. Florists' review [microform]. Floriculture. 110 The Florists^ Review ocTOBiB i». i»as Pacific Coast Department fj 34B " "? ac LOS ANGELES, OAL. The Market. An unusual amount of good funeral work and a drop in the temperature, making for indoor entertainments, has given a fillip to business and the markets have been well cleaned up. Mums are improving, the local-grown stock being miles ahead of the flowers shipped in from the north. As usual after a hot season, the incurved types are espe- cially good, and probably never in the history of the business here have there been such splen
. Florists' review [microform]. Floriculture. 110 The Florists^ Review ocTOBiB i». i»as Pacific Coast Department fj 34B " "? ac LOS ANGELES, OAL. The Market. An unusual amount of good funeral work and a drop in the temperature, making for indoor entertainments, has given a fillip to business and the markets have been well cleaned up. Mums are improving, the local-grown stock being miles ahead of the flowers shipped in from the north. As usual after a hot season, the incurved types are espe- cially good, and probably never in the history of the business here have there been such splendid blooms of Bonnaf- fon. White and Pink Chieftain and similar varieties. Boses are much better since the cool spell, and from now on carnations will also improve. Dahlias are at their best. Oladioli are scarce, but the quality of those coming in is of the best. Zinnias are good. Orchids are on the scarce side, some good Cattleya labiata being the principal offering. Valley, gardenias and sweet peas are about equal to i;he demand. Greens in most cases are good and plentiful, but there is a scarcity of maidenhair some days. ? "" Various Notes. A more or less hurried trip through the Sawtelle place of W. Armacost & Co. shows everything in splendid form; shipping of cyclamens is going on. The earlier 4-inch and 6-inch cyclamens are coining into full bloom rapidly, but the latger sizes have more growing to do. The houses are a magnificent sight now, the beautiful foliage being as attractive as the flowers. All sizes are spaced well, so that, in spite of the many thou- sands grown, there is not the slightest crowding. In the frames outside other thousands are coming on to fill the place of the plants shipped out of the houses. The rose range shows good prospects for a heavy fall and Christmas cut. Bussell is particularly good. The orchid depart- ment is in splendid order now, and both Mr. Armacost and Mr. Bracey, the or- chid grower here, are expecting a large consi
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