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The Florists' Review 



Junk 14, 1917. 



week. They were specially grown for 

 that establishment and were easily 

 cleaned up. 



H. Plath has his automobile in first- 

 class condition again, a complete over- 

 hauling having been necessitated by an 

 accident which he was in recently. 



The United Flower & Supply Co. re- 

 ports a good demand for its new Nip- 

 pon statice. Mr. Onishi believes the 

 company is the only concern to have 

 this variety, and it is shipping a great 

 deal of it out of tlie city. 



C. Navlet & Co. liave moved into their 

 new store at San Jose, Cal., but they 

 still have some finishing touches to 

 make, according to Mr. Picetti, who 

 has charge of the Emporium depart- 

 ment in this city, which is conducted 

 by the same company. Mr. Picetti says 

 the demand for plants has held up well. 



C. Kooyman, president of the C. Kooy- 

 man Co., Inc., reports a nice lot of busi- 

 ness coming in as the result of G. Mad- 

 vig's trip east. The latter, who is sec- 

 retary-treasurer of the company, has 

 been gone several weeks and will prob- 

 ably remain away for some time yet. 

 Here a nice shipping demand is reported 

 for strawflowers. 



J. A. Axell, manager of the E. W. 

 McLellan Co., says tlie demand for good 

 Eussell, Ophelia and Hadley roses ab- 

 sorbs the supply nicely and that general 

 business leaves no ground for complaint. 



Business at B. M. Joseph's store has 

 held up unusually well following Me- 

 morial day, according to Manager Fred 

 J. Bertrand. 



Miss Bertha Cohn, of the Bellevue 

 Florists, says wedding and banquet dec- 

 orations are the principal feature at 

 present. This work has about offset the 

 slump in counter trade that followed 

 Memorial day. 



Friends of Patrick Orr, of the Albert 

 0. Stein force, regret to learn of the 

 death of Mr. Orr's father. 



That business is excellent, is the ver- 

 dict given at Albert O. Stein 's place on 

 Sutter street. Mr, Stein handled quan- 

 tities of flowers for Memorial day and 

 says that table decorations continue to 

 require considerable attention, both 

 hotel and home affairs. Last week he 

 did a big decoration at the Bohemian 

 Club for the Chamber of Commerce, the 

 color scheme being red, white and blue. 

 He has an elaborate decoration for a 

 golden wedding anniversary June 12. 



F. J. Bertrand, manager of the B. M. 

 Joseph store, says the force was ex- 

 tremely busy for a few days before 

 Memorial day. 



Miss Recardie Lee Murray has no 

 complaints to make about business, as 

 she is kept busy dividing her attention 

 between her store on Geary street, near 

 Larkin, and the Clift hotel stand. 



S. H. G. 



TACOMA, WASH. 



The Market. 



Business has been too brisk since 

 Memorial day to allow the florists much 

 rest. The everyday trade has been 

 good; numerous social affairs of a small 

 nature, an unusual number of wed- 

 dings and a steady stream of gradua- 

 tions have kept the florists busy and 

 have cleared the stock daily. The 

 weather has improved greatly, and this 

 is most noticeable in the way stock is 

 coming in. Sweet peas, carnations, 

 roses and stocks are in better supply, 

 but are not in excess of the demand. 



FISCHER'S SPLENDENS 



A Magnificent Lavender Freesia 



The only commercial colored Freesia in the world, not 

 to be compared or judged in the same class with any 

 other colored Freesia. It stands alone for size, strength, 

 beauty and fragrance. The flowers are very large, 

 with long, heavy stems with foliage reaching well up 

 the stems, and are highly fragrant. 



It is a Freesia that will stand the test of time and 

 will be grown by all florists when stock can be offered 

 at commercial prices. Was awarded a Certificate of 

 Merit at the Pasadena Flower Show. 



Stock is limited; send in your orders as soon as possible. Is 

 offered in two shades of color, a bluish lavender and a red- 

 ish lavender. Only good sized, flowering bulbs are offered. 



Price per dozen, $3.50; per 100, $20.00 



Cash with order. Seat postpaid. July delivery. 



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Strong Grower, Quite Hardy, Decidedly Desirable 



Full list and prices in July. If interested send us name for 

 copy. January to March 15, 1918. Express rate and condition 



guaranteed. 



:!it^r:!ii.^i!!iU howard rose co. 



HEMET, CALIFORNIA 



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FREESIA PURITY • C4Llli AETIIOPICA 

 CALLA ELUOTIANA (yeUow) 



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Santa Cruz, California 

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few weeks to end of season. 

 Mention Tlie Review when you write. 



Gladioli are still scarce and few peonies 

 are coming in from local growers. 



Some retailers are receiving ship- 

 ments from Oregon, but the Oregon 

 market seems to be short of peonies 

 also. Lilacs are on the wane, but they 

 are not missed by the florists, as the 

 supply overstepped the demand. Bed- 

 ding stock and porch boxes are moving 

 slowly. Most of the seed stores have 

 sold out all the standard varieties of 

 vegetable seeds. 



Various Notes. 



William Crammatte, of the Home 

 Floral Co., of Aberdeen, was a Tacoma 

 visitor this week. He reports business 

 booming in the Grays Harbor district. 

 The unusual activity in ship-building 

 and the full payroll of the lumber mills 

 has produced a decided increase in 

 trade. 



The Hamilton Florists last showed a 

 window of exceptional hydrangeas, 

 which met with a ready trade, as most 



Specialists in Specimen Stock 

 for Landscape Work 



Hardy Rhododendrons, Azaleas, Boxwoods, 



Hollies and a complete line of 



Coniferous Evergreens 



Write for prices 



Cottage Gardens Nurseries, Inc. 

 Eurelca, California 



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PALMS PALMS 



Palms are our specialty. Kentia, Cocoa 

 plumosa, Phoenlz.Washingtonla, Seaforttila, 

 Corypha, etc., by the carloads. 



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of the florists are short of hydrangeas 

 this late in the season. 



A. G. Seamons, of the firm of Van 

 Slyke & Seamons, visited Aberdeen last 

 week. B. G. 



SPOKANE, WASH. 



The Market. 



With the close of Decoration day came 

 a lull in business which made many 

 think that the effects of war were to 

 be felt in the way of poor business for 

 florists. But after a few days of quiet 

 and with better and warmer weather 



