MAY 16. 1012. 



The Weekly Florists' Review. 



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Garfield, Wash. — Scott Bros., pro- 

 prietors of the Roselawn Greenhouses, 

 purchased J. L. Bourn's range of 10,- 

 000 square feet of glass at Moscow, 

 Idaho, about a year ago, and have since 

 been conducting both establishments. 

 Now, however, they are removing their 

 Garfield houses to Moscow and will con- 

 solidate the two places there. They 

 will retain the name Roselawn Green- 

 houses at the new location. 



SEATTLE, WASH. 



The Market. 



Business last week was slightly ham- 

 pered by want of flowers. There is a 

 scarcity of almost every variety and 

 several out-of-town orders had to be 

 turned down for lack of stock. Car- 

 nations are selling well and at better 

 prices than heretofore this season. 

 Good whites for Mothers' day were 

 hardly to be procured at any price. 

 Roses also were scarce and there are 

 few outside flowers of any consequence 

 coming in. Lilac is about the only 

 thing that is plentiful, and the lilac 

 bushes are getting pretty well de- 

 nuded, owing to the shortage of other 

 flowers. Bedding stock is moving well; 

 the fine weather we are now having is 

 causing people to fix up their yards. 



Various Notes. 



F. C. Smith and George Seaverns, of 

 Tacoma, were visitors with us last 

 week. 



Miss Anna J. Burns, of the Burns 

 Floral Co., has gone on a visit to St. 

 Paul, to attend the marriage of her 

 brother, John, to Miss Gates, of that 

 city. T. W. 



SAN FRANCISCO. 



The Market. 



Stock of all kinds is plentiful and 

 everything is lovely, except that trade 

 is not as brisk as we should like to see 

 it. There is quite a stir for school clos- 

 ings and this is about all there is to re- 

 port. Funeral business, which has been 

 fair for the last two months, is also a 

 scarce proposition and the departure of 

 many people for out-of-town resorts 

 helps to keep everything at a low ebb. 

 Carnations and roses are abundant and 

 of extra good quality. The cool weather 

 for the last three weeks has had the 

 effect of bringing out all the good quali- 

 ties which often at this time are miss- 

 ing. 



Bulbous stock, with the exception of 

 Spanish iris and a few late tulips, is 

 on the wane. Gladioli and dahlias are 

 commencing to be a factor. Easter lil- 

 ies and valley move slowly. Lilac and 

 peonies are over for the season. Other 

 kinds of outside stock are about as 

 usual. 



Various Notes. 



At the regular meeting of the Pacific 

 Coast Horticultural Society, May 4, the 

 entire evening was devoted to a discus- 

 sion of the "city beautiful" campaign, 

 "resident Rossi strongly endorsed the 

 "lovement and expressed the belief that 



it would be succflissfully carried out. 

 All the members present volunteered to 

 donate trees and plants, as well as their 

 services in carrying the plans into exe- 

 cution. About forty growers present 

 agreed to look over their stocks and 

 send their offers to the board of man- 

 agement of the city beautiful campaign, 

 in the Mills building. 



The California State Floral Society 

 held its spring exhibition May 9 to 11, 

 in Yosemite hall. The committee of 

 awards was composed of Wm. Kettle- 

 well, H. Kempf, Chas. Abrahams and 

 J. W. Bagge. G. 



LOS ANQELES, CAL. 



The Market. 



The great floral parade which is 

 scheduled for later in the present week 

 is responsible for using an enormous 

 amount of cut flower stock, but so 

 heavy are the arrivals that there is no 

 scarcity in any lines, with the possible 

 exception of clear yellow Spanish iris. 

 There is plenty of white and blue, but 

 the run on yellow has been prodigious 

 and it is difficult to secure. 



Carnations are abundant and much 

 of the decorative work in floats and 

 autos will be carried out with these. 

 Then there are almost unlimited quan- 

 tities of such things as sweet peas, 

 centaureas, marguerites and the bright 

 golden green coreopsis. A scarcity of 

 Shasta daisies developed, but only for 



a day or two, and as soon as the rush 

 of the parade and Fiesta week is over 

 there will be plenty for all. Marguerite 

 Mrs. F. Sander helped out in place of 

 the Shastas and there was plenty of 

 African daisies. The demand for 

 wreathing and festoons has been un- 

 precedented, thousands of yards being 

 used for decorating large halls and ban- 

 quet rooms, for the front of office 

 buildings and for many other purposes. 

 The streets by day are gay with palms 

 and green; by night hundreds of thou- 

 sands of electric lights and Japanese 

 lanterns are the admiration of the un- 

 counted thousands who flock to this, 

 the greatest of all floral pageants. 



The excitement and rush of the times 

 have not been good for the retail busi- 

 ness generally, and on several days of 

 late a scarcity of funeral work tended 

 further to depress matters, but nobody 

 cares. The Shriners are here and the 

 town is theirs and we will settle down 

 to business when they are gone. Just 

 now the true holiday spirit is in the 

 air, in the ocean breezes and in the 

 cool yet bright days and nights which 

 make life so enjoyable here. And if 

 ever there was a happier, niore care- 

 free set of visitors and residents than 

 that which has crowded Los Angeles 

 to the limit during this glorious week, 

 I have yet to see it. 



Regarding indoor stock of roses and 

 carnations, the pressure has been con- 

 siderably relieved since last writing and 

 the supply is nearer the demand. But 

 there are still plenty, and until grow- 



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