Jolt 4, 1912. 



The Florists' Review 



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FISOllES'S FBEESIAS. 



B. Fischer, the freesia specialist of 

 San Gabriel, Cal., was not satisfied with 

 the way in which his atock of bulbs 

 endured — or failed to endure — last win- 

 ter's unusually severe woather. Hence 

 he has purchased ten acres of land in 

 a more protected location and will re- 

 move his stock to the new tract in the 

 coming fall. He could not risk another 

 season at the old location, he says, as 

 he has some valuable seedling freesias 

 coming on, which will be heard from in 

 due time. He has a ntrain, he says, 

 which comes into bloom about the time 

 when Purity is cut off, and thus the 

 freesia season will be prolonged. Stock 

 of this new strain will be ready to offer 

 in a couple of seasons; other good things 

 will follow. 



"I think," he says, "that I have 

 some of the finest new varieties of free- 

 sias in existence. First and best is an 

 enormous white, superior in size and 

 quality to any Purity ever grown. The 

 measurements of some of the flowers are 

 as follows: Lengf.u of beli from tip of 

 open flower to stem, three and one-half 

 inches; across the expanded flower, two 

 inches; around the edge of expanded 

 flower, six and one-half inches; width of 

 each petal, three-fourths of an inch; in- 

 side of bell, so large that a man's finger 

 can be inserted without damage to the 

 flower. It is of heavy and thick sub- 

 stance and individual flowers last a 

 week before closing up. The perfume 

 is strong, a quality which is somewhat 

 lacking in Purity. The color is a beau- 

 tiful white, without the yellow spot so 

 noticeable in some of the flowers of 

 Purity. Stock of this new freesia, how- 

 ever, will not be offered for some time 

 yet. I also have some fine new sorts in 

 lavender, pink and double white, none 

 of which will be ready for the market 

 for two or three seasons. ' ' 



SEATTLE, WASH. 



The Market. 



Flowers are plentiful, but the sale of 

 them is not so good as we have seen. 

 Stock of all kinds is in large supply 

 and so many outdoor flowers are com- 

 ing in that the florists are overbur- 

 dened with material. Weddings and 

 some funeral work tend to somewhat 

 reduce the surplus. 



Various Notes. 



The Mount Baker Park Improvement 

 Club put up a pretty rose show Satur- 

 day and Sunday, June 22 and 23, which 

 was visited by 20,000 people. The 

 show was held in a large marquee in 

 the park and, the weather not being 

 too hot, the roses and other flowers 

 lasted nicely over the two days. The 

 florists and nurserymen helped consider- 

 ably in the display. Exhibits were 

 made by the following firms: Burdett 

 Co., H. Harrington Co., Eosaia Bros., 

 Seattle Nursery & Floral Co., Holly- 

 wood Gardens, Sandahl & Sons, Aab- 

 ling-El)rig]bt Seed Co. The park board 

 also contributed a creditable dispUiy f^t 

 roses. Prizes were offered to the trade 

 for a bunch of roses, won by Rosaia 



Bros., and a display of plants and cut 

 flowers, won by Hollywood Gardens. 

 H. Harrington Co. had what was gener- 

 ally considered the finest display, but 

 by some misunderstanding they were 

 too late in getting their exhibit ready, 

 consequently were not in competition. 

 Altogether it was a fine liti|e show, 

 reflecting great credit on the indeniza- 

 tion which got it up. 



The Florists' Club met Tuesday eve- 

 ning, June 25. Ivan Bisdon resigned 

 the ofiice of secretary. The vacancy 

 was filled by the 'appointment of George 

 Hotchkiss. It was decided that the 

 club should put up a float for the Pot- 

 latch parade in July. It wa? also 

 agreed that they should join the Ta- 

 coma florists in a, picnic. 



Morris Davis, the florist on Second 

 avenue, joined the ranks of the bene- 

 dicts last week. During his honey- 

 moon the store is under the manage- 

 ment of W. W. Hawley. 



H. A. Crouch is opening a new flower 

 store on upper Second avenue, in the 

 entrance of the Clemmer theater. It 

 is a fine location. 



The rains of the last two weeks have 

 materially improved the appearance of 

 outdoor carnations. T. W. 



LOS ANGELES, CAL. 



The Market. 



There are signs of slackening down 

 for summer, and already several of the 

 growers are throwing out their stock. 

 This has led to a better demand for the 



more limited quantity of stock offered, 

 especially in good roses. Beauties have 

 been quite scarce, as well as good 

 whites, and My Maryland is snapped up 

 quickly. Orchids are more plentiful and 

 hang fire a little some days, Oattleya 

 gigas and C. Mossiae being che princi- 

 pal offerings. Valley is still in good 

 demand and not always first-class. 



Outdoor flowers are still arriving in 

 quantity. Sweet peas are good in some 

 instances and poor in others, the later 

 plantings being best. Carnations are 

 poor and such flowers as centaureas are 

 being used in their place. Asters have 

 not yet made thjeir appeairance, but, 

 judging from the looks of the fields, 

 they will be in by the middle of the 

 month. Gypsophila is in good demand 

 for made-up work. Gladioli are selling 

 well in the popular kinds, but there are 

 still too many varieties. Greens are 

 moving about on an even keel; growers 

 are cutting now from the young stock. 



Various Notes. 



The visit to this city of Hugh Dick- 

 son, of Ireland, and W. Atlee Burpee, 

 of Philadelphia, had a pleasant conclu- 

 sion June 20, when quite a good-sized 

 party made a trip to the Huntington 

 estate, the Busch gardens, at Pasadena, 

 and the Dieterich & Turner and Howard 

 & Smith places at Montebello. Several 

 automobiles were hired, and our friend 

 Charlie Morton was along with his 

 Buick to assist. G. W. Smith, of How- 

 ard & Smith, was also on hand at the 

 Van Nuys hotel at the scheduled time 

 to start, but the party had already left. 



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