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Pacific Coast Department 



Subscrlbera on the Fadflc coast 

 Bbonld not fail to note that their spe- 

 cial department of The Bevlew has 

 grown until it now occupies seven pages. 

 Give us a boost and the Pacific Coast 

 Department will keep right on growing. 



San Francisco, Calj— Mrs. R. E. Dar- 

 bee has removed from^974 Bush street 

 to larger and more convenient quarters 

 at 1036 Hyde street, and has opened a 

 retail department in connection with 

 her wholesale business. This step was 

 taken for the purpose of being able, 

 without difficulty, to maintain a per- 

 fect quality of stock for shipping, as 

 she will now have a better home mar- 

 ket than formerly for any stock that 

 might be slightly too mature for long- 

 distance shipping. 



LOS ANGELES, CAL. 



The Market. 



Preparations for Easter are going on 

 briskly and the increased supplies of 

 fine pot lilies show its near approach. 

 Business generally has not been quite 

 up to the mark during the last week, 

 but Lent, on the whole, has been away 

 beyond expectations. Advance orders 

 presage an excellent Easter and, as 

 there is plenty of stock of nearly all 

 kinds, retailers should reap a good har- 

 vest. 



Outdoor stock, in all varieties except 

 sweet peas, is good, but the late sown 

 rows will not be in for Easter. Tulips 

 and hyacinths are plentiful and daffo- 

 dils are good, though not by any means 

 in too great supply. A few violets of 

 fine quality come along occasionally, 

 but most of those coming in are poor 

 in quality and small. Carnations are a 

 mixed lot, those from outside being 

 small and poor, while the indoor ones 

 are much better. There are plenty of 

 good cut Easter lilies and valley. The 

 poeticus varieties of narcissus are extra 

 fine now. In roses, local grown Killar- 

 ney and White Killarney are better, 

 but still not so good as My Maryland. 

 Local Beauties are also good, but Mrs. 

 Jardine and Bridesmaid are the best 

 of the northern stock. Eichmond is ex- 

 cellent, with long stems and rich color. 

 Harry Kirk is practically the only yel- 

 low shown, Mrs. Aaron Ward being con- 

 spicuously absent. Orchids are scarce 

 and of poor quality. 



In plants, rhododendrons are seen in 

 the best stores. Japanese azaleas and 

 kalmias are also extremely well flow- 

 ered and pretty. Easter lilies, tree 

 peonies and wistarias are also more or 

 less shown, the last named being im- 

 ported from Japan and flowered here. 

 Greens are shortening up, growers of 

 asparagus being busy taking their seed 

 crop. There is plenty of brake fern and 

 Mexican ivy, but hardly any smilax. 

 Artificially colored foliage is offered, 

 but is not in particularly good demand. 



Various Notes. 



The grounds of the Diamond Hill 

 Nursery, at Stephenson and Boyle ave- 



Aues, will soon, pass out of tW hn nda { 4 |||i Ui and 4Niv« Streets 

 of Max Keppel, but it is pleasant to 



know that they are not to be cut up 

 into building lots. Instead, they are to 

 be used as school grounds and this 

 means the retention of the many fine 

 trees. Among these is^ a magnificent 

 specimen of Ficus macrocarpa, forty 

 feet high, with a spread of about sev- 

 enty-five feet, and there are others that 

 nearly approach this size. Mr. Keppel 

 has not yet decided on his new location. 



Miss Knapper, at the Floral Ex- 

 change on Pico street, is handling a 

 good deal of stock and reports business 

 fine. 



Tom Wright is all smiles over his 

 fine batch of Easter lilies and he has 



reason, for they are a magnificent lot 

 and timed to the minute. A . splendid 

 grade of Bichmond roses is also being 

 sent in from the^Gardena greenhouses, 

 where everytlung' is in fine trim. 



Hubert Morion, brother of Charles, 

 of the Los Angeles Flower Market, has 

 six men gathering seed of Asparagus 

 plumosus nanus at the Signal Hill 

 ranch. The seed is a little later than 

 usual, but the quality is first-rate and 

 the whole of f he immense crop is han- 

 dled at the Los Angeles Flower Market. 



The Hayward Floral Co. is making a 

 specialty of splendid pot and cut flower 

 stock in the windows. I never like to 



POINSETTIAS 



Opportunity 



knocks but once, but here is your op- 

 portunity and it is going to knock twice. 

 If you don't take advantage of it you 

 are certainly "knocked." 



We have a few thousand fine two- 

 year-old plants and the engraving will 

 convey a good idea of their charac- 

 ter. Each plant will produce not less 

 than 100 cuttings and the original plant 

 can be cut back to between the three 

 and four-foot mark as shown, potted 

 into a 10-inch pot and by pinching the 

 growths during summer and early au- 

 tumn will v^iake a full, rounded speci- 

 men similar to an azalea in form, with 

 dozens of splendid big bracts. We 

 worked this stunt ourselves successfully 

 last season, getting as high as $10 each 

 for single plants. 



WHAT WE CAN DO, YOU CAN DO. 



Plants have from three to four canes 

 each and weigh approximately 3*^ lbs. 

 each, packed. 



DO YOU WANT ANY? IF SO, WEITE. 



PBICES. 



$5.00 per dozen. 

 $35.00 per 100. 



Terms, cash except from correspond- 

 ents whose credit is already established. 



HOWARD. & SMITH 



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Mention The Beylew when yon write. 



LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA 



