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J OKI 15, 1922 



The Florists' Review 



63 



Since 1893 



E. J. Steele, Mgr. ORIGINATORS OF 



Mastodon 



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: ^ oz., $0.85; y& oz., $1.50; % oz., $2.75; J^ 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: ^ oz., $0.65; J^ oz., $1.00; ji oz., $1.75; j4 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; ^ oz., $0.75; }i oz., $1.50; >4 oz., 

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



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

 02., $1.75; j4 oz., $3.25; ^/^ 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 ; J^ oz., $0.75 ; % oz., $1.50; 

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



STEELE'S PANSY GARDENS, ''^o'klk^^^' 



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. 



abundance of snapdragons. Roses sold 

 well and were of good quality. A few 

 shipments came in from California and 

 some came through in poor condition. 

 Some fine gladioli and stocks in pink 

 and lavender were sold at good prices. 

 The market offered ample outside flow- 

 ers Monday before Memorial day; on 

 account of hot weather this became of 

 poor quality. 



Various Notes. 



Rahn & Herbert, of Clackamas, Ore., 

 report an increase in the bedding plant 

 line. 



The Wilson-Crout-Gehr Co. reports a 

 large increase in bedding plant busi- 



ness this season. In geraniums S. A. 

 Nutt is the favorite with this firm, 

 especially for baskets and boxes. 



The Holden Floral Co. is bringing 

 in fine Gladiolus Mrs. Pendleton. 



Fred M. Gower, formerly with the 

 Holden Floral Co., has been added to 

 the force of the Wilson-Crout-Gehr Co. 



Clarke Bros, are cutting fine peonies 

 for their retail store. This firm reports 

 a satisfactory spring business. 



The Smith Flower Shop is showing 

 some gladioli in the store. The firm 

 says that business is up to expectations. 



The Van Kirk Floral Co. has begun 

 refilling its place with young carnation 

 stock, and will plant heavily the Chi- 



nook variety, which is a favorite with 

 this company. N. V. H. 



SEATTLE, WASH. 



The Market. 



There was fair trade activity last 

 week, without any startling changes 

 in the supply. "Weather conditions are 

 making for better outdoor flowers, and 

 this has brought the usual summer in- 

 crease in the number of growers offer- 

 ing stock. "This is one of the chief 

 reasons we are forced to get higher 

 prices for our flowers at holiday 

 times," says one of the older-estab- 



