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The Florists^ Review 



May 



11)22 



Russell Bench Plants 



25,000 



Choice, Grafted, One-Year Stock. 

 Can be well rested and shipped subject to order. 



Premier Rose Gardens, 



Maywood, 111. 



CALIFORNIA FLORAL CO. 



ALL SEASONABLE CUT FLOWERS AND GREENS 

 217 Winston Street the best in the west LOS ANGELES, CAL. 



list, and all of the staff were k(']it busy 

 (luriiifi the recent rush, a large amount 

 of liifjli-elass funeral work coming, in 

 addition to the Mothers' day trade. 



Herbert Batenian, Inc., cleaned up 

 everything for Mothers' day, and Mr. 

 Batenian said that the number of tele- 

 graj)h orders was in advance of exjiec- 

 tations. 



As usual at Wright's, big prepara- 

 tions ■were made for the annual Moth- 

 ers' day celebration and, according to 

 Manager Harry Friend, they were none 

 too big. Everybody worked. 



Miss Mary Rohr has joined the staff 

 of tlie Athletic Club Florist. 



]ioth night and day forces were kept 

 at it full tilt at the Alexandria Florist's 

 at Mothers' day and a fine clean-up is 

 the report from Manager George P^is- 

 clien. 



After the Mothers' day rush tli(> 

 whole staff of the E. C. Amling Co. got 

 busy again on Memorial day wreatlis, 

 bouquets and other "everlasting" de- 

 vices. E. C. Amling, Harold Amling 

 and P. IIuss are all busy witli building 

 operations at Sawtelle. 



Ijarge numbers of magnolia wreaths, 

 statice wreaths and bouquets are being 

 shi])]i(>d by W. Armacost & Co., a large 

 staff being kej^t l)usy making Ihcui U]). 

 Tlie Mdthi'is' day shipping was good. 



J. Dieterich left for the east en route 

 to Europe May 14. 



S. Murata & Co. report an exception- 

 ally good Mothers' day sliipping. 



Some unique funeral work was turned 

 out by S. runlie & Co., last week, in ad- 

 dition to tlieir Mothers' d.-iy business. 



Fred H. Howard, president of How- 

 ard & Smith, was in San Francisco last 

 week attending the executive meeting 

 of the California .Vssociation of Xurs- 

 erynien. At tlie ^Iontei)ello nursery a 

 large staff is busy catching up on ship- 

 jiiiig and mail or<lers, while George 

 • 'handler is authority for the fact that 

 the ^Mothers' day business at the re- 

 tail store was more than twice as large 

 iis that of previous years, the tele- 

 graj h business being particularly good. 



Manager John Gordon, of Darling's 

 Flower Slio}i, said, 'Mlodd,'' wlien 

 aski'd al>out the Mothers' dav business. 



15 Acres of Strong California Field-Grown 



Poinsettia Stock Plants 



Two Red varieties: The True Red, with large, bright red flowers and wide petals, 

 and the Early Flowering variety, famous for holding its foliage and easy to raise Has 

 narrow flower petals ana the flowers are not as large or bright as the True Red variety. 



Strong one-year-old plants, ^-in. to l9i-in. caliper, SIS 00, $18 00, $25.00 and tso.oo per 100. 



Plants shipped by second-class express or freight to any part of the United Stales. 



PAUL ECKE, 1226 Hayworth Ave., Los Angeles, CaL 



Largest Grower of Poliuettla Stock Plants. 



- LOS ROBLES CO. 



FLOWEH RIH B , *^ ' ' saN TaCRUZ. 



• spfci/iLisrsi icaiiF 



I CIIIFORNU 



ERIC JAMES 



Wholesale Qrower of 



Palms, Ferns and Flowering 

 Plants in Season 



8635 FoothlU Blvd., OAKLAND, CALIF. 



ADIANTUM 



And all classes of Greens 



WE SUPPLY ONLY THE BEST 

 Send for prices on 2-inch Maidenhair, 



TASSANO BROS. 



Artesia Nurseries ARTESIA. CAL 



Tliat iiicaiis soiiietliiiij 

 don says it. 



'11 Mr. (ior- 

 H. K. K. 



SAN FRANCISCO, CAL. 



The Market. 



Tiio uncertain weather of last week 

 played havoc with the predictions of 

 even the wisest growers. Several days 

 of intense lieat brouglit some of the 

 stock on so fast that the market con- 

 tains some of th(> llowers tliat were lie- 

 ing held hack for the Memorial day 

 trade. More stock is on liand tliaii is 



BOSTON 

 FERNS 



6-in., heavy $0.75 each 



7-in., heavy 1.25 each 



H. Hayashi & Co. 



2311 73rd Ave. OAKLAND, CAL. 



Phon* McrrUt 691 



HASART BASKET WORKS, Inc. 



Hijrh- Grade Flower Baskets 



2001 E. Foarteanth St. 

 OAKLAND, CAL. 



needed for the demands. Koses and car- 

 nations are fairly plentiful. Sweet peas 

 ;ire in their jirime and are abundant, 

 (iladioli are beinjj cut in sufficient quan- 

 tities to meet the demand. Some beau- 

 tiful peonies are coming in and there 

 arc sufficient quantities of gillyffowcrs, 

 jtansies, ranunculi and snapdragons, 

 while irises of many varieties arc pleni- 

 ful. Early poppies of many ornamental 

 varieties are in and the first Shasta 

 daisies are beginning to appear. Del- 

 pliiniiims are jiopular ami are not yet 

 being cut in sufficient quantities to meet 

 the demaml. Valley is plentiful, as are 



