. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. igoS. The American Florist. 73 and satisfaction to liis employer. It has long been the talk that Wash- ington should have a wholesale com- mission house, but it is due to the ener- gy and business ability of this young man tliat it now exists. lie is building up a good business, and his trade with the south is particularly gratifying to him, though it is by no means confined to that section. Mr. Harty is a member of the Washington Florists' Club, has always been actively interested in the work of the difi'erent ho
. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. igoS. The American Florist. 73 and satisfaction to liis employer. It has long been the talk that Wash- ington should have a wholesale com- mission house, but it is due to the ener- gy and business ability of this young man tliat it now exists. lie is building up a good business, and his trade with the south is particularly gratifying to him, though it is by no means confined to that section. Mr. Harty is a member of the Washington Florists' Club, has always been actively interested in the work of the difi'erent horticultural so- cieties when their conventions were held in Washington, and has always been ready to contribute both of his time and means to assist in making these gatherings a success. Having, both socially and from a business viewpoint, an excellent record, we have no hesita- tion in commending his firm to the trade. Our Peter Barr. My De.\r American Florist:— Although I have been out of business for upwards of 12 years, I am still in- terested in the peonies and our firm has one of the finest collections in Eu- rope. I gave the subject many years of study and got rid of the synonyms and rejected the inferior ones. Call your peony society's attention to this fact and send for some copies of our cata- logue. The officinalis types have long been known in Europe in one form or another and I think it was Linnaeus who called them all officinalis, but later on attempts were made to make species of them. Of the albiflora I am of the opin- ion they may be sectioned into species, but I don't think anyone will succeed in the job. Then there are the tree or Moutan peonies. A plant, until recently, has not been found wild but some botanist claims to have settled the question. The Japanese are, giving considerable atten- tion to improving this section, but they are not generally hardy. If you send me reports of the work of the American Peony Society I may have something to say on the s
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