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LOS ANGELES. 



Special Telegram. 



iLos Angeles, January 31. — Owing to 

 new washouts, trains are not yet run- 

 ning over the Union Pacific to southern 

 Arizona points and beyond. The Santa 

 Fe railroad is open to Prescott and 

 northern points. The delay in ship- 

 ments of cut flowers, plants and nurs- 

 ery stock is due to the crippled trans- 

 portation. The weather now, however, 

 appears to have settled, and by the 

 time this is in print everything prob- 

 ably will be normal. Those awaiting 

 shipments should bear with conditions 

 for a few days. 



The Market. 



Boses continue scarce, and of poor 

 color in most cases, but there is evi- 

 dence of brighter weather being on the 

 way, so we hope for better things 

 shortly. Since last writing it has 

 rained more or less every day — usually 

 more. So much rain has fallen that 

 even the orange growers say they have 

 had enough. Too much rain, it seems, 

 damages the skin of the ripe fruit. 



A great difference is noted, at such 

 times as these, between the carnations 

 g^owD in the foothill districts and 

 those near the beaches or in the val- 

 leys. The soil in the former locations 

 is more or less decomposed granite, 

 mixed with finer silt, and here the flow- 

 ers are firmer in texture and last longer 

 thanirom the lower-lying land near the 

 ocean. In dry weather the difference 

 is not so marked, but it is quite ap- 

 parent that much of the shore land is 

 about worked out for carnation grow- 

 ing. Freesias are arriving in fine shape 

 and, as usual early in the season, sell 

 well. Violets are plentiful and cheap, 

 but the demand is good. It is strange 

 that, with the fine violet climate, so few 

 growers handle the double varieties 

 here. Bulbous stock is coming along 

 fast now, many of the later daffodils 

 making their appearance this week. 

 Last season's importations of Dutch 

 bulbs are not making a particularly 

 good showing so far; many tulips are 

 apparently of especially poor quality, 

 laly of the valley is in fair demand, 

 but the supply is limited. 



The scarcity of plants is also being 

 felt now. Primula obconica, in its best 

 hybrid forms, is among the prettiest of- 

 ferings in low-priced staples. Some 

 nice cyclamens still are offered, as well 

 as a sprinkling of azaleas, mostly hold- 

 over stock. Lilacs are poor this year 

 and this is also true of most of the 

 imported hardy shrubs that are usually 

 forced at this season. The double 

 white form of Prunus Amygdalus is as 

 pretty as anything now offered. Greens 

 remain plentiful and of good quality. 

 Large Boston ferns are scarce, but there 

 is an abundance -of small and medium 

 grades. Funeral work keepfi up well. 



Varions Notes. 



One of the prettiest of the small- 

 flowered roses now becoming so popu- 

 lar is Baby Elegance. The fully de- 

 veloped flowers are like a small edition 

 of those of Irish Elegance, but as grown 



under glass by H. W. Turner at Monte- 

 bello the bud is not so brightly tinted, 

 being a kind of buff rather than crim- 

 son. It is a lovely little flower, never- 

 theless, and so free-blooming that Mr. 

 Turner confesses to an inability to 

 raise it as fast as he wishes, though a 

 large block of it in one of the new 

 houses hardly bears this out. 



Walter Armacost & Co. are reported 

 to have under consideration the erec- 

 tion of four more large greenhouses. 

 Mr. Armacost says he finds it impossi- 

 ble to keep pace with the increasing 

 demand, even with the present large 

 and modern range; hence the increase. 



C. E, Morton, who left here with 

 Mrs. Morton recently, to drive to 

 Tucson, Ariz., must have had some 

 lively experiences in the storm. At 

 one spot the radiator and hood of the 

 car had to be wrapped in blankets 

 preparatory to fording a stream, and 

 when last heard of they were marooned 

 in Phoenix, waiting for the waters to 

 recede. 



A recent shipment of flowers left the 

 store of S. Murata & Co. on Saturday 

 and, owing to washouts on the rail, 

 was returned by the express company 

 the next Tuesday afternoon. The stock 

 was found in excellent condition and 

 this speaks volumes for the careful way 

 in which stock is packed by this well- 

 known firm. Mr. Murata says that 

 business is about twenty-five per cent 



better than at this time last year. 

 I noted some splendid freesias being 

 shipped. 



W. H. Eldred, of Eldred's Flower 

 Shop, Pasadena, has been laid up for 

 a few days at his home. 



The L. A, Floral Co. reports that the 

 firm had little trouble in shipping dur- 

 ing the recent disturbance of traffic. 

 This was owing to careful routing and 

 rerouting over different lines, where 

 necessary to reach given points. Ex- 

 tremely few complaints were received. 

 A shipment from here recently went ta 

 Battle Creek, Mich., and was reported 

 in good shape. 



The landscape department of the 

 Germain Seed & Plant Co. has been 

 awarded the contract for planting the 

 new parkways on the West Adams 

 boulevard. While orders have piled up 

 somewhat on ornamentals and other 

 balled stock which it was impossible 

 to get out of the ground, fruit stock, 

 roses and plants have been kept 

 moving. 



Tom Wright spends his time about 

 equally between the store, the green- 

 houses at Gardena and his hog ranch 

 at Bakersfield, and things seem to be 

 humming at all three places. The roses 

 arriving at the store are excellent now 

 and a fine cut is on, despite the recent 

 dull and rainy weather. 



The Bedondo Floral Co. moved to its 

 new quarters, on Seventh street, Janu- 



HERE ARE THE PLANTS YOU NEED NOW 



100 1000 1001 1000^ 



8tr«ptosolon Jamesonl $2.50 120.00 Ubonla Florlbunda. 12.00 tl5.00 



Lam^^nas. all best named varie- Salvia Bonfire 2.00 16.00 



ties and true to color, including „ . . . ^^ ^ ^ 



Tethys. Ball of Gold and Craigii 2.60 20.00 Salvto Glory of Stuttcart 2.00 16.00 



LAntaiias,oroeplnar>Sellowiai]a Heliotropes, purple 2.00 16.00 



or Delicatissima. fine for baskets 3.00 25.00 petunlaB, Ruffled Giants of Cal- 



'SJ^ikrsK^^Pur'^r'white i'o-i»- heavy 2^-inch stock ... 2.60 20.00 

 flowers 8.00 25.00 Verbenas, all colors 2.00 16.00 



CHRTBANTHSafUMS— Exhibition varieties. All the best, now ready. 5c each. Buy now and 



propagate. Commercial varieties later. 



ALL WKLL ROOTED 8-INCH STOCK 



GERMAIN SEED & PLANT CO., szuzs^sso s«. Nii. st. Los Anjeles, Cal. 



Mention The RctIcw when jon write. 



CAUFORNIA CUT FLOWER and 

 EVERGREEN CO. 



WHOLESALE FLORISTS and SUPPLIES 



Wire or mail orders sriyen prompt and careful attention. Speciaiista in 



long* distance ■hipments. 



316 South Broadway Phone BitMMlway 2369 Lot Angeles, Cal. 



Mention The Rerlew when yon write. 



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Up to March 15th we can fill-in 

 many of your Rose Bush wants. 



Our Concrete Cellars carry stock 

 in perfect condition. 



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