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PorUand, Ore. — James ForDes, of the 

 Martin & Forbes Co., says there will be 

 in Portland this year fewer than 1,000 

 Easter lilies where there were 25,000 

 last year. He does not predict a great 

 increase in price, saying that other flow- 

 ers will be substituted for Easter lilies 

 this year. 



LOS ANGELES. 



The Market. 



A scarcity in some lines of stock de- 

 veloped this week, especially in choice 

 bulbous plants. The appearance of 

 Dutch iris is always welcome and the 

 earlier flowers are bringing good prices. 

 With the passing of Emperor and 

 similar types of daffodils, the later po- 

 eticus hybrids appear, and are useful. 



Roses have been more plentiful this 

 week, with the exception of the small 

 Cecile Brunners, which are late in com- 

 ing. The appearance of Cattleya Mos- 

 sise helps the orchid situation some and 

 the demand is good. 



Callas are at their height now and, 

 for the first time this year, the supply 

 has kept up with the demand. Advance 

 orders for these for Easter are coming 

 in to the wholesalers and it is doubtful 

 if there will be enough to go around for 

 the holiday. 



Greens are more plentiful, but still 

 on the short side. 



Various Notes. 



Looking around the nursery of E. H. 

 Rust, at Pasadena, Cal., is always inter- 

 esting, especially in company with the 

 genial Frank Warner and "Billy" 

 Rapp, who is congenial. The finest her- 

 baceous plant the writer has seen for a 

 long time is the new scarlet pentstemon, 

 of which a large stock has been raised 

 and which will be disseminated shortly. 

 This has already been mentioned as 

 exhibited at the Pasadena show, but the 

 few flowers shown there did not give 

 an idea of what a fine thing it is. The 

 floweri are of the gloxinia'flora type, 

 upwards of three inches across and of 

 the richest scarlet in color, with a white 

 throat. The spikes on well grown plants 

 are three to four feet high, forty to 

 fifty flowers being open at a time. For 

 a cut flower or a display in the herba- 

 ceous border, it is unrivaled by any 

 plant outside of the delphinium, and it 

 does not take much of a prophet to fore- 

 tell a great future for it. In the green- 

 houses, Easter stock is coming along 

 finely and some extra large Cocos 

 plumosa were being boxed for ship- 

 ment in the nursery. The place, as 

 usual, looks neat and clean and business 

 is good. 



Tony Tassano reports much bigger 

 and better shipments of evergreens com- 

 ing in than for many months and does 

 not look for any shortage from now on. 

 Fine statice also is coming in from the 

 nursery at Artesia and meeting with a 

 big demand. 



Mrs. F. R. Hills has returned home 

 from Phoenix, Ariz., where she has been 

 nursing her son through a dangerous ill- 

 ness. Mrs. Hills speaks highly of the 

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