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The Florists^ Review 



Dbcxmbbb 81, 1^14. 



book a practical one — practical in its 

 principles and purpose? That is the 

 question which is uppermost in the 

 mind of the commercial grower, especi- 

 ally when, as in this case, the book is 

 written by an amateur, not by a pro- 

 fessional florist. 



Well, the same idea, the idea of th^ 

 absolute necessity of practicality, 

 seems to have been uppermost also in 

 the mind of the author — not only up- 

 permost, but permeating his mind en- 

 tirely, as its chief motive. The con- 

 stant desire to be practical is mani- 

 fested throughout the book; it appears 

 in the wording of the title; it appears 

 in the foreword, where the author says 

 that his aim is to supply "practical 

 working rules"; it appears farther on, 

 where he asserts that it is not his in- 

 tention to puzzle the grower "with all 

 the scientific details of each phase of 

 rose culture," but to "give a good 

 working idea of the methods em- 

 ployed." Then he adds: "For those 

 who may care to follow out such mat- 

 ters to their utmost conclusion, the 

 names of exhaustive works are given." 

 The author's endeavor is to supply only 

 such brief, pointed instructions as are 

 needed in everyday work, but he tells 

 the reader where to get quires and 

 reams of more abstruse informatio^i if 

 he wants it. 



Of course, in his eflfort to make his 

 book practical, the author may not have 

 succeeded in all particulars as well as 

 he would if he were making it his chief 

 business to turn flowers into dollars, 

 and the commercial grower may dis- 

 cover, possibly, that the book does not 

 answer some of the questions that he 

 would most like to ask. He may be 

 quick to accuse the book of sins both of 

 omission and commission. .--^ 



:But, on the other hand, the very fact 

 that the author is an amateur, with 

 abundant leisure and means for ex- 

 perimentation, gives his book a prac- 

 tical value that it would not otherwise 

 possess. The author, it is said, "has 

 achieved remarkable success in rose 

 growing. It has been a lifelong hobby 

 with him to try out all known varieties, 

 and his rose gardens are famous." He 

 incidentally states in his book that he 

 has annually imported from 300 to 

 1,000 roses of new varieties. It would 

 be strange if all that expenditure of 

 time and effort and money would not 

 be of some benefit to the commercial 

 grower who cannot afford such ex- 

 penditure. 



In the chapter entitled "The Best 

 Varieties with their Characteristics," 

 the author gives, first, a list of "six- 

 teen best all-round roses, which have 

 been proved by tests to be the best 

 adapted in beauty and usefulness to 

 outdoor growing." This selection of 

 sixteen is followed by a more general, 

 comprehensive, tabulated list, occupy- 

 ing seventeen pages. All of the especi- 

 ally favored sixteen varieties and a 

 large proportion of the others are 

 shown in the colored illustrations. 



The author's experiments are con- 

 ducted on his own home grounds, in the 

 "approximate climate of the middle 

 Atlantic states, where the extreme 

 temperature in winter does not often 

 go below zero and the summer heat 

 seldom exceeds 95 degrees," but "sug- 

 gestions are also made," as he says, 

 "for growing roses farther north and 

 farther south." 



The book is for sale by The Review 

 at the publishers' price. 



ROOTED CARNATign CUTTIHBS 



THE BEST THAT MoMl 6aJX BUIT 



Propagated by experts in their line, from plants grown where soil and climate are 

 especially adapted to the production of healthy, strong 

 # and "porous stodj. 



A trial order will convince you of our assertion. 



"^is season we have the quantity. 



100 lOPO 



White Enchantress $2.25 $20.00 



Light Pink Enchantress 2.25 20.00 



Rose-pink Enchantress 2.25 20.00 



Dorothy Gordon 2.25 20.00 



Washington 2.25 2000 



Mrs. C.W.Ward... 2.26 20.00 



100 ioo» 



Beacon, red $2.25 $20.00 



.Victory, red 2.26 20.00 



Comfort, red 2.25 20.00 



St. Nicholas, red 2.25 20.00 



Benora, variegated 2.25 20.00 



Eldorado, yellow 2.26 20.00 



All above varieties of carnations ready in 214-in. pots after January 1 at $3.00 per 100 



We still have a quantity of large AsparaeRis Sprengeri, 

 T suitable for baskets. 



BASSETT'S FLORAL GARDENS 



LOOMIS, CAL. 



B. S. BASSCTT, Prop. 



Mantlon Th« BJrte^fVhgn ia«Jwx\\». 



CYCLAMEN 



S-inch. . . .$ 8.00 100 5-iiich. . . .$26.00-180.00 100 

 4-inch.... 15.00 100 6-inch.... 46.00 100 



Primros**. Obconica 



3-inch $4.00 100 4-inch $15.00 100 



6inch $26.00 100 



Asparacus Piiunoaua 



S-inch $6.00100 4-inch .SIQ.OO 100 



Asparavus •prcnvarl, 3-inch, $4.60 100. 

 Vefy good stock, big flowers, now ready. 



GERMAN FLORAL CO. 



I.ento (Via Portland, Box 190) Or^on 

 Mention The Rcrlew when roa write. 



Famous Portland Rose Bushes 



A-No. 1 Quality; Choice Varieties 



HARDY PKRKNNIALS 



HYDIIAN««AS,>CAUrOR||IAPlivif \ 



Ask for price lists. * 



MOUNTAIN VIEW FLORAL CO. 



PORTLAND, OREQON 



HENDEE BROTHERS 



P. O. Bax S. MILWAUKIK. OML 



Orason City Car ta Handaa Park. 



Cyclamen, 8-inch, $10.00 per 100; 4-incli, $16.00 



per 100. 

 Cineraria. 2>s-inch, $3.00 per 100; 8-inch, $6.0« 



per 100. 

 Primula Obconica. 8-inch, $6.00 per 100. 

 Dracaena Indivisa, 8-inch, $5.00 per 100. 

 Mentljn The ReTlew when yon write. 



CInerariaa , best Oerman strain, separato colors 



2Hi-ln.. $3.00 per 100. 

 Piimnla Malacoldes, 2S-in., $3 00 per 100. 

 Asparavns Sprensreri, 2-lD.,$2.fiO per 100, $20.00 



per 1000: S-ln..$6.00 per 100. $46.00 per lOOO. 

 Asparaarns Plani«aiis, S-tn.«|S.00 per 100. 



We are large growers of Bliims. Tonr Inqalries 

 for anrthlDg yon may need wllkbe appreciated.* 



OLSSON 6u BERNSON, 



it Po«t %%., SPOKANg, WASH. 

 ROOimO 



Geranium Cutting* 



S. A. Nutt, HiU and Jacquerie, 

 $1.60 per 100. 



VAN 8LYKE ft SEAMONS 



Box 16. B. D. No. 2, TACOMA, WASH. 



ileatloB Ths Heriew wh— yoa writs. 



Primula Obconica Qrandlfflora 



2i9-lDch. strong stock $ SM per 100 



4-lDch, strong stock 10 00 per 100 



Cyrlamen. 6. 6-inch. In full bloom. $2S.0O, $80 00 



per 100. AsparagQS PI amoRaH. 2'4-lnch, $S 60 



per 100: 4 Inch. $8.00 per 100. Dracaena, In 2*s 



and 4-Inch pots, also Beedllngs. 

 PKRKNNIALS HKDUIN6 PLANTS. 

 Forcet-BIe-Not seedlings, flOe per 100; $6.00 per 



1000. 



0. LPANZa. R.1, B«x815,P«rtlii4,0rc 

 Msatloa The Bartew whea yoa write. 



SEASONABLE PLANTS 



FBRNS, HVhltmanl, Amerpohltl. RooseTSlS 

 and Boston, 4-lncb, 20c: 6-lncb, 86c: 0-lncb, 60o: 

 7-lnch, 76c. 



Fern Dishes, made ap, 6-lnch, S8c; 6-lnch, 60c. 



Adlantnm Croweanam. 4-lDCb,20c; 6-ln9h,S6o. 



Aspara|raaPi«niosus. 2-lDcb, 8c. 



Aspara^nrSyrenserl, 4-lncb, 5c. 



Besonia Lnntinosa, 4- Inch, 10c. 



Colens. BSSt. 4-lnch, 10c. 



Cyclamen, very fine, 4-lncb, 20c; 6-lncb, SOo: 4- 

 Inch, 40c. 



Palms. 1000 Kentias, from $1.26 to $3 00 each. 



We hare a fine lot of Poinsettlaa In pans. Pep- 

 pers, etc. 



WHSON-CROUT CO., ^tJ?i.Vd%^*;.on 



Mpntloo The Rpflew when yon write. 



W.A.RITTO, Tacnit,Wish. 



5222 South M Street 



QKRANIUMS, Per 10* 



16 beat colors, strong, 2ia-inch $8.00 



Petunias, double 'ringed, 2-inch 2.(0 



Santolinas. 2-inch 2.00 



Coleus, mixed. 2-inch 1.60 



^Marguerites, single. 2-inch 2.00 



Mrs. Sander, 2-inch 2.00 



Heliotropes, 2-inch .. 1.60 



Swainsona Alba, 2-inch 2.00 



Impatiens Sultani. 2-inch 2.00 



Gnaphalium (Heliclirysum petiolaium), 



2>s-inch 2.60 



Hoyacamosa, 2^-inch 2.60 



Msatlsa Tbs Eariir wfcaa ya write. 



Ritted tarnation Cutting loo looo 



Mrs. C. Edward Alcehurst $12.00 $100.00 



Philadelphia 6.00 60.00 



Matchless 6 00 60.00 



Oofgenus... 6.00 60.00 



Herald '. 3.60 80.00 



Victory 8.00 28.00 



Enchantress Supreme 3.60 80 00 



Wbite.Wonder 300 26.00 



Beacon and Enchantress 2 60 20.00 



Primula Obconica and Naphrolapla Fama. 

 Cash with order, or satisfactory reference. 



HQUPEN FLORAL CO. 



1180 Milwaukie Ave., PORTLAND. ORE. 



MeatlOB Tte Beyl»w when yoo write. 



Spokane Greenhouses, Inc. 



We can supply at all times carnations, 

 roses and other cut flowers in season. 

 We cirry a complete line of blooming 

 plants, palms, ferns and foliage plants. 

 Inauiries will receive prompt attention. 



Wholesale Growers Spokana, Waah.. 



Meution The Beriew when yoo write. 



Steele's Pansy Gardens 



PORTLAND, OREQON 



offer an immense crop of superb "Private Stock' ' 

 Mastodon Mixed seedlings, our elite strain. 

 Classy, stocky plants: per 1000. $4.00: per 6000. 

 $16 00; all prapald.anywhara.any tlaio. Mas- 

 todon Mixed seed, i«-oz., $1.00; oz., $7.00. 

 Mention The Reriew when yon write. 



