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The Florists* Review 



NOVBMBBB 6, 1919. 



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LOS ANGELES, CAL. 



The Market. 



Chrysanthemums are hardening again 

 in price, but the quality is much better, 

 Bonnaffon and Appleton especially be- 

 ing first-rate, Roses are also improving 

 and are in greater supply. Carnations 

 are plentiful, but high in price owing 

 to a big demand. The All Saints' day 

 demand kept all the wholesalers busy. 



■Various Notes. 



C. E. Morton, of Phoenix, Ariz., was 

 in this city last week and purchased 

 some of the large plants at the Pasa- 

 dena show for the Donofrio store, of 

 which he is manager. His brother, Will, 

 accompanied him, the latter being on 

 his way to Seattle, where their mother 

 is lying dangerously ill with cancer. 

 Mrs. Morton is staying with her son, 

 Hubert, formerly of Long Beach, Cal., 

 where he had a nursery and green- 

 houses. 



Harry Bailey, of Montebello, Cal., is 

 already receiving orders for plumosus 

 K(>od for next season, when he expects 

 the seed to be unusually scarce and 

 for sale at higher prices. In previous 

 years he has observed that a spare year 

 follows a prolific one. 



Fred R. Hills has again had to en- 

 large the scope of his fern business by 

 using more space in the lath houses for 

 forwarding young stock. A hurried in- 

 spection showed the stock to be in ex- 

 cellent order. The houses are always 

 full; as soon as the day's shipments go 

 out, their place is taken by stock pre- 

 pared under lath. Mr. Hills has a large 

 lot of Adiantum California. A new 

 fern, as yet unnamed, is exceptionally 

 distinct, not only in foliage, but also in 

 habit. Mr. Hills considers it the finest 

 he has ever raised. It is dwarf, but a 

 wonderful grower. A fine lot of Cattleya 

 Triana) is coming on, being in good 

 condition and full of strong slieaths. 



Paul C. Miller has put in a new ice- 

 box. Tliis new entcrj)rise has already 

 developed a good business, both local 

 and shipping. 



A visit one day last week to the 

 store of W. Armacost & Co., at an hour 

 when the daily shipment of roses was 

 arriving from the greenhouses, found 

 a total of 6,000 flowers for the day, all 

 of good quality, notably Ophelia, Rus- 

 sell and Columbia, with long stems and 

 fine foliage. 



John Morley, park superintendent of 

 San Diego, Cal., Mrs. Morley and their 

 daughter, have been visiting in this city 

 and in Santa Barbara. 



H. R. Richards. 



PORTLAND, ORE. 



The Market. 



The market at present is a little short 

 on stock. A heavy frost completely de- 

 stroyed outside stock and all that is 

 being sold now is indoor-grown. Mums 

 are the strong feature now. They are 

 selling well, the retail prices ranging 

 from $2 to $6 per dozen. Mums are of 

 excellent quality this season. The flow- 



ers are of good quality and color and 

 the foliage is clean and bright. 



Carnations are getting better and 

 the prices have kept pace with the 

 quality. The growers are now demand- 

 ing $5 per hundred. California violets 

 of fairly good quality are coming in 

 dowly. 



Various Notes. 



Clarke Bros, have had a nice lot of 

 ferns and begonias on sale the last 

 few days. 



Martin & Forbes are cutting a -fine lot 

 of roses. 



A. F. Lalane reports business good; 

 in fact, it is so good that he has had to 

 secure more help to handle it. 



L. T. S. 



SAN FRANCISCO. 



The Market. 



This week marks the beginning of the 

 usual winter tightening of the flower 

 market. A general increase in price of 



cut stock has been put into effect and 

 there is no longer an abundance of 

 blooms. Chrysanthemums are not so 

 plentiful as they were a week ago and 

 the same may be said of practically all 

 outdoor stock. Pompons and Chinese 

 varieties can still be obtained in gen- 

 erous quantity, but the All Saints' day 

 shipping to New Orleans has cleaned 

 up many of the large white and yellow 

 mums. 



Roses are getting into splendid con- 

 dition and are now strong enough for 

 successful shipping. An advance in 

 price has been placed on all rose stock 

 corresponding to the twenty-five per 

 cent rise on chrysanthemum listing; the 

 demand is reported unusually strong. 

 Russell is in fine bud now, as are Co- 

 lumbia and Ophelia and some of the 

 small red varieties. Baby roses, too, 

 are arriving in fairly large quantity, 

 although the crop is but just commenc- 

 ing to be cut. 



The violet season is really here, with 

 an excellent crop, although a few rains 



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