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LOS ANQELES. 



The Market. 



The visit of the fleet to local waters 

 has been responsible for some few deco- 

 rations, but not a great many, and fu- 

 neral work is the mainstay of the busi- 

 ness. The weather has been warm and 

 has resulted in some injury to asters, 

 which are not quite so good as last re- 

 ported. Otherwise, there is little to add 

 to recent market notes. 



Various Notes. 



V. Podesta, of Podesta & Baldocchi, 

 Ban Francisco, is on a viait to the city, 

 with Mrs. Podesta. He has' been mak- 

 ing the rounds of the trade and pur- 

 chasing palms for store decoration from 

 the Wilcox nursery. 



Another San Francisco visitor is Tony 

 Fregoni, the Ferry Florist, who, Mrith his 

 •on, Fred, as chauffeur, motored down 

 from King City. Mr. Fregoni likes Los 

 Angeles so well that he figures on buy- 

 ing a home here and is going to extend 

 his present visit considerably. 



Theodore Payne, of Payne's Seed 

 Store, and Balph D. Cornell, of Pomona 

 College, Harvard University, are send- 

 ing out an announcement that they are 

 entering the landscape field, with offices 

 in the J. W. Hellman building, in Los 

 Angeles. Mr. Payne's long experience 

 in the wild flower and native shrub field 

 will doubtless help out a good deal in 

 this new venture. 



Miss Hosp, of Riverside, her mother 

 and sister, were visiting the city last 

 week. 



Fred Westrom, of Wright's Flower 

 Shop, has returned from his month 's va- 

 cation in the mountains and lake regions 

 and reports the finest kind of a time, 

 with practically no trouble anywhere. 

 He and Mrs. Westrom visited Lake 

 Tahoe and all the points of interest of 

 the northern inland route, returning by 

 the coast route and finishing up by see- 

 ing the fleet and taking a turn at surf 

 fishing, at which Mr. Westrom is an ex- 



Sert. He looks tanned and in excellent 

 ealth and has evidently taken the kind 

 of vacation that will fit him for the 

 strenuous season ahead. 



O. C. Saake is back on the job after 

 his northern trip. 



Hal Kruckeberg, who has for some 

 time been on the staff of Howard & 

 Smith, has opened a nursery and flower 

 shop at 5843 Santa Monica boulevard, 

 Hollywood. He will specialize in land- 

 scape work. Mr. Kruckeberg, it will be 

 recalled, was formerly secretary of the 

 Los Angeles Horticultural Society and 

 did good work for this now defunct or- 

 ganization in pre-war days. He has a 

 host of friends and should do well. 



The sympathy of his friends in the 

 trade — and he has many — is with S. 

 Shima in the death of his wife follow- 

 ing an operation in a hospital at Pasa- 

 dena. Mr. Shima took his wife to 

 Phoenix some time ago with a view to 

 her regaining her health, but no im- 

 provement resulted. He was formerly 

 in business as a wholesaler in this city 

 and more recently was connected with 

 S. Murata & Co. | 



Walter Armacost is away on his an- 

 nual mountain and fishing trip and from 

 all accounts is having a fine time with 

 the golden trout. He believes in get- 

 ting away from the beaten track of most 

 anglers and into the regions where the 

 automobile is replaced by the gentle 

 burro. 



B. E. Gillis, president of the Park 

 Floral Co., Denver, has been in town 

 several days and is making side trips 

 from here. 



E. B. Washburn is living in Santa 



Barbara for the summer, intending to 

 return to Pasadena for the winter. 



Albert Knopf, of the Bedoudo Floral 

 Co., is spending his vacation at Santa 

 Barbara, Messrs. Borden and B^mohd 

 holding down the stand in the meantime. 



H. Beeve Darling is away on grand 

 jury this week. J. Gordon has returned 

 from his vacation at Big Bear and Cata- 

 lina. 



Albert Goldenson reports several good 

 wedding decorations. H. B. Bichards. 



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