active in work for 

 funerals, as well as for weddings and 

 other social affairs. The many large 

 conventions planned for this summer 

 are sure to take a lot of both greens 

 and cut flowers. Considerable atten- 

 tion is being given to Memorial day 

 and it is believed that a better busi- 

 ness than usual will be done. 



The cold, wet weather has held back 

 many kinds of outdoor stock, which are 

 coming in late, but the market is well 

 supplied in several popular lines. Car- 

 nations are again plentiful. The situa- 

 tion in this line is unsatisfactory to- 

 dealers, as the market is commonly 

 glutted, with occasional shortages 

 when they are wanted, and there is a. 

 disposition among some of the larger 

 downtown houses to let the street 

 venders have this business to them- 

 selves. Peonies are still scarce and 

 rather poor, but with fair weather from 

 now on there will be more of them by 

 May 30. The same may be said of 

 sweet peas. Irises are on the wane, 

 but some of them will be available till 

 the end of the month. A good many 

 gladioli are being sold. A much larger 

 supply of Lilium giganteum is expected 



Asparagus Plumosus Nanus 



Grand 2^-inch stock, heavy and clean, 

 $10.00 per 1000, for cash with order. 



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Wholesale Florist 



MONTEBELLO, CAL. 



