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The Florists' Review 



JuiiT 6, 1916. 



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PACITIO COAST ASSOCIATION. 



The fourteenth annual meeting of the 

 Pacific Coast Association of Nursery- 

 men was held at Medford, Ore., June 

 20 to 22. The attendance was not 

 larger than usual, but the sessions were 

 marked by sharp and thorough discus- 

 sions of the subjects presented. Two 

 sessions were held each day and an 

 executive session, lasting until after 

 midnight, was necessary the last day 

 in order to finish all business. Little 

 time was given to entertainment, but 

 it was generally conceded that the meet- 

 ing was the most instructive ever held 

 by the association. 



A paper by Prof. F. C. Eeimer, super- 

 intendent of the southern Oregon ex- 

 periment station, on " Blight-Eesistant 

 Stocks for Pears," and its discussion, 

 occupied the time of one entire session. 

 A visit was made the following morn- 

 ing to the experiment station at Tan- 

 gent, about six miles out, where the 

 visitors were shown what is said to be 

 the largest collection of pear stock in 

 the world. A practical demonstration 

 of his subject was made by Prof. 

 Eeimer. 



A report on crown gall research, by 

 Prof. H. P. Barss, plant pathologist of 

 the Oregon Agricultural College, was 

 especially instructive. Much interest 

 was added by the discussions which 

 ■followed the reading of each paper. 



F, A. Wiggins, of Toppenish, Wash., 

 was elected president, and C. A. Ton- 

 neson, of Tacoma, Wash., was reelected 

 secretary-treasurer. Vice-presidents for 

 Oregon, Washington, California, Idaho, 

 Utah, Montana and British Columbia 

 were elected. Tacoma, Wash., was 

 selected as the place of the 1917 meet- 

 ing. S. W. W. 



LOS ANGELES. 



The Market. 



An abundance of funeral work, a 

 number of weddings and some other 

 social affairs have made the present 

 week a good deal better than the last 

 one, when parades and high jinks gen- 

 erally were the rule. The floral parade, 

 of course, used an enormous quantity 

 of cheap stock, and to that extent did 

 good, but there is little money in such 

 sales for the retailers. There is a won- 

 derful variety of stock to select from, 

 as all classes of outdoor flowers are 

 plentiful. Dahlias are making a splen- 

 did show The asters are not quite so 

 good as they were, but the later crops 

 will probably show improvement. Eoses 

 are fair. Some excellent Ophelia are 

 shown. Eadiance seems to be losing 

 ground, its place being taken by Eus- 

 sell and Shawyer. It is a good outdoor 

 rose, however, and will long be grown 

 both for garden decoration and for cut- 

 ting. Carnations of the best quality are 

 still scarce, though there is an abun- 

 dance of second-grade stock. 



Gladioli are plentiful. A large num- 

 ber of flowers of annuals, such as sca- 

 biosas, calliopsis and others, are shown, 

 as well as the common yellow mari- 

 golds, all of which make a pretty dis- 

 play in the stores. The supply of valley 



is uncertain; there are plenty at times, 

 at others none. Orchids are becoming 

 somewhat scarcer, but the demand is 

 not great. Pot plants, such as tuber- 

 ous begonias and gloxinias, are shown; 

 also a few fancy-leaved begonias and 

 caladiums, but there is little demand 

 for these. The greatest call is for 

 Boston and Whitman! ferns. Greens 

 are plentiful and good. 



Various Notes. 



Eealizing the good properties of the 

 hardy ornithogalum, or Star of Bethle- 

 hem, the H. N. Gage Co. has been work- 

 ing for several years on an improved 

 type for cut flowers, and now has a 

 large stock of it. The prices at which 

 the bulbs are offered are so much lower 

 than those of the Dutch product that 

 some business shouH come their way 

 from the east. This firm is going more 

 strongly than ever into pot plant cul- 

 ture, and, to take care of the increasing 

 business, is building two new houses, 

 each 26x200. This, with the present 

 glass, makes a total of 20,000 square 

 feet. An interesting side light on the 



value of the California-grown seed and 

 the so-called greenhouse-grown seed of 

 asparagus lies in the fact that the H. N. 

 Gage Co. has shipped over two million 

 seeds this year, and so far has received 

 just one complaint of poor germination. 

 This reached Montebello about four 

 weeks after the seed was shipped; so 

 comment is superfluous. 



Fred Hills and Mrs. Hills have both 

 been down with illness, but, as usual, 

 no one knew anything about it until 

 they were around again. Mrs. Hills 

 was suffering from a case of ptomaine 

 poisoning, while Mr. Hills was down 

 with muscular rheumatism. Both are 

 now doing business at the old stand, 

 and apparently have forgot their 

 troubles. Mrs. George Walther, of Chi- 

 cago, and her children are staying with 

 Mr. and Mrs. Hills, and Mr. Walther is 

 expected out here later. 



Staiger & Fincken, of Washington 

 street, purchased the stock of the 

 Eoeding & Wood Nursery Co., and have 

 removed it to their city salesyard. A 

 large quantity of useful stock is thereby 

 added to the already large quantity 



SURPLUS ROSE PLANTS 



We have the following varieties left from our own planting: Milady, My 

 Maryland, Mrs. George Shawyer, Pink Killarney, White Killarney, Kichmond, 

 Sunburst, from 2^ and 3-inch pots, at $5.00 per 100. 



CHRYSANTHEMUMS 



A few thousand Chrysanthemums from 214-inch pots, of the following vari- 

 eties: Bonnaffon, Appleton, Jeanne Nonin, Chas. Razer, at $2.00 per 100. 



WALTER ARMACOST & CO. 



Sawtelle, Cal. 



Mention The R«Tlew whan yon write. 



Wholesale Florists 



S. MURATA & CO. 



751 South Broadway, LOS ANGELES, CAL. 



OLDEST AND MOST EXPERIENCED SfflPPERS IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA 



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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