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The Florists^ Review 



AnoDST 18, 1921 



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Pacific Coast Department 



Spokane, Wash. — The business of F. 

 Koch, at 2924 East Jackson avenue, 

 li.is been purchased by his son, 1'. Kocli. 



Carlsbad, Cal. — L. L. Gage, for years 

 in the florists' and nursery business and 

 lately with the H. N. Gage Co., of 

 Montebello, is starting a small bulb 

 farm of his own at Carlsbad. 



Pendleton, Ore. — S. H. Forshaw has 

 acquired five additional acres adjoining 

 his new place on the outskirts of the 

 city. He plans to add another 250-foot 

 house to his range and to embark in the 

 propagation of such decorative shrub- 

 bery as is adapted to extreme winters. 



Elma, Wash. — The Holcomb Gardens, 

 formerly of Aberdeen, Wash., have been 

 moved to this place, in order to give 

 more room for growing perennials and 

 bulbs, their specialty. They are build- 

 ing a house, 20x60 feet, to take care 

 of the local trade in cut flowers and 

 bedding stock. 



Fullerton, Cal. — T. D. Robertson has 

 purchased additional land and has built 

 lath houses on it to extend his nursery 

 business. Landscape work is one of 

 Mr. Robertson's specialties and he has 

 much good territory to work in around 

 this rich and fertile slope. The new 

 laud is centrally situated and valuable. 



Palo Alto, Cal. — A. Groves is just 

 starting to build a range of greenhouses 

 for the purpose of growing asparagus 

 and other stock for the wholesale and 

 retail trade. When the present houses 

 are completed the range will have about 

 10,000 feet of glass, and Mr. Groves will 

 grow flowers, pot and bedding plants. 



LOS ANQELES, CAL. 



The Market. 



In spite of the large quantity of 

 cheap stock, each morning sees the mar- 

 ket pretty well cleaned up, while the 

 better grades of flowers go quickly. Re- 

 tailers are using a great quantity for 

 decorative purposes, .-is well .'is for high- 

 (^lass funeral work. Dahlias are at their 

 best now, the stems and flowers being 

 much better than a week or two ago. 

 Roses clean up well daily and most 

 ilays many more could be used, if they 

 were forthcoming. Carnations continue 

 to improve, but the present will have to 

 1)6 written down as a bad season for 

 asters. There is plenty of stock, but 

 it lacks the quality and finish of other 

 years. Zinnias are excellent and sell 

 well. Delphinium Belladonna, bud- 

 dleias and other longstemincd stock for 

 big baskets find a good demand; not at 

 high prices, it is true, but the growers 

 are satisfied. August, in fact, o]>one(l 

 up well and, so far, has been a ])rofitable 

 month for gniwers and retailers. Ship- 

 ping business is dull. 



Various Notes. 



The II. N. Gage Co. is handling a 

 large consignment of extra clean, bright 

 green moss, recently arrived. H. N. 

 Gage returned last week from a trip 

 . to San Diego and rei)orts business 

 hooming in the southern city. His 



brother, Ijou, has bought a place at 

 Carlsbad, where he intends to grow a 

 variety of stock. 



The Rosedale Florist is out with a 

 br;ind-now delivery car. 



Roy F. Wilcox & Co. have purchased 

 still another addition to their land, a 

 piece on the northeast corner of Oak 

 and Washington streets, Montebello, 

 opposite the south end of the nursery, 

 where the large stock of boxwoods is 

 growing. Overhauling of all equipment 

 is going on and a new smokestack being 

 erected in preparation for the winter 

 season. 



Robert Mesick has a splendid line of 

 ferns at his nursery on the Whittier 

 road. His Whitmanii are especially 

 good and a fine line of cyclamens is 

 coming in for the winter trade. Mr. 

 Mesick is in a fine location here for 

 retail business, although up to the 

 present time his trade has been mostly 

 wholesale. 



C. Gutting, F. Lichtenberg and a 

 party of friends had an enjoyable trip 



in Mr. Lichtenberg 's motor boat la^;i 

 week and, although rough seas were en 

 countered, a fair catch resulted. 



J. Rolleri has a place of about tw.' 

 acres near Watts, where he grows con 

 siderable stock for cut flower work 

 Just now he is cutting a splendid lot ot 

 Lilium rubrum for the store and soni. 

 extra good dahlias. 



J. Hardy, of the staff of the Dostal 

 Welters Flower Shop, is out with a new 

 Buick. 



The quality of the pompon dahlias 

 now being sent in by C. Gidtting, of the 

 Superior Dahlia Gardens, is excelleni 

 and they meet with a spirited demand 

 in spite of the seasonal plenty. Tlu 

 larger decorative varieties, too, are 

 especially fine. 



Lichtenberg 's store is fast nearinj: 

 completion and the artistic quality of 

 the setting becomes daily more ap- 

 parent. The cloisters of the old San 

 Juan Capistrano mission have been 

 truthfully reproduced by Mr. Scotti, 

 down to the smallest detail, and it is 



CALIFORNIA 



Flowers and Greens 



OF ALL KINDS AT 



LOWEST MARKET PRICES 



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 236 EAST FOURTH ST^ LOS ANGELES, CALIF. 



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ASTERS! ASTERS! 



FOR LONG DISTANCE SHIPPING 



We are absolutely headquarters for the finest long-stemmed Asters 

 coming to this market. All colors at the right prices. 



SUMMER FLOWERS 



During the summer we will have an abundant stock of all classes of 

 flowers that ship well in hot weather and our prices will be low. 

 We are especially strong on GLADIOLI, CARNATIONS, ROSES. 

 SWEET PEAS and VALLEY and we always have plenty of 

 DAISIES. BABY ROSES and small flowers. 

 Our packing methods insure good results. 



S. MURATA & CO. 



380-386 S. Los Angeles St., LOS ANGELES, CAL. 



Oldest and Most Experienced Shippers in Californie 



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