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The Florists' Review 



February 6, 1919. 



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Pacific Coast DEPAfti^MENT 



SOME CALIFORNIA CYCLAMENS. 



The cyclamens seen in the illustration 

 were not only grown in California, but 

 their California lineage probably ex- 

 tended back two or three generations — 

 j)lant generations, that is — as they were 

 produced from a strain of California 

 seeds. The plants were genuine Native 

 Sons — a fact which in itself constitutes 

 high praise for the plants, as all Cali- 

 fornians and many other people will 

 testify. The growers of the plants, the 

 firm heretofore known as H. Hayashi 

 & Co., of Oakland, Cal., state that nearly 

 all their cyclamens, since the beginning 

 of the world war, have been grown 

 from their own seeds, "preserved from 

 the best European strains, such as are 

 notable for their heavy stems and pro- 

 fuse flowering." 



The name H. Hayashi & Co. has be- 

 come so familiar to many in the trade 

 as to seem almost an essential part of 

 the firm, but, according to a recent an- 

 nouncement, the business will hereafter 

 be conducted under the name of Haya- 

 shi Bros.' Nursery. The Hayashi broth- 

 ers are wholesale growers and make a 

 specialty of such plants as cyclamens, 

 poinsettias, ferns, rambler roses and 

 Kaster lilies for the holiday trade. 



Cyclamens unquestionably are among 

 the most popular of winter-blooming 

 plants — deservedly popular, on account 

 of their abundant and persistent bloom- 

 ing, their beauty of both foliage and 

 flower, their variety of rich coloring 

 and their remarkable lasting qualities in 

 the ordinary home. It is not surprising, 

 then, that the Hayashi brothers devote 

 a good proportion of their greenhouse 

 space to cyclamens. The house here 

 shown contained 2,000 8-inch to 10-inch 

 ])Ots of cyclamens, grown for last Christ- 

 mas, and three other houses of cyclamens 

 were ready for the same holiday. Much 

 larger quantities of the plants are being 

 j)repared for next season. 



It is an interesting fact that the many 

 excellent commercial strains of cycla- 

 mens are all derived from one species, 

 the Persian cyclamen, or Cyclamen per- 

 sicum. Most of the other species — the 

 botanists name from thirty to forty of 

 them — are essentially outdoor plants, 

 but are not well suited to an outside 

 life in the climate of the greater part 

 of the United States, though some of 

 them probably would thrive finely on the 

 Pacific slope. 



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LOS ANGELES. 



The Market. . 



The arrival of good freesias changed 

 the aspect of the market this week. 

 This ]»opular and useful flower always 

 is accei)tab]e. Other bulbous flowers, 

 sucii as daflfodils, are not coming along 

 freely, the lack of rain and conse(|ucnt 

 dry atmosj)li('re being unfavorable to 

 tliem. Carnations are not up to stand- 

 ard, either, for quantity or quality, 

 and roses are still far behind the de- 

 mand. Yet there is a slightly easier 

 market and growers are not holding out 

 for such high prices as have been the 

 rule of late. 



In One of the Cyclamen Houses of Hayashi Bros., Oakland, Cal. 



The principal demand is still for fu- 

 neral work, though there is an increase 

 in decorations and the box trade, ac- 

 cording to the reports of the retailers. 

 Double and single peach and cherry 

 blossoms in various colors are attrac- 

 tively displayed in the stores and sell 

 freely for decorative work. Acacia 

 Baileyana is in and sells better than 

 the earlier-flowering varieties of acacias, 

 which for some reason do not suit the 

 ])opular taste. A good assortment of 



sweet peas helps out the average of 

 flowers. Orchids are high in price and 

 Cecile Brunner roses are scarce. Vio- 

 lets are plentiful and there is no lack 

 of greens, though the prices keep up 

 well. 



Various Notes. 



James McGillivray, superintendent of 

 Lincoln park, is in the Pacific hospital, 

 where he has been operated on for ap- 

 pendicitis. The operation was entirely 



AA/E ARE keeping our 

 word and living up to 

 our motto. This is proved 

 by our being able to fill our 

 holiday orders with good 

 stock when others failed. 



L. A. FLORAL CO. 



FRED SPERRY, Manager 



236 E. Fourth St., LOS ANGELES, CAL. 



Long Distance Phone, Pico 518 



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-WHOLESALE EVERGREENS- 



Garland Roping, Hollyberry. English Holly, Cal. Pepper Boughs, Desert Holly, Smilaz, 

 Asparagus pluniosus. Huckleberry, 'Hard and Soft Brake, Maidenhair, Mexican Ivy and 

 all other classes of evergreens and similar stock. 



For best prices, write 

 TASSANO BROS., 422 Soutli.Wall Street, Los Angeles, Cal. 



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