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74 



The Florists^ Review 



Septembbb 23, 1915. 



come or until trees can be planted and 

 brought to bearing age, which certainly 

 should be done; we should grow the 

 seed as well as the seedling. It is likely 

 that, with the end of the present war, 

 European conditions will quickly as- 

 sume the normal; with their well 

 trained labor, perfect equipment and 

 long experience, coupled with cheap 

 ocean freights, French growers can 

 make delivery at our ports at a low 

 figure and still have a balance on the 

 right side of the ledger. And it is safe 

 to assume that if they see their Amer- 

 ican market threatened, they will do 

 their utmost to throttle competition by 

 cutting prices to the minimum. Can 

 we make the required investment, buy 

 the seed, pay prevailing wages for labor 

 while training it fo» the work, absorj) 

 the higher freights to points east of 

 the Mississippi and still meet these cut 

 prices? I believe we can. If the Kan- 

 sas grower can live under the various 

 vicissitudes incidental to his climate, 

 and practically supply the American 

 market for apple seedlings, as he does 

 today, why cannot we, under our more 

 favorable conditions, do at least as 

 well! 



The time seems ripe for some of us 

 to take up this work extensively and 

 make a specialty of it, each growing the 

 particular class of stock his locality will 

 best produce. Then it is up to the rest 

 of us to give these growers not only our 

 orders, but our support in every way 

 possible. 



PITTSBURGH, PA. 



The Market. 



Pittsburgh has just come through 

 the hottest week of the summer and 

 it certainly did not have a good effect 

 on business. Stock from a distance 

 was cooked in the boxes; even asters 

 and gladioli in some instances were 

 worthless. The retail stores were just 

 beginning to perk up and trade gen- 

 erally was improving, but the few hot 

 days set us back to midsummer con- 

 ditions. Roses were blown before they 

 could be delivered and asters as a rule 

 did not look good to the buyers. The 

 wholesale men did the best they could, 

 which was not good. Dahlias were 

 worthless when they arrived and only 

 the garbage man did a flourishing busi- 

 ness. 



Various Notes. 



Ray T. Page, auditor for the Pitts- 

 burgh Cut Flower Co., who has been in 

 poor health, has gone to Atlantic City 

 to recuperate. He probably will have 

 an extended vacation. 



The landscape department of the A. 

 W. Smith Co. was nearly wrecked last 

 week. Ralph W. Pinner and Mr. 

 Bracken were at Coraopolis Heights to 

 look over a property they are making 

 plans for, and on their return their car 

 was upset and both men were taken to 

 the hospital. They are getting along 

 nicely and will be out in a few days. 



William Loew has returned from the 

 S. A. F. convention, delighted with his 

 trip. Clarke. 



FALL PRICK LIST 



ROSES 



"rirst Aid to Buyers" 



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New Nephrolepis Fern 



JOHN WANAHAKER 



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 confident that it wili malie a piace for itself. 



A "sport" from Nephrolepis Scbolzell, with 

 longer, narrower, gracefully drooping fronds. It 

 Is not so compact in growth as Scbolzell, and 

 therefore does not decay in the center, and is a 

 durable bouse fern. It is a rapid grower, making 



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an abundance of fronds, and la quite distinct 

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Strong plants from 2^ -inch pots, $3.00 per 

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 $5.00 each. 



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Order early to secure the cream of the stock. 

 Special quotations on application. 



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Delphinium Belladonna 



Strong transplanted field-grown plants of the popular Delphinium 

 Belladonna, 85c per doz.; $6.00 per 100; $50.00 per 1000. 



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