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The Weekly Florists' Review* 



June 14, 1906. 



Wholesale Prices 



Cut Plowers 



Per 100 



Carnations A . . • $0.50 to $1.00 



Roses 1.00 to 3.00 



Sweet Peas SO 



Centaureas .50 



Asparagus sprays 1.00 



Asparagus strings, 10 ft. long, each, 25 



SIGNAL HILL FLORAL CO. 



341 S. L.08 Aneeles St. 

 LOS ANGELES, - - CAL. 



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PACIFIC COAST. 



GOOD GROWING SEASON. 



The peculiar climatic conditions which 

 have prevailed in the vicinity of the Bay 

 of San Francisco will result in a splen- 

 did line of nursery stock for the coming 

 winter. It has been the custom from 

 time immemorial to irrigate all such 

 articles during the month of June to 

 keep the roots in touch with the warm 

 growing weather. This has not been 

 necessary this season, and nursery stock 

 of all descriptions, owing to the quan- 

 tity of moisture in the ground, looks 

 better than I have ever seen it at this 

 time. Irrigation serves a purpose, but 

 it is not to be compared with an easy 

 rainfall, which, when falling on the dry 

 ground, is entirely absorbed and made 

 use of by the growing crop. 



On the other hand a great deal of 

 damage has been done to the early fruit 

 crops in this section. The first crop 

 of cherries was almost entirely spoiled, 

 to say nothing- of the harm done the 

 growing wheat and barley. In many 

 cases owing to the fact that the heavy 

 rainfall caused it to lay down, it will 

 be a complete loss. 



As to the demand for nursery and 

 ornamc.tal stock for the coming season, 

 it is yet a little early to get much defi- 

 nite information regarding what will be 

 (lone. Some seem to think that Califor- 

 nia has received a black eye and it will 

 take several seasons to restore this 

 branch of trade to its normal aspect. 

 I have not seen many of our large grow- 

 ers, but will make an effort in the near 

 future to find out what the chances will 

 be for the disposal of nursery stock in 

 the coming fall and winter. G. 



PORTLAND, ORE. 



State of Business. 



Following the great San Francisco 

 calamity business suffered a severe at- 

 tack of "quietus," which became gen- 

 eral. Excitement ran high, for seers 

 and prophets predicted a similar fate for 

 Portland and for two weeks we slept in 

 our working clothes with one eye open 

 toward the hills. But everything must 

 have an end. Conditions changed, busi- 

 ness assumed a most healthy tone and 

 we have not witnessed one really dull day 

 for a month. 



Trade during May was so far ahead 



1,000,000 Tern Spores 



ALL THE BEST VARIETIES MIXED 



6 packages of 6,000 spores $1.00 



85 packages of 86,000 spores 4.00 



60 packages of 50,000 spores 7.60 



100 packages of 100,000 spores 14.00 



800 packages of 800,000 spores 86.00 



CASH PRICES. 



. WESTERN CARNATION CO., SOQUEL, CAL. 



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Calla Bulbs! 



for August delivery. 



Paper White Narcissus 



for Pall delivery. Send for price list. 



FllinCUAklM 3041 Baker St., 

 I LUULmHIlR) San Francisco, Cal. 



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ALEX MANN, JR. 



I. Importer and Dealer in 



FLORISTS' SUPPLIES 



Cut Flowers, Galax Leaves 



Also White Doves, $9.00 per doz. 



2041 Finest. SAN FRANCISCO, CAL. 



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of the same month a year ago that there 

 was no room for comparison. The 

 reasons may be ascribed as follows: 

 Tropical weather two months ahead of 

 the scheduled date resulted in an over- 

 abundance of everything and one could 

 almost hear the prices drop. But when 

 heavy rains came and cooled the atmos- 

 phere the quality of stock improved and 

 the public got busy. 



The demand for flowers for Memorial 

 day was unprecedented. Never was there 

 such a clean sweep. We could have used 

 twice as many carnations and roses, and 

 when their supply was exhausted the lim- 

 ited variety of outdoor stuff sold al- 

 most as readily. Even bachelor buttons 

 and their country cousins, the field 

 daisies, joined in the solemn march to 

 the cemeteries. We disposed of thou- 

 sands of them in bunches of 100 at 50 

 cents a bunch. So complete was the sale 

 of everything available that our local 

 press made note of the fact. 



And now come June weddings and 

 school commencements, which are already 

 much in evidence. The recent long cool 

 spell having checked the progress of out- 

 door flowers, the demand, both local and 

 out of town, is unusually large this year. 

 We are prepared for all emergencies, as 

 everything under glass is clean cut and 

 of the highest quality. H. J. M. 



SPOKANE, WASH. 



W. S. Van Doren, who .was recently 

 made defendant by the Spokane Florist 

 Co., which alleged in complaint against 

 Van Doren that he failed to live up to 

 a contract by which he was to sell to 

 said company all roses of a certain 

 variety grown by him, filed a counter 

 complaint against the company May 31. 

 Van Doren asserts in his complaint that 

 the company failed to place the roses 

 which he sold them in the hands of com- 

 petent agents, and that as a result, large 

 quantities of the roses were not disposed 



Though Badly Shaken 



we were not seriously injured and can fill 

 promptly all orders for the following: 



Shasta Daisy, Alaska and Oalifornla, large, 

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

 per 100. Westralia, only small plants left of this 

 variety, strong and well lOOted, 60c 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-inch 

 show buds, $5.00 and $7.00 per 100. 



Asters, Semple's Branching, all colors, from 

 flats, nice plants, $1.00 per 100. 



Wallflower, strong plants, 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 GROHE, Santa Rosa, Cal. 



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California Seeds 



SELECT STOCK 



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

 Nasturtium (tall), Jupiter or Croesus " .40 

 Sw^eet Peas, separate colors, some new 



varieties per lb. .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 94, GLXtlDALE, CAL. 



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of, but were permitted to spoil and were 

 given away. Mr. Van Doren alleges that 

 owing to this procedure his business 

 was damaged to the extent of $1,500. 

 He sues for that amount. 



SAN FRANCISCO. 



The Market 



We are now enjoying the first really 

 good weather we have had this summer, 

 but Decoration day has come and gone 

 and we are now in the midst of our 

 quiet season. There were probably not 

 over a dozen retailers in town who en- 

 joyed the Memorial day business, but 

 they all report that they were well satis- 

 fied, considering the difficulties under 

 which the town is laboring. 



There have been no new stores opened 

 during the past week, but from the pros- 

 pects we have retailers enough to supply 

 the wants of the public. Since Decora- 

 tion day there has been a very fair amount 

 of funeral work, both for designs and 

 .sprays, as well as some few wedding 

 decorations. The dealers did well for 

 the first few weeks after opening, and 

 in many cases old customers, although 

 far removed from their old locations, are 

 depending regularly upon their particu- 

 lar florist to accommodate them. The 

 telephone service has again been re- 

 .stored, which is a great help to the re- 

 tailers. 



