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The Florists' Review 



Apbil 22, 1915. 



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I Pacific Coast Department I 



Oswego, Ore. — A recent addition to 

 the gardening craft here is J. Watson, 

 formerly of Elmendorf Farm, Lexing- 

 ton, Ky. 



Pasadena, Oal. — John S. Cravens has 

 secured a permit to erect a greenhouse, 

 to cost $500, at 1101 South Orange 

 Grove boulevard. 



PortervUle, OaL— H. A. Scott, for- 

 merly in the nursery business near 

 Visalia, has bought a 5-acre tract just 

 east of the city limits, on which he 

 will go in for truck gardening. Mr. 

 Scott paid $1,000 for the land. 



Tacoma, Wash. — At the last meeting 

 of the Tacoma Bose Society, the mem- 

 bers decided to invite E. G. Hill, of 

 Bichmond, Ind., and Benjamin Ham- 

 mond, of Beacon, N. Y., to visit Ta- 

 coma when they, as is expected, visit 

 the west this summer, and to arrange 

 an entertainment for them if they- ac- 

 cept the invitation. At the same meet- 

 ing of the society it was decided that 

 a resolution be sent to the governor of 

 the state, suggesting that he appoint 

 an Arbor day in the fall for the Puget 

 sound region, as trees cannot be prop- 

 erly planted here in the spring, as is 

 done on the present Arbor day in the 

 eastern part of the state. 



LOS ANGELES, GAL. 



Tbe Market. 



A dull week followed Easter; the 

 trade fell oflF rapidly after the festival. 

 Funeral work was about the only out- 

 let for flowers in the city, and many 

 out-of-town customers of the whole- 

 salers have either cut out their orders 

 or cut them in half; this is more 

 marked in the Arizona and Nevada 

 towns, where the hot weather is now 

 in full blast. Daffodils are scarcer 

 now, but Darwin tulips are plentiful 

 and good. Indoor carnations are sell- 

 ing in some of the department stores 

 as low as 10 cents per dozen; what 

 the grower gets after deducting hia 

 expenses of gathering and shipping is 

 problematical. Boses are keeping up 

 somewhat better in price, as the out- 

 door crop is not yet in full swing, 

 though by the time these notes appear 

 it probably will be. The light blue 

 Delphinium Belladonna makes pretty 

 window displays and lasts well. Ferns 

 and all kinds of greens are plentiful 

 and good. 



Various Notes. 



What is known locally as a Santa 

 Ana wind sprang up here suddenly in 

 the afternoon of April 13 and did con- 

 siderable damage. The Pasadena Hor- 

 ticultural Society's show was to be 

 opened the next day and a consider- 

 able number of the plant exhibits had 

 been staged, when, with hardly any 

 warning, the large tent was blown 

 down, wrecking a good deal of stock 

 and doing other damage. Several peo- 

 ple were in and around the tent at 

 the time, but no one was injured as 

 far as could be seen. President Shields 

 at once got busy and arranged for the 

 show to be taken to a large vacant 

 building recently occupied by the Pasa- 



dena Furniture Co., and here it was 

 opened in the morning of April 14. As 

 large an attendance could hardly be 

 expected here as in the fine position 

 close to the Hotel Maryland, where 

 these shows are usually held, but, judg- 

 ing by appearances at the opening, the 

 general public was patronizing the 

 show liberally. 



Two men were killed at Eighth street 

 and Broadway, April 12, by the break- 

 ing of some tackle by which the large 

 boxes of flowers were being hoisted to 

 the roof of the Homburger department 

 store. Considering the crowds that 

 daily throng this 'part of town, it is 

 remarkable that more were not killed 

 or injured. Howard & Smith are sup- 

 plying the boxes and plants, but I be- 

 lieve had nothing to do with the faulty 

 tackle. 



A well known landmark has been 

 destroyed in the shape of the large old 

 Eucalyptus citriodora tree that for 

 many years has reared its head 100 feet 

 or more at the city nursery of Howard 

 & Smith. The high wind of April 13 

 snapped the fine old tree, but, fortu- 

 nately, no one was injured when it 

 fell. 



Fred Sperry, of the L. A. Floral Co., 

 left here April 16 for a trip to the San 

 Francisco exposition, expecting to be 

 in the Bay City and neighborhood 

 about a week. H. E. Eichards. 



VENTURA, CAL. 



Calling the other day for a few min- 

 utes at the nursery of the Theodosia B. 

 Shepherd Co., I noted a most interest- 

 ing lot of plants. The ferrarias are not 

 often seen, but here there are many 

 large clumps, blooming in the greatest 

 profusion, and the somewhat somber- 

 tinted flowers are exceedingly attrac- 

 tive. Fuchsia syringsefolia, a species 

 bearing large spikes of crimson flowers 

 somewhat resembling those of a Persian 



lilac, is represented by an immense 

 specimen. Euphorbia jacquiniseflora, in 

 full bloom outdoors then, is worthy 

 of mention, as also is a fine bed of 

 Gerbera Jamesoni, the true red-flo\ter- 

 ing type, with none of the washed-out 

 looking tints of the hybrid forms so 

 much in evidence of late. I was a 

 little too early to see the petunias at 

 their best, though some of the ruffled 

 forms • were beautiful. Some immense 

 clumps of the Madagascar traveler's 

 trees were also in bloom. 



H. E. Eichards. 



SOCIETY OF AMERICAN FLORISTS. 



1916 Convention Garden. 



At the last meeting of the conven- 

 tion committee of the Pacific Coast 

 Horticultural Society, Daniel Mac- 

 Borie, for the committee on convention 

 garden, reported that the commission- 

 ers of Golden Gate park had kindly 

 consented to allow the Society of Amer- 

 ican Florists a portion of the park for 

 a convention garden. The site chosen 

 is admirably adapted for the purpose. 

 The commissioners did not limit the 

 Society of American Florists to space, 

 making it possible for exhibitors to 

 make their displays as liberal as they 

 may desire. Florists, seedsmen, nur- 

 serymen and gardeners from all parts 

 are invited to exhibit. 



The convention garden will be in 

 charge of John McLaren, superintend- 

 ent of Golden Gate park, San Francisco, 

 thereby assuring exhibits the best of 

 care and attention. 



We would advise intending exhibi- 

 tors to eliminate subtropical plants, 

 such as cannas, etc., as they do not 

 thrive well in San Francisco, on ac- 

 count of the cool climate. Dahlias, 

 gladioli, etc., make a grand showing 

 when planted there the first week in 



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