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The Florists' Review 



JUNB 1, 1916. 



Drake on the shores of California. It 

 had been well advertised and was well 

 attended, the flower 6how being one 

 of the principal features. There was 

 considerable competition for the prizes 

 in the professional classes, but Thomas 

 StentLford easily led the list of win- 

 ners. He was awarded the principal 

 prize, the silver cup offered by the Pa- 

 cific Cos^st Horticultural Society, for a 

 group of French hydrangeas ^nd calceo- 

 larias, arranged for effect. He took 

 first cash prizes for decorative and 

 fiowering plants arranged for effect, 

 these being a specimen maidenhair 

 fern, one palm^ one French hydrangea, 

 six cinerarias, twelve gloxinias, three 

 calceolarias, six pelargoniums and six 

 begonias. He also received the silver 

 cup offered by the City Planning Com- 

 mission of San Eafael, for the most 

 meritorious exhibit in the show, which 

 was his display of calceorlarias and hy- 

 drangeas. 



H. Plath took first prise for the best 

 exhibit of ferns, arranged for effect, 

 the prize being offered by the Garden 

 City Pottery Co., of San Jose; also first 

 prize for a specimen nephrolepis. C. 

 Kooyman won first prizes for American 

 Beauty roses, twelve blooms and twen- 

 ty-five blooms, and for Oladi^lus Amer- 

 ica and Francis King, Both the roses 

 and gladioli were grown for him by 

 J. E. Branin, of San Lorenzo. James 

 Nevin, gardener for H. Bathin, took 

 first prizes for orchid plants, schizan- 

 thus and clarkias. F. C. Burns was 

 awarded a certificate of merit for the 

 most meritorious exhibit in the show, 

 consisting of Pres. Wilson roses. He also 

 took firsp prizes for a bride 's bouquet 

 and table decoration, and second prizes 

 for baskets of flowering plants and cut 

 flowers. Richard Diener was awarded 

 first prizes for carnations, tliirty blooms, 

 not less than three varieties, and vase 

 of twelve pink carnations. He was given 

 second prize for a vase of carnations, 

 twenty-five blooms, one variety, on a 

 new type which he has developed, and 

 honorary mention for a seedling. 

 George Tyler took first prizes for car- 

 nations. E. W. McLellan captured a 

 first prize for roses, twenty-four blooms, 

 of four varieties. J. Figore took first 

 prize for twenty-five roses of one va- 

 riety. 



In sweet peas J. W. Schlosser was the 

 only prize-winner, receiving the prize 

 offered by "W. Atlee Burpee & Co., of 

 Philadelphia, for a collection of five 

 varieties, twelve spikes each. Other 

 winners were: R. Lohrmann, first pri^e 

 for rhododendrons; N. Madsen, gardener 

 for Mrs. L. Gerstle, first prize for 

 spirffias; N. Vanderbilt, prize of H. F. 

 Michell Co., Philadelphia, for delphin- 

 iums; J. Newman, first prize for irises; 

 George Ysujig, first prize for plants in 

 hanging baskets, foliage or flowering; 

 Mrs. George Young, cup of the San 

 Bafael Improvement Club, for basket of 

 cut flowers; F. Thatcher, second prize 

 for bride's bouquet. P. H. Eckelmann 

 was awarded a certificate of merit for 

 a notable showing of ten pots of calceo- 

 larias. 



Various Notes. 



J. A. Axell, manager of the San Fran- 

 cisco store of the E. W. McLellan Co., 

 plans to leave June 3 for his old home 

 in Minnesota, accompanied by Mrs. Ax- 

 ell. He will be gone a month or two 

 and during his absence his duties here 

 will be looked after by Henrv Avansino, 

 formerly of the Fairmont Floral Co. 



The E. W. McLellan Co. reports a big 



Mention The R«TleTr when yon writ*. 



Ferns in Flats 



in best varieties for Fern dishes, 

 $1.50 per 100. 



100,000 ready now. 



Write for Wholesale Catalogue of 

 Ferns, Kentias, etc., to 



H. PLATH, "The Ferneries" 



Lawrence and Winnipeg: Avenues, 



SAN FRANCISCO, CAL,. 



Mention The KeTlew when yon writ>. 



MASTODON PANSIES 



last season made records of germiqfUion with 

 many of our customers that wcri aftnost in- 

 credible. Our record is ll.OOO-plus to the oz., 

 but that record was outdistanced many times 

 last year by our patrons. 



A STRAIGHT TIP.- Wherever you buy your 

 seed this year, get it in time to make a germin- 

 ation test before you sow the main crop. 



1916 CUT PRICES 



Mastodon Mixed, ^8 oz., 65c; ^a oz., $2.26; oz., 



11.00; 4 ozs., $12.00. 

 Private Stock Mixed, ^ oz,. 1.00; H oz., $3,25; 



oz., $6.00; 4 ozs., $20.00. 

 Greenhouse Special (new), ^e oz., $1.00; >a oz., 



$1.00; oz., $8.00. 



STEELE'S PANSY GARDENS 



PORTLAND. ORCQON 



Mention The ReTJtw when yoo write. 



BEDDING STOCK 



Strong plants from ground : Sweet Williams, 

 Forget-me-nots, Columbines, Shasta Daisies, 

 Foxgloves, Coreopsis Scabiosa, Pentstemons, 

 English Daisies, Perennial Larkspurs, Cow- 

 slips, Gaill^rdias. Canterbury Bells, Cannas, 

 Violets. Pansies, Boxwoods. , 



From 2-inch pots; Stocks, Salvias, Snap- 

 dragons. Asters, Petunias, Fuchsias, Gerani- 

 ums, Pelargoniums, Asp. Ferns, Oleanders, 

 Clianthus, Primula Obc. Phlox Drummondii, 

 Santolinas, Zinnias, Chrysanthemums. 

 Lowest price. Also free samples on application 



Send for Price List on other plants 

 mCD O. VHLE. 224 Smkani Avt., tM JOSE. C«l 



Cecile Brunner Roses 



Fine strong plants. 

 From 2^-in. pots 13 00 per 100 



COLEUS, 2 varieties, fine b?dder8. 

 3-in. pots, 4 to 6 shoots $5.00 per 100 



Cash with order 



FRANK J. BELL 



62nd and Myrtle Sts., SEATTLE. WASH. 



Mention The Reriew when yon write. 



PALMS PALMS i 



Palme are our specialty. Kentla, Cocoa ^ 

 plumosa, Phoenix.Wasliingrtonla, Scaforthla, Ck 

 Corypba, etc., by the carloads. 



Ask for oar wholesale lUnstrated palm list. < 



EXOTIC NURSERIES i 



MOSS 



OREGON M0^9 



Large stock of best grade, baled, 

 now ready to ship. Write for 

 prices, stating quantity wanted. 



J. J. BUTZER 



Seedsman 

 188 Front Street, PORTUND, ORL 



Santa BartMura, Cal. 



M^ntlOD Tb« RfTtew whgp you wrtT*. 



Roses, Hardy Perennials, 



Ornamentals, Bedding Plants 



Ajlf ^or Price Listr. 



NonntainViewFloralCo. 



PORTLAND, OREGON 



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ASTERS 



Send for our newlbook, "The Home of Asters." 

 Plants of finest asters for cutting now ready, 



"THE HOMK OF ASTKRS" 



HERBERT & FLEISHAUER 



MoMINNVIIXK, ORKGON 



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CARNATIONS 



Buy of the grower and say^liitermedlat« 

 profits. We are specialists and ship everj- 

 where. 



GEO. WATSON ' 



2351 DobinsoD St. Los Angeles, Cal. 



Greenhouses at Covina Junction. 



PERENNIAL STOCK 



▲sparaeus Spreneerl, for benching 



•4-ineh ., 6c 



Chatelaine Besonlas 



8-inch, 6c; 4-inch lOc 



ACME FLORAL CO. 



Tel. Ma«tM m TUCOMA. W«SN. SOtb ui E. F ttt. 

 Mention Th» H<»tW>w wh>n yon writ* 



O. E. RKNZER 



R.1. BM815.P«rtlHd. Ore 



BEDDING PLANTS— PERENNIALS 



Cyclamen, grown from original Wands- 

 bek seed, strong, thrifty, $G.OO per JOO 

 for 2^-inch plants. 



Asters, transplanted, $1.00 100; $9.00 1000. 



Always mention the Florists' Review wheo 

 writing advertisers. 



