. Florists' review [microform]. Floriculture. 76 The Florists^ Review Apbil 20. 1822. Corvallls, Ore.—A combination of cut flowers and blooming plants was prepared by the Leading Floral Co. for the mayor of this city as a greeting from the mayor of Indianapolis on the occasion of the latter's opening the fifth national flower show recently. The result was plenty of newspaper pub- licity as well as the mayor's thanks. Huntington Beach, Cal.—On checking up his stock of dahlias, Joseph Vavra, proprietor of the Huntington Beach Nurseries, finds that the damage caused by the frost and excessive rai


. Florists' review [microform]. Floriculture. 76 The Florists^ Review Apbil 20. 1822. Corvallls, Ore.—A combination of cut flowers and blooming plants was prepared by the Leading Floral Co. for the mayor of this city as a greeting from the mayor of Indianapolis on the occasion of the latter's opening the fifth national flower show recently. The result was plenty of newspaper pub- licity as well as the mayor's thanks. Huntington Beach, Cal.—On checking up his stock of dahlias, Joseph Vavra, proprietor of the Huntington Beach Nurseries, finds that the damage caused by the frost and excessive rainfall last winter is so great that he will not issue a complete catalogue for the season of 1922. Though there are ample quanti- ties of a considerable number of varie- ties to fill all orders, the stock is so broken up that any list would be incom- plete. WAHD'S PURCHASE. David S. "Ward, president of the Cot- tage Gardens Co., Queens, N. Y., who recently purchased the land belonging to the Cottage Gardens Nurseries, at Eureka, Cal., has purchased all of the nursery stock and other personal prop- erty of the latter firm from the receiver. The purchase was made on behalf of the Cottage Gardens Co., of Queens, N. Y., and the property will be run as a west- ern branch of this concern. W. B. Clarke, who was the sales man- ager for the Cottage Gardens Nurs- eries from the time the firm first put stock on the market until he started in business for himself as a broker in bulbs and nursery stock, at San Jose, Cal., has concluded arrangements with Mr. Ward whereby the former will have the entire and exclusive sale of the out- put of the western branch for the whole of the United States and Canada. Sales will be handled only through Mr. Clarke's office at San Jose. Those who are acquainted with Mr. Clarke and are aware of his extensive knowledge of the trade along the Pacific coast, will appreciate being able to corre- spond with him direct and obtain all particulars, at first


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