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The Florists^ Review 



January 2, 1913. 



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PACIFIC Coast Depar tment 



CALIFORNIA LAWS. 



I noticed the item, "Inspector De- 

 stroys Galax," in The Eeview of 

 December 19 and wish to say that the 

 California inspection law was one of 

 the topics I recently discussed with one 

 of the inspectors for Pasadena and 

 vicinity. He definitely stated that there 

 is a state law prohibiting the importa- 

 tion of any horticultural or floricultural 

 products into California from any of 

 the southern states, whether proven to 

 be infested or not. He even cited a 

 recent case of Christmas greens shipped 

 from Chicago, which were destroyed on 

 the assumption that they might have 

 come from the south, although it is well 

 known that Wisconsin is also a large 

 source of supply for these greens. The 

 question of whether that particular 

 shipment was infested or not was not 

 considered. Lack of evidence definitely 

 proving the shipment did not come 

 from the south was sufficient excuse 

 for its total destruction without further 

 investigation. 



No doubt a complete copy of the law 

 could be obtained by writing to the 

 o£Qcials at Sacramento. 



A. C. Bushnell. 



LOS ANaHLES, CAL. 



The Market. 



The present Christmas is likely to 

 go down as the best Christmas in the 

 history of the trade in this section. 

 Stock has been coming in large quan- 

 tities, yet the demand is unsatisfied 

 and a great many more flowers could 

 have been sold had they been at com- 

 mand. Writing just before Christmas, 

 it is too early to say exactly how things 

 will go, but already there are more 

 plants sold than last year and deliver- 

 ies are far ahead. These advance or- 

 ders help out, as it is possible to get 

 so much of the work done before the 

 great day and this lessens the burden. 

 Still, all the wholesalers and most of 

 the retailers have been rushed with 

 orders and the staff at each place is 

 worked early and late, though much 

 extra help has been put on. There 

 were no "-best sellers" this year; 

 everything is selling well and the trou- 

 ble in all cases has been to get enough. 



There has been a decided improve- 

 ment in the baskets and jardinieres 

 shown this year, much more taste be- 

 ing displayed in their arrangement. 

 Again, however, I have to chronicle 

 the fact that nearly all the choice lit- 

 tle decorative stock was grown else- 

 where and shipped from a distance. 

 When will our plant growers get next 

 to the fact that there is money — and 

 big, real money — in small decorative 

 stock, well grown and shipped? The 

 local-grown poinsettias, Boston and 

 other ferns, azaleas and such stock are 

 all that could be desired, but there is 

 nothing new, nothing different from 

 the old, stereotyped stock that has 

 been grown for years. Azaleas at the 

 last turned out better than had been 

 anticipated, but they cannot be classed 

 as first-rate. 



Greens sold well, remarkably well, 



and there were many late inquiries for 

 holly that could not be filled. Christ- 

 mas trees were on almost every street 

 corner, ranging from little ones, eigh- 

 teen inches high, to fine 10-foot speci- 



mens. English hollies, grown in Ore- 

 gon, were freely displayed, but an- 

 other year's growth would have bene- 

 fited most of them. The plants are 

 grafted, probably on a native ilex. 



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