May 13, 1909. 



The Weekly Florists' Review* 



55 



large following of patrons and it is for 

 these that the florist will lie in wait. An- 

 other few months will probably show 

 which of them have used good judgment 

 in the selection of new locations. 



Carnations and roses are so cheap that 

 it is hardly worth the while to give quo- 

 tations. In a couple of weeks, however, 

 the spring crop will be off and we can 

 look for something more pleasurable to 

 mention. Irises are plentiful and cheap. 

 Daffodils and tulips are out of market; 

 so, also, are violets. Valley is holding 

 its own and there is a fair demand for 

 Harrisii. Funeral .work is about all that 

 the retailer gets, and not much of that. 



Various Notes. 



Bert E. Whelpsley, representing the 

 Alex. Mann Co., is making a trip among 

 the retailers in the surrounding towns. 



The orchid growers in the vicinity of 

 San Francisco will form a combine and 

 raise the price of orchids for next sea- 

 son, according to a report circulated here. 



Mrs. Fannie Cooke, widow of the late 

 John Cooke, the pioneer florist of Berke- 

 ley, Cal., died at her home in that city 

 April 28. Mrs. Cook was 73 years of 

 age and leaves a family of four grown- 

 up children. 



A horse was stolen from the barn of 

 H. Hayashi, of Elmhurst, on the night 

 of April 24. The animal was valued at 

 $150. 



Geo. E. Rider, of Los Angeles, is in 

 town on a few weeks' vacation. 



The Piedmont Floral & Seed Co., of 

 Oakland, is remodeling its Broadway 

 store. G. 



CALIFORNIA BULB CULTURE. 



The heavy demand for bulbs, as shown 

 in the sales by dealers who handled them 

 during the last season, promises well for 

 a continuance of such patronage from 

 the flower-loving public. This has been 

 a remarkably favorable season for this 

 class of stock, and the absence of frost 

 and other disagreeable features for sev- 

 eral years has greatly encouraged private 

 parties to give bulbs a large space in 

 their grounds. Late frosts and an ab- 

 sence of late rains play havoc with such 

 articles when planted in the open, but 

 we have had no complaint on this score 

 in central California for several years. 

 The larger and more varied stocks car- 

 ried by our principal dealers have tended 

 to a great extent to popularize the best 

 varieties, and private people are getting 

 more exacting regarding what sorts they 

 plant, but they are devoting much more 

 ground to the Cultivation of well tried 

 bulbous plants. 



Formerly a few dozen mixed hyacinths 

 and a hundred or so of tulips repre- 

 sented the sum total of the knowledge 

 displayed by the bulb lover. A great 

 change has taken place. The dealer has 

 been forced to keep himself well in- 

 formed on the most desirable varieties, 

 as well as to exhibit his knowledge on 

 the various successions of flowers, so 

 that the customer can have a continuous 

 showing of blooms throughout a greater 

 portion of the year. 



Tulips and daffodils of the extreme 

 varieties have been in great demand, as 

 well as anemones, ranunculi, irises and 

 other late blooming bulbs. The public 

 is showing considerable interest in the 

 many good things that can be handled at 

 a fair profit by the dealer, and if the 

 season just finished is to be a criterion, 

 it behooves us to lay in a heavy stock of 

 selected varieties for the next season's 

 trade. G. 



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Loss From Hail. 



A severe hail storm swept this city May 

 6, at 2 o'clock in the afternoon, causing 

 great damage to glass and young plants. 

 Hailstones averaging in size that of 

 English walnuts fell thick and fa^ for 

 nearly fifteen minutes. Miss Elva Davis' 

 loss is about $150; D. L. Vincent's, 

 $100 from hail and $200 from lightning; 

 M. Wetterling's loss to greenhouses and 



Chrysaothemiims 



Per 100 



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Chadwiclc 2.50 



J. Nonin 1.50 



Toaset 1.50 



T. Eaton 2.00 



W. Bonnaflon .... 1.50 



Per 100 



Col. Appleton $1.50 



Y. Bonnaflon 1.50 



Dr. Enguehard . . . 1.50 



Intensity I.50 



M. Dean 1.26 



POMPONS 



Per 100 



Mrs. Beu $2.60 



Garza. ... 2.00 



Per 100 



Diana $2.00 



Antonio 2.OO 



Nellie C. Moore. $1.C0 per doz.; $6.C0 per 1(»; 

 $50.00 per loco. 



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 $2.00 per 100. Col«us, mixed. 214-in., $2 00 per 

 100. Fuchsias, Minnesota and Black Prince, 

 4-in.. $7.00 per 100. Geraniums, S. A. Nutt E 

 H.Trego. Mason. $6.50 per 100: Salleroi, 3-in.', 

 $3.00 per 100. Heliotrope, blue, 4-in., $7.00 per 

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We offered some great values. Some fine 

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hotbeds, $100. The House of Correction 

 also lost heavily. 



The freshly plowed ground looks as if 

 hundreds of Newfoundland dogs had 

 been playing on it and left their tracks. 

 The oldest settlers say they never saw 

 anything similar. Even the "indestruct- 

 ible" roofing, with which many houses 

 were covered, was riddled by the hail- 

 stones. ]|I Tff^ 



