The Florists^ Review 



FlBBDABT 20. ttie. 



but no reduction in price has been no- 

 ticed. Boses hold their own, with fine 

 Hadley, Ophelia and Bussell to be had. 

 Home-grown violets are on the market 

 and are superior to those shipped in 

 from California. 



Various Notes. 



H. Hill, who for the last eighteen 

 months has had charge of the retail store 

 of the Montana Floral Exchange, Great 

 Falls, Mont., has accepted a position 

 with A. J. Burt. Mr. Hill is not a 

 stranger in Spokane, having formerly 

 been in the employ of Mr. Burt in his 

 old stand at Biverside and Lincoln. F. 

 G. Matthews, who for the last five years 

 has been in the employ of Mr. Burt, has 

 resigned to accept a position with the 

 Biverside Park cemetery as superintend- 

 ent. 



The Spokane Florists' Club held its 

 regular meeting February 10 in the 

 Stone room of the Spokane Silver Grill. 

 After dinner regular • business was dis- 

 cussed, with twenty-six members pres- 

 ent. C. T. Kipp, president of the Spo- 

 kane Florist Co., was chairman. The pro- 

 posed plant embargo was under discus- 

 sion at the last meeting and as no de- 

 cision could be reached, the .matter was 

 made an item of special business at this 

 meeting. A great deal was said on both 

 sides and it was the opinion of all pres- 

 ent that the short notice given growers 

 and importers to prepare for this em- 

 bargo was an injustice to the trade. 

 However, the welfare of the country as 

 regards the importation of insects and 

 diseases is the important issue and it 

 was decided not to send a protest to 

 Washington but to endorse the proposed 

 ruling. A special meeting was held by 

 the retail florists to consider the early 

 closing, which met with the approval of 

 all. It was decided to close week days at 

 7 p. m. instead of 9 p. m. and Sundays at 

 1 p. m. instead of 6 p. m. B. W. N. 



ELIORA, N. Y. 



Bichard King, superintendent of the 

 United States Cut Flower Co., believes 

 the continued bright weather is chiefly 

 responsible for the unusual crop of car- 

 nations and roses this season and, think- 

 ing other growers may have experienced 

 similar results, mentions an item of 36,- 

 000 carnation blooms for 1917, as com- 

 pared with 52,000 for 1918, the number 

 of plants being less in the last planting. 

 The cut of roses shows a like increase. 

 Carnation Belle Washburn is fine and 

 widely popular. Beacon, nearby, pales 

 in comparison. The rose, Jonkheer J. L. 

 Mock, is the standard summer variety. 

 It has been cut back and is being start- 

 ed up. A fine stock of geraniums and 

 carnations is seen, practically all out- 

 side of their own requirements bespoken. 

 This is one of the few places where a 

 good supply of stock plants of geraniums 

 was acquired in the fall. 



Bawson the Florist feels the loss of 

 Manager Durand, who is threatened 

 with the "flu." His right bower, Oscar 

 Formann, reports a busy season. 



John B. Budy has given up growing 

 violets, owing to the big call for plants 

 this season. Extra efforts are being 

 made to cope with the big spring call 

 for bedding stock. 



H. N. Hoffman may be seen in the 

 early morning making a tour of the 

 greenhouses before going to town, where 

 ht fills the oflBce of mayor acceptably, 

 as is evidenced by his continued occu- 

 pation of that seat of honor. Fred 



PANSY PLANT TINE 



TraaspUuitcd MaModon, private stock, 

 mixed coining into bud. Pair 100. Sl.SO; 

 eOO, S6.76: 1000. SlO.26. 



C«talogiM Ready 



SEED 



8to«l«'a MMtodon Gr««ahoaM, special 

 mixed. K. outside. >e oz. Sl.OOr oz.. 17.00. 



StMl*** Mastodon Prhratc Stock, mixed. 

 ^ oz., Sl.00; oz., 16.00. 



Steele'* Mastodon Mixed, k oz.. S1.S0: oz., 

 S6.00. 



'S PANSY GARDENS, Portland, Oregon. 



Los Robles Freesia Purity 



The LOS ROBLESstandardof quality, liberal srading and prooerly cured bulbs is evidenced 

 by renewed and standing orders fn>m year to year by many leading wholesale houses. 

 A trial order will make TOU a regular customer. 



Los Robles Nursery aiid Garden, Santa Cruz,Cal. 



Mention The ReTlew when yon write. 



OWN ROOT 



FIELD GROWN 



Howard Rose Co. 



Hemet, n CaHfornia 



HARDY PERENNIALS 



WRITE FOR PRICES 



THOMAS WYLIE 



BiSS Holly Stroot. SKATTU. WASH. 



ROOTED 



Carnation Cuttings 



For varieties and price write 



Peninsula Nursery, San Mateo, Cal. 



SEE OUR PRICE UST 



In The Review for Feb. 13. page 84, 

 and F^eb 6, page 96. 



WILSON-CROUT-GEHR Co. 



Ea»t 6!id and Ankenyhts., Portland, Ore. 



Gantz, for many years grower here, who 

 left for Florida to grow tomatoes, finds 

 growing carnations more profitable. He 

 has returned to his old post and is show- 

 ing results. W. M. 



CLEVELAND. 



The Market. 



Business for St. Valentine's day was 

 good. In fact, many of the retailers 

 report better business than for the holi- 

 day in 1918. Double violets arrived on 

 the market in good condition and 

 cleared well. Red carnations were in 

 good demand and advanced in price 

 accordingly. The supply was soon ex- 

 hausted and sweet peas also were short 

 of requirements. The same is true of 

 short-stemmed roses, which were in re- 

 quest for corsages. There were few red 



H. PLATH 



iMItMt Mi WiMlptg A< 



SAN riANaSCO, CAL 



Write for wholesale list of Ferns, 

 Eentias and Primula Oboonioa. 



Ferns for Fern dishes from 2^-in. 

 pots and flats a specialty. 



Mention The Berlew wh en jou wrtf . 



PRIMULA OBCONICA 



From 8-inch, 4-inch and 6-inch pots. S6.00, $8.00 



and 116.00 per lOu. 



Rtill have a few ouncea of Oruhe's ChamDion 



Strain hinh-Brade Petunia s^ed bt asc perTrd. 



Plct., $8.60 per ifl-oz.. $5.50 per k-oz.. $17.50 per oz. 



FRED GROHE CO. 



R. F. D. 4, Box 367. 8AMTA ROSA, CAL. 

 Mentton The Berlew wh en 70a writ*. 



Rooted Carnation Cuttings 



3000 Victory ) $ 3.00 per 100 



2^00 Matchless. . >■ 25.00 per 1000 

 1000 Alice \ Fine Stock 



Danier Floral Co., Forest Gro?e, Oregon 



roses to be had and Easter lilies also 

 werfe scarce. Callas are more plentiful. 

 Long-stemmed American Beauties are 

 scarce. Fine valley, which has bees 

 scarce, is in the market. Narcissi are 

 not so plentiful as they were and are 

 soon cleared. Tulips and jonquils are 

 enjoying a good demand. 



Various Notes. 



J. A. Peterson, of Cincinnati, was in 

 the city on business this week. 



George Potter is receiving congratula- 

 tions on the arrival at his home of a 

 ten-pound boy. 



John F. Guenther is having the front 

 of his store remodeled. He purchased 

 the building in which he is located some 

 time ago and intends to make improve- 

 ments in the upper floor and use it for 

 his headquarters. W. Pv B. 



