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The Florists^ Review 



December 25, 1919. 



Pacific Coast Department 



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Oapltola, Cal— The Brown Bulb 

 Banch has built its business in bulbs 

 and seeds on the basis of personal con- 

 tact with its customers. Manager James 

 A. Brown makes two trips a year to the 

 Atlantic coast and says that of the 

 concern's 1,400 customers he personally 

 has called on 1,110, covering all the 

 states in the Union except three. 



LOS ANGEI^ES, CAL. 



— ^ The Market. - — 



The increased number of wholesalers 

 apparently enlarged the Christmas busi- 

 ness, for all were busy. There was a 

 general worry as to where the stock 

 would come from to fill the orders. 

 Greens of all kinds and the different 

 hollies were scarce and private grow- 

 ing establishments were drawn on to 

 help out. Poinsettia plants were espe- 

 cially good this year. Heather helped 

 somewhat to fill in the cut flower short- 

 age. 



Various Notes. 



George Allan, of Prescott, Ariz., has 

 sold out his business to A. W. Smith 

 and is at present staying at Long Beach. 



The sympathy of his many friends is 

 with C. W. Bates, of Eagle Eock, in the 

 death of his daughter last week. 



The mother of George Eischen died 

 suddenly last week at South Bend, Ind. 

 After the death of her husband, Mrs. 

 Eischen went east to Duluth, Chicago 

 and other cities, visiting friends; the 

 last word that her sons and daughters 

 had from her indicated that she was in 

 her usual good health. Her body was 

 brought to Los Angeles by her son and 

 the funeral services were held Decem- 

 ber 16. 



The death of Mrs. Morton, which oc- 

 curred at the Clara Barton hospital in 

 this city December 17, was a sad blow 

 to her family, although expected for 

 some time. Mrs. Morton was the mother 

 of C. E. Morton, of Phoenix, Ariz,, for- 

 merly of Los Angeles and Chicago; Hu- 

 bert Morton, formerly of Long Beach; 

 Will and two sisters. Her death was 

 from cancer of the stomach. Mrs. Mor- 

 ton was 70 years of age and was born 

 in County Meath, Ireland. She had been 

 a widow for many years. The sympathy 

 of their many friends in the trade will 

 be with the bereaved family, all of 

 whom were most devoted to their 

 mother. 



A fine specimen of the sago palm, 

 Cycas revoluta, has fruited in the Home 

 of Peace cemetery, on Stephenson ave- 

 nue, where Oscar Wuhlenberg has 

 charge. While the flowering of the male 

 plants is not unusual, the seed-bearing 

 ones seldom fruit and it is interesting 

 to watch the protective bracts fall back 

 from the showy, red seeds as they de- 

 velop. Mr. Wuhlenberg has several 

 choice plants, the flowering of which is 

 an event of importance. 



J. Austin Shaw asks me to send his 

 Christmas greetings to his old friends 

 of The Keview and to wish them all a 

 happy and prosperous New Year. He 

 says, "California is God's wonderland, 

 but there's only one New York." His 



home is still in Hollywood, a place he 

 much likes. H. E. Richards. 



SAN FRANCISCO. 



' The Market. 



Wholesalers and shippers have been 

 facing a real problem this month in re- 

 gard to meeting the demand for cut 

 flowers, particularly violets and carna- 

 tions, with a stock which is far too 

 small. Recent weather conditions have 

 resulted in considerable damage to the 

 local violet crop. There were several 

 days of extremely cold wind, followed 

 by a rain none too warm for growing 

 purposes and finally by an unusually 

 severe frost, which laid its damaging 

 finger on practically all outdoor stock. 

 For this reason, shippers in San Fran- 

 cisco have been forced to cut nearly all 

 present violet orders and it is probable 

 that this condition will exist until after 

 the holidays. Carnations, too, are badly 

 wanted in the east and for the present 

 it is impossible to ship full orders. 



In fact, there is a noticeable scarcity 

 of all kinds of cut flowers with the ex- 

 ception of roses. This season's rose 

 crop is said to be particularly fine, of 

 a quantity and quality that have not 

 been seen for a good many years." Be- 

 cause of this it has not been difficult to 

 get the prices which have been made 

 necessary by various conditions arising 

 in the trade. The principal cuts 

 have been of Russell, Ophelia and Co- 

 lumbia, with a fair amount of Shawyer 

 and reds; the last mentioned were in 

 fine condition for Christmas week. 

 American Beauties, while scarce and 

 high last week, are more plentiful, al- 

 though no lower in price. Orchids 

 have been hard to get hold of. The 

 gardenia crop is a little off in quality 

 just now. A few large blooms were 

 seen in one or two shops last week, but 

 the majority of the stock is undersized. 



The scarcity also extends to potted 

 stock of all kinds, particularly cycla- 

 mens, begonias, azaleas, etc. The prices 

 on these are a great deal higher this 



Desert Holly, 30c lb. 



In case lots of 35 to 100 lbs. 



Violets, Poinsettias 



And All Other Flowers in Season 



WRITE FOR PRICES ON RAFFIA, ALSO CARLOAD 

 PRICES ON HUMUS, THE WONDERFUL SOIL BUILDER 



L. A. FLORAL COMPANY 



Tht Houae of Quality and Service 



236 E. Fourth St., LOS ANGELES, CAL. 



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