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The Florists^ Review 



JUNB 22, 1916. 



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La Jolla, Cal. — M. C. Elliott, former- 

 ly associated with the La Jolla Floral 

 Gardens, has started a florists' business 

 here on his own account. 



Santa Cruz, OaL — R. A. Lounsbury is 

 another of the number in this vicinity 

 who recently hava gone into freesia 

 growing. Last autumn he planted near- 

 ly 500,000 bulblets of Freesia Purity 

 and now is preparing to harvest and 

 market his crop. 



Elmhurst, Cal. — Harry Hayashi was 

 granted a patent May 16 on a device 

 for wrapping potted plants described 

 as designed to permit the use of inex- 

 perienced employees and to reduce the 

 expense of wrapping plants. The de- 

 vice consists of a stand around the 

 center of which is a nest of paper, fun- 

 nel-shaped wrappers that can be drawn 

 up one at a time around the pot and 

 plant to be wrapped. In wrapping a 

 plant the operator is to choose a wrap- 

 per of the proper size so that the pot 

 will not pass through the lower end, the 

 upper end requiring only to be gathered 

 and tied above the plant. 



LOS ANQELES. 



Tlie Market. 



The present week has been a de- 

 cidedly good one, despite the fact that 

 one day was spoiled by the prepared- 

 ness parade. Funeral work has again 

 been plentiful. Not only have the re- 

 tailers had about all they could handle, 

 but the wholesalers also have been busy 

 shipping pieces, already made up, to 

 outside points. This is a business that 

 is not pushed as much as it might be, 

 for many small retailers in outlying 

 districts have not the best of facilities 

 for making up their own work. 



Stock has cleaned up fairly well. 

 The most abundant items are gladioli 

 and second-grade carnations. Cen- 

 taureas are plentiful and, as usual, 

 meet with a good demand as fillers for 

 funeral work. Asters are not as yet 

 a big factor in the market, but they 

 are of fair quality for so early in the 

 season. The two beautiful dahlias, 

 Minnie Burgle and Delice, are well 

 represented, and the various types of 

 Golden West also meet with favor. 

 Sweet peas are excellent; it is seldom 

 that such fine flowers are seen at this 

 time of year. RoBes are about as last 

 noted. Some good carnations are in, 

 besides a large quantity of second-rate 

 ones. Valley has been in big demand 

 and some days in poor supply. Orchids 

 are plentiful. Ferns and pot plants are 

 on the short side, but the demand is 

 not great. There are plenty of greens 

 of all kinds. 



Variotis Notes. 



Manager W. Wern, of Wright's 

 Flower Shop, says the June business 

 has been excellent so far, and that the 

 numerous rush orders for weddings 

 have led to trouble in obtaining stock 

 at times. The rose stock from the 

 Gardena ranch is arriving in good shape 

 for this time of year. 



A good many large specimen trees 

 and shrubs have been sold lately at 



W* ar« muck pleased with the 

 results ef eur plant advertisements 

 in The Review ; erders have ceme 

 in freely and from a wide range ef 

 territory. 



Germain Seed & Plant Co. 



the Coolidge Rare Plant Gardens, of 

 Pasadena. Mr. Coolidge is away on an 

 eastern trip, intending to visit all the 

 principal cities. 



Oscar Roessner, of Pomona, was at- 

 tacked by thugs at his nursery early in 

 the week and seriously injured. 



J. Dieterich is shipping another car- 

 load of palms to the east. He is fast 

 filling up the Wall street place again 

 with fine stock from the Montebello 

 nursery. 



The Germain Seed & Plant Co. is han- 

 dling a fine lot of 4-inch cyclamens, 

 grown at their nursery on the Whittier 

 road. Large landscape contracts are 

 making heavy inroads on the finished 

 stock here. About fifty of the male 

 employees of this house joined in the 

 preparedness parade June 13. 



A full attendance is looked for at the 

 joint picnic of the Los Angeles County 

 and the Pasadena Horticultural Socie- 

 ties in the Santa Monica canon. Hal 

 Kruckeberg will lead the Los Angeles 

 baseball team, as usual. 



A contract has been let for the build- 

 ing of a new citrus experiment station 

 at Riverside, at an estimated cost of 

 $119,500. The old site at the foot of 

 Mount Rubidoux will be abandoned 

 when the new one is completed. Three 

 main buildings, residences, shops, barns 

 and greenhouses, will be included, as 

 well as a library and offices. The sta- 

 tion will be under the jurisdiction of 

 the University of California and will 

 contain facilities for research into the 

 plant life of the state, as well as the 

 special work on citrus and other fruit. 

 Work will be started at once and it is 

 hoped that the buildings will be fin- 

 ished this year. 



With the beautiful native vegetation 

 running wild all around them, it is sad 

 to see the efforts being made by the 

 authorities to keep the wretched looking 

 roses alive along the state and county 

 highways. In the beautiful foothill dis- 

 trict, especially, where the whole coun- 

 try is like an immense natural garden, 

 men are engaged in chopping around 

 the hideous fences to clear away the 

 weeds (?), and are followed by the 

 water cart to give a driblet to each 

 poor, puny plant. The Los Angeles 

 street palms have gone into limbo and 

 will soon be forgotten. It is to be 

 hoped that the rose trellises will soon 

 follow; then we can forget the foolish 

 expenditure that only made the county 

 the laughingstock of every visitor and 

 every thinking resident. 



ORCHIDS $7.50 per doz. SPREN6ERI ... $100 per 100 



CUT VALLEY. . • 5.00 per 100 ROSES .$2.00 to 6.00 per 100 

 PLUMOSUS 1.00 per 100 



We are Wholesale Growers of high quality cut flowers 



and plants. 



WALTER ARNACOST & CO. 



Sawtelle, Cal. 



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Wholesale Florists 



S. MURATA & CO. 



751 South Broadway, LOS ANGELES, CAL. 



OLDEST AND MOST EXPERIENCED SfflPPERS IN SOUTHERN CAUTORNU 



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L. A. FLORAL CO. 



The House of QUALITY and SERVICE 



LONG DISTANCE SHIPPING A SPECIALTY 



New Crop Carnations now ready. Also Gladiolus America, Panama and all best kinds. 



407 Los Angeles St., Los Angeles, Cal. 



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