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The Florists^ Review 



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FLOSIST WINS GRAND PKIZE. 



The automobile, entered by a promi- 

 nent bank of Portland, which captured 

 the grand prize in the Portland rose fes- 

 tival was decorated by Max M. Smith, 

 1411^ Sixth street. The work was done 

 by Thomas Luke. 



The flowers used were the products of 

 Portland growers and comprised the fol- 

 lowing: 1,200 Delphinium Belladonna 

 and hybrids; 600 yellow Spanish iris; 

 600 Mme. Caroline Testout roses, and 

 500 pink peonies of assorted varieties. 



Inasmuch as there were 300 entries, 

 the feat of capturing the sweepstakes 

 prize is one of which the decorator is 

 justly proud. 



PASADENA, GAL. 



.When Captain Eddie Eickenbacher 

 was given the tremendous reception 

 upon his arrival in Los Angeles June 21, 

 the automobile in which he rode in the 

 parade was decorated to resemble the 

 aeroplane in which he flew in France. 

 The work was that of Henry A. Sie- 

 brecht, Jr., of Pasadena, who is ex- 

 tremely proud of the success of his de- 

 sign. Scotch broom formed the body 

 of the plane. The air force insignia, 

 the rudder, the famous "hat in the 

 ring" emblem were all done in red, 

 white and blue flowers. The result, says 

 Mr. Siebrecht, was not a float, but a true 

 reproduction of an aeroplane. 



PORTLAND, ORE. 



A new rose, named Mrs. Arthur M. 

 Mears, in honor of a Portland society 

 matron, at an impressive ceremony held 

 by the Eoyal Eosarians during the rose 

 show, is the origination of Albert 

 Clarke, of Clarke Bros. The plant at 

 the ceremonies was a sturdy 2-year-old, 

 and bore half a dozen blooms. Accord- 

 ing to description, it is a hybrid tea, of 

 strong, erect growth, and is said to be 

 excellent for outdoor growing. The 

 blooms, light pink in color, are large and 

 full. The stems are long, and the foliage 

 is a dark greenish bronze color with a 

 leathery texture. , 



LOS ANGELES. 



The Market. 



Business was fairly good last week 

 and stock fairly good for the season. 

 Asters are coming in now in fine order 

 and help out shipments. Cosmos and 

 dahlias also are useful now that gladioli 

 are getting past their best. Roses are 

 still of inferior quality. Carnations are 

 a mixed lot, some of the new crop being 

 good. The greenhouse blooms are of me- 

 dium quality only. Sweet peas are com- 

 ing of fair quality and in quantity about 

 equal to the demand. Orchids are on 

 the scarce side and hard to get. Greens 

 are about equal to the demand. 



Various Notes. 



T. Viethammer, of Winslow, Ariz., 

 was a visitor last week. 



F. E. Hills is under the care of a 

 physician. 



Henry Kuntz has returned to the city 



from Arizona, where he had been on a 

 vacation. H. R. Richards. 



WATSONVILLE, CAL. 



H. A. Hyde has leased from Mrs. 

 Emma L. Sterling, of Salinas, Cal., 175 

 acres of fine strawberry and bush berry 

 land near Natividad, which will be de- 

 voted to intensive berry production. As- 

 socia'ed with M-. Hyde in the enterprise 

 are Yamamoto Bros, and U. Shikuma, 

 manager of the K. U. S. Co., two of the 

 best known strawberry growers in the 

 Paaro valley. The enterprise is capital- 

 ized f-r $100,000, with $60,000 paid up 

 stock. 



SAN FRANCISCO. 



The Market. 



The condition of the cut flower mar- 

 ket showed little if any improvement 

 over the preceding week. Stock was 

 plentiful enough, but the quality, con- 



sidering the season of the year, was 

 poor and prices were above normal. 

 Orchids advanced slightly and retailers 

 received $1.50 apiece for ordinarily good 

 specimens. They came into the market 

 a little better than heretofore and were 

 not so hard to obtain. With the excep- 

 tion of a few Benoras, carnations 

 showed a tendency toward poor blooms, 

 although there was a quantity in the 

 market. 



Snapdragons and delphiniums showed 

 improvement over the week before, 

 both in quantity and quality, and 

 brought good prices in the retail market. 

 Gladioli were plentiful and in excellent 

 shape, but with the exception of Mrs. 

 Francis King, no other varieties besides 

 Halley, Panama and America have yet 

 been cut. A few early chrysanthemums 

 made their appearance during the first 

 part of last week. They were of rather 

 indifferent quality, but a good crop is 

 expected within two weeks. Dahlias 

 are increasing, but as yet there are no 



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