July 5, 1917. 



The Horists' Review 



63 



MASTODON PANSIES 



Originated by us, and perfected by twen- 

 ty-four years of exclusive cultivation, 

 aided by an ideal climate, have reached a 

 development in enormous size as well as 

 color, form and range of colors, that has 

 won the acclamation of the highest expert 

 authorities of floriculture in America. 



PRICES, NET 



One-sixteenth ounce of any variety, 65c. 



% oz. 



Steele's Mastodon Mixed $0.75 



Steele's Mastodon Private Stock Mixed 1.00 



Steele's Greenhouse Special Mixed (O.K. outside) 1.00 



Steele's Madame Steele, Elks' Purple 1.25 



Separate colors grown in separate gardens. 



The Price of each of the varieties named below is as follows: 1/16 oz.. 65c; ^s oz . $1.00; ^4 oz., $2.00; ^ oz . $3.7S; oz.. $7.00 



Black Mastodon, huge in size. 



Bronze Mastodon, the most popular strain we have. 



Panama-Pacific Yellow, those wonderful Exposition 



pansies. 

 Prince Henry, the largest and finest blue in existence. 

 Madame Perret, rose and red shades. 



STEELE'S PANSY GARDENS, 



Parisian Yellow, a pure yellow of marvelous size. 

 Meteor, a wine red— a profuse bloomer. 

 Grand Duke Michel, the premier large all white pansy. 

 White Mastodon, dark center— the largest pansies we 

 have ever seen. 



PORTLAND, OREGON 



M<>nt1on Th«» Ri»t1«»w wb^n yon writ*. 



store, is spending his vacation in Walla 

 Wklla, Wash. 



Martin & Forbes ' display window last 

 week contained a large peacock, which 

 attracted much attention. 



Mr. Scott has resigned his position 

 with the Portland Seed Co. and has 

 been succeeded by Roy Clark. 



Oscar Moeller, who spent the week 

 end in Astoria, reports that Erickson 

 Bros, are doing an excellent business. 



The new houses at the Holden Floral 

 Co. range have been completed. They 

 were erected by Walter Thomson, 



Most of the growers are busy plant- 

 ing mums. 



S. W. Walker, of the Sunnyside 

 Greenhouses, expects to become a gov- 

 ernment inspector of the wooden ships 

 that are to be built here. W. G. W. 



TACOMA, WASH. 



All staple items are in sufficient sup- 

 ply for present demands, with the prob- 

 able exception of local roses and 

 greens. There is a slight lull noticeable 

 after the steady rush of last week 's 

 business, but there is no business de- 

 pression. Weddings are still a big part 

 of the activity, but graduations are all 

 over with and funeral work is not so 

 heavy. The weather has been fair, but 

 not so warm as we usually expect at 

 this season, 



All parks and private grounds now 

 are a mass of roses. Auto loads of these 

 blooms were used at the annual rose 

 show, which took place June 29 and 

 ^0, There were forty-seven cups and 

 vases as prizes. The judges were George 

 A, Hill, of the Metropolitan park board; 



CHRYSANTHENDNS, R. C. 



200 Mrs, Robinson 

 250 KlnK 

 100 Morel 



50 Infant des Mundes 

 100 Klnsr Kora 



75 Smith's Sensation 



.50 Jerome Jones 

 100 (ilory of Pacific 



60 O. P. Bertha 



200 Ur. EnKueliard 



100 Nivalis 



800 Yellow Konnaffon 



250 October Fr(wt 



160 Queen 



250 Unaka 



250 Chleftiiln 



260 Monrovia 



$10,00 i><>r 1000 



for the lot. Cash, please. 



FRED G. EHLE 



234 Sanborn Ave., SAN ,JOSK, CAL. 



Mention The Review when you write, 



Thomas Topping, superintendent of 

 the Tacoma cemetery; F, C. Smith, of 

 the Smith Floral Co.; George Seaverns, 

 of the Northwestern Floral Co.; Carl 

 F, Morrisse and Mrs. Louis Brehm. 



A, G, Seamons, of Van Slyke & Sea- 

 mons, has gone to Aberdeen on busi- 

 ness, 



A, Lingham, of Puyallup, is shipping 

 in some fine delphiniums, B, G. 



SPOKANE, WASH, 



The Market. 



Last week ushered in the usual sum- 

 mer condition of the market. There 

 was plenty of stock and little call for 

 it. Outdoor flowers were good and plen- 

 tiful. They are being used to a great 

 extent for home decoration, June wed- 

 dings were more numerous than usual 

 and many of them brought good orders 

 to the florists. 



Various Notes. 



A, J, Burt is wearing a satisfied look 



ORDER NOW 



PRINULA 06C0NICA 



(Ronsdorffer Strain) 

 2 X -inch pots, $5.00 per 100 



Write for Wholesale List of 



Ferns in flats and 2i2-inch pots; 



also Adiantum, Nephrolepis, 



Kentias, etc. 



H. PLATH 



"THE FERNERIES" 



Lawrence ind Winnipef AveoMS 

 SAN FRANCISCO. CAL 



Mention The Review when you write. 



and says that business during the last 

 season was exceptionally good. Mr, 

 Burt and his wife expect to take a va- 

 cation of a month in California. 



Miss Agnes Morris and F. G, Mat- 

 thews, who is emj)loyed in A. J. Burt's 

 store, were married June 11, After a 

 short honeymoon Mr, and Mrs, Mat- 

 thews returned to Spokane, 



F, A, Hewlett, of the Spokane Seed 

 Co, and formerly manager of the seed 

 department of the Adolph Donart store, 

 has resigned to take a position with the 



