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The Florists^ Review 



JuNi 17, 1920. 



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\ Pacific Coast Department 



Spokane, Wash. — The Hoyt Bros. Co. 

 announces that after thirty years of 

 continuous seven-day-a-week service it 

 will now observe Sunday closing. 



Turlock, Cal.— The Turlock Seed Co., 

 ■which has done a general business in 

 seeds, flowers and plants at its store at 

 222 West Main street, has discontinued 

 the handling of cut flowers. 



Olympia, Wash. — Mrs. J. M. Billings 

 is retiring from business, not because of 

 lack of opportunity, but because the de- 

 mands exceed her physical abilities. 

 She is 67 years of age. Mr. Billings and 

 her best helper died some time ago, and 

 she does not care to carry the burden of 

 work and long hours, although business 

 is good. The houses are old and will be 

 closed instead of being rebuilt. 



BAKER, 0B£. 



June 23 the Baker Floral & Seed Co., 

 operating the pioneer greenhouse estab- 

 lishment of eastern Oregon, changes 

 hands, the former owner, Ira B. Sturges, 

 retiring after twenty-three years in 

 business. The new owners, Wendt & 

 Bockenkamp, will continue to operate 

 under the old name. William Wendt is 

 a lifelong resident of Baker, always 

 keenly interested in floriculture as an 

 amateur. Henry H. Bockenkamp is a 

 practical florist of fifteen years' expe- 

 rience in the east and northwest. He 

 recently has been located at Roxbury, 

 Mass. 



LOS ANGELES, CAL. 



The Market. 



Following Memorial day the usual 

 slump occurred and practically nothing 

 but funeral work was in demand for a 

 few days. A number of weddings later 

 in the week helped to make the average 

 fairly good. The carnation growers 

 have been bringing in large quantities 

 of stock which was not fit to ship, but 

 one or two growers had good stock and, 

 although they asked high prices, it filled 

 a gap and was quickly taken by the 

 wholesalers, who have had no shipping 

 stock. 



In roses much the same conditions 

 exist and extra long-distance shipments 

 had to be stopped. Gladioli, Shasta 

 daisies, cornflowers and daisies were 

 about the only shipping items, but there 

 were good snapdragons, delphiniums, 

 dahlias and other showy stock, which 

 made a good display in the local win- 

 dows. 



Greens are a little on the scarce 

 side; that is, stock that is fit to ship. 

 Plumosus now arriving is poor and 

 short. There are no pot plants outside 

 of a few hydrangeas and, as these are 

 now in bloom in gardens everywhere, 

 the demand is poor. Ferns and palms 

 continue high in price and are of fair 

 quality. 



Various Notes. 



H. N. Gage, of the H. N. Gage Co., 

 was missed from the market last week, 

 owing to an injury to his knee. He was 

 at the beach and, when starting to run, 

 strained a tendon, which has been pain- 

 ful, but everyone hopes not serious. 



E. Vogel, manager of the floral de- 

 partment for Paul J. Howard, says that 

 they are well satisfied with the progress 

 made at their new location at Seventh 

 and Union. The landscape department 

 is quite busy. 



Wedding business started in well with 

 Wolfskins' & Morris Goldenson this 

 month, Albert Goldenson reporting five 

 weddings in one day. Morris Goldenson 

 has just returned from a trip to Bear 

 lake, but says that the rainbows are not 

 biting. 



Another addition to the local seeds- 

 men is the new firm of R. G. Fraser & 

 Sons, 954 South Grand avenue, Pasa- 

 dena. The Frasers, father and son, 

 have had charge of the famous Busch 

 gardens for many years and have devel- 

 oped fine strains of flower seeds used 

 by florists. To distinguish these from 

 seeds purchased on the open market, 

 they will send them out under the name 

 of Suntested seeds. They have some 

 particularly fine strains of cineraria, 

 primula, cyclamen, aster, delphinium 



and others. A specialty will also Ijc 

 made of the showy Nemesia strumosa, 

 an annual that reaches its greatest 

 beauty in southern California. The now 

 firm starts with everything in its favor 

 and its success seems assured, for the 

 demand for flower seeds of proven qual- 

 ity was never greater than now. 



Miss Viola Dieterieh, younger daugh- 

 ter of J. Dieterieh, was married .June 

 9 to Emil Brinkmeyer. Mr. Brinkmeyer 

 was formerly connected with Mr. Die- 

 terieh in his nursery at Montebello. 

 After serving overseas with the A. E. F. 

 he returned to this country and went 

 into the automobile business. He has 

 now sold out this and will again be as- 

 sociated with his father-in-law, having 

 charge of the new nursery project at 

 Wintersburg. Both young people arc 

 well known and all their friends join in 

 wishing them the happiness due them. 



Mrs. L. Brillie, who operates the art 

 and floral shop at San Bernardino, sur- 

 prised some of her friends June 2, when 

 she was married, or at least they were 



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I Service that Advertises | 



I GEORGE J. HALL & CO. | 



I WHOLESALE I 



I FLORISTS I 



I 423 East 5th St. Los Angeles, Cal. | 



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Gladioli, Statice 

 Yellow Daisies 



AND OTHER SUMMER FLOWERS 



We are known for special care in selection and 

 packing of stock for hot weather shipping. 



L. A. FLORAL CO. 



236 EAST FOURTH ST., 



LOS ANGELES, CALIF 



