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The Florists^ Review 



Fbbuuakv 17, 11)21 



J. A. AXELL 



Wholesale Commission Florist 



^== 463 Bush Street ^^^^ 



San Francisco, Cal. 



WE CLOSE SUNDAYS 



Shrove Tuesday with the (U'coratioiis 

 for the Mardi Gras banquet of tlie Pa- 

 cific center. 



The floral offerings for the San Carlo 

 Grand Oj^eru Co. have brought consider- 

 able work to the California Floral Co. 



Julius Eppstein, of the Hotel St. 

 Francis, finds that the tourist trade is 

 thoroufihly appreciatinj; the (>arly 

 spring flowers. .\I. M. 



PORTLAND, ORE. 



The Market. 



Tliere has been but little cii.-nitre in 

 Ihe retail trade for the last week. The 

 heavy rains have kept up continually, 

 with the result that stock is not as firm 

 as it should be, roses and carnations suf- 

 fering the worst. Almost all the grow- 

 ers have gone in quite extensively for 

 bulbous stock tliis season, so that the 

 stores are well filled with both cut and 

 potted daffodils, hyacinths and tulips. 

 There is still a good supply of fiue free- 

 sias on tlie market, but Paper White 

 narcissi are almost gone. Good Boston 

 and Whitnianii ferns are hard to obtain, 

 the demand for these having been so 

 great before the holidays that all avail- 

 able stock was cleaned out. .V few 

 mums are still being shown, but these 

 are not good. Valley and orciiids are 

 plentiful. 



Florists' Dance. 



No doubt the largest gathering of flo- 

 rists and friends in Portland was Tues- 

 day, February 8, at the invitation of the 

 retailers to join in a dance and double 

 wedding. .Many rumors were afloat as 

 to who the cou])Ies were to be, ,'ind every 

 single man in the trade was looked upon 

 with suspicion. A surprise was in store 

 for them, however, for instead of a real 

 wedding, two cou])les taken from the 

 comic sections decided to trade wives 

 and selected the clul)rooms in which to 

 make the change. At f). m. the grand 

 march began, and at a given signal the 

 couples were lined up on both sides of 

 the hall, leaving the center clear for the 

 bridal party. The orchestra then 

 started a funeral march and J. B. Pil- 

 kington, attired as the minister, 

 marched slowly down the aisle. After 

 a delay of .a few nioments .Tames Forbes, 

 taking the ]iart of Jiggs, and Seely 

 Pomeroy, as Maggie, ]iut in their ap- 

 pearance, followed by Hans Niklas, who 

 was dressed to represent Andy Gump, 

 and Wallace Garside, who took the part 

 of Min. Master Wendell, as Chester 

 Gump, was ringbearer. The brides car- 

 ried sliower bouquets of vegetables. 



Transplanted 



Greenhouse Special mixed, per 250, f3.26; 



per 500, 16.00: per 1000, $11.00. 

 Private Stock, mixed, per 250, {3.00: per 



500, $5.50; per 1000, $10,00. 



CATALOGUE READY 



SEED 



Steele's Mastodon Greenhouse, special 

 mixed, 0. K. outside, ^a oz., $1.00: oz.. $7.00. 



Steele's Mastodon Private Stock, mixed. 

 Is oz., $1.00: oz., $6.00. 



STEELE'S PANSY GARDENS, Portland, Oregon 



■PORTLAND- 



ROSES 



Field -Grown. The World's Best 

 HARDY The Best is the Chtapest. 



PERENNIALS 



Ask for price lists. 



Mountain View Floral Co., Portland, Oregon. 



Try oar D.«,.. ^t Pm»^^wmm Huckleberries, Salal Liberal 00 TA 



dox 01 ureens Pu»y winows box, il^LdV 



SEATTLE FERN & MOSS CO. 



Correcpondence Solicited 



Phone Main 652 



89 Pike Street. SEAHLE, WASH. 



