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The Florists^ Review 



Sbptkmbbb 6, 1917. 



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Pacific Cqast Department 



Oakland, Cal.— C. C. Morse & Co. 

 have secured some novel designs in 

 pottery suitable for hyacinth bulbs, and 

 expect to put them on the market. 

 They were designed by Joseph Kroc, a 

 local sculptor. 



CAUSES OF YELLOW PLUMOSUS. 



"What would cause Asparagus plumo- 

 sus to shed its foliage? We have grown 

 plumosus successfully under lath for 

 four years, planting a batch every year. 

 This year, however, the sprays turn 

 yellow and drop off, both from the 

 young and old plants. The soil is 

 a heavy, sandy loam, and was well en- 

 riched with stable manure. We have 

 tried different kinds of chemical ferti- 

 lizers as a possible remedy, but with- 

 out success. Do you think there is some- 

 thing lacking in the soil that the plants 

 need? P. B.— Cal. 



The probabilities are that either one 

 of two causes is at the bottom of this 

 trouble with Asparagus plumosus. 



The first possibility is that the plants 

 were given too much water before they 

 became established in the new soil, and 

 by this means the soil was soured. If 

 this did not occur, I would investigate 

 the water supply, to find out whether 

 chloride of lime or alum was used in 

 filtering the water. If you have a pri- 

 vate water supply, have a specimen 

 analyzed. 



The use of chemical fertilizers after 

 the plants were in such a condition 

 would be worse than useless. 



W. H. T. 



LOS ANGELES, CAL. 



The Market. 



The arrival of the early mums this 

 week gave a little more variety to the 

 stock. Unfortunately, a good many of 

 the earlier flowers arrived soft and not 

 fit for long-distance shipping, but a few 

 from some of the growers were good 

 and doubtless will improve every day 

 in quality. Golden Glow and a few 

 Monrovia were among the earlier cut- 

 tings, and of the two Monrovia was the 

 better in most cases. Heavy dews and 

 sea fogs have softened much of the 

 outdoor stock, especially from the lower 

 lying locations. 



Greenhouse carnations are still on the 

 scarce side. Roses from indoors are im- 

 proving a little, but are not yet first- 

 class. The short flowers from young 

 stock are good in color, but have little 

 stamina. Rubrum lilies are still coming 

 in finely and meet with a good demand. 

 Asters are good. Field carnations are 

 fair and there is an abundance of small 

 outdoor flowers. 



A good deal of the call last week was 



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for funeral work; in fact, funeral orders 

 formed the bulk of the business. Many 

 of the regular patrons of the flower 

 stores are still at the beaches or in 

 the mountains, and the same applies to 

 the shipping to the warmer sections. 

 There are no pot plants worth mention- 

 ing. All classes of greens are plentiful, 

 but the demand is increasing. 



Various Notes. 



Albert Goldenson, manager of Wolfs- 

 kins' & Morris Goldenson 's store, has 

 returned from a vacation spent at Cata- 

 lina island. He reports a good time 

 and says the fishing was fine. 



By a mistake, the writer mentioned 

 "Clarence Purdy" as the purchaser of 

 the Freeman business on Fourth street. 

 This should have been Stanley Purdie. 



The Broadway Florist continues to do 

 a good funeral business. The store has 

 been altered, the workroom at the rear 

 having been thrown into the other part 

 of the store, by the removal of a parti- 

 tion, thereby providing considerably 

 more room. Frank Nelson has returned 

 and rejoined the force here. He is well 

 known throughout the adjoining terri- 

 tory, owing to his frequent trips over 

 the desert sections with his auto, an^ 

 should prove a valuable member of the 

 force. H. W. Turner, formerly of 

 Montebello, is another "live wire" re- 

 cently enlisted here. 



S. Murata & Co. have been shipping 

 fine early mums. J. d'Ortignac, of the 

 staff, has been limping around during 

 the last few days on account of an acci- 

 dent, but is staying with it gamely. 



Wright's Flower Shop notes a de- 

 cidedly better tone to business, the good 

 stock being sent in from the green- 

 houses no doubt accounting for this. 

 Thomas Wright says that he has never 

 had such promising looking stock as this 

 year, the roses now being cut from the 



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young plants of Ophelia being espe- 

 cially good. They are trying out sev- 

 eral of the novelties again this season. 



Darling's Flower Shop reports a 

 much bigger business than at this time 

 last year. Wallace Boyd has returned 

 from his vacation. 



H. Vetter, of Hermosa Beach, reports 

 fine business, especially along the line of 

 funeral work. Mrs. and Miss Vetter 

 both work hard in the business, and 

 they have worked up a good trade in 

 this flourishing place. 



The L. A. Floral Co. is shipping fine 

 asters and carnations, and reports trade 

 picking up. J. Morris is now a mem- 

 ber of the staff here. Paul Miller is on 

 a vacation. 



C. J. Groen has been offered a tempt- 

 ing price for an oil option on his land 

 at Montebello, but it is reported he has 

 turned it down. 



The H. N. Gage Co. has put on an- 

 other delivery automobile, and H. N. 

 says that the business for August has 

 been far ahead of that of last year for 

 the same month. They are bringing in 

 fine late gladioli. The company has 

 given an option on its land at Monte- 

 bello, and if the sale is effected it may 

 move to the El Monte place. 



H. R. Richards. 



PASADENA, CAL. 



H. Siebrecht, Jr., of the House of 

 Flowers, has secured the Lewis Brad- 

 bury place at Duarte, where there is a 

 fine range of greenhouses, a lath house 

 and a big section of land, of which Mr. 

 Siebrecht has ■ secured fifty acres. The 

 idea \t to grow first-class stock of or- 

 chids, valley and gardenias, of which 

 Mr. Siebrecht cannot procure enough 

 for his business. As a start, 2,000 es- 

 tablished cattleyas are on their way 

 from the east, and these will later be 



Valley ^^ Valley 



We are now receiving regular shipments of choice Valley. 

 Roses, Gladioli and all other seasonable flowers and greens. 



California Cut Flower Co. 



433 West 7th Street, 



LOS ANGELES, CAL. 



L. A. FLORAL CO. 



FRED SPERRY, Manager House of QUALITY and SERVICE 



New crop of Carnations now ready. 



Best Asters, Lilies, Roses and Greens of all kinds at the right price. 



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