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May 23, 1907. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



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about the first part of March, and these 

 netted about $200 for the house. Quite 

 a lot of short stuff has been used off 

 this house since then, but it is plain to 

 see that the clumps are nearing the time 

 when they want a good rest. From the 

 shade house, although the weather has 

 been very favorable, there has not been 

 anything cut that was over a yard long 

 since the first lot and the baJance has 

 gone to seed. 



It is evident that two good crops of 

 smilax can be cut in place of one that 

 is produced under a lattice frame in the 

 same space of time and fully twenty-five 

 per cent more in price can be obtained. 



If any growers have old houses that 

 have outlived their usefulness along more 

 aristocratic lines, it might be a good 

 plan to plant them to smilax, as this 

 is one of the staples of the trade, and 

 if last season's scarcity is to be any 

 criterion of the future, there will be a 

 bigger demand than ever. G. 



SAN FRANCISCO. 



The Market. 



Business is thoroughly bad. Another 

 week of the street car strike shows noth- 

 ing that will tend to improve existing 

 conditions, and the florists have had to 

 suffer with the balance of the trades. 

 Flowers are much too plentiful in any 

 event, an5 it is hardly worth quoting 

 prices, as the bottom seems to have 

 dropped out of everything. The growers 

 are feeling the slump fully as piuch as 

 the retailers, and many more flowers are 

 thrown away than are disposed of. 



We are drawing near to Memorial day 

 and there will be, from present indi- 

 cations^ quite as much shipping as for- 

 merly. Business throughout the country 

 is fair and the quiet times prevailing 

 here do not seem to have spread far. 



Sweet peas seem to sell as well as any- 

 thing, and at the present writing cost 

 th6 retailers $1 per dozen bunches. The 

 weather has not been especially favor- 

 able for them, and for that reason they 

 have not been plentiful. Other kinds of 

 outdoor stock can be had at any price 

 the retailer wishes to allow. 



Funeral work has been all that the 

 dealers have had to console themselves 

 with for the past few weeks and in some 

 places there has been a fair amount 

 of it. 



Over in Oakland business has been 

 rather better than on this side of the 

 bay and the closing of the schools, as 

 well as Decoiation day shipments, will 

 occupy the stores for a few days. Every 

 one wishes the strike over with, but at 

 the present moment a settlement seems 

 as far off as ever. 



Various Notes. 



Domoto Bros, are receiving large con- 

 signments of European stock. 



H. M. Sanborn, of Oakland, has re- 

 turned from a short trip down the coast. 



Fred Werner is on a trip here from 

 Omaha. He reports a splendid journey 

 and is much interested in California. 



The Sievers Co. has been making a 

 magnificent display of peonies in its 

 California street store. The show win- 

 dows are one of the points of interest 

 in that part of town. 



Frank Reynolds will take a trip to 

 Los Angeles and San Diego in a few I 



Fischer's Grand Freesia Purity 



WILL BK RSADY FOR DELIVKRT IN JULY 



Prio*: 1st ffrade, 98.76 per lOO; 939.00 par lOOO. Sd ffrade, 93.95 p«^ 100; 

 9L8.0O per lOOO. 950 at lOOO rate. ^Limited quantity of Kammotb 

 Bnlbe, 94.00 per lOO. Casli witli order ftrom nnknown parties. 



R UDOLPH FISCHER, Santa Anita, Cal. 



Mention The Review when yon write. ^^^ 



200.000 Calla Lily Bulbs-ZEthlopica 



The above Bulbs are all warranted to be free from disease, 

 and safe arrival is guaranteed. My first car leaves for the East 

 promptly on June 15. If cash is sent with the order I will prepay 

 the freight, which is 15 per cent value of the bulbs. 



A. MIttIng, 17-23 Kennan St., Santa Cruz, Cal. 



Mention The Review when you write. 



days. He expects to be gone about 

 three weeks. 



Morse & Co. have taken possession 

 of the Market street store of the Cox 

 Seed Co. and will in future make that 

 place their headquarters. 6. 



Victoria, B. C. — Incorporation papers 

 have been issued to the Fairview-Esqui- 

 malt Greenhouses, with $50,000 capital, 

 for the acquiring of the Fairview Green- 

 houses and various pieces of land in Es- 

 quimau district. 



