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The Florists^ Review 



JONB 19. 1919. 



EMIL SCHLOSS, 



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WASHINGTON, D. C. 



Club Meeting. 



The Florists' Club of Washington 

 held its monthly meeting June 4. It had 

 been intended to have an exhibition of 

 peonies for the occasion, but, owing to 

 the hot weather, all of the best local 

 peonies were through blooming, and so 

 this part of the program had to be dis- 

 pensed with. 



As soon as the routine business was 

 finished, President Blackistone made a 

 little address and explained to the club 

 that he thought the future usefulness 

 of the florists demanded that they make 

 a greater study of their work than they 

 had done in the past. The florists' busi- 

 ness, to a large extent, is technical, and 

 should be treated as such. He gave no- 

 tice that in the future a short time dur- 

 ing each meeting would be given over 

 to a technical discussion on the subject 

 of flowers. This discussion then took 

 the form of the ordinary quiz about as 

 follows: 



Ques. What are the two principal 

 classifications of the peonies? 



Ans. The Moutan, tree or shrubby 

 peony, and the herbaceous peony. 



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Ques. What are the principal classi- 

 fications of the herbaceous ])eony? 



Ans. The Brownii, a native of Cali- 

 fornia; alba flora, or edulis, meaning 

 edible; tenuifolia, which moans fern- 

 like foliage; anoniala, a bright red sin- 

 gle peony, indigenous to Europe and 

 Asia, and ofiicinalis, also native of Eu- 

 rope and Asia. 



Ques. How w^ould you classify fes- 

 tiva maxima and the other large com- 

 mercial varieties? 



Ans. These are hybrids obtained from 

 crossing officinalis with alba flora. 



A general discussion followed, taking 

 in the origin, blooming season, culture, 

 cutting and handling of peonies. It was 

 surprising hoAV interesting the subject 

 became as different ones would see some 

 phase of the subject which before was 

 unfamiliar to them. For all future 



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meetings, the plan is to have a quiz or 

 a schoolroom discussion on different 

 timely subjects. 



Enid, Okla.— The Enid Floral Co. has 

 bought out the Besgrove Floral Co. and 

 will build a modern flower store with a 

 conservatory. The Enid Floral Co. is a 

 model of progressiveness and energy 

 and is preparing to compete with grow- 

 ers all over the state in shipping to 

 Texas points. 



