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The Weekly Florists^ Review. 



Mabch 17, 1910, 



PHOTOGRAPHS. 



I make a specialty of photographing flowers, 

 plants, etc., for reproduction. Let me submit 

 samplef) and prices on material for the next 

 catalogue or circular. Special work to order at 

 reasonable prices. Nathan R. Graves, 414 Hay- 

 ward Bldg., Rochester, N. Y. 



POTS. 



standard Flowei Pots. If your greenhouses 

 are within 50 miles of the Capital, write us; we 

 can save you money. W. H. Ernest, 28th and 

 M Sts. N. E., Washi ngton , D. C. 



We make Standard Flower Pots, etc. 



Write us when in need. 



Wllmer Cope & Bro., 



Lincoln University, Chester Co., Pa. 



Standard red flower pots. Buy from the origi- 

 nators and introducers. Prices never higher. 

 C. C. Poll worth Co., Milwaukee, Wis. 



"NUFF SED." Best red ppta are made by 

 Geo. E. Feustel, Fairport, Iowa. 



Red pots, none better. 

 Colesburg Pottery Co., Colesburg, Iowa. 



PRINTING. 



ILLUSTRATED FLORISTS' STATIONERY. 

 SAMPLES FREE. 



,\nv Rtandflrd flower cut used free of charge. 

 1000 letter-heads.. $1.60 KKM) bill-beads ...|1.25 



1000 envelopes ... 1.60 1000 tags 1.25 



1000 labels 1.25 1000 cards 1.25 



Fred A. Sotter. Box 86F. Douglassville, Pa. 



Special florists' printing, modern styles, low- 

 est prices. Samples for stamp. Prompt serv- 

 ice. O. K. Fink, Pottstown, Pa. 



RAFFIA. 



Raffia, Red Star brand, best grade, for tying 

 vegetables, roses, carnations, etc. Bale lots or 

 less. Write for prices. 

 McHutchlson & Co.. 17 Murray St., New York. 



Raffila (colored), 20 beautiful shades. Samples 

 free. R. H. Comey Co., Camden, N. J., 



or 810-824 Washburne Ave., Chicago. 



SPHAGNUM MOSS. 



Sphagnum moss, best quality, 80c per bale; 

 10 bales, $7.00. Cash with order. 

 L. Amundson & Son, City Point, Wis. 



TeA bales sphagnum. $7.00. 



Z. K. Jewett Co., Sparta, Wis. 



TIN FOIL. 



Tin foil, 10 lbs., 10c per lb.: 100 lbs., $9.00. 

 Wm. Schlatter & Son, Springfield, Mass. 



TOBACCO. 



Fresh tobacco stems, in bales, 200 lbs.. $1.50; 

 600 lbs., $3.50: 1000 lbs., $6.50; ton, $12.00. 

 * Schartr Bros., Van Wert, Ohio. 



WIRE WORK. 



Wm. H. Woenier, Wire Worker of the West 

 Manufacturer of florists' designs only. Second 

 to none. Illnstrated catalognes. 

 620 N. 16th St., Omaha. Neb. 



We are the largest manufacturers of wire 

 work in the west. E. F. Wlnterson Co., 

 45, 47, 49 Wabash Ave., Chicago. 



50 per cent less than manufacturing cost. 

 Our specialty — 100 assorted designs, $10.00. 

 H. Kenney, 88 Roch ester Avie., Brooklyn, N. Y. 



Florists' wire designs and hanging baskeU. 



Wyandotte Wire Works Co., 



406 Ann Ave., Kansas City, Kan. 



William E. Hlelscher's Wire Works. 



88 and 40 Broadway, Detroit. Mich. 



Illnstrated book. 250 designs free. 



C. C. Poll worth Mfg. Co.. Milwaukee. Wis 



E. H. Hunt, 76-78 Wabash Ave., Chicago. 



NORTH PACIFIC COAST ROSES. 



f Concluded from page 39.] 



time and inclination to develop, the best 

 I could get out of my rose garden. You 

 know the Paul Neyron was up to a few 

 years ago, and perhaps is yet, the largest 

 rose in cultivation. I have seen it cred- 

 ited in your eastern catalogues with this 

 characteristic, and further described as 

 sometimes attaining five and one-half to 

 six inches in diameter. In Portland, in 

 my own garden, I have cut this rose, not 

 once but often, measuring eleven and 

 one-fourth inches in diameter! Perhaps 

 you will think this is a rose story. It 

 reminds me of a friend of mine. Judge 



W , of Portland, now passed across 



to the happy hunting grounds, beloved of 

 all good sportsmen and rose lovers. 

 Some years ago the judge and I were 



fly-fishing on one of Oregon's lovely 

 streams. A little distance ahead I saw 

 liim scientifically play and shortly land a 

 fine trout, calling out excitedly, "Sibson, 

 a 3-pound beauty ! ' ' While saying this, 

 he had taken from his pocket his scale 

 and hooked it in his "beauty's" gill, 

 but lo, it registered only one and three- 

 fourths pounds! Throwing his scale far 

 into the stream, he cried, "Darn this 

 scale! It never is right." I beg, how- 

 ever, to assure you that the foot rule 

 that measured the roses above referred, 

 to was correct. While the size attained 

 was exceptional, and was the result of 

 constant and intensive cultivation, it in- 

 dicates relatively the size of flowers that 

 can be realized in our climate and soil. 



Evolution. 



Ever since I first knew Portland, when 

 her population was only about 9,000, her 

 people have been devoted to roses, and 

 I believe the same applies to every town 

 in western Oregon and Washington. 



Nearly twenty years ago excellent rose 

 shows were held in Portland. In those 

 days the ladies of the city took hold 

 and, by united effort and good executive 

 ability, exhibitions were held that would 

 have been a credit to much larger places. 

 The love of roses, thus encouraged, rap- 

 idly increased and every new home build- 

 er became a lover of the rose. 



In 1901 the Hon. F. V. Holman, a 

 leading attorney and noted amateur 

 rosarian, suggested that Portland be 

 christened and henceforth called "The 

 Bose City." The suggestion quickly 

 ' ' took, ' ' and today, not only in this 

 country, but throughout the civilized 

 world, Portland, Ore., is identified with 

 fine roses. 



Pacific Coast Rote Shows. 



In 1905 the Lewis and Clark Exposi- 

 tion attracted, I think, some 2,000,000 

 people to Portland, and the reputation 

 of her beautiful roses was spread far and 

 wide. About two years later the Port- 

 land Rose Festival Association was or- 

 ganized, and annually in June there is 

 held a "week of roses," including the 

 great rose show under the auspices of 

 the Portland Rose Society. At this rose 

 show last year it was estimated that 

 3,000,000 rose blooms were used in the 

 decoration of the building in which the 

 show was held. 



Perhaps I am saying too much of Port- 

 land, but in this connection it is almost 

 unavoidable, because I live there, and 

 have been, and am in close touch with 

 these matters. Other towns, however, in 

 western Oregon and Washington, are de- 

 veloping the same success in their culti- 

 vation. It is invidious to mention names 

 where all are interested, but it would 

 surprise many of you to see the beauty 

 and quality of the flowers that are ex- 

 hibited at the rose shows throughout that 

 section. At many of them the latest in- 

 troductions of Europe are exhibited. Our 

 rosarians are also discriminating and 

 well posted about their favorites, and woe 

 betide the dealer who is not careful to 

 keep everything true to name! 



Shakespeare says, "What's in a 

 name? That which we call a rose, by 

 any other name would smell as sweet." 

 But here we must have the true rose by 

 its true name, that was given to it by 

 its introducer at its birth. I could say 

 more about this, but it does not come 

 within the province of this paper. 



Commercial Aspects. 



So far, what I have written may not 

 have been of interest to professional 



Western Florist 



Supply House 



Save freight and ezpresBage by 

 buying near home. 



LARGE SUFPLT OV 



Seasonable 

 Stock 



Now ready for prompt delivery. 

 Write for our new price list 



THE BARTELDES SEED CO. 



DENVER, COLO. 



Mention The Review when you write. 



A Business Proposition 

 hr 1910 



Proposed by W. G. Jndy A Bro., Mtg. Elastic 

 Glazing Paste, Greenville, Ohio. Orders promptly 

 filled. Gnaranted. 



Gentlemen. We have satisfactorily tested your 

 paste on new and old sash; it stays where you 

 put it, does not erark off or destroy putty bulbs 

 when left in; always ready to use at any time; 

 one gallon will glaze 1000 ft. of glass and costs fl.OO 

 per gallon. Very much cheaper and more dur- 

 able and convient than putty. With our years of 

 experience as florists, we recommend its value to 

 the public. 



Respectfully yours 

 .TAMK.S Frost 

 C. O'Brien 



Greenville, Ohio. 



growers, wishing to know something 

 about the conditions from a commercial 

 point of view. 



I regret to say that for .commercial 

 growing, in a large way, many insur- 

 mountable drawbacks exist. The mild- 

 ness and beauty of the climate, so favor- 

 able for the amateur, are absolutely dis- 

 astrous to the professional. 



About five years out of seven, the 

 plants will not ripen until too late for 

 distant shipment. I have often cut good 

 outside roses at Christmas. Then our 

 spring usually opens too early. Fre- 

 quently, when the east is blocked with 

 ice and snow, our roses are budding out 

 and getting ready to bloom. I have 

 more than once seen outside roses in 

 Portland begin to bloom by or about 

 April 8. On the other hand, several 

 times no roses have been in bloom on 

 Decoration day. May 30. 



In the former cases, the shipping sea- 

 son is ruinously curtailed. At other times 

 there are killing frosts late in January 

 or February, and in my own experience 

 I have seen the young wheat plants 

 frozen out in the middle of March, neces- 

 sitating reseeding of practically the 

 whole northern part of western Oregon. 



In such seasons the plants suffer such 

 serious injuries that a year is practically 

 lost before they can again be ready for 

 market. 



I am afraid that some of our "push 

 clubs" might object to these plain facts, 

 but for all general purposes the climate 

 and conditions which exist in Oregon and 

 Washington are so good that the truth 

 will not hurt either us or them. 



