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The Florists' Review 



Al'UlL lil, lillil 





I Pacific Coast Department 



Spokane, Wash.— T. G. Westhike re- 

 jjorts un unexpectedly strong demand 

 for gladiolus bulbs. As he puts it, he 

 was "flooded with orders" as the re- 

 sult of a Classified ad in The Eeview. 

 Ill addition to his plant, cut flower and 

 l)ulb business, Mr. Westlake conducts 

 tlic Westlake public market, on Post 

 street. 



LOS ANQEIiES, CAL. 



The Market. 



Ketailers say there was a decided 

 falling off in business last week. Fu- 

 neral work as well as other trade was 

 l)elow the average. Stock moved fairly 

 well ill spite of this and prices 

 were well maintained. In roses, the 

 liuyer had a little the better of it. 

 Field carnations were cheap, but indoor 

 stock was good and prices kept up. 

 Spanish iris and Iris tingitana were the 

 ))est offerings in bulbous stock. Free- 

 sias were about over and tulips were 

 getting past their best. There was an 

 abundance of Easter lilies and callas 

 enough to take care of what shipping 

 business there was. The local demand 

 for callas was limited. The supply of 

 small flowers was about evenly bal- 

 anced with the demand. Shasta daisies 

 were coming more freely. Orchids and 

 valley were scarce, although the price 

 (if the latter was cut by some whole- 

 salers. Greens of all kinds were plen- 

 tiful and good. 



New Amling Range. 



Things are beginning to take shape 

 at the new range being erected by Am- 

 ling Bros, at Santa Ana. The location 

 is ideal, being on a good, well traveled 

 road and on a railroad switch, on which 

 the building material is being handled. 

 There arc ten and one-half acres in 

 the site. Tlie soil is a moderately heavy 

 silt loam, overlying gravel. The plant 

 now being built consists of five houses 

 each 40x400 feet, running north and 

 south. Raised benches are to be used 

 throughout. Tlie lumber is !iln'a<ly on 

 the ground and hundreds of concrete 

 bench posts are being made on the sj>ot. 

 What was a bare beet field only a few 

 days ago is now a busy spot with scores 

 of men employed and Ernst Amling on 

 the .iob daily, superintending the prep 

 ."irations for jilanting, which will begin 

 immediately after the benches nre con 

 structcd. Many carloads of pipe, ce- 

 ment and other materials are already 

 on the ground. The construction is 

 being done by the American Green- 

 house Mfg. Co., of Chicago. At the 

 south end of the plant, a concrete oil 

 tank is being constructed. The ca- 

 ])acity is about 36.000 gallons, or two 

 carloads. The service building will be 

 in the center. It will be of concrete 

 construction ;ind a new Frost tubular 

 lioiler of 12") liorsepowor is here ready 

 for installntion. City water at a high 

 pressure will be ;ivail:ible and already 

 rin immense heap of compost is being 

 prepared. It is about two-thirds soil 

 and one-third cow manure. 



Roses only will be grown, about 

 4.j,000 plants being prepared for this 



season. I'remier, Russell, Crusader, 

 Milady and White Killarney will be the 

 principal kinds grown at first, and will 

 be added to or changed later as their 

 fitness for the climate is tested out. 

 This will be a notable addition to the 

 fine ranges already in operation in this 

 section and the Amling Bros, will be 

 welcomed by retailers and wholesalers 

 alike, as their eastern record has pre- 

 ceded them here. 



Various Notes. 



Fine stock continues to be shown at 

 Lichtenberg's and business keeps up 

 well. C. C. Thomas, manager here, who 

 it will be recalled was with Bertermaiin 

 Bros. Co., of Indianapolis, for some- 

 thing over twenty years, has now be- 

 come a booster for southern California 

 and has no inclination to go back east. 



The nursery of Tassano Bros., at Ar- 

 tesia, is in fine shape now, the biggest 

 thing of all being the wonderful houses 

 of adiantum, from which immense cuts 

 are taken dailv. The houses are filled 



to repletion and the fronds now being 

 taken are large and of the finest qual- 

 ity. Angelo Tassano attends to the 

 sales end of the business, Dominic to 

 the growing end. A fine cut of statice 

 is also being taken now. 



Fine Iris tingitana is being shipped 

 by the E. C. Amling Co. The flowers 

 are cut much tighter than is usual here 

 and for that reason ship better. The 

 flowers have unusually good stems. A 

 leader in baskets here is a small hand- 

 painted tin with handle, which is most 

 jittractive and a good seller. Adam 

 Kaspar, head shipper, is talking of 

 taking a vacation trip to Chicago and 

 the middle west shortly. 



Some of the finest statice seen in this 

 market is being shipped by the Cali- 

 fornia Floral Co., the sprays being 

 large and well flowered and the color 

 range much larger than usual. Paul 

 Miller says he hopes to have a good 

 supply of this right up to and includ- 

 ing Memorial day. 



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