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The Weekly Rorists' Reviev^. 



August 12, 1909. 



a small palm house before fall. He is 

 negotiating for the purchase of more 

 land, so as to extend his range of houses. 

 He has recently secured the services of 

 John Both, an experienced designer, for- 

 merly of New York. 



Johnston Bros, had several large 

 pieces for the funeral of Mrs. Flaherty, 

 August 6. W. H. M. 



PITTSBURG. 



The Market. 



Persons traveling around the whole- 

 sale houses last week did not ask about 

 business, if they were wise. The usual 

 amount of trade was there, and it would 

 have been quite satisfactory, had there 

 been less stock. However, there is the 

 "pinch," as all hands were compelled 

 to hustle all day handling asters and 

 gladioli, for which there was little de- 

 mand, and what were sold went at unsat- 

 isfactory prices. 



I hear many remarks about the men 

 who foolishly ship in little, short- 

 stemmed asters at this season, when there 

 are more of the better grades than the 

 market can possibly dispose of. These 

 shippers could at least save the express 

 charges by throwing away the poor stuff, 

 and the good stock would naturally bring 

 more money if the tables were not so 

 badly crowded. But no doubt things will 

 continue as they are, though the only 

 persons making any money are the ex- 

 press companies. 



Among the retailers things are gener- 

 ally quiet. 



A Disastrous Storm. 



The people in this section have been 

 praying for rain, and got some Thurs- 

 day evening, August 5, in a shape which 

 they did not like. 



Thursday evening, about 5:30 p. m., 

 sections around this city were visited by 

 a terrific wind and hail storm. The 

 storm was peculiar in a way — first a 

 light rain and hail, then it stopped a 

 moment or two, and the heaviest rain 

 and hail seen in years commenced and 

 continued about forty minutes. One pe- 

 culiar thing was that the sun was shin- 

 ing in from the west beautifully most 

 of the time. The storm was coming in 

 from the opposite direction. 



Randolph &; McCIeraents were the 

 worst sufferers, as their Stanton avenue 

 houses were in the direct path of the 

 storm. They lost three-fourths of their 

 glass. A. R. Peacock, of Highland ave- 

 nue, lost all of his, and H. J. Heinz and 

 H. C. Finch were also heavy losers. 

 Flower beds were mined, and cannas 

 looked as if they had been shredded. 

 Vegetable gardens were simply ruined. 

 Lima beans were cut to pieces, and every- 

 thing else was beaten into the ground. 

 Here is the official weather man's re- 

 port: "A very heavy rain and hail 

 storm occurred in the east end Thursday 

 afternoon, moving from the north to the 

 south. The rain began at 5:40 p. m. and 

 ended 6:40 p. m. Some of the hail 

 stones were quite large, measuring at 

 least one-half to three-quarters of an 

 inch in diameter. It is estimated that 

 about two inches of rain and hail fell 

 during the storm in the Point Breeze 

 neighborhood. ' ' 



Mr. McClements, who is quite a chicken 

 fancier, was trying to keep his young 

 chickens under cover, but the bright sun- 

 shine fooled the chickens, and after the 

 storm he gathered about a bushel of 

 chicks which the hail killed. One of 



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