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The Florists' Revkw 



Febkuary 26, 1914. 



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Pacific Coast Department 



The great storms that have interrupted 

 railroad operation in central and south- 

 ern California are responsible for the 

 non-appearance of the usual Los Angeles 

 and San Francisco news-letters this week. 



FAEFUOroMS WANTED ON COAST. 



Early last fall 1 ordered from a local 

 seed firm fifty roots of Farfugium 

 :l[rande, the common leopard i)lant. 

 After several months the firm reports 

 it cannot find them. I find plants in 

 1-inch pots listed in American cata- 

 logues, but tlic exj)ense of transport- 

 ing the plants to this place, on the Pa- 

 cific coast, added to their initial cost, 

 places them out of the question. 



This plant is so well known and is 

 such a good seller in this city that it 

 is a desirable- one to keej» in stock. 

 Other growers with whom I have talked 

 would be glad to get a supply. No' 

 <loubt several hundred roots could be- 

 .sold her-i at once *if they could be had. 

 1 cannot understand why the big firms 

 do not have them listed in sizes small 

 enough to warrant shipment to the Pa- 

 cific coast. If you will call attention 

 to this matter, possibly it will induce 

 someone with a stock of these plants to 

 propagate a supply. S. W. Walker. 



HOLLAND TO DISPLAY BULBS. 



Exposition Plans Are Laid. 



The lure of California's perpetual 

 May — when it isn't perpetual October 

 — coupled with the desirability of snug- 

 gling up to the vast new markets to be 

 developed along the Pacific coast by 

 the opening of the Panama canal, is re- 

 sponsible for the coming to the Panama- 

 Pacific International Exposition of a 

 world-beater in the way of a foreign ex- 

 hibit. This is Holland's array of bulbs 

 and flowering annuals and perennials, in 

 the production of which the Netherlands 

 stands supreme. 



Announcement of the completion of 

 arrangements to secure this attraction 

 was made recently by George A. Den- 

 nison, chief of the department of hor- 

 ticulture, following a meeting with 

 Holland 's exposition commissioners, W. 

 H. de Graef, A. Van Vliet and H. A. 

 Van C. Torchiana, consul-general at 

 San Francisco from the Netherlands. 

 At the conference final details were 

 worked out covering the location of the 

 <lisplays, both inside the horticultural 

 building and in the open-air gardens, 

 where an acre will be devoted to a dis- 

 play chiefly of rare Holland bulbs. It 

 was also decided to plant a series of 

 supplementary gardens surrounding the 

 pavilion of the Netherlands government, 

 located a short distance to the west. 



Complete Line of Dutch Bulbs. 



It is promised that this floral display 

 "will be the most extensive, varied and 

 beautiful of any ever made by a foreign 

 •country at any exposition. While the 

 bringing of an acre or two of bulbs and 

 blooming plants to California may seem 

 like "carrying coals to Newcastle," 

 it must be remembered that the Jow, 

 moist lands of Holland are the principal 

 source of most of the lilies, tulips, nar- 

 cissi, gladioli and other flowering 



Onr business in CariiAttoii Out- 

 tinifs is breaking^ all records. 

 The Review^ is our only means of 

 advertising.— Hollywood Oar* 

 dens, Hollywood, Wash., Janu> 

 ary 8, 1914. 



bulbs, corms and tubers, for the whole 

 world. The fact, demonstrated within 

 the last few years in the redwood sec- 

 tion of California, that this state has 

 every qualification for competing with 

 the Dutch bulb products, will make this 

 foreign exhibit one of exceptional in- 

 terest to florists and seedsmen. 



That the landscape gardening effects 

 attained by the Holland exhibits will 

 be things of artistic beauty, unique in 

 design, is certain. The laying out of 

 these gardens, so that there will be a 



rotation of plants and a constant bloom- 

 ing period throughout the ten months 

 of the exposition, as well as the arrange- 

 ment of the special display in the hor- 

 ticultural building, is in the hands of 

 the noted Dutch landscape expert, A. 

 Van Vliet, who will be on the job until 

 the close of the exposition. He is the 

 artist who planned the wonderland gar- 

 dens surrounding the Peace Palace at 

 The Hague. Mr. Van Vliet, with Com- 

 missioners de Graef and Torchiana, has 

 inspected the sites and, like the English 

 floral experts who recently visited San 

 Francisco, expressed amazement and de- 

 light at the opportunities afforded by 

 the exposition site and by the climatic 

 conditions for a horticultural display 

 such as the world has never seen. 



Accompanying the Netherlands com- 

 missioners are two other noted color 

 artists, Herman Bosser and Mrs. Eos- 

 ser. The latter, known to the world of 



H. N. GAGE CO., Inc. 



536 South Broadway, LOS ANGELES, CAL. 



Write your wants for rooted and unrooted cuttings and 2 >^ -inch 

 stock of Cecile Brunner Rose. 



Especially fine lot of Asparagrus Plumosus Seed, $1.50 per 1000. 



Quantity prices on application. 



WHOLESALE FLORISTS NURSERYMEN 



Mention The BeTlew when yon write. 



Cecfle Brunner and Other Roses 



We have an exceptionally fine, large stock. 



VIOLETS 



in any quantity. Positlyely the best on the market. 



We are also headquarters for Orchids, Lilies, Oreens, and in 

 fact eyerything for the florist. 



OUR PRICES ARE RIGHT 



E. W. McLELLAN CO., Inc., ^« *« ^^aV^Tancisco 



Nurs*rl«s at BurllnsaiiM, Cal. 



Mention The Rerlew when yon write. 



Los Angeles Flower Market, Inc. 



822 So. Broadwily, LOS ANOELES, CAL. 



CUT FLOWERS AND FLORISTS' SUPPLIES 



Mention The ReTlew when you write. 



S. MURATA & CO. 



WHOLESALE FLORISTS 



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