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The Florists^ Review 



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Portervllle, OaL — A greenhouse 24x42 

 is being erected by Lucien E. Bohlick. 



Bellingham^ Wasli. — B. K. Bellman, 

 who has grown vegetables under glass 

 for more than twenty-five years, intends 

 to take up plants and flowers for the 

 retail trade. 



LOS ANQELES. 



The Market. 



Business is settling down to a 

 steadier pace and many social affairs 

 have used a good quantity 'of stock. 

 Funeral work is plentiful and an all- 

 round busy week has to be recorded. 

 Stock has improved wonderfully the 

 last few days. Boses are coming in 

 more freely and carnations are of better 

 quality. Bulbous stock is improving, 

 the daffodils being longer of stem and 

 showing better color. Freesias are ex- 

 cellent, Purity, as usual, taking prece- 

 dence over all others. There are a few 

 colored varieties shown, but as yet there 

 have not been enough of them to make 

 a feature. Sweet peas are again absent 

 from the market, apparently none of 

 the growers recognizing the importance 

 of these exquisite flowers for winter 

 use. Forget-me-nots and the small 

 boxes of waxed orange blossoms sell 

 freely and there are one or two other 

 small flowers, but the market is none 

 too well supplied with these little novel- 

 ties, as they are termed. Flowering 

 plants are not too plentiful, but the 

 demand for them is not great. Azalea 

 mollis is beautiful, but, being rather 

 fragile, does not ship well, though it is 

 fine for window displays and decora- 

 tions. Since the rain there has been a 

 big demand for small bedding and veg- 

 etable plants. Greens are not any too 

 plentiful, especially good Asparagus 

 plumosus. 



Various Notes. 



The Pasadena Horticultural Society 

 having decided to incorporate, an elec- 

 tion of the new board of directors was 

 held at the regular meeting of the so- 

 ciety February 4. After much indeci- 

 sion and argument as to the legality of 

 certain processes of nomination and 

 election, it finally was decided to retain 

 the old officers on the board of directors 

 and to elect two more, making seven in 

 all. G. Nelson and W. W. Felgate were 

 elected to fill the bill. N. Forsythe read 

 an able paper on chrysanthemum cul- 

 ture, which was listened to with great 

 interest, and it was quite late when 

 President Shields called for a motion 

 to adjourn. 



Hal Kruckeberg is receiving congrat- 

 ulations on the arrival of a 10-pound 

 boy at his home February 2. The genial 

 secretary of the Los Angeles Horticul- 

 tural Society always carries a smile, 

 but the brand he now is showing is like 

 the California sun shining after the re- 

 cent rains. 



F. B. Hills, of Hills' Nursery, is lift- 

 ing fine stock from the new nursery 

 grounde^ pQuth of the greenhouses, show- 

 ing the wonderful fertility of the foot- 

 hill soil whet, water is applied. Mr. 

 Hills speaks highly of the new Adian- 



tum California, which he is growing 

 as plants and for cutting. A batch 

 of 60,000 shamrocks, grown for St. Pat- 

 rick's day, looks like a beautiful green 

 lawn under the large lath house. While 

 on the Irish question. I heard him sing- 

 ing * * Off Again, On Again, Come Again, 

 Finnegan." I did not ask for particu- 

 lars, but think he was referring to the 

 hirsute appendage again appearing on 

 his upper lip. 



The California Evergreen & Cut Flow- 

 er Co. reports business rushing. This 

 concern is shipping large quantities of 

 Asparagus plumosus, taking about 2,500 

 per day from J. Dieterich, as well as 

 purchasing his entire output of freesias. 



A striking and unique flower piece 

 was put up by Wolf skill* '_ & Morris 

 Goldenson for the opening of the pic- 

 ture play, "Bamona, " at Clune's Au- 

 ditorium, February 7. It was in the 

 form of a belfry containing three old 

 mission bells of red carnations hung 

 to a rod of white carnations. The sides 

 were of bronze galax and the base of 

 boxwood, the word "Bamona* appear- 

 ing just above the latter. The piece 

 stood about eight feet in height. 



Albert Knopf, of the Bedondo Floral 

 Co., says they are delighted with the 

 large quantity of extra business com- 

 ing to the company since its removal 

 to Seventh street. Mr. Knopf is not 

 given to exaggeration or "blowing," 

 and this is another proof of the trend 

 of business southward. 



H. W. Turner is completely remodel- 

 ing his dwelling and making other im- 

 provements on the place. He reports 

 a much larger cut on roses since the 

 rains let up and says the demand for 

 young stock from the east is larger than 

 ever this year. 



O. C. Saakes is making a showy dis- 

 play with Azalea mollis and other flow- 

 ering stock. He says business is well 

 up to the average for the season. 



Howard & Smith report being consid- 

 erably tied up with orders during the 

 rain, but Fred Howard says they are 

 catching up well and are looking for- 

 ward to a season of excellent business. 



The CL. A. Floral Co. says that stock 

 now is arriving nicely. Carnations, 

 daffodils and freesias were the leaders 

 last week. Up to the time of writing 

 Fred Sperry had not been arrested for 

 speeding in his new autq. 



J. Dieterich is growing and selling 

 large quantities of Asparagus elongatus. 



H. B. Bichards. 



SAN FBANOISCO. 



The Markelt. 



Prices in the flower market have sel- 

 dom taken such a tumble as they did 

 last week; daffodils dropped almost 

 over night from $4 to $1, or even 75 

 cents per hundred, and several other 

 lines showed a sharp decline. Even 

 carnations, which are not yet over- 

 plentiful, have gone down almost thirty 

 per cent. The week was dark and 

 drizzly, but much warmer, so that,, 

 though roses still are scarce, the bulb- 

 ous stock is coming out in fine shape. 

 This stock is surely welcome after the- 

 long shortage, and it sells in large 

 quantities. There is some fear that 

 the crop, especially of daffodils, is com- 

 ing all at once, and that after a few 

 days the cut will be light. There is al- 

 most a glut of freesias and Paper 

 Whites, an abundance of Chinese lilies,, 

 many snowdrops and a few anemones 

 and ranunculus. Few tulips and hya- 

 cinths are being cut as yet, but much- 

 first-class stock is offered in pots and^ 

 finds a ready sale. More valley is ap- 

 pearing and there are enough Easter 

 lilies to take care of funeral require- 

 ments, which are comparatively heavy.. 



HERE ARE THE PLANTS VOU NEED NOW 



100 1000 

 Streptosolon Jamesoni $2.60 $20.00 



Lantanas, all best named varie- 

 ties and true to color, including 

 Tethys, Ball of Gold and Craigii 2.50 20.00 



Lantanas, creepinir, Sellowiana 

 or Delicatissima, fine for baskets 3.00 25.00 



Vabians Ixnbrlcata, beautiful 

 lieath-like shrub, pure white 

 flowers 3.00 25.00 



100 1000 



Llbonla rioribunda $2.00 $15.00' 



Salvia Bonfire 2.00 16.00 



Salvia Glory of Stuttcart 2.00 16.00 



Heliotropes, purple 2.00 16.00 



Petunias, Ruffled Giants of Cal- 

 ifornia, heavy 2^-inch stock ... 2.60 20.00 

 Verbenas, ail colors 2.00 16.00 



Uerustrum Nepalense (Nepal Privet), $5.00 per 1000: well rooted. 



CHRTSANTHEMUMS-Exhibition varieties. All the best, now ready, 6c each. Buy now and< 



propagate. Commercial varieties later. 



ALL WELL ROOTED 2-INCH STOCK 



GERHAIN SEED & PLANT CO., 326 328 330 so. Ntii st. Los Angeles, CaL 



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CAUFORNIA CUT FLOWER and 

 EVERGREEN CO. 



WHOLESALE FLQRISTS and SUPPUES 



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