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LOS ANQELES. 



Th,e Market. 



There has been little doing in a re- 

 tail way during the last week. Except 

 for funeral work, there has been little 

 call for flowers. But all have learned 

 to expect such a condition at this time 

 of year, when the holiday feeling is 

 abroad and all outdoors calls loudly. 

 Outside shipping, however, keeps up 

 remarkably well to all points except 

 the hot valleys and desert sections, 

 where it has fallen off somewhat. In- 

 door roses are of poor quality as yet, 

 owing to the warm weather. Carna- 

 tions are only fair, and the best thing 

 in the way of cheap flowers is the 

 arter, which has kept up well. Chrys- 

 anthemums are in, but there is little 

 call for them. Dahlias are useful for 

 making a display, but do not sell well. 

 Greens are plentiful and good. Pot 

 ferns are slow in selling and there is 

 an oversupply. 



Convention Visitors. 



To give a list of convention visitors 

 who were here last week would prac- 

 tically be to repeat the names of those 

 who were at San Francisco, for almost 

 everyone who was at the Bay City high 

 jinks came on to sample Los Angeles 

 hospitality. There were naturally a 

 great many reunions of old friends, as 

 well as much making of new ones, and 

 there were great talks over old times 

 and those departed. But the biggest 

 reunion of all was the auto ride and 

 barbecue put up by the 1915 commit- 

 tee, under the management of Fred 

 Howard, Fred Hills, Henry W. Krucke- 

 berg and others of our local boosters 

 and workers. While the program 

 looked formidable, it was carried out 

 almost in its entirety, and schedule 

 time was as closely adhered to as pos- 

 sible. 



The meeting place was at Howard 

 & Smith 's, at Ninth and Olive streets, 

 at 9 a. m., and the crowd was a revela- 

 tion. The number was judged to be 

 about 250, but it would have puzzled a 

 sheep man to sort them into fours and 

 count them. 



An early start was arranged and all 

 got away to South park, where the 

 beautiful plantings were much ad- 

 mired. Superintendent Shearer, it 

 should be noted, was among the party 

 and his remarks upon the various works 

 carried out in the parks were interest- 

 ing to us all. Exposition parks were 

 next visited and then the interesting 

 Doheney gardens and greenhouses, at 

 Chester place. A start was made then 

 for the Western avenue entrance to 

 GriflSth park, and the superb drive over 

 Mount Hollywood was enjoyed to the 

 full by all. The grades here have been 

 skillfully made, the roads have been 

 carefully banked and a good surface 

 was found. Mr. Shearer is surely to 

 be congratulated on a fine piece of en- 

 gineering work. Unfortunately, the day 

 was hazy and the magnificent views 

 usually to be had from here had largely 

 to be taken for granted. 



The north end picnic grounds were 

 reached at 32, noon, and here the bar- 

 becue was served and evervbodv did 



perfect justice to it. Mayor Sebastian 

 and some of the ladies of the party 

 were delayed on the road by engine 

 trouble, but they arrived in plenty of 

 time for the moving picture men. The' 

 afternoon was spent at the Busch and 

 Huntington gardens; refreshments were 

 again served at the latter and the day 

 was finished with a drive over the 

 grades at beautiful Elysian park. All, 

 I believe, enjoyed themselves to the 

 full and it was a most enjoyable day 

 throughout. 



Various Notes. 



Friends of Cecil Hart, the young man 

 who was sent out by the park depart- 

 ment to look for orchids and rare 

 plants in South America, have been a 

 good deal worried on account of not 

 having heard from him, and now the 

 news comes that he is down with fever 

 and his recovery is doubtful. 



Calling at Hills' Nursery the other 

 day, I was surprised to see how the 

 outside stock had improved. It seems 

 only an extremely short time ago that 

 Mr. Hills made the last addition to his 

 nursery, and this consisted of bare, 

 unpromising looking hillside, but it is 

 now covered with an elegant growth of 

 ornamental trees and shrubs, in the 

 finest of health and condition. In the 

 greenhouses everything is in first-class 

 order and there is a splendid stock of 

 ferns, which are Mr. Hills' specialty. 

 I noted particularly some exitra heavy 

 8-inch Roosevelt, which were above the 

 average in quality. This fern is becom- 

 ing a little more popular among grow- 

 ers. Whitmani is here in all sizes 

 and Mr. Hills seems to have the knack 

 of so handling his stock as to have 

 always plenty of vigorous young speci- 

 mens to take the place of those sold. 

 Hence the houses always look well fur- 



nished. The adiantums, growing be- 

 low the other ferns, have been recejitly 

 cut back and have started into splen- 

 did growth again. The whole place is 

 in perfect order and is a great credit to 

 Mr. Hills' cultural knowledge and hard 

 work. 



Mr. and Mrs. Alois Frey, of Crown 

 Point, Ind., arrived here August 25, 

 about the same time as a large consign- 

 ment of their colored freesia bulbs, 

 which Mr. Frey intends to plant here 

 this season, to see how they do in 

 sunny California, 



C. B. Knickman, representing Mc- 

 Hutchison & Co., New York, is in town 

 calling on the trade. 



H. E. Richards. 



SAN FRANCISCO. 



The Market. 



The local trade continues to be as 

 busy as ever, though the shipping busi- 

 ness still is a little quiet. There has 

 been a good deal of funeral work. 

 The exposition management is enter- 

 taining more liberally than before, and 

 many of the functions require large 

 decorations. While flowers in general 

 probably are more plentiful in San 

 Francisco than ever before, the daily 

 offerings clean up well at fair prices. 

 The small outdoor stock is holding up 

 well. A good manv forget-me-nots are 

 appearing, and new pink and red 

 Shasta daisies are shown. Sweet peas 

 still hang on. Carnations are scarce 

 and poor, specials selling at 60 cents 

 wholesale. Amaryllis is pleptiful and 

 cheap. Supplies of gladioli are limited 

 and of only fair quality. Good dahlias 

 are shown, and they are holding their 

 popularity well. Zinnias sell readily 

 when taiade up in artistic baskets, but 



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