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Thc Florists^ Review 



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£. y. Steele, Mgr. 



ORIGINATORS OF 



Since 1893 



Mastodon Pansies 



1922 PRICES: 



Mastodon Miracle Mixed — Our initial offering of a super 

 mixture containing all the finest types of all our strains, and 

 including ruffled flowers and many of our new sunburst 

 pansies, smoky rims, henna shades, with fine long stems; 

 in fact, an up-to-the-minute strain that will delight the pansy 

 fan who is looking for something BETTER in the pansy 

 world. Fine for forcing. (O. K. outside.) 



Price: i^ oz., $0.85; yi oz., $1.50; y^ oz., $2.75; X' oz., 

 $5.25; 1 oz., $10.00; 2 oz., $19.00. 



Steele's Greenhouse Special Mixed — (O. K. outside). 

 A wonderful market strain and a fine forcer. 



Price: i^ oz., $0.65; Y^ oz., $1.00; 34 oz., $1.75; ^ oz., 

 $3.25; 1 oz., $6.00; 3 oz., $16.00; 4 oz., $21.00. 



Steele's Mastodon Private Stock Mixed. 



(Unequaled for the price.) 

 Price: ^ oz., $0.65; }i oz-. $0.75; Y^ oz., $1.50; i/ oz., 

 MASTODON PANSIES $2.75 ; 1 OZ., $5.00; 3 oz., $13.50; 4 oz., $17.50. 



Mile. Irene — New. A henna red. h wonderful Pansy. A fine forcer. Price: -^ oz., $1.00; Y& 

 oz., $1.75; Ya oz., $3.25; Y2 oz., $6.25. 



Steele's Mile. Isabelle — Our novelty. A ruffled bronze, a few are yellow. 



Mastodon Striata — Our novelty. Of great size and striped in true sunburst fashion. 



Steele's Improved Vulcano — New. A rich, velvety Burgundy red. Very large. Long stems. 



The price of each of three varieties named above is the same as Miracle Mixed. 



Introducing Steele's Improved Orchidea — A mixture of unique sorts, ranging in color from creamy 

 white to shell pink, and of the most delicate orchid shades. A beautiful variety. Price : 400 seeds, 50c ; 

 ^ oz., $1.00. 



Meteor. A wine-red — a profuse bloomer. 



Black Mastodon. Huge in size. 



Madame Steele, Elk's Purple. Extra fine. 

 Very large. 



Prince Henry. The largest dark blue in exist- 

 ence. 



Mastodon Beaconsfield. Purple, upper petals 

 tinged with lavender. Extra large. 



Mastodon Adonis. Light blue, baby blue and 

 lavender shades. Our most popular blue. 



The price of each of the twelve varieties named above is : ^ oz., $0.65 ; 3^ oz., $0.75 ; 34 oz., $1.50; 

 Y2 oz.. $2.75 : 1 oz., $5.00 ; 3 oz., $14.50 ; 4 oz., $19.00. 



STEELE'S PANSY GARDENS, '^S^Ik^^'^' 



Panama-Pacific Yellow. Those wonderful Ex- 

 position Pansies. 



Parisian Yellow. A pure yellow of marvelous 

 size. 



Bronze Mastodon. The most popular strain we 

 have. 



White Mastodon. Dark center, the largest 

 pansies we have ever seen. 



Grand Duke Michel. The premier large, all 

 white pansy. 



Madame Perret. Rose and red shades. 



iif nearly \u\ offt'rintjs from the grecn- 

 lioiiscs, ,is :, result of the better fjrow- 

 in^r weatlii.r. (ircliids beinfj about the 

 one exception to this list. Transient 

 business has tieen holdinj; ny well. 

 lliere has been a yoofl increase in so 

 cial and store decorations, ("ontintied 

 eommont on tlie (|uality of Premier 

 roses beinj. lian(iled at* this time is 

 heard from trade visitors of other 

 cities. 



Mor;;an \ Flower Sli0)i is slKtwing 

 some finely colored sweet peas of its 

 own growing. These meet with a ready 

 ^<ale. Funeral business has been good. 



Business for the nurseries and stores 

 handling: plants is assured in the deci- 



sion of the American Legion committee 

 to have a box on every downtown lamp 

 post during the coming convention of 

 dis.-ibled veterans. Harry A. Crouch, 

 vice-president of the Rc-ittle Florists' 

 Association, is chairman of one of the 

 subcommittees to raise the necessary 

 iinds for this convention and refiorts 

 ready response from all of tlo^ tlorists 

 Mii]iroached. 



W. R. Wilson, of tlie Hellingham Flo- 

 ral Exchange, Hellingham, Wash., was 

 a visitor last week, as was V,. M. Mat- 

 son, of Bremerton. 



Alex Swanson, retired Minneai)olis 

 florist, who has been residing .'it I'asa- 

 ilena, has purchased a good-sized tract 



of land near the Highlands, on the 

 County Club road, and will move his 

 family here. It is likely that he will 

 take up the growing of some few va- 

 rieties of flowers as a personal hobby. 



Meiby's F'lower Shop h;»s been show- 

 ing some fine yellow tulips and these 

 li:iv(> made an efFe<'tive window dis- 

 play. 



William Desmond was host S.afurday. 

 May 2(1, at a jK)ker jiarty for a number 

 of florists, among those attending be- 

 ing .Tosejdi Stuber, Oustave Bjorkmai, 

 C:nl M(dby. H. K. Hammond, Ralph 

 Richardson, .T. O. Hankins and W. 

 Wallmark, of Kverett. On the same 

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