. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. igo6. The American Florist. 1045 San Francisco. Standard prices for flowers, noted for the first time since the city's holocaust in my Memorial day report, have gone glimmering, and the tone of trade was very dull the past week. Only one funeral where flowers played a dominant ; I have heard that Mr. Bur- bank had a distinguished guest this week—the Rev. Father Searle, superior of the Paulist order of the Roman catholic church in the United States. The priest was greatly interested, and when he departe
. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. igo6. The American Florist. 1045 San Francisco. Standard prices for flowers, noted for the first time since the city's holocaust in my Memorial day report, have gone glimmering, and the tone of trade was very dull the past week. Only one funeral where flowers played a dominant ; I have heard that Mr. Bur- bank had a distinguished guest this week—the Rev. Father Searle, superior of the Paulist order of the Roman catholic church in the United States. The priest was greatly interested, and when he departed Mr. Burbank gave. PRIZE DECORATED PONY CART. IJv Julius Zinu, lioston, Mass. part was the week's record. But florally considered this one was equal to sev- eral great mortuary displays, and the less than a dozen florists in the city cleaned out their stocks completely. This funeral of Geo. K. Fitch will go down into history as the greatest con- sumer of choice blooms known to the oldest florist in the trade. The de- ceased was the founder, in pioneer days, of the city's present day prominent newspapers, the Call and Bulletin, and he wisely directed them until his re- tirement a few years ago, beloved by everybody. The lack of stability and uniformity since the fire in the cut flow- er market is not only not showing any depressing efifects on the optimistic flor- ists already re-entered in the trade with a will to take things as they come and upbuild with the city which they believe will be marvelously greater than for- merly, but is gradually drawing into line with them more and more of the pros- perous florists of ante-earthquake-fire days. The week just passed has seen the re-establishment of two of these who were veterans, in the trade before i8 and who have since been in doubt as -to whether or not this peninsular foundation of the city was to continue above high-water mark. One of these two florists is M. Matreria, who former- ly conducted the artistic stand in
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