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The Florists' Review 



Fbbbdaby 15, 1917. 



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Paci fic Coast Department 



Woodbum, Ore, — W. C. King now is 



owner of the florists' business formerly 

 conducted by N. S. Nehl. 



Montebello, Cal. — The Henry W. 

 Turner place now has about four acres 

 of glass, nearly all in roses. The cut is 

 sold in Los Angeles, but the output of 

 plants, approximating 500,000 a year, 

 goes all over the United States. 



Eureka, Cal. — The Cottage Gardens 

 Nurseries, C. W. Ward, president, re- 

 cently acquired a tract of land near 

 San Jose, where a selling agency will 

 be established and such stock grown as 

 does better there than at Eureka. 



EVERGREEN VINE FOR WALL. 



Can you recommend some kind of ever- 

 green vine, with a neat, compact habit, 

 to be grown on a wall in this Oregon 

 climate t The wall is four feet high. 

 We already have English ivy and the 

 Virginia creeper. We want something 

 that will make a quick growth. 



F. W.— Ore. 



Euonymus radicans is a splendid, 

 hardy, evergreen vining plant. It grows 

 best in partly shaded locations. It must 

 have rich soil. S. W. W. 



LOS ANQELES.- 



The Market. 



The market has been a most diffleoit 



one to follow. First there were a 

 few days when stock was plentiful; 

 then for some unaccountable reason the 

 supply fell off; later it was more than 

 plentiful. The weather now has much 

 to do with the supply, but, as men- 

 tioned recently, there is no doubt that 

 prices from now on will favor the buy- 

 er, and stock will be of better quality. 



Carnations are improving and daffo- 

 dils will be plentiful by the time this 

 report appears. Freesias have held up 

 in price on account of the shortage, 

 but these from now on will be more 

 plentiful. There is a large supply of 

 violets, but the demand keeps it well 

 cleaned up. Sweet peas are opening 

 more freely and if the weather con- 

 tinues favorable there will be an abun- 

 dance of them shortly; a sudden hot 

 spell, such as we sometimes get at this 

 time of year, would, of course, be bad 

 for them. All small flowers are morj 

 plentiful. Gladioli are scarce, but the 

 demand is not great. There is a bet- 

 ter grade of Easter lilies in the mar- 

 ket than usual at this time, but the 

 price rules high. For big decorations 

 these and the shrub branches, such as 

 double peaches, almonds and the various 

 acacias, are fine. 



Indoor roses are about as last re- 

 ported, and there is nothing of any 

 consequence in this line from outdoors. 

 Valley is coming into the market in 

 small lots, but not nearly enough to 

 fill the demand. Cattleyas are scarce 

 and phalsenopsis and other small or- 

 chids are not so plentiful as they were. 

 In greens the better kinds are still 

 scarce, but a few warm weeks will 

 change the situation. Pot plants are 

 scarce. 



V/m are 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 Plant & Seed Co. 



"cllifXv • By M. L. Gern>ain. Pres. 



Business picked up considerably later 

 in the week, some good funeral work 

 and several large decorations making 

 the retailers busy. The bright weather 

 is bringing people out and it is not 

 too hot to be pleasant. This makes 

 transient business good and cleans up 

 a lot of small stock. 



Various Notes. 



Bernard Tassano, of the Santa Cruz 

 Evergreen Co., gave a dinner to a num- 

 ber in the trade on the occasion of his 

 birthday. He proved to be a good host, 

 as everyone present thoroughly en- 

 joyed the evening. 



George Eischen, of Ocean Park, has 

 opened a branch store at Venice plaza, 

 where he proposes to retail cut flowers, 

 plants, seeds and bulbs. Everyone will 

 wish him success. 



Darling's Flower Shop has had an 

 exceptionally busy week. The funeral 

 of the late John Joyce called for a 

 large amount of work of an exception- 

 ally g<Jod character, orchids and high- 



priced stock generally being used. Then 

 the opening of the new $1,000,000 Gar- 

 den courts at Hollywood called for big 

 lots of choice flowers, among them be- 

 ing fifty dozen extra long Eussell roses, 

 big banks of Easter lilies and large 

 quantities of phalronopsis and other 

 orchids. This was one of the most 

 important jobs of the season so far. 



Frank Lichtenberg has gone on a 

 business trip to San Francisco and 

 points farther north, Mrs. Lichtenberg 

 accompanying him. 



Walter Armacost & Co. are sending in 

 a fine cut of Easter lilies and a good 

 line of potted hyacinths. The stock 

 sells on sight. 



H. A. Turner, of Montebello, has pur- 

 chased a new 6-cylinder car. 



Morris Goldenson was caught work- 

 ing one day this week, a pretty sure 

 sign that business must be rushing. A 

 large quantity of good funeral work has 

 been handled at the store. 



Freeman's window of spring flowers 

 this week was one of the prettiest 

 things seen for a long time. 



At Howard & Smith's store spring 

 flowers from the Montebello nurseries 

 are making a grand display, especially 

 the bulbous flowers. Several good dec- 

 orations have kept the staff busy during 

 the last two weeks, and in the nursery 

 department the new rose, Los Angeles, 

 is still among the best sellers. 



D. W. Coolidge, of Pasadena, while 

 out driving February 7, collided with a 



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L. A. FLORAL CO. 



FRED SPERRY, Mgr. 



HOUSE OF QUALITY AND SERVICE 





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 Roses — Carnations — Violets 

 Novelties and Greens of all kinds 



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ROSES 



And Other Seasonable 

 CUT f LOWERS 



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