May 17, 1906. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review^ 



J 887 



ent time is the center of activity of 

 the town, being just outside the burned 

 district. Bents in this locality have ad- 

 vanced about 400 per cent and the flower 

 sellers have not settled there as yet. 

 Whether the trade will remain there for 

 any length of time, or whether it will 

 gradually edge down-town again, is not 

 possible to say at this time. It is cer- 

 tain that if the large retail dealers in 

 dry goods and other commodities re- 

 build even temporary quarters on their 

 old sites, that business will follow them 

 and the florists will get their share, but 

 with the utter demoralization of every- 

 thing in the retail business way, the 

 public has absolutely no time to think of 

 flowers, and nine-tenths of them will 

 have no ready cash until the savings 

 banks resume business, probably about 

 the first of June. 



The relief work has been a stupendous 

 undertaking and has been carried along 

 in a wonderfully successful manner, but 

 this does nothing to put money in circu- 

 lation and only the commencement of 

 payments by the insurance companies 

 and the opening of the savings banks 

 will put the public in the humor of buy- 

 ing flowers. The former will distribute 

 probably over $100,000,000, and the 

 banks have over five times that amount 

 on deposit, so that there should be no 

 shortage of funds in the near future. 



San Francisco has lost probably 150,- 

 000 people. Many will come back to 

 town as soon as there are accommoda- 

 tions, but on the other hand a majority 

 of our wealthy residents have rented 

 their houses for the summer and de- 

 parted for the various country watering 

 places. 



Over in Oakland business has been at 

 a standstill except for a fair amount 

 of funeral work, all of which is very 

 acceptable at this time. The town is 

 overrun with peddlers selling carnations, 

 roses and peas at ridiculous prices, but 

 as a few cents is all that is necessary 

 to purchase a big basket of stock, the 

 sales, no matter at what price, are al- 

 most clear profit. 



Both Oakland and San Francisco have 

 always enjoyed a good Memorial day 

 trade, both locally and for shipment, 

 and t believe that there will be quan- 

 tities of flowers handled again this sea- 

 sou. This has been a very favorable 

 spring for all kinds of outdoor stock 

 and the prices will of course be very 

 low. 



I have heard within the last few days 

 that jsome of the largest aster and 

 chrysanthemum growers will abandon 

 their fields until another season. This, 

 together with a great many carnation 

 and rose houses that already have been 

 closed up, may lessen the output to such 

 an extent that fair prices may prevail 

 in the near future. 



Various Notes. 



F. C. Jaeger is not entirely out of 

 business. He can be fovmd at 19 Mer- 

 ritt avenue. 



Kossi & Co. have had no cessation in 

 their shipping business and are operating 

 from 1940 Post street. They report that 

 trade in the interior of the state is 

 good at present. 



Joseph Varsi has opened a floral es- 

 tablishment on Fifth street, in Portland. 



Mrs. J. T. Murphy has opened a new 

 floral depot in Goldfield, Nevada. 



P. J. Meyer is rusticating at Los 

 Gates. 



C. C. Morse & Co. were very fortunate 

 in having a large stock of vegetable 



1,000,000 Tern Spores 



ALL THE BEST VARIETIES MIXLD 



6 packag^es of 5,000 spores $1.00 



25 packages of 26,000 spores 4.00 



60 packages of 60,000 spores 7.60 



100 packages of 100,000 spores 14.00 



200 packages of 200,000 spores 26.00 



CASH PRICES. 



WESTERN CARNATION CO., SOQUEL, CAL. 



Mention The Review when you 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 from 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 



CHICAGO 



Mention The Kevlew when you write. 



seeds in their warehouse at Santa Clara. 

 The buildings were damaged somewhat 

 by the earthquake, but the stock of seeds 

 was unharmed. 



Clarke Bros., of Fruitvale, will not 

 handle over four of their large houses 

 for the summer trade. 



Thos. H. Stevenson has gone on a 

 trip to Chicago and New York. He will 

 be away for several months. 



The Cox Seed Co. is building a large 

 stock warehouse on its grounds at Glen 

 Echo. 



Trumbull & Beebe will shortly com- 

 mence the building of a large ware- 

 house to be ready for their fall bulb 

 and seed trade. 



A. Lacazette has decided to make 

 immediate improvements on his Elm- 

 hurst property. 



The town of Oakland has had the 

 visitation of several dozen basket ven- 

 ders that were driven out of San Fran- 

 cisco by the fire. It is probable that 

 they will be subject to police regulations 

 in a few days. 



Thousands of pest eating bugs were 

 destroyed in a room in the ferry build- 

 ing, where State Horticultural Commis- 

 sioner Elwood Cooper kept a propagat- 

 ing plant for lady birds and other para- 

 site destroyers. The walls of that por- 

 tion of the building fell in, annihilating 

 almost the entire sets of colonies. What 

 the loss to the state may be cannot be 

 estimated. Many of the bugs were of 

 rare and valuable varieties. The state 

 sends agents to various parts of the 

 world in search of, and to collect insects 



Though Badly Shaken 



we were not seriously injured and can fill 

 promptly all orders for the folio wing- 



Shasta Daisy, Alaska and California, 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, 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 3inch 

 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 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. 



FRED GROHE, Santa Rosa, Cal. 



Mention The Review when you write. 



California Seeds 



SELECT STOCK 



Ck>8mo8 (tall), pink, white or yellow, per lb. $1.50 

 Nasturtium (tall), Jupiter or Croesus " .40 

 Sveeet 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, GIJCNDAL.E, CAL. 



Mention The Review when you write. 



OAK GROVE NURSERIES 



1905 CROP 



Asparagus plumosus nanus seed, lath-bouse 



grown $1.25 per 1000 



Smilax seed 1.25 per lb. 



Canna seed, Crozy's mixed 1.00 per lb. 



Cash with order. 



EFI END 406 N. IX>8 ANGELES ST. 

 i rLLUll; LOS ANGELES, CAL. 



Mention The Review when you write. 



that prey upon scale and other peats. 

 It was this collection of bugs that was 

 destroyed. 



E. N. Critchlow, of Los Angeles, is in 

 town. 



An enterprising wholesale grower in 

 the vicinity of San Francisco, who had 

 formerly been in the dairy business, 

 has purchased several cows with the in- 

 tention of selling milk until there be- 

 comes a demand again for inside stock. 

 He is keeping several houses in order 

 for business that may come later in the 

 season, and at the present time is feed- 

 ing his entire crop of flowers to his 

 cows. They are probably the best fed 

 animals in America. He cuts about $25 

 worth of flowers every day and feeds 

 these regularly to his four cows in addi- 

 tion to other fodder. How long the 

 cows will enjoy these dainties is hard 

 to say, but they seem to appreciate them 

 highly. Can anyone beat this? G. 



Saltford's Violet Book mailed by the 

 Review on receipt of 25 cents. 



