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The Florists' Review 



May 12, 1921 



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I Pacific Coast Department 1 



Forest Grove, Ore. — A small green- 

 house is operated here by Miss Evelyn 

 Buffum. 



Berkeley, Cal. — A. H. Gregory, of 

 Miles City, Mont., has bought out the 

 riowershop, at 2114 Center street. In 

 the Montana town Mr. and Mrs. Greg- 

 ory conduct the Miles City Greenhouses 

 and Gregory's Flower Store. They have 

 taken the Berkeley place so that they 

 may have something to keep them busy 

 in each city part of the year. , 



VENTURA, CAL. 



Mr. and Mrs. E. E. Paquette have 

 taken over, by purchase, the old and 

 well known Shepherd's Gardens, 

 founded by the late Mrs. Theodosia B. 

 Shepherd in the early seventies and 

 made famous by her because of the 

 wonderful production of rare plants and 

 flowers. For many years it has been 

 successfully conducted by Mr. and Mrs. 

 W. H. Francis, who will continue the 

 seed-producing part of the business. 

 Mr. and Mrs. Paquette will specialize 

 in nursery stock, potted plants and cut 

 flowers. Besides the Paquette Flower 

 Shop, on California street, they will 

 have branches at Oxnard and Ojai. 



LOS ANGELES, CAL. 



The Market. 



An unusually heavy demand for good 

 funeral work and plenty of low-priced 

 stock made last week an exceptionally 

 good one for the retailers, while the ap- 

 proach of Mothers' day improved the 

 shipping business. The high express 

 rates are, doubtless, checking the busi- 

 ness in out-of-town shipments and will 

 continue to do so until conditions again 

 settle down. Not only the florists, but 

 also the produce men, are being hard hit 

 by these conditions. 



Stock is moderately plentiful. Eoses 

 and carnations continue good. Gladioli 

 and baby gladioli are coming in more 

 freely. Shasta daisies are in big de- 

 mand and, although the supply is large, 

 there will be a scarcity this week. Cecile 

 Brunner roses are at their best and there 

 has been an oversupply for a week or 

 two. The exceptionally hot weather and 

 drying winds about put an end to local 

 callas. Yellow daisies and cornflowers 

 are in big demand. Greens are plenti- 

 ful and good. 



Various Notes. 



A. F. Borden, of the Eedondo Floral 

 Co., when he was returning from De- 

 troit, where he attended a directors' 

 meeting of the F. T. D., said that a most 

 successful meeting was held and that he 

 expects great things of the organization. 

 Jimmie Jordan has joined the staff here. 

 He is well known as an old-timer in Los 

 Angeles. Several of the staff had hay 

 fever badly, but stuck gamely to work. 

 Frank Eeymond is getting out his gun 

 ready for a hunting trip; first stop, 

 Alaska. 



E. G. Eraser & Son have most of the 

 new 20-acre ranch at El Monte planted. 

 Asters, celosias, zinnias, cosmos and 

 other flower seed specialties are seen, 

 fine stands of all being noted. Douglas 



Eraser is enthusiastic about the com- 

 pany 's Sensation strain of stocks, a fine 

 type with long flower stems and extra 

 large individual blossoms. 



The city council, at its meeting May 

 2, authorized the employment of the 

 necessary engineering and laboring 

 forces to construct and make ready the 

 sunken garden for the use of the Califor- 

 nia Nurserymen's Association for its 

 big fall show. This action was taken 

 on the recommendation of the park com- 

 mission, which is heartily in favor of 

 the project and is helping it along. 

 President Wilcox and his various com- 

 mittees are working strenuously on the 

 details of the exhibition and there is 

 little doubt that this will be the biggest 

 thing in the way of a trade show ever 

 held in the west. 



J. Francis has secured the business 

 formerly known as the University Nurs- 

 ery, on South Vermont avenue. It is 

 now known as the Bluebird Florist and 

 will be an addition to the North Broad- 

 way business. 



Howell, the Hollywood Florist, has 



opened a fine and attractive new store. 



Fine gladioli are coming in from the 

 Downey ranch of the H. N. Gage Cd. 

 At the Long Beach place there is a fine 

 crop of Asparagus plumosus being har- 

 vested. This is late, but, owing to tlie 

 good climate there, it is always of ox 

 ceptionally good germination. 



The Eose Florist is the latest additiwi 

 to the trade in San Pedro, having opened 

 at 256 Sixth street. 



The store of W. Armacost & Co. was a 

 busy place last week, when it was pre- 

 paring for and shipping stock for Moth- 

 ers' day. 



Glazing and bench building are in full 

 blast at the new Santa Ana range of 

 Amling Bros., and the houses will be 

 ready for planting soon. 



"Everybody busy" is the report of 

 the California Floral Co., where Moth- 

 ers' day shipments were unusually 

 heavy. >" 



The Athletic Club Florist is showing 

 some splendid gladioli, these having 

 been grown by J. Eolleri at his 

 nursery. One variety in particular, a 



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