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The Florists' Review 



OCTOBBR 23, 1919. 



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Pacific Coast Department 



LOS ANQELES, CAL. 



The Market. 



Prices were uneven last week and, 

 while the high price asked for the best 

 shipping carnations in the previous 

 week was upheld last week, there have 

 been a large number of)inferior flowers 

 sold at a lower rate. ' Mums have be- 

 come more plentiful and the price has 

 been shaded a little, but the crop has 

 now passed the peak and prices are 

 tending upward again. There is a 

 scarcity of good roses and it is difficult 

 to fill an order for long-stemmed stock. 

 Shorter flowers are plentiful. Violets 

 are in, but the stock as yet is not fit for 

 shipping any distance. Sweet peas and 

 other small flowers are arriving a little 

 more freely. Orchids are still scarce 

 and probably will be until the Cattleya 

 Trianaj come in. Ferns are more plen- 

 tiful. Greens are about equal to the 

 demand. 



Another hot spell with cold nights 

 seems to be coming. The temperature 

 tlie night of October 15 went down 

 to 35 degrees in some places, while at 

 midday, October 16, it was almost as 

 hot in the city as during any day in 

 summer. Such conditions are bad for 

 stock. Retailers complained of busi- 

 ness last week and said that little but 

 funeral work had materialized. 



Various Notes. 



Miss and Mrs. Hosp, of Riverside, 

 and Mrs. Goudy (formerly Miss Hosp), 

 of Bakersfield, have been touring with 

 Mr. Goudy, visiting the various nurs- 

 eries in the neighborhood. 



A. TT. Poolcy, of Pomona, visited the 

 city last week to look up stock. 



Preparations for the Pasadena chrys- 

 anthemum show October 23 to 25, to be 

 held in Hotel Green, are moving well 

 and the show seems likely to be a record- 

 brcal<er. President Felgate has been 

 showing some remarkably fine onions 

 grown by him at Sierra Madre. 



Karl kohl, president of the Orange 

 County Nurseries, of Anaheim, was in 

 the city last week. Mr. Kohl says that 

 their fruit trees have sold so freely that 

 they have not had to solicit any busi- 

 ness, either personally or by price list, 

 this year. Thoy are sold out entirely on 

 several lines and at considerably better 

 prices than usual. 



Tlie Beverly Hills Nursery is doing a 

 big business in landscape work this sea- 

 son. The scarcity of labor is felt here 

 and is sometimes so acute that they 

 have had to stop their traveling repre- 

 sentatives selling until their orders were 

 caught up. 



Mrs. McDonald, of the Potter Floral 

 Co., El Paso, Tex., has been visiting in 

 the city. This lady was formerly Miss 

 Schiller, of Chicago, and associated with 

 Mr. Asmus there. She still retains her 

 interest in the business and has still a 

 soft i«pot in her heart for Chicago, but 

 Mr. McDonald's health makes it im- 

 possible for them to live there, hence 

 their removal to El Paso. 



Tom Wright, of Wright's Flower 

 Shop, went on a business trip to Seattle 

 last week. 



The death of Andrew Geary, one of 

 the inspectors under the horticultural 

 commission, is reported in the obituary 

 column this week. 



George Eischen is back in his old 

 position at J. W. Welters' store, hav- 

 ing caught up with his work on the 

 ranch. 



Roy F. Wilcox left here October 17 

 for a visit to his former home at Council 

 Bluffs, la. He intends staying a couple 

 of weeks to finish up some business left 

 undone when he struck California and 

 was held by its lure. 



E. G. Hill, of Richmond, Ind., is a vis- 

 itor this week. 



E. B. Washburn has gone east. 



H. R. Richards. 



SAN FRANCISCO, GAL. 



The Market. 



A decided drop in the prices of chrys- 

 anthemums has brought about a change 

 in market conditions. Orders from the 

 east are said to be better than ever and 



local shippers are putting in busy days 

 getting the stock out. Mums are in fine 

 condition. All varieties, from the mam- 

 moth decorative type to the tiny pom- 

 pons, are in good bloom, with fine sturdy 

 stems. 



The rose stock is fast improving and 

 prices are somewhat lower. While some 

 growers are as yet only cutting short 

 stems, a few nurseries have the roses in 

 prime condition. At one or two whole- 

 sale depots last week some excellent 

 Columbias, Ophelias and Bussells were 

 seen. Baby roses are coming in also, 

 along with a new crop of Irish Elegance 

 buds, which are always good sellers. 



Shipping of violets has commenced, 

 although the volume is not what it will 

 be later in the season, when the stock 

 is stronger. Prices are down a little 

 and retailers are able to secure enough 

 to make a fair display. In some places 

 violets retailed at 15 cents per bunch, 

 as against 25 cents, the prevailing price 

 of last week. 



An excellent crop of gardenias is in 



Chrysanthemums 



If you seek good stock and 

 good service — stock and ser- 

 vice second to none in Cal- 

 ifornia, send today's order to 



George J. Hall & Co. 



423 East 5th Street, LOS ANGELES, CALIF. 



S. MURATA & CO. 



Oldest and Most Experienced Shippers in Southern California 



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



WE NEVER MISS 



