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The Rorists' Review 



SEFIKHBEa 22, 1921 



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Victoria, B. C— William Paul, for- 

 merly of Chicopee, Mass., has purchased 

 tlic Posy Shop from G. E. Wilkerson. 



Santa Barbara, Cal. — The firm of Eoss 

 & Kodwick is just starting in business 

 here. The company will do both a nurs- 

 ery and a florists' business. 



Alameda, Cal. — An uninvited airplane 

 driven by a truant driver unexpectedly 

 dropped into the greenhouses of H. Hay- 

 ashi and damaged considerable glass and 

 stock September 7. 



Sacramento, Cal. — The Ebel Floral 

 Store has rented new„ quarters in front 

 of the Paramount thfeater, on K street, 

 between Ninth and Tenth streets. The 

 company has been forced to move from 

 its forjjder location at Seventh and K 

 streew begause of new ownership. 



Ontario,- Ore. — The newly organized 

 firm of Boyer & Wcstover has re- 

 cently completed tTre'frection of a new 

 greenhouse, which contains 1,500 feet 

 of glass. Other extensive improvements 

 have been made, among them being in- 

 cluded the building of additional cold- 

 frame?. 



LOS ANGELES, CAL. 



The Market. 



While the principal local demand dur- 

 ing the last week was for funeral flow- 

 ers, this was unusually good and every- 

 thing cleaned up daily. Good shipping 

 stock of mums and asters was decidedly 

 scarce, although the former were excel- 

 lent for local use. Dahlia growers who 

 were ; wise enougli to keep their prices 

 at a fair level did well and reaped the 

 benefit of the scarcity of the other 

 stock. Others, a.s usual, slaughtered 

 prices with no corresponding benefit. 

 When a small bunch of indifferent flow- 

 ers, short asters or similar stock, sells 

 for 25 or 35 cents a dozen, surely a 

 dozen good dahlias should be worth 50 

 or 75 cents and there seems no good 

 reason for selling them for 35 cents a 

 dozen. The pompons and anemone-flow- 

 ered types arc selling well for basket 

 work. Asters are past their prime, al- 

 though there will be fair flowers for 

 some time. New-croji earnatioiis are 

 good and are improving daily. Small 

 flowers are scarce and, as shown on the 

 market, poor in quality, though those 

 delivered direct to the retailers are 

 usually Ijctter. Roses, orchids and val- 

 ley are s(!arce. Greens are plentiful and 

 good. 



Various Notes. 



The evening of September 11 a most 

 ]ileasant function took place at the 

 nursery of Howard & Smith, at Monte- 

 bello. W. Gardener, who for fourteen 

 years has been associated with the firm, 

 retired from his position and, to show 

 the esteem in which he is held, about 

 fifty of his fellow employees or cowork- 

 ers, as Fred Howard prefers to call 

 them, gave him a farewell supper and 

 presented liim with a traveling set for 

 camping, consisting of stove and all the 

 culinary requirements, neatly arranged 

 in the form of a suit case. Edward 

 Monroe had charge of the catering and 



lighting arrangements, and the setting 

 of the tables, lit by electric lights under 

 the foliage of the large kentias in the 

 lath house, was most attractive. Every- 

 one was in the best of spirits and Mr. 

 Howard, who was in the chair, made a 

 happy little speeqh, telling of the good 

 work done by Mr. Gardener and express- 

 ing his regret at losing him. Several 

 other speakers enlivened the time and 

 music, both vocal and instrumental, was 

 rendered by the members of the firm. 

 O. W. Howard gave an interesting 

 resume of the progress made by the 

 firm since its inception by F. H. How- 

 ard and G. W. Smith. Arthur Howard 

 let loose some humorous stories, as did 

 Patrick Shearer, park superintendent of 

 Los Angeles; F. X. Renfrow, manager 

 of the coming big show at Exposition 

 park, and others, while Mr. Gardener 

 thanked all present in a feeling and 

 straightforward way. A lively and en- 

 joyable evening was spent by all present 

 and the break-up came about midnight. 

 F. R. Hills has been suffering from 



rather a severe shock of sciatica, but 

 he manages to keep going most days. 

 Mrs. Hills has also been under the 

 weather with an Injury to her back. Mr. 

 Hills says that he has not for a long 

 time found business so good in the 

 larger sizes of ferns and it keeps them 

 all busy to maintain the stock of 8-inch 

 and up. The ferns are in splendid con- 

 dition now in all sizes, the new Hillsi 

 proving most popular. 



C. Gutting, on returning from San 

 Diego, speaks highly of the fine condi- 

 tion of the parks which he visited under 

 the guidance of Superintendent John 

 Morley. 



Among the stock now being handled 

 by Gebhardt Prechtl are fine celosias 

 and delphinium, the dark variety, Fanny 

 Stoneman, being most popular and at- 

 tractive. 



James Taylor, superintendent at the 

 Homer Laughlin place, is finding his 

 charge ' ' getting smaller by degrees and 

 beautifully less," many lots having 

 been sold off and fine residences built 



CAUFORNIA 



Flowers and Greens 



OF ALL KINDS AT 



LOWEST MARKET PRICES 



PACKED RIGHT 



L. A. FLORAL COMPANY 



Thm HonMm of Quality and Smroiem 

 236 EAST FOURTH ST^ LOS ANGELES, CALIF. 



Write for Special Pricea 



THEY SHIP WELL 



We mean the 



MUMS 

 NEW CROP CARNATIONS 



Our stock is the finest coming to this market and our growers were never 

 in better shape than this season. 



Our packing methods insure good results and our prices are right on all 

 classes of stock. 



S. MURATA & CO. 



380-386 S. Los Angeles St., LOS ANGELES, CAL. 



Oldest and Most Exp«ri*iic«d Shippers in California 



WE NEVER MISS 



