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The Florists'" Review 



May 4, 1922 



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LOS ANGELES, CAL. 



The Market. 



^Vllile tliori' was u good ileal of fu- 

 neral work last week, it was by no 

 means a good one in other ways. Stoi'k 

 cleans up fairly well and \here is little 

 left over at the market at the end of 

 each day. Some magnificent tulips 

 have been arriving from the north and, 

 with this particular flower, the north- 

 ern growers do far better than those 

 in the south. The stems and flowers 

 of the Darwin tulips are good. Local 

 Dutcli and Sjianish iris and I. tingi- 

 tana are good and meet a ready market. 

 Local daffodils are about over. Flowers 

 for baskets, such as delpliiniums, aqui- 

 legias and long-stemmed stock gener- 

 ally, are much in demand. Orchids, 

 valle}-, sweet peas and gardenias are 

 taken regularly, with few left over at 

 any time. .Shii)])ers say that business 

 fell off shar])ly after Kaster, but this, 

 of course, was expected. At the time 

 of writing, after a few warm days, the 

 tempeiature is down again, giving dull, 

 cold and cloudy weather, which is never 

 good for business here. 



Various Notes. 



I'eter Wilson, who has been for many 

 years connected witli the business here 

 and is well known and universally 

 liked, lias gone into business with his 

 brother, T. D. Wilson, at i!()OS) Kast 

 First street, under the name of Wil- 

 son's Flower Shop. This is what is 

 known as the Boyle Heights section, 

 and there are few good flower stores 

 there, so that these young men should 

 lie able to work up a good business. 



Albert Beverley, of Santa Barbara, 

 has been in the city and vicinity on one 

 of his ]ierio(lic:il buying trips. 



R. Laemell, salesman for Koy F. Wil- 

 cox ifc Co., and Frank Lichtenberg were 

 to leave last week for Murrietta 

 Sjjrings, Cal. Mr. Laemell is much bet- 

 ter, but a good rest at the springs will 

 set him up. Mr. Lichtenberg has also 

 been under the we;ither for some time. 



On the e\'e of his departure for the 

 executive meeting of the F. T. 1)., at 

 Detroit, A. F. Borden invited all local 

 F. T. D. members to his home to talk 

 over matters of interest connected witli 

 the association. A good attendance was 

 on hand and an instructive discussion 

 was held. Mrs. Borden served coffee 

 and cake. All of those present wished 

 Mr. Borden a pleas.-int and profitable 

 trip. 



At the si ore of Walter Arniacost & 

 Co. another large consignment of bas- 

 kets is due. This consignment will be 

 ready for the summer trade, which is 

 always large. Mr. Williamson says that 

 the demand for their collections of bas- 

 kets, in which the retailer leaves the 

 choice to .\rinacost & Co., and the regu- 

 lar collections that are sent out, lead to 

 an enormous business in this stock. A 

 consignment of chiffon imjiorted direct 

 from the Kuropean manufacturers has 

 also arrived. 



D. Barron, proprietor of the Alexan- 

 dria Florist, lias jiurchased a 30-foot 



jiower yacht, which he will keep near 

 his cottage at Balboa beach. This is a 

 beautiful boat, well fitted with every 

 convenience for cruising and, doubtless, 

 Mr. Barron will have a great deal of 

 pleasure out of it. Business is reported 

 as extra good at tlie store. 



Albert Goldenson reports fine busi- 

 ness and everyone is kept on the jump 

 at the store. ' H. K.'R. 



WiUia 

 tail niai 

 and jila 

 boulevar 

 Californ 

 Mrs. M 

 known t 

 Wilhelm 

 with I J. 

 Bailey 's 

 ticulture 

 also lijis 

 cultural 



m T. Miller has founded a re- 

 1 order business in seeds, bulbs 

 nts at 12()<> South (Venshaw 

 d. Mr. Miller, who came to 

 ia some time ago because of 

 iller's health, may be better 

 o the trade under the name of 



Miller. He was associated 

 H. Bailey in the preparation of 



Cyclopedia of American Hor- 



and other standard works. He 



been a prolific writer on liorti- 



tojjics for a considerable list of 



publications and his knowledge of 

 plants probably is as extensive as that 

 of any man in America. He adopted 

 the American form of his name during 

 the war, as lie is a thoroughgoing Amer- 

 ican citizen. 



PASADENA SHOW HIGH LIGHTS. 



With only a limited time to look over 

 the excellent show put on at the Hotel 

 Maryland, at Pasadena, Cal., by the 

 Pasadena Horticultural Society, April 

 21 and 22, the writer has surely missed 

 some fine exhibits, but a few that stood 

 out prominently are here mentioned. - 



Fuller report ajijiears on a forward 

 page. 



Siebrecht's House of Flowers had the 

 first place for a table decoration, which 

 was a splendid conception of orchids, 

 beautifully carried out. Mr. Siebrecht 

 also had a magnificent grouj) of cut 

 fiowers and plants. 



The new tulip, Marechal Foch, shown 



Mothers' Day 



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