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The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



OCTOBEH 11, 1006. 



rotaik'is \v;»s licld at tlie store of ^lay- 

 berry 6i ]Ioover, at which preliminary 

 arranyeiiieuts were made to ojjen a eoni- 

 niissioii iiouse. It was deeidoil that a 

 corj)uratiou composed of growers and re- 

 tailers with a capital stock of $L'5,()()(i, 

 the holdings limited to not more than 

 $3.0(ltl each, could handle the business 

 satisfactorily. One-half the stock was 

 immediately subscribed and ther(> seems 

 110 doubt that the ])roject will be suc- 

 cessful. Among the most interested arc 

 IVIavberrv & Hoover. Z. 1). HIackistone, 

 W.'W. Kimmel, (Jrillbortzcr Bros., C. E. 

 lirooks, Henry Plister and J. A. I'hil- 

 ip]is. In the section of N'irginia and 

 Maryland ailjacent to AVasliington great 

 develojmients liave I'ecentiy been made 

 in commcicial growing. Jt is hoped and 

 belicNcd that a comnussion house will 

 be a hoon to such growers as well as 

 a tim(> saver to those in the business in 

 tiie J district of Columbia. 



Club Affairs. 



The annual dahlia exhibit of the Wash- 

 ington Florists' Club was given October 

 2, as briefly rejiorted last week, in Scot- 

 tish b'ite hall, on (J street northwest. 

 The now varieties attracted nuich atten- 



and Kriemhilde belongs to the same 

 classification, only it is done in a beau- 

 tiful blush rose j>ink, 



Everybody was pleased with the show. 

 The club has been in existence since 

 lSS(i, but only began to get its growth 

 about three years ago, and this is de- 

 L'lared the best exhibit to date. 



As an incentive to competition, j)rizes 

 and certificates were awarded liy a com- 

 mittee, including Ceorgc Cooke, George 

 Field, Charles McCauley, Cieorge Shaffer 

 and J. E. Anderson. 



First-class certificates were awarded 

 Kichard Vincent, Jr., & Hon, of White 

 Marsli. :Md., and W. R. Gray, of Oakton, 

 Va. Honorable mention was 

 W. Evans, of Hamilton, Va. 



It is j)roj)osed to give an exhibit of 

 roses in December, for local dealers, un- 

 der the direction of the oflicers. Peter 

 Kisset, )>resident; Z. I). Blackistone, vice- 

 jiresident ; Charles McCauley, secretary, 

 and William H. Ernst, treasurer. 



The great feature of the local club's 

 existence, however, is to be the conven- 

 tion of the American Kose Society, in 

 Washington, in March, 1907. The finest 

 roses grown in this country will be dis- 

 played, and some of the prominent grow- 



given W. 



Paul R. B. Pier&on. 



tion. Among them were ci>ns|iicuiius the 

 Twentieth Century and Pink Centiuy. 

 The Oraml Duke Alexis and dmioi-ratii- 

 Mrs. .limes were in harmonious juxta- 

 position, 'llic ('(luiitess Lonsdale sliowcd 

 long, red jietals, which radiate in flam- 

 ing jioiiifs like badly jiainted siin^ds. 



ers will attend. Mr. Pisset is solely re- 

 sponsilde for the con\entioii, as he prc- 

 lenfed the argument that Washington 

 uduld be the best citv for the conven- 

 tion, since it is according to his st.'ite- 

 inent. ''one of the worst supplieil cities 

 for flowers in the land. ' ' 



PAUL R. B. PIERSON. 



The demise of Paul K. B. Pierson, at 

 Tarrytown, N .¥., September 28, has been 

 chronicleil. He was known to all the 

 visitors to the establishment of his son^ 

 F. II. Pierson, and was held in much 

 esteem. In speaking of his father's life 

 the son said: 



"In his early life he was a wood en- 

 graver Avlien wood engraving was an 

 art, and before the days of mechanical 

 processes. He was one of the best wood 

 engravers in the country, until his eye- 

 sight failed, when he retired, which ia 

 now quite a number of years ago. Since 

 that time he has made the greenhouses 

 his headquarters, in which he was much 

 interested, as you know, as he loved 

 everything that grew; in fact, I rather 

 attribute my taking up the florists' busi- 

 ness to his intercut in such matters when 

 I was a boy. When he was a young man 

 he had charge of the engraving depart- 

 ment in the Bureau of Engraving and 

 Printing in Washington, from 1857 to 

 1S.19. In later years he was associated 

 with lienson J. Lossing, the historian, in 

 business, and afterwards succeeded him. 

 He was afterwards on the Century staff. 



"His death was sudden, and although 

 he had had pleurisy for some little time, 

 he was gaining constantly, and we ex- 

 ]iected he would recover until the day he 

 died, when heart failure set in, and he 

 sank lapidly, until his death on Tuesday 

 night. Only a short time ago he was 

 wiilking to Scarborough for exercise — a 

 five miles' walk — which for a man of 78 

 years of age showed his bodily vigor, 

 iind his mental vigor was as strong as 

 that of a man of 40. His death to us, 

 although we knew be was ill, was very 

 sudden, because he seemed to have years 

 of a strong, interesting life ahead of 

 him." 



BALTIMORE. 



The Market 



Business was good the entire week. 

 The weather, however, was disagreeable 

 last week and colder, and nearly every 

 one cleaned up with fair prices. Jack 

 frost is looked for any day now. When 

 it conies the outdoor plants will close 

 their eyes and the market will be bet- 

 ter for the indoor stock. Carnations 

 seem to be plentiful for this time of the 

 year and enough to mwt the demand. 

 Chrysanthemums are coming in slowly, 

 while roses are still plentiful. Greens 

 of all kinds are now more steady. Callas 

 are making their apjiearance. 



To Revive Flower Show. 



liy a unanimous vote the Park Board,. 

 Tuesday night, decided to revive the 

 eustcMu of li(dding (lower shows in the 

 park greenhouses during the spring and 

 fall of I'ai-li year. The first show will 

 be held in the fall of 1!)07. Owing to 

 tlie fact that the greenhouses are at pres- 

 ent tilled with flowers ami plants for 

 the paiks and s(|iiaies it will be impos- 

 sible to liohl a .show during the comint: 

 spring. 



The custom of holding flower shows 

 was abandoned se\eral years ago. it is 

 thought that by the use of jiroper safe- 

 guards the shows van be held at a rea- 

 sonaide cost. To obviate the abuse of 

 gi\ing aw.Mv the flowers grown for the 

 exhibition it is jirojiosed to adopt strin- 

 gent, rules. Mayor Tiiiuinns is strongly 

 ill favor of holding tin' flower shows. 

 He attended the meeting of the Park 



