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The Florists' Review 



May 17, 1917. 



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LOS ANGELES, CAL. 



The Market. 



"Xotliing doing but funeral work," 

 was the report of several of the retail- 

 ers this week, and some of them added, 

 "and little of that." There have been 

 one or two weddings and small affairs, 

 but the general trend of business has 

 been downward. Our retailers are 

 plucky and have been making good dis- 

 plays, as if they were really doing busi- 

 ness. Some of the stores report a fair 

 transient business, but it is the excep- 

 tion. 



Eegarding the cheaper stocks, there is 

 just one word for all of them. They are 

 all too plentiful. Good stock that will 

 ship a few hundred miles and reach its 

 destination in good shape is not nearly 

 so plentiful. With the flowering of Cat- 

 tleya Mossia;, orchids have been more 

 to the front, and valley has appeared in 

 ratlier larger quantities. Cecile Brun- 

 ner roses are too abundant and are just 

 about wortli what they cost to pick. 

 Greens are far more i)lentiful. Good 

 plants are scarce, outside of ferns and 

 palms. 



Various Notes. 



R. W. Garland is receiving congratu- 

 lations on the arrival of a 9^^ -pound 

 boy at his home. "Our Bob," as Rob- 

 ert is affectionately known among the 

 staff at Wright's Flower Shop, had the 

 misfortune to be in the hospital at the 

 time of the arrival of the latest. He 

 underwent a slight operation for blood 

 poisoning, the result of a rose-thorn 

 puncture in his hand; so consequently 

 the good news now is that mother, father 

 and cliild are doing well. David Gold- 

 man Ijlew in the other day and reported 

 that lie had been left a fortune in tlie 

 form of a boy. 



With the advent of the heated term, 

 C. 1). Baker, of Yuma, Ariz., lias closed 

 his store for a time and is visiting 

 friends in the city. He will probably 

 be away from Yuma most of the sum- 

 mer. 



Walter Garbett, who handles the sales 

 end for W. Armacost & Co., reports 

 ' ' sold out ' ' every day. Considering the 

 season, the high cost of vegetable grow- 

 ing and other hindrances to the flower 

 business, this has a good sound. 



Manager Fred Sperry, of the L. A. 

 Floral Co., says that when one has to 

 send for extra express wagons during 

 May, it looks good for the "house of 

 quality and sorvit'e. " 



Heard from one of the latest acquisi- 

 tions to the flower business: "What are 

 those red violets? Do they flower all 

 the year around .' ' ' 



C. Woodin has no further connec- 

 tion with the Abbey Flower Shop, hav- 

 ing disjiosed of his interest to his ])art- 

 ner. Mr. Woodin has taken a ]iosition 

 as secretary to tlie owner of a large 

 fruit ranch. 



The K. X. Gage Co. reports that the 

 young bulbous stock on the new El 

 Monte grounds is doing finely, especially 

 gladioli and tuljeroses. At the Long 

 Beach jdace the company has about 

 9,000 fine ]ilants of jiluiiiosus, grown for 

 strings. 



WE ARE PREPARED 



with large stocks of all classes of 

 CUT FLOWERS AND GREENS for 



MEMORIAL DAY 



California Cut Flower Co. 



433 W. 7th Street, Los Angeles, Cal. 



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L. A. FLORAL CO. 



Fred Sperry, Mgr. 

 House of Quality and Service 



ALL KINDS OF FLOWERS AND GREEN 



For Memorial Day 



LONG DISTANCE SHIPPING OUR SPECIALTY 



407 So. Los Angeles Street, LOS ANGELES, CAL. 



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