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The Weekly Florists^ Review^ 



Mat 0, 1912. 



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Pacific Coast Department 



Spokane, Wash.— r. W. 'WinterB, the 

 Lincoln street florist, is building a 

 greenhouse at 1528 Third avenue. 



Santa Cruz, Oal. — A flower fair will 

 be held here May 17 and 18 under the 

 auspices of the Santa Cruz Improvement 

 Society. Exhibits of named roses will 

 be a prominent feature. 



SEATTLE, WASH. 



The Market. 



Trade has been about the average, or 

 possibly not quite up to the average, 

 and anyway not so good as we shoiUd 

 like to see it. The weather, perhaps, 

 has something to do with it; there has 

 been hardly a day without rain and this 

 seems to have had a bad effect for the 

 last week. Carnations are scarce and 

 are bringing better prices than they 

 did all winter. Most of the growers 

 say they are off crop; in a week or two 

 they will be plentiful again, no doubt. 

 With Mothers' day almost here, a 

 shortness in carnations ought to help 

 some of the growers. Outdoor stock is 

 plentiful. Tulips and narcissi sell well. 

 There is some Spanish iris on the mar- 

 ket and it brings good prices. Boses 

 are good and abundant. Funeral work 

 has used up a lot of flowers lately. 



Various Notes. 



Miss M. A. Wagner, who was asso- 

 ciated with Miss Lulu Eisdon at the 

 Savoy flower stand, has bought the 

 Crescent Flower Shop, on Pike street, 

 from Mr. Mattria, who will hereafter 

 confine his attention to the Paris Flo- 

 rists' place of business. T. W. 



LOS ANGELES, CAL. 



The Market. 



An abundance of stock of all kinds, 

 with a limited trade, about sizes up 

 the situation this week. There is so 

 much outdoor stock coming to the mar- 

 ket that this is used by retailers in 

 preference to the higher priced indoor 

 flowers; consequently the latter do not 

 find a ready sale. Much of the outside 

 stock is of fine quality, especially the 

 Spanish and English irises, but some 

 of the carnations shipped in simply 

 come under the head of rubbish and 

 should never be sent in. Roses from 

 outdoors are good this season, and these 

 also have a tendency to lower the price 

 of indoor stock, as, owing to their last- 

 ing qualities, retailers prefer them and 

 are willing to overlook any slight rough- 

 ness. Funeral work has formed the 

 principal outlet for stock and this keeps 

 up well. 



By the time these notes are printed, 

 Fiesta week will be in full swing and 

 an immense amount of stock will be 

 needed for decorating automobiles, 

 floats and other things in the great 

 floral parade. Already the streets and 

 stores have a lively and gala appear- 

 ance, with flags, bunting and palm 

 leaves. A good deal of the work for 

 this kind of thing is not as profltable 

 as it might be for the retailer, but it 

 at least uses up a lot of stock and is a 



help to the grower, whose expenses 

 are going on all the time whether his 

 flowers sell or not. 



As to prices, there are none. It is 

 simply a case of getting what there is 

 in it. Owners of cars go around to vari- 

 ous retailers, asking for bids, and usu- 

 ally the lowest bidder gets the job. It 

 is much the same with the larger deco- 

 rations; price cutting ruins the busi- 

 ness, and, after the extra help, late 

 hours and other expenses are taken into 

 account, there is little left for the flo- 

 rist. There has been an immense de- 

 mand for cedar and other wreathing, 

 and tons of the boughs have been 



shipped in for the purpose of making 

 these up. 



There is a decided scarcity of good 

 decorative plants and palms; most of 

 those seen around look as though they 

 had been working hard for years and 

 got tired of their job. Of flowering 

 plants there are none worth mentioning. 



Various Notes. 



Walter Armacost, of Ocean Park, has 

 his new greenhouses ready for the glass. 

 He reports business good. 



In last week 's notes I gave C. E. 

 Lilley's name as a visitor to the city. 

 This was an error. It should have been 

 James H. Willey, manager of the Leed- 



LOS ANGELES FLOWER MARKET 



Chas. E. Morton. Mrr. 414)^ S. Broadway, Los Anfl^elea. Cal. 



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