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The Florists' Review 



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Tbe Market. 



Business continues good. Decora- 

 tions for weddings and banquets were 

 numerous last week. Practically every- 

 thing on the market cleans up in fine 

 shape. The weather continues warm 

 and dry, but the nights are becoming 

 cooler, and changes in the varieties of 

 stock offered indicate the end of sum- 

 mer. Roses were noticeably better last 

 week, but the supply is not heavy and 

 more of them could easily be sold. The 

 cut of Irish Elegance is increasing and 

 it is almost monopolized by a few of 

 the large shops. Ophelia and Russell 

 seem to be the most popular. A good 

 many violets are appearing and some 

 are being shipped to near-by points, 

 but neither the quality nor the quan- 

 tity of the violets will permit heavy 

 shipments for two or three weeks. 

 Chrysanthemums are improving, the 

 yellow varieties being fairly plentiful. 

 October Frost is off crop and, while 

 a fine cut of Queen is expected soon, 

 the present supply of mums is limited. 

 Pompons are doing nicely. The local 

 demand for chrysanthemums has been 

 strong and a large shipping movement 

 should begin in another week. A few 

 sprays of phalsBuopsis and oncidiums 

 have been appearing. Cattleyas have 

 begun to arrive again, but they still 

 are scarce. Gardenias are snapped up 

 quickly and the sales for them the last 

 few weeks would have been much 

 larger if stock had been available. 

 Amaryllis still arrives in large quanti- 

 ties. Gladioli are having a remarkably 

 long season and there is a good supply 

 in view for next month. Dahlias are 

 fine and seem to find more popularity 

 than before. A few asters still are 

 seen, but they are not of much ac- 

 count. Scattering lots of short sweet 

 peas continue to appear. The carna- 

 tions show little improvement and those 

 offered move rather slowly. There is 

 a heavy movement of all kinds of 

 greens, ferns. Asparagus plumosus, 

 huckleberry, oak, etc., and a good deal 

 of Eucalyptus robusta, now coming into 

 flower, is used in window displays and 

 decorations. Cyclamen blooms and 

 plants are excellent and more plentiful. 



The Dahlia Show. 



All those who participated agree that 

 the dahlia show at the Palace of Horti- 

 culture, held September 18 and 19, was 

 the largest and finest exhibition of 

 dahlias ever held on the Pacific coast, 

 and some of those who have been 

 around a good deal say it was the best 

 show they have ever seen. A large 

 room facing the South Gardens was 

 occupied by the exhibits. This loca- 

 tion was unusually appropriate, for 

 there are many large plantings of 

 dahlias in the South Gardens, now at 

 their best. Several thousand specimen 

 blooms were exhibited, of a wide range 

 of varieties and types, and about fifty 

 prizes were awarded. 



In the class open to growers the 

 Lovers' Point Dahlia Garden took 

 a gold medal for the best collection of 

 dahlias. The Bessie Boston Dahlia 



Farm won a silver medal and four first 

 prizes for the best showings of cactus 

 dahlias, peony-fiowered dahlias and 

 collarette dahlias, and second prizes for 

 pompon dahlias, and decorative dahlias. 

 It also won a silver medal for an entry 

 of seedlings. Frank Pelicano took first 

 prize for the best twenty-four decora- 

 tive dahlias and for fifty blooms of 

 Delice. Mr. Pelicano also won a bronze 

 medal for this year's best seedling, a 

 decorative dahlia of old gold color. 

 Burns & Co., of San Rafael, took second 

 prize for fifty blooms of Geisha. One 

 of the most notable exhibits was that 

 of T. A. Burns, who was awarded a 

 special medal of honor for an exhibit of 

 1,000 varieties. There were many ex- 

 hibits by nonprofessionals. 



Various Notes. 



Notice of the death of Gustave A. 

 Navlet, of Eureka, Cal., will be found 

 in this week's obituary column. 



A. O. Stein recently made decora- 

 tions for a large business luncheon, in 

 which he used more than 133 dozens of 

 pink chrysanthemums. The market had 

 to be scoured for two days to supply 

 the flowers. Mr. Stein is featuring 

 cibotium ferns this season and ex- 

 presses surprise that this fern is not 

 more popular. He is receiving good 

 stock from H. Plath and E. James. 



Mr. Warlow, who recently opened a 

 store at 1336 Polk street, which had 

 been previously run by a Japanese, has 

 discovered that the location is a poor 

 one and is now looking for a more fa- 

 vorable business site. 



H. G. George, of 1702 Seventy-third 

 avenue, Oakland, is one of the few 

 American growers who have not quit 

 carnation growing. He has a few reg- 

 ular customers who can be depended 

 upon to take his cut and says he does 

 not believe in abandoning the field in 

 the face of Japanese competition. He 

 makes a specialty of spring bulbous 

 stock. 



Burns & Co., of San Rafael, are show- 

 ing specimens of a newly established 

 seedling dahlia, at the C. Kooyman 

 store. It is said to be a cross between 

 Elsa and Minnie Burgle. It is like the 

 latter in formation, a fine white in 



color and about seven inches in diam- 

 eter. Mr. Burns is shipping in a large 

 quantity of fine tuberous begonia 

 blooms, which are receiving a great 

 deal of attention. 



C. Kooyman is shipping a great many 

 mums and is experiencing a fine de- 

 mand for them, both outside and lo- 

 cally. He supplies a large number of 

 chrysanthemums for exposition deco- 

 rations. 



Robert Schenk, who has been con- 

 nected with several of the leading 

 flower shops at Los Angeles during the 

 last few years, has come to San Fran- 

 cisco and expects to make his home 

 here. H. S. G. 



LOS ANGELES. 



The Market. 



Quite an improvement in business has 

 set in during the last week. Many 

 residents who are frequent patrons of 

 the flower stores are returning from 

 beach and mountain resorts, while the 

 tourists from the middle west and 

 east are still coming in considerable 

 numbers. There is none too much good 

 stocK coming in now, though there is 

 considerable second-rate stuff. Good 

 roses are scarce, carnations are fairly 

 good, orchids are not plentiful, and 

 valley is hard to get of good quality. 

 The stores are full of outdoor flowers 

 and ferns. The latter are selling fair- 

 ly well. There are no good flowering 

 plants to be had. Greens are plentiful. 



Various Notes. 



George W. Smith reports business 

 good in the landscape end. Several 

 large contracts are keeping him busy. 

 Mr. Smith proposes going into the grow- 

 ing end of the nursery business and 

 has several promising sites in view. 



Charles Lewis, of Freeman-Lewis Co.^ 

 is taking another short vacation. 



Fred Howard, as head of the Howard 

 & Smith corporation, is a busy man 

 these days and hard to catch. He re- 

 ports big sales of roses and other small 

 stock. The cut flower business also 

 keeps up well. 



Ed. Howard is now working with his 



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