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The Weekly Florists' Review* 



July 4, 1907. 



PACIFIC COiST. 



Santa Cruz, Cal. — E. Leedham has 

 resumed the active management of the 

 Leedham Bulb Co., former manager 

 Lilly retiring. At the recent stockhold- 

 ers' meeting 6. H. Normand was elected 

 president, Montroyd Sharpe vice-presi- 

 dent and Henry Willey treasurer. 



LABOR ON THE COAST. 



The extraordinary conditions prevail- 

 ing on the Pacific coast at this time re- 

 garding the status of labor have devel- 

 oped a wonderful disregard for every- 

 thing stable and a tendency that is es- 

 pecially marked by the spirit of unrest 

 and a desire to keep everything in a 

 whirlwind of excitement and uneasiness. 



The troubles brought about by the 

 various labor unions in San Francisco 

 have all but disrupted the town, and the 

 retail dealers are in a quandary. It has 

 been a fact for many months, among the 

 employers of labor in the gardening line, 

 that it was almost impossible to secure 

 help of any kind. Everyone was bound 

 for San Francisco, where the wages paid 

 to artisans, both skilled and unskilled, 

 were the highest ever known. Many a 

 grower gave up in disgust. 



The temptation to get to town and get 

 a few days' work at bigger wages than 

 the poor grower could afford to pay 

 was to blame for all the diflSculties en- 

 countered by our craft. The unrest has 

 been in the air and its effects have been 

 not only to raise the wages beyond all 

 ability of the grower to pay, but also 

 to make help so scarce that prospective 

 growers hesitated fo go into work of 

 any kind when they were liable to be 

 unable to get sufficient help, even at any 

 price, to complete the work. 



But labor overreached itself in the 

 beautiful city of San Francisco, and at 

 the present moment probably over 7,000 

 men are out of work, .with little or no 

 hope of an immediate renewal of opera- 

 tions. Of course, many thousan(i3 of 

 other related industries arc also affected, 

 so that many more men will be thrown 

 into the field in a short time. 



The significance of all of this was 

 forcibly brought to my attention a day 

 or two ago, when I happened to be call- 

 ing on one of our largest growers in the 

 neighborhood of San Francisco. In the 

 space of one hour he received three calls 

 from big, able-bodied men who were 

 anxious to obtain work of any kind, and 

 two of them mentioned the fact that they 

 had several years' experience in green- 

 house work, but had left the business 

 because of the higher wages paid to 

 helpers in the iron working industry. To 

 a grower who had been vainly endeavor- 

 ing for months to keep a large enough 

 force on hand to handle his business 

 this might be called a godsend, but be- 

 hind it all it did not speak well for the 

 continued prosperity of the town itself, 

 or of the grower, whose business depends 

 on the demand for material which after 

 all can be to a great extent dispensed 

 with unless the conditions prevail where 

 business in all lines is good and money 

 is plentiful. 



Regarding the eflfect of these condi- 

 tions on the business in general, it is 

 certainly to be deplored, and whereas on 

 one hand the supply of labor is now 

 practically unlimited, on the other hand 



200,000 Calla Lily Biilbs-Athiopica 



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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 July 16. If casta is sent with the order I will prepay 

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



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



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CALIFORNIA %l^S. 



AH varieties. UiuurpaMed. dtalogtu 

 free. We deliver Nardssui and Daffodils 

 ■pecially early for earliest forcinf. 



THE LEEDHAM BULB CO , Santa Cruz, Cal. 



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Shasta Daisy ail PetoDJa 



"Giants of California" my specialty. My 

 champion strain of teedt can not be surpassed. 

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

 now for fall delivery. 



FRED 6R0HE, Santa Rosa, Gal. 



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we have to contend with the limited de- 

 mand for such material as is grown by 

 the florists and nurserymen, and whiih 

 at the present time is at a lower price 

 and harder to dispose of than ever be- 

 fore within the knowledge of the writer. 

 Unless labor troubles are speedily 

 regulated and a resumption of building 

 and allied industries takes place, the out- 

 look for the continued prosperity of the 

 business is not overbright. The fact that 

 growers can get all the help they need 

 for the first time in the last year is more 

 than counterbalanced by the fact that 

 there is but little demand for their out- 

 put, and where any movement is recorded 

 it is always at ruinous prices. G. 



SAN FRANCISCO. 



The Market. 



Business in general is a shade better 

 than it was at this time one year ago, but 

 still there is little doing and stock moves 

 slowly. Flowers of all kinds, with the 

 exception of roses, are plentiful enough to 

 supply all demands, and with a surplus. 

 Poses, however, continue to be scarce in 

 all grades except those of poor quality, 

 and the prices received for any good 

 stock offered are above the ordinary quo- 

 tations for spring flowers. 



Carnations in all except a few fancy 

 sorts are in good supply and at low 

 prices. Lawson and Kstelle, owing to the 

 continued cooler weather, do not -exhibit 

 as much thrips as is usually seen at this 

 time and, in fact, the quality of every- 

 thing is being kept up to the highest 

 standard by the absence of heat. 



Sweet peas continue to be the most 

 popular flower and are being handled by 



RXD 

 FLOWKR 



POTS 



$3.50 



p«r 1000. 



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

 Co., and good gooda. Los Angeles make. No 

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

 for racking. Try sample 1000. Write for price 

 on Hotbed Sash, Ventilator Sash, Washed 8x10 

 Glass, Mastlca and Half-tooe Cuts. 



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



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CALLA LILY BULBS 



Large, bealtby bulbs. 

 Also Narcissus, T-tHywi LonsUloruxn and 

 LonBiflorum MultUtorum. Send for cata- 

 logue. 



F. LUDEMANN, Pacific Nurseries. 



3041 Baker 8t , Ban FraAolsoo, Oal. 



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Mflke a Club Order ^ti :?&5S.mi 



Dracaftna iBdlvUa. 2 to 3 ft., 40c; 3 to 4 ft., 60c; 

 4 to 6 ft., 80c; 5toCft., tl 00; 6 to 8 ft, $1.50. Ktntla 

 Forateriana, 2 to a ft.. 76c; 3 to 4 ft., tl 75; 4 to 5 

 ft.. 12.76; 5 to (> ft., 14.00. Ftychoaperma Alexan. 

 (Irae and Heafortbia KleKans, 2 to 3 ft., tiOc; 3 to 

 4 ft, tl 00; 4 to 5 ft., 11.76; 6 to 6 ft., »2 25. Phoenix 

 CaDarlenala, 6 to 6 ft., 11.75; 6 to 7 tt., tS.MI; 7 to 8 

 ft., $3.00. WaahlDKtonla RobaatM, 4 to 5 ft., 

 $1.26; 6 to e ft.. $1 50; C to 7 ft., $2.00. 

 EXOTIC MJBSKKlitH, HkHtk BABBABl. CAL. 

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thousands by the street hucksters as well 

 as by the stores. The price to the retail- 

 ers has been 50 cents per dozen bunches, 

 and from present indications they will 

 not go higher for some time. 



Lilium longiflorum is plentiful and sells 

 well. Valley is in larger supply than for 

 several weeks and costs the dealers about 

 .^S.-'jO per hundred. Peonies are out of 

 season, and gladioli are now at their 

 lifight and are being used this season 

 more than ever. Other kinds of hardy 

 outside stock are being tiscd for window 

 decorating, but do not have a lively sale. 



Various Notes. 



Thos. .T. Thompson, of Santa Cruz, was 

 in town this week. 



r. C. Morse & Co. announce that they 

 will import heavily of Dutch and French 

 bulbs for the coming season's planting. 



The Society Hortensia held a regular 

 meeting in Alameda on Saturday of last 

 week. 



. W. G. Irwin has gone on a month's 

 trip to the northern part of the state. 



G. 



De Pere, Wis.— F. Wobeok has retired 

 from the firm of Buth & Wobeck, and 

 is succeeded by Peter Shea. The name 

 of the new firm is Buth & Shea. 



