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The Florists' Review 



Septkmbbh 4, 1919. 



Pacific Coast Department 



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Seattle, Wash, — The annual dahlia 

 show was held September 3 and 4, ac- 

 cording to President Eichard Buttle, 

 president of the American Dahlia So- 

 ciety. Many growers in Washington 

 and Oregon had planned to send ex- 

 hibits. About 1,000 entries were ex- 

 pected. 



Astoria, Ore. — ^At the convention of 

 the Oregon State Horticultural Society 

 the election of officers resulted as fol- 

 lows: President, J. O. Holt, Eugene; 

 vice-president, J. B. Pilkington, Port- 

 land; secretary and treasurer, C. D. 

 Minton, Portland; chairman auditing 

 committee, H. C. Atwell, Forest Grove. 

 Next vear's meeting will be at Eugene, 

 Ore. ' 



CORRESPONDENTS WANTED. 



The Review would like to print a 

 regular weekly news-letter from the 

 following cities: 

 Seattle. Tacoma. 



Spokane. 



Florists or their employees who are in 

 touch with the trade and who wish to 

 act as correspondent for The Review are 

 urged to write to the editor. 



LOS ANOELES. 



The Market. 



The ending of the railroad strike 

 September 2 restored conditions to nor- 

 mal and enabled the wholesalers to 

 make shijjments again. 



During the railroad strike, which for 

 the last week has held everything up 

 here, the retailers had a distinct ad- 

 vantage over the shippers. Most of the 

 stock was brought to the market by 

 automobile and conse(iuently there was 

 no shortage in the usual supply. As the 

 .shippers were not buying anything but 

 what had been contracted for, the re- 

 tailers bought at their own price and 

 charged it also. The Japanese growers, 

 with characteristic shrewdness, sold 

 from points on the boulevards near 

 their growing grounds and thus saved 

 a little from the wreck. The wholesale 

 houses might as well liave closed for all 

 the business they could do, as only a 

 few nearby towns could be reached by 

 auto and the demand from these was 

 not great. It was the worst situation 

 that has ever occurred in the history of 

 the wholesale trade here. 



Various Notes. 



The Pasadi'na show is scheduled for 

 October 123 to 27) and W. W. Felgate, 

 who has again been appointed manager, 

 is of the opinion that it will ])e an un- 

 usually good one. Big jirizes are offered 

 and interest among the local growers 

 runs high. 



Eddie MacMahon, of San Francisco, 

 and a party of friends have been here 

 this week on a vacation trip, having 

 driven down from the northern city. 



Captain Grey, the dean of floriculture 

 in this city and formerly head of the 

 Ingleside Floral Co., still gets some good 

 work and has been busy this week with 

 a church and home decoration on the 

 west side. 



"William Clark, who made so good a 



record for himself overseas, is joining 

 C. Groen at Montebello. Mr. Clark was 

 nursery foreman for the Germain Seed 

 & Plant Co. before going to the war and 

 has been with the same firm at its Main 

 street store since returning. 



H. R. Richards. 



SAN FRANCISCO. 



The Market. 



The flower market has been in an un- 

 certain state on account of interference 

 with shipping business by the railroad 

 strike. No shipments were made to the 

 south last week and later no shipments 

 were sent out in any direction. This 

 threw a surplus of stock on the market 

 and had a tendency to cause a fluctua- 

 tion in prices, some growers holding up 

 values to previous quotations, while 

 others were inclined to let their offer- 

 ings go at any price to effect a clear- 

 ance. Asters and chrvsanthemums were 



affect ed the most, but unstable condi- 

 tions were reflected to a considerable ex- 

 tent on other items. Meanwhile, tele- 

 graphic orders were piling up in the 

 w'Eolesale district and the shippers were 

 helpless when it came to filling them. 



Fortunately, the supply of flowers 

 reaching this market is not particularly 

 heavy just now, aside from asters. 

 Roses and carnations are off crop and 

 chrysanthemums have not reached the 

 ; height of their season. While there is 

 plenty of miscellaneous stock to fill all 

 requirements, the daily aggregate can 

 be taken care of nicely. Orchids con- 

 tinue extremely scarce and few gar- 

 denias are in evidence. Should shipping 

 be held up any length of time the situa- 

 tion would probably become more acute 

 than it is at present, as the supply of 

 chrysanthemums will increase at a rapid 

 rate in the next two or three weeks. 

 Asters will continue plentiful for a while 

 and there will be a heavy cut of roses 



E OLD FLAG 



El Centre . Gal., 

 May :5I,. 1919. 

 Gentlemen:— 



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 condition. Thank you for your 

 prompt and courteous attention. 

 We shall be glad to submit all 

 further orders to you. 



Very truly yours, 



Mrs. M. E. Stewart. 



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