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The Florists' Review 



Jolt 15, 1920 



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Pacific Coast Department 



Lynden, Wash, — Mrs, Anna M. Gas- 

 kill is starting in business, 



Alameda, Cal. — E. Wagner has been 

 sick for several months and unable to 

 attend to his business, 



Sawtelle, Cal,— The personnel of the 

 Los Angeles Geranium Go. has been 

 changed and Culver Bros, no longer are 

 the proprietors. 



EUBEKA, CAL. 



Eosaia Bros., of Seattle, Wash., have 

 purchased the interest of the Humboldt 

 National bank in the property of the 

 Cottage Gardens Nurseries, of which the 

 late Charles Willis Ward was president. 

 Since the concern was taken over by 

 its creditors, it has been managed by G. 

 Van den Abeele, receiver. The Hum- 

 boldt National bank foreclosed a claim 

 of $28,206.37 and have sold their inter- 

 est in the foreclosure to the Seattle 

 florists. The property involved is worth 

 $350,000, it is stated, including sixty- 

 five acres of land and 125,000 square 

 feet of glass. The stockholders have a 

 yea,r's time in which to redeem the 

 claim against the property, and reports 

 that control of the company has already 

 passed into the hands of the purchasers 

 are incorrect. Palermo F. Eosaia came 

 from Seattle to close the deal. 



LOS ANGELES, CAL. 



The Market. 



Outside of funeral work there was 

 little doing in the retail stores last week 

 and a holiday feeling pervaded the city. 

 July 4 and 5 the streets were deserted 

 and the best outlet for stock was along 

 the boulevards where the automobile 

 parties passed. 



Carnations keep up fair quality for 

 the season, but they ship poorly. The 

 same applies to roses. White roses are 

 practically off the market and Cecile 

 Brunner is the one rose arriving in any- 

 thing like form. Asters are of fair 

 quality and not so good as at this time 

 last year, though they may improve 

 later. Greens arc of medium quality 

 only. 



Various Notes. 

 Peter Wolfskill, of the Orchid, Pasa- 

 dena, has been under the weather with 

 a severe attack of tonsillitis. This 

 spoiled his holiday, but he is on the road 

 to recovery. 



Wright's Flower Shop was one place 

 at least where there was no let-up for 

 the holiday. Saturday and Sunday, 

 July 3 and 4, an extraordinary number 

 of eastern wire orders for funeral work 

 came in, which prevented the staff from 

 getting away. 



D. Fraser, of E. G. Fraser & Son, Pasa- 

 dena, was in the city last week and re- 

 ported big orders for their seed of 

 Cineraria stellata, of which they have 

 a fine strain. Mr. Fraser is also enthu- 

 siastic over their new winter-flowering 

 stock, which is a hybrid of Beauty of 

 Nice and one of the Brampton vari- 

 eties. 



G. Prechtl, Montebello, is cutting 

 some excellent Gladiolus Schwaben, 



which finds a ready sale. He is also 

 cutting fine pink snapdragons and re- 

 ports a big business in freesia bulbs. 



John Polder, of Polder Bros., is talk- 

 ing of taking his vacation in Bear 

 valley this year, so the rainbows in Big 

 Bear must keep their eyes open. 



All the principal wholesale houses 

 closed July 4 and 5, giving the em- 

 ployees a chance to get away for a day 

 or two, and fish stories galore have re- 

 sulted, 



Peter Eeinberg, of Chicago, was 

 among the visitors last week. He and 

 Emil Eeichling, formerly a grower for 

 Mr, Eeinberg, were visiting the trade 

 here. 



J. T. Woods, of the Woods Floral Co., 

 Handley, Tex., was a caller last week. 

 Mr. Woods, with his wife and daughter, 

 are making a tour of the coast and they 

 say that they would like to stay longer, 

 but Mr. Woods has to get back to pre- 

 pare for the Texas State Florists' Asso- 

 ciation convention. H. E. Eichards. 



SAN FRANCISCO, CAL. 



The Market. 



So far as the supply of flowers is con- 

 cerned, the situation has not changed 

 much in the last week, but demand has 

 dropped off somewhat since the close of 

 the national Democratic convention and 

 the departure of many visitors from the 

 city, as well as the exodus of local resi- 

 dents on their summer vacations. While 

 business is a little quiet, there is small 

 inclination on the part of the trade to 

 complain, considering that the demand 

 for flowers has held up longer this sum- 

 mer than usual. 



Eoses show excellent quality for July 

 and there is plenty of other good stock. 

 As is to be expected, both roses and 

 carnations began to show the effect of 

 the summer season about the usual time, 

 but instead of getting gradually worse, 

 as has been the case heretofore, July 

 offerings are fully as good as June 



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