OCTOBKB 26. 1011. 



The Weekly Florists' Review. 



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Greenhouses of the Hollywood Gardens, Seattle, 'Wash. 



wonder the florists of Seattle find busi- 

 ness on the boomf 



The business conducted under the 

 name of the Hollywood Gardens, at 

 Seattle, was founded only a short time 

 ago, but already it occupies a promi- 

 nent place among the florists' estab- 

 lishments of that city, and is evidently 

 prosperous and progressive, like the 

 city itself. The proprietors are Mr. 

 and Mrs. F. S. Stimson. During the 

 summer of 1910 they added four green- 

 houses to their range in the suburbs, 

 and in the first part of September of 

 that year they opened a handsome new 

 store in the Haight building, at the 

 corner of Second avenue and Pine 

 street, in the midst of the shopping dis- 

 trict. The interior of this store is 

 shown in one of the photographs here 

 reproduced. The manager, T. B. 

 Pritchard, thinks it is one of the finest 

 stores on the Pacific coast — or did he 

 say the finest on the coast, without ex- 

 ception? The range of fourteen green- 

 houses shown in the other picture has 

 been added to in the last few months 

 by the erection of two carnation 

 houses, 70x225. The automobile used 

 for delivery, the first of its kind in 

 the city, is shown in front of the 

 greenhouses. 



HOW SHAU. IT BE DONE? 



I have, a few feet away from my 

 greenhouse, a large elm stump so lo- 

 cated that it is impossible for me to 

 blow it out or grub it out. Will some 

 leader of The Review please let me 

 know how to kill it out in the quickest 

 ^^ay? ■ H. B. 



NOATHEBN INDIANA FLORISTS. 



The Fort Wayne Meeting. 



The Northern Indiana Florists ' Asso- 

 fiation held its quarterly meeting at 

 Fort Wayne, October 18, at which time 

 the regular business was transacted. 



A committee had been appointed to. 

 prepare a program for the next meet- 

 ing, which will be held January 17, 

 1912, at South Bend. Said committee 

 reported the following program: A 

 paper on "System," by W. W. Coles; 

 "How We Conduct Our Retail Busi- 

 ness," by J. S. Stuart; "Carnation 

 Growing," by W. J. Vesey, Jr. 

 . A poll was taken to ascertain the 

 amount of improvements made by the 

 members during the year, which were 

 as follows: 



Couner-Ulsb Floral Co., rebuilding flO,000 



MuDcle Floral Co., improTements 100 



Ten Byck & Son, rebuilding 1,000 



Jobn S. Leach, new bouses «« . l.SOO 



Frank & Sons, new bouses 15,000 



Henry W. Johnson, ImproTements 100 



Bleberick & Weber, new boose 600 



Verrell & Son, new house 500 



King, Winona I.ake, improvements 200 



W. W. Dederick, new house 800 



Stuart &. Haugh, rebuilding 3,000 



W. H. Troyer, new bouses 8,000 



W. J. & M. S. Vesey, glass, for next year. . 2,000 



Wagoner Floral Co., Improvements 500 



Total f43,800 



Since our last meeting, we have lost 

 one member by death, Clyde Isen- 

 berger. Fitting resolutions were adopted 

 and ordered spread on the minutes, and 

 a copy mailed to the bereft wife. 



The committee on exhibition, consist- 

 ing of Harry White, J. S. Leach and 

 J. S. Stuart, submitted its report, stat- 

 ing that as a whole the display and ar- 

 rangements made a fine showing. The 

 awards were as follows: 



CUrysantbemums — Vase of Mmc. Touset, W. J. 

 & M. S. Vesey, first; Muncle Floral Co.. second. 



Vase of V. Poeblmann, W. J. & M. S. Vesey, 

 first. 



Vase of Omega, W. J. & M. S. Vesey, first; 

 Miss C. B. Flick, second. 



E. G. Hill Co. showed some new early pink, 

 white and yellow mums; Willis Kinyon, a vase 

 of mixed mums; W. J. & M. S. Vesey, pots of 

 woli ftrown pink and white mums. 



Roses — Beauties, Bassett & Washburn, first. 



Vase of Kaiserln, Muncie Floral Co.. first. 



Vase of Richmond, Frank & Sons, first; Bas- 

 sett & Washburn, second; W. J. & M. S. Vesey, 

 third. 



Vase of Klllamey, Frank & Sons, first; Bas- 

 sett & Washburn, second. 



Vase of My Maryland, W. J. & M. S. Vesey, 

 first. 



White Klllamey, Frank & Sons, first; W. J. & 

 M. S. Vesey, second. 



Brides and Maids, Frank & Sons, first; Willis 

 Kinyon, second. 



Mrs. Ward, E. Q. Hill Co., first. 



E. O. Hill Co. also showed a splendid Tase of 

 Sunburst; Willis Kinyon, a vase of mixed roses. 



Carnations — Enchantress, W. J. & M. S. Vesey, 

 first; Biebcrich & Weber, second; W. H, Troyer, 

 third. 



Victory, Bleberlch & Weber, first. 



White Enchantress, W. J. & M. S. Vesey, first; 

 Frank & Sons, second; W. H. Troyer, third. 



Frank & Sons also showed some good White 

 ■Perfection, White Wonder, and a red seedling of 

 much merit. 



Vesey 's table of orchids in variety 

 was fine and proved a great attraction. 

 They also showed 8-inch pans of 

 Scholzeli ferns, and 12-inch pots of 

 Whitman! and Boston ferns. Their 

 banks of fine, assorted decorative 

 plants added much to the display. 



The Muncie Floral Co. had a good 

 display of poinsettias, plumosus, Spren- 

 geri, painted labels, pot covers and 

 bulbs. A. J. Wagoner, Sec'y. 



Store of the Hollywood Gafdcns, Seattle, Wash. 



