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The Florists^ Review 



November 14, 1918. 



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SEATTLE, WASH. 



The Market. 



The last two weeks the local trade 

 has been a whirlwind for the florists. 

 Funeral work has kept them busy long 

 after closing time each day and flowers 

 have been scarce, though local stock 

 is coming into the market more freely 

 than heretofore. California flowers 

 have helped a great deal to relieve the 

 situation. 



Eoses are of good quality and bring 

 good prices. Carnations are also good, 

 as well as mums, most of the latter be- 

 ing of the White Turner variety. Or- 

 chids, gardenias and bouvardia are 

 plentiful. California violets are poor. 



Various Notes. 



The recent order issued by the local 

 board of health closing all stores, both 

 wholesale and retail, before 10 a. m. and 

 after 3 p. m. daily has affected counter 

 sales to a great extent. 



Mr. Desmond, of Hollywood Gardens, 

 and Mr. Poolman, of the Woodland Park 

 Floral Co., went on a three days' fishing 

 trip last week. They report poor fish- 

 ing, but luck did not desert them en- 

 tirely as they brought back a gootl 

 brace of wild duck. 



Bosaia Bros, are cutting a quantity 

 of good orchids. 



The Woodland Flower Shop is getting 

 some fine Ophelia roses from the Beall 

 Greenhouse Co., at Vashon. 



Stuber & Richardson are cutting a 

 large crop of Cecile Brunner roses and 

 carnations. W. S. G. 



LOS ANGELES. 



The Market. 



There has been no let-up in funeral 

 work and the retailers have been mak- 

 ing money, but this is practically the 

 only outlet for flowers. Looking over 

 the mum season, it is noted that there 

 probably never has been a season when 

 more money was made by wholesalers 

 and retailers, while the growers also got 

 their share. There has been no glut 

 and indeed a scarcity of good stock for 

 shipping has been noted all through the 

 season so far. If this continues during 

 the season of late mums, there probably 

 will be more grown next year. The 

 scarcity of brake fern has been a seri- 



ous one, with the price so high as to be 

 almost prohibitive. Substitutes are 

 found in Boston and sword fern fronds, 

 while leptospermum is used in place of 

 huckleberry. Eoses are better than for 

 some time and more plentiful. The out- 

 door stock is particularly good, owing to 

 the open weather. Carnations are higher 

 in price than usual at this time and 

 equal to the demand. Orchids are more 

 plentiful, but the demand is only fair. 

 In plants, some fine cyclamens are being 

 shown and good ferns. 



A slight frost in some localities the 

 morning of November 7 had its effect 

 upon some of the outdoor stock. 



Various Notes. 



The death of Milton Morris, son of O. 

 M. Morris, is reported in the obituarj' 

 column. 



D. Stathatos, proprietor of the Broad- 

 way Florists, has been sick for several 

 days with influenza. 



T. D. Robertson, of Fullerton, Cal., 

 was in town this week. He reports 

 business good in the floral line but slow 

 in the nursery. 



John Fincken was taken sick late in 

 the evening of November 6 and has 

 been in bed a couple of days with a 

 serious cold and high temperature. We 

 all hope he will soon be around again. 



Tassano Bros, report a considerable 

 shortage in some lines of greens, but 

 they are busy with orders. Angelo is- 

 still sick and Tony is the only one on 

 hand now. He seems to be fully re- 

 covered from his recent illness. 



H. N. Gage is handling several ex- 

 quisite varieties of pompons, which sell 

 freely, owing to the big demand for 

 funeral flowers. 



Fre'd Sperry, of the L. A. Floral Co., 

 reports business far above normal. He 

 has had to put on additional help in the 

 new store. Frank Nelson,' formerly of 

 the Southern California Cut Flower Co., 

 has joined the force here after a pleas- 

 ant driving tour of _ t|iQ .desert, from 

 which he returned recently. 



W. Armacost & Co. report shipping 

 business keeping up well. An extra 

 fine cut of roses is being taken. James 

 Morris, foreman at the greenhouses, has 

 been sick but has recovered. Mr. Wil- 

 liamson, the bookkeeper, says they have 

 been singularly fortunate in having so 

 few of their people sick during the epi- 

 demic. 



All the sick people have returned to 

 their work at the store of S. Murata 

 & Co. and business is good with this 

 concern. There has been a specially ac- 

 tive call for orchids here of late. 



Otto Berger, formerly of San Diego 



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