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The Florists' Review 



Febbuart 24, 1021 



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Goldendale, Wash, — Frank Turgeon 

 has erected and equipped a large green- 

 house here. The new house will supply a 

 long-felt want, as heretofore all green- 

 house products had to be shipped from 

 The Dalles and Portland, Ore. Cut 

 flowers, potted plants, vegetables and 

 other products will be grown. The busi- 

 ness will be conducted by the Golden- 

 dale Greenhouse Co. 



San Jose, Cal. — W. B. Clarke has just 

 closed a contract with the receiver of 

 the Cottage Gardens Nursery Co., 

 whereby he takes entire control of the 

 sale of stock from the San Jose branch. 

 The San Jose office of the company will 

 be discontinued, although the nurseries 

 will operate as before. Mr. Clarke has 

 purchased the entire office equipment 

 and will make the former office of the 

 company his headquarters from now on. 



LOS ANOEIiES, CAL. 



Tbe Market. 



The week commencing St. Valentine 's 

 day was one of the busiest and best for 

 a long time. There was plenty of stock 

 on the market, but it was practically 

 all absorbed by the unusually good de- 

 mand and both wholesalers and retail- 

 ers have reason to be pleased with re- 

 sults. Two light frosts occurred, which 

 may have the effect of shortening stock, 

 although it does not seem likely, as a 

 good rain has fallen and the tempera- 

 tures during the daytime have been 

 high. Never in the history of the busi- 

 ness has there been so much stock of all 

 kinds at this season or so good a de- 

 mand from out-of-town points. Boses 

 were abundant and good, as were or- 

 chids, and both these valuable crops 

 sold well. There was a slump in heather 

 prices, without any reason except price 

 cutting, which is never good business. 

 In greens, the scarcest item is maiden- 

 hair ferns. 



Various Notes. 



Those who have followed with inter- 

 est the wonderful development in the 

 cineraria of recent years have a treat 

 in store at Howard & Smith 's nursery, 

 Montebello, Cal., any time during the 

 next two months. New houses have 

 been specially built for cinerarias this 

 year and the position is ideal, both for 

 growing and for showing these superb 

 plants. Although not yet at their best, 

 enough plants were in bloom early last 

 week to give a good idea of what the 

 houses will be like later. Every plant 

 is a perfect specimen. The heads of 

 bloom are immense, the foliage hard and 

 deep green, while the individual flowers 

 are enormous. The writer measured one 

 well over four inches across and this 

 was not the largest. The range of color 

 is wonderful and in all cases the ex- 

 quisite blendings of tints make for 

 showy, yet not gaudy display. The 

 petals are wide and overlapping, giving 

 great fullness to the flowers, and it is 

 impossible to say in what way this 

 superb strain could be improved. In 

 quite a different department a group of 

 about twenty men were busy making 

 Manetti cuttings, each cutting being 



carefully blinded to prevent suckering 

 later. For many years other stocks 

 were used here, but Fred Howard says 

 that earlier and better results are ob- 

 tained by budding on Manetti. F. 

 Hooper, one of the foremen, has just re- 

 turned from the east, having been in 

 charge of a large shipment of roses 

 which was sent some time ago. 



The Sunset strain of freesias is just 

 beginning to bloom with Gebhard 

 Prechtl, of Montebello, Cal., and shows 

 the wiry stem so characteristic of this 

 type and in which it differs from most 

 other freesias. Mr. Prechtl has taken 

 in a partner, Mr. Woitella, and the firm 

 will in future be known as Prechtl & 

 Woitella. They are busy moving heather 

 and other stock to the new addition to 

 their nursery, at El Monte, Cal. 



Frank Warner is already bringing in 

 some bulbous stock from his place, at 

 Inglewood, Cal., to the new market. 



W. F. Van der Schoot, of Hillegom, 

 Holland, called on the trade last week. 



The H. N. Gage Co. is in with some 



fine-colored Dutch Boman hyacinths 

 and quite a variety of early bulbous 

 stock. The double ranunculus is fine, 



F. B. Hills says the demand for his 

 new fern, Nephrolepis Hillsi, is most 

 encouraging, especially on the coast and 

 west of the Bockies, where it has met 

 with a great reception. 



Edward Amerpohl, of Janesville, Wis., 

 has been visiting here and will return 

 home later, after a visit to kis ranch 

 near Fresno, Cal. 



In addition to a remarkably good St. 

 Valentine's day business, the Bedondo 

 Floral Go. reports a rush of funeral 

 work, so much so that, January 14, the 

 staff had to work all through the night. 

 At last reports Dave Goldman was still 

 sleepy. 



Tony Tassano is bringing in some fine 

 Golden Spurs from the Burbamk place. 

 The stems are fifteen inches long. 



The E. C. Amling Co. is going strong 

 on daffodils and other bulbous stock 

 from the Brazee ranch, at Wilmington, 

 Cal., and Alois Frey's Bainbow free- 



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