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The Florists^ Review 



June 29. 192': 



Seattle, Wash. The Waslidli I'loial 

 Co. has l)('cn iiicorporattMl with ii capital 

 stock of $L'0,(»0(I. Tlic iiiror|i(ivat()Vs are 

 W. II. Hawkins, Williniri \'. \iihiiiaiin 

 and .lean .1. Martial. 



'I'd r.-icific coast ri'ii.lri-. will Ik' intci'i'st 

 iiiU the Icadi'i' articli' in tliis issui' on 

 ■'iSui'i'l I'l'a l''ic|ils in ( ';ilir(irnia, ' ' liy 

 (u'orj^c .1. I!;ill, ancj I lir p;i|>iT. ;ilso (ui 

 ;i t'(irw;iiil |i;i;;i', <il' l.istcr L. Mdrsr. ilr- 

 li\i'ici| ,al the i-(in\rnt ion nt' the .Ainnican 

 Si'cd 'Pi.-idc Assiiciat i<Mi, on ' " ( Irciw ini; 

 \'('^;it;ililr Seed in Calit'u|-ni;i. ' ' 



meiit" is still a popular slof^aii among 

 the San Francisco florists. 



In the illustration, Albert O. Stein is 

 to be seen in a t'ez, standing at the end, 

 on the left of the woman. 



Other notes of the florists' entertain- 

 ment of Shriners appear in the San 

 J'rancisco letter, on a following page. 



M. M. 



LOS ANGELES, GAL. 



STEIN BANQUETS SHRINERS. 



Albert (). Stein h;is tlic reputation oi' 

 doing \vl];it he nndert .-ikis well, and he 

 certainly lived nji to it when he entir- 

 tained the Shiiners \isitiiig San I'ran- 

 cisco from Honolulu and the Clianteis ot' 

 Al Malika T<'iiiple. Los Anyeles. On the 

 day of the first big paraile Mr. Stein, 

 hiins(df a Noble oi' Islam 'rem]ile. Sun 

 Francisco, kept ii]ien house t'l'om ',• .a. in, 

 until 10 p. in. The b.-isemellt of i])0 

 Sft'in biiildiuLr, ll"'l' Sutler street, had 

 been t ranst (jiined, with flags and flow- 

 ers, into .a g.'iy li,an<iuet hall, where 

 t.'ibles were arranged to se;if 100 guests. 

 The ll(in(dulii dtdeg.-ition luuidied there 

 in true ban(|Uet style, with jdeniN' ipf 

 cocktails ;ind wine to w.ash down llo- 

 cxctdleiit re]i;ist. A piano ;ind a )il:it 

 form eiiabh'd entertainers to c.irrx out 

 aidever proer;nn. Later tin' .VUdj.-i men 

 were ent erl.aiued by thi' I'hanters fi'oni 

 Los Angeles, who ]i;irto(d\ of a cold 

 lunch with old time triuimines. .\bout 

 1100 giu'sts c.alled dnrin;^ the i|;iy. ^Vhen 

 the Honolulu nobles sniled lUr their 

 isl.and home, Mr. Stein :in<l members ol' 

 liis stafi', with fricMids, w.re there to 

 throw ''lais'' of flowers .-iround their 

 necks, in accordance with the Honolulu 

 custom. ''Let's ok to stein's base- 



The Market. 



Although there .are frcfjuent dull 

 d.ays, the marked, gener.ally is mutdi more 

 livtdy than if was .a week ago and, 

 while some stock is still sold at bargain 

 ]u-ices to clear, there is a decidedly 

 lirmer tendency. Koses are not as good 

 as they were, l)uf sill fairly well. The 

 ,iv,al;in(di of ;;ladioli continues to flow 

 and is lik(dy to do so for scune time to 

 i-ome. (lood sto(dv ch'aus up w(dl ;it me- 

 dium to low jirices. A good supply of 

 dahli.a^. both i)onipons and the larg(_'- 

 llowerine \ .iiiet ies, .-ire in .and the flow- 

 ers sell well. Sm.all flowers are not stJ 

 good. alth(ju<:h the d(juble godeti.as are 

 fine for hot we.ather. <lypsophila paui- 

 culata and the smaller summer-llowering 

 statices are in aud meet with a good 

 ibni.and, owing to their loug-lastiiig 

 • (Ualities. Carn-atious ar(^ ]ioor ,'inil in 

 many cases not fit to ship over any dis- 

 tance. 



■Various Notes. 



.V vi-.it to the i',-in;;e dl' W.-dfer 

 A iinai'o^t vV; < 'o. Idund evci y t hi ii;^, a^ 

 n^u:il, in the liiievt tiini .-liol there is lit 

 til' u^e ju a;;aiii di'scriiiin^ the fine 

 stock lure. One or two fliln;:-. st.-ind out 

 \i\idly. tl]oU;;h. Then- i-. ;i fine ('(dlec- 

 lion of' vec'dlin;^ hybrid oirhhls, which 

 will be incre;isin;^ly interestiuj^ iis time 

 eoes on. -V loNely type of' Ur.a^^ocat 



Albert O. Stein Banqueting Honolulu and Los Angeles Shriners. 



tleya Yeitchii (Brassavola Digbyana x 

 ('attlej'a Mossia;) is in bloom. This wa.s 

 the original cross raised many years 

 ago, the forerunner of all the Digbyan.a 

 crosses, and those at the Armacost 

 range are a line color, with extra well 

 developed li[i. Another interesting 

 j)oint was a small batidi of Russell roses, 

 bndded on American Beauty. These 

 were planted in a bed of Russell, all the 

 plants of which ar(> 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 !ind de- 

 cided that one may be ])ardoned for cx- 

 ]iecting big things from this union of 

 forces. The cyclamen houses, too, with 

 their ] 00,000 occupants, are remark- 

 able. It may be noted in passing, 

 though, that all the roses now arc 

 planted in units of not less than one 

 house; that is, one structure, .'Hix.lOO 

 f'eef, so that e;iidi of the plants in each 

 li(Uise can be treated ex;i(dly as its 

 peculiarities suggest or re»piirc. 



O. M. Morris, senior jiartner of Mor- 

 lis & Snow Seed Co., aiul Mrs. Morris 

 left last week for a vacatiori trij) to 

 the ^Mammoth district. 



.\lberf 1). Morris, jiow manager of flie 

 Ksterii IJoso Co., Alhanibr.a, CaL, has 

 ;in excellent stand of roses ;in(i, with 

 th(? careful cultivation and attcMition 

 these idants .are getting, tlu-y will be in 

 line sh.ajie for e.arlv shipment thi.-i fall. 

 In .all there are :ibout 40(»,000 plants 

 .and alreadv large ord(>rs h;t\c been 

 booked. 'i"hi' location where they are 

 yrown is open and wind-swe]it, tending 

 to vigorous and wadl consolidated 

 growth and a fine root system. 



S. Lundy, of the IJoltLundy Flower 

 Shop, Denver, Colo., was a visitor last 

 week, having come down from San 

 Fr.ancisco, where he attoude'i- the 

 Shriner convention. 



11. X. Gage has the luuilicr e.u the 

 urfuind for his in'W greejiijouses. and 

 construction will begin at once. It is 

 rejiorted that oil is to be drillo'l for 

 close to his Downey jdace. "With oil 

 wells following him from Signal Hill 

 to Montebello and iifpw to Downey. H. 

 X. (iage will soon be an oil magnate. 

 Ht^ ami Mrs. Cage are starting soon on 

 .1 northern trip in their new P>uick, pro- 

 ]iosing to go as f'ar as N'.ancouvcr, B. C. 



Ivl. Reynolds, retail m.'inager for 

 fieorge J. Hall k Co., returned from his 

 northern triji. He saiil that he found it 

 (>xceedingly hot in Bakersfield, Fresno 

 and other cities in the valley, but had a 

 |deasanf visit with .Lack D'Ortign.ac in 

 fresno, wheri^ he has a successful retail 

 store. 



W. Welters and his sister left last 

 week for an extended trip, which will 

 take th(>m north to British Columbia, 

 where they will s.ijl for China and Ja- 

 lian. 



S. Mur.at.'i & Co. report shipping busi- 

 iii'ss for .Tune as good. 



"S". Oike, head shipper for S. Murat.a 

 & Co., and the two bro*''ers Miyamayi, 



