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The Florists^ Review 



Mat 11, 1916. 



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San Francisco, Cal. — The final pre- 

 mium list has been issued for the 

 "Great San Francisco Sweet Pea Ex- 

 hibition ' ' to bo held under the auspices 

 of the American Sweet Pea Society, in 

 the concert room of the Palace hotel 

 June 9 and 10. There are twelve 

 classes, with another special class for 

 florists to be added later, with liberal 

 premiums in each class. Copies of the 

 schedule or other information can be 

 had by addressing Frank G. Cuthbert- 

 son, assistant secretary, 749 Front 

 street, San Francisco. 



Stockton, Cal. — The bad check man, 

 with a new line of talk, operated in 

 this city several days ago and counted 

 among his victims the Valley Floral 

 Co. and the California Florist. After 

 buying the flowers the man would speak 

 of several San Francisco florists, with 

 whom he appeared to be personally ac- 

 quainted. This surprised the local 

 men, who also were acquainted with 

 those of whom he talked. Finally the 

 customer brought up the subject of pay 

 for the flowers, and agreed to have it 

 charged, unless the florist would care 

 to cash a check. Well, the forged 

 checks were cashed in both stores, each 

 for $20.50. 



Tacoma, Wash.— The Tacoma Dahlia 

 Society has decided not to accept the of- 

 fer of the National Dahlia Society to 

 hold this year 's show at Tacoma, * * We 're 

 not knocking the national body, but 

 the fact of the matter is our Tacoma 

 show is more satisfactory," President 

 Love said. "There is a membership fee 

 of $5 and an entrance fee of $1 for the 

 national show, which would keep out 

 many of the small exhibitors who help 

 to make our own Tacoma show a big 

 one." It was decided to hold the show 

 in the roof garden of Bhodes Bros., 

 the dates to be flxed later. No admis- 

 sion will be charged. Only members 

 may exhibit. 



LOS AKOELES. 



The Market. 



Contrary to expectations, business 

 has continued good since Easter, not 

 only in funeral work but also in deco- 

 rations. Weddings and other social 

 functions have cleaned up stock finely. 

 The gladioli now coming in are extra 

 fine; America still holds its own as a 

 good standby in pinks and the hybrids 

 also are popular. The comparatively 

 cool weather of last week helped all 

 outdoor stock, and roses, carnations 

 and hardy flowers generally are arriv- 

 ing in good shape. The delphiniums 

 are showy and good, and there is quite 

 a demand for the scarlet Transvaal 

 daisy. 



During the early part of the week 

 the stores were crowded with left-over 

 lilies, cut and in pots, but these are 

 gone and most of the growers are far 

 from satisfied. Ferns are selling well 

 and there is a certain demand for 

 palms. All greens are plentiful. 



Various Notes. 



The L. A. Floral Co. says that the 

 extra call for stock from out-of-town 

 points has cleaned up everything daily, 



W* ar« muck pleased with the 

 results of our plant advertisements 

 in The Review ; orders have come 

 in freely and from a wide range of 

 territory. 



Germain Seed & Plant Co. 



Los AneeleS, Rv M L f^rmain Prpn 



Feb. 26. 1916. ' uermain. rres. 



and, from the inquiries that come in for 

 Mothers' day and now for Decoration 

 day it looks as if the clean-up will 

 continue. 



The monthly meeting of the Los 

 Angeles County Horticultural Society 

 was postponed from May 2 to May 3 

 on account of election day. There w^s 

 only a moderate attendance to hear 

 Theodore Payne lecture on wild flow- 

 ers, but everyone who came was well 

 repaid. Mr. Payne has a wide knowl- 

 edge of native plants and he sent in a 

 large number of specimens from Ex- 

 position park, where he has charge of 



some experiments along the line of 

 educating the public to the beauties of 

 nature. Why a flat, uninteresting tract 

 like this park was selected for the pur- 

 pose, when we have so many hundreds 

 of acres of more suitable mountain 

 parks, is hard to say, but city officials 

 in their wisdom are not like the com- 

 mon clay. 



H. W. Turner certainly has landed 

 another coup with his baby roses. A 

 demand has already appeared for these 

 beautiful varieties and Mr. Turner is 

 already there with the stock. Many 

 thousands of all the popular varieties 

 and many novelties are here. Some 

 benches of light pink Shawyer plants 

 this season are making a wonderful 

 growth; in fact, Mr. Turner's place 

 never looked better than now. 



Charles Lewis has left the Freeman- 

 Lewis Co. He inteids making a trip 

 east before settling down to business 

 again. 



Wright's Flower Shop reports a big 

 business in wedding and other decora- 



Mention The Rerlew whea yon write. 



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Cyclamen, all separate colora, 

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