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LOS ANGELES. 



The Market. 



Although the * ' merry month of June ' ' 

 has not, so far, produced quite the usual 

 crop of weddings, there have been sev- 

 eral good ones, calling for fine decora- 

 tions. As usual when growers are re- 

 planting, there is a distinct shortage in 

 indoor roses and the quality of much 

 of the stock is not of the best. Valley 

 also is on the short side and most of 

 the stock now comes from northern 

 growers. Dahlias are begiyining to make 

 a nice show in the winflows, but prob- 

 ably no great number Kf flowers are 

 sold. There has been a big demand for 

 sweet peas, Cecile Brunner roses and 

 other small stock that can be worked 

 up into graduation bouquets, as sev- 

 eral important schools are now closing. 

 Gladioli are particularly fine this year, 

 with America still leading in demand. 

 All the wholesalers report good ship- 

 ping business and appear to be busy all 

 day long. 



Various Notes. 



Friends of Edwin Lonsdale every- 

 where will be pleased to hear of con- 

 siderable improvement in his health 

 since his arrival at the Naturopathic 

 hospital, in this city. On Sunday last 

 he felt sufficiently well to take a nice 

 automobile trip, and, as usual when 

 anything can be done to help a friend, 

 H. W. Turner, of Montebello, was on 

 hand with his Stoddart-Dayton and 

 took Mr, and Mrs. Lonsdale for a two- 

 hour spin along the mountain road 

 through Pasadena, Altadena and Glen- 

 dale, and back by Griffith park. Mr. 

 Lonsdale seems to be in perfect spirits 

 and said he enjoyed every minute of 

 his trip, nor was he unduly tired at the 

 end of it. Mr. Lonsdale has one of 

 those unusually fine characters and a 

 disposition th^t makes friends at once, 

 wherever he goes, and the same spright- 

 ly good humor and optimism seem to 

 surround him now, though he is far 

 from being a well man. It was fortu- 

 nate that circumstances allowed Mrs. 

 LoAsdale to be with her husband during 

 his illness. He says he is just "learn- 

 ing how to relax and rest thoroughly," 

 and this ought to bring him around in 

 good shape by convention time, to 

 which he is looking forward with pleas- 

 ure. 



At Bear lake local fishermen have 

 been taking the limit of late and all 

 report a good time. C. Gutting, of the 

 Superior Nursery Co., returned June 15 

 with the usual bunch of stories of his 

 prowess. Colonel R. M. Teague, of San 

 Dimas, was said to be getting in some 

 effective work with a cork trawler. 



John Morley, of San Diego, was a 

 visitor last week. 



The California Evergreen^ Co. reports 

 fair business for the season and I no- 

 ticed much the best Mexican ivy I have 

 seen this season at the store on Broad- 

 way. A. Gonzawa is now looking after 

 the books of the firm here. He has 

 had a good deal of experience in the 

 florists' business, as a bookkeeper and 

 business-getter, and is exceptionally 

 well fitted for the position. 



^YOU MAY discontinue our ad of 

 ( Mums, as we are completely sold 

 out. Review ads certainly are business- 

 briogers. First order received within 

 24 hours after The Review came, and 

 since then orders coming froo^as far 

 south and east as Texas, Ok^homa, 

 California and about everywhere. They 

 are still coming, and we shall have to 

 return several containing checks and 

 money orders. 



Baker Floral & Seed Co. 



Baker, Ore., June 7, 1915. 



I noticed some extra good Radiance 

 roses in the stores last week — that is, 

 extra good for this season — and in- 

 quiries elicited the information that 

 they were from the Sawtelle green- 

 houses of W. Armacost & Co. 



Fred Howard, of Howard & Smith, 

 returned June 13 from a business trip 

 to San Francisco. He is getting to be 

 as elusive as a will-o'-the-wisp and he 

 surely covers the ground. The excellent 

 series of advertisements continues in 

 the principal daily here and brings lots 

 of business to the house. 



Wright's Flower Shop seems to be 

 an exceedingly busy place these days, 

 with large numbers of graduation bou- 

 quets among the other items of business. 



The Angelus Dahlia Gardens is the 

 name that Z. H. Sherart has given his 

 place on Morgan avenue. Mr. Sherart 

 has for several years been growing nov- 

 elties and standard kinds of dahlias and 

 just at present there are numbers of 

 the flowers, with promise of a richer 

 display later. Mr. Sherart 's place is 

 a wonder of neatness and order and 

 will well repay a visit. 



H. R. Richards. 



Tassano Bros, are planning the erec- 

 tion of another lath house at their Glen- 

 dale Nursery, 500 feet square. They 

 now grow 65,000 plants of asparagus 

 and contemplate adding 50,000 more; 

 hence the need of the new house. Two 

 glass houses, each 50x220 feet, will be 

 erected for Adiantum cuneatum. 



SAN FRA.NCISCO. 



The Market. 

 Notwithstanding the advancing sea- 

 son, business is keeping up well. 

 Counter trade is a little above normal 

 for summer, and many substantial house 

 orders, with weddings and frequent spe- 

 cial decorations calling for great quan- 

 tities of stock, keep things moving in 

 good shape. Seasonable outdoor stock 

 continues abundant and sells at rather 

 low prices, but most of the daily offer- 

 ings find an outlet. Sweet sultan has 

 been extensively used for the last few 

 weeks. Phlox is becoming more plen- 

 tiful. Ordinary commercial offerings of 

 gladioli are nothing extra in quality 

 and are cheap, though some small lots 

 of fine stock come in. Panama brings 

 a premium. The situation in dahlias is 

 similar to that in gladioli, except that 



plenty of really good dahlias are ex- 

 pected soon. 



Sweet peas seem to be past their 

 prime; there is enough first-class stock, , 

 but the market is flooded with short 

 and inferior offerings. Carnations also 

 are cheap. Outdoor roses are getting 

 pretty well cleaned up. There has been 

 a little special demand for roses this 

 week, and indoor stock is expected to 

 pick up in a few weeks. Cecile Brun- 

 ner is giving great satisfaction, with 

 crop and demand alike heavy. Ophelia 

 is moving well and the call for Sun- 

 burst exceeds the supply, as this rose 

 is beginning to show fine color. Had- 

 ley and Taft are also doing well. Of- 

 ferings of Bermuda lilies are larger, 

 with no special demand, and ordinary 

 lots are pressed for sale by the growers. 

 The cut of gardenias, and of orchids in 

 several varieties, continues fine, and 

 practically everything offered finds 

 ready sale at well sustained prices. Of 

 potted stock, hydrangeas in several va- 

 rieties and at a wide range of prices 

 are plentiful and find an improved de- 

 mand. 



Various Notes. 



Notwithstanding the two changes of 

 date of the sweet pea show at the ex- 

 position, it was fairly well attended 

 and some fine exhibits were staged. The 

 date decided on was really fortunate 

 as far as flowers were concerned, as the 

 sweet peas were superlatively fine and 

 all who saw them were delighted. The 

 gold cup offered as first prize for the 

 best collection of sweet peas went to 

 C. C. Morse & Co., the second to W. 

 Atlee Burpee & Co. The Francis Floral 

 Co. received first prize for the most 

 original floral design, the piece being 

 an umbrella-shaped Isridal canopy of 

 sweet peas, starred with "novagems," 

 or artificial jewels such as are used on 

 the Tower of Jewels at the exposition. 

 It may be mentioned in passing that 

 several recent experiments with these 

 articles seem to indicate that they may 

 become an important adjunct to floral 

 work. 



The water lilies in Dreer's collection 

 in the Palace of Horticulture at the 

 exposition are now blossoming nicely. 

 In the garden exhibits outside, the 

 Netherlands begonia exhibit is getting 

 well started. Many fine exhibits of 

 dahlias are coming into bloom, and most 

 beds of gladioli are blossoming. Prac- 

 tically all the rose exhibits are in bloom. 

 Some nice beds of phloxes are coming 

 out and the pelargonium exhibits make 

 a good showing. A bed of Lilium Har- 

 risii from William Bustrin, of Watson- 

 ville, is in full bloom. Anton Zvola- 

 nek's collections of sweet peas have 

 been particularly fine for the last fort- 

 night. 



The local committee working on the 

 souvenir program for the S. A. F. con- 

 vention is making good progress and 

 expects to have a program to be proud of. 



The local Women's Auxiliary of the 

 S. A. F. held a meeting June 16. 



One of the largest day's sales of 

 roses ever known of here was made 

 June 15, when the Oregon rose festival 

 was celebrated at the Oregon building 



