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The Florists^ Review 



Ski'tejibeu 11. lt)19. 



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LOS ANGELES, CAL. 



The Market. 



As Tjriefly reported last week, the 

 railway strike ended almost as sudden- 

 ly as it started, and wholesalers were 

 able to ship again. Tlie cooler nights 

 have helped this end of the business, 

 and it is hoped that things will be bet- 

 ter from now on. Stock is arriving in 

 lu'tter shape. Some of the chrysanthe- 

 mums now being I'eceived are good 

 enough to shij) over the long-distance 

 loutes. Asters are practically over for 

 tlie season. Roses are improving, but 

 the prices asked are high and check 

 business. If they were of better ship- 

 jiing quality, the ])rice would not cut 

 so much figure. The late variety of 

 Amaryllis Belladonna has arrived and, 

 heli)s out somewhat. Carnations, both 

 field and greenliouse, are improving 

 right along and are in fair supply. Cen- 

 taureas and small flowers generally are 

 about e(|ual to the demand, (^irt-ens are 

 scarce for this time of vear. 



Various Notes. 



of 

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Notwithstanding the troubles 

 strii<es and rumors of strikes, there 

 joy in the home of John Polder, of Pol- 

 der Bros., Montebello, August 27, when 

 Mrs. Polder presented her husband with 

 a fine baby girl. Best of all, both 

 mittlitT and child are progressing finely. 



Dan MacRorie, of the MacRorie-Mc- 

 Laren Co., San Francisco, was a visitor 

 last week, having driven down in his 

 Wliite touring car on a purchasing trip. 



Mrs. Maude Smith Williams, of Buf- 

 fahi. N. Y., who had been staying at 

 San Diego, visited Los Angeles and 

 Pasadena last week. Mrs. Williams 

 bonglit strawflowers and everlastings 

 for her business and arranged for a firm 

 of growers in San Diego to grow her 

 supplies. 



Harry Friend is back again on the 

 jol( at Wright's Flower Slio]). After 

 liis vacation, during wliich Mr. Friend 

 t(»ok all the prizes for tennis at Cata- 

 lina. Coronado and other jilaces, he ;ind 

 his family were unlucky enough to con- 

 tract a bad case of jitomaine ]toisoning, 

 which kept them undtM' the doctor's 

 liands for some time. But all are well 

 again now. Anton firaalfs, of Wright "s 

 I'lower Sliop, left last week for a hunt- 

 ing tri]). 



Mr. Williamson, office manager of W. 

 Arinacfist &■ Co., is away on a trip north 

 among tlie big trees. 



F. H. Howard, of Howard & Smith, 

 returned this week from his Eurojiean 

 trip. .T. D. Eisele. of H. A. Dreer, Inc. 

 Philadelphia, aci-om]ianied him. 



W. G. Martin, head gardener for the 

 Southern Pacific railway, is wearing a 

 big smile tliese days, since Mrs. Martin 

 presented him with a fine boy August 

 21. Both baby and mother are doing 

 well. H. R. Richards. 



SAN FRANCISCO, CAL. 



The Market. 



Witli some restriction in reg.ard to 

 variety of cut flowers, the local market 



last week was in fairly good condition, 

 with quantities of chrysanthemums 

 forming the main stock. The opinion 

 was exjjressed by a number of retailers 

 that the early cutting of chrysanthe- 

 mums has resulted in an oversupply of 

 the flowers for San Francisco trade. 

 Except in shipping orders they are mov- 

 ing slowly, but the demand for chrysan- 

 themums from outside points is strong 

 enough to clean up each week 's cutting. 



Asters are becoming poor in quality, 

 but there is still a large amount of 

 these flowers on the market. They are 

 p()j)ular this year with the retailer as a 

 decorating feature, the strong colors 

 lending themselves in a pleasing man- 

 ner to the vogue for distinctive effects 

 in color combinations. 



The rose crop is decidedly off with 

 most of the growers, only a few send- 

 ing in any good stock. Good carna- 

 tions, too, are scarce at the present 

 time, although a few blooms from the 

 new cro]) are making their appearance. 



Orchids still remain in the back- 

 ground and gardeni.as are on tlie rare 

 list also. Cyclamen is being widely 

 used with ]>le;ising I'csults in corsage 

 bouquets. 



Potted flowers are difficult to get hold 

 of, but greens, both potted and cut, are 

 improving in quality and quantity. A 

 number of the wholesale depots are dis- 

 playing more of this stock than has 

 been shown for some time. 



The arrival of the fleet resulted in a 

 fair number of decorating contracts, 

 which wer43 rather evenly divided among 

 the local trade. Several banquets and 

 luncheons given during the week were 

 the stimulus for decorative schemes on 

 a large scale, and for functions of this 

 kind yellow chrysanthemums were a 

 happy choice for the carrying out of 

 the California idea of gold and sun- 

 shine. 



Various Notes. 



A publicity feature of the dahlia 

 show which has attracted interest in 

 the event was arranged by I'hil Hast- 

 ings, who is attached to the affair in 

 the capacity of publicity director. A 

 number of attractive young women tak- 

 en from the ranks of the Follies, ap- 

 pearing nightly at Rainbow Lane in 

 the Fairmont hotel, were escorted to the 

 dahlia farm of Frank Pelicano, where 

 a photograi)her secured several pictures 



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