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The Weekly Florists' Review^ 



Sbpthmbbb 6. 1906. 



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PACIFIC COAST. 



Spokane, Wash, — The Spokane Flor- 

 ist Co. has moved from 813 Riverside to 

 722 Biverside, where A pretty store is 

 being fitted up. w- « r; 



Seattle, Wash. — The Washington 

 Floral Co. is a new corporation, with a 

 capital stock of $25,000. Christian Hoff- 

 meister, K. L. Arnold and W. H. White 

 are the stockholders. 



EIent, Wash. — Morrill & Hopkins 

 have just completed three houses, all of 

 the King construction. They are for 

 vegetables and carnations. Boy A. Wil- 

 son, formerly of Omaha, Neb., is plan- 

 ning to build four houses 16x200, wood 

 construction, to grow the same plants. 



ton. The other houses are in Beauties, 

 Golden Gate, Bridesmaid and Bride. 



Last winter the output of this concern 

 was all taken by one of the leading flo- 

 rists of Portland, but having since then 

 largely increased its capacity, the firm 

 expects this season to make large ship- 

 ments of its cut flowers to the other" 

 leading cities of the northwest. ' 



PORTLAND, ORE. 



The Market. 



There is not much doing in the retail 

 line, and, as one man remarked, business 

 this summer is not to be compared with 

 it a year ago this time. More and more 

 we realize that the fair was a great fac- 

 tor in many ways, Some nice funeral 

 work was seen in August, but socially 

 it never was so quiet as now, the hot 

 weather and absence from town of our 



The Sibson Ro«e Nurseries, Portland, Ore. 



ROSES AT PORTLAND, ORE. 



Many of the beautiful homes in Port- 

 land and other cities of the northwest 

 are decorated with rose bushes procured 

 from the Sibson Bose Nurseries, of which 

 two partial views are published in this 

 issue, 



Mr, Sibson, the proprietor of this 

 concern, is recognized in his home city 

 as an authority on rose culture, and he 

 makes a specialty of keeping in close 

 touch with the best garden and exhibi- 

 tion varieties that are introduced. The 

 nursery at present consists of about 

 twenty-five acres, fifteen acres of which 

 are exclusively devoted to roses. In ad- 

 dition to the nursery business there is 

 a wholesale cut flower department, and 

 in this branch also roses are made the 

 specialty. 



There are at present seven green- 

 houses, containing about 50,000 feet of 

 glass. All are planted to roses for cut 

 flowers, and visitors speak highly of the 

 clean, healthy and up-to-date appearance 

 of the establishment. This department 

 is under the charge of Alfred Wooding- 

 ton, who learned his business with some 

 of the large growers near Chicago. 



Mr. Sibson was at the St, Louis flower 

 show at the world's fair in November, 

 1904, when Bichmond was awarded the 

 prize as the best seedling rose exhibited, 

 and he has great confidence in the fu- 

 ture of this charming rose. He has 

 planted one house 34x200 feet to Bich- 

 mond, and another to Miss Kate Moul- 



smart set being responsible. In the cut 

 flower line sweet peas and asters pre- 

 dominate, and the new crop of roses is a 

 much needed addition. Bain is badly 



trianism one of the best remedies for in- 

 somnia and loss of appetite, and the 

 beneficial results derived therefrmn in- 

 spired us to keep up the good work. 



After having made several promises we 

 finally fulfilled them in an all-day outing, 

 beginning at Twenty-eighth street and 

 Sandy road, where six years ago Max 

 Smith commenced business in a small 

 way, and now owns 15,000 feet of glass. 

 Mr. Smith is a carnation enthusiast, di- 

 recting his efforts to the improvement 

 of this favorite fiower. He has all his 

 houses planted, and during our travels 

 we have not seen plants looking healthier 

 or more promising. 



Our next point of interest was the 

 Bussellville Nursery Co., at Montavilla. 

 We had heard of the great reputation 

 of this place and decided on making a 

 personal inspection. After presenting 

 our credentials to the proprietor, H, A. 

 Lewis, we were escorted over eighty acres 

 of as fine a lot of nursery stock as has 

 been our pleasure to look upon in many 

 a year. Nowhere in Europe do the 

 holly, azalea and rhododendron thrive 

 better than in Oregon, our moderate cli- 

 mate being especially adapted to their 

 culture. There were thousands of them 

 in perfect condition. Mr. Lewis imports 

 largely every year to keep apace of the 

 ever-increasing demand. What attracted 

 our close attention was a 20-acre patch 

 of cherry, apple and prune trees two 

 years old, equal to the value of a $15,000 

 bank account, standing as erect as a 

 crack regiment just ready for inspection. 

 The monetary value of eighty acres near 

 Portland is no small item. 



Boarding a passing freight train go- 

 ing west, we rode ten miles, and at the 

 signal "down brakes" alighted at St. 

 Johns, Here we met a new florist, D, E. 

 Brodahl, just making a beginning, and 

 if he has the grit to hang on, at the 

 end of five years he will not regret locat- 

 ing here. 



One mile south John Nolta has pros- 

 pered for sixteen years anu sits "in the 

 shade of the old apple tree," refusing 

 $20,000 for his property. The real estate 

 business is occupying most of his time. 



The Sibion Rose Nurseries, Portland, Ore. 



needed to subdue forest. fires, purify the 

 atmosphere and revive vegetation. 



More ^'Pedestrianisnu." 



We quite agree with the directors of 

 physical culture in pronouncing pedes- 



Crossing over North Union avenue to 

 the Piedmont Aster Gardens, we were 

 surprised at the extent of this beauti- 

 ful place. Ben Padrick, the owner, says 

 he is not a professional florist, growing 

 only sweet peas and asters, but he has 



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