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OCTOBBB 24, 1012. 



The Florists' Review 



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i Pacific Coast Departmentj 



Coeur d'Aleue, Idaho — Henry J. Lub- 

 ben has leased the west side of the 

 Bex theater building, on Sherman ave- 

 nue, for a flower store. Mr. Lubben is 

 the proprietor of a cafe, but prior to 

 coming to Coeur d'Alene was engaged 

 in the florists' business in Seattle. 



SPOKANE, WASH. 



The Market. 



Trade for the first part of October 

 has been highly satisfactory. The sup- 

 ply of home-grown stock has not been 

 equal to the demand and shipments 

 from the outside have been resorted 

 to, to fill the ordeitt^f the retail florists. 

 The month openeff with the nineteenth 

 annual interstate fair, which called for 

 a good many flowers of a cheaper grade 

 for decoration purposes, while the 

 funeral of a pioneer called for a large 

 quantity of the better grade of flow- 

 ers, thus using up the stock in a splen- 

 did manner. Carnations are of flne 

 quality, but the supply is not equal to 

 the demand. Boses and chrysanthe- 

 mums are also beginning to arrive in 

 good qualities and numbers. The 

 people are beginning to stock up 

 with house plants, such as ferns, palms 

 and flowering plants, and this makes 

 the plant trade much better. Only a 

 slight frost has come along, so there 

 is still some outdoor stock. A good 

 frost would tend to increase the sales 

 at the retail stores. 



Various Notes. 



E. W. McLellan, of San Francisco, 

 was a visitor in the city recently, look- 

 ing for a market for some of his stock. 



S. Bosaia, of Colma, Cal., the big vio- 

 let grower of that section, was in the 

 city taking orders for regular ship- 

 ments of his violets to this market. 



Martin Beukauf, of H. Bayersdorfer 

 & Co., spent one day here while on his 

 way east. 



J. F. Austin, of Seattle, Wash., has 

 arrived in the city and has connected 

 himself with the Spokane Greenhouses, 

 Inc., of which he will take the busi- 

 ness and financial management. The 

 firm is making plans for building a 

 range of glass on its property near 

 Spokane. 



A. J. Burt had a formal opening of 

 his new store October 1, with music 

 and floral gifts for those visiting his 

 store. The new store is a handsome 

 one and a great credit to the city. He 

 reports trade as quite satisfactory. He 

 has purchased a new automobile for 

 delivery purposes. 



At the flower exhibit of the inter- 

 state fair the Spokane Florist Co. took 

 first prize on artistic arrangement of 

 cut flowers, with Hoyt Bros. Co. sec- 

 ond. In the plant exhibits Hoyt Bros. 

 Co. took first prize, Spokane Green- 

 houses second and H. E. Beimers third. 

 Many small cash prizes were awarded 

 to the amateurs for cut flowers. 



All the florists were busy with the 

 large orders for the funeral of Mrs. 

 J. P. M. Bichards, which occurred the 

 first of the month. The Spokane Flo- 

 rist Co. had the family order, which 



ARE YOU SATISFIED? 



Any florist on the Pacific coast not 

 satisfied to do a local retail business 

 can build up a prosperous wholesale 

 trade by using space in The BeView to 

 let the buyers know where stock is ta 

 be found. This way: 



We have found advertising in The 

 Beview to be very satisfactory. We 

 have had orders from all parts of the 

 United States, as well as from the Pa- 

 cific coast, showing that your valued 

 paper has a very wide circulation. At 

 any time we have any special advertis- 

 ing to do we certainly shall send It to 

 The Review.— Hoffan & Kooyznan, 

 Oakland, Cal., October S, 1912. 



was a casket blanket of white roses. 

 The Spokane Florist Co. also had the 

 decoration for the Doran-Paterson 

 wedding, which was the big society 

 event of the month. The ceremony 

 room was in the rainbow colors, worked 

 harmoniously in an arch over an altar 

 built up for the occasion. The dining- 

 room table was arranged with lily of 

 the valley, while other rooms were in 

 ^American Beauties and large yellow 

 chrysanthemums. 



The automobile parade on the open- 

 ing day of the fair was the largest 

 ever seen in this city, there being over 

 550 in line, and many cars were hand- 

 somely decorated. C. T. Kipp's touring 

 car took first prize, which was a hand- 

 some silver cup donated by the Spokane 

 Clearing House. 



The most of the florists report a 



scarcity of competent help for the re- 

 tail stores, and a good second man 

 seems hard to find. 



SEATTLE. 



The Market. 



Business has been good during the 

 last week. Several large funerals have 

 helped considerably in disposing of 

 stock. Chrysanthemums, roses and 

 carnations are now arriving in first- 

 class condition and in fairly liberal 

 quantities. The street corners on Sec- 

 ond avenue are bedecked with peddlers 

 of violets; this, while showing the 

 abundance of California stock, does not 

 tend in any way to improve business 

 or the status of the flower trade. Some 

 straggling outside stock is still coming 

 in, but from now on the stores will 

 have to depend principally on green- 

 house stock. Local roses are becoming 

 more of a factor in the trade here, 

 some excellent flowers being grown 

 and sold, and the talk that roses can- 

 not be successfully grown around Seat- 

 tle will soon be forgotten. 



Various Notes. 



The H. Harrington Co. has been mak- 

 ing lovely window displays this week. 

 This firm's stock of roses and chrys- 

 anthemums is unexcelled. Today they 

 had quantities of Bichmond and Chat- 

 enay; for the latter they have long 

 been famous, and to do justice to their 

 present stock would use up all the ad- 

 jectives. A large vase of Sunburst oc- 



UNROOTED CARNATION CUTTINGS 



Now raady to ship. Plants are srrown especially for cuttinrs at this time. 

 Stock could not be in better condition. 



Per 100 



Per 100 Per 1000 



Pure White Enchantress $1.26 |10.00 



White Wonder 1.26 lO.OO 



White Perfection 1.25 10.00 



Alma Ward 1.26 10.00 



Light Pink Enchantress 1 25 10.00 



R. P. Enchantress 1.00 9.00 



Dorothy Gordon $1.00 



Washington 1.50 



Mrs.C. W.Ward 126 



Beacon 1.25 



Victory 125 



Eldorado 1.00 



Per 1000 

 $ 9.00 

 12.50 

 10.00 

 10.00 

 10.00 

 8.00 



" Rooted Cuttlngrs ready November 15 and all the season. 

 We still have Field Plants to dispose of. 



Bassett's Floral Gardens, - Loomis, Cal. 



B. S. BASSETT, Proprietor 



Mention The Rerlew when jtm wrtte. 



FIEl D PI. A NTS Per 100 1000 



Dorothy Gordon $7.60 $60.60 



R. P. Enchantress > 60 60 60 



WhiteWonder 7 60 60.60 



Washington 7.60 60.60 



Per 100 Per 100 



Olorlosa $6.60 Alma Ward $6.60 



Beacon 7.60 Winona 6.60 



26 at 100 rate. 260 at 1000 rate. 



CALIFORNIA CARNATION CO.. 

 rioomls, Cal . 



Mention The ReTlew when yon write. 



GROHE'S CHAMPION STRAINS 



of Petunias, Pehtstemone, Delphinioms, 

 Shasta Daisies and Stokesia Cyanea. 



Send for prices to 



FRED QROH E, Santa Rosa, Cal. 



B. D. 4. 



Mention The Review when you write. 



PALMS YOU NEED THIS FALL 



Kentia Forst., 2 ft. high. In 6-ln. pots, $1.00; 2^ 

 ft.. 6-In., $1.26; 3 ft.. 7-ln., $1.60; 3hi ft., 7-ln., $2J50; 

 4 ft., 8-In.. $3.00; i\ ft.. 8-In., $3.80: 5 ft., 9.1n., 

 $4.75; 6 ft., 10-ln., $6.00; 7 ft., 12-ln., $7JS0 each; large 

 specimens. In 16-In. tubs, $10.00 each. 



Phoenix Can., all sizes, well established, never go 

 back like balled ones. 



Pho«nlx Can. and Washlnstonla Rob., 2-ln., 

 $30.0U per 1000. . 



KENTIA NURSERIES. Santa Barbara, Cal. 



Mention The Keview when you write 



PHOENIX PHOENIX PHOENIX 



Carloads of Phoenix Canariensis ^ 



Excellent plants of a dark green color. Ask 

 for our wholesale palm list. State quantity 

 wanted. 



EXOTIC NURSERIES, n 



Santa BartMurs, Cal. 



Mention The Review when yoa write. 



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