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The Florists' Review 



Mat 11, 1922 



LOS ANGEIJSS, CAL. 



The Maxket. 



Business has again been poor and 

 stock is piling up. Shipping fell off sud- 

 denly for some reason after Easter and 

 has not picked up since. The warmer 

 weather has brought along stock of all 

 kinds rapidly. Good Spanish irises, I. 

 tingtiana and tulips cleaned up fairly 

 well, but outside of these there was 

 little doing in bulbous stock. Eoses 

 cleaned up nicely and carnations, both 

 indoor and outdoor, sold fairly well, 

 though prices in all cases are away 

 down. Orchids are scarce, but there is 

 not a big demand. Valley is plentiful 

 and sells well. Sweet peas, baby roses 

 and other small flowers are all over- 

 plentiful, especially yellow daisies, 

 which were never better in quality, or 

 sold worse. Greens are more plentiful. 



Various Notes. 



Sidney "Wiffin, formerly of Des 

 Plaincs," 111., who has been with F. R. 

 Hills since coming to Los Angeles, has 

 joined the force of Walter Armacost & 

 Co., Sawtcllc. His brother, Arthur, has 

 been with Mr. Armacost for some time 

 and is living at Los Angeles, but both 

 will now live at Sawtelle. 



Fred Howard, Boy F. Wilcox and 

 Fred Hooper, foreman of the glass de- 

 partment .at the nursery of Howard & 

 Smith, left last week for a ten days 

 fishing and rest' trip to Sespe Hot 

 Springs, Mr. Howard driving the party 

 to Fillmore. From here the men pack 

 into the mountains about twenty-five 

 miles. All are busy men, and the recre- 

 ation will doubtless benefit them. 



C. Groen is starting to build a new 

 greenhouse, 36x150 feet, at his Mon- 

 tebello nursery. He has disposed of his 

 lease on the land at the west end of 

 Montebello to the Roy F. Wilcox Co. 

 and from now on will concentrate all of 

 his energies on his home place. 



H. E. Jaeger, of the Orchid, at Pasa- 

 dena, has been dangerously ill with the 

 "flu," also his wife and children, but 

 all are now well .along the road to re- 

 coverv. 



George J. Hall has just returned from 

 a business trip through Arizona and to 

 San Francisco. He reports a good time 

 and called on many in the trade, in- 

 cluding his old friend and co-worker, 

 Bert Harris, for scver.al years connected 

 with the trade in Los Angeles and now 

 running a retail store in Oakland. 



A. A. Farley and his father, who 

 some time ago sold out the Dcnison 

 Greenhouses, at Denison. Texas, is now 

 in the business of growing bulbous and 

 other stock for cut flowers at Downey, 

 a small city a few miles southeast of 

 Los Angeles. 



T. D. Robertson, of Fullerton, has 

 purchased another 3-acre tract of land 

 in a section which proved frostless dur- 

 ing the recent severe winter. He had 

 previously leased this land, and conse- 

 quently its possibilities for tender stock 

 are already proven. 



Angolo Tassano, his brother, Dominic, 



and their families are taking a trip 

 to Italy this summer. The portion of 

 the Artesia nurseries under glass and 

 close cultivation will be leased tempor- 

 arily to Gorini Bros., and G. Gorini will 

 be located in Mr. Tassano 's home on 

 Stephenson avenue. Tassano Bros, have 

 bought another 10-acre tract adjoining 

 their Artesia land and this will be put 

 under close cultivation on their return. 



H. N. Gage is building three new 

 greenhouses, each 26x200 feet, at his 

 Montebello nursery. 



C. Brazee reports a most successful 

 season with his bulbous stock. His new 

 place on the Harbor boulevard is now in 

 fine shape and proving all that could be 

 desired. Mr. Brazee says that he has 

 over a carload of bulbs on order for 

 next year. 



At the establishment of W. Armacost 

 & Co., Sawtelle, a new garage to take 

 care of fourteen cars is being built and 

 thoroughly equipped for repairs of 



every kind to be done on the place. 

 The store is most attractive now with 

 the immense number of baskets shown. 

 F. Boyston is at the springs up in the 

 San Jacinto mountains. 



The staff of the E. C. Amling Co. is 

 busy preparing statice and other ever- 

 lasting wreaths. H. R. R. 



COTTAGE OABDENS WINS SX7ITS. 



Two suits brought by the executor of 

 the estate of Charles Willis Ward to 

 foreclose two mortgages, each for the 

 sum of $200,000, on property of the 

 Cottage Gardens Nurseries, at Eureka, 

 Cal., have been decided in favor of the 

 defendant. The suits were contested 

 vigorously by the receiver, G. Vanden 

 Abeele, in whose favor the verdict was 

 returned. 



Some time ago two suits were begun 

 by the executor of the estate of Charles 

 Willis Ward to foreclose two mortgages, 



STATICE, the Everlasting Flower 



We have the finest quality of Statice this year that 

 California has ever produced. It will ship anywhere. 



Carnations and all field and garden flowers are plenti- 

 ful and cheap. Our Shasta Daisies have never been 

 better. Time now to think of Mothers' Day. 



L. A. FLORAL CO. 



The House of Quality and Service 



236 East 4th Street, LOS ANGELES, CAUF. 



Phone, Pico 518 



GLADIOLI, ROSES 



SPRING FLOWERS 



SELECTED FOR LONG DISTANCE SHIPPING 



ALSO THE BEST 



CallaSy Carnations, Peas, 

 Orchids and Valley 



gOMING TO THIS MARKET 

 Our packing methods insure good results and our prices are right 



on all classes of stock. 



S. MURATA & CO. 



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



OId**t and Mo*t Exp*ri«BC*d Shipper* in California 



WE NEVER MISS ^ 



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