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The Fk>rists' Review 



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Pacific Coast Department 



OAKLAND, CAL. 



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Business has been rather quiet since 

 the holidays; with the exception of 

 funeral work, there has been little do- 

 ing. The call for flowers in the social 

 circles has been below normal. In 

 many cases garden flowers are used; 

 these are available at almost all times. 



Eoses are not overplentiful, with a 

 sharp demand. Killarneys are off color. 

 Bkhmonds are fine and the best of 

 keepers. Carnations are equal to the 

 demand and move well. The shipping 

 trade has been rather brisk. Violets 

 are poor and there is considerable com- 

 plaint on the size of the bunches of- 

 fered. Orchids are plentiful and of 

 good quality. A' alley and Cecile Brun- 

 ner are scarce. Easter lilies are plen- 

 tiful. 



Various Notes. 



F. Aebi has a fine house of Spreckle 

 carnations, and also about 5,000 plants 

 in the field, from which he gets a good 

 daily cut. 



H, Hefly, of Portland, Ore., has taken 

 a position with Mr. Ebel, at Sacra- 

 mento, Gal. 



J. A. Carbone sold about 4,000 or- 

 chids to the trade at Christmas, in ad- 

 dition to many choice plants. 



The family of A. Vanden Abeele has 

 been detained in Belgium on account 

 of the war. He has received notice, 

 through Secretary Bryan, that they will 

 soon be on their way to America. 



Koeco Lavagino has a fine crop of 

 Mrs. Shawyer, which is well liked for 

 its keeping qualities. 



G. A. A^an Linge, who grows valley 

 exclusively, reports sales quite satis- 

 factory. E. K. C. 



LOS ANQELES. 



The Market. 



"While business generally has not 

 been good during the last week or ten 

 days, a large amount of funeral work 

 has kept down any surplus of cut flow- 

 ers, exceptiug. of course, the poor ones, 

 which, like those of the human race, 

 are "always with us." Keally good 

 roses have been in somewhat short sup- 

 ply and have brought good prices. Car- 

 nations are plentiful and good; so are 

 violets and orchids, especially cat- 

 tleyas. The little Cecile Brunner roses 

 are quite scarce, as are sweet peas, 

 and thus the way is left open for good 

 valley, which is plentiful and in ex- 

 cellent demand. Outdoor roses are in 

 good supply and the quality of Kai- 

 serin, Maman Cochet, red and white, 

 and Ulrich Brunner is extra fine. There 

 has been a strong demand for Easter 

 lilies, a good part of the call coming 

 from San Diego, for the fair, but the 

 supply was short and poor. 



Few growers are handling cold stor- 

 age gigantevftns here, and that seems 

 a pity, as they show a good profit and 

 are almost constantly in demand. Good 

 Asparagus plumosus is selling well, and 

 smilax is on the scarce list. Plants 

 find a poor market now and a consid- 

 erable number of good azaleas are left 



Thanking you for tke oxcellent 

 results we have had to date from 

 our ad. in The Review. — 



HOIXTWOOD GARDENS, 

 Per V. A. 

 Jan. 12, 1915. Hollywood, Wash. 



over with the various growers. Cycla- 

 mens are not much in demand as plants, 

 but the cut flowers are selling freely, 

 especially good whites and dark reds. 



Vaxious Notes. 



During the meeting of the California 

 nurserymen in San Diego last Novem- 



H. V. Turner Visits the Fair. 



ber, Hal Kruckeberg made a number 

 of interesting snapshots, but none any 

 better, perhaps, than that shown in the 

 accompanying picture. Almost every- 

 body on the Pacific coast will recog- 



nize the classic features, but those who 

 do not are informed that it is Henry 

 W. Turher, of Montebello fame and 

 the raiser of Rose September Morn. 

 I asked Mr. Kruckeberg how he kept 

 Mr. Turner still long enough to get it, 

 but he said his camera snaps with 

 great quickness. Speaking of Septem- 

 ber Morn, it is remarkable how quickly 

 this rose has sprung into popularity, 

 but its many good points form a suffi- 

 cient reason. These good points I need 

 not recapitulate, but rose growers all 

 over the country will be interested in 

 such a magnificent rose and so can 

 hardly fail to be interested in its raiser 

 — no, not creator; leave that to the 

 wonder workers. This is probably the 

 crowning point in Mr. Turner's career 

 as a raiser of roses. At any rate, any- 

 thing that beats it will have to be a 

 wonder. He is to be heartily congratu- 

 lated, 



Murata & Co. are moving extra large 

 quantities of fine vaHey, taking the en- 

 tire cut of one of the largest growers. 

 This is in line, with the policy of the 

 firm to handle nothing but the best. 

 G. Newman says that, contrary to the 

 usual practice of sending out old stock 

 at the holidays, nothing was sent from 

 this house but absolutely fresh flowers, 

 and they are reaping the benefit now in 

 repeat orders from holiday customers. 



One of the finest things in O. C. 

 Saakes' window last week was a mag- 

 nificent bunch of Jonkheer J. L. Mock 

 roses of immense size and substance. 

 Mr. Saakes has been handling large 

 quantities of this variety of late, from 

 the Turner range. 



Fred Sperry made a flying trip to 

 San Diego, to the exposition, last week, 

 in company with his wife and son. 



Mr. De Graafl', the famous Holland 

 bulb grower, has been calling on the 

 trade in this city. He is such a busy 

 man that we never see much of him, 

 but he expressed himself as delighted 

 with the little he was able to see of 

 southern California. 



Eldred's Flower Shop, of Pasadena, 



S. MURATA & CO. 



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