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The Florists' Review 



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\ Pacific Coast Department 





Albany, N. Y.— A. B. Eeynolds, of 

 Reynolds-Bobinson Co., has sold his in- 

 terest to his partner, John C. Eobinson, 

 who is continuing the business under his 

 own name. 



PASADENA, CAL. 



' An interesting exhibit at the flower 

 show, Pasadena, Cal., October 28 to 30, 

 was that of Siebrecht's House of Flow- 

 ers. The feature of this exhibit was a 

 display of twelve varieties of roses, 

 which were much admired. At one end 

 was a collection of ferns, including 

 Asplenium Nidus-avis, or bird's-nest 

 fern, in variety, and platycerium, or 

 stag-horn fern; also specimens of Cocos 

 Weddelliana. At the opposite end was 

 a collection of anthurium; strelitzia, or 

 bird of paradise; seedlings of Cattleya 

 Bowringiana, Forbesii and labiata 

 superba; Oncidium varicosum, and 

 Odontoglossum grande, or baby orchid. 

 In front of the exhibit were vases of 

 sweet peas. Sweetheart roses and vio- 

 lets. At the close of the show, the en- 

 tire exhibit was donated to the Pasa- 

 dena hospital and the Pasadena home of 

 the aged. 



LOS ANGELES, CAL. 



The Market. 

 An abundance of stock, with a good 

 shipping business and an average retail 

 demand, sums up the market conditions 

 as they existed last week. Mums are at 

 their best and seldom have the growers 

 had such a good season. The weather 

 has been in favor of fine stock and the 

 Appleton, Turner, Chieftain and other 

 late midscason stock are at their best. 

 Orchids are a little more plentiful, but 

 the prices continue high. Valley 

 is good and there is enough to go around. 

 Carnations are well up to standard. 

 Roses have fallen off a little in quality, 

 but are still good. Dahlias are holding 

 out well and are of better quality than 

 usual at this time of the year. Good 

 plumosus is coming in now and heavy 

 shipments are being made. Cyclamen is 

 the best seller in potted plants. 



Various Notes. 



Charles Brazee, the well known florist 

 and bulb grower of Wilmington, Cal., 

 has recently purchased twelve acres of 

 land on the harbor boulevard and in- 

 tends moving his entire stock there next 

 season, the lease on his present quarters 

 expiring July, 1921. Besides his large 

 stock of bulbs, Mr. Brazee will grow a 

 large supply of statice, delphinium and 

 other hardy stock, and will erect a dwell- 

 ing house and retail store at the new 

 location. As this is on the main thor- 

 oughfare from the city to the harbor, 

 there is a constant stream of traffic dur- 

 ing the whole year, and this should 

 prove profitable for his retail trade. 



A look through the lath houses de- 

 voted to plumosus at Harry Bailey's 

 place, at Montebello, shows that Mr. 

 Bailey has excelled his own record for 

 fine, well developed sprays of this popu- 

 lar green. The stock is remarkably 

 clean and consists of medium-length 

 sprays, just the kind that all growers 

 aim to get, but not always with success. 



Because of the large quantity grown, 

 Mr. Bailey is able to let each section 

 develop thoroughly before it is cut. 

 In the houses devoted to seed growing, 

 the seed crop is, perhaps, a little below 

 the average in quantity, but the quality 

 should be fine, judging from present 

 appearances. A later crop will, unless 

 cold weather conditions set in early, be 

 developed by spring. There is also a 

 big crop of Sprengeri seed ripening rap- 

 idly. Freesias are just coming through, 

 the earliest being about four inches 

 high, and are so well liked by the trade 

 that Mr^ Bailey has already booked 

 large orders for 1921 delivery. 



Gebhard Prechtl is especially success- 

 ful in the propagation of Erica melan- 

 thera, and judging by the appearance of 

 his latest batch of 75,000 cuttings, not 

 one per cent has missed. He is also 

 busy cleaning and shipping gladiolus 

 bulbs, a big stock of Schwaben being 

 handled by him. Mr. Prechtl calls at- 

 tention to the extraordinary freedom of 

 this popular variety. 



The establishment of Boy F. Wilcox 

 & Co., at Montebello, shows colitinued 

 progress. Possibly the biggest thing 

 of all is the kentias, which are here in 

 hundreds of thoqsands, from seedlings 

 to finely developed specimens. The 

 stock is always kept so that the large 

 sizes will not crowd the smaller plants. 

 As they reach the 2%-inch pot size 

 they are planted out under lath and 

 grown until fit for another potting, as 

 single or made-up specimens. Besides 

 the kentias there are large and thriving 

 blocks of Phoenix Roebelenii, P. Ganari- 

 ensis and other popular palms. While 

 too late for freight shipments to the 

 east this year, Mr. Wilcox has prospects 

 of carload lots going back by express, 

 a method of shipping that is becoming 

 increasingly popular. Another large 

 lath house is to be built at once and 

 another next year, the idea being to 

 have sufficient room so that these large 

 houses may be brought along in rotation 

 year by year. It looks as though Mr. 

 Wilcox will have the whole thirty-five 



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. 



The Hotu* of Quality and Seroiem 

 236 EAST FOURTH ST^ LOS ANGELES, CALIF. 



Chrysanthemums 



GEORGE J. HALL & CO. 



423 East 5th St. 



Los Angeles, Cal. 



