The Florists' Review 



June 5, 1913. 



I Pacific Coast DEPARTMENJn 



San Francisco, Cal. — E. W. McLellan 

 recently has received a great deal of 

 newspaper publicity because of a 

 charge made against him in Hillsbor- 

 oagh of violating some of the laws 

 regulating teaming. The case was 

 heard in the evening, by a jury which 

 some of the papers called a "million- 

 aire jury" and to which others re- 

 ferred as "the full dress jury." Mr. 

 McLellan is the most democratic of 

 men. The jury acquitted him on fifteen 

 minutes' deliberation. 



PORTLAND, ORE. 



The Market. 



Business for the last week was ex- 

 ceptionally good. Memorial day and 

 the days preceding were all that could 

 be wished for. By closing time there 

 was little left. Stock was quite scarce 

 in every line. Carnations sold out early. 

 Peonies were limited, only the red 

 variety being obtainable. All outside 

 stock was scarce and good prices pre- 

 vailed. The orders from out-of-town 

 florists had to be declined, as there was 

 not enough stock for the local needs. 

 Roses are showing the effect of the 

 warm weather, yet the crop has been 

 heavy to date. Sweet peas are a daily 

 clean-up. Some fine strains are offered. 

 Many June weddings are being booked, 

 with a goodly call for valley and roses. 



Various Notes. 



Fred Vetter, of Boston, Mass., has 

 charge of the growing end of H. C. 

 Eckenberger 's place at Milwaukee, Ore. 

 He is well known here, as he was con- 

 nected with Clarke Bros, several years 

 •go. E. R. C. 



LOS ANQELES, CAL. 



The Market. 



The terrible disaster at Long Beach 

 cast quite a gloom over the city May 

 24 and was the cause of much funeral 

 work. Large quantities of stock have 

 been handled and the glut is practically 

 over, though there is still need of hus- 

 tling to get rid of all that comes in. The 

 Matilija poppy, Romneya Coulteri, is 

 among the showiest of flowers and is in 

 great abundance now. Centaureas are 

 plentiful; so, also, are outdoor carna- 

 tions, though the quality is only fair. 

 Cecile Brunner roses are less plentiful, 

 the climbing form being almost over. 

 Other good outdoor roses coming in are 

 Winnie Davis, Ulrich Brunner, Lady 

 Battersea and Mrs. John Laing. Indoor 

 roses are fair. Peonies are coming from 

 northern points, the local-grown stock 

 being over. Cornflowers were in big 

 demand for Memorial day, for flags and 

 similar work, and were on the short 

 side, as no other blue flowers could 

 quite take their place. There is a good 

 supply of orchids, valley and all classes 

 of greens. 



The New Doheny Conservatory. 



It has been common knowledge for 

 some time that a magnificent new con- 

 servatory was to be built on the Do- 

 heny estate, at Chester place. Various 



amounts, ranging from a million dollars 

 down, have been mentioned as the sum 

 to be spent on it, but G. W. Smith, 

 of Howard & Smith, who has had 

 charge of the matter, has been silent 

 on the question. Hearing that fifteen 

 carloads of greenhouse materials were 

 en route for this city, it seemed to 

 me that it was time to break through 

 his shell, if possible. I have it from 

 Mr. Smith personally that the original 

 contract price for tnQ naw house was 

 $355,000. It is to be 300 feet long, 

 121 feet wide and forty»seven feet to 

 the roof. I have positively no statis- 

 tics to go by, but I believe the house 

 will be unique in many ways. Not- 

 withstanding its great width, there 

 will not be an inside pillar or support 

 of any kind that will reach the ground. 

 It will be of steel framing throughout 

 and will be the last word in green- 

 house construction. 



Ed. Howard has made many trips to 

 Mexico and other places, collecting 



plants for Mr. Doheny, and is in Mex- 

 ico now. Many carloads of these 

 rarities are ready for slupment and 

 many more will be ready before the 

 house is finished. Large specimen 

 palms, cycads, crotons and similar 

 plants will constitute the bulk of these 

 shipments, and their arrival and sub- 

 sequent arrangement in this splendid 

 house will be an event of the keenest 

 interest to all local plant lovers. Los 

 Angeles horticulturists should be proud 

 that they have such a magnificent 

 patron as Mr. Doheny in their midst, 

 and he, on the other hand, is mighty 

 lucky in securing such an enthusiastic, 

 energetic and capable collector as Mr. 

 Howard. 



Various Notes. 



A remarkably attractive window was 

 put up by H. Reeve Darling at the store 

 of the Hayward Floral Co., in Sixth 

 street. May 26, and consisted entirely of 

 white flowers. Romneya Coulteri, white 



ADVANCE dRDERS, 1913 FALL DELIVERY, OF 



JAPANESE LILY BULBS and SEEDS 



— Writ* for Catalogu* to 



The Oriental Seed Co.f 



Wholesale 



Growers 



22flL Clamant St.. SAN FRANCISCO, CAL. 



S. MURATA & CO. 



WHOLESALE FLORISTS 



Phon. Main 2987.F2604. 7S1 So. Biwulway, LOS ANGELES, CAL. 



M«ntlon The Rerlew when Ton write. 



Marguerite Mrs. F. Sander 



Fine, heavy plants, 2>^-inch, $5.00 per 100, $45.00 per 1000 



DIETERICH & TURNER, Montebello, Cal. 



Til* ProcfMsive Firm. Mail Addrest: R. F. D. 6, LOS ANGELES. CAL. 



Mention The ReTlew when yon write. 



3 and 4-inch Geraniums, 6c to 10c. 

 Cyclamen Seediings, l^c. 

 Celestial Peppers, l^c. 

 Seedling Asp. Piumosus, Ic. 

 2^4-in. Asp. Sprengeri, 2^c. 



Chrysanthemum rooted cuttings, 



li^jc; 2ii2-inch stock, 2^20. In the 

 following varieties : WHITE— Ivory, 

 Eaton, Jones, Nonin ; PINK — Engue- 

 hard, Roosevelt, Ivory ; YELLOW— 

 Bonnaffon, Ivory, Eatonj Jones. 



EVERETT FLORAL CO. 

 3826 Broadway, Evaratt. Waah. 



J. A. Baner Pottery Co. 



418 ti 421 AfeiM SS, Lh Ai|elM. CiL 



Osrry a large stock of nice Red Pots. 

 ^ All orden shipped promptly. 



Largest Potterj on Paeifie Coast. 



FORCING ROSES 



Strong 3-in. Killarney, 

 White Killarney, Richmond, 



18.00 per 100. 



Lady BiUiagdon, $10.00 per 100. 

 Immediate Delivery 



CLARKE BROS., 



PORTLAND 

 OREGON 



FLOWER POTS 



Ton want tbe kest Why bny Inferior pots 

 when ron can get the best at the same prloeT 

 Write for price llat and samples today. 



Standard Pottery Co. 



88S>64 S. Orlffln Ave.. I.oa AncalaSi Oal. 





