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The Florists^ Review 



July 1, 1915. 



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Pacific Coast Department 



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Porterville, Cal.- - T.ucioii E. Eohlick, 

 now \vith tlic \M issioii Garage, is open- 

 ing a lluiists' Imsincss and j)lans to 

 orcft a grcenliouso next I'all. He lias 

 grown flowers as an amateur for fii'teen 

 vears. The field seems j^ood here, as 

 tlie nearest place one can obtain flowcMs 

 is thirty-five miles distant, and train 

 ser^■i^•e is poor. 



SOCIETY OF AMERICAN FLORISTS. 



Department of Registration. 



I'raiik I), l^dieano, ll'.t Guteiilier;^ 

 sticet. San i'raniisco, <'al.. siihniits tor 

 r(\L;istration the ffdlowini;' new \ioiets: 



Anne Evans 'I liis i-; a (l.iuM.' violet mid is a 

 sport tiDiii SuiUilcy Wliite. willi ll(.\vcrs iiincli 

 l:i|-f,'ir Iliaii tlir olil' varlfly. 'I'lic r.ilnr is pm-ct'- 

 lain liliH' shailid with la Vfiiilcr. ahmit tlie sliaili' 

 of a Czar rcliT livaciiit li. i lie plant is stnini; 

 and licaUli.v, niaUini: iiuantil ies of line fuliii,i;<-. 



Quaker Lady— 'Ihis is a ^ccdlinu' from a cross 

 liclwicn a siiitili' wiiito .ni'l t'alifornia viok'i. 

 'I'lic llnwci'v -AW >inf.'lc anil alioiit tlie sanio size 

 as Ciaiil violi'l. A liiii-, slronu'. healthy jii-ower. 

 The eol..r is hiveihler sha.le.l Willi delft bine, a 

 shaile darker Ihan liie raliiia violet. 



Any jiersiiii olijectiiig to the registra- 

 tion, or to the use ot the jirojiosed 

 name, is reijuested to coiumunicate with 

 tlie seeretary at onee. Failing to re- 

 ceive oli.jectioii to the reoist rat ion. the 

 same will be made Ihi'ee weeks from 

 this date. Jtdin Young, JSee "y. 



.Juncl^LMOl.";. 



SWEET PEAS AT SAN FRANCISCO. 



The aeeoiiipanyiiig illustration is re 

 produced frcuii a panoramic pliotogra]ili 

 made in fiont of the Palace of Jlorti- 

 culture in the ranania-l'acific exposi- 

 tion at San Franiisco on the opening 

 (lay of the exhibition of the American 

 iSweet Pea Society, rejported in the Pa- 

 cific Coast l)e]iartment last week. The 

 jncture shows President Morse with the 

 bronze medal in his haiid, just ]pre- 

 sented to the society by the exposition 

 authorities. At his right stands G. A. 

 Dennison. the exjiosit ion 's chief ot 

 horticulture. The rest of the group in 

 eludes exhibitors and managers of the 

 show. ]•'. G. (Juthbertson, assistant sec- 

 retary of the Sweet Pea Society, was 

 managei. The judges were Fred 11. 

 Howard, of lb) ward \ Smith. T^os An 

 geles; .loliii ^IcLaren. and 1], 11. Smith, 

 of San Francisco. 



The sweet pea show was one of the 

 tnost successful of tlu^ many special 

 exhibitions thus far held at the exjio- 

 sitioii and served to ]iut additional em- 

 plia-i- on the wiindi'rful advance in 



JTYOU*JyiAY discontinue our ad of 

 Mums, as we are completely sold 

 out. Review ads certainly are business- 

 bringers. First order received within 

 24 hours after The Review came, and 

 since then orders coming from as far 

 south and east as Texas, Oklahoma, 

 California and about everywhere. They 

 are still coming, and we shall have to 

 return several containing checks and 

 money orders. 



I3.\ Ki;i! Fi.oitAi. & Sr.Ki) C<>. 



Haker, Ore., .Tune 7, V.nr>. 



jiuldic f.avor m.-ide by the sweet i>e;i 

 since the jieojde ]ia\e come to know 

 the Sjiencer t.\'pe. Large as was this 

 sliow, it was principttlly made up of 

 entries by private gartleners tind ama- 

 teur growers. There were only two 

 competitive trade exhibits other than 

 tilt! class for designs. ( '. ( '. ^lorse A: 

 < o. jiiit uji a si)lendid dis]day, includ- 

 ing llfltl varieties of the S|ieiicer t,y{)e. 

 The exhibit was awarded the gold medal 

 offered by th(> Pritisli National Sweet 

 Pea Societv ;ind the medal of honor 

 of the exposition comjiany. In addi- 

 tion, the new variety. Scintillator, a 

 crettm ground Auiora. was given an 

 award of merit. "\V. Atlee Purjiee & Co. 

 were the (jth(>r exhibitor in this class 

 and were awttrded th(> Hritish society's 

 silver medal, the gold medal of the 

 ex]iositiou and an awaid of meiit foi' 

 tlu' new vaiiety. Fieiv Cross, which ttt- 

 tracts universal attention because of 

 its brilliant color. 



Lynch Nursery Co., ]\Ieiilo Park, Cal., 

 had a fine table, awarded first prize in 

 its class. There were foui' entries for 

 the cu|i for best design, awarded to the 

 Fr.'iiicis Floral Co. The other exhibitors 

 were Pelicano. TJossi & Co.. Frank li. 

 <'lark, of the Plossom Slioji, and Mrs. 

 U. F. Darbee. L. 1). Waller Seed Co.. 

 Guadalupe; Waldo Itohnert. (iilroy, and 

 .\. G. Z\ (d.'iiii'k, Lomjioc. e.acli of whom 

 is a seed growei-. ]iut u]i interesting dis- 

 ]daN's for ad^er■tising ]inrposes. 



LOS ANGELES. 



The Market. 



\ear sees a greater movement in favor 

 of no floweis for these occasions. Sweet 

 ])eas and carnations liave been tlie most 

 j)0])uiar flowers this season, and, as both 

 are ])lentiful and cheap, a good profit 

 has been made. Indoor roses are still 

 on the scarce side and the quality is 

 only fair. There is ;i good supply of 

 both indoor and outdoor carnations and 

 the prices remain low. A scarcity of 

 local valley has been noted, but there 

 is still ])leiity coming from the north, 

 (iladioli are extra fine and meet with 

 a fair demand. Practically all classes 

 of outdoor lloweis are in good supply 

 and hel]i out with window decorations 

 rather than sales. Greens are plentiful 

 and meet with an excellent demand. 



Various Notes. 



The annual picnic of the Pasadena 

 Horticultural Society was held at Eagle 

 liock, .hiiie HO. There was a splendid 

 attendance. About midday all sjit down 

 to an elegant lunch, comprising all the 

 good things of solid and liijuid order. 

 After lunch. President Shields called 

 ujioii Aarious speakers, including Dr. 

 Ibuigliton. who was wittv as usual, and 

 II. IL Kichards, who thaiiked the Pasa- 

 dena brethri'ii, as jiresident of the Los 

 Angeles Horticultural Society, for the 

 invitation to join them; also .L Die- 

 tericli, Ernest Praunton, W. Felgatc and 

 others. .Mr. Braunton exhibited a nice 

 collection of his seedling ghidioli, a 

 lace he has raised Vty crossing the old 

 G. ]irimulinus of South Africa with 

 various species and hybrids. The col- 

 oring of these flowers is magnificent 

 and Mr. Praiintoii is now working 

 tow.ard size and a more open bloom — to 

 do ;iway with the hocnled sepal of G. 

 primulinus, in short. The Pasadena 

 band of forty pieces was engaged for 

 the dance music and a most eu.joyable 

 afternoon was si)eiit, with a ball game 

 ;ind \arious athletli' contests on the 

 cards. 



Hveryone in the trade deejdy re- 

 gretted the fleath of Mrs. .T. ]^. Men- 

 asco, wife of the prominent Co\ina rose 

 growi'r. Mrs. Menasco was a richly 

 talented woman, a sjdendid musician 

 ;ind a worthy heljuueet. and everyone's 



ijiathy 



with 



.lim," as he is 



AVhile <;radu;itioiis and school com- 

 mencements have naturally helped 

 some, it is the general opinion that eaeh 



a(fection;it(dy knowti. Mrs. ^lenasco 

 died in childbirth, the baby being alive 

 ami thriving. 



M. L. Germain, of the Germain Seed 

 & Plant <'<)., took good care of those 

 attending till' ((uiventioii of the Amer- 



Officers, Exhibitors and Exposition Managers at the Sweet Pea Show on the Fair Grounds at San Francisco. 



