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Salem, Ore. — L. B. Hill, formerly in 

 business in Lewiston, Idaho, will open 

 a store in this city about October 1. 



Portland, Ore. — Fire, which broke out 

 in the greenhouses of the Swiss Floral 

 Co., at East Seventh and Hancock 

 streets, September 17, caused $200 

 damage to the building and a loss esti- 

 mated at $150 in plants destroyed. 

 The fire is said to have originated from 

 the explosion of an oil lamp. 



Centralia, Wash.. — Considerable im- 

 provements are being made in the green- 

 houses of E. H. Griffith on Fords Prairie. 

 At present the roof of an older green- 

 house has been removed and is being 

 raised several feet to correspond with 

 the height of the houses put in later. 

 Mr. Griffith intends to put in a steam 

 heating system. At present the green- 

 houses are heated by hot water. A gaso- 

 line engine pumps the water from a well 

 and it is heated in two TO-horsepower 

 steam boilers. One-half acre of ground 

 is covered by glass houses, 130x140 feet. 



LOS ANGELES, CAL. 



The Market. 



At the end of last week a light rain 

 fell, which, while not enough to do any 

 good to the country generally, seemed 

 sufficient to damage the chrysanthe- 

 mums for shipping. The mums are in 

 the center of the stage now and wind 

 following rain — as it usually does — can 

 work a good deal of mischief. Busi- 

 ness is patchy, some days good and 

 some days poor, but there is a decided 

 improvement over recent weeks. In 

 the stores the workers are getting back 

 from their vacations and all are look- 

 ing forward to a busy fall and winter 

 season. Both carnations and roses are 

 improving in quality and increasing in 

 quantity; the price for the former is 

 higher than it has been for many years 

 at this time. A limited supply with 

 jrood demand a])out sizes up the situa- 

 tion all around. 



The heavy demand for high-grade 

 j»alm8 and ornamental plants generally, 

 for eastern shipment, has raised the 

 local price considerably and growers 

 are holding stock firm. Ferns are bet- 

 ter in quality and a little more plenti- 

 ful, a condition which makes for better 

 business, though the price is still above 

 that of recent years. 



Visiting a Seed Farm. 



A cordial invitation from Douglas 

 Fraser, of Robert G. Fraser & Son, to 

 see their trial rows of flower seeds was 

 too good an opportunity to let slip, 

 since, although the writer is not from 

 Missouri, he likes to be shown once in 

 a while. The first thing seen was the 

 American Beauty strain of aster; the 

 great point about this type is that 

 there are no small side branches as 

 laterals. Each plant breaks naturally 

 into from ten to fifteen large shoots, 

 each crowned with a fine bloom. No 

 disbudding has to be done with this 

 strain. Each flower has a long enough 

 stem and a large enough bloom to be 

 placed in competition with disbudded 



stock of the ordinary type. While 

 other colors are included, the best ones 

 are shell-pink, lavender, purple and old 

 rose. The dahlia-flowered zinnia is a 

 host in itself, with immense blooms in 

 a great variety of colors. While the 

 pink, rose and crimson shades are ex- 

 cellent, the "buff," a flower immense 

 in size and distinct in color, was par- 

 ticularly interesting. Besides the in- 

 dividual strains, a 3-acre patch of 

 mixed colors was a fine sight. It 

 would have been easy to go through 

 this plot and to pick flowers at random 

 which were as good as, or better than, 

 the best zinnias seen on the Los 

 Angeles market this season. The pico- 

 tee varieties have received notice be- 

 fore. Other notable varieties of stock 

 were Queen of the Market asters in all 

 colors. These were too far gone to make 

 a good display, being of the earlier 

 types, but the sturdy stems were in 

 evidence, also the free-blooming char- 

 acter of the plants. The King in all 

 colors was equally good. Princess Alice 



stock showed a remarkable percentage 

 of double flowers, with seed-bearing 

 plants enough to take care of a big de- 

 mand. 



Various Notes. 



Another baby girl has arrived to 

 gladden the hearts of John Polder and 

 Mrs. Polder at their home, in Monte- 

 bello. Both mother and child are do- 

 ing well and Mr. Polder is wearing a 

 wide smile. ' 



The Alexandria Florist is showing a 

 fine line of stock and reports a big 

 business in both funeral work and box 

 trade. The Russell roses from the 

 north are especially good here. * 



Duncan Murdoch has been visiting 

 in Los Angeles from Ojai and looks 

 fine. He is quite enthusiastic about his 

 place there. 



A good cut of Ophelia rosea is com- 

 ing from Wright's greenhouses to the 

 store and business keeps up well there. 



F. Lichtenberg and C. Gutting have 

 returned from a pleasant and success- 



MUMS 



MUMS 



The usual high quality shipping 

 stock that we always handle. 



PACKED RIGHT. 



ALL OTHER STOCK IN SEASON. 



Green and Sphagnum Moss 



L. A. FLORAL CO. 



Th« Hotue of Quality and Service 

 236 EAST FOURTH ST., LOS ANGELES, CALIF. 



Chrysanthemums 



GEORGE J. HALL & CO. 



423 East 5th St. 



Los Angeles, Cal. 



