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The Florists^ Review 



May 18, 1922 



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SAN DIEGO'S SHOW. 



The fifteenth annual rose and spring 

 flower show held at San DiegQ, Cal., 

 recently was a success from every point 

 of view. The show was divided into 

 three parts. Mrs. Alberta Hinson had 

 charge of section A, containing the 

 wild flowers, sweet peas and other flow- 

 ers; F. A. Bodie had charge of section 

 B, which contained roses only, and G. 

 Burch, of the Harris Seed Co., had 

 charge of section C, devoted to the pro- 

 fessional exhibits. 



The commercial awards were as fol- 

 lows: 



Best display of bulbous flowers — R. F. CusU- 

 man, first; Boyle & Darnaud. second. 



Best arranged basket of cut flowers — Boyle & 

 Darnaud, award of merit. 



Best bride's bouquet— Boyle & Darnaud, award 

 of merit. 



Special awards of merit were given to the 

 Harris Seed Co., the park board and the mit- 

 ural history museum. 



LOS ANOEIiES, CAL. 



The Market. 



Business is still far from good, espe- 

 cially the shipping end. Ketailers are 

 buying fairly heavily, but there is no 

 life to the trade. Mothers' day will, 

 no doubt, give it a little fillip and every- 

 thing points to good business for this 

 increasingly important annual event. 

 Some fine gladioli are now arriving in 

 the market and these, with the rem 

 nant of Spanish and Dutch irises, tu- 

 lips and ixias, make a good showing. 

 Delphiniums, columbines and similar 

 stock are improving in quantity and 

 quality. Roses, when good, are taken 

 readily, and indoor ciirnations are all 

 sold on sight. The tulii)s from the 

 north are about all over and the statice 

 .season is on in full swing. This stock 

 is arriving in especially fine shape this 

 year, particularly from' the beach grow- 

 ers. 



Valley is good and ])lontiful, while 

 sweet peas, Cecile Brunncr roses, forget- 

 me-nots and other flowers suitable for 

 corsages are in good demand. Shasta 

 daisies are scarce, but yellow daisies 

 are too plentiful and. althougli thev 

 were never finer, there is no demand 

 for them. ('alias sell well and the 

 few ?'aster lilies coming in jire all 

 taken. Asparagus plumosus is still 

 scarce and sells freely. Adiantum and 

 other greens are i)lentiful and large 

 ((uantities of shrub blossoms continue 

 to be sold. Plants are scarce and poor 

 in quality. 



A heavy rain fi>ll in this localitv Mav 

 S and 9, •averaging a little over one 

 inch. With the water t.-ible higli from 

 the recent heavy rains and with the as- 

 sistance to cultivation given by the last 

 storm, the necessity of much irrigating 

 will be eliminated and .-ill crotis bene- 

 fited. 



Various Notes. 



The beautiful wi'ddinfr set tor wliich 

 Herbert Bateman. In.-., was awarded 

 a gold medal at the Pasadena show is 

 being set up in the store of this firm, 

 in order to show p.atrons what an up-to- 

 date florist can do in the way of arrang- 



ing house weddings. This is thoroughly 

 good advertising and well worthy of be- 

 ing copied by others. The business here 

 is fine, according to Carl Brose. 



William T. Miller, formerly well 

 known as a horticultural writer in the 

 east, who came out here some time ago 

 on account of Mrs. Miller's health, is 

 going into the mail order business for 

 seeds and bulbs. 



Alois Frey, of San Fernando, is send- 

 ing in excellent Iris tingitana to the 

 Florists' Exchange. This is fine, long- 

 stemmed, vigorous stock and sells 

 freely. 



Some of the finest Spanish iris, Ca- 

 janus, ever seen in this market are now 

 coming from Frank Warner, of Ingle- 

 wood. He was also strong on fine gladi- 

 oli. 



Tom Wright reports that all the 

 3-inch plants of his new fern are sold 

 and that the 2-inch, of which he has 

 some 60,000, are coming along in fine 

 shape. The success of this fern is re- 

 markable. Everything at the range is 

 in fine shape and the cyclamens, in par- 

 ticular, are good. 



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

 a large force of men and girls are worlt- 

 ing on statice wreaths, bouquets and 

 similar stock for their Memorial day 

 trade. Over 30,000 statice have already 

 been shipped. P. Huss is at Sawtelle in 

 connection with the building opera- 

 tions. 



Louis Dubin, of Wolfskill's & Mor- 

 ris (Joldensou, has been on the sick list 

 for a week. Albert Goldenson says 

 funeral work is brisk just now. 



F. Royston, of Walter Armacost & 

 Co., has returned from the hot springs 

 in the San Jacinto mountains and liked 

 it so well he is going again, having left 

 Mrs. Royston there. He says he met 

 J. J. Reeves, superintendent of Bever- 

 ley Hills Nursery, there, who is still far 

 from well. At the store large numbers 

 of baskets are being handled. 



Angelo Tassano is going to leave his 



home on Whittier avenue and live ; t 

 the Artesia Nursery until he leaves f< r 

 Italy. G. Gorini, who has leased tl o 

 nursery, will live in the Whittier av. • 

 nue home. Some extra fine maidenha r 

 is being sent in to the market fro i 

 here. 



F. R. Hills and Mrs. Hills have ju t 

 returned from a week at Dunca i 

 Springs. 



Fred H. Howard and party returnt 1 

 from their trip to the mountains just 

 in time to escape the heavy rain. 



W. Thompson has opened a flewi r 

 store at Sawtelle, in addition to tl ■ 

 stand on West Pico street. H. R. R. 



SAN FBANCISCO, CAL. 



The Market. 



Stock was not plentiful last weel^. 

 owing to the inclement weather. Thi 

 demand has been heavy and prices havi- 

 advanced. The market is cleaned out 

 early every day; in fact, there is not 

 enough of some kinds of stock to g« 

 around. The stock of roses does not 

 meet the demand, while the same is true 

 of carnations. Spanish irises, ranunculi 

 and anemones are all holding their 

 prices, though they are more plentiful 

 than the previous week. Tulips are com 

 manding good prices, but this crop is 

 nearing its end. There are fine crops 

 of sweet peas coming in, as well as 

 fancy snapdragons and gillyflowers. 

 More gladioli are being cut and the first 

 peonies are now in the market. Double 

 pink hawthorn is helping to solve the 

 stock shortage and pansies also help out. 

 Strawflowers are arriving in large quan 

 titles and they will do good service over 

 Memorial day. There are enough orchids 

 to meet the demand and valley is not 

 scarce. The market is almost flooded 

 with what is called wild valley. Gar 

 denias are plentiful. 



Various Notes. 



The Mothers' day trade absorbed 



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