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Bosevllle, CaL — C. L. Wilson, manager 

 of the Fsillen Leaf Greenhouses, re- 

 ports that they have had a large de- 

 mand for rooted cuttings of carnations. 

 Somewhat unlike reports from the east, 

 it has been the experience here that the 

 demand has run to other varieties than 

 Enchantress. While other varieties 

 have sold out closely, there have heen 

 plenty of Bose-pink Enchantress. 



CYCLAMENS IN CALIFOBNLA. 



The last few midwinter seasons have 

 ■een the rise to great popularity of the 



day evening, January 20, and a large 

 number of members attended, as there 

 were many subjects of importance to be 

 brought to their attention. Plans are 

 being formulated for the rose festival 

 in June and the state fair later in the 

 season. An interesting paper was read 

 by Professor Gorman, of the city park 

 department, on the damage and bene- 

 fits derived from the extremely cold 

 weather that we had in December. 



The society that evening made ar- 

 rangements for the lecture which was 

 given by Prof. L. H. Bailey, of Cornell 



One of Four Houses'of CycUmen Grown from Own Seed by H. Hayashl & Co. 



eyclamen, which is of value not only as 

 a Christmas plant, but may be kept 

 blooming in the home for weeks, or 

 even months, afterward, sometimes last- 

 ing until Easter. Its increasing impor- 

 tance has made all attempts to grow 

 native stock worthy of attention. The 

 accompanying illustration shows a 

 house of cyclamens of notably high 

 quality, grown by H. Hayashi & Co., 

 Oakland, Cal. This is one of their four 

 cyclamen houses and contains about 

 2,000 plants in 8-inch, 9-inch and 10- 

 Inch pots. Since the beginning of the 

 war, they have grown their cyclamens 

 from their own seed, which has been 

 oative to California for several plant 

 generations back. 



POKTLAND, ORE. 



The Market. 



The market last week was unusually 

 ihort of stock. There was a large va- 

 riety, but everything was sold out be- 

 fore closing time each day. Weddings, 

 funerals and many parties or social 

 functions made a good demand and the 

 trade sold everything they could buy in 

 the nature of flowers. Freesiaa and 

 Paper Whites are beginning to arrive 

 in good quantities. 



Club Meeting. 



The Portland Floral Society met Tues- 



University, Ithaca, N. Y., Tuesday ave- 

 ning, January 27, at the public library. 



Various Notes. 



Clarke Bros, exhibited some potted 

 tulips last week. 



E. H, White, the dahlia specialist, has 

 completed a greenhouse, 30x40 feet, to 



be used principally for dahlia growing. 

 Martin & Forbes showed some fine 

 potted cinerarias. L. T. S. 



LOS ANGELES, OAL. 



The Market. 



The feature of last week's business 

 was an almost unprecedented amount 

 of funeral work, which kept practically 

 all the retailers busy. The class of work 

 called for was of a much higher order 

 than formerly and this outlet for stock 

 was welcome. Boses were still among 

 the scarce items, but something ap- 

 proa,ching a glut of field carnations de- 

 veloped during the week. Orchids were 

 a little more plentiful with the advent 

 of Cattleya Trianse, but the supply was 

 still below the demand. Violets needed 

 rain and arrived in limited quantities. 

 Sweet peas were a little better, but not 

 first-rate. There was a shortage of small 

 flowers, such as cornflowers and daisies. 

 Bulbous stock came in slowly, high 

 prices being asked by growers for the 

 early stock. Fine freesias arrived. 

 Greens were more plentiful than usual 

 at t^is time of year. 



Various Notes. 



Miss Hilton, daughter of W. H. Hil- 

 ton, the Woodlawn Florist, Chicago, haa 

 been in the city for some time looking 

 for a location to start in business, but 

 as yet she has made no arrangements. 

 The recent rise in real estate values and 

 the unusually large number of people 

 in the city from eastern points make it 

 difficult to find even a room at times. 

 Miss Hilton plans to visit San Fran- 

 cisco and San Diego before returning to 

 Chicago. 



Eastern shipments from the L. A. 

 Floral Co. last week consisted largely 

 of strawflowers and other everlastings, 

 though a number of violets, carnations 

 and woodwardia fronds have been 

 shipped to the middle west. F. Sperry 

 has returned from a business trip to 

 Chicago. 



For Valentine's Day 



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Violets, Sweet Peas, Carnations, 

 Roses, Narcissi, Freesias, Forget- 

 me-not, Mignonette, Daffodils 



and all Seasonable Stock 



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LOS ANGELES, CALIF. 



