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SPOKANE, WASH. 



The market. 



The demand for roses is still in ex- 

 cess of the supply, but with the bright 

 weather that we have had lately, there 

 will soon be sufficient stock to meet 

 any demand. Bulbous stock is light in 

 cut flowers, but in potted plants there 



displaced the once unequaled Gloire de 

 Lorraine and is now in competition with 

 the newer Melior. Cincinnati was in- 

 troduced to the trade in 1910 by J. A. 

 Peterson, of Cincinnati, O. While it 

 was thus born in the east, the house of 

 it at the range of H. Hayaahi & Co., 

 Oakland, Cal., shows that it thrives well 

 by the Pacific. 



Roses are coming more plentifully 

 and are of fair quality. Indoor carna- 

 tions have also been good. Daffodils have 

 been water-soaked and unfit to handle, 

 Dutch hyacinths being about the only 

 bulbous stock that is good. A few 

 ranunculuses help out, also anemones, 

 but they do not cut much figure in the 

 market. A scarcity of plumosus has 



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House of Begonia Glory of Cincinnati at Range of H. Hayathi & Co., Oakland, Cal. 



are plenty to be had. Lily of the valley 

 is once more on this market after an 

 absence of several years. 



There was an unusual demand for 

 funeral work during the last month. A 

 large number of pot plants were used 

 for orders in the city and the reliable 

 magnolia wreath decorated with a few 

 flowers played a prominent part in re- 

 lieving the shortage. The shipping 

 business has been exceptionally heavy 

 lately. 



The St. Valentine's day business this 

 year was far ahead of that of last year. 



Various Notes. 



F. E. McCormick, of Post Falls, Ida., 

 is shipping some fine calla lilies. 



Miss B. Hill decided that there was 

 need for another automobile on the road 

 and bought one. 



The stores which were handicapped 

 by the sickness of some of their em- 

 ployees all report a full attendance 

 now. H. H. 



BEGONIAS ON THE COAST. 



No one looking at the mass of deli- 

 cate bloom shown in the accompanying 

 illustration would imagine that those 

 flowers were in any way allied with such 

 a name as beefsteak geranium. Yet 

 careful raising has produced varieties of 

 begonia that are in the front rank as 

 flowering plants for the winter season. 

 This last Christmas they were second 

 only to cyclamens in popularity. 



Among the varieties, Glory of Cin- 

 cinnati, which is shown here, has largely 



LOS ANOELES, CAL. 



The Market. 



The rain that did so much good to the 

 country generally made most of the 

 outdoor stock unfit to ship and the mar- 

 ket has been bare of the best field car- 

 nations, sweet peas and similar flowers. 

 Many of the growers do not cover any- 

 thing and only greenhouse stock has 

 been salable. 



developed rather suddenly and prices 

 are up, leaving the way open for other 

 greens. Maidenhair is also in short 

 supply. 



At the end of last week the weather 

 was fine and this week stock should im- 

 prove in quality and increase in quan- 

 tity along all lines. 



Various Notes. 



Visiting florists in search of thrills 

 should look up H. Beeve Darling, of 



GREEN DYE 



FOR- 



St. Patrick's Day 



and all Seasonable Stock 



L. A. FLORAL CO. 



236 EAST FOURTH ST., 



LOS ANGELES, CALIF. 



