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This flultl ulmolutt'ly dOHtroyH all wii'iIh iiikI otliiT trr<i\vth wliprpver appllfMl. 

 oDil Its fttfct on lli<> KrniiDil |iri'vi'iila tli<' srowtb of freib onei for • year and 

 tliiiH hiMrH n Krcat <lfiil of (Itnc nnd Inliur, hm no cutting, liofint; or hnulliiic iiwiiy 

 of tin- \vo*'iIm 1» rtMiiilroil. 

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PITTSBURGH. 



OeorKe Nixon lius relumed to Pllts- 

 burgb after a several years' service 

 with the Park Floral Company In 

 Cleveland, O., and taken a similar po- 

 sition with the Alpha Floral Company 

 in East Liberty. Before going to 

 Cleveland, Mr. Nixon was a salesman 

 for the Harris Brothers of Fifth 

 avenue. 



The planting of trees to the soldiers 

 and sailors, relatives of the members 

 of the Woman's Club of Pittsburgh 

 was featured in its Arbor Day observ- 

 ance at the Point last Saturday after- 

 noon. The trees were planted by Col. 

 Thomas W. Griffith for the Army, and 

 H. M. Laughlin, C. B. M., for the Navy. 

 They were accepted by Roy Schooley, 

 private secretary for Mayor Babcock, 

 representing the city. Among other 

 trees planted was one for Myra Lloyd 

 Dock, who is known as the ".Mother of 

 Forestry Conservation in Pennsyl- 

 vania. On Tuesday afternoon a "Peace 



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and 



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— a new combinHlion %vhich bids fair 

 to replace the otdLimeSul hur-Arse- 

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 It ie more powerful and much less ex- 

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Tree in honor of President Wilson 

 and :i "Victory Tree" for Gen. Pershing 

 were planted at the annual Arbor Day 

 celebration of the Daughters of Betsy 

 Ross. 



The first annual banquet and elec- 

 tion of officers of the Retail Florists' 

 Association of the Pittsburgh District 

 was held on Tuesday evening of last 

 week at the Seventh Avenue Hotel. 

 Chairman George Asmus of the finance 

 publicity committee, and S. A. P. Sec- 

 retary .lohn Young, were present as 

 honor guests and speakers. Mr. As- 

 mus emphasized the urgent necessity 

 of co-operating with the national "Say 

 it with Flowers" campaign. Mr. Young 

 spoke of the general spirit of co-oper- 

 ation in the business world today, and 

 complimented the new Western Penn- 

 sylvania Association for backing up 

 the national organization. Ira C. Har- 

 per, who was later elected president, 

 presided. The other officers elected 

 were Gilbert P. Weaklen, vice-presi- 

 dent; Orville Crlsnian, secretary, and 

 John .McClements, treasurer. 



ST. LOUIS. 



Quite a few of the florists have been 

 hit hard in regard to help. F. H. Web- 

 er loses two of his head men in the 

 draft; one went to the navy. 



Monday. May 13. kept the down 

 town retailers busy with the opening 

 of the new building of the Mercantile 

 Trust Co. Many elaborate set pieces 

 and baskets were sent. 



The St. Ixiuis F'lorlst Club met on 

 May 9. Only a few attended owing 

 to the planting out season. In the 

 absence of president Bourdet. Frank 

 Hillmas took the chair. A very inter- 

 esting talk was made by Fred Am- 

 mann on the coal situation. Some 

 very artistic window displays were 

 made by the downtown florists for 

 Mothers' Day. 



BUFFALO. 



Buffalo's subscriptions in the Third 

 Liberty I^an totaled $38.214, ."lUO. The 

 florists' section, of which S. A. Ander- 

 son was chairman, contributed gener- 

 ously. 



Milton B. Schaffer, of Buffalo, has 

 been engaged by the boards of edu- 

 cation of Dunkirk and Fredonia as a 

 garden expert to have charge of the 

 school gardens in Dunkirk and Fred- 

 onia, sharing his time in the two 

 places. He aUo will co-operate with 

 the Liberty Garden committee of the 

 Board of Commerce in Dunkirk. Mr. 

 Schaffer has taken a course in hortl- 

 cultui* In Cornell University and be- 

 sid«fl several years experience in 

 vegetable and garden work on the 

 Connecticut estate of a New York 

 broker, has been engaged for a num- 

 ber of years in fruit culture. 



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 Used according to direction, our stand- 

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 your crops hy Insects. 



Non-poisonous and bnrmleaa to oaer 

 and plant. Leading Seedsmen and 

 Florists bsTs UMd It with wonderful 

 results. 



Destroys Lies In Poultry Bonaea, 

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 Excellent aa a wash for dogs and otbar 

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