Mat 1, 1910. 



The Florists^ Review 



89 



Do Plants Thrive inn 

 Concrete Flower Pots [ 



This Cineraria plant, with a head of 

 flowers 22 inches across, was grown 

 in a 6-mch Concrete flower pot. 



The cost of Concrete flower pots, with ce- 

 ment at $2.60 per barrel, sand at $1.00 per 

 yard and labor at 40c per hour, is as 

 follows: 



2ii2-in. po's $ 7>:0 per 1000 



3-in. pots 8.75" " 



4-in. pots 11.55" 



5-in. pots . 15.00" 



6-in. pots 18.90" " 



7-in. pots 23.70" " 



8-in. pots 40.00" 



10-in. pots , 72.00" 



12-in. pots 118.00" " 



Compare these prices with what you are now 

 paying. Can you afford to be without one of 

 these machines, which are now ready for delivery? 



FOR FURTHER INFORMATION WRITE 



SPOKANE CONCRETE FLOWER POT NACHINE CO., 



807 RIVERSIDE AVENUE, SPOKANE, WASH. 



H. PLATH 



«<THE FERNERIES" 



Lawrence and Winnipeg Avenues 

 SAN FRANCISCO, QL 



Write for wholesale list of 



FERNS, KENTIAS and 

 PRIMULA OBCONICA 



PRIMULA OBCONICA 



From 8-inch, 4-inch and 6-inch pots. $6.00. $8.00 



andSl6.00perl00., , ^^ 



Still have a few ounces of Grohe's Chammon 



Strain high-grade Petunia seed at 26c per Trd. 



Pkt.. $8.60 per >e-oz.. $6.60 per k-oz.. $17.60 per oz. 



FRED GROHE CO. 



R. F. D. 4. Box 367. SANTA ROSA. CAL . 



Montebello, Cal., and has since pur- 

 chased a tract of land at Huntington 



F. C. Jaeger, of F. C. Jaeger & Son, 

 says Easter sales at the store showed a 

 gain of nearly thirty-five per cent over 

 last year's Easter business. He ob- 

 tained seventy-five pots of Easter lilies 

 and sold them out early at from $2.50 

 to $5 each. 



C. Navlet Co. made a comprehensive 

 showing of ferns and other plants at the 

 store on Market street and practically 

 sold out clean. Manager Louis Picetti 

 reports a brisk demand for cut flowers. 



Pelicano, Eossi & Co. made use of an 

 adjoining storeroom for their large HjSS- 



] POINSETTIA PLANTS 



Good, strongr greenhouse propaRated plants from 2'* and 

 2>a-inch pots. Packed In light, strong, ventilated boxes: 

 win not dry out. No charges for packing. I have raised 

 Polnsettlas for 16 years. Understand them from A to Z. 

 Plants trom me. packed In special boxes, will ship six days 

 without checking. 



Plants ready In May will grow 6 to 7 ft. Fine for l>enchlng. 

 Can be cut back once, then will make a 6-ft. growth. Plants 

 ready second week in June can be treated same as May 

 plants. July 1st plants may be cut back once. They will 

 make 5 ft. In the bench. July 16th plants may be cut back 

 once, and will make B-ln. pot plants, 24 Inches tall, with two 

 flowers. July 80th plants, cut back once, will make 18-ln. 

 plants. In 5-ln. pots, and two flowers. 



August 1st. 14th, 28th, plants fine for making up pans. 



September 6tb, IKUi, 25th, plants fine for panning or 4-lnch 

 pots. 



My self-branching stock will not be put on the market this 

 year. It is a winner. Nine perfect flowers on one plant. 

 There will not be a shortage of Polnsettlas this year If 

 every grower does his bit. I have 6,000 stock plante. My first cuttings go in the sand April 15. Six thou- 

 sand cuttings. Mt first customer for 1000 plants gets 20% off. Bear this in mind— you don't have to pay for 

 packing and boxes. 

 Now it's up to yon, Mr. Grower, how m»ny I propagate. The sky Is my limit; what Is yours? 



My price for th» best plants is $9.00 per 100 



Cash with order. 20% off for the first buyer of 1000. The name of the 1000-buyer will be published In the 

 Florists' Review. From now on Loomls, Cal.. is on the map for Poinsettla plants. 



W. H. HAWKINS, Loomis, California 



CECILE BRUNNER ROSES 



From 2ia-lnch Pots 



$6.00 perlOO I $46.00 per 1000 



READY NOW. 



STUBER & RICHARDSON 



BRYN MAWR, WASH. 



ter display, thus facilitating the hand- 

 ling of the rush materially. Frank 

 Pelicano says the sales left no ground 

 for complaint. The company had a few 

 rose plants left, but other stock was 

 practically cleaned up. 



"Best Easter business in the history 

 of our firm, ' ' is the way P. V. Matraia, 

 of the Art Floral Co., sums up the holi- 

 day situation. 



Miss Ann MeLellan, daughter of E. 



HARDY PERENNIALS 



WRITK FOR PRICES 



THOMAS WYLIE 



81SS Itolly Streot. SKATTLB. WASH. 



FREESIA PURITY 



AND OTHER BULBS 



Write for prices 



C Eafei Liilcy, Brifc Giiwer. Suta Cro. Calif. 



RUDOLPH FISCHER 



frecsia Spedafet SAN GABna, CAL 



