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The Florists' Review 



NOTBMBEB 4, 1915. 



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- DECORATION BY A. O. STEIN. 



Members of the S. A. F. who attended 

 the convention in San Francisco may 

 recognize, in the photograph reproduced 

 herewith, the teakwood paneling of the 

 Italian room of the St. Francis hotel. 

 Although the hotel was built shortly 

 after the fire of 1906, the first wedding 

 to be held in the Italian room took 

 place only recently. A large order for 

 decorations came with it. Garlands of 

 white asters and masses of tiger lilies, 

 arranged against a background of feri^s 

 and oak leaves, were the flowers used. 

 The garlands were strung so as to form 

 an aisle leading up to the wedding 

 canopy. The method of lighting should 

 be noticed. Candle-shaped electric light 

 » globes, in keeping with the candelabra 

 on the altar, were placed in the up- 

 turned bowls of the supports upon 

 which the floral ropes were strung. The 

 occasion was the Patek-Newman wed- 

 ding. A. O. Stein gets the credit for 

 the decoration. , , 



LOS ANGELES. 



The Market. 



A few hot days last week brought 

 stock to the market rapidly and for a 

 time there was more or less of a glut, 

 consisting chiefly of chrysanthemums 

 and roses. A saving factor was the 

 automobile show, which used a large 

 quantity of flowers and thereby greatly 

 helped to relieve the pressure. Business 

 varies considerably from day to day 

 and, while there are some orders for 

 social affairs, funeral work is the main- 

 stay of the trade. Among the new ar- 

 rivals last week were a few early ra- 

 nunculus blooms, which are unusually 

 attractive at this time of the year. 



Pasadena Society Sbow. 



The eighth annual flower show of the 

 Pasadena Horticultural Society was 

 held at Central park, Pasadena, Octo- 

 ber 28 to 30. In the matter of exhibits 

 the show was the largest and most suc- 

 cessful ever held by the society. The 

 two large tents housing the exhibits 

 were filled long before all the displays 

 were staged. 



In the competitive classes, the large 

 plants were well grown, but some of 

 them were a trifle thin. The pompons 

 were splendid and the cut flowers were 

 large and had been cut at the proper 

 time. The trade groups were fine, prob- 

 ably the best of all coming from Ed- 

 ward Bust, of South Pasadena. This 

 entry consisted of nursery stock, as- 

 sorted as to color and fitness for cer- 

 tain outdoor positions. 



The Clemence nursery had handsome 

 gtoups of small flowering and foliage 

 plants. Paul Howard showed a minia- 

 ture mansion, the lawn and grounds of 

 which were planted with specimen 

 plants of many kinds. The Germain 

 Seed & Plant Co., of Los Angeles, 

 showed a group of palms, ferns and fo- 

 liage plants, interspersed with blooms 

 t)f dahlias and cosmos. The material of 

 this entry was good, but it was crowded 

 because of a sudden change in the posi- 

 tion at the last minute. George Smith, 



Wedding Decoration by A. O. Stein, in a San Francisco HoteL 



of Los Angeles, showed specimen stock 

 and the Morris & Snow Seed Co., of 

 Los Angeles, had a good collection of 

 Dutch, French and other bulbs, sur- 

 rounded by plants. 



The Campbell Seed Store and the 

 Patton Seed Co., both of Pasadena, had 

 exhibits of seeds and bulbs. H. W. 

 Turner, of Montebello, staged a dozen 

 large vases of the newer roses. Mrs. 

 W. S. Laurie, of Pasadena, had a dis- 

 tinctive display of dahlias in many va- 

 rieties. 



The opening day of the show was ex- 

 tremely hot and some of the flowers 

 were badly wilted early in the day. 

 Unfortunately, there was not sufficient 

 room in the* tent to permit good stag- 

 ings. The exhibits were so crowded 



that it was impossible to view all of 

 them with coinfort. A larger show 

 ■place could have been obtained, but 

 President Shields said no one expected 

 such large entries in the plant classes. 

 The judges were William Donald, of 

 Santa Barbara; Alec Urquhart, William 

 Hertrich, E. H. Rust and William Far- 

 rell, of Pasadena, and H. W. Turner and 

 Frank Shearer, of Los Angeles. 



Various Notes. 



T. D. Robertson, of Fullerton, hag 

 built three greenhouses on Common- 

 wealth avenue, where he intends to 

 move all his stock shortly. Two of the 

 houses are 20x66 and one 12x66. These 

 houses are to take care of the flowers 

 and plants to be grown for the retail 



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