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The Florists^ Review 



Fbbbuaby 19, 1920 





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LOS ANOELES, CAL. 



Tlie Market. 



Big business and a scarcity of stock 

 usually go together and that was the 

 situation here last week. A big rain 

 helped the violet situation a little for 

 St. Valentine's day shipments, but the 

 flowers are not so good as usual. Boses 

 are still below the demand. Freesias 

 ere arriving more slowly than usual. 

 Carnations are scarce and greens are 

 none too plentiful. 



Various Notes. 



Walter Armacost & Co. have pur- 

 chased another five acres of land ad- 

 jacent to their range at Sawtelle, Cal. 

 According to Mr. Boystan, it has not 

 been decided whether it shall be built 

 upon at present, or not. The cut of 

 roses is excellent in every way. 



Miss Simpson, of 3656 Ogden avenue, 

 Chicago, and her friend, Miss San- 

 born, were visiting in the city last 

 week. 



After not meeting for several months, 

 the Los Angeles Florists' Club held a 

 meeting February 12. The get-together 

 spirit was much in evidence and a great 

 deal was accofhplished. 



T. J. Wright, father of T. Wright, of 

 Wright's Greenhouses, Pittsburg, Kan., 

 is still enjoying the southern California 

 sunshine at Pomona, Cal. Since the re- 

 turn of his son from overseas, Mr. 

 Wright has less responsibility and is 

 trying out the shipping of stock east 

 from hero. 



M. P. Elliott, formerly of La JoUa, 

 Cal., is now situated in El Paso, Tex., 

 where he is planning to start in busi- 

 ness again. The health of his wife was 

 the cause of Mr. Elliott's leaving this 

 vicinity. 



Fred H. Allen, of Allen Water Gar- 

 den, is going into the preparation of 

 lotus and other water plants. His per- 

 petuated stock is beautiful. 



The L. A. Floral Co. has been busy 

 in shipping made-up work. The force 

 has been called upon to work all night. 

 One funeral in Imperial valley called 

 for over fifty pieces. 



The H. N. Gage Co. has purchased 

 forty-one and a half acres of land near 

 the Bio Honda, about a mile west of 

 Downey, Cal. Mr. Gage says that he 

 intends planting about twenty acres in 

 oranges and, as this is in the heart of 

 the Valencia district, it should be a suc- 

 cess. The bulbous stock is now arriving 

 at the company's nursery at Elmonte 

 and probably some from Montebello will 

 be gradually moved to the new location. 



H. E. Richards. 



SEATTLE, WASH. 



The Market. 



The call for local decorations and 

 the eastern demand made the business 

 in connection with St. Valentine's day 

 especially heavy. Funeral work also 

 has strengthened the demand, which, 

 together with the fact that several 

 flowers have been off crop, has kept 

 prices up. The general scarcityy how- 



ever, has been somewhat relieved by 

 the incoming spring flowers. 



Local growers have been sending in 

 good Ward roses, jonquils, tulips, daf- 

 fodils, sweet peas and valley. Free- 

 sias are popular and much used with 

 Easter lilies, which made their first 

 appearance week before last. Chrys- 

 anthemums have shown a slight im- 

 provement, especially Maud Dean and 

 Seidewitz. Orchids have arrived in 

 good quantity and have sold well. Nar- 

 cissi from California and later from 

 eastern Washington are expected to ar- 

 rive soon. 



Cyclamens, cinerarias, baby prim- 

 roses, tulips and daffodils are the best 

 sellers in potted plants, which continue 

 to sell well. Acacia, salal and aspara- 

 gus fern are much employed in decora- 

 tion. The larger ferns are also in good 

 demand. 



Various Notes. 



The Woodlawn Flower Shop had an 



especially elaborate funeral piece lately j 

 cattleyas, Seidewitz mums, Easter lilies, 

 freesias and asparagus fern were used 

 for a cross more than seven feet high> 



Bosaia Bros, have been bringfing in 

 excellent Ophelia roses and Cattleya 

 Trianae from their greenhouses, also 

 good Columbia and Ward roses. George 

 Bosaia has been ill with the flu. 



William Goldsbary, of the Kinney 

 Flower Shop, has been using Cali- 

 fornian acacia, salal and jonquils ef- 

 fectively in decorations. 



Fred J. Bowe, of C. E. McCoy 's store, 

 has been ill with the flu. 



The Woodland Park Floral Co. has 

 been making effective use of fancy bas- 

 kets of tulips in various colors. 



H. P. Anderson, of the University 

 Floral Co., reports that the annual var- 

 sity ball, at the University of Wash- 

 ington, brought much business to this 

 store. 



Bobert Newcomb, of the Burlington 

 Willow Ware Shops, Burlington, la.. 



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GEORGE J. HALL & COMPANY 



423 E. 5th St. LOS ANGELES, CAL. 



PHONE 66673 



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Stick to THE HOUSE of 



Quality and Service 



Violets^ Sweet Peas^ Carnations^ 

 Roses, Narcissi, Freesias, Forget- 

 me-not, Mignonette, Daffodils 



and all Seasonable Stock 



L. A. FLORAL CO. 



236 EAST FOURTH ST., LOS ANGELES, CALIF. 



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