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The Florists^ Review 



OCTOBHB 28, 1915. 





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Santa Cruz, Oal. — Owing to ill health, 

 Mrs. Emma Lasswell has discontinued 

 her business at 47 Pelton avenue. 



Eugene, Ore. — Elmer B. Guerry has 

 aold his half interest in the Eugene 

 Ploral Co., to his partner, and has 

 moved to Portland, Ore., where he ex- 

 pects to make a desirable business con- 

 nection. 



MAIDENHAIR FERNS. 



Will you kindly tell me why my maid- 

 enhair ferns do not leaf out? During 

 the spring and part of the summer a 

 great many fronds started, but they 

 did not mature. A fine, healthy stem 

 develops, but the end looks as if it had 

 been burned. The plants are young 

 dnd the new soil always has done finely. 



A. L. H.— Gal. 



The trouble described would seem to 

 indicate that an undue proportion of 

 .ammonia was contained in the soil, 

 'Which would cause the plants to behave 

 in such a manner. A reasonable pro- 

 portion of well rotted manure forms a 

 good fertilizer for maidenhair ferns, 

 but fresh stable manure is likely to 

 cause injury. 



If this is not the cause, I should sus- 

 pect alkali in the water as a possible 

 source of the trouble. W. H. T. 



LOS ANGELES. 



The Market. 



Last week was one of varying for- 

 tunes; some days brought good busi- 

 ness, others were extremely slack. A 

 few hot days pushed the stock along 

 rapidly and this gave the impression of 

 a glut. It is at such times that the 

 need of a good central market makes 

 itself apparent. The growers peddling 

 their wares to retailers, who already 

 have more flowers than they can han- 

 dle, would be amusing were it not pa- 

 thetic. Then when the scarcity comes, 

 the grower is the last to know of it 

 and often sells his stock at about half 

 its value before he hears of the big de- 

 mand. The Japanese growers already 

 liave found the advantage of centraliz- 

 ing their efforts in this direction. The 

 situation as to the market may be 

 summed up as good business, but too 

 much stock in all lines. 



Various Notes. 



Frank Lichtenberg was unusually 

 busy last week with funeral work. 

 "Transient trade also was good. Her- 

 bert Bateman, of the store force, has 

 returned from a month's vacation at 

 San Francisco, where he visited old 

 friends and attended the exposition. 

 He reports having the time of his life. 



.T. J. Darcy, formerly of Oakland and 

 later of Sacramento, is in the city. He 

 has just recovered from a serious illness 

 and is gaining strength every day, 

 which improvement he ascribes to the 

 glorious climate of Los Angeles county, 

 and southern California generally. 



Edward Rust's nursery and green- 

 houses at Pasadena are always well 

 worth a visit. The orderly manner in 



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