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NUBSERYMEN'S CONVENTIONS. 



Reports of the conventions of the 

 Pacific Coast Nurserymen ^s Association 

 and the California Association of Nur- 

 serymen last week at San Francisco ap- 

 pear in the Nursery Trade Department, 

 page 94, in this issue. 



LOS ANOELES. 



The MaJTket. 



Another dull week has to be chron- 

 icled, though not as dull as last week, 

 as a lot of good funeral work partly 

 compensated for the slackness in other 

 lines. Stock is about as last reported, 

 though three extremely hot days in suc- 

 cession had the effect of shortening the 

 cut somewhat. Dahlias are excellent, 

 and, besides having value as a show 

 window flower, are working in nicely in 

 funeral orders. The indoor roses stand 

 up fairly well, but are short in stem, 

 especially those from young plants. 

 Where the advantage to the grower 

 comes in, in shipping such stock when 

 he has to weaken his plants to cut it, 

 is difficult to see. Good carnations are 

 scarce, but there is plenty of other 

 stock to take their place. 



Various Notes. 



Looking around the establishment of 

 Polder & Groen, I found the two new 

 greenhouses up and the glazing almost 

 finished. To. insure a constant water 

 pressure, a large concrete reservoir has 

 been constructed and a fine electric mo- 

 tor has been installed to work a pump. 

 The progress made by these young men 

 is remarkable, in the face of strenuous 

 competition. They combine thorough 

 business capability with cultural skill 

 and stick-to-itiveness, rather an unusual 

 combination and one that makes for 



SUCC6SS 



T. J. Noll, of T. J. Noll & Co., Kansas 

 City, Mo., and Mrs. Noll have been in 

 the city this week, en route from San 

 Diego to San Francisco. Both speak in 

 the highest terms of the beautiful land- 

 scape work at the former exposition. 



At Wright's Flower Shop early this 

 week everyone was busy with good 

 funeral work. The stock is arriving in 

 fine shape from the range. Mr. Wright 

 is showing ,a deep pink sport from 

 Prima Donna, in the way of September 

 Morn, but a shade darker in color. 



At the Montebello establishment of 

 the H. N. Gage Co. I noted a lot of fine 

 Boston and other ferns, and the whole 

 place is much improved in appearance. 

 The work on the new office and other 

 improvements is going along rapidly. 



At the new nursery of the Germain 

 Seed & Plant Co. an immense new re- 

 inforced concrete tank has been built, 

 to be filled by gravity from the reser- 

 voir on the property and to serve as a 

 storage tank in case of a breakdown. 

 A motor and pump are being installed 

 to provide pressure for the new green- 

 houses in prospect, and for the large 

 lath house and nursery grounds. 



C. Morton and Mrs. Morton left the 

 city for Phoenix, intending to drive 

 there by easy stages. Fred Sperry ac- 

 companies them as far as Redlands. 



The publicity committee for the 



Cleveland flower show, November 10 

 to 14, is "some committee," when its 

 members come so far from home to 

 boost their show as to our favored city. 

 T. J. Eitzenthaler, of Knoble Bros., 

 and Geo. P. Schaab, Jr., of the James 

 Eadie Co., both were callers this week 

 and both were handing out cordial in- 

 vitations to the Los Angeles brethren 

 to visit Cleveland. Rudyard Kipling 

 wrote, "East is east and west is west 

 and never the twain shall meet," but 

 east is meeting west and west is meet- 

 ing east this year, to the advantage of 

 both. 



R. W. Saakes left this week for San 

 Francisco, to attend the convention and 

 the big show. His brother, O. C. 

 Saakes, will leave September 9 and ex- 

 pects to be gone about six weeks. 



Frank McCabe, of the A. L. Randall 

 Co., Chicago, is calling on the trade 

 this week. 



H. W. Turner, of Montebello, left Au- 

 gust 15 for the convention, going by 

 boat from San Pedro. 



H. R. Richards. 



SAN FRANCISCO. 



The Market. 



There was a good deal of decorative 

 work last week, which enabled the trade 

 to utilize most of the stock offered. 

 Counter trade was good for this time 

 of year, and is getting better distrib- 

 uted over the city, following a general 

 improvement in business conditions. An 

 important factor in the decorations was 

 the monster parade of Butchers' day, 

 August 10, in which more elaborate 

 floats than ever appeared. Flowers 

 were given the preference over the 

 usual bunting, etc. 



The lines of stock offered show little 



change. There are still a good many 

 sweet peas, nearly all short and poor. 

 The carnation supply is about the same 

 as the week previous. Asters are still 

 plentiful, including perhaps a little 

 more trashy stock, but on the whole 

 good, and they are well taken. Street 

 venders handle great quantities of them 

 Of the numerous varieties of summer 

 stock that have been so plentiful for 

 the last month, practically all are still 

 offered in as large quantities as can 

 easily be sold. Amaryllis is seen every- 

 where, and is rather slow to clean up. 

 A few scattered lots of zinnias are ap- 

 pearing, but they are not much of a 

 factor except with shops that make a 

 specialty of them. Gladioli are still 

 fairly plentiful, and vary greatly in 

 .quality. Some fine Niagara are offered, 

 Mrs. Francis King are good and plen- 

 tiful, and a few nice Panama are seen. 

 Dahlias are good. Some are excep- 

 tionally fine, but the supply is irregular. 

 More are expected in the next few 

 weeks. As for roses, Ophelia continues 

 in the lead, with Hadley and Russell 

 showing better quality. Most of the 

 stock in other varieties is short and 

 poor. The demand so far has been lim- 

 ited. More orchids could be sold than 

 are available. Gardenias, of which 

 there is a fair cut, sell readily. Lilies 

 still hold a prominent position. Stor- 

 age giganteum is more in evidence, 

 rubrum and tiger still quite plentiful, 

 and auratum finer than ever. A large 

 quantity of cyclamen blooms is ap- 

 pearing. 



Many chrysanthemums are offered. 

 They are still a novelty and clean up 

 readily, though the quality is poor. 

 Many florists believe that it is a poor 

 policy to try to advance the market for 

 chrysanthemums. They think it would 

 be better to hold them back, at least 



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CWE WISH TO ANNOUNCE to the trade 

 that, owing to the growth of our busi- 

 ness, we have been compelled to secure 

 larger quarters. 



We have moved to 451 Bush Street, 

 where we have facilities and space to handle 

 the increase in our shipping trade, control- 

 ling the output of over fifty growers of all 

 varieties of stock. 



Yours for more business and better ser- 

 vice in the future, 



E. W. McLELLAN COMPANY, 



451 Bush St., San Francisco, Cal. 



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