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modeled its store and now has an up-to- 

 date establishment in every respect. 



The Florists' Club met in an ad- 

 journed meeting Thursday evening, 

 March 20. It was decided to hold a 

 chrysanthemum show November 8 and 9, 

 and $1,000 was pledged by the mem- 

 bers as a guarantee fund. Henry Ben- 

 thien showed a fine specimen of Spireea 

 Japonica, carrying thirty-five spik6s of 

 bloom. The plant was grown on his 

 ranch near Fife. Mr. Benthien is go- 

 ing into the growing of this kind of 

 stock extensively and believes it pos- 

 sible to produce a better grade of stock 

 than can be shipped in from elsewhere. 

 The next regular meeting of the Flo- 

 rists ' Club will be held this week. 



_J. L. S. 



SAN FBANCISCO. 



The Market. 



As anticipated in my last few let- 

 ters, there was a shortage in Easter 

 lilies. The warm weather during Janu- 

 ary and February was more than the 

 growing stock cottld stand without ad- 

 vancing rapidly, and as a consequence 

 the early part of March found many 

 of the wholesalers with Easter lilies in 

 full bloom, three weeks too soon. For 

 a week before Easter the prices had 

 been gradually rising and last Thursday 

 the market price was $5 to $7 for cut 

 stems and twice those prices for pot- 

 grown stock. Of almost everything 

 else, however, there was a plentiful 

 supply. The prices of roses and car- 

 nations were advanced only a shade 

 over the prices that were in vogue for 

 the two weeks preceding. Valley, daf- 

 fodils, freesias, iris, violets, tulips, hya- 

 cinths and sweet peas also showed no 

 material advance. There was an abun- 

 dance of pot stock also. Never were 

 azaleas in better form or color. Potted 

 tulips and hyacinths did not move as 

 fast as expected. Boses, wistarias, 

 genistas and heaths, both in plain pots 

 and attractive baskets, were in evi- 

 dence everywhere. 



Business in town, from all accounts, 

 was a shade better than that of one 

 year ago, while the shipping trade also 

 showed a satisfactory increase. • Busi- 

 ness since Easter has been rather quiet, 

 but the prospects are for its early re- 

 sumption on a satisfactory basis. 



Various Notes. \ 



The California Floral Co. has opened 

 a retail establishment on Center street 

 near Shattuck avenue, Berkeley. 



George Rosmarin, a pioneer florist of 

 Alameda, died March 26, at the age 

 of 73 years. Further particulars will 

 be found in the obituary column, on 

 another page. G. 



SEATTLE, WASH. 



The Market. 



Business since Easter has been good. 

 Nearly all the stores cleaned up prac- 

 tically all their stock at Easter and 

 tlMre has been difficulty since^then in 

 getting supplies along some lines. A 

 number of decorati&ns last week were 

 a notable feature, and orders calling 

 for several decorations next week are 

 an indication of the revival of trade 

 after the dull Lenten season. Several 

 growers are replacing carnations with 

 cucumbers, so that the stock of carna- 

 tions is liable to be short from now 

 till Memorial day. At present the 



The 



ists^ Review 



Apbil 3, 1913. 



ROSES ROSES ROSES 



Let us know your wants— We can now quote you very low prices. We always have the stock 

 when the other fellow has none, as we grow more than all the others pat together. 



VIOLETS.— Very large bunches, 75c per dozen. Special price on large quantities. 



One million Princess of Wales violet plants, well rooted and free from disease, 120.00 per 1000. 



Everything in cut flowers. 



Expert packing. Long distance shipments our specialty. 



E. W. McLELLAN CO., Inc. 



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Largest growers and shippers of cUt flowers west of Chicago. Nurseries at Burllngame. Gal. 



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BULBS 



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IMPORTERS 



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WE ARE BOOKING advance orders, 1918 fall deUvery, of 



JAPANESE LILY BULBS, PLANTS AND SEEDS 



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Cut Flowers and Greens 



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Orders taken for shipping Maidenhair 

 fern. Asparasrus and Smilax direct from 

 our greenhouses. Price,26c per large bunch. 

 Cut Flowers of all varieties. Violet slips, 

 also, as good as plants. Send us your 

 orders. 



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COLMA. CAL. San Mat** Co. 



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Ferns in 21 and 22-in. Pots 



best varieties for fern dishes, $4.60 per 100. Bos- 

 ton, Elegantisslma. Whitmanl and Amerpohlil 

 ferns in all sizes. Also a larre stock of Kentias. 

 Write for Wholesale Price List. 



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 Csr. LawTMct sad WiMipai «*•§.. SU FRUCISCt. CAL. 



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Cut Flowers^Greens, Plants and Bulbs 



or ALL KINDS IN 8KASON 



Long distance shipping our specialty. 

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MRS. R. E. DARBEE 



Shipping Sta., 1036 Hyde SL, San Francisco, fal. 



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available supply is being used up as 

 fast as received. Eoses are not plenti- 

 ful and the demand exceeds the sup- 

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 $24.00 per 1000; strong divisions. $2.00 per 100, 



519.00 per 1000. Also many other plants. Send 

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