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The Florists' Review 



MOTSMBIfi 2, 1916. 



sign. Kverything is kept in order and 

 clean, even to 'the cement floor in the 

 boiler room. The heating system is 

 built for steaDj^ , A battery of four 

 pumps, set in a concrete pit, forces the 

 condensed water b^ck into the boiler 

 from a large trap, and furnishes a sup- 

 ply of water from a well into an up- 

 right cylindrical pressure tank. The 

 main crop is Ophelia, with quantities 

 of Mrs. Ward, Hoosier Beauty, Rich- 

 mond, Killarney, Sunburst and others. 

 There also are trial lots of Gorgeous, 

 September Morn, Tipperary and several 

 more. A small house of carnations is 

 grown and another of mums. Mr. 

 Martin explained that the demand for 

 roses was so heavy that two houses 

 holding 2,800 lineal feet of benches 

 had been shifted from carnations to 

 roses this year, and that the company 

 planned to devote the entire ran^e to 

 them. Pipe headers are located at each 

 end of the benches and from them 

 wires are stretched at a height of 

 about four feet over each row. A wire 

 stake fastened to the overhead wire 

 supports each plant. The quality of 

 the output of this range has excited 

 favorable comment from experts, and 

 the company has at no time been able 

 to fill all orders, even though it was 

 daily cutting over 1,600 Ophelia roses 

 during the height of the fall season. 

 Whether it is the soil, the climate, the 

 water, the method of handling, or a 

 combination of all these factors, it is 

 certain that first-class roses can ' be 

 grown under glass in the Tualitin 

 valley. 



S. W. W. 



KENNEWICK, WASH. 



Some months ago the firm of Breit- 

 haupt & Eeed dissolved partnership, J. 

 B. Slaughenhaupt buying the green- 

 house end of the business, which he 

 now is conducting. C. F. Breithaupt 

 became manager of the ornamental de- 

 partment of the Washington Nurseries, 

 at Toppenish, and the nursery depart- 

 ment was consolidated with the Top- 

 penish company. During October most 

 of the stock was shipped and replanted 

 at Toppenish. 



F. C. Woods, who began in the green- 

 house business in a small way, is meet- 

 ing with success and looking forward to 

 an increase in his facilities. 



L. E. Freeman is manager of the 

 Home Nursery Co., at Richland, and is 

 doing a prosperous business. 



The Highland Nursery of E. O. Keene 

 is one of the latest to ^ter the business 

 here. 



C. E. Hillier & W^fe is the unusual 

 firm name of a concern doing a success- 

 ful business in fancy early fruits, fiow- 

 ers and vegetables. They have glass 

 on their truck farm at Seventh and B 

 streets. 



SPOKANE, WASH. 



The Market. 



Business with the retailers has been 

 most satisfactory. There has been a 

 good run of average-sized funeral 

 orders, interspersed with some good 

 decorative work, while the regular 

 over-the-counter trade has been and 

 continues fully up to expectations. 

 Numerous society affairs, including im- 

 portant debutante parties, have afforded 

 the florists good opportunities for dis- 

 play of their artistic abilities. 



Needless to say, the prosperity among 

 the retailers has pleased the growers 



. 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 will 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. 

 8KACH, ORCHID BEAUTY, ros^ LAVENDER ORCHID, lavender 

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

 to fiveper cent of the late bst)rida^f the same color and for late planting they 

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



Price: 1 oz., 60c; 4 ozs., $1.50; 1 lb., $5.00; 10 lbs., $46.00 



FLORISTS' WINTER ORCHID- FLO WERINO 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 fifty 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. Ekch packet contains sufiicient seed to plant 

 30 to 40 feet of row. 



■ Prices: 1 pkt., 26c; 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. ZVOLANEK, Sweet rea Rnck, LoDipoc, California 



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Mention The Bertew when jcn write. 



Peony Clumps 



Best varieties. 10 to 20 eyes 50c each 



Write for list. 

 Primula Malacoides. 3 colors, 3 inch 6c each 



ACME FLORAL CO. 



Til. MaC(M in TACOMA. WASH. SMi aai E. f Its. 

 Meatlee The Rerlew when yom write. 



and wholesalers, who, for the most 

 part, have had a hard time supplying 

 stock to fill orders. The weather has 

 been most favorable for the gp-eenhouse- 

 men, with plenty of sunshine and not 

 much temperature below the freezing 

 point. Mums are rather scarce as re- 

 gards home products, but any deficiency 

 is being cared for with California stock. 

 This stock, however, has not been up 

 to the usual standard in quality. 



Roses continue in splendid quality 

 and more than suflBcient quantity. Car- 

 nations are of fair quality, with the 

 demand a little above the supply. 



Various Notes. 



Jack Burt, who started in the busi- 

 ness lass summer, is enthusiastic con- 

 cerning the business he is doing at his 

 Lincoln street store, which is known as 

 Jack Burt's Flower Shop. He is plan- 

 ning some interior changes in his store. 

 Prior to his entrance into the flower 



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BKDDINO PLANTS-PERENNIALS 



Primnia Obc. Grfl. separate colors, Piiniula Mala- 

 coides and H. Alba, BtroDK trausplanted seedllDfrs 

 from flat8,$2.00 ptr 100; from 2-ln. pots, $3 00 per 100- 



AIbo the followlngr new or rare Primroses:— Cock- 

 branlana, Kulleyaoa, Dentlculata, Husbyl, Acaalls, 

 blue and red, and Capltata, 4-Id. Cyclamen; prlcea 

 on appUcaUon. 2Si-in. Cyclamen all sold. 



Hentlen The Bcrlew when 70a write. 



ASTERS 



Send your order at once for 1916 crop Aster 

 seed. Quality the best yet. Florists every- 

 where getting good results. 



"THE HOME or ASTERS" 



HERBERT & FLEISHAUER 



McMINNVILLE, OREGON 



Mention The Rerlew when yoo write. 



PRIMULA OBCONICA GIGANTEA, red 



rose-plnk, lavender pink and mixed, 2-ln., 

 $3.00 per 100; MALACOIDES, fine larender 

 pink, 2V4-ln., $3.00 per 100; XMA.S PEP- 

 PERS, 2^4 -tn., $8.00 per 100; PTEBIS 

 FERNS, ready for 2 and 2 H -Inch poU, $1.7B 

 per 100; CINERARIAS, Benary's strain, 

 ready for 2 and 8-ln. pote. $1.60 per lOd. 



Above stock Is all A-1 qnality and ready for nhlft. 

 Seeds procured from specialists In Europe- 



H. L. OLSSON 



Wholesale Florist, 11 Post St., Spokaue, Wash. 



Mention The Review when yon write. 



business, Mr. Burt was a clothing sales- 

 man. Though handicapped by a lack 

 of experience with flowers, his ability 

 as a salesman, combined with a willing- 



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