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The Florists^ Review 



OCTOBEB 7, 1920 



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\ Pacific Coast Department 



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LOS ANGEIiES, CAL. 



The Market. 

 "Busj-ness is fine," is the remark 

 from the principal retailers and this is 

 also true of shipping business, which 

 has not often been so good at this sea- 

 son of the year. Mums are improving 

 and they clean up daily, but some grow- 

 ers persist in cutting the flowers too 

 soon, which effectually spoils their ship- 

 ping and keeping qualities. Chieftain 

 and White Chieftain are both in, but 

 at present look as though a few days 

 longer on the plants would develop 

 them better. Carnations are about 

 equal to the demand; on some days 

 more could be sold, but on quiet days 

 they lag a little. Their quality is 

 greatly improved. Eoses from young 

 stock are much finer than they have 

 "been this season so far and shippers 

 can use them now with every prospect 

 of their reaching their destination in 

 good order. Dahlias keep up well and 

 there is still a fair quantity of good 

 gladioli. Small flowers, such as daisies, 

 baby zinnias, cornflowers and others, 

 are beginning to be asked for again, 

 and showy stock of delphiniums and 

 similar flowers is always in demand. 



Various Notes. 



At last the \^edding bells have sure- 

 ly rung for our old friend Dan Sta- 

 thatos, the Broadway florist. The 

 time, October 3; the place, the Greek 

 Orthodox church; the girl, Miss Mauto 

 Margaritow, and everybody will wish 

 them all the happiness this life affords. 

 Dan has a host .of friends, and invita- 

 tions to the wedding and to the banquet 

 at Christopher's have been sent out to 

 over 200 people. 



Tony Tassano has just returned from 

 a ten days' trip to the north, where he 

 visited San Francisco, Sacramento, 

 Jackson, Santa Cruz and other points, 

 buying his season's stock of greens, 

 Christmas berries and other wares. He 

 also made considerable purchases of 

 bulbous stock for his Burbank place, 

 where he is making many improve- 

 ments and additions. 



E. Malis, of the Santa Barbara Seed 

 Co., has been in this city and visiting 

 the trade on a buying trip the last few 

 days. He reports business as good in 

 Santa Barbara. 



Paul Ecke says his poinsettia crop 

 is exceptionally promising this year. 

 He accounts for this fact by the con- 

 tinued warm weather, which has rip- 

 ened and consolidated the stems and 

 foliage. The bracts are already show- 

 ing on the earlier plants. About 50,- 

 000 new plants have been put out this 

 season, covering six acres. His sister, 

 now Mrs. H. Hartman, and her husband 

 have just returned from their honey- 

 moon trip, which they took by auto in 

 the San Bernardino mountain and lake 

 region. 



Walter Armacost & Co. are in with a 

 fine crop of Butterfly roses, which are 

 quite popular with the retailers. 



The E. C. Amling Co. will open tem- 

 porary quarters for the wholesale busi- 

 ness about October 18, at 415 Wall 

 street, and will remain there until the 

 permanent quarters are ready. The 



Amling Co. has secured the whole crop 

 of several growers and will increase 

 these considerably after the regular 

 opening, in the near future. E. C. Am- 

 ling will have the direct supervision of 

 the business and Walter Garbett has 

 been engaged as manager. Mr. »Gar- 

 bett has been connected with the flo- 

 rists' business in Los Angeles for 

 twelve years and his record is one of 

 continued progress. He is well known 

 to the trade over a good part of the 

 United States, as well as locally, and 

 his experience thoroughly fits him for 

 the important position. With the 

 twenty-five years of experience behind 

 it in Chicago, it does not need a prophet 

 to foresee success for this enterprise 

 and the trade here has great expecta- 

 tions. It says much for the wonderful 

 increase in the trade of Los Angeles 

 when a firm of this caliber thinks it 

 worth while to open for business here 

 and the fact of the opening is bound 

 to be a good thing for the business 

 generally. 



Ask^d if he intended to ship flowers 

 east by aeroplane, following the San 

 Francisco brethren, H. Eeeve Darling 

 denies the soft impeachment. He pre- 

 fers to use the planes for his own rec- 

 reation. A. Gralfs has returned from 

 his vacation and is enthusiastic about 

 his auto trip. Some beautiful stock in 

 all lines is shown here. 



The L. A. Floral Co. continues to 

 ship large quantities of funeral work 

 out of the city. 



Friends of E. C. Amling will be glad 

 to hear that he is greatly improved in 

 health. 



T. M. Vogel is now with Wright's 

 Flower Shop. H. R. Richards. 



SAN FRANCISCO, CAL. 



The Market. 



There was plenty of material in the 

 market last week, but good material 

 was in demand. Carnations are plenti- 

 ful and roses are becoming more so 



MUMS 



MUMS 



The usual high quality shipping 

 stock that we always handle. 



PACKED RIGHT. 



ALL OTHER STOCK IN SEASON. 



Green and Sphagnum Moss 

 L. A. FLORAL CO. 



Th« Hotum of Quality and Strvie* 

 236 EAST FOURTH ST^ LOS ANQELES, CALIF. 



Chrysanthemums 



GEORGE J. HALL & CO. 



423 East 5th St. 



Los Angeles, Cal. 



