August 2, 1917. 



The Florists^ Review 



59 



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. ^4 oz. ^2 oz. oz. 



Steele's Mastodon Mixed $0.75 $1.60 $2.76 $6.00 



Steele's Mastodon Private Stock Mixed 1.00 1.75 8.26 6.00 



Steele's Greenhouse Special Mixed (O.K. outside) 1.00 2.00 4.00 8.00 



Steele's Madame Steele. Elks' Purple 1.26 2.00 



Separate colors grown in separate gardens. 



The Price of e^(ch of the varieties aamed below is as follows: 1/16 oz.. 65c; ^s oz.. $1.00; ^ oz., $2.00; ^ oz., $3.75; 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 



a good chance that scions will get on 

 their own roots when root grafted. 



Division of the Boots. 



The division method of propagation 

 should be easily comprehended. It is 

 applied mostly to herbaceous or hardy 

 border plants and some greenhouse 

 plants. It is best done when the plants 

 are at rest. It is also the general prSjC- 

 tice with ferns, except some tree ferns, 

 in which case one must depend on spores, 

 which will be described farther on. 



Propagation by Seeds. 



One does not have to look far for evi- 

 dence of the seed method in the propa- 

 gation of plants. It is to be seen every- 

 where. To reproduce itself is the last 

 expiring effort of all plant life. The 

 annual does it in one year, the biennial 

 in two. When an old black spruce or 

 pitch pine is seen loaded with cones it 

 is getting ready to die. I have known 

 peach trees make an unusual floral dis- 

 play, set a big crop of fruit, and die 

 before bringing it to maturity. It is 

 often stated that peach trees are short- 

 lived. The probability is that they had 

 been allowed to carry too much fruit. 



When a cutting, layer or graft is 

 started the parent is reproduced, but 

 when a seed is started a new individual 

 is created. Seedlings have an individ- 

 ualism not possessed by cuttings or 

 layers. A counterpart of the parent 

 may be reproduced, or something new 

 is liable to happen. In the one way it 

 is known what to expect, in the other 

 it is uncertain, and therein lies the fas 

 cination of growing plants from seed. 

 A man with a thousand carnation seed- 

 lings about to bloom is on tiptoe all 

 the time. 



I To be coiitiinieil 1 



WESTERN CLAY PRODUCTS CO., INC. 



Manufacturers of 



"Quality" Standard Red Flower Pete torBa^;:^' ^ **' """"• 



"A POT OR A CARLOAD" ' = : : : 



S'une"fVe"d%r^'^?tfy 15?2 "POTS THAT GIVE SATISFACTION" 



EVERETT, WASH. 



Broadway and 38th Street, 



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Mention The RfTlow when yoK write. 



New White and Pink 



POINSETTIAS 



$3.00 per dozen; $20.00 per 100. 

 2i2-inch, true Xmas type. $6.00 per 100; $50.00 

 per 1000. 



CYCLAMEN 



3-inch. $8.00 per 100: 4-inch, $15.00 per 100. 

 FIELD-GROWN 



CARNATION PLANTS 



Matchless. W. Enchantress, R. P. Enchantress, 

 Akehurst and Enchantress. 

 $6.00 per 100; $50.00 per lOOO. 



THOMAS FLORAL CO. 



THOMAS, WASH. 



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POINSETTIAS 



2i<2-inch $6.00 per 100 



Mmc. Chatenay Roses, 4-inch, $10.00 per 100 

 Maidenhair for Benching $5.00 per 100 



ACME FLORAL CO. 



5 19 E. 50th Street, TACOMA, WASH. 



Mention The ReTlew wken yon write. 



Ottawa, 111. — Work has begun on an- 

 other large cucumber house for the 

 Davis-Steiner Co., to cost, it is said, 

 $75,000. This is the fourth house of 

 tlie company and will be 84x900 feet. 



FIELD-GROWN 



CARNATION PLANTS 



$6.00 per 100; $50.00 per 1000 



Early and Late Chrysanthemums 



from 2i2-inch pots. 

 Write for list. 



Stuber & Richardson 



4852 Holly St., SEATTLE, WASH. 



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ASTERS 



Send your order at once for 1916 crop Aster 

 seed. Quality the best yet. Florists every- 

 where getting good results. 



"THK HOMK OF A8TKRS" 



HERBERT & FLEISHAUER 



McMINNVILLK, ORKGON 



Mention The ReTlew wb«>n yon write. 



Asp. Pluniosiis, A. SproiKferi. CarDatlon. Delplil- 

 niuni. Fuclisla, (ieranlum. Heliotrope. Lantana 

 Petunia. Pelaifironlum. Ktc. .Send for price List. 



FRKI) <;. KHLE 



224 Sanborn Ave.. SAN JOSE. CAL. 



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