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Medford, Ore. — Maddox & Bonney 

 have bought the business of Pierce the 

 Florist. 



BLACK FUNQUS OR MOSS. 



Kindly tell me what is the best meth- 

 od of preventing seed-boxes from be- 

 coming covered with a black fungus or 

 moss. This growth prevents the seeds 

 from coming up, or, if they have come 

 up, it makes them damp off. 



C. N.— Gal. 



This trouble may be caused by insuf- 

 ficient light, or by too much water, or 

 by a combination of the two. 



Try removing the moss or fungus 

 from the surface of the soil and then 

 dusting the soil with air-slaked lime. 

 It is possible, however, that the boxes 

 are decaying and that the fungus may 

 be propagated in the decayed wood. As 

 a preventive for such a condition it is 

 well to give the interior of the trays or 

 boxes a good coat of whitewash before 

 sowing the seeds. W. H. T. 



LOS ANGELES. 



The Market. 



The retailers all over the city have 

 been simply swamped during the week 

 with funeral work. On every other cor- 

 ner one met someone delivering funeral 

 pieces. Stock has become more plenti- 

 ful with the addition of several varie- 

 ties of bulbous flowers, including gla- 

 dioli. The few daffodils now on the mar- 

 ket make little showing, but by the time 

 these lines appear they will be coming 

 in more freely. Eoses are still on the 

 short side and both the quantity and 

 quality of carnations leave much to be 

 desired. The greenhouse-grown stock 

 now selling at $6 and $8 per hundred 

 is not so good as some of the field-grown 

 stock of other seasons. Recent showers 

 and warmer temperatures at night may 

 work an improvement in them. There 

 is little change in the greens situation, 

 but plumosus is improving in quality 

 daily. 



Various Notes. 



Robert Newcomb has been in town 

 this week. It seems he is on the road 

 again, after his turn at indoor work. 



Twdppalls of orchids, one after the 

 otl er, were included in the funeral or- 

 ders ^epared by the F. Lichtenberg 

 forces last week. 



Thomas Wright, now thoroughly re- 

 covered, says he will replant practically 

 the whole of the roses at his green- 

 houses this year. He will tie to a few 

 standard varieties only. He is not keen 

 for novelties. 



J. Rolleri is showing a line of bulbs 

 of various sorts in the windows of the 

 Athletic Club Florist. He says there is 

 a steady demand for them. Cut flower 

 business also is brisk here. 



Dan MacRorie, of San Francisco, was 

 a visitor here last week. 



The store of the Broadway Florists is 

 one of the busiest in town. Much out- 

 of-town work is done here. 



R. Overstreet is well satisfied with the 

 start he has made at the Marcell Flow- 

 er Shop. 



J. Dieterich is cutting large quanti- 

 ties of Erica melanthera, of which he 

 holds possibly the largest stock in the 

 neighborhood. He reports also a car- 

 load of kentias sold to an eastern con- 

 cern and several large local orders. Ap- 

 parently he is not worrying over im- 

 port restrictions. 



The amount of sickness among the 

 principals and assistants in the florists' 

 business was never so great as at pres- 

 ent. Fred Howard said recently he had 

 none of the regular office staff on duty, 

 as all were sick, and a large percentage 

 of the sales people as well. A. W. How- 

 ard, of the landscape department, re- 

 ports big things coming along in this 

 line. H. R. Richards. 



SAN FRANCISCO. 



The Market. 



The abatement of the influenza epi- 

 demic, with an increased supply of car- 

 nations, freesias, violets and other va- 

 rieties of flowers, has eased up the situa- 

 tion here, but there is still room for im- 

 provement, the demand being in excess 

 of the amount of flowers brought in 

 from day to day. Rain last week has 

 helped out the violet crops wonderfully, 

 both in regard to supply and quality. 

 Unless it turns decidedly cold again, 

 there should be plenty of violets within 

 a week or ten days. Outdoor daffodils 

 are beginning to arrive, and constitute 

 welcome additions to the daily offerings. 

 There has been a limited amount of 

 greenhouse daffodils, but they sold for 

 $1 a dozen, so they did not materially 

 relieve the shortage of flowers. Freesias 



are the most plentiful article and they 

 clean up readily at slightly lower prices 

 than were obtained a week ago. Carna- 

 tions have declined further in price as 

 a result of the increased supply, few 

 bringing more than $1 a bunch now, 

 whereas all good stock cleaned up at 

 double the price a few days ago. The 

 increased demand for funeral work has 

 made the white and pink varieties 

 stronger than the red of late. After 

 the whites and pinks are cleaned up 

 regardless of quality, often fine red 

 blooms remain. Roses are scarce in 

 comparison with the demand and prices 

 show no signs of weakening. Not much 

 improvement in the supply is expected 

 for another month or six weeks. Most 

 of the roses show good quality, how- 

 ever. Beauties leave nothing to be de- 

 sired and Russells are especially fine, 

 the stems being almost as long as those 

 of the Beauties; Columbia, Ophelia, 

 Hadley and various other varieties are 

 equally good. Orchids are shown freely 

 in the florists' windows, which is a suf- 

 ficient proof that the supply is equal to 

 the demand. In greens for decorative 

 purposes, wild lemon seems to have re- 

 placed huckleberry to a considerable 

 extent. 



Various Notes. 



A meeting of florists has been called 

 to consider plans for a big banquet in 

 honor of members of the trade who have 

 served their country. A number of the 

 local boys already have returned and, 

 with prospects favorable for others to 

 be released from camp in the near fu- 

 ture, there is a desire manifest to show 

 them a cordial welcome. 



A. J. Rossi, of Pelicano, Rossi & Co., 



VV^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 



Mention The RcTlew when you writ*. 



-WHOLESALE EVERGREENS- 



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

 Asparagus plumosus. Huckleberry, Hard and Soft Brake, Maidenhair, Mexican Ivy and 

 all other classes of evergreens and similar stock. 



For best prices, write 

 TASSANO BROS., 422 South WaU Street, Los Angeles, Cal. 



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