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The Florists' Re^^c^v 



May 15, 1013. 



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Victorville, Cal. — M. V. Brown has 

 sold his business at Los Angeles and 

 has moved here. 



Beno, Nev. — Fred Fisher, formerly in 

 the trade here, has formed a partner- 

 ship with G. C. McDonald and the two 

 have opened a store under the firm 

 name of The Eeno Florists. 



Eugene, Ore. — Mrs. C. C. Brawner, 

 who recently moved here with her hus- 

 band from Huron, S. D., has purchased 

 from G. R. Lawrence the business of 

 the Rex Floral Co., and has taken pos- 

 session. 



Ashland, Ore. — Miss Ethel Daven- 

 port and Eoy Walker have purchased 

 from Leonard Lawson his ll^^-acre 

 fruit ranch. Mr. Lawson, seeing no 

 opportunity to establish a florists' busi- 

 ness in the west, has returned to Rock- 

 ford, 111., where he was formerly in 

 business. 



LOS ANGELES, CAL. 



The Market. 



The less said about business this 

 week the better. Outside of funeral 

 work there is not much doing, and 

 stock keeps coming along in too large 

 quantities to be disposed of. Transient 

 business is dull, for everybody here has 

 a garden of some kind and the ceme- 

 teries are covered with flowers evi- 

 dently of the house garden order. Good 

 quality stock sells better than poor, 

 but there is too much even of that. 

 Sweet peas are the best sellers in the 

 smaller flowers, though the bright blue 

 cornflower has cleaned up fairly well. 

 The Spanish iris is about over, while 

 the early gladioli are just coming in. 

 Some peonies are Seen, but people here 

 ^do not know them and the demand is 

 not great. Outdoor carnations hardly 

 pay the cost of gathering, owing to the 

 large number of indoor ones on the 

 market. Cecile Brunner roses are a 

 plut and are left on the plants. In- 

 door roses are still fine in quality, 

 but there is no great demand for them. 

 Valley is plentiful. Boston ferns are 

 scarce in salable sizes, and even small 

 stock is diflScult to obtain. 



Various Notes. 



M. N. Jones, of San Diego, was to 

 have spoken on "The Truth About 

 Spineless Cactus" at the meeting of 

 the Los Angeles County Horticultural 

 Society, May 6, but he failed to put 

 in an appearance. This gave P. D. 

 Barnhart and Dr. Houghton the op- 

 portunity to air their supposed griev- 

 ances against a well known "wizard," 

 who need not be named. Being elec- 

 tion night, the attendance was small. 

 J. M. Grant acted as secretary in the 

 absence of H. W. Kruckeberg. 



G. E. Miller, of Hollywood, is a 

 young grower and one who has great 

 success with the plants he handles, 

 principally bulbous stock, roses, cannas 

 and dahlias. His Spanish iris has been 

 particularly good. 



The Killarney roses at Speakman & 

 Dille's place are extra fine just now, 

 and the plants are making an elegant 



growth. Valley is also in fine order 

 here. They are throwing out My 

 Maryland this year to make room for 

 Radiance. 



Dieterich & Turner continue to ship 

 large quantities of young rose stock 

 all over the country. Preparations for 

 the new greenhouse, 60x600 feet, are 

 well under way. 



Fred Hills is covering part of his 

 new land with a lath house foi;^A8para- 

 gus plumosus. The fern houses are in 

 fine order, and the cut is good. Mr. 

 and Mrs. Hills both take considerable 

 pleasure out of their new touring car 

 and they richly deserve all that is 

 coming their way. 



H. 8. Morton, of Long Beach, and A. 

 Falkenhayn have gone into partnership 

 in the nursery business and are build- 

 ing a large lath house. Mr. Morton re- 

 tains his retail store. 



Geo. Watson is sending in between 



3,000 and 5,000 carnations a day and 

 his 65,000 field plants look fine. 



Reeve Darling has taken the base- 

 ment under his store and fitted it up 

 as a workroom. 



Anton Soethout and W. Childs work 

 hand in hand at the Hollywood Nurs- 

 eries, and have excellent stock in all 

 lines, including fine imported conifers 

 and boxwoods. Quite a large piece of 

 land has been added to the nursery 

 and planted, and an oflSce and retail 

 store are contemplated. Mr. Soethout 

 proposes taking a trip to Holland 

 shortly to look after his interests there. 



At the Ferndale Nurseries I found 

 William Grosser suffering from an ab- 

 scess on his neck, this resulting from 

 an insect bite. Stock is on hand for 

 planting the new rose house. 



J. W. Wolters had the decorations 

 for a dance and dinner at the exclu- 

 sive Midway County Club at Pasadena, 



Los Angeles Flower Market, Inc. 



414^ South Broadway, 



Los Ansoles, Cal. 



The finest ROSES, CARNATIONS, Etc., on the Pacific coast, 



in greater variety than ever. 



All other stock unusually good. We fill all orders. 



C. B. MORTON, Manager 



Mention The Rerlew when yon writ*. 



Marguerite Mrs. F. Sander 



Fine, heavy plants, 2>^-inch, $5.00 per 100, $45.00 per 1000 



DIETERICH & TURNER. Montebello, Cal. 



The Progressive Firm. Mail Address: R. F. D. 6, LOS ANGELES, CAL. 



Mentloa The Review when yon write. 



S. MURATA & CO. 



WHOLESALE FLORISTS 



751 So. Broadway, LOS ANGELES, CAL. 



Phone Main 2987-F2604 



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