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The Florists^ Review 



Febbuabt 27, 1918. 



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Wenatcbee, Wash. — The Milot-Mills 

 Co. has completed a new greenhouse, 

 20x200, and will use it for lettuce and 

 other vegetables, with roses between 

 seasons. With this addition, the com- 

 pany now has 25,000 square feet of 

 glass. When the steam was turned off 

 in order to make connections with the 

 piping in the new house, an unexpected 

 delay in the work endangered the stock 

 in the whole range, as the weather was 

 severely cold. However, no great harm 

 was done. Tom Christenson and Frank 

 Jennech now have charge of the grow- 

 ing department. 



PORTLAND, ORE. 



The Market. 



Business last week showed a little 

 increase. The call for funeral work 

 was unusually brisk. With the in- 

 crease of sunshine, flowers are becom- 

 ing more plentiful, especially carna- 

 tions, among which Enchantress seems 

 still to predominate. Pink Delight, 

 however, has proved itself worthy of 

 more space and is making inroads on 

 the popularity of Enchantress. Roses 

 ar3 improving; yet there is a scarcity 

 of all varieties. Violets are more plen- 

 tiful and hence are declining in price. 

 Valley and orchids are about cleaned up 

 daily. Daffodils, tulips and hyacinths 

 are plentiful and furnish a little diver- 

 sion from the general run of flowers. 



Various Notes. 



Hans Niklas recently came near los- 

 ing his home by fire; only quick action 

 on the part of his household extin- 

 guished the blaze. 



The present outlook for lilies for 

 Easter is discouraging, on account of 

 the early date this year. It will keep 

 the stock hustling to be in on time. 



C. T. Kipp, of the Spokane Florist 

 Co., Spokane, with his family, stopped 

 over a few days en route home from 

 an extended trip through California. 



E. R. C. 



LOS ANGELES, CAL. 



The Market. 



Valentine's day proved to he a rec- 

 ord-breaker this year, A great deal 

 more fancy stock was handled than 

 ever before. Daffodils, pansies, violets 

 and orchids were in great demand for 

 Cupid's festival. These and other 

 spring flowers give the retail stores a 

 gay appearance, while the excellent 

 quality of the indoor stock shown is 

 also a great help along this line. Beauty 

 roses are doing well now, the flowers 

 being large and fine in color. White 

 Killarneys are also, fine in substance 

 and open up splendidly. The cool 

 weather has evidently suited the Kil- 

 larneys well, for they have never looked 

 better than now. Carnations are good 

 and plentifiM; the outdoor stock from 

 Japanese growers is coming in freely 

 again. Violets are abundant; orchids 

 are about equal to the demand and 

 there is enough valley to go around. 



The first freesias appeared last week 

 and were soon snapped up at fair 



prices. Daffodils, Dutch Roman hya- 

 cinths and other bulbous flowers are 

 coming freely, but are cleaned up well. 

 Quantities of fruit tree branches, espe- 

 cially almonds, have a pretty effect in 

 the windows and help out in the scar- 

 city of Asparagus plumosus, the supply 

 of which has not been equal to the de- 

 mand. In plants, azaleas, cyclamens 

 and ferns are principally shown. There 

 is almost an entire absence of neat lit- 

 tle specimens of tulips, hyacinths and 

 other spring bulbous stock, and why 

 growers do not attend to this end of 

 the business is diflicult to understand. 



Various Notes. 



Norris & Son have moved across the 

 street from their old location on Wash- 

 ington street. They are now at the 

 corner of Flower and Washington, the 

 new number being 501 West Washing- 

 ton. 



James O'Reilly, who has been with 



J. W. Welters since the opening of his 

 new store on Hill street, has gone back 

 to Wright's Flower Shop as designer. 



The brothers Lanss, until recently 

 gardener and orchid grower at the 

 Doheny place, have started in business 

 for themselves at the corner of Ard- 

 more and Pico streets. They have been 

 fortunate in obtaining a five-year lease 

 on several acres of ground in this 

 rapidly growing residence section and 

 are building a large lath housj. Two 

 hard working, conscientious young men 

 such as they are can hardly fail to 

 make good under these favorable con- 

 ditions. 



Over at Pasadena, The Orchid is busy 

 at both stores. At a recent dance Mr. 

 Jaeger said they used ten dozen large 

 bay trees, with sixty-two dozen Easter 

 lilies as another item. 



Some of the most promising Easter 

 lilies I have seen are at the Hillcrest 

 Nursery. Mrs. Weare has installed a 



TRUSS CONSTRUCTION | THE only house 



FOR THE WE>T 



CAST IRON GUTTER 



The Garland Movable 



A House on Wheels That Stands the Test 



Don't Delay— write me for estimates, no job too small and none too large— Act Now 



COMPLETE LIST OF GREENHOUSE HARDWARE 



C. C. SHAFER, Kr'iSeS^t"iVe. GEO. M. GARLAND CO. 



Now in Southern California, Working North, Frisco March 1st 

 Residence Address, 215 West 14th Street 



CEMENT BENCH MOLDS 



Los Angeles, Calif. 



HANDY TRUCKS 



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A SQUARE DEAL TO ALL 



It makes no difference to us whether your order calls for a dollar's worth or a hundred dollars, 

 whether you are heie in Los Angeles or away in Texas or Nevada. Every order entrusted to us will 

 have the same care. We say without fear of contradiction that we are the 



LARGEST SfflPPERS OF CARNATIONS AND VIOLETS 



in Iios Angeles'! and we ask you to send a trial order for these or any other stock. 



S. NURATA & CO. ^o'rt^?." 7S1 So. Broidwiy, Us Aaseles, Cil. 



Telephone IVlalii 2987: Home F. 2604 



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SHASTA DAISIES 



Very Strons Divisions 



>1J» per 100: $10.00 per 1000: $80.00 per 10.000. 



ASPARAGUS PLUMOSUS 



SeedUnifs $ l.OOperlOO; $ 7J50perlOOO 



From 3-1 nch pots 4.00 per 100; 36.00 per 1000 



Strong field plants 16.00 per 100; 126.00 per 1000 



Diamond HiU Nursery, 'lL^J^Jl:!,il!r 



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J. A. Baner Pottery Co. 



418 f 421 Afeiie SS, Lm Audn, CaL 



Carry a large stock of nice Red Pota. 



All orders shipped promptly. 

 Lariat Pottery on Padfie Ceaat. 



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Armacost & Co. 



OCEAN PARK, CAL. 



LeadiDg growers of Asparagus Plumo- 

 sus. A. Sprengeii, Smilax and Asparagus 

 Strings. We ship east to Denver and 

 north to Portland, Ore. 



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FLOWER POTS 



Yon want the best Why bny Inferior pots 

 when you can ^t the best at the same prloeT 

 Write for price list and samples today. 



Standard Pottery Co. 



65S-S4 S. Orlffln Ave.. I<o« AnK«l.«> Oal. 



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