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Englewood, Cal. — V. M. Christian, for- 

 merly an employee in greenhouses here, 

 has entered business for himself. He has 

 built a greenhouse in the last year. 



Albany, Ore, — The Albany Floral Co. 

 has changed hands, although it is still 

 under the old name. W. Duncan, the 

 former owner, has been bought out by 

 O. Romaine, who will run the business. 



SAN JOSE, CAL. 



A. A. Hunt, formerly superintendent 

 of the Arthur Letts estate, Hollywood, 

 Cal., and for several years connected 

 with the California Nursery Co., went 

 into partnership with Arthur Cann at 

 San Jose, Cal., in August. Mr. Hunt 

 manages the landscape department of 

 the business, which he states has been 

 progressing satisfactorily. The firm is 

 known as Cann & Hunt. Mr. Hunt is 

 widely known in the trade, having been 

 located at Millbrook, N. Y., previously, 

 and having been later superintendent 

 of the J. W. Clise estate, at Seattle, 

 Wash. 



TUCSON, ARIZ. 



John Howe and Mrs. Howe, of 44 

 Stone avenue, have returned from a trip 

 to Los Angeles and found many orders 

 awaiting them on their return. Mr. 

 Howe says that business has been better 

 ifkia year than any other year since he 

 ?ha8 been in the trade. He has a large 

 ajod attractive store. 



The Burns Flower Shop is the most 

 recent addition to the retail stores in 

 Tucson, and Mr. Burns reports a satis- 

 factory opening. Flowers for the open- 

 ing were shipped in from the E. C. Am- 

 ling Co., Los Angeles. 



Considerable alterations are contem- 

 plated by the Tucson Seed & Floral Co. 



H. E. R. 



PHOENIX, ARIZ. 



The Market. 



Plenty of good stock and a steady de- 

 mand for it, is the report from this 

 thriving city. The occasion of the state 

 fair made all the florists busier than 

 usual, many orders having been received 

 from visitors. A great deal of the stock 

 used is shipped from Los Angeles and 

 San Francisco, but there are great quan- 

 tities of outdoor roses grown here. It 

 is astonishing to see the fine quality of 

 American Beauties grown unprotected 

 from the sun. Both the foliage and the 

 blooms are as fine as indoor stock. These 

 and zinnias are the principal flowers 

 grown here. 



Various Notes. 



The Donofrio Floral Co. is a busy con- 

 cern. C. E. Morton and his able crew are 

 always at work. Heavy funeral orders 

 and preparation for the exhibitions at 

 the state fair occupied the attention of 

 the force last week. Several first prizes, 

 including one for wedding bouquets, one 

 for a group of ferns and one for a group 

 of flowers, were awarded to this firm. 

 Henry Morton, son of C. E. Morton, who 

 is employed at the store, stole a march 

 on his friends and was married last 



week. Plans are being made to enlarge 

 the store in the near future. 



The Arizona Seed & Floral Co. had the 

 flower concession at the state fair and 

 had an attractive booth. J. Sievers, 

 formerly of San Francisco, is now man- 

 aging the floral end of the business. Mr. 

 McNabb reports an increasingly good 

 business in the seed end. H. B. B. 



LOS ANGELES, CAL. 



Dominic Tassano has returned from 

 the north and reports that he has made 

 arrangements for Christmas greens and 

 berries to be shipped here in large 

 quantities. He says conditions, in re- 

 gard to labor and quality of stock, were 

 never better than at this time. 



Whilfl giving Thomas Wright a 

 friendly call, the writer met Charles 

 Gutting, who, by his conversation, is 

 quite ready to handle holly berries, of 

 which he has thirty-five tons to market, 

 the bigger proportion of which is al- 

 ready ordered. 



O. C. Saake reports that weegee birds 

 are moving fast, but he has a large 

 supply for the holidays. 



A call at the store of the D. S. Purdie 

 Co. showed everyone was busy and that 

 business was rushing. 



Frank Lichtenberg says business dur- 

 ing the last week has returned to old 

 form and his force is kept busy with 

 funeral work. The opening of the sea- 

 son at the various clubs has added 

 activity and is keeping everyone on the 

 jump. His store is a fine sight for 

 flower lovers. Much credit is due to 

 Mr. Hanson for the way in which he 

 keeps the windows and store decorated. 



About thirty florists of Los Angeles, 

 all of whom had subscribed to the re- 

 cent anti-Japanese publicity fund, had 

 the pleasure of being Thomas Wright's 

 guests at his club for dinner Monday, 

 November 8, and spent an interesting 

 evening. He stated, while sitting at the 

 table, that there were a large number 

 of his friends in the business whom he 

 had failed to get in touch with, or had 



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. 



TTtt Housm of Quality and Service 

 236 EAST FOURTH ST., LOS ANGELES. CALIF. 



Chrysanthemums 



GEORGE J. HALL & CO. 



423 East 5th St. 



Los Angeles, Cal. 



