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The Florists' Review 



FWBDABT 26. 1015. 



FERNS FOR FERN DISHES 



in 2H-in. pots $4.60 per 100 



PRIMULA OBCONICA (RonsdorferStriin) 



214-in. pots..... t 6.00pe*l00 



4 -in. pots 16.00peRlOO 



Kentias in all sizes. 



Nephrolepis in all varieties and sizes 



ASPLENIUM NIDUS AVIS 



(Bird's NMt Fara) 



4-in. pots S 6.00 per dozen 



6-in. pots 9.00perdozen 



6-in. pots 16.00 per dozen 



Also larcer sizes. 



AMANTUN CUNEATUN ROENBECUI ni 

 ANANTUN TRIUNTH 



214-in. pots $ 7.50 per 100 



4 -in. pots 16.00perl00 



Write for Wholesale Price List. 



H. PLATH, THE FERNERIES 



Lawrence and WInnlpec Ave>. 

 P. O. Station 'X" 



SAN FRANCISCO, CAL. 



Mention The RctIcw when you write. 



SUSONABLE PLANTS 



FBRMS, IVhItmanl. Amerpohllf , RooMvalt 

 and Boston, 4-lncb, 20c; S-inch, 86c: 8-lnch, 60c: 

 7-lneh. IBc. 



Fern Diahea, made up, 5-lnch, SSc; 6-lnch, 60c. 



Adlamtnin Croweanam, 4-lnch,20c; 6-lnch, t6e 



Aaparacas Plnmoana. 2-lnch, Sc. 



Aaparacna Sprenceri, 4-liu;b, 6c. 



Bearonia Laminoaa, 4- Inch. 10c. 



Oofena, aaat.. 4-inch, 10c. 



OTOlamen, very fine, 4-lncb, 20c; 6-lnch, >0o; • 

 Inch, 40c. 



Palma. 1000 Kentiaa, from $1.26 to $3.00 each. 



We hare a Bne lot of Poinaettiaa In pana. Pep- 

 para, etc. 



WttSON-CROUT CO., ^tJ5^ro"^,«„ 



Mention The Review when yon write. 



Rahn A Herbert Co. 



CLACKAMAS, ORE. 



Beddins Pluito for rrowiiur on for Sprint 

 Trade. 



rALNS,rERNSu4 DECORATIVE PLANTS 



Mention The Review when yon arite. 



Rooted Carnation Cuttings 



Beacon, White Enchantress, Enchantress, 

 $2.50 per 100, $20.00 per 1000 



VAN SLYKE & SEAMONS 

 R. D. No. 2, Tacoma, Wash. 



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Famous Portland Rose Bushes 



A-No. 1 Quality; Cboioe Varieties 



NARDY PmCNNIALS 



HYDRANttKAS. CAUFORNIA PRIVKT 



Ask for price lists. 



MOUNTAIN VIEW FLORAL CO 



PORTLAND. OREOON 



HENDEE BROTHERS 



P. O. U»x S. MILWAUKIK. OM. 



Or«sM City Car to Hamlaa Park. 



Cyclamen, 8-incb. SlO.00 per 100; 4-indi, 116.00 



per 100. 

 Cineraria. 2^-inch, SS.00 per 100; 8-inch, t6.M 



per 100. 

 Primula Oboonica. 8-inch, S6.00 per 100. 

 Dracaena Indivisa. 8-inch. SS.OO per 100. 



Steele's Pansy Gardens 



PORTLAND, ORiaON 



mense crop of superb "Private Stock" 

 dOB Mixad aeedliBcs. our elite strain. 

 Classy, stocky plants; per 1000, S4.00; per 6000, 

 tl6.00: all prapaMtaaywIiara.aay tloM. Mas- 

 todon Mixed seed, H-ot., tl.0O: oz., 17.00. 



specialty of hardy perennials. He 

 grows many varieties successfully. 



The rose festival managers have 

 held a sale of 2-year-old rose bushes. 

 They disposed of 30,000 at about whole- 

 sale prices and Mme. Caroline Testout, 

 the official Portland rose, was the best 

 seller. 



E. H. White, of the Willamette 

 Dahlia" Co., reports that orders are com- 

 ing in briskly for roots. He says that 

 the specialists and amateurs lost a 

 large quantity of stock, due to the cold, 

 wet weather which prevailed in De- 

 cember before the roots had been lifted. 



Inquiries for bedding stock are be- 

 ginning to come in. The prospect for 

 a brisk business in this line is good, 

 as all the tender varieties have been 

 killed by freezing weather. 



The first crocus blooms have appeared 

 and outdoor daffodils, tulips and hya- 

 cinths are budding. 



Mrs. A. F. L^ane is back at the 

 Lalane. Flower Store, in the Orpheum 

 Theater block, after a severe illness, 

 which has kept her at the hospital for 

 a month. The store is showing some 

 good cinerarias grown by Wm. Hoffman. 



The Tonseth Floral Co. is showing 

 several vases of calla lilies grown by 

 the Kelso Floral Co., of Kelso, Wash. 



s. w. w. 



POOR GERMINATION OF SEEDS. 



Every season I experience great diffi- 

 culty in getting seeds of snapdragons, 

 thunbergias, maurandias, etc., to ger- 

 minate. Sometimes a few seeds will 

 come up in a corner or in the middle 

 of the box or pan, but the balance of 

 the space will be a perfect blank. I 

 take great care that the soil is light 

 and fine, and sow the seeds at various 

 depths, leaving some on the top of the 

 soil or nearly so. I then cover them 

 with glass and shade them from the 

 sun. I keep the seeds in a temperature 

 of 55 to 60 degrees. Would soaking 

 the thunbergia seeds in hot water helpf 

 If so, how long should they be kept in 

 the water and how hot should the water 

 bet J. G. B. 



The fact that a few seeds germinate 

 in the corners of your seed boxes goes 

 to show that the trouble is not wholly 

 due to the seedsman. I am inclined to 

 think that you may not be using a suit- 

 able soil for your seeds. Ordinary soil 

 wiU not do; it should consist princi- 

 pally of well decayed leaf-mold, with 

 only a small proportion of screened loam 

 added and some fine sand. Put good 

 drainage in your pans or flats. Cover 

 this with the coarser portions of your 

 leaf-mold. The leaf-mold must be 

 passed through a screen, and the portion 

 for the surface needs to pass through a 

 fine screen. Firm the surface slightly 

 and make it perfectly level with a 

 piece of board; then sow your seeds 

 evenly. Afterwards screen a light cov- 

 ering over the seeds. When the seeds 

 are fine, water the soil with a fine rose 

 before sowing and do not cover the 

 seeds at all. 



All watering of seeds must be done 

 carefully, always using a watering pot 

 with a fine rose. Careless watering will 

 wash the seeds to the sides of the flats. 

 None of the seeds mentioned should 

 need soaking before sowing. Give the 

 seed flats a well shaded position and a 

 temperature of 60 degrees at night. 

 Move them to a cooler house as soon as 

 germination takes place; this is espe- 

 cially necessary with antirrhinums. 



C. W. 



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Pays 



To 



Pacific Coast 



Florists: { 



What ttock .have you 



for sale to the trade? 

 Is it moving as it should? 

 No? 



A 



Thdn tell the trade abont 

 it by nsing the Pacific CoaBt 

 Pages of The Review. 



Pacific Coast advertisers al- 

 most invariably report good 

 results. Like this: 



Say! That ad's a bnmdinter for tettint tht 

 business.— Everett Floral Co.. Everett, Wash. 



I sold all the Miun cnttinfs advertised, and yon 

 will not hear from me again until I can vet soma 

 more stock ready. Shall root 100.000 Carnation 

 cuttings for next season, as I know The Bevlaw 

 will sell them for me.— Frank Wilhelm, Los An- 

 geles, Cal. 



Please cut out of our advertisement in Ths Ba- 

 view the cyclamen seedlings. We sold all our 

 surplus cyclamen seedlings as a direct result of 

 our advertisement in your paper.— Spokana 

 Greenhouses (Inc.), Spokane, Wash. 



We want to say that our last advertisement in 

 The Review brought lu orders from both the At- 

 lantic and Padflc coasts. We had, strangely 

 enough, on following days, orders from Salem, 

 Ore., and from Salem. Mass.— State Floral Co.. 

 North Yakima, Wash. 



We are well pleased with the results obtained 

 by advertising in the Pacific Coast Department of 

 The Review. We sold out clean and refused 

 many orders. The Review surely gives results. 

 —Van Slyke & Seamons, Taooma, Wash. 



The transient rate for space 

 is $1 per inch per insertion. 

 Those who have stock to offer 

 all or a considerable part of 

 the year aronnd should write 

 for contract rates. 



Florists' hUilliiiig Co. 



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