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The Florists^ Review 



February 6, 1913. 



27, looking none the worse, and will 

 soon be ready for work again. 



H. E. Friday is shipping fine daffodils 

 from his greenhouses at Green Lake. 

 T. W. 



PORTLAND, OBE. 



The Market. 



Business remains quiet. The pre- 

 Lenten season seems to have taken ef- 

 fect early in society. Stock still is 

 scarce. Roses are improving in quality, 

 Brides and Maids especially. Amer- 

 ican Beauties prove poor bloomers 

 where there is a deficiency of sunshine. 

 Carnations, while improving, are still 

 a little short. Pink Delight and Ro- 

 sette have an increasing demand. An 

 effort will be made next season to grow 

 more of these varieties. Cyclamens, 

 azaleas, tulips and daffodils find ready 

 sale. 



Various Notes. 



The Swiss Floral Co. showed its gen- 

 erosity by devoting 3,000 pounds of 

 potatoes to a charitable institution, 

 the only provision being that the in- 

 stitution should pay for the hauling. 



R. H. Smith, representing the Wel- 

 ler Ware Co., was a week end caller. 

 He reports business in excess of for- 

 mer years. 



The Tonseth Floral Co. is running 

 a special feature advertisement in the 

 daily papers, a Saturday special box 

 of flowers for $1. Good results are 

 reported. E. R. C. 



COMMERCIAL ORRIS ROOT, 



Can sweet orris, or the fragrant orris 

 root of commerce, be successfully cul- 

 tivated in Missouri? Kindly answer in 

 The Review, giving a hint or two with 

 reference to the culture. I have been 

 watching The Review's advertising 

 columns for some time, in the hope of 

 seeing an announcement of plants of 

 this sort, but so far have failed to see 

 any. I have frequently been on the 

 point of sending you questions of one 

 kind or another, but have usually found 

 my question answered in the next issue 

 of The Review and so have been saved 

 the trouble of inquiring. T. M. M. 



The orris root of commence is the 

 •Iried root of the Iris Florentina. This 

 species of iris is sometimes grown for 

 its flowers, like the German, Spanish or 

 Japanese iris, and has some merit as a 

 flowering plant in Missouri. 



The supply of commercial orris root 

 comes mainly from the mountain sides 

 of Italy, where it grows on rocky, un- 

 tillable hillsides almost to perfection, 

 without much expense in the way of 

 cultivation. There it is largely gathered 

 and dried by cheap labor, mostly chil- 

 dren, and shipped to supply the mar- 

 kets of the world. 



I know of no one iw Missouri who is 

 growing it for the dried" orris roots, 

 though I have seen it in many gardens 

 as a flowering plant. I doubt much 

 whether it could be grown cheaply 

 enough in this state to compete with the 

 extremely cheap product grown on those 

 ^waste hillsides of Italy. At any rate, 

 the industry has not, so far as I am 

 aware, been suflSciently developed in 

 this state or anywhere in the United 

 States for us to have data upon which 

 to base a positive statement as to 

 whether it would pAy a Missouri grower 

 or not. As^.ythe roots require considera- 

 te attention in the way of washing, 



Rooted Carnation Cuttings 



NOW READY 



Per 100 



Pure White Enchantresa (2.25 



White Wonder 8.00 



White Perfection 2.26 



Alma Ward 2.26 



Light Pink Enchantress 226 



K. P. EnchantiesB 2.00 



Per 1000 Per 100 



$20.00 Dorothy Gordon |2.00 



25.00 WasblnKton S.OO 



20.00 Mrs.C. W.Ward 2.26 



20.00 Beacon 2.26 



20.00 Victory 2.26 



18.00 Eldorado 2.00 



Per 1000 

 $18.00 

 26.00 

 20.00 

 20.00 

 20.00 

 16.00 



Express prepaid on orders amounting to $10.00 or more. 

 25 at 100 rates. 250 at 1000 rates. 



Bassett's Floral Gardens, - Loomis, Cal. 



B. S. BASSBTT, Proprietor ^ 



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ROOTED CARNATION CUTTirsUQS 



100 1000 



Enchantress $1.80 $16.00 



Winsor 2.00 17.50 



Victory 2.00 17.50 



Perfection 2.00 17.50 



Pure White Enchantress 2.60 20.00 



Healthiest, cleanest plants you can And on the Pacific Coast. 

 No cuttings taken from outdoor stock. Cash with order. 



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i.-100 1000 



Washington 52.50 $20.00 



Bonfire.., .•a^-50 20.00 



Dorothy Gordon ffe .50 20 . 00 



C.W.Ward 2.50 20.00 



ASPARAGUS PLUMOSUS, 3-lnch, f. o. b. Loomls, 



100 



lono 



$20.00 

 18.00 

 18.00 

 18.00 

 60.00 

 18.00 

 18.01 

 Orders amoanUoK to $10.00 or more prepaid. 36 at 100 rate; 250 at 1000 rate. 



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White Enchantresa $2.26 



Alma Ward, white 2.00 



Dorothy Oordon, rose-pink 2.00 



Pennsylyanla " 2. 00 



Brooklyn " 0.00 



LlKht-Pink Enchantress 2.00 



Washington, cerl8e-plnk 2.00 



$25.00 per 



100 



Bright Spot, cerise-plnk $2.26 



Mrs. 0. W. Ward, cerise-pink 2.28 



Comfort, red 6.00 



St Nicholas, red 6.00 



Victory, " 2.00 



Harlo warden, crimson 1.76 



Benora, variegated 6.00 



1000 



1000 

 $20.00 

 20.00 

 60.00 

 60.00 

 18.00 

 16.00 

 60.00 



PALMS YOU NEED THIS SEASON 



Kentla Forst., iht ft. high. In 6-ln. pots, $1.00; 

 8 ft.. 7-ln.. $1.60; S^a ft., 7-ln.. %2JB0i 4 ft., 8-ln., 

 $3.00: 4Hi ft., 8-ln., $3.80; 6 ft., 9-in.. $4.76; 6 ft., 

 10-in., $6.00; 7 ft., 12-ln., tlJSO each; large speci- 

 mens, in 16-in. tubs, $10.00 each. 



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

 tutck like balled ones. 



Phoenix Can. and Washingtonia Rob., 2-in., 

 $30.00 per 1000. 



KCNTIA NURSERIES. Santa Barbara, Cal. 



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America Glad. Planting Stock 



Gusraateed true te name— prices as faHswt, Parcel Past: 



America, No. 3, 1 to Ik-inch. . . $10 00 per lOCO 



America, No. 4, % to 1-inch 8 DO per 1000 



America, No. ft. ^ to %-inch 5 00 per 1000 



America, No. 6. H to ^a-inch 3.00 per 1000 



CURRIER BULB CO., :: :: Seabrigkt, Cil. 



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PANSIES 



Fancy mixture of German strain. Large plants, 

 outdoor-grown, $4.00 per 10< 0. Small plants, $3.00 

 per 1000. Cash. Send for Trade List. 



FRED G. EHLE 



Wholesale Grewer of BeMiN|$tock, gan Joae, Cal. 



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trimming, scraping and hand labor in 

 preparing and drying them for market, 

 T doubt whether we could compete with 

 the cheaper Italian labor which does the 

 hulk of the work. And, again, I doubt 

 whether we have any location in Mis- 

 souri where the iris would hold its own 

 in competition with native species of 

 plants, so as to enable us to produce it 

 in the field without greater expense than 

 is put on the great areas of it where it 

 thrives well without attention in Italy. 



J. C. Whitten. 



A FULL LINE OF 



Decorative Evergreens 



Mexican Ivy, Brake and Sword Ferns, 

 Giant Woodwardia Ferns, Huckle- 

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 absolutely fresh picked and of tiptop 

 quality at low^est mark^ prices. 



C EADEN ULLEY. ^^t^i" Suti Cnx, Cal. 



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SHASTA DAISIES 



Burbank's Improved Alaska, California and 

 Westralia. Extra strong divisions, $2 50 per 100, 

 $24.00 per 1000; strong divisions, $2.00 per 100. 

 $19.00 per 1000. Also many other plants. Send 

 lor list to 



rcrn rDAnr florist and 



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 R. D. No. 4, SANTA ROSA. CAL. 



PHO£NIX 



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Waterford, Conn. — Antone Leverone 

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 frreenhouse on his property in this town. 



Carloads of Phoenix Canarlensls ^ 



Excellent plants of a dark green color, either ff 



balled or established. AlsoWashlngtonlasln g 



quantlUes. Ask for our wholesale palm list, g 



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