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The Florists' Review 



NOTBMBxa 21, 1918. 



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Watsonville, Cal. — H. A. Hyde, who 

 is florist, bulb grower and nurseryman, 

 says business is good in California this 

 year in spite of the shortage of labor 

 and the attendant high prices of every- 

 thing. • 



Moneta, Cal. — At the Dean Iris Gar- 

 dens money and tireless effort have been 

 expended in the culture of standard and 

 novel varieties of iris and the manage- 

 ment reports that this flower is growing 

 in favor, as shown by steadily increas- 

 ing sales, and believes the time is not 

 far distant when the iris will come into 

 its own. 



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SAN DIEGO, CAL. 



The Market. 



Business is good, especially in funeral 

 work. Chrysanthemums are almost 

 gone, as it is impossible to keep the late 

 varieties longer than November 15. 

 Other stock is in fairly good supply. 



Various Notes. 



Notice of the death of Samuel Slack, 

 rosarian at Balboa park, will be found 

 in the obituary column of this issue. 



L. King Jjanier, of Chula Vista, who 

 left the retail flower business to become 

 a grower, is a busy man, as his 18-acre 

 place shows. It is a pleasure to see him 

 coming to town three or four times a 

 week with his automobile loaded with 

 choice flowers and greens. He does not 

 have any trouble disposing of his stock 

 to the retail stores. Besides growing 

 flowers for the market, Mr. Lanier has 

 ten acres planted to tomatoes, which 

 were contracted for by the government. 

 He grows a great quantity of Asparagus 

 Sprengeri and plumosus and next sea- 

 son expects to put on the market about 

 130,000 seeds. 



The influenza situation is greatly im- 

 proved here and the quarantine of Gamp 

 Kearny has been lifted. 



San Diego celebrated the big victory 

 November 11. It was the biggest dem- 

 onstration in the history of the city 

 and the most spontaneous. A. D. 



LOS ANGELES. 



The Market. 



There has been a little let-up in fu- 

 neral work this week, owing to a lessen- 

 ing death rate, but there still is consid- 

 erably above the average along this 

 line. Flowers for decoration and pres- 

 entation are much in demand and the 

 volume of business is keeping up well. 

 Most kinds of stock are shortening up, 

 good field-grown carnations especially, 

 and the price has risen considerably. 

 Eoses are fairly plentiful, but are not of 

 extra good quality or color. Mums still 

 are coming along freely, but the big 



supply is past and they doubtless will 

 shorten up from now on. Dahlias are 

 practically over, though a few are still 

 coming. A nice line of blue cornflowers 

 and delphiniums is being used in store 

 decoration and there are a number of 

 small flowers on hand. A few Paper 

 Whites are in, but not enough to cut 

 much figure. 



Various Notes. 



Harry Bailey, of Montebello, does not, 

 as a rule, say much about his business, 

 but speaking this week he said never 

 in the history of his business has he had 

 such good results as this year. Another 

 instance of treating customers right. 

 When Mr. Bailey kas not the stock his 

 customers need he tells them so and they 

 know what to expect. But of late he 

 has; hence the big business. He also 

 reports a fine new crop of plumosus and 

 Sprengeri seed for the coming season. 



The Arthur Letts Botanical Garden, 

 at Hollywood, is always an interesting 

 place to visit and everything is in fine 

 shape there now. Much of the new 

 planting carried out last year is begin- 

 ning to take shape and the large stock 

 moved has, in most cases, stood the re- 

 moval well. Carissa edulis is in bloom 

 and the odor of the pretty white flowers 

 is most pleasing. A plant of Dipladenia 

 splendens in full bloom outside in No- 

 vember shows the mildness of the sea- 

 son, and there are many other beautiful 

 things in flower. In the greenhouses the 

 cattleyas are sheathing up well, and 

 there are nice batches of begonias of 

 the Lorraine types coming on for winter 

 blooming. A. Hunt, the capable super- 

 intendent, is to be congratulated on the 

 appearance of the whole place, the more 



especially as labor has been scarce and 

 difficult to obtain. 



A. Eyan, horticultural inspector for 

 Alhambra, has been appointed to suc- 

 ceed the late William Wood as county 

 horticultural commissioner. 



A message from Phoenix, Ariz., re- 

 ports Mrs. C. E. Morton as seriously ill. 

 Mr. Morton also has been ill, suffering 

 from blood poisoning from rose thorns. 



A wonderful new tomato is being 

 shown by iPayne's Seed Store, the great-^ 

 est cropper probably ever seen, and a 

 fine looking fruit. Mr. Payne is offer- 

 ing a prize for the best name for the 

 newcomer. 



C. Gutting, proprietor of the Superior 

 Nursery and Superior Dahlia Gardens, 

 and Miss Gutting, his daughter, both 

 have been down with infiuenza. 



Fred Sperry, Jr., son of Fred Sperry, 

 of the L. A. Floral Co., has contracted 

 scarlet fever. He has been at a military 

 school here, but is now with his mother, 

 who is nursing him; so no doubt he soon 

 will be all right again. 



Speaking of his season's business, 

 Fred H. Allen, of Allen's Water Gar- 

 dens, says it has been much the best 

 since he has been in business, October 

 being a banner month for the sale of 

 cut flowers of water lilies, of which he 

 has a large stock. Goldfish also are 

 handled in large quantities and the 

 stock is in fine condition. Mr. Allen is 

 making his annual clean-up of the ponds 

 now, and is preparing large shipments of 

 plants. 



D. Stathatos, of the Broadway Flo- 

 rist, ia improved somewhat in health, 

 but still looks far from his usual form. 



Albert Goldenson reports big funeral 

 orders daily. One day this week there 

 were two palls among the orders. 



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