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The Florists' Rcv^ 



JONB 10, 1913. 



Pacific Coast Department I 



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SEATTLE, WASH. 



The Market. 



Business is quiet and, were it not 

 for several wedding decorations, would 

 be really dull. Stock is plentiful; car- 

 nations more so than for a long time. 

 Some fine orchids are on sale. Outdoor 

 roses are good and sell fairly well. 



Various Notes. 



The H. Harrington Co. has moved its 

 main store from Second avenue up to 

 Pike street, between Second and Third 

 avenues, and opened for business this 

 week. The premises are fine and the 

 firm is making a good display. Second 

 avenue, once the only street with flo- 

 rists' stores, has now only two below 

 Pike street. 



At the monthly meeting of the Flo- 

 rists' Club, June 10, there was a good 

 attendance and several new members 

 were admitted. As usual, most of them 

 were growers. What's the reason more 

 of the retailers do not come in? A 

 committee was appointed to make ar- 

 rangements for the annual picnic. It 

 is hoped Tacoma will join with us 

 again and regain their laurels at base- 

 ball and Marathon. Laurels or not, we 

 want to get together. 



Ivan Bisdon is planning to build a 

 greenhouse on property contiguous to 

 Ealph Richardson's place at Brighton. 



Jack Sahli, his wife and daughter, 

 Carl Melby and his intended, C. San- 

 dahl and C. Hoffmeister were Seattle 

 visitors at the Portland rose carnival 

 last week. 



Owing to the comparative lateness of 

 the season for outdoor roses, the com- 

 mittee of the Mount Baker Improve- 

 ment Club has been compelled to post- 

 pone the rose show to Saturday, June 

 21. Indications point to a first-class 

 display. T. W. 



LOS ANGELES, CAL. 



The Market. 



June weddings and the festivities in 

 connection with them have helped the 

 market materially and stock has 

 cleaned up much better during the last 

 two weeks. The finest thing in the 

 market now, undoubtedly, is the splen- 

 did Brunner stock coming in from the 

 north. As a well known retailer re- 

 marks, "Beauties are no good along- 

 side these." The flowers are large and 

 of perfect outline; the foliage is deep 

 green and the whole thing stands well. 

 Even the shorts sell well, as they last 

 several days longer than even the 

 hardest-grown Beauties. The local 

 growers, too, are in with fine outdoor 

 roses; indeed, there has seldom been a 

 time when the retailer has had so good 

 a selection. 



Funeral work has also kept up well 

 and the pieces turned out here are far 

 better than formerly. However, I 

 should like to see better methods of de- 

 livery. Motorcycles and bicycles are 

 all very well as means of locomotion, 

 but there are better things for deliver- 

 ing choice flowers on. The dull weather 

 has kept the color in the outdoor flow- 



ers, but it has been too cool at night 

 for tea and hybrid tea roses to open 

 freely. Centaureas were never better. 

 Sweet peas are variable — some good, 

 others poor. Carnations are overplen- 

 tiful and are lacking in quality. The 

 old-fashioned moss roses, pink and 

 white, have been shown in the stores 

 in considerable numbers of late. Jap- 

 anese irises are also good. 



Various Notes. 



Unless all signs fail, the name of 

 W. Armacost & Co., of Ocean Park, is 

 destined to become exceedingly well 

 known in horticultural circles. I had 

 occasion to visit the greenhouses at 

 Sawtelle recently, and although I had 

 known before that considerable addi- 

 tions were to be made, I hardly ex- 

 pected to see the place being doubled 

 in size, but this is what it amounts to. 

 Two houses 20x105 feet, one 10x105, 

 one 23x105, four 26x105, one 20x185, 

 one 15x185 and a lean-to 10x185 com- 

 prise the additions being made -this 

 year. Besides growing for the retail 

 stores at Ocean Park and Venice, Mr. 

 Armacost intends to grow more stock 

 for local markets kud shipping trade 

 and is going naore largely than ever 

 into plants as well as cut floweiC-'^ne 

 batches of cyclamens, Begonia Gloire 

 de Lorraine and Glory of Cincinliati, 

 crotons, ferns, asparagus and palms are 

 all thriving and healthy, while the 

 area devoted to ros^ and carnations 

 under glass is just doubled. While 

 space is too short to do them justice, X 

 must just mention the roses here. Thej*.. 

 are in elegant order, several of the 

 new ones having been planted, and the 



quality of the flowers being cut is 

 more reminiscent of midwinter than 

 midsummer. Irish Fire Flame is as 

 beautiful in foliage as in flower. 



At the establishment of Murata Sc 

 Co. I noticed a large number of Iris 

 Ksempferi being shipped and Mr. 

 Murata says they will be leaders here 

 for some time. The flowers are large 

 and particularly good in color. 



Hubert Morton, of Long Beach, has 

 been ill and it was feared he would 

 have to undergo an operation for gall 

 stones, but this has been found unneces- 

 sary and he is looking much better. 



While I am not much given to super- 

 latives, I do not think I ever saw finer 

 Ulrich Brunner roses than those shown 

 by Frank Lichtenberg. 



Duncan Murdoch has supervision of 

 the alterations at the Gillette place, re- 

 cently purchased by Mr. Gillette from 

 Senator Jones, at Santa Monica. There 

 are many fine old specimen plants 

 and trees on the place and great care is 

 being taken that none of these are in- 

 jured. New lawns are to be sown and 

 much other work is to be carried out. 

 The house and grounds are in the beau- 

 tiful Palisade district. 



Calling at The Orchid, at Pasadena, 

 I found all hands busy on graduation 

 baskets and Mr. Wolfskill says that 

 trade at both stores is fine. 



The collection of orchids at the Cra- 

 ven place, at South Orange Grove and 

 Madeline avenues, Pasadena, has long 

 been famous. E. Mackenzie, the capa- 

 ble grower in charge, has wonderful 

 success with some of the rarer and more 

 valuable hybrids, and on a recent visit 

 I noted many choice and beautiful 



ADVANCE ORDERS, 1913 FALL DELIVERY, OF 



JAPANESE LILY BULBS and SEEDS 



Writ« for Catalogue to 



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Wholesale 



Grower! 



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Mention The Reriew when yoo write. 



S. MURATA & CO. 



WHOLESALE FLORISTS 



751 So. Broadway, LOS ANGELES, CAL. 



Phone Main 2987-F2604. 



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CYCLAMEN 



Imported strain, 

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Oarry a large stock of nice Red Pota. 

 All oraera shipped promptly. 



Larfoat Potterj on Paeilie Coaat. 



Large flowers on long stems, the flnest 



quality grown. 



August 1st to October. 



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FLOWER POTS 



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