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The Florists' Review 



Febbuabx 2it, 1915. 



ii 



izr- PORTLAND, OEE. 



The Market. 



Weather conditions indicate an early 

 spring and the mild, bright days have 

 stimulated trade. Potted bulbous stock 

 ^ more abundant, but is kept cleaned 

 up. Azaleas are among the best sellers, 

 the favorite varieties being Jules 

 Thooft, Mme. Vander Cruyssen, Mme. 

 Petrick, Llewellyn and Vervaeneana. 



Daffodils, tulips, sweet peas and car- 



Jations lead in cut stock. There is a 

 endency to lower prices on daffodils. 

 Some excellent sweet peas are coming 

 ija from several growers. Roses are off 

 crop with some growers and California- 

 grown stock is brought in to supply 

 }the deficiency. Carnations are more 

 ^entiful and of excellent quality, but 

 the supply is still short of the demand. 

 Imported violets are seen everywhere. 

 Prince of Austria is a favorite among 

 red tulips. Cinerarias are in full sup- 

 ply and their quality is improving. 



The seedsmen have all hands and some 

 estra help busy filling orders, which 

 have resulted from their issues of cata- 

 logues. They report this branch of the 

 trade unusually good for this month. 

 Landscape work is being rushed, as the 

 soil in most places is in good condition. 

 The call on the nurserymen for stock is 

 J^avy. 



Club Meeting. 



The Portland Floral Society met Feb- 

 ruary 16 at its rooms in Masonic Tem- 

 j)|e.^. Julius Dorsche, chairman of the 

 committee which is attending to the 

 society's participation in the rose fes-* 

 tival, reported details of the commit- 

 tee's confexesuias with festival man- 

 agers, from w"hich it was evident that 

 the interests of the society are being 

 looked afteE:3totisfactorily. Mr. Con- 

 ville, superintendent of parks, stated 

 that his department is inclined to grant 

 the society any privileges within rea- 

 son on public property which may be 

 required for a festival center or sum- 

 mer garden. 



President Van Kirk gave details of 

 Correspondence with S. A. F. officials 

 and with railroad agents relating to 

 the invitation the Portland Floral So- 

 ciety has extended to those who will 

 attend the convention at San Francisco 

 in August, to visit Portland at least 

 one way on the trip. They will be wel- 

 comed if they stop in Portland either 

 going or coming. He stated that the 

 rose festival managers have offered 

 to assist in the entertainment of florist 

 visitors. E. J. Steele gave an instruc- 

 tive talk on the question, "How Can 

 the Sale of Greenhouse Products Be 

 Stimulated?" He said in part: "The 

 grounds surrounding the greenhouses 

 seldom are used to best advantage. 

 They should be made a show place to 

 display goods for sale inside, arranged 

 on a scale to bring out their attractive- 

 ness. Color harmony should be studied 

 in packing blooming plants. Too often 

 the plants themselves and their contain- 

 ers are dirty and unattractive. Ap- 

 pearance is the chief factor in promot- 

 ing sales and for this reason more at- 

 tention should be given to packing 

 nsBthods." 



Alter adjournment a luncheon was 

 served. 



Various Notes. 



Eobert Breeze has sold his interest 

 in the Clarlio^ Breeze store to his 

 partner, E. Wy^yClark, who will con- 



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