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June 8, 1907 



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PITTSBURG DOINGS. 



The Centennial anniversary of the 

 birth of Agassiz, the naturalist, was 

 celebrated by the High school students 

 in Columbus Grove, Schenley Park, on 

 May 28th, as a postponed Arbor Day. 

 Eighty-three trees were planted, fifty 

 in honor of famous naturalists. 

 Superintendent of Parks G. W. Burke 

 directed the planting. 



Retail florists had a busy time the 

 few days preceding Memorial Day, 

 there being an unprecedented demand 

 for bedding plants and cut flowers. 

 The scarcity of out-door flowers was 

 considered to be the reason for the 

 great demand for cut flowers, the only 

 outdoor flowers in evidence in any 

 quantity being Viburnum opulus which 

 however drooped very quickly in the 

 bright sunshine. Carnations of all 

 colors were plentifully distributed 

 throughout the cemeteries. Enchant- 

 ress and Lawson being the favorites. 

 Roses were not very largely used, 

 Lilium longiflorum, lily of the valley 

 and tulips were plentiful. A few sweet 

 peas and fewer cattleyas were noticed. 

 The most important exercises of the 

 day were held in the beautiful Alle- 

 gheny cemetery where W. Falconer 

 has done good work during the few 

 years he has had charge. An impor- 

 tant feature of the exercises was the 

 distribution of flowers of a high grade 

 on the graves of the many soldiers 

 buried in this charming cemetery 

 which, although situated in the midst 

 of a hustling city, is rapidly assuming 

 a natural and rural character. Be- 

 sides the usual bedding plants which 

 were present in abundance, large 

 plants of hydrangeas, Astilbe Japonica 

 and spireas were noticed. Amongst 

 the bedding plants the predominant 

 color was scarlet, S. A. Nutt geranium 



being the favorite. The run on bed- 

 ding plants and cut flowers continued 

 until late in the day. In St. Mary's 

 and Homewood cemeteries the same 

 condition prevailed. J. H. 



GARDENERS' AND FLORISTS' CLUB 

 OF BOSTON. 



The next regular meeting of the 

 club will be held at Horticultural Hall 

 on Tuesday evening, June 18, at 8 

 o'clock. The speaker of the evening 

 will be Charles H. Totty, the recently 

 elected president of the New York 

 Florists' Club; his- subject will be 

 "The Chrysanthemum: Its Past, Pres- 

 ent, and Future." Tbere are other at- 

 tractions being planned for this meet- 

 ing which will undoubtedly be more 

 largely attended than any in the club's 

 history. W. N. CRAIG, Secretary. 



CLUB AND SOCIETY NOTES. 



The Outing Committee of the New 

 York Florists' Club has completed its 

 work on the programme, and $265 has 

 been subscribed by advertisers, and 

 nearly $300 for prizes. The Commit- 

 tee hopes to distribute copies of the 

 programme at the meeting of the club 

 on Monday, June 10. 



The Ogden Floral Society has been 

 organized at Ogden, Utah, with W. T. 

 Stillwell, president, and J. F. Hender- 

 shot, secretary and treasurer. Its ob- 

 jects are to develop public taste in 

 the adornment of public and private 

 grounds and to discourage ruinous 

 competition in prices. 



WASHINGTON NOTES. 



Joseph R. Freeman has a cross be- 

 tween American Beauty rose and Baby 

 Rambler which he prizes highly and 

 which he thinks will be heard from In 

 the future. A number of other new 

 rose seedlings are under trial at this 

 place. With Cook, Freeman, and 

 Bisset all at work on the Queen of 

 Flowers Baltimore and Washington 

 are at present quite a center of in- 

 terest in that new race of American 

 roses of which Richmond is so en- 

 couraging a forerunner. 



Peter Bisset has a new shell-pink 

 Hybrid Tea rose of delightful fragrance, 

 good form, good stem and foliage. 

 Also a yellow sport from Abies alba 

 and a golden form of the tulip poplar. 

 A fine new range of conservatories is 

 being erected; Moninger of Chicago 

 has the contract. 



Otto Bauer, a brother of Fred C. 

 Bauer of Baltimore, is now associated 

 with and acts as manager of the retail 

 store of the Washington Florists' 

 Co. The greenhouses of J. Louis 

 Loose at Alexandria, Va., and others 

 are a part of this concern. 



Edward A. Schmid the 13th street 

 seedsman is happy over the completion 

 of his new store front and building 

 obstructions next door which have 

 hurt business somewhat the past six 

 months. G. C. W. 



A fire started in the establishment 

 of Hike & Jones, Cortland, N. Y., on 

 May 21, but was arrested quickly. 



DURING RECESS. 



W. H. Ernest, George Cooke, Sam- 

 uel Simmonds, George Schaffer, and 

 other prominent Washington business 

 men who take an interest in the ten- 

 pin pastime are proud of their im- 

 proved standing and prospects in con- 

 nection with the Baltimore and Phila- 

 delphia series and the coming conven- 

 tion. 



