90 



The Rorists' Review 



August 18, 1921 



California Flowers Now Ready for Shipping 



MumSy - - - - 

 Asters, - - - - 

 Helichrysum, selected 

 Acroclinium, selected 

 Statice, blue, white, yellow, 

 Calla Lily Bulbs, largest size, 

 Plumosus and Adiantum, 

 Mexican Ivy, 



$1.50 to $3.50 per dozen 



$2.00 to $3.00 per 100 



$2.00 per 100 



$1.00 per dozen bunches 



$3.00 per dozen bunches 



$7.00 to $10.00 per 100 



30c per bunch 



15c per bunch 



Wholesale 



DARBEE*S 



Retail 



1036 Hyde Street, San Francisco, Calif. 



Member Florists' Telegraph Delivery Association 



local niercliants make up this party. 

 This sliop liandlcd the wedding bouquets 

 for sevi'ral larjie weddings last week 

 and ])r(H!nfcd some notable designs. One 

 in particular was used for a cathedral 

 event and was made of white sweet 

 peas, white orchids and white rose 

 buds. This was a small bouquet, with 

 detail work the feature. 



The Kisdon Florists have taken over 

 the quarters in the Green building for- 

 merly occupied by the Green Flower 

 Shop and will operate this in connec- 

 tion with their own establishment. Mrs. 

 Reid will be in charge of the Green 

 building branch. 



At the August 1 meeting of tlu> Seat- 

 tle Florists' Association, liold in Fra- 

 ternal hall, on Fourth avenue, the fea- 

 ture was the reading of a paper on "The 

 Future of Perennials," by Thomas 

 Wylie. 



Several large decorations have been 

 h.mdled by Felix Kosaia of late and in 

 one of these novel results were secured 

 through the exclusive use of red and 

 vellow gladroli. 



Tlie red d;ililia, War, grown by S. W. 

 Pizer, was shown at Kenney's Home of 

 Flowers last week and proved at once 

 ])<)pular with the buyers. A good run 

 of funeral work marked the start of 

 the_ current week. 



The Hollywood Gardens developed 

 several effective casket covers last week 

 throu;;h the use of sweet peas and 

 orchids. 



J. C. Dresscn. of the Art Floral Co., 

 has returned from a three weeks' stay in 

 Spokane, wliere he was called by the 

 serious illness of his wife. Mrs. Dressen 

 is reported to be recovering rapidly from 

 the effects of an operation. 



William (ioldsbary, one of the found- 



Holland Prepared Hyacinths 



JUST ARRIVED! 



Highest Quality Quantity Limited 



For Pots For Pans 



Dr. Lieber, bright sky-blue $«.()0 per 100; $t) 00 per 100 



Gertrude, beautiful rose-pink S 00 per 100; (i.OO per 1(K) 



Lady Derby, beautiful true pink 8.00 per 10(i; 6.00 per lOO 



L'Innocence, best pure white 8.C0 per 100; «,00 per 100 



These Hyacinths, specially prepared for the use of early tlowering, enable the grower 

 to have Hyacinths in bloom from Christmas on. 



Terms--Half the amount cash with order, balance Sodays net, or less 5% if full amount 

 .'iceonipanies order. Prices t. o. b. San Franc sco. 



ADRIAN J. SCHOORL 



25S California Street SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA 



ers of Kenney 's Home of Flowers, has 

 given up his connection with this house 

 and will hereafter represent the A. L. 

 Randall Co., Chicago, in the Pacific 

 northwest. Eay Geiser, who succeeded 

 R. G. Slicker in this position, is again 

 attached to the staff of Rosaia Bros. 



Fine dahlias are being cut at Mc- 

 Coy's greenhouses and these have been 

 used to good effect in the shop's re- 

 cent window decorations. At one wed- 

 ding handled last week, Shasta daisies 

 and Spanish broom were used, with roses 

 for the church decorations, and the 

 bridal bouquet was made of stephanotis 

 and white sweet peas. 

 . Ernest Mayer is sending in gladioli 

 which will rank with anything seen 

 here this season, both in quality and 

 in length of stem. 



Bert Linegar, of the City Flower 



Shop, was away last Avcek on a trip to 

 Mount Rainier, this being the first "sec- 

 tion" of his vacation. 



A novelty in gladioli is found in the 

 blue stock being delivered by Mrs. 

 Alois Hellenthal. There are two shades 

 in this color, with the names of both 

 unknown to the grower. H. M. 



WINTERING PANSIES. 



I should like to learn the best method 

 of wintering pansy plants in cold- 

 frames, so as to reduce to the greatest 

 extent the loss of plants. We sowed 

 our seed August 10, 1920, and trans- 

 planted the seedlings to steam-sterilized 

 coldframes about the middle of Sep- 

 tember. Sashes were used to keep the 

 plants growing until the first part of 

 November. The sashes were then re- 

 moved gradually and the plants per- 



