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Pacific Coast Department 



Th^ Post-oflBce department has issued a 

 revised list of 171 places in California 

 •where inspection of plants and plant 

 products is maintained and postmasters 

 at other points are required to forward 

 to the nearest of these places any parcels 

 containing articles subject to the terminal 

 inspection required by the state, as pro- 

 vided for in Section 278^4 of the Postal 

 Laws and Begulations. 



LOS ANGELES. 



Tbe Market. 



Last week was a good one for the 

 green goods men. The annual fashion 

 show always uses a large quantity of 

 green stock, and this year was no ex- 

 ception. Possibly never before has the 

 scarcity of good flowering plants been 

 80 marked. Everyone likely to have 

 them is tired of answering telephone 

 inquiries for flowering plants. Natu- 

 rally, the growers are blanied. But re- 

 tailers and customers seem to forget 

 that in many cases growers have pre- 

 pared stocks of flowering plants only 

 to have them left on hand, and, in con- 

 ■e<^uence, have fallen back on the safer 

 foliage plants, palms and ferns. Some 

 day a plant-growing establishment will 

 be started here, and the demand will 

 be created automatically. 



Cut roses still are poor in texture, 

 and are off color in most cases. Good 

 stock sells on sight, but there is little 

 of it anywhere. Carnations are im- 

 proving in substance and color. The 

 stems, in most cases, are short and 

 stiff, and the flowers hold up fairly 

 well. Chrysanthemums are coming in 

 from the north and a few from local 

 growers. Those coming from the grow- 

 ers are somewhat better than the out- 

 of-town mums. Monrovia still holds its 

 own as an early yellow. Dahlias are 

 at their best and are plentiful, as are 

 most of the hardy plants. Orchids are 

 of medium quality and find a fair de- 

 mand. The demand for valley is 

 limited. 



Various Notes. 



O. C. Saakes left last week for a 

 combined business and pleasure trip to 

 San Francisco. 



"Wright's Flower Shop reports a big 

 funeral business. 



The California Cut Flower & Ever- 

 green Co. has grown about 50,000 

 chrysanthemums this season. The 

 chrysanthemums are arriving in fine 

 shape, being far superior to the stock 

 shipped in from the north. 



A story is being told about F. 

 Borden, of the Redondo Floral Co., go- 

 ing to Hemet to have his corns cured, 

 but nobody believes it. Messrs. Borden 

 and Knopf are back from their vaca- 

 tions and are looking and feeling fine. 



Fred Sperry, manager of the Los 

 Angeles Floral Co., was laid up for a 

 few days, owing to an injury to his foot 

 while bathing. Mr. Sperry thinks that 

 he struck some kind of poisonous weed 

 in the ocean. He has had a painful 

 time. The Los Angeles Floral Co. will 

 shortly move to more commodious quar- 

 ters on Los Angeles street. 



M. L. Germain, president of the Ger- 



main Seed & Plant Co., and Mrs. 

 Germain, have returned from a 2,500- 

 mile trip taken in their Studebaker. 

 Mr. and Mrs. Germain wer^ away for 

 five weeks, visiting many beautiful 

 places in the north, and report a most 

 enjoyable time. 



Walter Garbett, manager of Darling's 

 Flower Shop, is reported to be on the 

 sick list. 



A. Hunt, manager of the flower de- 

 partment at the Hamburger store, and 

 his father are building large green- 

 houses at their nursery, at Bamona. 



H. E. Richards. 



Tassano Bros, have finished their new 

 glass houses in Glendale and are now 

 getting ready to set out 10,000 plants 

 of maidenhair fern. They expect to 

 grow some fine stock. The chrysanthe- 

 mums are all in bloom and they report 

 some excellent flowers. Business is 

 good. 



SANTA BASBABA, CAL. 



The funerals of several prominent 

 people here have helped out business, 

 which has otherwise been somewhat 

 dull. The local supply of cut flowers 

 is not great. All classes of pot stock 

 are short. 



Mrs. Whipple, widow of J. Whipple, 

 is qontinuing the business of her late 

 husband. J. Gleave, formerly manager 

 here, has resigned his position, and is 

 looking for a location to commence 

 business for himself. 

 '»fThe beautiful Cowles estate is be- 

 ginning to take shape under the skill- 

 ful handling of Wm. Donald. A great 

 point made by this clever landscape 

 gardener is that to obtain good re- 

 sults small, healthy stock should be 

 planted rather than large overgrown 

 plants. The progress made in so short 



a time is wonderful. While Mr. Donald 

 now sports an automobile, he still re- 

 tains his love for the horse, as was in- 

 dicated by his winning a silver cup at 

 the recent Ventura show. His niece, 

 Miss Burnett, captured several blue rib- 

 bons with her pony. 



Albert Beverley, of the Mission Oak 

 Nursery, has his place in fine condi- 

 tion, and notes a revival in business. 

 He is trying out a large number of the 

 newer roses. H. E. Eichards. 



SAN FBANOISCO. 



The Market. 



Although the crowd of visitors in 

 town has become smaller and the deco- 

 rations fewer, business activity is keep- 

 ing up to the high average of the sum- 

 mer. The trade is disposing of an 

 enormous amount of stock. Flowers, 

 especially the small summer stock, are 

 less plentiful, as we are getting into 

 the between-seasons period. The daily 

 offerings are taken up quickly. Scabi- 

 osas are having a long season, being 

 still fairly plentiful. A large number 

 of marguerites and Shasta daisies are 

 offered. Other small stock is playing 

 out. Asters are going off crop, sup- 

 plies being light and, for the most part, 

 poor. There are still a few good gladi- 

 oli. Dahlias are about at their best, 

 but not overplentiful. Offerings of 

 carnations do not increase much, but 

 as many dealers are not buying, the 

 shortage causes no great inconveni- 

 ence. Lilies are scarce; no tigrinums 

 are seen, and rubrums and albums are 

 about gone. Amaryllis keeps up, sup- 

 plies this season being unusually heavy. 

 Chrysanthemums are taking a promi- 

 nent position in the market. They are 

 not at their best, but some are good 

 asd have a satisfactory sale locally. 



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 EVERGREEN CO. 



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