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The Florists' Review 





August 10, 1916. 



afternoon, seeing that everything went 

 smoothly, and his efforts were highly 

 successful, earning the hearty apprecia- 

 tion of all present. The afternoon passed 

 pleasantly and most of the picnickers 

 stayed until the 7:30 train. 



.Various Notes. 



The California Dahlia Growers' Asso- 

 ciation now is counting on making its 

 show next month the finest dahlia ex- 

 hibition ever held on the coast. Ar- 

 rangements are nearly complete and 

 more than enough exhibits to fill the 

 hall have been offered, the stock being, 

 according to present promise, exception- 

 ally fine. The premium list will be 

 printed next week. Twenty-one cups 

 have been secured as prizes. These are 

 now being shown in the windows of 

 Podesta & Baldocchi, Pelicano, Eossi & 

 Co., the California Seed Co., C. C. Morse 

 & Co. and Shick's, on Clement street. 

 It is desired to encourage the produc- 

 tion of new seedlings and, accordingly, 

 while only 3-year-old seedlings are 

 given official recognition, a cup is being 

 offered for the best collection of 1916 

 seedlings. It is believed that a great 

 lot of new seedlings will be brought 

 out and the Pacific coast undoubtedly 

 will be put on the dahlia map as it never 

 has been before. Whether as a result 

 or a cause of the dahlia show activity, 

 it seems that the public is taking a 

 grreat deal more interest in these flowers 

 this year than before. Well known va- 

 rieties are well received and some of 

 the more showy new varieties are get- 

 ting a great deal of inquiry. 



Pelicano, Rossi & Co. are featuring a 

 magnificent cut of dahlias grown on F. 

 Pelicano 's place. Burgle, Delice, Kit- 

 tlewell and Van den Daele are among 

 the most conspicuous, but some of the 

 new seedlings shown at the exposition 

 last year are making a fine showing. 



The San Francisco Floral Co. opened 

 a wholesale store several weeks ago at 

 431 Bush street. 



The Hallawell Seed Co., handling 

 seeds, plants and nursery stock at 258 

 Market street, has taken the adjoining 

 store and is combining the two, putting 

 in new fittings and refinishing through- 

 out, in order to handle the increase of 

 business during the fall. The place has 

 grown from one small store, taking on 

 a rear shipping department on Davis 

 street, and later adding a mezzanine 

 floor. 



D. Raymond, manager of the Garden 

 City Pottery Co., returned a few days 

 ago from a vacation at Santa Cruz. The 

 fish were not biting, but Mr. Raymond 

 got well sunburned. On his return, he 

 and E. James, president of the Pacific 

 Coast Horticultural Society, and H. 

 Plath, former president, made an auto- 

 mobile trip, on business and pleasure, 

 through San Mateo county, visiting 

 many of the growers and nurserymen. 



J. A. Axell, of the E. W. McLellan 

 Co., returned the first of the week from 

 a vacation trip of nearly two months, 

 much of which he spent on his parents' 

 ranch in Wisconsin, with some time in 

 traveling to the large cities. He feels 

 greatly refreshed and is getting back 

 in the harness, with his usual "pep" 

 and energy. 



Shibuya & Ishida, the Menlo Park 

 growers, are bringing in a good cut of 

 Lilium rubrum at present and soon will 

 begin cutting from a planting of about 

 40,000 pompon mums and 50,000 large 

 blooms. They believe the pompons will 



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E A MARVELOUS SUCCESS 



S The only Exclusive Pansy Indus- 



= try in America. The above strain, 



E originated by us, includes white 



E and dark center, dark blue center 



= and light blue center, pure white, 



E black, lavender, violet, blue, rose, 



E bronze (new), royal purple (new), 



= cerise red, red with silver rim, 



E mahogany, yellow (new), wine- 



S colored, red and gold, lavender and 



S gold, with a dozen or more variations 



S in each color, in size measuring up to 



— S'^e inches in diameter. We shall be 



S pleased to receive a trial order from 



E you, and you ^11 ba delighted when 



E they germinate and when they bloom. 



E Separat* Colon. Catalocuo. 



= 1016 CDT PRICKS S 



E Mastodon Mixed, ^ oz., 65c; ^ oz., $2.25; Private Stock Mixed, ^ oz., $1.00; ^ oz., S 



— oz.. $4.00; 4 oz., $12^. ${.25; oz., $6.00; 4 oz., $-20.00. S 



S Greenhouse Special (new), ^ oz., $1.00; ^ oz., $4.00; oz., $8.00. S 



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Mention The Rartew when yon write. 



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We have harvested part of the following 



Winter Orchid Flowering Sweet Pea Seed 



which we are ready to ship as long as they last: 



Vrm. A. A. Skaoli. Whit* Orohld, Red Orchid, Lavender Orchid, all at tl.OO oz. Pink 

 and White Orchid, Orchid Beauty, at 76c oz. Mrs. Jos. Manda, Mrs. M. Spanolln, 

 Dolasky Orcbld, at 11.26 oz. Miss VI. Roland, Aprloot OrclUd, at 12.00 oz. Mom- 

 loK Star, THe Czar. Servian Prince (magenta). CHRISTMAS PXHK ORCHID, all 



atl4.00oz. Lavender Nora, Lavender Queen (same as Anita Wehrman), at 60c oz. VKMUS, 

 $1.60 oz. Boheiaian Oirl, $2.00 oz. Less in pound lots. 



All other varieties will be harvested soon. Ask for complete list. You can get almost all 

 those varieties in my original packets from A. L. Randall Co., Cblcaco; R. J. Irwin, 

 He^r Tork; ■. 8. Skldelsky, PbUadelplila. Never accept any Winter Orchid Sweet 

 Pea Seed in open packet or without my trade nuurk on it. It surely will be fraud. 



Novelties will be ready in August. 



Purdue University, Lafayette, Ind. 

 June 19, 1916. 



We were certainly pleased with the results secured 



from your Seed last year and florists who visited the University greenhouses said they 

 were the finest sweet peas they had ever seen. They made an unusually strong growth 

 and produced great Quantities of blooms. 



CHAS. B. SAYRE, instructor in Floriculture. 



I have received over 1000 such testimonials inside of ten months. 



WARNIHG:— There are or will be advertised many so-called new Winter Spencers. I 

 have seen many new names on the Exhibition tables, but by careful examination all were 

 identical with my older Winter Orchid, years in commerce, excepting the Yarrawa. Should 

 you buy any such so-called novelty, test it side by side with my original varieties and 

 Judge for yourself. 



ART. C. ZVOLANEK, sweet Pea Ranch, Lompoc, Cslifomia 



