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The Florists' Review 



July 3, 1913. 



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Portland, Ore. — William S, Sibson, 

 the proprietor of the Sibson Rose Nur- 

 series, acted as judge at the annual rose 

 show at Sedro WooUey, Wash., June 24. 



Logan, Utah — The Cache Valley 

 Floral Co. is doing a thriving business 

 and, to accommodate its growing trade, 

 is now building an addition, 12x50 feet. 



Astoria, Ore. — The Astoria Florist, 

 Chas. E. Whiton, is planning to tear 

 down his old greenhouses and build 

 two new houses, 27x100 feet. One will 

 be used for carnations and the other 

 for chrysanthemums and pot plants. 



LOS ANGELES, CAL. 



The Market. 



Stock is still cleaning up fairly well 

 and there is little change from last 

 week in the variety offered. Gladioli 

 are becoming rather too plentiful, but 

 they have probably never been better 

 than this season. Several varieties of 

 statice have been shown as novelties 

 and a few nice dahlias have been seen. 

 Orchids have been scarce some days and 

 the gigas varieties are practically over 

 in local houses. Boses are good, both 

 from indoors and outdoors, though mil- 

 dew is too prevalent in some places. 

 Carnations and centaureas are plentiful 

 and there is the usual assortment of 

 small flowers from outside. Some ele- 

 gant outdoor Easter lilies are in and a 

 few rubrums have made their appear- 

 ance. Water lilies are not much shown, 

 but the few seen are good. 



The New Park Greenhouses. 



While I had heard a great deal about 

 the new greenhouses at Eastlake park, 

 I had never seen them until last week, 

 when I had the pleasure of a look 

 through with Park Superintendent 

 Shearer and Mr. Gowans. While at 

 first glance the work looks a little 

 heavy, it is certainly not of the char- 

 acter described by self-appointed crit- 

 ics here. As Mr. Shearer points out, the 

 main buildings are not propagating 

 houses, but conservatories, where the 

 general public can enjoy a sight of 

 palms and other plants from temperate 

 climes without stewing in hot and moist 

 houses. And I can personally vouch 

 for the fact that they were pleasantly 

 cool during one of the warmest June 

 days we have had, while the light is 

 well broken up and diffused through the 

 rolled glass. They are houses that a 

 cultivator who knows his business can 

 maintain in a good condition. The ven- 

 tilating and other gear is all that could 

 be desired. The park commissioners 

 have a good deal of work before them 

 and the appropriations are not too large, 

 so it will do no good to be carping at 

 them. 



Regarding the propagating houses, I 

 would prefer larger, wider houses, with 

 less cement floor work and each stand- 

 i".g separately, to admit side air. There 

 will probably be difficulty in keeping 

 them cool during hot weather without 

 undue shading. Regarding the clearing 

 away of a lot of the useless shrubbery 

 and opening the park up, this is un- 

 doubtedly good landscape work. Much 



of the old, trashy stock was too thickly 

 planted in the first place and the shrubs 

 have been fighting for a living ever 

 since. A good expanse of lawn, well 

 kept, will be a decided improvement. 



A fine new boathouse has been built 

 in Hollenbeck park and, as showing that 

 Mr. Shearer is of open mind and does 

 not wish to run down his predecessors, 

 he was loud in his praise of the work of 

 the late Mr. Tomlinson, well known here 

 many years, who arranged and planted 

 this beautiful little park. 



Various Notes. 



Manager W. Wern, of Wright's Flow- 

 er Shop, has purchased a fine Hender- 

 son touring car, which he says he ffnds^ 

 exceedingly useful, and from which he 

 and Mrs. Wern get lots of pleasure. 

 Few men stick more closely to business 

 than does Mr. Wern and he deserves 

 all the pleasure and good health that 

 automobiling will bring him. There has 

 been a continuous round of wedding 

 and commencement orders right through 

 the month here. 



Business is reported good at the new 

 Williamson store. The firm has ob- 

 tained a good deal of work from cus- 

 tomers of the new German-American 

 bank. 



The Freeman-Lewis Co. made a mag- 

 nificent urn for the opening of the Ger- 

 man-American bank — something entire- 

 ly unique and greatly superior to most 

 of the work in this line. The design 

 was about ten feet high, worked out in 

 centaureas, and the urn was filled with 

 fine Radiance roses. The base was of 

 Easter lilies and there was none of the 

 flatness usually characterizing this kind 



of work. C. Lewis was responsible for 

 this immense piece and it was surely 

 "some task." 



For the opening of the German- Amer- 

 ican bank Murata & Co. supplied 10,- 

 000 greenhouse carnations, to be ghren 

 away as souvenirs. . ' \ 



H. Reeve Darling will leave shortly 

 with the Sierra Club for a long jatint 

 through the high Sierras, starting from 

 San Jacinto. The party will return July 

 30, when another big trip will be un- 

 dertaken, Mr. Darling going as "gbide, 

 philosopher and friend." Few people 

 know the high mountain regions bettet 

 than Mr. Darling and his services are 

 always in request. 



Dr. A. D. Houghton, well known in 

 this city as a clever botanist, traveler 

 and horticulturist, was married in Chi- 

 cago, June 23, to Miss Florence Gilder- 

 sleeve. The honeymoon trip was over 

 the Great Lakes, and Dr. and Mrs. 

 Houghton will be at home to their 

 friends here late in August. 



A. J. Beverley, of Santa Barbara, is 

 in town, demonstrating his excellent 

 sprayers, which are being well received 

 here. 



Business keeps up well at the Los 

 Angeles Flower Market and the changes 

 made in the arrangement of the store 

 are bearing fruit in the ease of han- 

 dling the trade. H. R. Richards. 



SAN FRANCISCO, CAL. 



The Market. 



There is nothing new to record in 

 the line of business in this vicinity. 

 Trade is demoralized, but probably is 



ADVANCE ORDERS, 1913 FALL DELIVERY, OF 



JAPANESE LILY BULBS and SEEDS 



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Growers 



220 CtoniMt St., SAN FRANCISCO, CAL. 



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