56 



The Rorists^ Review 



October 2, 1919. 



''•0^^^^S^^S^^S^^.^^^.^^^.'^^?^^^^?%^^^.^^^.^^^'^»^.'^^>^^'^^ 



i 



Pacific Coast Department 



<»^<*^.< 



Oarden Home, Ore. — J. V. Blake has 

 just completed a violet house and has 

 bought 1,000 plants to start with. 



Anaheim, Cal. — Howard E. Gates does 

 good work in trade publicity by con- 

 ducting a garden column in the Ana- 

 heim Daily Herald. 



Watsonville, Cal. — H. A. Hyde has 

 taken into partnership his sons, Harold 

 A. Hyde and Cliflford M. Hyde, and an- 

 nounces the organization of the H. A. 

 Hyde Co., which will carry on his busi- 

 ness as florist, grower and nurseryman. 



EASY SEUiINa. 



Any grower on the Pacific coast who 



has the facilities for producing stock 



for the wholesale market will find easy 



selling. Like this: 



We had expected to use a series of strong dis- 

 play advertisements in the Pacific coast depart- 

 ment of The Review this autumn, but the 6-lnch 

 ads run at intervals in the summer, and the small 

 card appearing steadily, h-.ve brought us such a 

 rush of business that we find it not necessary 

 to do as much advertising as we had expected. — 

 Culver Bros., Proprietors, Los Angeles Geranium 

 Co., Los Angeles, Cal., September 25, 1919. 



Any surplus stock on the Pacific coast, 

 is easily moved this season. 



LOS ANOELES, CAL. 



The Market. 



The feature of the market last week 

 was the great scarcity of carnations, 

 the field stock being shorter than 

 ever. It has been practically a fight 

 to get any in the market, the whole- 

 salers and retailers taking the stock 

 either at the growing grounds or from 

 the delivery cars as they came in. 



Roses are plentiful and greeenhouse 

 carnations about equal to the demand. 

 Orchids are coming from the north, but 

 there is practically nothing from local 

 growers. Business locally has come in 

 streaks, some days good and others poor, 

 but the general tone is good for this 

 season. Chrysanthemums are about 

 equal to the demand, but more shipping 

 stock could be used. 



Various Notes. 



Martin Reukauf, representing H. 

 Bayersdorfcr & Co., Philadelphia, 

 called on the trade last week. 



Miss Josie Then and her sister, daugh- 

 ters of Anton Then, of Chicago, accom- 

 panied by Miss Shultz, of Detroit, have 

 been visiting Los Angeles. They made 

 the trip out by easy stages, calling at 

 various places of interest en route, and 

 are charmed with southern California. 



J. Dieterich left September 21 for a 

 trip to .3an Francisco. 



Paul Ecke, who for the last seven 

 years had assisted his father, the late 

 A. Ecke, in liis business as a poinsettia 

 specialist, has taken on the business 

 and will carry it on at the same address, 

 1226 Hay avenue. It may be well to 

 mention that during the late Mr. Ecke 's 

 illness, his correspondence naturally got 

 a little in arrears, and, although Paul 

 Ecke is working hard to straighten 

 things out, there may he some delay. A 

 post-mortem examination showed' that 

 cancer of the stomach wa- the cause of 

 Mr. Ecke's death. 



The Athletic Club Florist, on West 

 Seventh street, reports a good business 

 right along, showing that the trade of 

 Los Angeles is working south. 



This year J. Rolleri is growing a con- 

 siderable proportion of his own chrys- 

 anthemums and the stock coming from 

 the growing grounds certainly looks 

 fine. 



Robert Newcomb, representing the 

 Burlington Willow Ware Shops, Bur- 

 ington, la., and other firms, was in town 

 last week and said this is the most suc- 

 cessful trip from a business point of 

 view^ that he has ever taken. 



Darling's Flower Shop had the honor 

 of decorating the President's suite at 

 the Alexandria ho,i;el during the visit of 

 President and Mrs. Wilson. It was a 

 big job well carried out, and the whole 

 of the staff was working day and night 

 in preparation. 



Theodore Yakas, of Oakland, was a 

 visitor last week. 



The L. A. Floral Co. has been ship- 

 ping out fine early pompons, probably 



the first in the market. F. Sperry has 

 been under the weather for a few days, 

 but is around again. 



C. L. Washburn, of Chicago, has been 

 looking over the situation out here. He 

 intends to return shortly. 



The H. N. Gage Co. is pushing a fine 

 line of ferns now, and H. N. Gage says 

 that they are a week ahead of last year 

 with pompons. 



S. Murata & Co. report fine shipping 

 business, but stock scarce. 



H. R. Richards. 



SAN FRANCISCO, CAL. 



The Market. 



There is a scarcity of practically 

 every variety of flower in the local mar- 

 ket this week and this condition, to- 

 gether with a strong demand both for 

 shipping stock and from San Francisco 

 retail establishments, has resulted in a 

 scale of prices higher than they have 

 been for a number of years. 



Growers and shippers report tjiat 



A CUSTOMER WRITES: 



"I am like the prodigal son re- 

 turning home. I have tried other 

 companies but have not got the treat- 

 ment I received from you." 



THERE YOU ARE! 



QUALITY AND SERVICE 



Write for carload prices on Humiis, the wonderful soil builder. 



L. A. FLORAL CO. 



236 E. Fourth Street 



LOS ANGELES, CAL. 



S. MURATA & CO. 



Oldest and Most Experienced Shippers in Southern California 



380-386 So. Los Angeles St., LOS ANGELES, CAL. 



WE NEVER MISS 



