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The Florists' Review 



Januabt 18, 1917. 



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Pullman, Wash.— Thomas Neill & Son 

 report that they experience no difficulty 

 in getting advanced jirices for their 

 flowers. 



Colfax, Wash. — Greenhouses here be- 

 longing to Hoy Endsley collapsed under 

 a heavy weight of snow a few days be- 

 fore Christmas. 



Eugene, Ore. — L. W. Rae has suc- 

 ceeded the firm of Rae & McClain, and 

 will carry on the seed and nursery de- 

 partments as well as the flower busi- 

 ness. 



Walla Walla, Wash. — Herbert Brown, 

 who recently terminated four years of 

 service with James Wait, now is in 

 charge of the penitentiary grounds here. 

 Mr. Brown also operates a 5-acre market 

 garden. 



Spokane, Wash. — An organization re- 

 cently was perfected here and incorpo- 

 rated at $100,000 under the name of 

 Spokane Concrete Flower Pot Co., with 

 officers as follows: H. E. Keimers, C. G. 

 Bewley, W. F. Page, G. Pearson and W. 

 E. Parmelee. It is understood that the 

 company will manufacture a machine 

 for making flower pots out of concrete. 

 The machines presumably will be sold 

 to florists and growers, who can make 

 the pots in sizes and quantities as 

 wanted. 



LOS ANQELI:S. 



The Market. 



An almost universal satisfaction with 

 this week's business is reported, every- 

 one saying that it is far beyond expec- 

 tations after such a good holiday. The 

 few warm days have already made quite 

 a big difference in stock, which is not 

 only more plentiful but also better in 

 every way than that of a week ago. 

 Greenhouse roses are coming about as 

 before, but the demand has fallen off 

 some on account of the high prices 

 charged at Christmas and New Year's. 

 This is a condition that soon will right 

 itself, and when the stock comes with- 

 in a reasonable price wholesalers will be 

 able to recommend it to their out-of- 

 town trade. 



Bulbous stock is improving in quality 

 and increasing in quantity and variety. 

 Carnations are daily improving, those 

 from lath houses and outdoors, but 

 greenhouse-grown stock is still a little 

 scarce. At the time of writing small 

 spring flowers are on the scarce side 

 and clean up daily, but with the advent 

 of freesias and daffodils in quantity and 

 a general increase in stock of all kinds, 

 prices should soon favor the buyer. 



Regarding wild statements made as 

 to northern shipments to this market, 

 the writer hopes that the authors believe 

 them; so far he has met no one else that 

 does. News is always acceptable, 

 whether favorable or otherwise, but 

 wild prophecies are not news even where 

 the wish is father to the thought. Aza- 

 leas that missed the holiday market are 

 coming in freely now, but the demand 

 is not here. Cyclamens are in fair de- 

 mand only. Good plumosus is decidedly 

 scarce, l)ut there is a fair amount of the 

 second-rate stock that is being shipped. 



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 A Plant Co. 



Los Angeles, By M. L. Oermain, Pres. 



Maidenhair ferns are not any too plenti- 

 ful, but other greens are up to the aver- 

 age supply. 



Various Notes. 



G. W. Smith and Mrs. Smith left here 

 January 5 for an auto trip to Santa Bar- 

 bara, intending to stay in that delight- 

 ful neighborhood for a few days. Busi- 

 ness at the store is good. 



Albert Goldenson, manager of Wolf- 

 skills' and Morris Goldenson 's, is to be 

 married February 25 to Miss Jennie 



Jacobs. A honeymoon trip to San 

 Diego and other points in the neighbor- 

 hood is the present plan. 



George C. Roeding, of Fresno, is a 

 visitor here this week. 



John Brown, the well known head 

 grower at the greenhouses of Wright's 

 Flower Shop, celebrated the twenty-fifth 

 anniversary of his wedding January 4. 

 This was not the exact date of that 

 happy event, but as the actual date 

 came during the holiday rush, it was 

 postponed to January 4. Quite a merry 

 party attended the celebration and 

 among the happy crowd, naturally, were 

 Mr. and Mrs. Brown. Nothing unusual 

 about that. No, Mr. Critic, but one un- 

 usual point was that the chief actors in 

 that happy event twenty-five years ago 

 at Reading, Pa., wore the same clothes 

 they did January 4 of this, the best of 

 all years. It is true that Mr. Brown [s 

 coat sleeves were a trifle short and his 

 vest was hardly able to "make both 



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= House of Quality and Service Busiest Place in Town E 



I 407 So. Los Angeles Street, LOS ANGELES, CAL. | 



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VIOLETS = CARNATIONS 

 ROSES %K^r' GREENS 



ASK FOR SPECIAL QUOTATION 



DOMOTO BROS. 



WHOLESALE 

 GROWERS 



Nurseries: 78th to 79th Aves., East Oakland, Cal. 



440 Bush Street - SAN FRANCISCO, CAL. 



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CYCLAMEN PLANTS 



READY FOR IMMEDIATE DELIVERY 



4-inch $0.25 @ $0.35 



5-inch 35 @ .50 



6-inch 60 @ .75 



7-inch 75 @ 1.00 



8-inch 1.00 @ 1.26 



Large sizes 1.50 @ 2.00 



Large, well flowered plants, mostly salmons and reds. 



WALTER ARMACOST & CO. 



Sawtelle, Cal. 



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