JUKB 7, 1906. 



The Weekly Rofists^ Review* 



181 



Wholesale Prices 



Cut Flowers 



Per 100 



Carnations $0^0 to $1.00 



Roses tOOto 3.00 



Sweet Peas ^0 



Centaureas .50 



Asparagus sprays 1.00 



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



SIGNAL HILL FLORAL CO. 



S41 8. Los Ansales St. 

 LOS ANOBLES, - • CAL. 



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who have been making extraordinary ef- 

 forts to move their stock, and as a result 

 have had many large shipping orders 

 from interior points and from Oregon 

 and Nevada. It is not the custom with 

 a majority of the wholesale dealers to 

 ship stock otherwise than the varieties 

 they grow, but this season has been an 

 exception and great quantities of mixed 

 flowers have been handled by the rose 

 and carnation growers. 



Flowers have not been very plentiful 

 either. The principal cause for this was 

 the fact that during the past six weeks 

 a great many growers have let large por- 

 tions of their stock dry out completely 

 and .only operate a few houses. As a 

 natui-al consequence for the past week 

 good stock has been scarce and the deal- 

 ers, many of whom booked large ship- 

 ping orders, had to scurry around at the 

 last moment to fill them. The first crop 

 of both roses and carnations is finished 

 and in any event good flowers are not 

 plentiful. 



Another fact which added to the scar- 

 city of outdoor stock was that we had 

 several heavy rains, commencing May 26, 

 and the sweet peas suffered greatly. As 

 they are the most popular cheap flower 

 at this time and as enormous quantities 

 are shipped to other places during their 

 season, many dealers lost money in hand- 

 ling them. The price rose from 40 cents 

 per dozen bunches on the wfiek previous 

 to Decoration day, and at this time they 

 are scarce at $1 per dozen. 



Quite a change has come over the 

 business aspect here. The wholesale 

 dealers have succeeded in establishing a 

 good o»t-of-town trade and from present 

 indications a great many of them will 

 be able to handle a goodly portion of 

 their output. This shipping haa of 

 course been especially active at this time, 

 but from indications a great many per- 

 nianeut customers have been secured by 

 growers who under the usual conditions 

 have refused to bother with out-of-town 

 trade. 



With the retailers in Oakland things 

 were normal and quite up to last year's 

 trade at this time. Much of the poorer 

 quality of stock was used by the Italian 

 pet (Here, who swarmed the town, espe- 

 ciaJy in the neighborhood of the ceme- 

 teries. 



In comparison with the prices secured 

 * y^" ^go> 1 find we have lowered some- 

 what but there has been a fair demand 

 lor everything in the line of roses and 

 carnations. The prospects for business 

 lor the near future are not very bright, 



1,000,000 Fern Spores 



ALL THE BEST VARIETIES MIXID 



6 packag^es ol 6,000 sporea $1.00 



2$ packages of 86,000 spores 4.00 



60 packag^es of 60,000 sporea 7.60 



100 packages of 100,000 spores '. 14.00 



SOO packages of 800,000 sporea 26.00 



CASH PRICES. 



WESTERN CARNATION CO., SOQUEL, CAL. 



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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 valu- 

 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 



CHICAOO 



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although in any event we are now in the 

 middle of our quietest month. 



Variou* Notes. 



Thorsted & Co., of Fruitvale, have 

 established a shipping depot to handle 

 their wholesale orders in Oakland. 



A. D. Sanborn, of Berkeley, will wed 

 Miss Ella Chandler, a well known Oak- 

 land society lady, in June. 



John H. Sievers & Co. have notified all 

 their customers by mail that they .will 

 continue in business at 1251 Chestnut 

 street. Their showing of begonias and 

 pelargoniums is well worth a visit at 

 this time. 



Eric James, gardener to John C. Sieg- 

 fried, of Alameda, has a good showing 

 of orchids in his two large houses. 



Domoto Bros, report a heavy demand 

 in the interior of the state, and also in 

 Nevada, for Lilium longiflorum. 



H. Hayashi has given up his floral 

 depot on Park street, near Santa Clara 

 avenue, Alameda, and concentrated his 

 entire business at his Park street nur- 

 sery. 



Clarke Bros., of Fruitvale, are making 

 daily shipments of roses and carnations 

 to their Portland, Ore., store. 



L. M. Barrett, of Berkeley, is cutting 

 some of the finest maidenhair fern that 

 is grown in that town. 



The Piedmont Floral Co., of Oakland, 

 has rented a portion of its premises to 

 a life insurance firm. 



The Italian florists who rented a store 

 on the corner of Sixth and Washington 



Though Badly Shaken 



we were not seriously injured and can fill 

 promptly all orders for the following:: , 



Sbasta Daisy, Alaska and California, largre, 

 strong well-rooted plants, $1.00 per doz.; S6.00 

 per 100. Westralia, only small plants left of this 

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

 $8.50 per 100. Can also furnish small plants of 

 Alaska and California at same price. The aboye 

 divisions from Mr. Burbank's original plants. 



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

 show buds, $5.00 and $7.00 per 100. 



Asters, Semple's Branching, all colors, from 

 flats, nice plants, $1.00 per 100. 



Wallflow^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 advertisements. 

 Cash, please. 



FRBD 6ROHE, Santa Rosa, Cal. 



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California Seeds 



SELKCT STOCK 



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

 Nasturtium (tall), Jupiter or Croesus " .40 

 Sweet Peas, separate colors, some new 



varieties per lb. .20 



California Giants, mixed " .18 



Petunias, Giants of California >^ oz. 3.00 



Gash please. Money back if not satisfied. 



F. Gilman Taylor Seed Co. 



Box 04, GLKNDALE, CAL. 



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ALEX MANN, JR. 



Importer and Dealer in 



FLORISTS' SUPPLIES 



Cut Flowers, Galax Leaves 



Also Wlilte Doves, tS.OO per doz. 



2041 Finest. SAN FRANCISCO, CAL. 



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streets, Oakland, have given up and 

 moved back to San Francisco. 



Podesta & Co. expect to open a store 

 in town in a few days. They were for- 

 merly located on Sutter street, near 

 Kearney. 



A. Galloway, of Fruitvale, reports a 

 good trade for the entire month of May. 

 ^Ir. Galloway makes a specialty of car- 

 nations and has several promising seed- 

 lings. 



L. D. Kogers haa gone on a month's 

 vacation to be spent in the neighborhood 

 of Mt. Shasta. 



About one-half of the Chinese growers 

 of sweet peas, asters and chrysanthe- 

 mums have abandoned their growing 

 patches in the vicinity of San Mateo. 



The Cox Seed Co. expects to be ready 

 for the usual fall trade. They will im- 

 port a large quantity of bulbs for the 

 winter trade. ' G. 



Herrington on the Chrysanthemum, 

 the latest book, 50c, of the Beview. 



