

June 14. 1006. 



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and a day or two more will ease things 

 up and no doubt stock of all kinds will 

 be scarce enough. 



Club Meeting. 



The Florists' Club met June 5. Peonies 

 ^vere up for discussion and the members 

 found a very fine display awaiting them 

 at the club rooms. Among the exhibitors 

 was C. Betscher, Canal Dover, O., who 

 showed Edulis superba, Floral Treasure, 

 grandiflora. I^dy Bramwell, Due de 

 Orleans, Jenny Lind, Festiva maxima 

 and many others, all of which were very 

 fine and came in good shape. 



H. A. ])reer, JMiiladelphia, showed 

 Couronne d'Or, Ciiarlemagne, Marie 

 I^niome and a number of others. Thoa 

 Meehan & Sons, Droshertown, Pa.* 

 showed Delicatissima and a number of 

 other varieties, but for some reason this 

 shipment arrived in bad shape. It con- 

 tained some varieties we would have 

 i'l-^^^ s<?e in good shape and beside 

 this Meehan & Sons have been so kind 



to lis that we seem to look for their ex- 

 hibit. Schenley park also had a nice 

 show of peonies and other hardy things. 



The Pittsburg Bose and Carnation Co. 

 showed several handsome vases of white, 

 pink and red peonies. 



One question was, "Are peonies a 

 good thing for the cut flower people?" 

 The answer of one man was: "Granted 

 it is one of the handsomest garden 

 plants, and no garden should be without 

 it, and that it is fine as a decorative 

 flower, as far as the grower is concerned 

 he would be better off without them. 

 During the few davs they last, they sell 

 so cheaply that they take the place of so 

 much stock and the price realized on 

 peonies is so small that he is on the 

 wrong side financially; but certainly we 

 still will have peonies." 



A committee was appointed to stir up 

 matters pertaining to the convention and 

 secure rates and any information that 

 will be of use to tho'se who wish to at- 

 tend. 



HINTS ON 



FORCING BULBS 



FREE 



E. C. Beineman was appointed chair- 

 man of a committee to arrange for a 

 picnic or outing of some kind, with full 

 power to act. This is the one feature 

 of the club in which wives, children and 

 sweethearts can participate and is be- 

 coming more popular each year. 



VariotM Notes. 



An immense water tank on top of the 

 building in which J. B. Murdoch & Co. 

 are located gave way June 8, and came 

 crashing through the third and second 

 floors, bringing everything with it and 

 burying fourteen people in the debris. 

 All were injured but none was killed. 

 Murdoch received no damage, although 

 a single partition was all that was be- 

 tween them and the wreck. 



Al Sheapard, who came to Pittsburg 

 some years ago from New York, to work 

 for A. M. Murdoch, but had been with 

 Bandolph & McClements the last few 

 years, died June 6. He had been con- 

 fined to his bed since shortly after the 

 holidays. He was 57 years old and with 

 his large experience was considered one 

 of the best men in the city. 



Lee Biley, of the Pittsburg Florists *^ 

 Exchange, played ball Decoration day 

 and had a little finger almost torn off. 

 He has been nursing it ever since. 



Miss Geib, of the Pittsburg Cut 

 Flower Co., is the first on record to 

 start the vacation racket. She is "up 

 the Hudson." 



Sweet peas could have been bought 

 in large lots last week as cheaply as a 

 penny a buneh. Peonies went at buyers* 

 prices. 



Visitors: .T. W. Glenn, Kittaning, 

 Pa.; Geo. L. Huscroft, Steubenville, O. j 

 Chas. Crall, Monongahcla, Pa.; Wm. 

 Croninck, Irwin, Pa.; Arthur Langhans, 

 Wheeling, W. Va. Hoo-Hoo. 



Peoria, III. — James C. Murray re- 

 ports an excellent trade the past two 

 months, but says his health will not per- 

 mit him to push the business as it should 

 be pushed. 



Norfolk, Va.— In the federal court 

 the creditors of the Hugh L. Aumann Co. 

 of 117 Granby ati«eet, were cited to ap- . 

 pear June 18 to show cause, if any, 

 why the stock in the store and in the 

 four greenhouses of the concern in Nor- 

 folk county should not be sold. 



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