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The Florists^ Review 



Jolt 8, 1920 



L. Montre has just opened a store at 

 86 Carl street. It is understood he is 

 new in the business and will start on 

 rather a small scale, with the idea of 

 gradual expansion. 



H. L. Potter, of the Potter Floral Co., 

 El Paso, Tex., paid his respects to the 

 local trade when passing through San 

 Francisco on his way back from the 

 Shriners ' convention in Portland, Ore. 



C. Kooyman is accumulating a large 

 supply of strawflowers for shipment to 

 the eastern markets later in the year. 

 He has the flowers suspended in bunches 

 from the ceiling of his store to dry, and 

 in that position they have the effect of 

 an unusual and attractive decoration. 

 Five or six different varieties of the 

 flowers are included in his collection. 

 Although he has not started to ship 

 these generally as yet, he made a fine 

 shipment to Philadelphia a few days 

 ago. 



Other local wholesale florists are also 

 laying in a supply of strawflowers. J. 

 A. Axell has his basement full of them. 

 He is inclined to keep them out of sight, 

 so as not to have passers-by coming in 

 and wanting to buy a bunch or two. 



Henry Avansino, manager of the 

 wholesale warerooms of the E. W. Mc- 

 Lellan Co., says more high-grade roses 

 could be disposed of without difliculty. 

 He calls attention to the fact that roses 

 can be easily grown in this climate the 

 year around and he thinks more good 

 stock should be offered in summer. To 

 help supply the demand, the E. W. Mc- 

 Lellan Co. is running some of its houses 

 right along and will probably keep more 

 of them going during the summer in fu- 

 ture years than heretofore, according to 

 Mr. Avansino. 



P. F. Eosaia, of Rosaia Bros., Seattle, 

 Wash., has been visiting in San Fran- 

 cisco. His brother, Peter, is with Peli- 

 cano, Rossi & Co., in this city. Their 

 father recently sold out his nursery at 

 Colma, Cal. 



A visitor from across the continent 

 was George C. Shaffer, of Washington, 

 D. C. While in town he called at sev- 

 eral of the downtown stores and made 

 the acquaintance of the proprietors. 

 M. M. 



PORTLAND, ORE. 



Rose Festival. 



On account of the Portland rose fes- 

 tival and the National Mystic Shrine 

 convention last week, there was a de- 

 mand for everything in the shape of 

 flowers. There were great quantities of 

 flowers sent in from every corner of the 

 city and state, which met all require- 

 ments. 



Never in the history of Portland have 

 such gorgeous decorations been made. 

 The florists and growers of this section 

 deserve a great deal of credit for the 

 preparations they made to take care of 

 such a volume of business. 



A great many of the vehicles in the 

 floral parade were decorated by profes- 

 sionals from the flower shops. Smith's 

 Flower Shop decorators captured five 

 prizes, the B. P. O. E. car, the Waverly 

 Baby Home car, the Rotary Club car and 

 a car entered by Mrs. Walter Honey- 

 man. 



The grand special prize was won by 

 the decorations made by E. J. Nausa, 

 of Smith's Flower Shop. The car was 

 owned and entered bv Mrs. Sweenev, of 

 Victoria, B. C. ' 



Niklas & Son decorated the car that 



FREESIAS 



Fischerii and Splendens 



Fischer ii 



This is the magnificent White 

 Freesia that sold for $10.00 and 

 ^^^^-^^— ^— $12.00 per 100 in the leading 

 flower centers of the country last winter. It is the result of 

 many years of painstaking labor to produce a Freesia of extra 

 quality for commercial use. The flowers are of snowy white- 

 ness (very rarely is a touch of yellow seen), are of very large 

 size, have long, strong stems, are of great keeping quality 

 and very fragrant; an extremely beautiful Freesia. 



PRICE . . . $6.00 per 100, $50.00 per 1000 



Cash with order from unknown parties. 



Splendens 



The beautiful commercial laven- 

 der, like the above, is a combi- 

 nation of very fine varieties, as 

 nearly alike in color as possible with all the fine qualities of 

 Fischerii in size of flower, strength of stem and good keep- 

 ing quality. It is highly fragrant, an extra fine Freesia, 

 which will delight all growers. 



PRICE 



$5.00 per 100, $40.00 per 1000 



We have a large stock of these two fine sorts now ready for 

 delivery. Dealers allowed liberal discount. Bulbs are sent 



direct to purchasers. 



RUDOLPH FISCHER 



SAN GABRIEL, CAUF. 



Easter Lilies, Calla Lilies, Roses, 



Cecile Brunners, Strawflowers, 



Gypsophilas, Gladioli, Marguerites, 



etc. All kinds of Cat Greens. 



DOMOTO BROS. 



440 Bush Street 



SAN FRANCISCO, CAL. 



LOS ANGELES GERANIUM CO. 



CULVER BROS., Propt., Whoieakle Growers of 



California Sunshine Geraniums 



For the Trade. Leading Standard Varietiea. 

 Strongly Rooted Onttinirs $20.00 per 1000 



SAWTELLE, CAL. 



CIIDPi lie Trnusplanted i^tock ut $1 OO per 

 ••"• t** lOO. Astera, Aniirrhinums.Ctn- 

 erarian. Loheliaa. Hanalea, Pentstemon, 

 Petaniaa Stocks, Verbeuaa, Eic. 



FK£D a. KHLH:, Wholesale Grower, 

 224-236 Sanborn Ave., Shd Jose. Calif. 



Always mention the Florists' Review when 

 writing: advertisers. 



ASPARAGUS 



Plumosus, 3-in $ 6.00 per 100 



Sprengeri, 4-in 12.00 per iOO 



CINERARIAS 



Dwarf strain, 2H-in. $4.00 per lOO 



PETUNIAS 

 Grohe's large-flowering double, 



2^4-10 fe.OOperlOO 



FRED GROHE CO.. 

 R. F. D. 4. Box 367. Cash please. Santa Rosa, Cal. 



W. H. HAWKINS 



Cyclam*!! — SECDS — Primula 



EVERYTHING FOR THE GREENHOUSE 

 120e N. 4Tth Street, SEATTLE, WAS H. 



Always mwntlon the F'^.orlsts* Kmvlm^ 

 «vhaa ^nitfjaflc atf -•rUaara. 



