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The Florists^ Review 



May 5, 1921 



than his whole volume of business last 

 season. 



F. E. liills, of Hills' Nursery, leaves 

 for Chieago this week. His business is 

 to finally dispose of his Maywood green- 

 houses for which he has had several 

 ofifera. 



H. N. Gage says that the nursery and 

 growing grounds at Downey are produc- 

 ing fine results. The natural silt soil 

 on the place is excellent for bulbous 

 stock. 



Walter Garbitt expresses himself as 

 well satisfied with the start he has made 

 in business for himself. 



The high wind blew down a smokestack 

 at the range of Walter Armacost & Co., 

 but, fortunately, no great damage was 

 done, as it was one that served an extra 

 boiler, which is not now in use. At the 

 store, Mr. Williamson says that orders 

 and inquiries for Mothers' day began to 

 come in much earlier this year than 

 usual. This is a good sign. He also said 

 that most of the customers were using 

 the long-distance phone to get first-hand 

 information as to how the supply of 

 stock will be. Mr. Royston is taking a 

 trip to Portland, Ore., and other wes- 

 tern points. 



Two truck loads of funeral work to 

 Whittier, a large pall for another funeral 

 and the setting up of a lloral booth at 

 the local business show for a nearby 

 bank, gave Albert Goldenson a more or 

 less busy day one day last week when 

 all this business v.as sandwiclied in with 

 the regular store business. 



N. A. Benson, of the Denver Whole- 

 sale Florists' Co., paid a nying visit 

 here last week. Mrs. Benson has been 

 here for some time and will probably 

 stay longer as her healtii is better here 

 than in Denver. 



The E. C. Amling Co. reports big 

 orders for MotJiers' day, especially from 

 points in southern Texas. Large quan- 

 tities of statice are now being handled 

 here and the special offers in baskets are 

 going strong. 



Roy F. Wilcox says that the prepara- 

 tions for the big fall show are going for- 

 ward and everything points to this show 

 being the biggest thing in horticulture 

 ever attempted in the west. Premium 

 lists a-nd other information will be pub- 

 lished soon. 



Polder Bros, are in the market with 

 some fine Delphinium Belladonna. 



Darling's .Shop is extraordinarily at- 

 tractive now as fine stock in all lines are 

 being shown. H. R. R. 



SAN rRANCISCO, CAL. 



The Market. 



Roses ail? still plentiful. Violets are 

 completely over for the spring season. 

 Tulips aiid marigolds are almost over, 

 but carnations are plentiful and iris of 

 various kindn is helping to fill the breach. 

 Gladioli ;ire still scarce, but good crops 

 are coming on. There are some Easter 

 lilies and plenty of sweet peas. Many 

 wild flowers are being brought into the 

 market, such as lupines and California 

 poppies. Hawthorn, both red and white, 

 is plentiful and there is some lilac left. 

 The various kinds of strawflowers are 

 now coming in "green," and there is a 

 brisk demand for them. Business is 

 good, aiKl the market is cleaned early; 

 especially is all the fine stuff competed 

 for. 



Varixjus Notes. 



Angflo Rossi, of Pelicano, Rossi & Co., 

 has jnst returned from visiting Sacra- 



The crop of PURITY will only run about 

 4:\j''j„ of normal. Fortunately here at LOS 

 ROBLES, we have been "expecting" a wet winter 

 for three years, so we were well prepared for 

 it. All of our Purity stock was on new ground, 

 and we will have some fine stock to fill our 

 orders. There is a better outlook for 1922 

 crop at lower prices, as we find that fer- 

 tilizer, pipe and labor are beginning to drop 

 a little. It takes almost six months for any 

 chance in eastern conditions to reach the 

 coast, and we have been operating the past 

 year under very high costs, particularly in 

 labor and fertili; er. Prices are based upon 

 supply and demand, and v;ith the li^ht crop, 

 a grov/er m;ist get hi -h P'^ices to meet cost 

 of growing. 



EVERLASTING FLOWERS 



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Assorted Colors 



STRAWFLOWERS 



LARGE 

 Assorted Colors 



SMALL 

 Pink and >Vhite 



SAMPLE BOXES, $5.00 and UP. 



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THE BEST IN THE WEST 



217 Winston St. LOS ANGELES, CAL- 



inento, Stockton and other valley cities. 

 lie called on the trade and states that 

 lie found all the florists doing good Imsi- 

 noss and handling stock similar to tliat 

 in the San Francisco market, lie visited 

 some of the gold mines in Calaveras and 

 Amado counties, and found them all 

 working. This will add to the prosperity 

 of the state, for many of the mines have 

 been closed. At one quartz mine, Mr. 

 Rossi went 4,000 feet below the surface 

 of the earth. "And the best (U all," 

 he stated, "is that, on returning home, 

 I find business has been excellent. ' ' 



J. A. Axell has been spending severnl 

 days in the vicinity of Santa Cruz, visit- 

 ing the bulb farms and making arrange- 



Asparagus Plumgsus Sprays 



$1.50 per lOO, 



SOO for $7.00. 



HARRY BAILEY 



R.F.D. 6. LOS ANGELES, CAL. 



ments for a practically unlimited quan- 

 tity of cut Spanish iris. He said: "If 

 I told the truth about the acres and acres 

 of iris that is flourishing near Santa 

 Cruz, people would think I was speak- 

 ing untruthfully. I saw field after field 

 of iris, and the bulbs all seemed to be 

 doing remarkably well. The iris growers 



