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The Florists^ Review 



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Albany, Ore. — Ben Bartcher is organ- 

 izing an association for the improve- 

 ment and beautification of the cemetery 

 here and in time expects to secure the 

 assistance of a landscape gardener in 

 the work. At present he will carry on 

 the work himself. Mr. Bartcher is also 

 planning the erection of several green- 

 houses and upon their completion will 

 grow flowers for the local trade. 



Colma, Cal. — S. Bosaia Co., which has 

 violet farms at Colma, South City and 

 Halfmoon Bay, has contracted with 

 some of the largest violet growers on 

 the Pacific coast to handle the coming 

 season's crop. Among those contracted 

 with are George Lagarmisaino & Co., 

 Colma; Bosaia Bros., of South San Fran- 

 cisco, and E. Lavazzolo & Co., of Half- 

 moon Bay. Silvio Bosaia is known 

 among his friends as the violet king of 

 California. 



San Gabriel, Cal. — Budolph Fisher, 

 originator of Freesia Purity, is building 

 ten greenhouses, doubling his area. His 

 experience in the last two seasons, in 

 which frost played havoc with his crops 

 even though in protected situations, has 

 convinced him that it is safest to grow 

 freesia bulbs under glass even in "the 

 land of sunshine." He has a number 

 of novelties that he says he never will 

 risk in the open. They include freesias 

 in such colors as pink, lavender, red 

 and yellow. 



PORTLAND, ORE. 



The Market. 



Business is the same as reported last 

 week; there is little call for stock. As- 

 ters are becoming more plentiful, but 

 there is not as yet a surplus of them. 

 Sweet peas are not good and prove poor 

 keepers. Auratum and rubrum lilies 

 are plentiful, and, although not in much 

 demand, make a good appearance in the 

 windows. Carnations are scarce and of 

 poor quality. Gladioli are unusually 

 fine and sell well, considering the de- 

 mand. Orchids and valley are scarce 

 and not in much demand. Several 

 elaborate weddings have been booked 

 for September, calling for considerable 

 choice stock. The first mums of the 

 reason were displayed last week. 



Varioiis Notes. 



H. E. Weed, of the Beaverton Nurs- 

 ery Co., entertained the members of the 

 Florists' Club, August 3. While the 

 attendance was disappointing, those 

 who attended had an enjoyable time. 

 Refreshments were served in elegant 

 style. The phenomenal growth of the 

 place was surprising to all. 



A. B. Cherry, of the La Grande Seed 

 & Floral Co., at La Grande, Ore., was 

 in town last week, buying stock and 

 material, as he is making many im- 

 provements at his place and adding 

 about 5,000 feet of glass to his range. 



Frank Chervenka has returned from 

 his vacation of several weeks in Cali- 

 fornia. 



Auguste Nonin, of Paris, and J. L. 

 Legendre, of Orleans, France, have 

 been ^ tourioA the west on a pleasure 

 trip. ' Mr. Nonin was called home by 



his government from here to serve in 

 the standing army. 



Julius Broetje has a fine crop of 

 water lilies, which is being readily dis- 

 posed of on the local market. 



W. C. Hoffman is the possessor of a 

 new Studebaker car. 



R. L. Scott left last week for Cali- 

 fornia with a full line of Lion & Co. 

 samples. He reports business' quite sat- 

 isfactory on his northern trip. 



J. R. Fotheringham dropped in un- 

 heralded from the south. He reports 

 business extremely satisfactory. 



L. H. Forshaw, of Pendleton, Ore., is 

 on an extensive eastern trip. 



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LOS ANGELES, OAL. 



The Market. 



Business is running along on about 

 an even keel. There is no great "rush 

 at any time; yet, for the season, trade 

 is quite satisfactory. The gladiolus 

 still holds the field as a showy, useful 

 flower. Dahlias are becoming more 

 plentiful; there are some magnificent 

 delphiniums and the odor of the pretty 

 Belladonna lily is plainly noticeable in 

 all the stores. Indoor carnations are 

 a vanishing quantity and the few that 

 do come in have little advantage over 

 the outdoor stock, which is in the "also 

 ran" class. Roses are coming freely 

 from young stock. Sunburst being 

 among the most popular. 



At the Pasadena Picnic. 



Sunday, August 3, will long be re- 

 membered by the boys of Pasadena 



and Los Angeles. The occasion was the 

 annual picnic of the Pasadena Horti- 

 cultural Society, to which the L. A. 

 brethren were invited. The special 

 train from Pasadena got away in good 

 time. While personally I can not vouch 

 for it, a charming young lady, well 

 known in the trade, is authority for the 

 statement that President McGilvray 

 was kept busy quite a' long time sew- 

 ing the ribbons on the shirt waists and 

 dresses worn on the occasion by the 

 Pasadena sisters. As a friend of his 

 said, "You gotta hand it to Jim." 

 President Winsel, of the L. A. Horticul- 

 tural Society, took down about twenty 

 members and friends in his new auto 

 delivery car and gave all a sumptuous 

 lunch, which made Billy Felgate say, 

 "You gotta hand it to him too." 



The tug of war was one of the most 

 popular events. The Pasadena line-up 

 consisted of Messrs. James and Alec 

 McGilvray, Feldman, Watson, Hutch- 

 ison, McFarlane, Clemence and Kirby. 

 On the Los Angeles end of the rope 

 were Messrs. Winsel, Richards, Fel- 

 gate, Charles, Gilbert, AUis, Luc and 

 Kuntz. They say the only reason Pasa- 

 dena lost was that Rob McKenzie was 

 not on that side — a base libel, according 

 to Mr. Felgate, who offered to pull them 

 to Sierra Madre. 



The fat men's race created some en- 

 thusiasm; so, also, did the ladies' races, 

 in which Miss Sadie Thomas and the 

 Misses Morris took part, the younger 

 Miss Morris winning somewhat easily. 

 All went swimmingly — some went swim- 

 ming when the pace was too hot ashore 

 — and there was not a single discordant 



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