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The Florists' Review 



August 6, 1914. 



NEW SWEET PEA 



MONROVIA 



For several years this has been the best seller 

 on the Los Angeles and otber local markets, 

 and I have decided to offer it to the trade as 

 long as the stock lasts at 



$8.00 p«r ounc*. 



Monrovia begins to flower when only about one 

 foot high and continues to bloom profusely until 

 it reaches 8 feet high outdoors. It will make a 

 splendid greenhouse variety, as the buds do not 

 drop under any conditions The color is a deep 

 purple outside, inside heliotrope, and it is un- 

 Questionably the finest wiater-bloomfng porple 

 in existence. The seed has been carefully re- 

 selected from large pods only. It was gathered 

 in April and May in the foothill section, and 

 is conseauently mature and of high germinating 

 power. It is an exceptionally stout grower and 

 throws long stemmed flowers all through the 

 season, four to six flowers to the stem. This 

 offer will be withdrawn as soon as present stock 

 is exhausted. 



C. A. BRUNGE R 



33S East Orayston* Avenu* 

 MONROVIA. CAL. 



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CALLA BULBS 



l-li« inches in diameter.. $35.00 per 1000 



Order before they are gone 

 PAanC NURSBUES. CalHM. Sm Mite* C*^ Cil. 



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Calla Bulbs 



1 to 1^2 in. diameter $40.00 



1^2 to 2 in. diameter 55.00 



2 inches and up 70.00 



Currier Bulb Co. 



Wholesale Growers SEA.BRI6HT, CAL. 



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PALMS PALMS | 



Palms are our specialty. Cocos plu- d 

 mosa. Phoenix, Washingtonia. Sea- «: 

 forthia, Corypha, etc., by the carloads. _ 



CO 



Aik for oar wholesale lUastratea palm list, m 



EXOTIC NURSERIES, ^ 



Banta BMtoMa, CM. 2 



RHODODENDRONS 



Washington State Flower. 

 HUCKLCBKRRIKS, Ferns. Spiraeas, Manzan- 

 itas, Hercules Clubs and many other flowers, 

 shrubs and trees, collected from the forest, for 

 immediate transplanting. 



fS.OO to $18.00 par lOO. 

 Write for circular. 



JOEI SHOMAKfR, Ndlito. Washiftoa 



STRONG. FIELD-GROWN 



Carnation Plants 



$6.00 p«r 100 



VAN 8LYKE & 8EAM0N8 



Box 16, R. D. No. 2, TACOWA, W»»H. 



CHRYSANTHEMUMS 



$2.00 per 100; $18.00 per 1000, assorted. 

 PETUNIAS, 3-in„ in bud and bloom, 76c per 

 doz.: $6.00 per 100. 



Send for list. 



run) CROHE, "^^^'^ "- 



ful shop with two large hydrangeas at 

 the sides of the entrance court. The 

 hydrangeas when placed there were a 

 mass of blue flowers and stood fully 

 eight feet high and ten feet in diameter. 

 They are the finest specimens that we 

 have ever seen eAibited in any local 

 shop. Mr. Stein reports a flourishing 

 business for the month of July, having 

 been occupied constantly with decora- 

 tions. The recent Lilienthal-Fries 

 wedding at the Fairmont hotel was an 

 occasion for which Mr. Stein could use 

 his great decorative genius. The color 

 scheme was pink and blue, and by the 

 use of Grecian vases and other equally 

 attractive ornaments, Mr. Stein con- 

 verted the ball room into a royal bower. 

 Peter Ferrari, of Ferrari Bros., is 

 overlooking the work of extensive im- 

 provement in the range of his firm. 



The Fairmont Floral Co. has been 

 showing its new delivery automobile 

 during the last week. The car has a 

 large white body and is quite attrac- 

 tive, as well as useful. 



Podesta & Baldocchi have been fea- 

 turing large ornate baskets in their 

 windows during the week. The flowers 

 most used for color have been zinnias 

 and scabiosas. Mr. and Mrs. Victor 

 Podesta recently returned from a ten 

 days' trip through the Sacramento and 

 San Joaquin valleys in their new ma- 

 chine. 



D. MacKorie, H. Plath, Peter Ferrari 

 and many other members of the craft 

 have just completed preparing the itin- 

 erary of their trip to the Boston con- 

 vention. It is hoped that our eastern 

 brothers and fellow tradesmen will real- 

 ize that San Francisco is the only log- 

 ical point for the 1915 convention, it 

 being the exposition city. W. A. H. 



ILD.No.4 



SEEDSMAN 

 SANTA ROSA. CAL. 



nrVANIIIMC One each of twelve varieties im- 

 ULRHniUna, ported novelties, 2-in.. $1.00 pre- 

 paid. 2-in. standards, $2,00 per 100; unrooted, 

 half price. CALIFORNIA OKRANIUM CO. 

 Box 652, S«nt% Monica, California. 



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WINTER SWEET PEAS. 



[Continned from page 19.] 



kept the seeds of each separate. First 

 I sowed the vetch, but having only a 

 few seeds, as most of them had been 

 destroyed by a fire near-by, I finally had 

 only the sweet pea hybrid seed left. 

 This was in 1887, when I was preparing 

 to come to the United States. 



Comes to America. 



"In the fall of 1888 I came to this 

 country, and a year afterward was given 

 charge of H. Bolte's greenhouses, at 

 AUentown, Pa. There I at once sowed 

 the sweet pea hybrids. Several weeks 

 after sowing, many strange plants came 

 up among the seedlings, entirely differ- 

 ent in foliage and growth. This was a 

 most exciting time for me. Soon I no- 

 ticed that they had begun to form buds, 

 and about sixty days after the seeds 

 were first sown, the first flower opened. 

 The plants were only about twenty-eight 

 inches high, with only a single branch. 

 The flowers were small, only one or two 

 of brick red, purple, and white with 

 bluish-pink, on a stem. I kept each 

 color separate, crossing them again with 

 the best variety of sweet pea existing 

 at that time. It was in this year that 

 Henry Eckford began his great work 

 of improving the sweet pea, and by the 

 year 1889 there were thirty-five known 

 varieties. 



"About the same year D. M. Ferry & 

 Co. introduced the famous Blanche 

 Ferry. This variety has put all other 

 varieties in the shade. No wonder, for 

 this sweet pea produces flowers with 

 stems sixteen inches long, with three to 



FERNS IN FLATS 

 NOW READY 



All the best varieties, $1.50 per 100 

 In 2^-inch pots 4.60 per 100 



ASPLENIUM NIDUS AVIS 

 (Bird's Ne«t Fern) 



4-inch pots $ 6.00 per dozen 



5-inch pots 9.00 per dozen 



6-inch pots 16.00 per dozen 



Also larger sizes. 



AMANTUN CUNEATUN ROENBECKI and 



ADIANTUN TRIUNPH 



214-inch pots $ 7.50 per 100 



4 -inch pots 16.00 per 100 



Nepbrolepis in all varieties and 

 sizes. I have also a large stock of 

 Kentias in all sizes. 



Write for Wholesale Price List 



H. PLATE, THE FERNERIES 



Lawrence and Winnipeg Aves. 

 P.O. Station "L" 



SAN FRANCISCO, CAL. 



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Woodland Park Floral Go. 



WholasaU Crowars of 



Cut Flowers and Rooted Cuttings 



T«l*phon« 8F4 

 P. O. Box 84, SUMNER, WASH. 



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FOR 

 BENCHINQ 



R. $2.00 per 100; $16.00 per 1000 



2-lnch 3.00perl00: 2600perl000 



Standards, Pompons and SindeB 



in best commercial varletieB. 



AsparaKOB Sprentreii, 3 and 4-lnch, 

 fine for benching. 



OLSSON & BERNSON 



Wbaleialt Sriwers. II Pott Street. IPOKANE. WISH. 

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CHRYSANTHEMUMS 



HENDEE BROTHERS 



p. 0. Box 3. MILWAUKIE. ORE. 



Oregon City Car to Hendee Park 



BEDDING PLANTS 



SPOKANE GREENHOUSES,igc. 



Wholasala Qrowars of 



CUT FLOWERS and BLOONING PLANTS, 

 PALNS, RUBBER PLANTS, Etc. 



p. O. Box 1888 Spokane, Wash. 



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Rahn & Herbert Ge. 



CLACKAMAS, ORE. 



Bedding Plants for firrowins on for Sprinz 

 Trade. 



PALMS, FERNSud DECORATIVE PLANTS 



SO.OOO CUMMKRCIAL KUMS. Z^^ In. pots. 

 $26.00 per 1000; rooted cuttlogs, $18.00 per lOCO. 

 Field ffrown Carnations ready now, $50.00 per 10<*>- 

 Phone Dellwood 3899. 

 HOLDBN FL.ORAL, CO. 

 1 180 miwankee At*., Portland , Oregon 



