July 5, 1906. 



The Weekly Florists' Review* 



431 



Wholesale Prices 



Cut Flowers 



Per 100 



Gtfnations $0^ to $1,00 



Roses LOOlo 3.00 



Sweet Peas J.0 



Centaureas .50 



Asparagus sprays 1.00 



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



SIGNAL HILL FLORAL CO. 



841 S. Los Angeles St. 

 LOS ANGELES. - . CAL. 



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SAN FRANCISCO. 



The Market 



There is little to record for the last 

 week. The weather is very cool again 

 and this is a good factor where the 

 stores are not all that could be desired 

 in the matter of conveniences for hand- 

 ling stock. Business is quiet; really 

 nothing doing with the exception of fu- 

 neral work. Shipments to interior 

 points have almost ceased except for 

 occasional orders. The prices of stock 

 of all kinds have reached such a low 

 ebb that it is hardly worth while to at- 

 tempt to classify them. There is an 

 abundanco of good carnations, but roses, 

 owing to the season in some cases, and 

 to the neglect of the growers in others, 

 are very poor and with no prospects of 

 being much better for some time to 

 come. Maidenhair fern and asparagus, 

 which usually were considered well pay- 

 ing stock, have felt the fall in prices 

 greatly, and for the former 25 cents per 

 hundred fronds is about the average; 

 for the latter about twice that price is 

 asked. 



Lilium longiflorum is about finished 

 and on account of the ruinous prices re- 

 ceived by the growers during the past 

 two months, I am of the opinion there 

 will be a great falling off in the number 

 of bulbs forced for another season. 

 Speaking of bulbs in general, it seems 

 that there will be a shortage of valley, 

 Bomans, tulips and Harrisii for the com- 

 ing season unless more of the growers 

 do some heavy planting in the near fu- 

 ture. The majority of the wholesalers 

 seem to think there will be but a very 

 limited demand for fancy stock of any 

 kind this coming fall and winter, and 

 but little preparation is being made in 

 this line. Many large orders for bulbs 

 have been countermanded and the grow- 

 ers will devote their attention to the 

 regular lines of stock. 



Various Notes. 



Mrs. Seymour Marcuse (nee Miss Eose 

 Mann) has returned from an extended 

 eastern wedding tour. 



J. P. Murphy, for many years head 

 gardener at Sutro Heights,^ will embark 

 in the business of growing cut flowers 

 at Elmhurst. 



A. D. Pryal, late horticultural commis- 

 sioner of Alameda county, wishes the 

 florists and nurserymen to make a fall 

 exhibit under the auspices of the Oak- 

 land Board of Trade. 



The Society Hortensia held a regular 

 semi-monthly meeting at Oakland Satur- 

 day evening of last week. 



55,000 CALLA BULBS 



READY AFTER JULY 1. 



Per 1000 



Oalla Bulhfi, l^ln. diameter $10.00 



Calla Kulbs, ?4ln. diameter 15.00 



Calla Bulbs. 1 in. diameter 20.00 



Oalla Bulbs, l^in. diameter 28.00 



260 at 1000 rate. 



Per 1000 



Calla Rulbs. 2 in. diameter $36.00 



•'alia Bulbs. 2Kin. diameter 60.00 



Calla Bulbs. 8 iu diamett^r 80.00 



Freight 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 



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



CARNATIONS 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. 



I I LUDlMANN) San Fnnolsoo, Cal. 



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ALEX MANN. JR. 



Importer and Dealer in 



FLORISTS' SUPPLIES 



Cut Flowers, Galax Leaves 



Also White Dovea, $9.00 per doz. 



2041 Finest. SAN FRANCISCO, CAL. 



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James Nivens has constructed an arti- 

 ficial lake 50x200 feet on the grounds 

 of John Martin at Ross Station, Cal. 

 This is one of the finest private places 

 in thia part of California. 



The daily papers are being used by 

 the florists to advertise their new loca- 

 tions very widely. Never before have 

 they been patronized to such a large ex- 

 tent. 



E. D. Cutler will make a tour of 

 northern California and Oregon. He will 

 be away from town for about two 

 months. 



A. BoEsi & Bros, are receiving the 

 first big supply of florists' moss that has 

 reached town since the fire. G. 



A CHICAGOAN'S VIEWS. 



Joseph Talbert, vice-president of the 

 Commercial National Bank, has re- 

 turned to Chicago after a trip to San 

 Francisco. Speaking of business condi- 

 tions as he observed them there, he said: 



' ' It appears to me that fully fifty per 

 cent of the population of San Francisco 

 had moved away. The salaried people in 

 lines of mercantile business have found 

 it necessary to seek employment else- 

 where, and they have gone north and 

 south along the coast, and some have 

 come east. 



"The city has lost its trade with 

 Alaska. That has gone to Seattle. Its 

 trade with central and southern Califor- 



California Seeds 



SELECT STOCK 



Cosmos (tall) , pink, white or yellow, per lb. $1.60 

 Nasturtluin (tall), Jupiter or Oroesoa " .40 

 8i7*et Pmm, separate colon, some new 



varietlea perlb. .20 



OaUfomia Giants, mixed " .18 



Petunlsa, Giants of Oalifomia ^ oz. 8.00 



Cash please. Money back if not satisfied. 



F. Gilman Taylor Seed Co. 



Box 94. OLKNDAU, CAI.. 



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SHASTA DAISIES 



Alaska, Gallfornia and Westralia seed and 

 plants. 



Petunias— Giants of California, hand fertil- 

 ized, from choicest coUection. Orders booked 

 now for fall delivery. Also other seeds. Send 

 for list and prices to 



FRED OROHE, Sante Roaa, Cal. 



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nia has gone largely to Los Angeles. Its 

 northern trade has gone to Portland, 

 Seattle and Tacoma. 



"But the city has left one of the 

 finest harbors in the world; it has its 

 docks uninjured, it has its railroads, 

 and it has good banks. With these 

 primary conditions the city is bound to 

 grow. The talk of rebuilding it in a 

 year or two, though, appears to me al- 

 most idle. It is not a case of acres of 

 ruined buildings, but of miles. The busi- 

 ness section will be rebuilt. San Fran- 

 cisco has a great many rich people, and 

 it Is these who will reconstruct the busi- 

 ness center. They were the owners of 

 fine office and mercantile structures and 

 they have determined to- have a new San 

 Francisco. ' ' 



Lake Geneva, Wis.— The Gardeners' 

 and Foremen 's Association has issued a 

 neat pamphlet containing the proceed- 

 ings of the society from organization to 

 March, 1906. 



Lincoln, Neb.— Samuel E. Greer has 

 purchased the greenhouse stock of Stack- 

 house & Tyrrell. The store at 1311 O 

 street will be discontinued and Mr. Greer 

 will continue at Thirty-fifth and R 

 streets. 



