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The Florists^ Review 



Afbil 24, 1919. 



dition to the store msh occasioned by 

 the Hearst funeral and the holiday 

 trade, made one of the busiest weeks in 

 the history of the firm's business. 



B. M. Joseph did considerable work 

 for the Hearst funeral, including a $500 

 piece of roses, orchids, etc., on a tele- 

 graphic order from New York. Here 

 extensive preparations were made for 

 Easter and the rush was reported start- 

 ing in earlier than usual. 



Albert O. Stein's store on Sutter 

 street, which is particularly adapted to 

 elaborate displays, never made a finer 

 showing than for this Easter, the stock 

 including a number of large novelty 

 rose plants. For April 27 Mr. Stein 

 has an outdoor wedding decoration for 

 one of the country estates in Menlo 

 Park, which, it is expected, will keep a 

 force of men busy for three days. 

 Another nice order for the week after 

 Easter is for bouquets for a wedding in 

 Berkeley. The bouquet of the bride-to- 

 be will consist of gardenias, phalsenop- 

 sis, etc.; that of the maid of honor, of 

 peonies; those of the four bridesmaids 

 will be bracelet bouquets of Columbia 

 roses, while the flower girl will carry a 

 staff of Dorothy Perkins roses and snap- 

 dragons. 



Mrs. Bartlett, formerly with Fred C. 

 Jaeger & Son, has accepted a position 

 with Julius Eppstein at the St. Francis 

 hotel. It is understood Miss Bene 

 Orosthwaite, who has been at the hotel 

 stand for some time, and who for sev- 

 eral years before was at the Palace ho- 

 tel, is leaving shortly to be married. 



Mrs. E. E. Darbee is well satisfied 

 with Easter shipping business. Early in 

 the week she started on long-distance 

 orders and barely had them out of the 

 way when a rush of work came in for 

 the Hearst funeral. This was followed 

 by shorter-distance shipping orders and 

 the Easter retail demand. 



W. C. Murray, cousin of Miss Ee- 

 cardie Lee Murray, and associated with 

 her in business, has resumed his duties 

 after an illness which kept him away 

 from the store most of the time for 

 several months. 



Mrs. Coleman, whose store on Sutter 

 street is always in perfect condition, as 

 far as the arrangement of stock and 

 cleanliness is concerned, made a wonder- 

 ful Easter display and was rewarded 

 by having business start out with a 

 rush. 



At the J. B. Boland establishment, 

 Mrs. Eoberts was gratified to have 

 stock so fine and conditions generally 

 favorable for a banner Easter trade. 



Adolph Winters, of Eichmond, Cal., is 

 preparing to erect a new business block 

 at the corner of Macdonald and Elev- 

 enth streets, a portion of which he will 

 occupy with his flower business. He also 

 is engaged in the music business and 

 in the new location will have increased 

 facilities for both lines. M. M. 



KANSAS CITY, MO. 



The Market. 



Just how the dearth of lilies would 

 affect the Easter business was a question 

 that the growers and dealers seriously 

 pondered over. Apparently it did not 

 make any difference, as there was a 

 steadily increasing flow of orders all 

 last week, but the reports are not yet 

 all in. Such a condition as the present 

 has never before confronted the florists, 

 but, while Easter and lilies are always 

 associated, the public has had to adapt 



TIPS TO TIMOr 

 GROWERS 



Let's "make hay" right now. Let's 

 put over "Say It with Flowers." 

 Let's boost the S. A. F. and the F. 

 T. D.; let's help each other. Plenty 

 of bosiness for all of us. Let's tfrow 

 more pansies. Why not Mastodon 

 Pansies? 



1919 CROP Seed 

 Prices Ready 



Steele's Mastodon Oreenhoaiie, 



special mixed, O. K. ontslde. 

 '8 0Z.,$l.(K);oz., $7.00. 



Steele's Mastodon Private 

 Stock, mixed. H oz.,$1.00; oz., 

 $6.00. 



Steele's Mastodon Mixed, ^ 



oz., $1.50; oz., $5.00 



STEELE'S PANSY GARDENS, Portland, Ore. 



Mention The Bevlew when you write. 



Asparagus Plumosus Seed 



1,000 seeds $1.00 



Pound 7.60 



12,00O to pound Dealers' prices on 5 pounds or more. 



Asparagus Sprengeri Seed 



1,000 seeds $0.75 



Guaranteed Strong Germinating Qualities 



PlonuMos Yearlings, $10.00 per 1,000 | Sprengeri Yearlings. .$8.00 per 1,000 



H. N. GAGE CO., Inc., Montebello, Cal. 



Los Robles Freesia Purity 



The LOS ROBLES standard of Quality, liberal grading and properly cured bulbs is evidenced 

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

 A trial order will make TOU a regular customer. 



Los Robles Nursery and Garden, Santa Cruz, Cal. 



itself to so many changes in the last 

 few years, on account of the war, that 

 such plants and cut flowers as were on 

 display were cheerfully accepted as sub- 

 stitutes for lilies. There were some 

 lilies, but not nearly enough to supply 

 the demand. According to present in- 

 dications, the supply of cut flowers is 

 sufficient to fill all orders. 



There was a slight advance in prices 

 for the holiday. Boses were from 8 to 20 

 cents; carnations, 6 cents; tulips, 4 

 to 6 cents; jonquils, 8 cents; sweet peas, 

 75 cents to $1.50 per hundred. After 

 much cloudy weather, the steady sun- 

 shine of the last two days has helped to 

 bring carnations to perfection and a 

 heavy cut of these is arriving. 



Various Notes. 



The W. L. Rock Flower Co. recently 

 cut about 10,000 carnations, which were 

 a big help in supplying Easter trade. 

 The company added about thirty people 

 to the regular force for Easter. 



Miss Hayden, of Samuel Murray's, 

 has returned from a short visit in Chi- 

 cago. 



More than 200 elm trees were planted 

 in Wichita, Kan., April 13, by the Boy 

 Scouts as a memorial to Theodore Roose- 

 velt. The trees, which were furnished 

 by the city park authorities, were plant- 



Bedding Plants 



See our advertisement on page 112 

 in the April 10 issue of The Review. 



WILSON -CROUT-GEHR CO. 



Wholesale Florists 

 East B2ari tni Ankeiiy Streets. PORTLAND, ORE. 



Mention The Review when yon write. 



ed along both sides of the boulevard 

 leading to Sims park. The boys will 

 care for the trees and replace any that 

 die. 



The Kansas City Garden Association, 

 a committee under the direction of the 

 Council of National Defense, will carry 

 on the community garden work organ- 

 ized and developed last year by the Kan- 

 sas City Real Estate Board. Through 

 the efforts of the board, tracts of un- 

 used ground were lent free of charge 

 to applicants, who utilized the space 

 for war gardens. An executive secre- 

 tary has been appointed by the asso- 

 ciation to distribute seeds, superintend 

 the planting and cultivation of the gar- 

 dens and offer advice on all cultural 

 matters. J. E. K. 



Davenport, la. — Miss Nell Houston 

 has opened a flower store at 206 West 

 Third street. 



