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The Florists^ Review 



JuNB 29. 1922 



Seattle, Wash.— The Washelli Floral 

 Co. has been incorporated with a capital 

 stock of $20,000. The incorporators are 

 W. H. Hawkins, William V. Viehmann 

 and Jean J. Martial. 



To Pacific coast readers will be interest- 

 ing the leader article in this issue on 

 ' ' Sweet Pea Fields in California, ' ' by 

 George J. Ball, and the paper, also on 

 a forward page, of Lester L. Morse, de- 

 livered at the convention of the American 

 Seed Trade Association, on "Growing 

 Vegetable Seed in California." 



ment" is still a popular slogan among 

 the San Francisco florists. 



In the illustration, Albert O. Stein is 

 to be seen in a fez, standing at the end, 

 on the left of the woman. 



Other notes of the florists' entertain- 

 ment of Shriners appear in the San 

 Francisco letter, on a following page. 

 M. M. 



LOS ANGELES, CAL. 



STEIN BANQUETS SHRINERS. 



Albert O. Stein has the reputation of 

 doing what he undertakes well, and he 

 certainly lived up to it when he enter- 

 tained the Shriners visiting San Fran- 

 cisco from Honolulu and the Chanters of 

 Al Malika Temple, Los Angeles. On the 

 day of the first big parade Mr. Stein, 

 himself a Noble of Islam Temple, San 

 Francisco, kept open house from 9 a. m. 

 until 10 p. m. The basement of the 

 Stein building, 1150 Sutter street, had 

 been transformed, with flags and flow- 

 ers, into a gay banquet hall, where 

 tables were arranged to scat 100 guests. 

 The Honolulu delegation lunched there 

 in true banquet style, with plenty of 

 cocktails and wine to wash down the 

 excellent repast. A piano and a plat- 

 form enabled entertainers to carry out 

 a clever program. Later the Aloha men 

 were entertained by the Chanters from 

 Los Angeles, who partook of a cold 

 lunch with old-time trimmings. About 

 300 guests called during the day. When 

 the Honolulu nobles sailed for their 

 island home, Mr. Stein and members of 

 his staff, with friends, were there to 

 throw "lais" of flowers around their 

 necks, in accordance with the Honolulu 

 custom. "Let's go to Stein's base- 



The Market. 



Although there are frequent dull 

 days, the market generally is much more 

 lively than it was a week ago and, 

 while some stock is still sold at bargain 

 prices to clear, there is a decidedly 

 firmer tendency. Roses are not as good 

 as they were, but sell fairly well. The 

 avalanch of gladioli continues to flow 

 and is likely to do so for some time to 

 come. Good stock cleans up well at me- 

 dium to low prices. A good supply of 

 dahlias, both pompons and the large- 

 flowering varieties, are in and the flow- 

 ers sell well. Small flowers arc not so 

 good, although the double godetias are 

 fine for hot weather. Gypsophila pani- 

 culata and the smaller summer-flowering 

 statices are in and meet with a good 

 demand, owing to their long-lasting 

 qualities. Carnations are poor and in 

 many cases not fit to ship over any dis- 

 tance. 



Various Notes. 



A visit to the range of Walter 

 Armacost & Co. found everything, as 

 usual, in the finest trim and there is lit- 

 tle use in again describing the fine 

 stock here. One or two things stand out 

 vividly, though. There is a fine collec- 

 tion of seedling hybrid orchids, which 

 will be increasingly interesting as time 

 goes on. A lovely type of Brassocat- 



Albert O. Stein Banqueting Honolulu and Los Angeles Shriners. 



tleya Veitchii (Brassavola Digbyana x 

 Cattleya Mossiae) is in bloom. This was 

 the original cross raised many years 

 ago, the forerunner of all the Digbyana 

 crosses, and those at the Armacost 

 range are a fine color, with extra well 

 developed lip. Another interesting 

 point was a small batch of Russell roses, 

 budded on American Beauty. These 

 were planted in a bed of Russell, all the 

 plants of which are doing well, but the 

 contrast between these and the budded 

 plants is striking, the plants being dou- 

 ble the size and bearing wonderful 

 young shoots. As Mr. Armacost re- 

 marked, it is too soon to form any con- 

 clusions as to what this will lead to, but 

 the difference is so striking and de- 

 cided that one may be pardoned for ex- 

 pecting big things from this union of 

 forces. The cyclamen houses, too, with 

 their 100,000 occupants, are remark- 

 able. It may be noted in passing, 

 though, that all the roses now are 

 planted in units of not less than one 

 house; that is, one structure, 36x300 

 feet, so that each of the plants in each 

 house can be treated exactly as its 

 peculiarities suggest or require. 



O. M. Morris, senior partner of Mor- 

 ris & Snow Seed Co., and Mrs. Morris 

 left last week for a vacation trip to 

 the Mammoth district. 



Albert B. Morris, now manager of the 

 Estern Rose Co., Alhambra, Cal., has 

 an excellent stand of roses and, with 

 the careful cultivation and attention 

 these plants are getting, they will be in 

 fine shape for early shipment this fall. 

 In all there are about 400,000 plants 

 and already large orders have been 

 booked. The location where they are 

 grown is open and wind-swept, tending 

 to vigorous and well consolidated 

 growth and a fine root system. 



S. Lundy, of the Bolt-Lundy Flower 

 Shop, Denver, Colo., was a visitor last 

 week, having come down from San 

 Francisco, where he attended the 

 Shriner convention. 



H. N. Gage has the lumber on the 

 ground for his new greenhouses, and 

 construction will begin at once. It is 

 reported that oil is to be drilled for 

 close to his Downey place. With oil 

 wells following him from Signal Hill 

 to Montebello and now to Downey, H. 

 N. Gage will soon be an oil magnate. 

 He and Mrs. Gage are starting soon on 

 a northern trip in their new Buick, pro- 

 posing to go as far as Vancouver, B. C. 



Ed. Reynolds, retail manager for 

 George J. Hall & Co., returned from his 

 northern trip. He said that he found it 

 exceedingly hot in Bakersfield, Fresno 

 and other cities in the valley, but had a 

 pleasant visit with Jack D'Ortignac in 

 Fresno, where he has a successful retail 

 store. 



W. Welters and his sister left last 

 week for an extended trip, which will 

 take them north to British Columbia, 

 where they will sail for China and Ja- 

 pan. 



S. Murata & Co. report shipping busi- 

 ness for June as good. 



Y. Oike, head shipper for S. Murata 

 & Co., and the two brothers Miyamayi, 



