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The Florists^ Review 



Mabch 13, 1919. 



to unfavorable weather, is moving 

 slowly. 



Various Notes. 



Julius Broetje brought in during the 

 week the first fruit blossoms of the sea- 

 son. They were of the Japanese cherry 

 variety and made a fine showing. 



Mr. Crouch, of the Woodlawn Floral 

 Co., Seattle, Wash., was a visitor dur- 

 ing the Eotary Club convention. 



Martin & Forbes Co. is showing an ex- 

 cellent lot of orchids and has brought 

 in from the Forest Grove greenhouses 

 a fine lot of carnations. L. T. S. 



SEATTLE, WASH. 



The Market. 



Stock is getting scarcer every day 

 and the best flowers now are coming 

 from California. Some fine acacias are 

 being shipped in from California and 

 clean up readily; also excellent roses, 

 such as Columbia, Eussell and Ophelia. 

 Local-grown violets and sweet peas have 

 put in their appearance and are of good 

 quality. Carnations are scarce, as a 

 result of the fact that many of the 

 growers are getting ready for cucum- 

 bers and tomatoes. Potted Primula 

 obconica and Azalea mollis are being 

 shown extensively and are of good 

 quality. 



Various Notes. 



A. E. Moore has again joined the 

 store force of the Orpheum Floral Co. 



H. H. Peterson, of the Everett Floral 

 Co., Everett, Wash., was a visitor last 

 week. He reported business as excel- 

 lent in his city. 



H. E. Crouch, proprietor of the Wood- 

 lawn Flower Shop, has been confined to 

 bed on account of a general breakdown, 

 due to overwork. 



Bert Vingar is back with the Burns 

 Floral Co., after an absence of some 

 months. W. S. G. 



SPBENaERI TURNING YELLOW. 



Please tell me why my Asparagus 

 Sprengeri turns yellow. It grows well, 

 but the fronds are not dark green, as 

 they should be. I have fed them with 

 the liquid from shredded cow manure, 

 but it does not make the color any bet- 

 ter. Is sheep manure good for them? 



S. M.— Kan. 



Perhaps your soil is deficient in drain- 

 age or is not sufficiently porous. If 

 your soil becomes extremely wet and 

 soggy, causing acidity, the foliage will 

 come of a pale color. Eeduce the water 

 supply somewhat and, if you have any 

 soft coal soot, give the bed a dusting 

 of it and wash it in with the hose, or, 

 better still, put some soot in a bag and 

 weight with one or two bricks in order 

 to sink it in a tub of water. In a few 

 days the water will be black. Use one 

 part of this to eight parts of water and 

 apply to your asparagus. Scotch soot, 

 sold at many seed stores, is specially 

 good. C. W. 



FLORIST'S ARMY GARDENS. 



Foreign friends are not often seen in 

 the purlieus of Covent Garden these 

 days, says the Horticultural Advertiser, 

 but one visitor seen on several occa- 

 sions last week was M. Georges Truffaut, 

 of Versailles, whose name is widely 



Seasonable Plants, 

 Seeds and Supplies 



FLOWERING PLANTS. 

 Cinerarias — S-in., 50c. each. 

 Genistas — 6-ln., 86c. each. 

 Obconica Primrose — i-in., 20c.; 5-in., 

 35c.; 7-inch., 60c. each. 



Malacoldes mniroses — 5-ln., 25c. each. 

 CaUas — 6-ln., In bud, 60c. each. 

 Besronia Chatelaine — 1-ln., 25(r. each. 



DECORATIVE PLANTS. 



Ferns for fern dishes — $3.00 per 100. 



Fern dishes — 5-ln., 30c. each. 



Ferns — Scottll, Whltmanll, etc. — 5-ln., 

 40c.; 6-ln., 60c. each; lO-ln. postons, $2.25 

 each. 



Kentia Palms — l-in., 45c.; 5-ln., 75c.; 

 G-in., $1.25 to $2.75 each. 



Dracaenas — 3-ln., 8c. ; 4-in., 15c. ; 5-ln., 

 25c. each. 



Rubber Plants — 5-ln., 60c. each. 



Leopard Plants— 4-in., 25c. each. 



Azaleas, Hlnodlgrlri, 12 to 15-inch, $1.25. 



Erica. 6 varieties, 3% -inch, 20c. 



ROOTED CUTTINGS. 



Carnation rooted cuttings, $35.00 per 

 1,000. 



Victory, Matchless, Alice, Pink En- 

 chantress. 



Chrysanthemums — Rooted cuttings, 

 $15.00 per 1,000. Early Frost, Chrysolora. 

 White Chieftain, Pink Chieftain, Dr. En- 

 guehard. Golden Wedding, Alice, Patti, 

 Golden Salomon, Maud Dean, Frank Beu. 

 Fairy Queen, Diana. Garza, Baby Yellow, 

 Baby Marguerite, Climax. 

 SEEDS. 



The Swiss Floral Co.'s Famous Petunia 

 Seed. Pride of Portland, deep pink; 

 White Beauty, white; Elks' Pride, royal 

 purple; Irvlngton Beauty, peach; Scar- 

 let Beauty, scarlet, all from hand pol- 



inated flowers. Price, 60c per trade 

 package; 6 packages for $2.50. 



Plumo^us Seed — $1.25 per 1,000. 



Sprengeri Seed — $0.75 per 1,000. 



SPECIALS. 



Plllsbury's Carnation Staples. 1,000 for 

 35c. : 3,000 for $1.00. 



All Galvanized Hanging Baskets. 10- 



In., $1.66; 12-ln., $2.25; 14-in., $3.00 per 

 doz. 



Send for complete price list of frames. 



YOUNG STOCK. 



Asparagus Sprengeri — 2-ln., 8c.; 8-ln., 

 5c.; 4-in., 10c. : 5-in., 25c. each. 



Asparagus Plumosus — 2-ln., 8c. ; 3-lnu 

 7c. ; 5-ln., 25c. each. 



Bedding Plants — 2-ln., Heliotropes, 

 Lantanas. Cuphea, Fuchsia, Salvias, etc., 

 $4.00 per 100. 



Begonia Rex — 3-in., 15c.; 4-ln., 26c. 

 each. 



Colens — 20 best varieties, $4.00 per 100. 



Cinerarias — 2-in., grown from flnest 

 seed, $4.00 per 100; 3-ln., $10 per 100. 



Daisies — 2-ln., Mrs. Sander, $4.00 per 

 100. 



Owing to abnormally heavy advanced 

 sales we dare not offer Geraniums at the 

 present time. 



Gaillardias. fleld clumps, 12 %c. 

 each. 



Ivy, English — 3-ln., 8c. each. 



•TapAnese Iris, large clumps, mixed, 

 at 4c. and 10c. 



Snapdragons — 15,000 2-in., Nelrose, to 

 plant for spring flowers, $3.00 per 100; 

 3-in., $10.00 per 100. 



Hydrangeas— 4-in., well started, 25c. 



Obconica Primrose— 5,000 2- and 3-in., 

 12V4C. 



Wilson-Crout-Gehr Co. 



WHOLESALE FLORISTS 



East 62nd and Ankeny Streets Portland, Oregon 



Mention The Bevlew when you write. 



PANSY PLANT TINE 



Tranaplantcd Mastodon, private stock, 

 mixed, coming into bud. Per 100, $1.50; 

 500, $5.76; 1000. $10.25. 



1919 Crop Seed Prices Ready. 



SEED 



Steele's Mastodon Grcenhoosc, special 

 mixed. K. outside. >« oz,, $1.00; oz.. $7.00. 



Steele's Mastodon Private Stock, mixed, 

 H oz., $1.00; oz., $6.00. 



Steele's Mastodon Mixed, k oz.. $1.60; oz., 

 $6.00. 



STEELE'S PANSY GARDENS, Portland, Oregon. 



Los Robles Freesia Purity 



The LOS ROBLES standard of quality, liberal grading and prooerly cured bulbs is evidenced 

 by renewed and standing orders from year to year by many leading wholesale houses. 

 A trial order will make YOU a regular customer. 



Los Robles Nursery and Garden, Santa Cruz,Cal. 



ROOTED 



Carnation Cuttings 



For varieties and price write 



Peninsula Nursery, San Mateo, Cal. 



known in the trade. For several years 

 he has been doing a great work in 

 France, as a lieutenant of engineers, in 

 food production. He has had the mak- 

 ing and oversight of a large number of 

 army gardens, in addition to a huge 



HARDY PERENNIALS 



WRITE FOR PRICES 



THOMAS WYLIE 



81S« Holly StTMt. SIATTLB. WASH. 



nursery garden at Versailles, and he 

 has produced no fewer than 250,000,000 

 vegetable seedlings for distribution 

 among the camp gardens. He is now 

 demobilized and was looking around as 

 a matter of business and inspiration. 



