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The Rorists' Review 



JUM 2, 1921 



Flower Shop, which also offers some fine 

 'fuchsias. This store reports that deco- 

 rations have been holding up well, and 

 the demand for bedding stock has been 

 excellent. 



Rosaia Bros, have been delivering the 

 first heavy cuts of Ulrich Brunner roses 

 seen on this market and advise that a 

 heavy crop is in prospect. George 

 Rosaia visited Spokane recently, spend- 

 ing several days on the eastern Wash- 

 ington market. 



The Pinehurst Floral Shop received 

 much publicity through the use of its 

 sliop for some recent motion pictures. 

 A local paper and a Hollywood film con- 

 cern combined in a campaign to secure 

 a new movie actress, and before send- 

 ing the winner south, she was outfitted 

 in local shops. Pictures for use in local 

 theaters were taken, and this shop was 

 used for her floral needs. ■ 



One of the most elaborate of the late 

 wedding decorations handled locally 

 was made by McCoy's. Lilies of the 

 valley were used for the bride, Cecile 

 Brunners and jjink sweet peas for one 

 of the attendants, and Cattleya Schroe- 

 (lera? for the other four. Large double 

 white lilacs, lavender, yellow and pur- 

 ple iris, puri)l(! lilacs, snapdragon, red 

 anemones and Columbia roses were used 

 in various comljinations for the interior 

 decorations. 



The Orpheum Floral Co. showed the 

 first of the oriental poppies seen on this 

 market for the new season and has also 

 been offering some fine Siberian iris. 

 The poppies were grown by Henry Mor- 

 gan and were excellent, both as to color 

 and stem. 



Tlie Woodlawn Flower Shop reports a 

 gi'nerally satisfactory business of late, 

 with smaller decorations the rule. This 

 can be traced to the fact that many 

 families are closing their town houses 

 and are eiitertaining more informally at 

 tiie different women's clubhouses. 



Melby 's Flower Shop was fortunate 

 in getting in a good supply of the 

 scarce Martha Washington geraniums 

 and moved all of this stock to good ad- 

 vantage. A number of commissions for 

 stocking office and store window boxes 

 have been secured of late. H. M. 



TACOMA, WASH. 



Club Meeting. 



More entliusiasm cr()[)peil out at Ihe 

 May meeting of the Tacoma Florists' 

 and Gardeners' Association than at any 

 meeting for some time. The tliirty or 

 more meml)ers present were on their 

 toes from the start to adjournment at 

 11 \). m. ''Get Cooperation" was dis- 

 cussed, and when President Sheovimu- 

 kee announced that J. F. Ammann and 

 H. V. Swenson, of the S. A. F., were to 

 be here with good cheer, advice and in- 

 struction, augmented with lantern 

 slides, it took just an hour to work off 

 tlie enthusiasm, for everyone had a 

 plan for their reception and entertain- 

 ment. The association decided on a 

 l)anquet in the Stone room of the Ta- 

 coma hotel. 



Walter Hinz suggested that the ques- 

 tion box be opened. Fifteen were read, 

 from how to kill white fly, by one of tlie 

 newly initiated, to how many carna- 

 tions one plant will produce in one year. 



Various Notes. 



Geraniums are retailing at regular 

 flower stores and at greenhouses for 35 

 cents eadi, $:i.'>\) per do/en. A cigar- 



It's Pansy 

 Seed Time 



Those wonderful 

 Bronze Pansies with 

 the smoky rims, you'll 

 find them in Green- 

 house Special Mixed (O. K. outside), and in 

 both mixtures. 



1921 catalogue of 17 finest varieties ready for you. 



PANSY SEED 



Steele's Mastodon Qreenhouse Special, mixed (0. K. outside), 



H oz., $1.00; oz., $6.00. 

 Steele's Mastodon Private Stock, mixed, H oz., 75c; oz., $5.00. 



For description of all varieties see last week's ad. 



STEELE'S PANSY GARDENS, Portland, Ore. 



GREEN MOSS 



for lining hanging baskets — excellent stock 



SEATTLE FERN AND MOSS COMPANY 



Correspondeoce Solicited Phone Main 652 89 Pike Street, SEATTLE, WASH. 



BOSTON FERNS 



6-inch $9.00 per doz. 



Cyclamen Giganteum Splendens 



Red. Salmon, Fink, White. Improved 

 Wandsbek in largest proportion. 



2'i-inch pots jri.OOper 100 



S -inch pots, special, hea\y 15.00 perlOO 



4 -inch pots, heavy 25.00 per 100 



Green Bamboo Canes 



A -foot $6.50 per 1000 



;i''o-foot 6.00 per 1(00 



i -foot 5.50 per 1000 



Packing charged for the plants with pots, 

 7'i> percent. Cash with order, please. 



H. HAYASHI & CO., 



aa 1 1 73rd Ave. OAKLAND. C AL. 



candy-peanut store bought geraniums 

 from one of our large wliolesale growcr.s 

 ami is selling them for 25 cents each. 

 Now.s went around of the cut in jiricc. 

 The grower who sold the geraniums was 

 found. His exi)lanation was, "My stock 

 is big and the retail flower store trade 

 is limited; my customers have been sup- 

 plied. I did not ask the man what he 

 was going to sell them for. Now, should 

 I have sold them to this man or thrown 

 the surplus stock on the compost 

 heap?" 



The florists' dance, held a short time 

 ago, was a decided success, both as to 

 visitors from Seattle and the invited 

 Tacoma ns, wlio turned out in such num- 

 bers that the florists were lost in the 

 whirl. 



A. A. Hinz, Sixth avenue florist, 

 recently built a new retail store at his 

 greenhouses. This is an added attrac- 

 tion in that part of the city and one 

 has only to peep inside to know that 

 Mr. Hinz has artistic ideas on what a 



Richard Diener Company 



INC. 



Originators and Growers 

 of the Largest and Finest 

 Gladioli and Petunias 



Catalogue on Requm»t 



KENTFIELD 



Marin County CALIFORNIA 



MenOon The ReTlew when yoo write. 



H. PLATH 



**The Ferneries ** 



Lawrence and Winnipeg Avenues 

 SAN FRANCISCO, CAL 



Write for wholesale list of 

 FERNS, KENTIAS and 

 PRIMULA OBCONICA 



retail store should look like. It is all 

 in white and gold, with a built-in cab- 

 inet, a convenient counter and a great, 

 tine show window. The trade here is 

 interested in u new variety of double 

 petunia which Mr. Hinz has developed. 



