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Grass Valley, Oal— A. O. Grassl, for- 

 merly at Oakland, Cal., and later at 

 Barrington, HI., haa, it is reported, a 

 .new carnation, which he calls Peach 

 Blossom. 



Ooenr d'Alene, Idalio. — A d o 1 p h 

 Donart has purchased the interest of 

 M. C. Louis in the firm of Donart & 

 Louis. Five years ago Mr. Donart 

 came from Seattle, Wash., and estab- 

 lished the present greenhouse business 

 at Coeur d'Alene. Two years ago he 

 decided to double the capacity of the 

 raag<e and took Mr. Itaaia into the 

 firm. 



LOS ANGEI^S. 



The Market. 



The opening days of the week have 

 been poor, with practically nothing 

 selling, according to the retailers. Fu- 

 neral work dropped off and there was 

 nothing to take its place, so the flow- 

 <ers piled up. It is to the credit of 

 the retailers, however, that they still 

 keep after trade by fine window dis- 

 plays. It is certain that the stores in 

 this city never before looked so well, 

 taking the season through, ah they 

 have this year, and this in the face of 

 business conditions that have been by 

 no means encouraging. The outdoor 

 roses are now at their best and bright- 

 est, while many other flowers are com- 

 ing in, serving to liven up the stores, 

 even if they do not sell. Plants are 

 conspicuously absent; the only ones of 

 any consequence are ferns and foliage 

 subjects. 



The Pasadena Show. 



The Pasadena show, in spite of the 

 smash-up .when the tent was blown 

 over, turned out quite satisfactorily 

 after all and it was a most creditable 

 display that President Shields offered 

 the Pasadena public. A good number 

 of trade exhibits were staged, as well 

 as those of private gardeners, and the 

 quality of ell was better than I remem- 

 ber seeing heretofore at a local show. 



Ed Rust put up a pretty group of 

 flowering shrubs and plants, including 

 some elegant rambler roses, lilacs, 

 laburnums and others. Opposite was a 

 large and artistic group by the Ger- 

 main Seed & Plant Co., of Los Angeles, 

 in which fine kentias made up the back- 

 ground, while the front was cleverly 

 worked out in flowering and foliage 

 plants by the firm's nursery foreman, 

 John Bobertson. Lily of the valley, 

 weigela and philadelphus were the prin- 

 cipal fiowering stock. The golden yel- 

 low privet, Aristolochia Sipho and 

 golden honeysuckle were used for foli- 

 age in conjunction with ferns. The 

 Clemence Nurseries always have a 

 showy group, and although the plants 

 had been through the ordeal of the tent 

 incident before being taken to the new 

 place, the result was excellent. 



The first prize in the private garden- 

 ers' section was taken by Mr. Shields 

 with a group that was most artistically 

 displayed. W. Hutchinson took second 

 place with a flatter arrangement but 

 excellent plants. 



H. W. Turner, of Montebello, showed 

 September Morn, Ahrenberg, Killarney 



and other roses in good shape. J. 

 Teekamp had some excellent tulips. 

 Other trade groups came from Camp- 

 bell's Seed Store, Morris & Snow Seed 

 Co., Laurie's, Patton Seed Co. and 

 others. The attendance was good, con- 

 sidering the change of venue at the 

 last minute. 



Various Notes. 



Fred Howard, of Howard & Smith, 

 says that Montebello is going to be the 

 "Shrewsbury of America," and he has 

 started in by making an elegant ex- 

 hibit at tke- Ma at e hsB o flower show, 

 held this wee^. The exhibit was in 

 the form of a Maltese cross and con- 

 tained a large quantity of the elegant 

 stock for which this nursery is famous. 

 H. W. Turner showed good roses. 

 Polder & Groen had a fine exhibit of 

 cut flowers; so, also, had the H. N. 

 Gage Co. The show was kept open 

 three days and the attendance was 

 good. 



J. J. Karins, the well known repre- 

 sentative of Henry A. Dreer, Philadel- 

 phia, Pa., is in town this week on his 

 annual visit to the local trade. 



Friends of the proprietor of the Pioneer 

 Nursery, at Monrovia, were greatly 

 worried at a report in one of the eve- 

 ning papers that he had been killed in 

 an automobile accident. Mr. Foster, I 

 am glad to say, is alive and well, but 

 an employee of his was killed. The 

 machine in which he was driving had 

 apparently got out of control and had 

 dashed into an interurban car on the 

 Pacific Electric. The deceased man's 

 name was Daniel McKay and the pa- 

 pers in question referred to him as 

 the proprietor. 



F. J. Keller, of J. B. Keller Sons, 

 Rochester, N. Y., has been in the city 

 a few days, with his wife and daugh- 

 ter. They have been making a tour 

 of the coast and visiting the exposi- 

 tions. 



Paul Staiger, of Staiger & Mund- 

 wiler, reports retail business much bet- 

 ter at the new location, on Washington 

 street, than it was at the old place on 

 Twenty-second street. 



Tom Wright reports a heavy demand 

 for carnation plants this year, having 

 cleared out his stock entirely. The 

 store looks fine these days and Mr. 

 Wright says business is as good as can 

 be expected, considering all things. 



The new geum, Mrs. Bradshaw, is 

 making a fine show at the trial grounds 

 of the Germain Seed & Plant Co., prov- 

 ing its great stqMrioxity to tibo: <^ 

 G. coccineum. A showy strain of 

 hybrid perennial delphiniums is also 

 good, fiowering in a little over six 

 months from the time of seed sowing. 



J. Dieterich had the misfortune to 

 run over a boy in the city, but he 

 was not seriously injured. Eyewit- 

 nesses said that the accident was quite 

 unavoidable, as the boy jumped right 

 in front of the ' machine, which was, 

 fortunately, being driven at a slow 

 speed. 



As showing the trend of business 

 southward, it is reported that both 

 Morris Goldenson, of Third street, and 

 the Redondo Floral Co., of Third and 

 Spring streets, are looking for locations 

 about Seventh street. Both are old es- 

 tablished stands and the proprietors 

 well known. H. R. Richards. 



SAN FBANOISCO. 



The Market. 



Retail trade was fairly active last 

 week, with a good many- substantial 

 funeral orders, while decorative work 

 for banquets and the like keeps up 

 well. In fact, general reports indicate 

 that the long-expected revival is at 

 last beginning, and florists are looking 

 forward with more confidence. No 

 great interest is shown in Mothers' 



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Improved Bonnaffon, yellow .'* 6.00 7.60 2.50 



Wm. Turner, white " 3.00 6.00 1.60 



Chas. Razer, white " 3.00 5.00 1.50 



Mensa, white single " 3.00 6.00 2.00 



Golden Mensa, yellow " 5.00 7.60 2.60 



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