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AUGUST 10, 1911. 



The Weekly Florists Review* 



69 



25,000 Field-grown Carnations 



Fine, clean, healthy plants in the following varieties: 



Per 100 



80UU EnchantreM )>5.()(> 



300() White Enchantress 7.0() 



240<> May Day ().(X> 



1400 Winona 5.00 



800 Sangai^o .^,00 



Per KHi 



1100 Lawson- Enchantress $5.(M) 



1000 Lawson 5 00 



: 2000 Queen Louise o.CK) 



500 Harlowarden .~).00 



ROSES9 Strong, 3.lnch 



1200 Richnlond. 



2400 Pink Killarney.. 

 400 White KlUarney. 



Per 100 



. . $8.00 

 . . 8.00 



. . 8.(K» 



:M) Bride' 



3(H) Maid 



Per KHi 



. . $7.00 

 .. 7.(K) 



C. H. FREY, 



Lincoln, Neb. 



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FIELD-GROWN 



Carnation Plants 



PerlOO PerlOOOr - Per 100 Per 1000 



Washington, dark pink sport of Winona, medium pink $6.00 $50.00 



Enchantress, Lawson color $10.00 $75.00 Alvina, dark pink 6.00 50.00 



Sangamo, brilliant pink -6.00 50.00 Jas. Whitcomb Riley, yellow 6.00 50.00 



These plants have from 10 to 20 breaks, all in good growing condition, 

 ;*; Ready for immediate shipment. 



/^I • -_ /^ !• g^ 30 E. Randolph Street 



Uircago Larnation Lo., . .';",!.^*«i.„ 



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Art Floral Co., on Post street, will leave 

 for Denver, Colo., in a few days, with 

 the intention of entering the trade in 

 that town. 



H. J. Behrens, of Gill's Floral Depot, 

 Oakland, is on a two weeks' visit to 

 southerB California. 



William Harmon, of the Sanborn Flo- 

 ral Co., of Oakland, has returned from 

 a two weeks' trip to Cazadero, Cal. 

 G. 



PORTLAND, ORE. 



The Market. 



Business is still at a low ebb, de- 

 pending principally upon the transient 

 trade, with an oeeasional funeral order 

 to break the monotony. 



Carnations awr becoming scarce, and 

 are diminishing^ irt size, as well. Asters 

 are coming along nicely, but the dry 

 weather has impaired their quality.. 

 Eoses are poor; thrips seems to be pre- 

 valent on all sides. Rubrum and aura- 

 tum lilies are plentiful. . 



Various Notes. 



S. Lubliner has given up his lease on 



Seventh street, but expects to reopen 

 later when a new location can be se- 

 cured. 



J. A. Wilson and family, accompanied 

 by Miss Mildred Crout, are spending 

 some time at Long Beach. 



W. ,T. Williams and family are va- 

 cationing near Tillamook, Ore., the 

 main attraction being the trout streams 

 of the coast range. 



James Edwards, formerly of Whitton 

 & Edwards, Astoria, disappeared July 

 4 and fear is .entertained that he was 

 drowned in the Columbia river. 



The sympathy of the trade is extended 

 S. H. Forshaw, of Pendleton, on the 

 death of his wife, who had been sick 

 for some time. E. R. C. 



A LARGE SIGN IN ELK COLORS. 



I wish to get some information on a 

 matter of landscaping. A watering- 

 place hotel at this town, in the southern 

 part of the state of Washington, has 

 ordered a large floral sign made of 

 purple flowers. Is there anything I 

 can use except lobelias or ageratums 

 and what would be the best plant to 

 use for shading the letters? The sign 



is to occupy a sloping bank, 10x150 

 feet, at the railroad depot. The pro- 

 prietor is an Elk and wants this done 

 in Elk colors. W. T. J. 



As purple is the Elk color and the 

 shade used is designated as "royal," 

 it does not seem that there is much to 

 use except one of the dark lobelias. 

 The writer uses Lobelia compacta Blue 

 King for lettering where an especially 

 dark, rich effect is desired. Although 

 this sort has a white eye, it seems to 

 stay in the erect shape better and 

 keep in blossom longer than any of the 

 other kinds that are used in border 

 work. L. Erinus speciosa and L. Erinus 

 gracilis are much harder to keep in 

 shape. As the only decided contrast, 

 with which to shade the letters, would 

 be something in a very light color, W. 

 T. ,T. might use Alternanthera aurea 

 nana. This is about the only article 

 that will correspond in style and 

 growth to the lobelia. Alyssums do not 

 stay in blossom long enough, and 

 geraniums and achyranthes grow too 

 fast to be of value for this sort of 

 e^^ging. G. 



