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The Florists' Review 



OCTOBEB 21, 191S. 





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PELIOANO'S DAHLIA FIELD. 



Frank Pelicano, of Pelicano, Bossi & 

 Co., San Francisco, recently entertained 

 a number "of his friends, several of 

 whom are members of the Pacific Coast 

 Horticultural Society, at his home and 

 gardens in the Ocean View district. 

 The accompanying illustration shows 

 Mr. Pelicano and friends and members 

 of his family in the dahlia field, which 

 was in full bloom. The party includes, 

 from left to right, Miss Eva Pelicano, 

 Waiter Hofinghoff, secretary of the Pa- 

 cific Coast Horticultural Society; 

 Frank Pelicano, Wm. Kettlewell, origi- 

 nator of the famous Kettlewell dahlia; 

 Mr. Costa, Miss Azalea Pelicano, G. A. 

 Daly, with the MacEorie-McLaren Co.; 

 Master Pelicano, Mr. Proietti, Miss Mc- 

 Intyre, Mr. Mclntyre and Mr. Scallioni, 

 a local gardener. The Kettlewell 

 dahlia, a dark, velvety red, or Jacque- 

 minot color, according to Mr. Pelicano 

 can not be beaten as a paying dahlia 

 for cut flowers, being an enormous pro- 

 ducer. He has been cutting heavily 

 since June 15 and still had a big crop, 

 as shown in the picture. He has been 

 growing these dahlias for the last six 

 years, this year's crop being by far the 

 largest produced. He also reports a 

 continued heavy ctit of Delice, Kalif 

 and Qeisha, all excellent varieties for 

 the San Francisco section. H. S. G. 



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LOS ANGELES. 



The Market. 



A decided increase is noted in the 

 out-of-town shipping business, much 

 more than in transient or regular re- 

 tail trade, though the latter also is on 

 the upgrade. Practically everyone is 

 home from his vacation and all are 

 settling down with a will to the sea- 

 son's work. 



The absence of early rains and the 

 cool, open weather of October have 

 been of great assistance to outdoor flow- 

 ers, especially dahlias and roses, which 

 were never better than this year. 



Chrysanthemums might safely be said 

 to be far in advance of anything seen 

 in this city in previous years, and so 

 far there has been nothing approach- 

 ing a glut; Other items are about the 

 same as last reported. 



Various Notes. 



The iLos Angeles County Horticul- 

 tural Society held a most enjoyable 

 banquet and smoker October 9, about 

 sixty members and friends sitting down 

 to a fine meal and adjourning after- 

 ward for the smoker and a story-telling 

 contest. Many members of the Pasa- 

 dena Horticultural Society were pres- 

 ent. President Shields should have 

 been given the award for the best 

 stories, only there was no prize forth- 

 coming. Dr. Houghton, in his usual 

 happy vein, amused the audience high- 

 ly, but speeches were barred. Secre- 

 tary H. W. Kruckeberg, of the iLos 

 Angeles society, worked hard and long 

 to make the evening a successful one 

 and he surely did it. Almost everyone 

 at the table was called upon and al- 



io Frank Pellcano's Dahlia Field at Ocean View, Near San Francisco. 



most everybody responded, so the list 

 is too long to give. Treasurer James 

 McGilvray and C. Shearer, superin- 

 tendent of parks, were called upon to 

 uphold the honor of Scotland, which 

 they did. England and Ireland were 

 well represented and among our Ger- 

 man friends were J. Dieterich, Paul 

 Staiger and others. But as Vice-presi- 

 dent W. W. Felgate truly remarked, no 

 hyphenated Americans were there, all 

 being true Americans, no matter what 

 their native country. This is the right 

 feeling and it is pleasant to note that 

 the other has entirely died out in the 

 society. Adjournment was proposed 

 and carried at 11 p. m. and all said 

 they had never spent a more pleasant 

 time. 



A. H. Post, of Chula Vista, near San 

 Diego, was a visitor this week, fie is 

 speaking of building glass on his place 

 there. 



The L. A. Floral Co. is enjoying a 

 large shipping trade, especially on 



large yellow chrysanthemums. The- 

 fact that many of these shipments go 

 to the northern part of Oregon and 

 Washington speaks volumes for the 

 careful methods of packing followed' 

 here. 



Bernard Tassano has just returned 

 from a pleasure trip to the San Fran- 

 cisco fair and reports the best time he 

 has ever had. Tassano Bros, have been- 

 awarded the contract for the automo- 

 bile show decorations. 



Much to the surprise of his many 

 friends, L. H. Freeman, of the Freeman- 

 Lewis Co., was married to a Hollywood' 

 lady recently. They have gone to 

 Honolulu for their honeymoon. 



At J. W. Welters' store, excellent 

 business is reported. 



Befitting and slight alterations to- 

 the store are in projgress at the head- 

 quarters of the Bedondo Floral Co., on 

 Spring straet. 



Friends of Samuel Slack in Chicago 

 and other points will hear with regret 



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