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•The Weekly Florists' Review. 



3vsu 27, 1907. 



PACIFIC COAST. 



SUMMER ROSES SCARCE. 



The difficalties in getting roses for 

 florists ' use throughout the summer .are 

 fully as noticeable this season as tbej 

 have ever been and, although the demand 

 for flowers generally is not heavy, the 

 calls for roses are never satisfied, for 

 the supply of good salable stock is limi- 

 ted. The outdoor-grown roses have been 

 good during the entire spring and assist 

 the florists tremendously in filling or- 

 ders while they last, but, unfortunately, 

 they cannot be relied on to produce any- 

 thing of value from 'the end of May un- 

 til the following autumn. The growers 

 of stock under glass commence early in 

 the summer to dry off their houses and 

 for several months they have little in 

 the way of good roses to offer. There is, 

 during the warm spell, a good demand 

 for indoor roses and at good prices, but 

 this demand is never responded to 

 promptly. All growers seek to have 

 plenty of blooms when flowers are at 

 their highest prices and they usually suc- 

 ceed to a greater or less extent, de- 

 pending • on circumstances, but no one 

 apparently figures on having a cut in 

 the summer, when, although the prices 

 ate not as high as in the winter, the 

 demand is always brisk for good stock. 

 The public wants roses and nothing else 

 will fill the place, unless roses cannot 

 be had, and that is the condition of 

 affairs here for about four months in the 

 summer. 



The weather in the vicinity of San 

 Francisco never becomes hot and with 

 proper ventilation and watering many 

 of the non-producing rose houses could 

 be made to pay handsomely between 

 seasons. The growers seem to have the 

 idea that there should be no roses in the 

 summer, and act accordingly, although 

 the demand for good stock has never 

 been any better than at this time. Car- 

 nations and other flowers get low in 

 price, while roses, except for a few weeks 

 in the spring, have steadily held their 

 own, independent of how other articles 

 were selling. 



I have in nind two growers in this 

 neighborhood who make a specialty of 

 growing roses for the summer trade, and 

 they maintain that they are the best 

 paying houses under their charge. G. 



SAN FRANCBCO. 



The Market 



There has been somewhat of a stir 

 among the florMs this week, owing to 

 the closing of the schools and a fair 

 amount of funeral work. June weddings, 

 although not especially numerous, have 

 played a part and helped swell receipts. 



Stock of all kinds, with the exception 

 of roses, is in good supply at low prices. 

 Sweet peaa are considered the best sell- 

 ers of any of the outdoor material and 

 cost the dealers about 50 cents per dozen 

 bunches. Carnations in the lighter shades 

 are plentiful; both Enchantress and 

 Prosperity are in full crop with some 

 of our largest growers. They sell at 

 about $2 per hundred, while the smaller 

 varieties cost the stores about half that 

 price. Colored gladioli and dahlias are 

 now being seen in larger quantities and 

 the demand is fair, c^nidering the sea- 



200,000 Oalla Lily Biilb»~Atliiopiea 



100 



Oalla JBthlopioa, 10 Inches oIrcamfer«nce $10.00 



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Tl^e above Bnlbs are all warranted to be free from dis^aM* 

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

 promptly on July 16. If casli Is sent with the order I will prepay 

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



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



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RXD 

 FLOWKR 



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.50 



per 1000. 



Size 2-ln. only, formerly used by Chase Rose 

 Co., and Kood groods. Los Anreles make. No 

 collars, no nicks (larger than ^- In.) No charge 

 for oacklnr. Try sample 1000. Write for price 

 on Hotbed Sash, Ventilator Sash, Washed 8x10 

 Glass, Mastlca and Half-tone Cuts. 



Chas. Howard. 2121 Park Ave, Riverside, Cal. 



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CALLA LILY BULBS 



Large, bealtbT bulbs. 

 Also Narcissus , T.llium LAnBllloniin and 

 Lionfflfloruin MultUlonun. Send (or cata- 

 logue. 

 F. LUDEMANN, Paeilie Nurseries, 



3041 Baksr 8t , Ban rranolsoo, Cal. 

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Make a Club Order ^th.'o^r.*!^ 



Dracaena Indlvlsa. 2 to 3 ft., iOc; 3 to 4 ft., 60c; 

 4 to 6(t., 80c; 5 to 6 ft., ll.W); 6 to 8 ft., 11.50. KenCla 

 Foraterlana, 3 to 3 ft.. 76c; 3 to 4 ft., 11 76; 1 to 6 

 ft., 12.76; 6 to 6 ft., 84.00. FtychoSperma Alexan* 

 dra« and H«aforthla VleKana. 2 to 3 ft., 60c; 3 to 

 4 ft, tl.OO; 4 to 6 ft., 11.76; 6 to 6 ft., t2 25. Phseitlx 

 Canarlensts, 6 to 6 ft, 11.76; 6 to 7 ft., 83.60: 7 to 8 

 ft., 13.00. Washtnvtonla Bobnsta. 4 to 6 ft.. 

 81.26; 5 to 6 ft., 81. 60; 6 to 7 ft., $2.00. 

 EXOTIC N1JB8RR1K8, HANTA BABBABl, GAL. 

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son. Other outdoor flowers, such as gail- 

 lardias, cosmos, stocks and coreopsis, are 

 being used in large lots by the street 

 venders. 



Were it not for the fact that the 

 street car striite is still in operation 

 there would undoubtedly be a good trade 

 here, but everything seems to have con- 

 spired to interfere with the peaceful pur- 

 suits of the florists and the past six 

 weeks may easily be said to have been, 

 as quiet as anything seen here since our 

 memorable fire; but from present indica- 

 tions things are pointing upward. 



Variout Notes. 



The Misses Glover had the elaborate 

 Sadler wedding decoration in Alameda 

 this week. 



Wm. Bear, formerly of Davenport, la., 

 haa opened a decorating establishment 

 in the Baren block, Oakland. 



The showing of tuberous begonias at 

 the nurseries of Sievers & Co. will soon 

 be at its best and they will repay a visit 

 of inspection. 



Wm. George, of Elmhurst, is cutting 

 a fine batch of valley. Mr. George makes 

 a specialty of bulbous stock and has one 

 of the largest fields in this section. 



Arthur Zirkman, representing M. Rice 

 & Co., of Philadelphia, is in town. 



The new crop of florists' moss is in 

 season. It costs the retailers at the rate 



Fischer's Grand 

 Freesia Purity 



will be Beady tor DellTcry In Jvly 



Price: Ist rrade, $2.75 per 100; 822.00 per 1000. 

 2d grade, 82.26 per 100; $18.00 per 1000. 280 at 

 1000 rate. Limited quaptitr of Mammoth 

 Bulbs, $4.00 per 100. Casta with order from 

 unknown parties. 

 All orders up to 1000 sent free by mail. 



RUDOLPH FISCHER 



SANTA ANITA, CAL. 



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CALIFORNIA SS?K£ 



AH varieties. Unsurpasted. Catilogue 

 free. We deliver Nardttus and Dafiooil» 

 speeiftUy early for earliest forelBf . 



THE LEEDHAM BULB CO , Santa Cruz, Cal. 



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Shasta Daisy ud Petunia 



"Oiants of California" my Bpecialty. My 

 champion strain of seeds can not be Burpassed. 

 Try it. Send for list of all seeds. Oiders booked 

 now for fall delivery. 



FRED 6R0IIE, Santa Rosa, Cal. 



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of 40 cents per sackT Most of the sup- 

 ply comes from northern California- 

 There is considerable enthusiasm 

 among the gardening fraternity in the 

 neighborhood of Wan Rafael over tUe fall 

 flower show to be given there. 



The unusual heavy rain last week did 

 considerable good to the growers of 

 hardy outdoor stock. It was entirely 

 unexpected and was the heaviest rainfall 

 ever recorded here for the month of 

 June. G. 



CoLDWATER, MiCH. — George Sowerby 

 has gone out of the greenhouse busi- 

 ness. 



PoStijand, Ore. — L. G. Pfunder w.^s 

 one of the judges at the big rose shotr 

 at the Forestry building June 20. 



La Crosse, Wis. — Mrs. A. Guillanm'e 

 has a farm on the bluff over the Mis- 

 sissippi at Dakota, Minn., where she hss 

 summer cottages which she just now is 

 engaged in renting for the season. 



