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The Florists^ Review 



May 10, lltlT. 



TACOMA, WASH. 



The Market. 



The weather continues cold, dark and 

 wet. The temperature at this writing 

 is 44 degrees. Growers are not complain- 

 ing so much about the cold as they are 

 about the lack of sunshine. All outdoor 

 stock is far behind the season. Darwin 

 tulips are coming in sparingly. Doroni- 

 cums are quite plentiful and are receiv- 

 ing a good demand. Narcissi and daffo- 

 dils are about over, as are Easter lilies. 

 Tliere is practically nothing in the way 

 of small blooming plants suitable for 

 sick rooms or centerpieces. A few good 

 spiraeas are shown, but they receive only 

 a weak demand. 



All varieties of cut flowers are scarce. 

 This is the awkward season, when win- 

 ter stock is out and summer stock lags. 

 Peas are of good quality, but the lack 

 of sunsliine has kept the quantity 

 below expectations. Snapdragons are 

 also scarce, with the demand good at $1 

 per dozen. Tlie market is also scantily 

 supplied with carnations. Spanish iris is 

 picked up quickly at 75 cents per dozen. 

 Eoses are tightening on account of the 

 good demand. Greens are more plentiful. 

 Bedding stock is moving slowly and 

 nurserymen complain of a poor demand 

 for shrubbery this spring. Some fairly 

 large funerals and good table decorations 

 have kept the cut flower market in good 

 condition. May day business was not 

 to be "sneezed at." Ketailers now are 

 advertising and looking forward to a 

 big business on Mothers ' day. 



Various Notes. 



The Smith Floral Co. is disposing of 

 some fine large blooming pansies in 

 baskets. 



A beautiful casket spray, made en- 

 tirely of Ophelia roses and plumosus, 

 was one of the pieces made last week by 

 the Hayden-Watson Co. 



Tlie Acme Floral Co. is cutting some 

 fine Golden Machet mignonette. The 

 peas are coming in well now. 



The California Florists last week did 

 a good funeral business and made a good 

 showing of cattleyas. 



Mrs. Miller is cutting some of the 

 best calla lilies of the season. Like the 

 rest, she too is worried by the absence 

 of sunshine. B. G. 



CHRYSANTHCNUN ROOTED CUTTINGS 



CANNAS FROM SEEDS. 



Some time ago I sowed some canna 

 seeds in 2-in(li pots and then plunged 

 the pots in a hotbed. The seeds were 

 taken from red and pink cannas. They 

 were filed and some started to make 

 roots. About three dozen out of 150 

 came up and are growing. The ones 

 that started to germinate finally de- 

 <'ayed. They may have been kept too 

 wet. The pink canna seeds were the 

 largest, but did not come up at all. 

 Please tell me the cause of the trouble. 



C. E. H.— 111. 



If the integuments of your canna 

 seeds had been cut and the seeds in ad- 

 dition had been soaked for twenty-four 

 hours in warm water, germination would 

 have been better. A water soaking in 

 itself would have assisted materially. 

 Canna seeds need a brisk bottom heat 

 to germinate them. Your hotbed prob- 

 ably became cold and persistent water- 

 ing may have caused the seeds of the 

 pink variety to rot. The more even bot- 

 tom heat of a greenhouse propagating 



TnSo.d":[ $2-50 per 100 



Bon naff on . . 



Aiuorlta 



Maud Dean . . 

 White Chadwlck , 

 Yel. Cliadwlck. 



O. II. Kahn Vti 



Conioleta /F^' 



White Chlefteln.j 

 Pink Chieftain.. 



Turner 



Buckbee 



Crystal Gem 



Golden Queen . . 



White Ivory 



Pink Ivory j $1.60 



Yellow Ivory V per 



Kb rly Frost ( 100 



Unaka / 



100 



POMPONS and SINGLES 



Hnckin(;hani . . 



M rs. Papt! 



Fairy Queen... 



Hilda Welis f $1.50 



Polly Duncan... > per 

 Baby Yellow .... 1 100 



Klondyke 



White Mensa.. 

 Yellow Menga. 

 Yellow Turner and Tiger, $2.00 per doz. 

 Wonder Geranium, 4-incIi $12.50 per 100 



STUBER & RICHARDSON. 

 4852 HoUy St., Seattle, Wash. 



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GERANIUMS 



4-inch strong. S. A. Nutt, $10.00 per 100. 

 R. C. Nutt. .«;i5.00 per 1000. 



R. C. CHRYSANTHEMUMS 



Rager, Turner, Unaka, R. Gold, Harvard, 

 $2.00 per ICO 



4-inch Heliotrope. Mrs. Sander Daisy, Trail- 

 ing Fuchsia, Ivy Geranium, Coleus (Trailing 

 Queen), $10.00 per 100. 



2*«-iDch Glechoma. Ger. Ivy, Mesenibr.vanthe- 

 nmni, Thubergia, Lobelia. Tradescantia, $4,00 

 per 100. Aster seedlings (Seniple's and Comet). 

 Cash with order, 



AUBURN GREENHOUSES, AUBURN, WASH. 



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ASTERS 



Send your order at once for 1916 crop Aster 

 seed. Quality the best yet. Florists every- 

 where getting good results. 



"THK HOMK or ASTXRS" 



HERBERT A FLEISHAUER 



MoMINNVILLX, ORKGON 



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Yellow Turner 



MUM CUTTINGS 



$15.00 per lOO 



Standard Varieties, also Pompons, 



including Caprice Family, 



at $2.00 per 100 



REIMERS FLORAL ART SHOP. '"Jpomne! wis": 



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CHRYSANTHEMUM, R. C. 



Best commercial varieties, Standards, 

 Pompons and Singles. "Do not forget 

 Early Frost in your plans— the best Early 

 White." Write for list and prices. 2^4 

 -in. Smilax, nice, bushy stock, 1000, $2o. 00. 



H. L. OLSSON 



Wholetale Florist. 11 Post St., Spokane, Wash. 



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Woodland Park Floral Co. 



Wholesale Growers of 

 Carnation and Chrysanthemum Cuttings. 



Write for Prices. 



WOODLAND PARK FLORAL CO. 



T«leptaone 814 BUMnR WASH. 



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bench would have been better for them. 

 C. W. 



Lincoln, 111. — Work is in progress on 

 a rango of ten nevv^ greenhouses for the 

 plant department of Gullett & Sons. 

 These houses are each 30x200, and are to 

 l)e used largely for cyclamens, which 

 constitute the firm's leading plant spe- 

 cialty. With the completion of these 

 liouses the plant range will consist of 

 thirty-six houses and, except that it does 

 not grow palms, the firm will be the 

 largest plant growers in the middle 

 west. 



Seasonable Stock 

 for Florists 



BEDDING PLANTS— OTTR STOCK IS EXCEP- 

 TIONALLY FINE. 



2-in., 3-in., 4-in., 

 100 100 100 



Alyssiim, giant $.S.OO 



Ageratum 3.00 $5.00 $ 8.00 



Asparagus Spreiigeri 3.00 .5.00 8.00 



Asparagus Plumosus 3.00 6.00 10.00 



Calceolarias, yellow 4.00 8.00 12.00 



Cannas, 5000 tine plants, now 



ready. 



Cannas, Firebird 25.00 



Cannas, City of PortIan<l, new 



pink 8.00 15.00 



Cannas, King Humbert 6.00 10.00 



Cannas, other vars 5.00 8.00 



Chrysanthemums, 10 varieties. 2.50 



Clirysantliemums, I'onipous, 5 



varieties 2..")0 



Coleus, 20 varieties 3.00 5.00 8.00 



Daisies, Mrs. Sander 3.00 6.00 10.00 



Fuchsias 3.00 6.00 10.00 



Geraniums, 50,000 extra well 



grown plants. 



Geraniums, Hall Caine 5.00 8.00 12.00 



Geraniums, Meteor 5.00 8.00 12.00 



Geraniums, Hill 4.00 7.00 lO.OO 



Geraniums, Nutt, Grant, 



Kicard, Buchner, etc 3.00 5.00 8.00 



Geraniums, Ivy, 3 varieties 3.00 6.00 10.00 



Gnaphalium (Dusty Miller) 3.00 6.00 



Heliotrope 3.00 6.00 10.00 



Ivy, German 3.00 



Lantana 3.00 6.00 10.00 



Mesembryanthemuni 3.00 6.00 



Petunias 3.00 6.00 lO.OO 



Salvias 3.00 5.00 



Verbenas 3.00 5.00 8.00 



Vincas 2. .50 5.00 8.00 



Wandering Jew, red, green, 



variegated 3.00 5.00 8.00 



Alyssum Little Gem, from Hats $1..')0 100 



Centaurea, from flats 1..50 100 



Forget-me-not, from flats 1.50 100 



Dwarf Ix)belia, from Hats 1.50 100 



Trailing Lobelia, from flats 1.50 100 



Salvia, from flats 1.50 100 



Pelargonium Easter Greeting, 5-inch... 35c each 



PALMS AND DECORATIVE PLANTS, 



Palms, Kentias, 4-in., 40c; 5-in., $1.00; larger 

 plants, from $1.50 to $5.00. 



Rubber plants, 18 in. high, 5-in. pots, 50c. 



Aspidistras, green or variegated, 7c per leaf. 



Dracaena Indivisa, 4-in., 12c; 5-in., 25c; 6-in.. 

 50c. 



Sprengeri Baskets, 10-in., $1.00; 12-in., $1.25. 



PANSIES, .50,000 fall transplanted, from best 

 seed grown, $2.00 per 100; $18.00 per 1000. 



Wilson, Croat & Gehr Co. 



Cast 61st and Aukeny Sts., PORTLAND, ORE. 



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STEELE'S 

 PANSY GARDENS 



PORTLAND, OREGON 



Superb Mastodon Private Stock, transplanted, 

 many in bud, extra fine, per 100, $1.00; per 

 600. 14.50; per 1000, $8.00. 



SEED 



Mastodon Mixed. *4 oz.. $1.50; oz., $5.00; 4 ozs.. 



$18.00. 

 Private Stock, mixed, ^8 oz., $1.00; oz., $6.00 



4 ozs.. $22.00. 

 Greenhouse Special, ^e oz , $1.00; oz„ S8.00. 

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TABLE FERNS 



Good assortment of varieties 

 $3.00 PER HUNDRED 



RAHN & HERBERT CO. 



CLACKAMAS. OREGON 



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CHRYSANTHEMUMS 



Bonnaffon. Smith's Advance, R, C, $1.75 per 



100: $15.00 per 1000. 

 Transplants, equal to 2H-inch, $2.50 per 100; 



$20.00 per 100. 



Geraniums and other varieties of Mums. 



BERGEN FLORAL CO., Hiilsboro, Oregon 



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