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The Florists^ Review 



JCNB 4, 1914. 



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Oregon City, Ore. — In the section for 

 professional florists in the rose show 

 held here May 23 the winners were 

 James Wilkinson and H. J. Bigger. 



XTkiah, Oai — Carl Purdy has an ex- 

 hibit of delphiniums, peonies, iris and 

 oriental poppies at the show of the 

 Alameda County Floral Society at Oak- 

 land. 



Hogan, Ore.— Theodore Wedell, for- 

 merly of Gresham, Ore., has leased the 

 Crystal Springs Greenhouses for five 

 ' years from Martin Winch. The range 

 contains about 12,000 square feet of 

 glass. 



Portland, Ore.— The amateur floral 

 contest inaugurated here last season 

 aroused so much interest that another 

 is proposed this year. There is no fee 

 for entrance and the schedule covers 

 everything from a hanging basket to 

 a large garden. The trade takes great 

 interest in the contest, and the com- 

 mittee now working on the plans for 

 the contest include J. G. Bacher, A. J. 

 Clarke, A. Bahn, E. E. Eoutledge and 

 Hans Niklas. 



Leonard Coates, of the L. Coates 

 Nursery Co., of Morganhill, Cal., objects 

 to the tendency which, he says, is shown 

 in horticultural publications, to refer to 

 the climate of southern California, rather 

 than of California in general, as being 

 especially favorable to the growth of 

 stock that is only half hardy. He thinks 

 that thus injustice is frequently done, 

 though unintentionally, to the more 

 northern parts of the state. "For in- 

 stance," he says, "in southern Cali- 

 fornia many thousands of eucalyptus 

 trees were cut to the ground by the ele- 

 ments last year, and many large trees, 

 fifty to 100 feet high, were killed, while 

 500 miles farther north hardly a leaf of 

 the same varieties was hurt." 



LOS ANGELES, CAL. 



The Market. 



The principal outlet for flowers this 

 week has again been funeral work and, 

 although a slight fillip may be given by 

 Memorial day, the experience of the 

 last two or three years has been that so 

 many people have flowers in their own 

 gardens that their patronage of the 

 flower stores is not heavy. The retail- 

 ers are making a good bid for the busi- 

 ness, though, by showing fine stock in 

 great abundance. Easter lilies, gladioli 

 and similar flowers from outdoors are 

 shown in the best of condition. Carna- 

 tions have never been better at this 

 time of the year and sweet peas are 

 finer than usual. Only the best Spen- 

 cers stand any chance of a market now, 

 but these are excellent in every way. 

 Eoses are good for this time of year, 

 and plentiful, both from under glass 

 and outdoors. Among the varieties 

 grown outside the old La Detroit is 

 making an elegant showing. Badiance, 

 too, is becoming popular as an outdoor 

 rose, though the shape is not so good 

 as from indoor plants. The color is 

 superb. Mrs. John Laing sells on sight 

 and there is seldom any surplus of this 

 fine old remontant. Orchids are plenti- 



ful, with fair demand. Valley sells well 

 and is of good quality. In plants, a few 

 benighted azaleas and rhododendrons 

 still grace the boards and there is pret- 

 ty little stock of tuberous begonias, 

 gloicinias and kindred plants. 



Ferns are scarce, but there is a good 

 supply of kentias in all sizes and rea- 

 sonable in price. Greens are plentiful 

 in all varieties. 



Various Notes. 



I recently had the pleasure of a look 

 through the Bauer pottery here and 

 while I have been familiar with the 

 excellent line of flower pots and similar 

 goods sent out by the company, I must 

 confess that I was surprised at the ex- 

 tent and variety of the line manufac- 

 tured. Many things in the way of 

 glazed jardinieres, fern dishes, vases 

 and other material that I had imagined 

 we had to send east for, are here in 

 greater variety and extent than most 

 people are aware of. We have, in short, 

 an up-to-date pottery, with the latest 

 machinery for turning out ware of all 

 kinds and skilled labor imported from 

 the east and from Europe. It was an 

 eye-opener to me. When the big shows 

 at San Diego and San Francisco are 

 opened to eastern sightseers, there will 

 be some things shown by the J. A. 

 Bauer Pottery Co.^ of Los Angeles, that 

 will be interesting to say the least. 



John Morley, superintendent of parks 

 of San Diego, has been in Los Angeles 

 for a day or two on a business trip. 



"Unto him that hath," etc. When 

 the word went around that Jacob Diet- 

 erich had received a legacy everyone 

 thought that our wizard of Wall street 

 had again struck it rich. * ' Jake ' ' loves 

 a joke and we were all told to look 

 in the papers for particulars of the lat- 

 est addition to his bank account. The 

 climax occurred when the amount was 

 made public — $1, to be paid in pennies. 

 This from a man whom Dieterich had 

 befriended in this life in many ways. 

 At first it is said that he thought of 

 making another investment in Monte- 



bello real estate; then he figured on a 

 plant of sweet verbena or eucalyptus to 

 put on the grave of the departed for 

 sanitary purposes, but as the fortune 

 of the late lamented did not foot up to 

 the amount of the legacies, Jake 

 "guessed" he stood a poor chance of 

 getting 100 cents for that dollar after 

 all. Ach! Such afoolishment! 



Howard & Smith continue to make an 

 elegant show in the store. The gladioli 

 and sweet peas are at their best now. 

 At the Montebello nursery the rows aife 

 magnificent. They save their own seed 

 from selected varieties of all the best in 

 commerce and add all the new ones as 

 they come in. The morning I called 

 Fred Howard had just cut a magnificent 

 rose, one of his own seedlings that 

 looked like a glorified Wadell with a 

 dash of Lyon in it and, needless to say, 

 he is quite proud of his acquisition. 



Now that Montebello has electric 

 light and power service, the nurserymen 

 are pulling out gas and other engines 

 and installing motors. Both Henry 

 Turner and Howard & Smith have 

 placed orders for their equipment. 



H. E. Bichards. 



SPOKANE, WASH. 



The Market. 



The week of Memorial day opened 

 with a decided drop in temperature, 

 which, as is usually the case, resulted 

 in a slackening of the plant demand. 

 The bulk of the spring planting, how- 

 ever, has already been done, and with 

 most florists has been quite satisfac- 

 tory. Aster days. May 22 and 23, insti- 

 tuted by the Spokane Ad Club, helped 

 to move a large quantity of plants. To 

 encourage the liberal planting of the 

 aster, which is Spokane's official flower, 

 the plants were advertised to be sold 

 at half price, two dozen for 25 cents. 

 Because of the fact that groceries, mar- 

 kets and fruit stores have gone into the 

 handling of plants, the two days' busi- 



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