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The Florists^ Review 



FBBB0ABT 26, 1920 



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L«omls, Oal. — ^W. A. Hawkins, who 

 came here from Seattle, Wash., about 

 a year ago, recently left this place. 



South Pasadena, Oal. — 0. Austin, who 

 has been a bulb grower, plans to under- 

 take the growing of general florists' 

 stock. 



PORTLAND, ORE. 



The Market. 



There was no great change in the 

 market last week. Florists are all busy 

 and are using all the flowers they can 

 secure. Owing to the great number of 

 funerals which occur daily, on account 

 of the flu and other causes, it is almost 

 impossible to get stock enough to meet 

 the demand. Spring flowers are plenti- 

 ful and are bringing good prices. 

 Potted plants are moving in good shape, 

 for the reason that cut flowers cannot 

 be had. 



Various Notes. 



The Portland Floral Society met last 

 week and had a good attendance, but 

 there was little business to transact, ex- 

 cept in regard to the rose festival. 



The range of Clarke Bros., on Thir- 

 tieth avenue and Forty-eighth street, 

 was badly damaged by fire last week. 

 The fire apparently started on the roof 

 of the boiler houses from sparks from 

 the smokestack. One of the green- 

 houses was destroyed and two others 

 badly damaged. The "toiler room was 

 totally destroyed. Albert Clarke suf- 

 fered several cuts and bums about the 

 hands and arms in an attempt to fight 

 the flames. The loss on buildings, equip- 

 ment and plants is estimated at about 

 ♦3,000. L. T. S. 



LOS ANGELES, OAL. 



The Market. 



Business continues excellent, with a 

 scarcity of stock in almost all lines. 

 Both field and greenhouse carnations 

 have again advanced in price, owing to 

 the big shipping demand for funeral 

 work and also the local call. Daffodils 

 are much scarcer than usual at this 

 time and it is a daily conundrum at the 

 wholesale houses to make 100 take the 

 place of 200. Freesias are a little more 

 plentiful, but the price has not been 

 shaded; the Rainbow types are coming 

 in slowly. Roses are becoming a little 

 more plentiful, Beauties especially, but 

 the demand still exceeds the supply. 

 All small flowers are scarcer and are 

 high in price. Greens have made an- 

 other jump and are hard to obtain. 



The rain at the end of last week was 

 too late to be of much help to the vio- 

 lets, but it was welcomed for the other 

 stock. 



Club Meeting. 



At the meeting of the Los Angeles 

 Florists' Club, at Christopher's, Feb- 

 riinrv 12, the fi)l lowing members were 

 I present: W. Armacost, F. B. Hills, H. 

 Eeeve Darling, C. Gutting, Roy Wilcox, 

 F. Lichtcnberg, S. Purdie, A. F. Borden, 

 A. Knopf, F, Reymon 1 and F. Warner. 

 The following offift'is were elected: 

 President, Walter Aruiacost; vice-presi- I 



dent, Roy F. Wilcox; secretary, A. P. 

 Borden, and treasurer, H. Reeve Dar- 

 ling. Further meetings will be held the 

 second Thursday of each month at 6:30 

 p. m. at the same place. 



Various Notes. 



Fred Dostal, who for some time has 

 been on the staff of Howard & Smith, 

 has gone back to J. W. Welters'. 



George J. Hall & Co. have contracted 

 to take the whole cut of bulbous stock 

 from C. A. Brazee, of Wilmington, one 

 of the largest growers of this class of 

 stock in this vicinity. 



F. Sperry, of the L. A. Floral Co., is 

 in bed with a severe cold. 



Walter Armacost, his wife and two 

 children are all down with colds. 



A. A. Hart, of Cleveland, O., is visit- 

 ing in the city with his wife.^ He ex- 

 pects to stay a few weeks and will make 

 a tour of the ranges in the vicinity. 



The Redondo Floral Co. reports the 

 busiest season on record. The three 

 partners, A. F. Borden, A. Knopf and 



F. Reymond, and a full crew of assist- 

 ants have been on deck early and late. 



Wright's Flower Shop is making a 

 fine showing of Phalsenopsis Sohil- 

 leriana, also fine cattleyas from the 

 greenhouses. 



The Superior Nursery Co. is opening 

 up another large dahlia garden thu 

 year, indicating that Charles Gutting 

 has plenty of faith in this popular 

 flower. H. B. Richards. 



SAN FRAN0I800, OAL. 



The Market. 



A general shortage of flowers was re- 

 ported last week. Not only roses but 

 carnations and daffodils are becoming 

 scarcer and higher in price. The demand 

 for carnations was such during the 

 middle of the week that the price went 

 up to $1.50 and $2 per bunch and many 

 orders went unfilled. The long-distance 

 shipping of carnations has been partic- 

 ularly successful this year and the nn- 



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. 



MeatloH The ReTJew whan yon writ*. 



DAFFODILS 



Dutch Hyacinths 

 Roman Hyacinths 



Purity Freesias 

 Narcissi 



and eversrthing in season 



P. C. MILLER CO 



Wholesale Dealers in Cut Flowers 



217 Winston Street, Los Angeles, CaL 

 THE BEST IN THE WEST 



