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The Florists' Review 



February 20, 1913. 



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I Pacific Coast Department 



San Francisco, Cal.— (i. h. Freeman, 

 of Fall River, Mass., who is something 

 of a globe trotter in quest of orchiil 

 plants and buyers, has been spending 

 several days in this vicinity. 



Santa Cruz, Cal. — J. P. Parker is 

 building a new house, 20x100, for or- 

 chids. He find'! the tleniand for orchid 

 blooms continually in excess of the sup- 

 ply. The Leedhani Bulb Co. has erecte<l 

 a new building to be used as office and 

 2)acking room. 



PORTLAND, ORE. 



The Market. 



A'alentine's day helped out the re- 

 ceipts for the week. The general call 

 was for red. Red tulips, roses and car- 

 nations headed the list. Azaleas, hya- 

 cinths, narcissi and valley also moved 

 well. 



Carnations are becoming plentiful; a 

 few days of sunshine have wrought 

 wonders. Enchantress predominates, 

 but the other colors are also in suffi- 

 ■cient supply. Violets, both single and 

 double, are more i)lentiful. There is a 

 heavy cut of daifodils and the prices are 

 slightly on the decline; in a few weeks 

 they will be in bloom in the yards. 

 Snowdrops and crocus have been out 

 for several weeks. Nurserymen and 

 seedsmen find business active. Prepara- 

 tions for outside planting have started 

 with a rush. 



Various Notes. 



E. A. McLellan, of San Francisco, 

 stopped over en route to Chicago and 

 New York. He reports business highly 

 satisfactory. 



R. C. Cook was assaulted a few nights 

 ago by an intoxicated customer. As a 

 result, Mr. Cook is carrving his arm in 

 a sling. ' E. R. C. 



LOS ANGELES, CAL. 



The Market. 



As showing the uncertainties of the 

 business, there were days last week 

 when stock piled up quite considerably, 

 although only a few days before there 

 was not nearly enough to go around. 

 Indoor carnations are unusually un- 

 even; some growers who have not fed 

 heavily or given much heat are cutting 

 elegant flowers, with stiff stems; others 

 are sending in weak stock, which gets 

 sleepy almost before it reaches the buy- 

 ers. Roses are scarce, especially in the 

 better grades. Beauties are good and 

 the cut is about even with the demand. 

 Pretty little Cecil Brunners from the 

 northern growers sell well at good 

 prices. 



There is plenty' of local bulb stock 

 from outdoors, but only a few good 

 tulips and these are shipped from the 

 north. Keizerskroon does not usually 

 make its appearance so early, but I 

 noticed some elegaiit flowejrs of this and 

 Lorraine in a retailer's window. Vio- 

 lets are in fine shape now and valley is 

 better than any ever seen here before. 

 Orchids are plentiful and in consider- 

 able variety. 



Quite a lot of business has been done 



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in almond, peach and cherry boughs, 

 which make a pleasing change in the 

 windows. Pussy willows also can be 

 miati and they 'sell well. Plants are 

 scarce, but greens are plentiful. 



Various Notes. 



Morris Goldenson left February 6 for 

 the Santa Cruz Islands, for a hunting 

 and fishing trip. 



I have frequently had occasion to call 

 -attention to the elegant window dis- 

 plays put up by O. C. Saakes and possi- 

 bly he has never had anything prettier 

 than he ha<l last week. Golden yellow 

 acacias and daffodils, arranged over a 

 purple window cloth, with yellow satin 

 ribbon, were all it consisted of, but the 

 treatment of these simple materials was 

 exquisite. 



W. H. Collins, formerly of Tom 

 Wright's staff and later with Dieterich 

 & Turner, has been given the manage- 

 ment of the flower department at 



Howard & Smith 's new store. Mr. 

 Collins is an able and experienced flo- 

 rist, having great taste, and all will 

 wish him well in his important charge. 



Norris & Son are receiving large con- 

 signments of palms from Europe. 



Charles Winsel is a busy man these 

 days. He does not get to his Monte- 

 beilo ranch as often as formerly, but 

 reports retail trade at the store as 

 brisk. 



Howard & Smith say the advance or- 

 ders for the new rose, Ramona, are 

 away beyond their expectations, and it 

 looks as though the immense stock of 

 it will soon be sold. It is a safe proph- 

 ecy that in two years there will hardly 

 be a garden in the south and west that 

 will not have plants of this new Red 

 Cherokee. 



Things move rapidly at the big plant 

 of Dieterich & Turner, at Montebello. 

 Hardly has Mr. Turner got one novelty 

 off his hands before another is ready. 



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SEEDS FOR PRESENT SOWING 



C«Dtaur«» ImperlaOls Per oz. Tr. Pkt. 



Lavender 86c 10c 



White 86c 10c 



Yellow 86c 10c 



Mixed 26c 10c 



▲lysnun, dwarf white. . . . .' aOc 10c 



Sweet 16c 10c 



▲■t«r, Germain's Giant Comet, 



Branching, mixed $1.00 25c 



" separate colors 1.25 26c 



American Branching 75 16c 



>w««t P«a« Per lb. 



Standard .■ 50c 



Spencer 76c 



jCoo«»iVlumosa» new seed of assoted termina- 

 tion, 110.00 per 1000 seeds. % 



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