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The Florists^ Review 



Januaby 19. 1922 



Dallas, Ore. — George E. Keller is 

 planning to build a greenhouse and 

 enter the trade. The greenhouse will 

 be erected near Salem, Ore., this spring. 



Vancouver, B. C. — F. Davies has en- 

 gaged in the trade at 29 Sixty-second 

 avenue and will deal in hardy plants 

 and cut flowers. Mr. Davies is a former 

 employee of Brown Bros. Co. 



Vallejo, Cal. — Rudolph Greuttner has 

 completed overhauling his store on 

 Georgia street near Marin, which gives 

 him one of the most modern and best 

 equipped business houses in the city. 

 The increased facilities and enlarged 

 space helped out in handling the holiday 

 rush. 



LOS ANGELES, CAL. 



The Market. 



Scanity of good stock is again a fea- 

 ture of the market, but, aside from this, 

 conditions are the same as last reported. 

 Good heather is becoming short in sup- 

 ply and the demand is increasing as the 

 quality improves, which it always does 

 in the early months of the year. In 

 spite of the enormous number of good 

 roses coming to the market, there is no 

 oversui)ply, but a shortening up almost 

 daily. Orchids arc in great demand and 

 it is interesting to note that other va- 

 rieties than cattlcyas are in request. This 

 is as it should be, for, in spite of their 

 size, there are many orchids far prettit>r, 

 longer-lasting and more generally useful 

 than cattleyas. Retailers report business 

 good, with funeral work still the leading 

 source of demand. 



Various Notes. 



Calling at the Superior Nurseries re- 

 cently, the entire staff was found busy. 

 Among other work was the tying and 

 housing of rambler roses for Easter, a 

 large stock of these being grown. Doro- 

 thy Perkins is still a favorite here, some 

 splendid plants being grown. A superb 

 stock of Nephrolepis Norwood was also 

 noted. At the dahlia gardens, lifting 

 the stock is in full progress and Mr. 

 Gutting is also erecting a storage and 

 ])aeking shed there, in order that ship- 

 ments can be made direct from the 

 yard ens. This phase of the business lias 

 grown so much that there is not room 

 enough to take care of it, together with 

 the other packing at the home nursery. 



The Schaefer Floral Co. reports a 

 l.irge increase in business at the Sixth 

 street store since the new year began. 



On several ©ccasions lately the whole 

 staff at Lichtenberg's has had to work 

 all night, in order to get out funeral 

 work for the following day. Unfortu- 

 nately, Mr. Lichtenberg has not been 

 able to be at the store, thus adding to 

 Mrs. Lichtenberg's worries. 



The sympathy of everyone in the 

 trade is with the Polder family, of Mon- 

 tebello, Cal., in the death of D. Polder, 

 which occurred January 9. Mr. Polder 

 is the father of John Polder and three 

 other boys, all of whom are well known 

 locally. Mr. Polder, Sr., and Mrs. Polder 



came to this country some six years ago, 

 in order to be with the boys^ all of whom 

 had come to America from Holland at 

 different times. His health was not good 

 from the beginning, but it was thought 

 that he would recover. Besides a widow, 

 he leaves four sons and two daughters 

 to mourn his death. 



The H. N. Gage Co. is again the first 

 in the market with outside daffodils, 

 their first cut having reached the market 

 January 10. This firm is also in with 

 Paper Whites and Roman and Chinese 

 narcissi. 



Freesias from "Wright's Flower Shop 

 greenhouses have been a notable feature 

 on the market. At the store many good 

 decorations are reported, including the 

 Lottie Pickford wedding, which called 

 for a great deal of first-class stock and 

 work. 



Choice small plants of primulas, ferns 

 and begonias are being sold at the Amer- 



ican Florists ' Exchange from the green- 

 houses of the Francis Floral Co., at 

 South Vermont avenue. Mr. Francis re- 

 ports business as being good. 



At the Pasadena tournament of roses, 

 held on New Year's day, the first prize 

 for a city float was awarded to Portland, 

 Ore., for a most beautiful float put up 

 by Darling's Flower Shop, of this city. 

 According to John Gordon, manager 

 here, a lot of Oregon holly was shipped 

 down for use in this float and it was 

 most beautifully arranged. Large urns 

 of roses, including Russell, Premier, 

 Butterfly and other popular varieties, 

 were arranged above the running gear 

 and the evergreen material was used 

 below. It was a finished and beautiful 

 work of art, well worthy of the prize 

 awarded it, and a great deal of credit is 

 due to the firm that produced it. 



At the store of the E. C. Amling Co. 

 some of the finest hard brake ferns ever 



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