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The Florists' Review 



NOVEMBEB 9, 1916. 



Various Notes. 



H. L. Olsson is bringing in some fine 

 pot specimens of Chrysanthemum 

 Caprice, in its different colors. It 

 is easily the best pot variety seen 

 here. Mr. Olsson reports having almost 

 sold out of Primula obconica — nothing 

 left but the larger sizes in 6 and 7-inch 

 pots. 



The Spokane Greenhouse Co. is offer- 

 ing Chieftain and White Chieftain 

 mums. 



The Mrs. William Turner mums from 

 Adolph Donart, of Coeur d'Alene, 

 Idaho, are the best of their variety to 

 be seen anywhere in Spokane. A. J. 

 Burt is handling the entire crop and is 

 drawing admiring crowds to his store 

 with splendid window displays of this 

 great flower. 



The Spokane Florist Co. had a win- 

 dow recently which admirably displayed 

 the chrysanthemum stock. Brown bam- 

 boo cane stakes were used to construct 

 a sort of lattice or pergola, from which 

 were suspended Japanese lanterns. 



The Hoyt Bros. Co. is putting on the 

 finishing touches at 'the new store, 

 preparatory to making a formal 

 opening. 



Becent visitors included Adolph 

 Donart, of Coeur d'Alene, Idaho; Phil- 

 lip Weil, of the C. C. Pollworth Co., 

 Milwaukee; Mrs. Wilfred Dumas, of 

 Marble, Wash. The last-named former- 

 ly was Miss Winifred Doyle and a book- 

 keeper for A. J. Burt for several years. 



L. B. n. 



PORTLAND, ORE. 



The Market. 



Business for the month of October 

 shows a big advance over that for the 

 same month of 1915. Some concerns 

 report that it was nearly a record- 

 breaker and those interviewed expressed 

 great satisfaction over the figures for 

 the month. Weddings and funerals 

 used a large quantity of flowers and 

 counter trade for ordinary events cut 

 a heavy figure in the totals. The sup- 

 ply of flowers was at times less than 

 the demand, and at no time was there 

 any waste. Prices on high-grade stock 

 were a little higher than those of last 

 year. The growers have found a ready 

 market for their entire cuts, at prices 

 that left them a profit. 



The chrysanthemum is the leading 

 flower. Some of the varieties now of- 

 fered are Charles Turner, Bonnaffon, 

 Chieftain. White Chieftain, Charles Ea- 

 ger, Crocus, Queen, Ivory and Harvard. 

 The locally grown supply is about 

 equal to the demand and few California 

 mums are coming in. Pompons are of- 

 fered in great variety and sell well. 

 Calla lilies and a few easter lilies are 

 to be had. Bouvardias, violets, mignon- 

 ette, cyclamen blooms, Cattleya la- 

 biata flowers, alyssum and a short sup- 

 ply of valley are the principal small 

 flowers offered. A fair cut of roses, 

 including all the leading varieties, and 

 an increased supply of carnations, swell 

 the list of fall flowers to a normal point. 



The dry spell was broken November 

 28 after forty-seven days without rain, 

 and there is unusual activity at the 

 nurseries in filling orders which accumu- 

 lated. 



A few Lorraine begonias, cyclamens 

 and potted mums are the flowering 

 plants displayed. 



Halloween is not observed as a flower 

 event and no increase in business was 

 Eoted. 



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. 

 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; 1 lb., $5.00; 10 lbs., $45.00 



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 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. Each packet contains suflBcient 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. ZVOLANEK, sweet Pea Ranch, Lompoc, California 



Mention The Bartow when yoa wrlf. 



Peony Clumps 



Best varieties, 10 to 20 eyes 50c each 



Write for list. 

 Primula Malacoides. 3 colors, 3 inch ... .6c each 



ACME FLORAL CO. 



Ttl. MaCm IM T«COM«. W«SN. SOth ni E. F Id. 

 If eatlaB The Rerlew wbea job writ*. 



O. E. PKNZER 



1. 1, Bm 815, PMttaMl, Ore. 



BBDDINO PLANTS— PERENNIALS 



Primula Obconica. 2'Q-lnch, $4.{K) per 100: Mala- 

 coides, 4-lnch, stronsr, $12.50 per 100. New barely 

 varieties such as Biukllela Coi-kbraniana. Uentlcu- 

 lata. Acaulls. etc., out of 4-lnch pots, $8.00 per 100. 

 CycIaineD, several sizes, prices on application. 

 Dracaena Indlvlsa. '.'Vz-lnch, $4.00 per 100; .5 and 

 6-lDch. Cineraria, 2'<2-lnch, $3.50 per 100. 



Mentlea The Berlew when yon write. 



ASTERS 



Send your order at once for 1916 crop Aster 

 seed. Quality the best yet. Florists every- 

 where getting good results. 



"THK HOMK OP A8TKRS" 



HERBERT & FLEISHAUER 



MoMINHVILLK. OREGON 



Mention Tlie Rertew when yon write. 



Various Notes. 



Dealers in bulbs report a strong de- 

 mand, which hag increased since the 

 rains softened the ground. 



Asparagus Plumosus 

 Sprays 



The finest to be found on the Pa- 

 cific Coast, $1.00 per 100 sprays. 

 Try a shipment and then arrange 

 for a supply. 



KRAMER BROS. 



ONTARIO, CAL. 



Mention The ReTlew when yon write. 



PRIMULA OBCONICA OIOANTEA, red 



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

 $8.00 per 100; MALACOIDES. fine laTender 

 pink, 2V6-ln.. $8.00 per 100; XMA8 PEP- 

 PERS, 2H-ln.. $8.00 per 100; PTERI8 

 FERNS, ready for 2 and 2M-lnch pota. $1.75 

 per 100; CINERARIAS, BeiMry*a ■toaia, 

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



Above stock Is all A-1 quality and ready for shift. 

 Seeds procured from specialists in Europe- 



H. L. OLSSON 



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



Mention The Review when yon write. 



Gene Robinson is suffering with rheu- 

 matism and, though able to be about, 

 is not trying to do any work in his 

 greenhouses. 



