. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. The Late C. Kunzman. stroyed much that the horticulturist, farmer and orchardist had grown. By all precedents, rain storms should have been over when the earthquake came, and May is ordinarily classed as a "dry season ; but for all that a 3-day torrential down-pour "butted in" May 26 and flooded streets and overflowed. Dr. J. F. Wilson. Secretary Society ot Southern Klorisls. sewers in numerous cities and towns and badly damaged berries and cherries and great quantities of hay. .•\n
. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. The Late C. Kunzman. stroyed much that the horticulturist, farmer and orchardist had grown. By all precedents, rain storms should have been over when the earthquake came, and May is ordinarily classed as a "dry season ; but for all that a 3-day torrential down-pour "butted in" May 26 and flooded streets and overflowed. Dr. J. F. Wilson. Secretary Society ot Southern Klorisls. sewers in numerous cities and towns and badly damaged berries and cherries and great quantities of hay. .•\nd yet the people of this city are nut discouraged, for all banks are now re- opened after the earthquake-fire, and \vit1iout hmit as to payments lo deposit- ors, and have more money than they care to have on hand. The public, too, has the same feeling and the people are depositing more money in the banks than they are drawing out. The piling up of spot gold coin is resulting in large ship- ments of it to the east, whence it came for general relief. The different stock exchanges reopened this week for the first time since the holocaust and the wholesale and retail houses are resuming as fast as they can get temporary roofs over their heads, and from now on the return to regular business will be rapid. .\nd surely, from the florists' stand- point, after the stun has come the re- bound. Since many have landed upon their feet there has come a cry for relax- ation. The manner in which Cupid has lieen disporting himself this month of May has been amazing, betrothals and nuptials outnumbering any month of pre- vious record. \\vX all this, the florists tell me, is being and has been prelimi- nary to a volume of flower trade wholly unexpected, but duly appreciated by the few cut flower dealers already estab- lished. .Additional 10 this was the Memorial day business, not up to its record, by any means, but surpris- ingly better than was expected. The growers were imbued with the spirit
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