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The Florists^ Review 



Sbptbubiib 16. 1920 



street, Beaver, Pa., known as the Dow- 

 dell Floral Shop. 



Joseph G. Fisher, Michigan repre- 

 sentative of the Pittsburgh Cut Flower 

 Co., spent a few days last week in 

 Pittsburgh on a business trip. 



H. J. H. 



PHILADELPHIA. 



The Market. 



The fall glories are just coming into 

 town. Magnificent dahlias from the 

 Jersey specialists add their rich, warm 

 colors to the market. The names of 

 the dahlia kings, Peacock, "Wofrum, 

 Maytrott, Hugo Kind, are heard in the 

 wholesale commission houses. The 

 prices they obtain for the fancy flowers 

 are surprising; $10 and $12 are men- 

 tioned in whispers, $6 and $8 are not 

 uncommon, $3 and $4 will buy ordinary 

 stock, while $1 and $2 are cheerfully 

 paid to that increasingly alert body of 

 semi-professional gardeners who delight 

 in trading with their retail florist. 



Asters, mostly from New York state, 

 are as fine as, maybe finer than, at any 

 previous time this season. Gladioli 

 are fair to middling. There are lots of 

 short, some medium and a few long 

 roses, plenty of lilies, a few apologies 

 for carnations, some new Golden Glow 

 chrysanthemums and a rather dull 

 market. 



The September Meeting. 



Few of the members who admired 

 Warren Maytrott 's California dahlia 

 novelties or discussed the raise in the 

 Adelphia's rent, knew that the event 

 of the evening was not on the program. 

 They discovered it, however. Secre- 

 tary Kift told them of the hearing to 

 be held before the Federal Horticul- 

 tural Board in Washington September 

 10 and J. Otto Thilow followed with a 

 full explanation of the facts and an 

 eloquent appeal for concerted action 

 to meet the emergency. Mr. Thilow 

 said that the government proposed re- 

 strictions on shipments of produce, 

 nursery stock, plants and cut flowers 

 from New Jersey and from Pennsyl- 

 vania in order to prevent the spread 

 of the Japanese beetle. He said that 

 such restrictions would be unjust and 

 that the club must be represented at 

 the hearing to protest such a decision. 

 This was unanimously agreed to and 

 a committee was chosen to represent 

 the club in Washington at the hearing. 



The Hearing in Washington. 



There were nearly 100 persons pres- 

 ent at the hearing held by the Fed- 

 eral Horticultural Board in Washington 

 the morning of September 10. Penn- 

 sylvania had a strong body of repre- 

 sentatives. Among them were James 

 C. Clark, William Warner Harper, 

 Edmund A. Harvey, W. W. Hooper, 

 Robert Kift, Thomas B. Meehan, Henry 

 F. Michel], Henry T. Moon, Arthur A. 

 Niessen and Robert Pyle. Mr. Pyle 

 acted as spokesman for the florists and 

 nurserymen. 



The meeting was the most satisfac- 

 tory that has been held by the Fed- 

 eral Horticultural Board, because there 

 was a clear understanding that all 

 those present had one purpose — to meet 

 and overcome a danger. 



The government officials explained 

 that the Japanese beetle was confined 

 to a limited area in New Jersev and to 



■*4. 



DAHLIAS 



You can handle DAHLIAS successfully and they are money- 

 makers if you will get your supply from us. 



We handle the entire cut of the Peacock Dahlia Farms, the 

 greatest Dahlia Specialist in the country. 



Bear in mind we carry no Dahlias in stock. Orders must 

 be placed in advance. You should place a regular order for ship- 

 ment every day or twice a week, according to your needs. 



The varieties of Dahlias that we furnish are the best foy 

 cutflower purposes. It is a careful selection of the better kind, 

 new introductions and novelties. 



A sample shipment will convince you of the superior quality 

 of Peacock's Dahlias. 



We still have plenty of good ASTERS, in fact the BEST 

 we have had this season. 



Our list of Carnation Plants is still complete. Look for our 



fled advertisement. 



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Dahlias of distinction and quality, carefully packed at the 

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