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74 



The Florists' Review 



October 12, 1916.* 



SPOKANE, WASH. 



The Market. 



With the arrival of cool weather and 

 ¥ heavy frosts business is showing a de- 

 cided improvement, especially in coun- 

 ter trade. Funeral business has been 

 brisk. Numerous weddings and other 

 social functions have provided good 

 business for the stores thaf cater to that 

 class of trade. 



All stock is showing an exceptional 

 quality, with roses, carnations and 

 mums predominating. The greatest im- 

 provement has been in carnations, 

 which are unusually good for this time, 

 of the year. 



Various Notes. 



Bernson & Halle are growing excep- 

 tionally good carnations, the stems and 

 blooms being above the average. 



A. J. Burt's store has had on display 

 an unusual assortment of potted plants 

 for so early in the season. While many 

 may doubt whether there is any great 

 profit in carrying a big assortment of 

 potted stock so early in the season, it 

 surely has been worth while in that it 

 has added greatly to the attractiveness 

 of the place. 



H. L, Olsson is a busy man, lifting 



and sorting his dahlia stock. He re- 



* ports a most profitable season and has 



'a fine big bunch of orders for roots for 



next spring to substantiate his claim. 



Robert Howard Smith, the vase and 

 pottery man, was a recent trade visitor. 

 He sold the Hoyt Bros. Co, a nice line 

 of fancy^ vases for the new windows. 



Work 'is progressing rapidly in the 

 remodeling of the Hoyt Bros. Co, store, 

 the cooler being almost completed and 

 the machinery installed. Although work- 

 ing at a disadvantage, the business has 

 been carried on as usual during the 

 alterations. 



Henry Reimer is about the only 

 grower who is forcing valley. He ex- 

 pects to be able to supply the entire 

 local demand. 



The city beautiful committee of the 

 Spokane Advertising Club, of which 

 John W. Duncan, superintendent of city 

 parks, and S, Younkin, of the Hoyt 

 Bros. Co., are members, has been view- 

 ing and judging the lawns and gardens 

 entered in the club's home ground im- 

 provement contest. . Spokane is dis- 

 tinctive for the interest which its citi- 

 zens show in the appearance of their 

 homes and lawns, much of which must 

 be credited to the men working on this 

 committee. L, B. H. 



POKTI.AND, GEE. 



The Market. 



The supply of outdoor flowers was 

 cut short October 3 by a heavy frost in 

 all parts of the city and vicinity. All 

 tender things were killed and many cut- 

 tings destroyed; even the geraniums 

 were injured. The frost was unusually 

 early and entirely unlooked-for, so con- 

 siderable stock that the growers intend- 

 ed to lift and put in the houses was 

 lost. 



The supply of indoor flowers, how- 

 ever, had increased, so there was no 

 serious shortage. Mums are being shown 

 extensively. The supply is partly local- 

 ly grown and partly California-grown, 

 Some of the varieties shipped in are 

 Chieftain, Rose Queen, Chrysolora, 

 Queen, Wells ' Yellow and Indiana, 



Business for the month of September 

 shows an improvement over that of the 



Now is the best time to start to sow the 



WINTER ORCHID-FLOWERING SWEET PEAS 



to follow the Chrysanthemum crop. No other flower will pay better. You will 

 have fine flowers from January until late in spring. All progressive florists 

 have abandoned growing the late Spencer and are making now four times as 

 much money with this early-flowering type, not only for inside but for out- 

 side planting. If sown in October and November they will bloom two to three 

 months earlier; if sown outdoors they wUl bloom three to four weeks earlier 

 than the late Spencers, producing more and better flowers and keeping the buds 

 during the most rainy weather. We have a limited quantity of the following 

 varieties to offer at reduced prices: 



PINK AND WHITE ORCHID, WHITE ORCHID. MRS. A. A. 

 SKACH, ORCHID BEAUTY, rose; LAVENDER ORCHID, lavender 

 pink; MISS PL. FARING, Yarrawa color. This lot will contain about two 

 to five per cent of the late hybrids of the same color and for late planting they 

 are of more value than the re-selected varieties of the same names. 



Price: 1 oz., 50c; 4 ozs., $1.50; lib., $5.00; 10 lbs., $46.00 



FLORISTS* WINTER ORCHID- FLOWERING MIXTURE. 



This mixture consists of all the leading commercial varieties of pink, rose, white 

 and lavender, with a very few red and blue. 



Price, $4.00 per pound. 



GOLD MEDAL MIXTURE. 



This is made up of about flfty distinct varieties, evenly balanced to each 

 color. It contains almost every variety in commerce, including this year's and 

 next year's novelties, all of the Winter Orchid type only. Last year we sold over 

 90,000 packets to private gardeners and retail florists. In semi-tropical coun- 

 tries they have been blooming all winter. In cooler climate, if sown early in 

 spring they bloom in May, three to four weeks earlier. Florists who keep 

 a seed counter should have this steadily on hand, ready for their customers. 

 Sold only in one size packets. Each packet contains sufficient seed to plant 

 30 to 40 feet of row. 



Prices: 1 pkt., 25c; 100 pkts., $12.00; 1000 pkts,, $100.00. 



Order now all you need for your winter or outdoor planting, as this lim- 

 ited quantity may not last long. 



For all other Sweet Pea Seed see our list, which is free for the asking. 



ANT. C. ZVOIANEK, sweet Pea Ranch, Lompoc, Galifomia 



Mention The R«Tl«ir when yon wrtf. 



Carnation Plant*. Field-grown — Enchantress, 

 White Wonder, White Encbantrees, Beacon, Cham- 

 pion. Herald. $5.00 per lOU. 



Primula Obconlca Majrnlflca $6.00 per 100 



Pterls Ferns. 4 best varieties, 2-in $20.00 per lOOO 



AsparafTUs Sprengerl, 3-ln $ 4.80 per 100 



Adlantum, for benching or growing on 10.00 per 100 

 Hydrangeas, pot-grown, ready for 6-in. 10.00 per 100 



ACME FLORAL CO. 



Ttl. Mt«*M m TAC8M«. WAIII. SMind E. F tts. 



M— tloB Th« BtJitw wh— yo« write. 



FIELD-GROWN HYDRANGEAS 



Best commercial varieties, fine stocky plants 

 from 15c up. Sample plants sent prepaid on 

 receipt of 25c in stamps. Large plants with 20 

 crowns or more, 40c each. 



3-inch, pot-grown, $6.00 per 100, 



A. I. ANDERSEN 



•M Bontb Avann*. PORTLAHD. ORB. 



MoBtlon Tho Rrlrw whwi yoH write. 



CYCLAMEN 



Heavy' 6-inch $0.60 



Heavy 7-inch 76 



Heavy 8- inch 1,00 



WOODUND PARK FLORAL CO. 



T«I«phon« 814 BUMNRR. WASH. 

 Mention Hie ReTlew when yon write. 



same month last year. The increase is 

 principally in local retail sales and is a 

 good indication that general conditions 

 in this city and vicinity have improved. 



O. E. PKNZER 



1. 1, Bm 815. pMttaMl. On. ' 



BEDDING PLANTS-PERENNIALS 



Primnla Obc. Orfl. separate colors, Primula Mala- 

 coldes and M. Alba, strong transplanted seedlings 

 from aato,$2.00 per 100: from 2-tn. pots,$3.00 per 100- 



Also the following new or rare Primroses:— Oock- 

 branlana, Bnlleyana, Dentlculata, Knsbyl, Acaalis, 

 blue and red, and Capltata, 4-ln. Cyclamen: prices 

 on application. 2'3-ln. Cyclamen all sold. 



Mention The Bevlew when yon write. 



ASTERS 



Send your order at once for a shipment of fin- 

 est asters for florists' use, $3.00 per 100 for the 

 best, 



"THE HOME OF ASTERS" 



HERBERT & FLEISHAUER 



MoMINNVIIXB, OREGON 



Mention Hie Reriew when you write. 



PRIMULA OBCONICA GIGANTEA, red 



rose-pink, lavender pink and mixed, 2-in.. 

 $8.00 per 100; MALACOIDES, line lavender 

 pink. 2%-in., $8.00 per 100; XMAS PEP- 

 PERS, 2^ -in.. $8.00 per 100; PTERI8 

 FERNS, ready for 2 and 2H-inch poU. |1.7B 

 per 100; CINERARIAS, BemurjPs atrala. 

 ready for 2 and 8-in. pota, $1.60 per 100. 



Above stock Is all A-l quality and ready for shift. 

 Seeds procured from specialists In Europe* 



H. L. OLSSON 



Wlioleeale Florist. 11 Post St., Spokane, Wash. 

 Mention The Beview when yon write. 



Various Notes. 



The Swiss Floral Co. has the contract 

 for the ferns and interior box filling 

 for the Multnomah hotel, which is about 



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