100 



The Florists^ Review 



Decembeb 30, 1920 



' ''•W^^^^^!^?^!^W*^^*W*^<^^f*^^^^^^^'^^.^^^ 



i 



Pacific Coast Department 



Cedar Falls, Wash. — John Young is 

 growing flowers for the local market 

 here. He contemplates starting in busi- 

 ness near Seattle as soon as a suitable 

 location can be found. 



Vancouver, B. C. — The Killarney 

 Greenhouses have been recently pur- 

 chased by G. F. Clark, who has removed 

 them and reerected them at 3812 Flem- 

 ing street, where he intends to grow 

 bedding plants, tomatoes and a general 

 line of pot plants. 



PORTLAND, ORE. 



J. A. Currcy, local head of the Trus- 

 con Steel Co., and a well-known ama- 

 teur rose culturist, upon his return to 

 this city from Washington, D. C, where 

 he attended the annual meeting of the 

 executive committee of the American 

 Rose Society, reports an offer of $15,000 

 from an unnamed easterner, to be spent, 

 if accepted, for the propagation of the 

 world's most famous roses in conjunc- 

 tion with the international rose test 

 garden already located here. He states 

 that the Department of Agriculture has 

 arranged to import specimen roses from 

 all parts of the world for Portland prop- 

 agation. 



LOS ANGELES, CAL. 



The Market. 



On the eve of the holidays the mar 

 ket was supplied with all kinds of stock 

 better than it had been for several 

 years. A wind and rain storm early in 

 the week was disastrous to poinsettias 

 in exposed sections, but as many of 

 these flowers are grown in well pro- 

 tected places, the loss was only partial. 

 Rose growers hit the holiday just right 

 and the supply of good stock was ample. 

 Other staple crops arrived in good shape 

 and retailers were looking forward to a 

 profitable holiday business. Heather 

 helped out considerably, although the 

 earlier cuttings, as usual, were not first- 

 class as to color. Some fine heather 

 plants were ready, both Erica melan- 

 thera and E. regerminans, the latter be- 

 ing in much better condition than usual. 



Various Notes. 



The E. C. Amling Co. moved last week 

 into its new and larger premises at 447 

 Wall street, in time for the Christmas 

 business. The new store is on the 

 ground floor and has a floor space 50x 

 200, giving ample room for all pur- 

 poses. This firm has decided to close 

 Sundays. Heavy shipments left last 

 week on all trains, heather, roses and 

 poinsettias being the leaders. 



An immense business was done at the 

 establishment of Walter Armacost & 

 Co. When asked which was better 

 stock, cut flowers or plants, Mr. Wil- 

 liamson said that neither could possibly 

 be better and that a banner trade would 

 be recorded for the season. Just in time 

 for Christmas baskets and similar work, 

 a fine shipment of small cyclamens ar- 

 rived from the nursery, neat, well flow- 

 ered little plants, just as good in their 

 way as the large specimens that have 

 been so well grown by this firm for the 

 season. The rose crop was excellent as 



well. Mr. Royston returned from his 

 eastern trip last week. 



A fine showing of plants in great va- 

 riety was made at the store of Howard 

 & Smith, Ninth and Olive streets. 

 Some extra fine ericas were noted, es- 

 pecially E. regerminans. 



At the store of the Redondo Floral Co. 

 poinsettias and cyclamens were leaders. 

 Business was brisk. 



The Alexandria Florist made an ex- 

 cellent showing of well arranged plant 

 baskets. Some large specimens of Erica 

 melanthera were quite fine. 



Darling's Shop was beautifully ar- 

 ranged and some choice stock of cut 

 flowers and plants in great variety was 

 shown. Azaleas, Lorraine begonias and 

 fine heathers were featured, but the 

 whole exhibition was uniformly good. 



Tassano Bros. & Co., at Ni^^th and 

 Broadway, were quite busy both before 

 and during the holiday rush, and Angelo 

 Tassano expressed himself as well 

 pleased with the volume of business 

 done. 



A novel and attractive lighting 

 scheme in the windows of 8. Purdie & 

 Co. drew considerable attention and the 

 stock shown was of a high order of 

 merit. S. Purdie was, unfortunately, 

 unwell during the holiday preparations, 

 although he stuck gamely at his post. 



The Dostal- Welters Flower Shop was 

 a magnificent sight before the holidays, 

 some fine and artistic effects being cre- 

 ated. The color scheme, the individual 

 baskets and the quality of the stock 

 deserved the highest praise and many 

 visitors derived real pleasure from an 

 inspection. 



A most attractive show was staged 

 by the Athletic Club Florist. J. Rolleri 

 and his capable staff were kept busy at- 

 tending to visitors. One of the attrac- 

 tions was a fine display of cyclamens. 



At F. Lichtenberg 's establishment all 

 the baskets and other work were made 

 up in the store and some striking and 

 beautiful effects were noticed. 



Always a busy place, Wright's 

 Flower Shop excelled itself this season 



Violets 

 Roses Carnations 



Stevia 



ALL OTHER CALIFORNIA FLOWERS 



SPERRY'S 



L. A. FLORAL CO. 



The Houae of Quality and Service 

 236 EAST FOURTH ST., LOS ANGELES, CALIF. 



Write for Special Price* 



Famous Southern California 



VIOLETS 



For Long Distance Shipping 



AND EVERYTHING IN CUT FLOWERS AND SUPPLIES 



S. MURATA & CO. 



Oldest and Most Experienced Shippers in Southern California 



380-386 S. Los Angeles St., LOS ANGELES, CAL. 



WE NEVER MISS 



