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The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



June 28, 1906. 



Wholesale Prices 



Cut Flowers 



Per 100 



Caraations $0^ to $1.00 



Roses LOO to 3.00 



Sweet Peas JLO 



Centaureas .50 



Asparagus sprays 1.00 



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



SIGNAL HILL FLORAL CO. 



341 S. L.08 Ansreles St. 

 LOS ANGELES, • • CAL. 



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PACIFIC COAST. 



LoxG Beach, Cal. — Kees & Compere 

 find themselves compelled to remove from 

 their present ranch. A new location has 

 not yet been decided upon. 



Tacoma, Wash. — H. W. Manike has 

 donated about 5,000 bedding plants to 

 replace some of those destroyed recently 

 in the fire at Point Defiance park. 



PACIFIC COAST PROSPECTS, 



We are in the midst of the most 

 peculiar season that has visited this por- 

 tion of California in many years. As 

 I write — we are now in the middle of 

 the month — it is raining merrily, with 

 prospects of continuing. This is entirely 

 out of the ordinary state of affairs, for 

 it is very seldom that we have any 

 moisture at all during the .summer or 

 fall. The fact that since the heavy rain- 

 fall in February and March the soil at 

 no time has needed any artificial 

 moisture is also considered phenomenal. 



This has been of great advantage to 

 the nurserymen and all growers of orna- 

 mental trees, and this season 's growth 

 on ornamental stock, as well as young 

 fruit trees, will be a record-breaker. 

 Thousands of dollars have been saved 

 to the dealers by the irrigation system 

 jirovided by Juj)itcr Pluvius, and were 

 it not that many hundred thousands of 

 dollars' worth of fruit and grain are 

 spoiled the conditions would be of value. 



Grain crops have suffered badly. Most 

 of the hay has been practically spoiled, 

 either from rust or from the crops be- 

 ing beaten down. Cherri&s, of which 

 there was but a fair crop in any event, 

 are cracked and molded by the excessive 

 moisture. The same holds true of apri- 

 cots, early peaches and plums, and what 

 promised to be an abundant harvest of 

 first quality fruit has turned out to be 

 a poor lot of swollen and split culls, fit 

 only for cheap preserved cannery use. 



This condition does not extend all 

 over California, but it covers many coun- 

 ties in the central portion of the state. 

 Tt is yet too early to know whether it 

 will have a damaging effect or not on 

 grapes ; from present indications they 

 are all right. Berries have been badly 

 injured also, and the growers are losing 

 great quantities of their best stock. 



The chaotic state of this portion of 

 the coast, due to the disaster which be- 

 fell San Francisco, is likely to interfere 



55,000 CALLA BULBS 



READY AFTER JULY 1. 



Per 1000 



Oalla Bulbs, % In. diameter $10.00 



Calla Bulbs, ^ in. diameter 15.00 



Calla Bulbs, 1 in. diameter 20.00 



Calla Bulbs, \]4 in. diameter 28.00 



260 at 1000 rate. 



Per 1000 



Calla Bulbs, 21n. diameter $86.00 



Oalla Bulbs, 23^ in. diameter 60.00 



Calla Bulbs, 8 In diameter 80.00 



Freigbt prepaid when cash is 

 sent with order. 



50,000 Fern Spores* mixed varieties, per 1000, 25c. 



WESTERN CARNATION CO., SOQUEL, CAL. 



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Asparagus Plumosus Nanus 



strong seedlings from flats, $1.20 per 100; $10.00 per 1000. Charges prepaid. Cash. 



CARNA.TIONS from field. August delivery: Enchantress, Gov. Woicott, Harlo- 

 warden, Hannah Hobart, Mrs. Joost, Flora Hill, Prosperity, Queen Louise Gaiety, 



Red Lawson. 



LOOMIS CARNATION CO., 



Loomis, Cal« 



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Calla Bulbs! 



for August delivery. 



Paper White Narcissus 



for Fall delivery. Send for price list. 



Fl linPUAIIII S041 Baker St.. 

 I LUULmnnnf San Francisco, Cal. 



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ALEX MANN. JR. 



Importer and Dealer in 



FLORISTS' SUPPLIES 



Cut Flowers, Galax Leaves 



Also Wlilte Doves, $9.00 per doz. 



2041 Pine St. SAN FRANCISCO, CAL 



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to a considerable extent with large 

 plantings. .Many of our finest country 

 places are ownetl by San Francisco 

 capitalists, and as retrenchments are 

 greatly in order there will undoubtedly 

 be a big difference between demand and 

 supply. jNIany large tracts of land, 

 which were to have been planted and 

 divided up into building lots, and on 

 which it was expected that the San 

 Francisco bank.s would loan money, will 

 have nothing done with them. Outside 

 of San Francisco and the immediate 

 vicinity there will in all probability be a 

 very fair demand for ornamental stock, 

 of which there is an abundance on hand 

 in the various nurseries. 



[ have yet to hear of any wholesale 

 flower grower who is putting up 

 houses this season in this vicinity. Not 

 over fifty per cent of the houses are 

 now in operation. Many thousands of 

 carnations and roses have been allowed 

 to dry out and will not be replanted 

 until late in the fall. The prospects in 

 this line are not very bright just now; 

 everything depends on how quickly 

 Frisco gets down to rebuilding. G. 



SAN FRANOSCO. 



The Market. 



We have had extremely warm weather 

 for a few days and the prospects are 

 for more of it. Business is quieter, both 



California Seeds 



SELECT STOCK 



C!osino8 (tall), pink, white or yellow, per lb. $1.60 

 Nasturtluxn (tall), Jupiter or Croesus " .40- 

 8'weet Peas, separate colors, some new 



varieties per lb. .20 



California Giants, mixed " .1& 



Petunias, Giants of California % oz. 8.00- 



Cash please. Money back if not satisfied. 



F. Gilman Taylor Seed Co.. 



Box 04, OLKNDALE, CAL. 



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SHASTA DAISIES 



Alaska, California and Westralia seed and- 

 plants. 



Petunias— Giants of California, hand fertil- 

 ized, from choicest collection. Orders booked 

 now for fall delivery. Also other seeds. Send 

 for list and prices to 



FRED GROHE, Santa Rosa, Cal. 



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in town and in Oakland, than it has been, 

 since the first part of May, and flowers 

 are being received in large quantities. 

 The prices are away down for all classes 

 of stock. In comparison with last year 

 at this time, they do not average over 

 half as much, with much greater trouble 

 in disposing of stock. Sweet peas are 

 the most popular at present, and the de- 

 mand for them has been good all season. 

 Tliey net the growers about 50 cents 

 per dozen bunches. Carnations can be 

 bought at from 10 cents per dozen up- 

 wards, although the best stock does not 

 average more than 15 cents. Eoses run 

 from $1 per hundred, and average about 

 $2 for good stock. Maidenhair fern and 

 iisparagus are plentiful and of good 

 quality. 



Variotw Notes. 



Antone Garibaldi, florist formerly in 

 business in San Francisco, was drowned 

 in Alameda bay June 19. He was a 

 native of Italy and was 32 years old. 



Wilbur David Cook, Jr., the landscape 

 architect, is now located in Oakland. 



P. J. Hauswirth, of Chicago, is on a 

 several weeks ' visit 1» San Francisco. 



W. H. Mann, of Pinole, Cal., is in 

 town. 



Tt is rumored that a well known firm 



