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OCTOBEIl 27, 1921 



The Florists^ Review 



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CALIFORNIA SHOW OPENS. 



With the Place Packed. 



The California flower and liorticul- 

 tural exhibition held at Los Anjjeles un- 

 der the auspices of the California Asso- 

 ciation of Nurserymen, in conjunction 

 with its eleventh annual convention, 

 opened the evening of October 20. 

 Never in the history of the west has 

 there been such a show and tlie opening 

 night, from every angle, was a great 

 and glorious success. A perfect Cali- 

 fornia day gave everyone, exliibitors 

 and judges alike, a chance to get every- 

 thing in readiness, and at the opening 

 exercises in the evening Roy F. "Wilcox, 

 standing in front of the thousands of 

 delighted visitors, described himself as 

 "the happiest man in Los Angeles." In 

 less than an hour after the opening 

 3,000 people had paid for admission and 

 after this there was a constant stream 

 of visitors until late at night. 



Unfortunately, the first evening there 

 was a heavy fog, which somewhat 

 dimmed enthusiasm in the sunken gar- 

 den, but the crowd was there just the 

 same, overflowing from the big tent and 

 the trade exhibits. Dahlias, both from 

 the northern growers and local men, 

 were in good shape and the judges had 

 considerable difficulty in making the 

 awards; so much so that it was impossi- 

 ble to get through the first day and the 

 judging had to be finished the second 

 day. In the big tent the Pasadena hor- 

 ticulturists showed up nobly, the big 

 trained exliibition mums and cut blooms 

 being one of the biggest drawing cards 

 for the crowd. Besides these, the cut 

 dahlias, roses, pot plants and table deco- 

 rations made a wonderful showing. 



What the Crowd Saw. 



Among the trade exhibits was a large 

 and varied selection of ferns from 11. 

 Plath, the well known grower of San 

 Francisco, the plants having come the 

 long journey in splendid shape; these 

 niade an excellent showing. The finest 

 and best market kinds in great variety 

 were shown. 



Close by Edward Rust, of Pasadena, 

 had a large and most effective plant 

 group, put up in his best style. 



One of the most distinct and novel 

 collections was that of the Superior 

 Nursery, a spider wel) arrangement sur- 

 rounded by choice plants of crotons and 

 ferns, with the coloring well arranged. 

 This was a most attractive novelty. 



Wright 's Flower Shop had a large 

 space covered with plants and cut flow- 

 ers, some superb cyclamens lielping the 

 display. An immense basket of j'ellow 

 pompon mums surmounted the whole 

 and from this Miss Wright, Tom 

 Wright's daughter, jiresented the crowd 

 with roses. A miniature reproduction 

 of the firm's glass houses was also 

 shown. 



The splendid exhibits of Walter 

 Armacost & Co. did .much toward mak- 

 ing the show a success. The display 

 of roses in front of the stage and band 

 stand was without doubt the finest rose 

 exhibit ever seen in the west. Besides 

 these, the firm had large exhibits of 



cyclamens and other plants. In the 

 trade exhibits the firm had the largest 

 and most perfect show ever made here 

 of plants, baskets, ribl)ons and evcry- 

 tliing connected with the trade in all 

 its brandies. 



Boxwoods and Palms. 



Roy F. Wilcox & Co. had a monster 

 exhibit of palms and greenhouse special- 

 ties of the firm, arranged in a telling 

 and attractive manner. Walks were 

 made and lined with boxwoods, the sides 

 being occupied by flowering plants in 

 beds. Trained specimen boxwoods were 

 grouped in front. The exhibit took up 

 almost the entire front of the tent. 



C'lose by liassett & Wasliburn, from 

 their establishment at Sierra Madre, 

 made a magnificent display of kentias 

 in all sizes, showing the wonderful 

 health and vigor of these practically 

 outdoor-grown jjalms. In color, vigor 

 and cultural excellence these palms can- 

 not be beaten. 



Daniel MacRorie, of the MacRorie- 

 McLaren Co., of San Francisco, super- 

 intended the j)lacing of/several carloads 

 of stock. While not placed in a grouj), 

 the i)lants helped wonderfully in the 

 general disjilay. Magnififent Irisli yews, 

 for instance, twenty f<*«t high, were 

 used in front of the mainVentrance to 

 the trade exhibits, while iir^tJii;,^wer 

 show tent were some sjjlendid specimen 

 dicksonias. The association and com- 

 mittees are surely indebted to this firm 

 for the great showing made. 



The Pacific Humus Co. had an at- 

 tractive exhibit, put up by Max Winkler. 



In the background tules, bulrushes, 

 were shown as growing in the peat, this 

 being the condition at Wintersburg, 

 where tlie company's material is dug. 

 In front of this was a charmingly ar- 

 ranged group of flowering and foliage 

 {)lants, heather and cut flowers, all from 

 various nurseries that use the firm 's 

 m.'iterial. 



F. R. Hills nearby had a fine group of 

 ferns, finely grown, with a panel of 

 hybrid orchids in the center. 



The Germain Seed & Plant Co., Morris 

 & Snow Seed Co. and other local firms 

 all had choice exhibits, the Germain 

 show being' a small representation of the 

 retail store. 



Among Those Present. 



In these hurried notes, made at the 

 beginning of the show and before the 

 judging was finished, it is impossible to 

 give anything like a full description, 

 and anyone omitted must not feel 

 slighted, since such is not the ijitention 

 of the writer. The fruit sections alone, 

 if properly described, would fill ]>ages of 

 The Review, and the whole show re- 

 flects the greatest credit on everyone 

 concerned. Although no register of out- 

 of-town visitors was seen, there was a 

 large number of ])rominent men in the 

 trade present from all over tlie state 

 and other states. A few tliat the writer 

 met were George Otto, F. Beiiard and 

 .loliii Morlev, of San Diego; F. Pelicano, 

 D. MacRorie, P. Matraia, V. Podesta, 

 H. Plath .Mild others, from San Fran- 

 cisco; H. B. Clarke, of Portland, Ore.; 

 J. Orpet, W. Donald, A. Beverley and O. 



View of the Sunken Garden on Opening Day at Los Angeles Show. 



