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The Florists^ Review 



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 June 29, 1916. 



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Pacific Coast Department 



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W« ar* much 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. 



FOLIAGE PLANTS IN GROUPS. 



The accompanying illustration gives 

 a good idea of the pretty form effects 

 that may be produced by the use of 

 foliage plants alone, but, unfortunately, 

 the picture does not reproduce the 

 splendid color effect. The nursery de- 

 partment of the Germain Seed & Plant 

 Co., of Los Angeles, this year decided 

 to break away from the usual mixed 

 groups of foliage and flowering plants 

 and depend on foliage plants alone for 

 its displays at local shows. The de- 

 parture has been thoroughly successful 

 in every way, as visitors return to the 

 group again and again, each time find- 

 ing some little thing they had not seen 

 brfore. 



The picture shows the arrangement 

 of the display, and the principal plants 

 used were: Weeping willows, in the 

 rear; Japanese cut-leaved maples in 

 many pretty tones of color; Pittosporum 

 Tobira variegatum, green, with silver 

 variegation; golden euonymus, Due d' 

 Anjou; golden privet; Lonicera Japon- 

 ica aureo-reticulata; Nandina domes- 

 tiea, a lovely plant, not nearly so pop- 

 ular as it deserves to be, with red-tinted 

 foliage becoming blood-red with age 

 and producing berries as handsome as 

 those of a skimmia or ardisia; Eeti- 

 nospora filifera aurea, the beautiful old 

 Sophie Dumaresque and Lady Pollock 

 geraniums, red and yellow achyranthes 

 and others. It may be thought that 

 there is little variation to be had in 

 groups of this kind, but the decorators 

 of the Germain Seed & Plant Co. have 

 shown by their exhibits at the various 

 shows that this is not so. They have 

 been a distinct success from an artistic 

 as well as a commercial point of view. 



LOS ANGELES. 



The Market. 



The town was given over to the 

 Knights Templar last week and, while 

 some trade resulted, it was not by any 

 means an unmixed good. On certain 

 days it was hard to make or obtain de- 

 liveries of stock, owing to the crowded 

 condition of the streets, which were 

 closed to vehicular traflBc during the 

 parades. But the end of the week will 

 see the floral parade, when doubtless a 

 far greater number of flowers than 

 usual will be needed. A practically un- 

 limited supply of all the cheaper grades 

 of flowers is now pouring into the city 

 from all sides, asters, gladioli, carna- 

 tions, centaureas and sweet peas being 

 the most plentiful. Roses are fair in 

 quality and there are' plenty to select 

 from. Boston and Whitmani ferns are 

 scarce in the best qualities, although 

 as always there are plenty of unsalable 



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Foliage Plant Display at Pasadena, by Germain Seed & Plant Co. 



plants in the market. Dahlias are 

 fine now and make a gorgeous dis- 

 play. Valley is short and orchids are 

 plentiful. The greens situation is about 

 normal. 



The cool weather has been good for 

 all kinds of planting and it has given 

 the nurserymen a good chance to finish 

 work left over. To a markejl extent, 

 too, it has led to ihcrea'sea sales, as 



ORCHIDS $7.50 per doz. SPREN6ERI • . • $1.00 per 100 



CUT VALLEY. . • S.OO per lOO 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 ARMACOST & CO. 



Sawfelle, Cal. 



Mention Tb« Rerlew when yon writ«. 



Wholesale Florists 



S. MURATA & CO. 



751 South Broadway, 



LOS ANGELES, CAL. 



OLDEST AND HOST EXPERIENCED SfflPPERS IN SOUTHERN CAUEORNU 



Mention The Reriew wlien jon write. 



L. A. FLORAL CO. 



The House of QUALITY and SERVICE 

 LONG DISTANCE SHIPPING ASPKCIALTT 



New Crop Carnati«ns now ready. Also Gladiolus America, Panama and all best kinds. 



407 Los Angeles St., Los Angeles, Cal. 



Mention Tba Re Tie w when you write. 



