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The Rorists' Review 



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OCTOBis 28. 1920 



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Walla Walla, Wash. — Jay Pelmulder, 

 formerly of Hermiston, Ore., has pur- 

 chased greenhouses here and expects to 

 enter the retail market. 



LOS ANGELES, CAL. 



The Market. 



Business fell off with the retailers 

 last week and shipping to the eastern 

 markets was all that kept the market 

 from a serere slump. A large supply 

 •came in all the week. About an inch of 

 rain fell during the week and the mum 

 growers were uneasy. Little ^ damage 

 was done, however, for the wind that 

 followed the storm was not severe and 

 the stock quickly recovered, though 

 there were some bruised flowers in the 

 market later in the week. There is 

 little change to report in the quality or 

 quantity of stock arriving, except that 

 small flowers are becoming overplenti- 

 ful. 



Florists' Club Meeting. 



While there was not a big attendance 

 at the Florists' Club meeting October 

 14, it was an interesting meeting for 

 those who did attend. Besides Presi- 

 dent Armacost, there were present: 

 Roy r. Wilcox, F. H. Howard, H. B. 

 Richards, E. F. Bust, Fred Sperry, 

 Frank Warner, Albert Goldenson and 

 Arthur Howard. Regarding the resig- 

 nation of a prominent member of the 

 club, no action was taken. 



President Armacost led the discussion 

 as to the best means of increasing the 

 attendance at the meetings. Express 

 faciUties and the labor situation were 

 also discussed. 



Arthur Howard gave an interesting 

 account of his eastern trip, his remarks 

 being to the point and indicating a keen 

 observation. Before going to the con- 

 vention at Indianapolis he visited Chi- 

 cago and the plants of Frank Oechslin 

 and Poehlmann Bros. Co., and was much 

 pleased with them. He noticed that 

 their prices were about the same as 

 those charged in Los Angeles. After 

 the convention he visited New York, 

 Philadelphia and other eastern cities 

 and had something interesting to tell 

 of each. For instance, the big Jose 

 house at Roland's place at Nahant, 

 Mass., DaUledouze's wonderful carna- 

 tions, his visit with the veteran rose 

 jrrower, John Cook, of Baltimore, the 

 condition of California palms on arrival 

 in the east, Holm & Olson's big store 

 at fit. PaiU, were all spoken of in an 

 interesting manner. He was disap- 

 pointed in two things— asters and calen- 

 dulas. In these respects the east is far 

 behind the west. The best roses he saw 

 at the houses of Martin & Forbes Co., 

 Portland, Ore. They had Hadley with 

 . stems three and four feet long. In Ban 

 Francisco he found lower prices than at 

 Los Angeles. Another point especially 

 taentioned by Mr. Howard was the cor- 

 dial welcome he received everywhere. 



Varlons Notes. 



Many of the co-workers and other 

 friends of Alfred G. Webb were shocked 

 to hear of his death, Sunday evening, 

 October 17. Death was due to an acci- 



dent which occurred while he and 

 friends were on their way to church 

 services. Both the deceased and his 

 friend were §itruck by an automobile. 

 The blow fractured the skull of Mr. 

 Webb and he died before he arrived at 

 the hospital. After coming to this city 

 from San Francisco, Mr. Webb worked 

 for the Germain Seed & Plant Co., in 

 the seed order department for many 

 years. After a lengthy vacation he 

 joined the force at Theodore Payne's. 

 A native of England, Mr. Webb was a 

 man of strong character. He had fixed 

 ideas politically and in other ways, be- 

 ing an ardent prohibitionist with lean- 

 ings toward socialism. Independent and 

 to a great extent self-contained, he al- 

 ways had the respect of employers and 

 co-workers alike. The driver of the car 

 that killed Mr. Webb drove away from 

 the scene of the accident without mak- 

 ing his identity known. 



A visit to the Los Nietos nursery of 

 Paul Howard showed that the institu- 

 tion has made wonderful progress in the 



last few years. This nursery was 

 started five years ago to supply stock 

 for the rapidly growing landscape busi- 

 ness of Mr. Howard. Shrubs and coni- 

 fers in great variety and large numbers 

 are grown. One . large lath house is 

 used to establish stock. After balling 

 and before being taken to their perma- 

 nent positions the specimens are given 

 a week or two to recover from the mov- 

 ing, a necessary precaution when mov- 

 ing big stock in dry weather. Most of 

 the greenhouse space is taken up by 

 growing ferns and other plants for the 

 retail store, besides the propagating 

 stock for lining out. Mr. Howard says 

 this season has been an exceptionally 

 good one, and with many contracts on 

 hand he looks for the coming year to be 

 a record-breaker. 



Paul Ecke says he will have a fine lot 

 of poinsettias for Thanksgiving, his 

 early stock having done remarkably 

 well this year. 



Thanks to careful preparation, every- 

 thing worked smoothly at the opening 



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. 



Thm Houam of Quality and Soroiem 

 236 EAST FOURTH ST., LOS ANGELES, CALIF. 



Chrysanthemums 



GEORGE J. HALL & CO. 



423 East Sth St. 



Los Angeles, Cal. 



