Mat 31, 1906. 



The Weekly Florists' Review. 



us 



Wholesale Prices 



Cut Flowers 



Per 100 



Carnations $0^0 to $1.00 



Roses 1.00 to 3.00 



Sweet Peas A.0 



Centaureas .50 



Asparagus sprays 1.00 



Asparagus strings, 10 ft. long, each, .25 



SIGNAL HILL FLORAL CO. 



841 S. Los Aneeles St. 

 LOS ANGELES, • - CAL. 



Mention The Rerlew wht>n yon wrlt«. 



at this time should be very busy culti- 

 vating their young stock. One patch 

 containing probably eight acres was 

 turned into a cow corral and entirely 

 ruined for flowers. But I saw many 

 patches, principally small ones, that are 

 being kept in good trim, showing that 

 some of the growers anticipate business 

 later in the season. I think it is safe 

 to say that if the total acreage is kept 

 up that is still in good order at this 

 time there will not be over fifty per cent 

 of the usual output. 



Over in Oakland, to which Mecca a 

 majority of the growers look for busi- 

 ness at present, things have brightened 

 somewhat and there is a fair trade in 

 funeral flowers. The fact that all the 

 factories for wire designs were burned 

 out in San Francisco made quite a 

 scarcity of wire frames for several 

 weeks, but already the Eureka Wire 

 Works has started a branch factory in 

 Oakland and the dealers can get any- 

 thing needed. 



Throughout Alameda and Contra 

 Costa counties the conditions with the 

 wholesalers are about the same as on 

 the San Francisco side, and quantities of 

 stock are daily thrown out. There is 

 quite a falling off at this time in the 

 supply of roses and carnations, the first 

 spring crop being well over. Much 

 country shipping is done from the Oak- 

 land side and a good business is always 

 enjoyed for Decoration day. 



Various Notes. 



Superintendent McLaren, of Golden 

 Gate park, has sent a communication to 

 the supervisors in which he estimates 

 that $50,000 will be required to repair 

 the damage done to the various build- 

 ings in the park by the recent earth- 

 quake. 



The Cox Seed Co. is handling late veg- 

 etable seeds from consignments they are 

 receiving daily. 



Thos. Meherin, late of No. 516 Bat- 

 tery street, expects to erect a temporary 

 building in the near future one block 

 south of his old location. 



Many landscape gardeners are getting 

 their supplies of grass and clover seeds 

 from Los Angeles. Every seed ware- 

 house except one was burned out here. 



H. M. Sanborn, of Oakland, has com- 

 pleted the repairs to his building, made 

 necessary by the collapsing of a brick 

 structure next door, a great portion of 

 which fell on the roof of his store. 



F. Ludemann reports that outside 

 trade in the nursery line is well up to 

 that of former years at this time. Mr. 



1,000,000 Fern Spores 



ALL THE BEST VARIETIES MIXED 



6 packagfes of 6,000 spores $1.00 



26 packai^es of 85,000 sporea 4.00 



60 packagea of 60,000 sporea 7.60 



100 packa^ea of 100,000 aporea 14.00 



800 packagea of 800,000 aporea 86.00 



CASH PRICES. 



WESTERN CARNATION CO., SOQUEL, CAL. 



Mention The ReTlew when yon write. 



PACIFIC 



COAST 



TOURS 



A new booklet just issued under this 

 title should be in the hands of every 

 person who expects to make a trip west 

 of the Rockies this year. 



It outlines all the routes to the Coast, 

 shows maps of each, contains a large map 

 of the country irom the Great Lakes to 

 the Coast and has a great deal of vala- 

 able information about side trips, inter- 

 esting sights, etc. 



The booklet is finely printed and hand- 

 somely illustrated. Its use will save you 

 the trouble of getting and combining the 

 separate booklets of the many different 

 roads reaching the Pacific. 



Your request on a postal, mentioning 

 the name of this paper, will bring a copy 

 by return mail. 



P. S. EUSTIS 



Passenger Traffic Manager 



CHICAGO 



Mention The Rerlew when yon write. 



Ludemann has a large place at Millbrae, 

 also aevoted to the growing of a general 

 line of plants. 



Almost all the car lines are again in 

 operation and conditions are shaping 

 themselves so that the debris can be 

 cleaned away from the burned district. 



W. D. Royce, of the Stockton glass 

 works, has informed me that he has 

 taken back orders for greenhouse glass 

 to the amount of 2,000 boxes. One firm 

 countermanded an order for 700 boxes, 

 even after the houses were almost ready 

 to glaze, and will do nothing further 

 about building this season. The glass 

 companies, however, are glad to save 

 having to make deliveries, as glass has 

 gone up in price at least fifteen per cent 

 and there is an unprecedented demand 

 for the small sizes. G. 



CALIFORNIA ROSES. 



One of the interesting sights in the 

 Pomona valley is the development work 

 now being done by the California Eose 

 Co. on its rose farm at the foot of White 

 avenue at Pomona. Here may be seen 

 literally acres of roses, the cuttings 

 planted a few weeks ago covering the 

 entire twelve-acre tract in rows about 

 three feet apart. The plants are about 

 six inches in height and here and there 

 over the tract many of them are in 

 bloom. The president of the company, 

 C. E. Rowland, personally is superin- 

 tending the work of irrigating. The sys- 

 tem of irrigation is specially adapted to 

 rose culture and is quite an extensive 



Though Badly Shaken 



we were not seriously injured and can fill 

 promptly all orders for the following: 



Shasta Daisy, Alaska and California, large, 

 strong well-rooted plants, $1.00 per doz.; $6.00 

 per 100. Westralia, only small plants left of tbis 

 variety, strong and well tooted, 50c per doz.; 

 $3.50 per 100. Can also furnish small plants of 

 Alaska and California at same price. The above 

 divisions from Mr. Burbank's original plants. 



Cyclamen, 2 and 3-inch, most of the 3-lncb 

 show buds, $5.00 and $7.00 per 100. 



Asters, Semple's Branching, all colors, from 

 flats, nice plants, $1.00 per 100. 



Wallflo^^er, strong planti, budded and in 

 bloom, $2.00 per 100. 



Perennials in variety, year-old clumps, $4.00 

 per 100. For Seeds see prior advertisementB. 

 Cash, please. 



FRKD OROHE, Santa Rosa, Cal. 



California Seeds 



SELECT STOCK 



Cosmos (tall), pink, white or yellow, per lb. $1.50 

 Nasturtium (tall), Jupiter or Croesus " .40 

 Siveet Peas, separate colors, some new 



varieties perlb. .20 



California Giants, mixed " .18 



Petunias, Giants of California ^ oz. 3.00 



Cash please. Money back if not satisfied. 



F. Gilman Taylor Seed Co. 



Box 04, GLENDAUC, CAL. 



ALEX MANN, JR. 



Importer and Dealer in 



FLORISTS' SUPPLIES 



Cut Flowers, Galax Leaves 



Also White Doves, $9.00 per doz. 



2041 Finest. SAN FRANCISCO, CAL. 



Mention Th<> R«'Tti»w when yon write. 



one. The company has put in a pumping 

 plant on the land, using water from a 

 well already located there, but the sup- 

 ply is insuflScient and will be increased 

 later by sinking the well deeper. Addi- 

 tional water is now being purchased from 

 the Matthews ranch. 



The work of irrigating and tending 

 the plants at this time of year requires 

 about twenty-five men. From December 

 until April, during the shipping season, 

 probably fifty to seventy-five people will 

 be kept busy. At this season the young 

 plants are being pushed as rapidly as 

 care, good soil, the available amount of 

 sunshine and constant irrigating will ac- 

 complish it. There is something new in 

 seeing a man plowing acres of roses, 

 just as though they were potatoes. 



We want to thank you for the benefit 

 received from our small advertisement 

 in the Review. It brought results all 

 right; inquiries and orders from all over 

 the country. We are filling one order 

 now from New Orleans. — S. Huth, Cuya- 

 hoga Falls, O. 



