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The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



February 16, 1911. 



tulips of all colors, besides Trumpets 

 and Voii Sions. 



The wholesalers have been having an 

 easy time, but the indications are that 

 they will have to hustle to sell their 

 stock if the present bright weather 

 keeps up. Monday and Tuesday, in- 

 deed, were banner days among the 

 wholesalers. The increased orders, both 

 from the city and outside, kept them 

 busier than they have been for a long 

 time, and Valentine's day is becoming, 

 as it should be, more and more a flower 

 day. 



Club Meeting. 



The Pittsburg Florists' Club met in 

 the parlor of the Fort Pitt hotel Tues- 

 day, February 7. It was ©ne of the 

 largest and most enthusiastic meetings 

 ever held by the club. The occasion 

 was the election of officers for the en- 

 suing year. 



Tb9 only office for which there was 

 competition was that of president. The 

 candidates were William Allen, superin- 

 tendent of Homewood cemetery, and 

 John Jones, foreman of Schenley Park 

 Conservatories. After considerable elec^ 

 tioneering and friendly rivalry, the re- 

 sult was 52 votes for Mr. Jones and 25 

 for Mr. Allen. The officers for the year 

 are: President, John Jones; vice-presi- 

 dent, P. S. Eandolph; secretary, H. P. 

 Joslin; treasurer, H. L. Blind. 



It has almost become a fashion among 

 the members that when a man gets mar- 

 ried he makes it an occasion to treat 

 the boys in some way. On this occasion, 

 during the counting of the ballots, Ben 

 Elliott had cigars passed around in 

 honor of little Miss Elliott, the grand- 

 daughter of John Bader. 



This was also carnation night and 

 there was a fine display. The Pittsburg 

 Cut Flower Co. had "White Perfection, 

 White Lawson, Lady Bountiful, Shasta, 

 Lawson, Winsor, Enchantress, Dorner's 

 Delight, Beacon, Victory and Dorothy 

 Gordon. 



Albert Lorch, Allison Park, Fa., had 

 Enchantress, Winona, Winsor, Lawson, 

 White Perfection and White Lawson, 

 all of which were good enough to show 

 anywhere. 



Baur & Smith, Indianapolis, Ind., had 

 Carnation Pocahontas, a fine crimson 

 with a large, well-formed flower and a 

 strong stem. It was awarded a cer- 

 tificate of merit. 



Nic Zweifel, North Milwaukee, Wis., 

 sent Carnation Bright Spot. It is a 

 good dark pink with good stems, and 

 was awarded special mention. 



Dr. Schaefer had some fine blooming 

 specimens of Dendrobium virginale, D. 

 nobile, D. nobile nobilius and D. Cook- 

 sonianum, the latter one of the finest 

 white dendrobiums in cultivation. 



There were about 100 members and 

 visitors present, but, owing to the time 

 taken up by the election, it was not 

 possible to hear much from the visitors. 



A. N. Pierson, Cromwell, Conn., sent 

 Dark Pink Killarney and Prince do 

 Bulgarie, which arrived the morning 

 after. They were on exhibition at the 

 Pittsburg Cut Flower Co. 's and were 

 thought to be good things, especially 

 the new Dark Pink Killarney. The F. 

 Dorner & Sons Co., La Fayette, Ind., 

 was also one day late in getting in its 

 shipment of carnations. White Wonder 

 and Gloriosa, but they were on exhibi- 

 tion at the Pittsburg Cut Flower Co.'s 

 and kept finely all the week. The 

 White Wonder was especially good. 



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