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The Florists' Review 



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Pacific Coast Department 



LOS ANGELES. 



The Market. 



Business is gradually improving and 

 th^ call for all classes of stock is 

 better. Boses and carnations are still 

 of summer quality, and asters, dahlias, 

 gladioli and centaureas are joining 

 hands with the chrysanthemums, which 

 are coming in rapidly. A few more 

 weeks and we shall have early Paper 

 Whites and bulbous stock. Funeral work 

 has not been so plentiful this week, 

 yet stock has been cleaning up well — a 

 healthy sign. 



Various Notes. 



The Los Angeles Flower Market filed 

 a voluntary petition in bankruptcy Sep- 

 tember 15, after an attachment had 

 been served by George Watson for 

 $47.70 and another by Walter Armacost 

 & Co., for $190. A chain of unfortunate 

 circumstances led up to this event, 

 which everyone in the trade regrets, 

 for both C. E. Morton and Fred Sperry, 

 who were the principal stockholders in 

 the corporation, were greatly liked. 

 Pioneer work, too far south in the city 

 to stand the high rent, was in some 

 measure the cause of the failure, though 

 had the creditors given them time it is 

 probable that all would have gone well. 

 At any rate, it was thought best to 

 take this step rather than fritter away 

 what money was in the hands of the 

 corporation in paying the small and 

 importunate creditors and leaving the 

 bigger ones, who were willing to wait, 

 in the hole. There is a valuable lease 

 to be disposed of and a lot of new 

 fixtures, stock and supplies, so that if is 

 thought that these will pay nearly 100 

 cents on the dollar, provided the book 

 debts can be collected at all promptlj^. 

 Both Mr. Morton and Mr. Sperry will 

 be far heavier losers than any of the 

 creditors. Mr. Morton will probably 

 now carry out his original intention of 

 going to Arizona to recuperate his 

 health, which has been another draw- 

 back to business and a source of much 

 expense. 



A visit to J. B. Wagner's place at 

 Pasadena last week proved interesting. 

 Mr. Wagner is a specialist in rhubarb 

 and the originator of the now famous 

 variety which bears his name. He also 

 grows largely edible varieties of aspara- 

 gus and the many kinds of spineless 

 cactus now on the market. The method 

 of propagating the rhubarb is especially 

 interesting, the roots being split up 

 lengthwise almost like kindling wood, 

 with a few eyes left on each. These 

 are planted and the old portion soon 

 decays, leaving a clean, new root, so 

 much like a seedling that Mr. Wagner 

 has at times some difficulty in persuad- 

 ing, bis customers that they are really 

 divisions and not grown from seed. 



A few friends, taking a trip to Ocean 

 Park for Sunday and incidentally to 

 call on oar old friend, Leonard Kill, 

 were having lunch in the sands, when 

 one of the party noted that all wete 

 old Chicagoans. The party consisted of 

 Fred Hills, Mrs. Hills and family, C. E. 

 Morton and his wife and daughter, H. 

 R. Bichards and wife, Mr. and Mrs. 



Kill and Dr. and Mrs. Houghton. Mr. 

 Kill is stUl in the real estate business 

 here and has an elegant home in Ocean 

 Park, Pleasant and jocular as ever, he 

 looks as though southern California 

 agreed with him. But the exceedingly 

 pleasant day came near having a serious 

 termination. Negotiating a bad corner 

 near his home, Mr. Kill's car turned 

 turtle, throwing his wife out and pin- 

 ning him and his little girl underneath 

 it. How they all escaped without seri- 

 ous injury is little short of miraculous, 

 but the only injuries were a shaking 

 up and a slight cut on Mr. Kill's face. 

 The machine was badly smashed up. 



H. Lindley, until recently manager of 

 the flower department at Howard & 

 Smith's, at Ninth and Olive streets, has 

 left to go in with Smith & Dieterich in 

 the new store at Seventh and Figueroa 

 streets. 



The call for vegetable plants at the 

 trial grounds and nursery of the Ger- 

 main Seed & Plant Co., on the Whit- 

 tier road, has been heavy and taxed the 

 growers to the utmost to keep up with 

 it. Betail trade, both in the store and 

 at the nursery, has picked up consider- 

 ably earlier than last year. , 



The Aggeler & Musser Seed Co, has 

 leased the big warehouse recently oc- 

 cupied by a large fruit and commission 



house, in the market here, givin>j the 

 firm much needed additional space. 



Walter Garbett, of Darling's Plower 

 Shop, has returned from his vacation 

 looking as though his rest had doii;? him 

 good. He has had an elegant time he 

 says. H, R, Richard's. 



TACOMA, WASH. 



The Market. 



The heavy rains of the last week have 

 destroyed the outdoor flowers, thus caus- 

 ing a shortage of all kinds of stock. 

 The indoor crops are not yet being cut 

 to any great extent. Carnations are 

 arriving only in limited quantities. 

 Chrysanthemums have made their ap- 

 pearance on the market, but are of poor 

 quality and in limited supply. Most of 

 the white Romans and Paper Whites are 

 now planted. Tulips and hyacinths have 

 not arrived as yet. There will be less 

 of this stock grown this year, as there 

 has been an oversupply in the last two 

 years. 



Various Notes. 



On a recent visit to the establishment 

 of Van Slyke & Seamons, the crops were 

 found to be looking fine under the care 

 of Mr. Burton. One house of carnations 

 looked especially promising. 



The Acme Floral Co. is erecting a 



Superior-grown ROSES for Immediate Planting 



We have a grand stock of the following varieties in 2^ and 3-inch pots, strong, clean 

 and healthy, ready for shifting to larger pots for spring sales or for planting out at 

 once. This stock at the prices quoted is a solendid value. 



Mrs. Geo. Shawyer. PriiiCe £. C. d'Arenberg. Mrs. Chas. Russell, 

 $6.00 per I0>. SoO.OO per 1000, 



The following varieties in any quantity, S4.R0 per lOO, $40 00 per loro: 

 Milady, Lady Alice Stanley, Rose Queen, Christie-Miller, Prima Donna, Double White 

 Killarney. Jonkbeer J. L. Mock. Anloine Rivoire. Sunburst. Killarney Queen, Natalie 

 Boettner, Richmond. My Maryland, American Beauty, K%i8erin, Princo de Bulgarie. Madi- 

 son, White Killarney, Mme. Leon Paine, Mrs, Herbert Stevens, Lady Ursula, Pres. Camot. 

 C'aia Watson, Radiance, Mme. Abel Chatenay, Eloiiede France, Gruss an Teplitz, Pink 

 Kiilamey, Ludy Hiliingdon, Mile. C<>cile Brunner, Red, White and Fink Cheiokees, Joey 

 Hill, Ethel Malcomb, Miss Amy Hammond. 



Satisfaction guaranteed. 



HENRY W. TURNER, Wkileule nirist, Montebello, Cal. 



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Freesia Refracta Alba, ^-in., %-in. and up. Write for prices. 

 Asparaarnt Plumosns 2S[eed $1.50 per 1000 



Quantity prices on application. 



E N. GAGE CO., Inc., • • S36 S%, Bnadway, Lu Angeles, Cal. 



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