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IiOS ANGELES. 



The Market. 



Again funeral work has been the 

 chief outlet for stock, which has been 

 arriving in fairly large quantities. 

 Tulips are practically over and are be- 

 ing followed by German irises, omitho- 

 gsJums, Spanish irises and others. 

 Easter lilies. that were too early for the 

 big day were being cut and sent in, 

 and there also were a number of plants 

 being offered. Spirseas are on sale and 

 will be up to the time, but rhododen- 

 drons should be over in most cases and 

 azaleas short, There are few bulbous 

 plants in pota and it looks as though 

 the principal ttade will be in cut flow- 

 ers. Outdoor roses are extremely plen- 

 tiful and good, while the indoor stock 

 is keeping up well for this season of 

 the year. 



Various Notes. 



The quarterly smoker of the Los 

 Angeles County Horticultural Society 

 was held- at the Hoffman cafe, April 8. 

 The attendance was not quite so large 

 as usual, but all sat down to an excel- 

 lent meal, followed by speeches and 

 story-telling. President Telgate was 

 in the chair. 



George W. Smith has purchased a 

 new 2-ton truck for use in his nursery 

 business. He purposes to move most 

 of the stock from the nursery at 

 Twelfth and Wall streets to the new 

 nursery near Beverly Hills. 



One of the largest landscape develop- 

 ment projects taken in hand here for a 

 long time is that of the Palos Verdes 

 Syndicate, consisting of a number of 

 wealthy men from the east. They have 

 about 17,000 acres on the Palos Verdes 

 hills near San Pedro, and this is to be 

 subdivided into choice building sites. 

 A great deal of nursery stock will be 

 needed and much of this is being grown 

 on the place. L. F. Homer, well known 

 in this section as a landscape gardener 

 and formerly secretary of the Los An- 

 geles County Horticultural Society, is 

 in charge of the work. 



The Pasadena Horticultural Society's 

 annual spring show opened April 13, in 

 a tent in Central park. At the time 

 of writing the judges have not com- 

 pleted their duties, and. it was quite 

 apparent that they had work cut out 

 for them to select the winners from 

 the long list of competitors in some of 

 the classes. The vegetable classes are 

 always strong at Pasadena and here it 

 was evident that W. W. Felgate and J. 

 Anderson were worthily upholding their 

 end. In the trade groups the usual ex- 

 hibitors were to the front. Campbell's 

 Seed Store had a pretty exhibit and its 

 pansies certainly were fine. A. Simpson 

 could not bring the fine places he has, 

 but he did the next best thing and 

 showed the pictures. In the Germain 

 Seed & Plant Co. gn^oup a new idea waa 

 worked out. Not a single flowering 

 plant was used, the color being obtained 

 entirely from foliage plants. At the 

 back of the group a good but rather 

 funereal effect was obtained by weeping 

 willows and an urn-shaped granite vase, 

 this sloping away to a well arranged 



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 Feb. 25. 1916 



vista of Japanese maples, Nandina 

 domestica, golden privets, honeysuckles 

 and other foliage plants. Among the 

 latter were some dwarf plants of Pitto- 

 sporum Tobira variegatum, Lady Pol- 

 lock geraniums and iresines, while in 

 the larger stock were fine Aucuba Jap- 

 onica. Biota aurea nana and EHionymus 

 Due d'Anjou. Paul Howard had for 

 his exhibit what was supposed to rep- 

 resent a small lot, closely planted. Some 

 pretty stock of baby rambler roses and 

 green euonymus were used to line out 

 the beds. The Clemence Nurseries as 

 usual had a pretty display of flowering 

 plants, well arranged and comprising 

 most of the popular kinds now in 

 bloom, the group being helped by the 

 addition of a number of fine standard 

 or tree roses. Coolidge 's Fernery & Rare 

 Plant Gardens showed several new 

 fruits and a fine collection of roses. 

 Morris & Snow showed bulbous and 

 other stock in bloom; also many of 

 their specialties in seeds. The Patten 

 Seed Co. had a prettily arranged stand 

 of seeds and flowering plants. Robt. 

 Pegg, of the Mentor Nursery, had a 

 finely arranged group in which every 

 plant was correctly labeled. The pri- 

 vate gardeners all showed up well and 

 taken on the whole I have never seen 

 the tent so bright and full of color. 

 The one thing lacking was the fine tu- 



lips usually shown^ these being nearly 

 over everywhere. 



A recent call at the City Nurseries, 

 of Bedlands, showed" everything in fine 

 shape and Manager W. C. CoUett re- 

 ports business as far ahead of that of 

 last year. \ H. R. Richards.. 



SAN FBANCISCO. 



The Market. 



The glut of stock that prevailed for; 

 two or three weeks was interrupted last 

 week by a cool north wind and now 

 nearly everything cleans up well, espe- 

 cially as much stock is being held back 

 for Easter. Everything is in fine shape 

 at present and the growers are hoping 

 that the hot weather will hold off for 

 another week. From all indications, 

 the Easter displays will be the best 

 ever shown here. Some of the shops 

 are iindergoing a thorough renovation 

 for the occasion and the dealers are 

 looking forward to excellent business. 

 Potted stock, while not excessive, is 

 sufficient for all needs, there being 

 more primulas, many rambler roses of 

 good quality and plenty of spireeas, 

 hydrangeas, rhododendrons, azaleas, etc. 

 Lilacs are about gone and tulips are 

 about off crop. Spanish iris is coming 

 better and there still is a liberal offer- 

 ing of good ranunculi. 



Carnations continue a little scarce, 

 but no real shortage is felt. Sweet 

 peas are beginning to arrive in fair 

 quantities and the good stock is being 

 well received. Snowball is to be seen 

 everywhere and- its quality is rather or- 

 dinary; it does not clear readily. Snap- 

 dragons are in splendid demand, espe- 



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