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June 27, 1912. 





The Florists' Review 



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PACIFIC Coast Department 



POBTI^XD FLORISTS ORGANIZE. 



The trade here is <4u<9t aw a te a a ing.. 

 suddenly from a protracted BpBll of 

 rushing business and is going to culti- 

 vate the fraternal spirit, to break the 

 monotony of routine. The long ex- 

 pected move has been made, a wide- 

 awake chap has called a meeting for 

 the purpose of organizing a florists' 

 club in Portland, and sure enough we 

 all came together, wondering why we 

 did not do it before, Monday evening, 

 June 10. A permanent meeting place 

 has been secured in the hall at 247% 

 Stark street; time of meetings, the 

 second Monday of each month at 8 

 p. m. 



The majority of Portland's florists 

 were present to sign for charter mem- 

 bership, and the list contained forty- 

 two names, all paid up. Committees 

 for various purposes were appointed to 

 look after details of importance to the 

 prosperity of the new society. Our 

 genial park superintendent, Mr. Mishe, 

 has received the honor of first chair- 

 man, with Mr. Forbes as vice-president. 

 E. M. Bodley has been chosen secre- 

 tary and B. Clarke, of Clarke Bros., 

 treasurer of the society. With the as- 

 sistance of an able board of trustees 

 the interests of the new society will 

 certainly be well taken care of. 



J. G. B. 



TACOMA, WASH. 



The Market. 



her downtown business. This will make 

 it necessary that she lease or sell her 

 greenhouses at Wapata. J. L. S. 



LOS ANOELES, CAL. 



The Market. 



Tacoma and vicinity were visited by 

 an unusually severe rain and wind 

 storm last week, which did much dam- 

 age to outdoor stock. Stock generally 

 is none too plentiful and, with gradua- 

 tion exercises, most of the better 

 grades of carnations and roses were 

 cleaned up. Peonies are about gome, 

 but Shasta daisies, gaillardias, and 

 practically all outdoor flowers are now 

 at their ^est. 



Various Notes. - 



The annual rose show was held, as 

 usual, in the state armory, June 18 

 and 19. The exhibits were about as 

 usual, but there was a no*ie©abl«- 4ack 

 of arrangement shown throughout the 

 hall. None of the local florists went 

 in for the general professional display, 

 as they did not care to erfcibit after 

 the treatment accorded them last year, 

 when the management handed them a 

 fair sized lemon. 



Many of the local florists visited the 

 rose carnival at Portland last week. 



Preparations are being pushed for 

 Tacoma 's one big celebration, the Mon- 

 tamara fiesta, lasting from June 30 to 

 July 4. The florists are planning, as 

 usual, to enter the contest for floats in 

 the industrial floral parade. 



A. G. Seamons spenf part of last 

 week in Aberdeen. 



Plans are being perfected for a joint 

 picnic by the Seattle and Tacoma 

 Florists' Clubs, to be held sometime in 

 July. Even the florists feel that they 

 should have a day now and then for 

 recreation. 



Mrs. Watson is planning on enlarging 



Funeral work, graduation exercises 

 andl^wedding decorations have all done 

 their share to create a fine business, 

 and the staff at all the retail stores has 

 been kept busy. Gladioli are plentiful, 

 but clean up well. Sweet peas are a 

 good deal scarcer, and when special col- 

 ors are wanted they have to be looked 

 for. Romneya Coulteri is on the wane 

 and, while this beautiful flower has 

 been exceedingly welcome, at times 

 there has been too much of it. Yellow 

 flowers have not been overabundant 

 and the showy hunnemannia has been 

 quite useful. The outdoor Easter lilies 

 are fine — as good, indeed, as the best 

 indoor-grown stock. Growers are tak- 

 ing more care of these flowers and are 

 certainly reaping the benefit. Carna- 

 tions of good quality are hard to ob- 

 tain; the reds, especially, are badly 

 eaten by thrips. 



Roses from indoors, while good for 

 the summer season, are not quite as 

 fresh as a few weeks ago, but the de- 

 mand is good. Cecil Brunners also find 

 a good demand, being great favorites 

 for graduation bouquets. Valley is 

 scarce, wedding work cleaning up all 

 the available stock daily. Supply and 

 demand are about equal for orchids, 

 though doubtless more could be sold if 



retailers could depend upon the supply. 

 Adiantum is plentiful and there is no 

 particular scarcity in any other greens. 

 While there is' not the demand for pot 

 plants that exists in some other cities, 

 there are frequent calls for medium 

 priced stock, which the retailers are 

 wholly unable to supply. 



Our Distinguieihed Visitors. 



The evening of June 19 will long be 

 remembered by the members of the 

 Los Angeles County Horticultural So- 

 ciety, their wives and friends, who 

 took part in the banquet tendered to 

 Hugh Dickson, of Belfast, Ireland, and 

 W. Atlee Burpee, of Philadelphia. It 

 was held at the HoUenbeck hotel, and 

 about 100 sat down to an excellent din- 

 ner, after which a most pleasant eve- 

 ning was spent, listening to speeches, 

 songs and other entertainment. The 

 hall was beautifully decorated with 

 flowers, greens and plants, provided for 

 the occasion by Dieterich & Turner, 

 Charles Morton, of the Los Angeles 

 Flower market, Wright's Flower Shop 

 and others. 



President Theodore Payne was in the 

 chair and introduced the guests of the 

 evening in a short but happy speech, 

 and this brought Mr. Burpee to his feet. 

 In an inimi^ble, informal and thor- 

 oughly humorous talk the distinguished 

 seedsman took us back over the early 

 days in California to the present day, 

 in which he "managed" Mr. Dickson's 

 tour. Mr. Burpee is a finished story 

 teller and some of his anecdotes about 

 the road in the years gone by were de- 



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