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The Florists' Review 



OCTOBBB 16, 1913. 



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MENLO FABK, CAL. 



The Menlo Park Horticultural So- 

 ciety will hold its annual fall flower 

 show October 31 to November 2. There 

 is a good-sized premium list, with 

 chrysanthemums, of course, the impor- 

 tant feature. Entries must be in the 

 hands of the secretary forty-eight hours 

 in advance of the opening of the exhi- 

 bition. The officers are: President and 

 manager, Henry L. Goertzhain; vice- 

 president, Charles Ehrlich; treasurer 

 and assistant manager, George Nunn, 

 and secretary, James T. Lynch. 



LOS ANGELES. 



The Market. 



The season's trade is opening up 

 finely, many large wedding and funeral 

 ■orders marking the first few days of the 

 month. Large quantities of roses are 

 ■coming in and there is no scarcity ex- 

 cept in whites, but still there is little 

 stock that goes to waste. Cosmos is a 

 good seller among the cheaper grades 

 of stock. Orchids are practically down 

 and out, the demand being greatly in 

 excess of the supply. Other flowers are 

 about as last reported. 



At the Huntington Estate. 



Every time I visit the Huntington 

 -estate I note a great improvement, not 

 only in the condition of the stock, but 

 also in the great variety being con- 

 stantly added. Mr. Hertrich is always 

 on the lookout for anything novel or 

 rare, and the addition of the Bradbury 

 •collection of rare plants is a noteworthy 

 one. There are now no less than forty- 

 two varieties of cycads at this famous 

 place; Zamia Woodi, the rarest of all, 

 is the latest addition. It is said that 

 only one other large specimen exists 

 and that is in the Royal Gardens at 

 Kew. There is also a magnificent sam- 

 ple of Encephalartos Leichensteini, a 

 rare specimen with a double crown. 



I have before mentioned the Phoenix 

 Roebelenii here and praised them, and 

 it may be worth mentioning that Harry 

 A. Barnard, of Stuart Low & Co., Eng- 

 land, in whose company and that of C. 

 Morton I took the trip, said they were 

 the finest specimen plants he had ever 

 seen. Cocos insignis is a lovely thing 

 and there are many others. 



The collection of rare and valuable 

 acacias here is probably unrivaled, the 

 variety being too great to chronicle 

 here. One is quite unique, called Quer- 

 nevaca, a Spanish name. It has singu- 

 lar, bloated looking thorns and is of 

 great beauty. A beautiful foliage plant, 

 among the new arrivals, is Excoecaria 

 bicolor, bearing leaves that are a deep 

 green on the upper surface and bright 

 scarlet beneath, a most striking and 

 beautiful plant. The Japanese garden 

 is especially beautiful now, the lake 

 Tieing covered with water hyacinths in 

 full bloom; great masses of the pretty 

 blue spikes show up everywhere. 



"Whole pages could be written about 

 this great place without exhausting half 

 its beauties and there is nothing else 

 exactly like it in the world. 



Various Notes. 



H. Turner, Fred Howard, J. Dieterich, 

 William Hertrich, C. Morton and C. 

 Winsel are among those booked for the 

 San ±'rancisco show from this neck of 

 the woods. 



D. MacRorie paid another flying visit 

 to Los Angeles last week. 



I was glad last week to renew an 

 old friendship with Harry A. Barnard, 

 the well known, genial representative 

 of Stuart Low & Co., Enfield, England. 

 Mr. Barnard was much interested in all 

 he saw in southern California. By his 

 pleasing manner he makes friends wher- 

 ever he goes. A retentive memory, com- 

 bined with his many years' experience, 

 makes him a most interesting com- 

 panion and he is "posted" as are few 

 men in the horticultural world today. 



J. B. Menasco is cutting some remark- 

 ably fine outdoor roses. His MacArthur, 

 Ulrich Brunner, Detroit and Kaiserin 

 are splendid in color and substance. 



Morris Goldenson reports fine busi- 

 ness, especially in funeral work and 

 weddings. 



S. Murata reports business as excel- 

 lent. The mums and violets handled by 

 this up-to-date wholesaler are excep- 

 tionally good. Miss E. V. Baker is now 

 connected with the office department as 

 bookkeeper and stenographer. This is 

 not the only fair maid around the Mu- 

 rata establishment, for the White Fair 

 Maid carnation here is equally charm- 

 ing in its own way. This is handled 

 exclusively by Murata & Co. 



There was an appreciative audience 

 at the monthly meeting of the Los An- 

 geles County Horticultural Society, 

 October 6, to hear Mr. Goelitz speak on 

 landscape gardening. 



Fred Sperry returned October 4 from 

 his trip through Arizona, New Mexico 

 and Texas, and reports an enjoyable 

 time and good business. Trade keeps 

 up well at the store. 



V. Clemence, of Pasadena, was in 

 town, looking up stock and also finding 

 new customers for his fine plants. 



J. Marshall, of Pasadena, died Octo- 



ber 5 and many of his late associates in 

 the Horticultural Society attended the 

 funeral. A fine floral offering was also 

 sent. 



The H. N. Gage Co. has given an 

 option on its Long Beach property at 

 something like ten times the purchase 

 price of a few years ago. 



Tom Wright is back at the store, after 

 his serious illness at the California hos- 

 pital. Everyone was glad to welcome 

 him back. H. R. Richards. 



SAN FRANCISCO. 



The Market. 



The last week was one of considerable 

 business activity for both grower and 

 retailer. We are still enjoying perfect 

 weather about the bay, and the warm, 

 sunny days stimulate the growth of 

 greenhouse stock. American Beauties 

 are of almost perfect quality; there are 

 flne flowers vdth excellent stems. They 

 command top-notch prices and have 

 been used abundantly for decorative 

 purposes and also for funeral sprays. 

 Owing to the fact that the rains have 

 not yet begun, violets are still inferior. 

 They have no fragrance and have not 

 the strength that they should have at 

 this time. Among the cheaper flowers 

 in good condition are cosmos. They are 

 good sellers, because they are new- 

 comers. Carnations are showing longer 

 stems this week and the flowers are 

 larger. Killarney and My Maryland 

 roses do not show much improvement. 

 Mrs. Taft remains popular. 



The downtown merchants are realiz- 

 ing more and more the rich effect that 

 can be obtained for their show windows 

 with fresh flowers and fresh greens in 

 place of the stiff artificial ones, and 

 great quantities of huckleberry, oak and 

 salal are being sold. Teasels are un- 

 usually popular this winter. During 

 the scarcity of orchids, lily of the val- 

 ley has been drawn on heavily, and un- 

 less our growers put in some quick ac- 

 tion we shall notice the shortage some 



S. MURATA & CO. 



WHOLESALE FLORISTS 



Phen. Main 2987.F2604. 7S1 So. BuHidway, LOS ANGELES, CAL 



Mention The ReTlew whfn vnn writ*. 



ROSES = BEAUTI ES 



We are cuttingr and shipping the finest flowers from young stock. 

 all lengths, clean and good color. 



DIETERICH & TURNER, SSWSiStVS;- ciS: 



MailAddress, R. F. D. No. 6. Los Angeles, C.I. 



SHASTA DAISIES 



Borbank'B Improyed Alaska, California and 

 Westralia. Extra strong dlTisioBS, 12.50 per 100, 

 $24.00 per 1000; strong divisions, |i2.00 per 100, 



? 19.00 per 1000. Also many other plants. Send 

 or list to 



FRED GROHE, IkSSSLs:' 



n. D. No. 4. SANTA ROSA. CAL. 



B«*t Equlpmont In U. S. 



Field Grown Stock and Young Roies 



Own Roots. 



