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Dillard, Ore. — Fred Sclimidt is plan- 

 ning to build some greenhouses in this 

 town. 



Portland, Ore. — Charles Buumgard- 

 ner is entering the business of growing 

 bulbs and flowers. He has a 5-acre 

 place just outside the city limits of 

 Portland, and at present he is stocking 

 it with dahlias, gladioli, cannas, peren- 

 nials, etc., which ho will put on the 

 market next season. 



Bodega, Cal. — A greenhouse for 

 spring planting has been built by A. 

 Ellis, who will specialize in potted 

 plants, dahlias and gladioli. This busi- 

 ness will operate under the name of the 

 Valley Gardens. Mr. Ellis has been in- 

 terested in gardening and landscape 

 work for several years and expects to 

 build a larger greenhouse for the 

 winter. 



LOS ANGELES, CAL. 



The Market. 



For the first time for many weeks 

 there was an oversupply of flowers on 

 the market, and even* good daffodils 

 took a heavy fall. Flowers that a week 

 ago were bringing $6 per hundred 

 slumped to $2 and less. Indoor carna- 

 tions and roses were the best sellers 

 and, for the first time since the frost, 

 there was an abundant supply of callas. 



Shrub blossoms still meet with a good 

 demand and anything with long stems 

 suitable for basket work is snapped up 

 at once. Retailers all say that business 

 is not as good as it has "been, and if it 

 were not for a liberal demand for fu- 

 neral work, trade would be quiet. Rick 

 room flowers are more in demand than 

 is decorating work, and there is little 

 chance of any better business before 

 Easter. Greens of all kinds are in bet- 

 ter supply and of better quality than 

 they have been for some time. 



Various Notes. 



W. B. Clarke, the well known horti 

 cultural broker, of San Jose, was in this 

 city and nearby territory last week, c:ill- 

 ing on his trade and sizing up condi- 

 tions generally. His observations 

 among the northern freesia growers 

 show that they are in just as bad a 

 way as the southern growers and, doubt- 

 less, prices will be high and bulbs 

 scarce, especially in the larger sizes. 



F. L. Morris, of Santa Ana, left last 

 week to attend the national flower show 

 at Indianapolis, leaving his son in 

 charge. The son says that the firm is 

 well satisfied with the way business has 

 come to it since opening in this pleas- 

 ant city. 



Jack D'Ortignac has again left the 

 city for Fresno, where he has opened a 

 retail store. He is buying consideraljle 

 stock on this market. 



S. Murata lost a valuable Stutz car 

 last week. The car was taken from in 

 front of his store, where it stood. 



M. S. Warner and N. Kent, of the 

 American Florists' Exchange, took a 

 trip to San Diego and Tia Juana. Last 

 week Mr. Warner's father, Frank War- 



ner, and W. B. Clarke, of San Jose, 

 made the trip in Mr. Clarke's car. It 

 may be noted that Mr. Warner brought 

 the first good Dutch irises to the market 

 last week. His King Alfred daffodils 

 have also been excellent. 



John Finkcn has a fine assortment of 

 all classes of fruit trees at his place. 

 Mr. Fink en is the first to grow really 

 good trained espalier and other forn^s 

 of trees, and the success he has attained 

 is promising for the future. He has also 

 planted out a patch of Erica mclan- 

 thera. 



Business continues good with Herbert 

 Bateman, Inc. The demand for medium- 

 priced baskets is especially good. This 

 condition was stimulated by the dis- 

 tribution of an elegant booklet to cus- 

 tomers. 



At the meeting of the stockholders of 

 the American Florists' Exchange a new 

 board of directors was elected, which 

 elected the following men as officers: 



President, F. R. Hills; vice-president, 

 Peter N. Priamos; secretary, H. R. 

 Richards; treasurer, F. Warner; man- 

 ager, John Polder. The finances of the 

 association are in first-class shape and 

 the end of the first year's business 

 shows that the market was needed. 



W, Armacost & Co. have a splendid 

 cut of roses in now, and reports from 

 the greenhouses indicate that the 

 Easter cut will be larger by far than 

 ever before. Easter lilies, too, are in 

 fine condition and an immense stock is 

 being handled. 



The E. C. Amling Co. has practically 

 finished the new supply department, and 

 it is a fine, roomy, light place, giving 

 plenty of space for the showing of the 

 large and varied line carried. 



At Howard & Smith's Montebello 

 nursery there is just now a wonderful 

 collection of amaryllis. For many years 

 Mr. Howard has been hybridizing and 

 crossing these showy plants, with a 



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