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The Florists^ Review 



JDNI 2, 1921 



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I Pacific Coast Department | 



SAWTELLE, CAL. 



C. E. Moore, fifteen j'cars in the 

 trade at Valley City, N. D., and for the 

 last year enj^aj^ed in Rowing carnation 

 and chrysantheiiiuni cuttings at Santa 

 Ana, Cal., has taken over the Los An- 

 >j[ele8 Geranium Co., of which J. D. 

 liurks was the manager, at Sawtelle, 

 Cal. Mr. ]\roore will have entire charge 

 of the place, and while carnations and 

 chrysautheniunis will still be grown at 

 Santa Ana, all propagating and ship- 

 ping will be from the pelargonium and 

 geranium farm at Sawtelle. Mr. Moore 

 h.'is seven acres devoted to the growing 

 of plants for propagating cuttings. 



LOS ANGELES, CAL. 



The Market. 



Three days of almost constant rain 

 has broken all records for May here and 

 has insured a good season. Seed grow- 

 ers are elated and fruit growers also, 

 the only people that suffered being 

 those who had alfalfa hay down, and 

 the growers of strawberries. While it 

 prevented liower gathering for a day 

 or two, causing a temporary shortage 

 in the market, it has done a great deal 

 of good to tlie growing plants of all 

 kinds and saved much time that would 

 have been spent irrigating. During the 

 week preceding Memorial day there 

 was a great shortage of outdoor flow- 

 ers, the market on some mornings being 

 cleaned up by 7:30 o'clock of every- 

 thing except statice and strawflowers. 

 There is a good supply of roses, but, in 

 sharp contrast to last week, outdoor 

 carnations are scarce and high in price, 

 $3 and $;{.uO jier hundred being asked 

 and freely [laid for good stock. This 

 shortage of fresh stock boosted the 

 price of pink strawflowers and similar 

 stock. A fair supply of gladioli was on 

 the market, but many more could have 

 been used. Shasta and yellow daisies 

 were in great demand and sweet peas 

 that had not been washed out by the 

 rain sold well. Callas are about over in 

 the south. Valley and orchids are about 

 even with the demand. Greens of all 

 kinds are plentiful. 



Various Notes. 



Fred Francis, of the Francis Floral 

 Co., says he is well satisfied with the 

 business done at the company's store 

 at L'CtOo North Broadway. Funeral 

 work is especially in demand. 



Miss Eileen Low, representing Stuart 

 Low & Co.. of iiush Hill Park, near 

 London, England, was in the city for a 

 few days calling on the trade, but her 

 stay was brief. Miss Low is partic- 

 ularly interested in hybrid orchids and 

 is an authority on them, having studied 

 them closely in her company's collec- 

 tion, which is i)rol);ibly the largest in 

 the JJritish trade. The extra fine varie- 

 ties of cyclaiiiciis ^rowii by this firm 

 are in consi(l<'ral)le dematid all over 

 the country. Miss Low's stay in Cali- 

 fornia was cut short owing to the date 

 of her sailing being changed, but she 

 found time to visit the famous Hunt- 

 ington jilace and the concern of Walter 

 Armacost & Co., the Arthur Letts place 



and the majority of the seed trade. 

 Miss Low returns by 'way of Vancouver, 

 B. C, and the Canadian Kockies, sailing 

 from Montreal June 12. 



John Bodger, Jr., is piloting David 

 Burpee around this week, and will ac- 

 company him to the Burpee ranch at 

 Lompoc towards the week-end. Mr. 

 Bodger says they have had between 

 three and four inches of rain at the El 

 Monte seed grounds, which will be a 

 great help, as the soil here never bakes 

 after rain as do some others, but always 

 maintains a natural dust mulch in sum- 

 mer. 



James Taylor, superintendent at 

 Laughlin park, has built himself a fine 

 new dwelling house at Hollywood. 



F. Eoyston, of Walter Armacost & 

 Co., has returned from his northern trip, 

 which he says was a most pleasant one. 

 Herbert Bateman, long known in this 

 city as a first-class florist, will open a 

 high-class store at 647 South Grand 

 avenue, right in the heart of the shop- 

 ping district, as soon as the building is 



finished. Mr. Bateman has taken a 

 double store and the elevation and an- 

 terior will be built according to his 

 own idea of what a high-class flower 

 store should be. No one who is ac- 

 quainted with Mr. Bateman 's work and 

 following, doubts for a minute his suc- 

 cess, for everything points to it. While 

 it will probably be the early part of 

 September before the store will be 

 ready for occupation, Mr. Bateman has 

 resigned his position with the Athletic 

 Club Florist, so as to be able to put all 

 his time in preparation for the opening. 

 Edward Eust, of South Pasadena, is 

 out with a new automobile. Fine 

 rhododendrons from his nursery are 

 being sold at the American Florists' 

 Exchange. H. E. E. 



SAN FRANCISCO, CAL. 



The Market. 



The market is, holding up well. Car- 

 nations are somewhat higher in price 



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