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Jolt 10, 1919. 



The Florists^ Review 



13 



Employees Putting up the Addition of 75,000 feet of Glass at the Armacost Range, at Sawtelle, Cal. 



ABMACOST ADDS BANGE. 



The illustrations on this- page give a 

 fairly good idea of the new addition 

 which W. Armacost & Co. are making 

 to their already large range at Sawtelle, 

 Cal. The addition consists of seven 

 houses, each 36x300 feet. It has been 

 made necessary by the increasing busi- 

 ness done by the firm. The Sawtelle 

 range is located on seventeen and one- 

 half acres of land, nine acres of which 

 are under lath for the culture of cut 

 plumosus. The greenhouses comprise 

 200,000 feet of modern glass, and are 

 devoted to roses, orchids and riot plants. 



The work of sawing the lumber, paint- 

 ing, glazing, and everything else con- 

 nected with the building, is carried out 

 by employees of the firm. A sawmill 

 was built here to take care of this, and 

 a supply of box lumber and other stock 

 needed in the business was laid in. Two 

 new boilers, of 125 horsepower each, 

 have been installed to take care of the 

 additional glass, the whole battery be- 

 ing under one roof. 



The record of this firm is an interest- 

 ing one. Mr. Armacost started here in 

 a modest way 'some nine or ten years 

 lago. His business ability and per- 

 sistence soon showed that he would 

 get on, and, as is always the case, paved 

 the way to interesting outside capital. 

 Mr. Armacost has made good use of his 

 time and from a small beginning has 

 worked up one of the finest businesses 

 in the southwest. 



Some time ago it was found necessary 

 tp open a wholesale store in town to 

 take care of the produce of the green- 

 houses, and from then on an increasingly 

 large shipping business has been done.- 



H. E. Eichards. 



their costs will be. Also, perhaps, they 

 want to speculate with any bulbs not al- 

 ready pledged to regular customers. 



MORE ASOUT FBENOH BULBS. 



The cable between New York and 

 France has been unusually busy during 

 the last fortnight and each exchange of 

 messages makes the situation as to 

 Paper Whites look less pleasing. "Crop 

 failure" is the explanation and the ex- 

 porters at Ollioules seem to think it 

 should absolve them on every count. 

 "Small sizes predominate" is by way 

 of preparation. "Impossible to buy 

 here at any price" from an Ollioules 

 dealer of good reputation indicates that 

 the chance to get into the game has 

 passed. The American dealers, as a 

 rule, also have stopped selling; they 

 want to see how much of a delivery they 

 ■will get on the orders they have placed 

 and they want to find out just what 



MOTT-LY MUSINGS. 



"We are standing on the threshold 

 of the dawn of a new era," observed 

 Henry F. Michell, founder and presi- 

 dent of the H. F. Michell Co., Phila- 

 delphia, Pa. Possibly the thought up- 

 permost in the mind of the speaker was 

 reflected in the person of the writer, 

 who recalled, especially appropriately 

 at this important point of our country's 

 history, the time when the head of the 

 big Quaker City seed house extended 

 the glad hand welcoming a warm- 

 blooded and thirsty voyager to the city 

 of William Penn, and introduced him 

 to his first American soda, which, by 

 the way, tasted sweeter than any since. 

 Though it is more than thirty years 

 since this interesting event happened, 

 at Second and Chestnut streets, the 

 drug store has continued to dispense 

 ever since what is apparently to be- 

 come the national beverage. 



Allen Greenhouses, at Hudson, N. Y., 

 liave experienced a big season, although 

 heavily handicapped by the lack of 

 light, owing to deposits of cement dust 

 carried from works some distance away. 



The curious fact is that though the 

 plants fail to bloom under glass, vigor- 

 ous growth, in addition to profuse flow- 

 ering, follows when they are planted 

 outdoors. 



Christian Dehn, at Saratoga Springs, 

 N. Y., a pioneer member of the trade, 

 expresses the hope that the S. A. F, 

 will consider that charming resort for 

 its annual gathering the first open date, 

 being sure that one of the finest conven- 

 tions in its history can be held there. 



BHTMED ABVEBTISINO. 



Flanders For Flowers is the business 

 title of Mrs. Pearl FJanders' shop at 213 

 East Liberty street, Ann Arbor, Mich. 

 The University of Michigan students 

 could not resist the temptation to par- 

 ody, and published the following verse 

 in the college daily: 



IN FLANDBRS' SHOP. 

 (Apologies to Flanders' Fields.) 

 In Flanders' shop the flowers grow 

 Upon the shelves, yes, row on row. 

 Narcissus, violet and sweet pea, 

 We hock our watch to purchase thee. 

 The Hop Is coming, don't-cher-know. 



Youngstown, O.— Harry C. Walther 

 has opened a branch store at 15% North 

 Phelps street. 



Interior View of the Greenhouses under Construction at Sawtelle, Cal. 



