The Weekly Honsts' Review. 



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THE FLORISTS' MANUAL. 



13 a book of reference for busy llurlsts. 



GEORGE M. KELLOGG. 

 PleHsant Hill, Mo. 



Mr. Scotf! 

 &lanual," wa: 



■The FlorLsts- 



Oakland. Md. H. WEBER & SONS. 



It Is the best book of the kind ever pub- 

 lished. There is more In it than In any other 

 book I have ever 



Chicago. 



me. The more I read it the better satis 

 ■d I am with it. and there are one or twi 

 tides alone in it that are each worth al 

 m ask for the book, for ever.vthing is nvuii 

 plain and all details are right to the poini 



or the 

 North 



WORDEN. 



you get reading it the midnight oil is liable 

 to run low and you have to go on to gas or 

 reluctantly break off, either going to bed or 

 first taking a look over the houses to see it 

 the temperature tallies with the Manual. 

 Hartford, Conn. GEO. S. OSBORN. 



We are In receipt of "The Florists' Manual," 

 by Mr. Scott, and may say it is the right book 

 for the florist, published at the right time. It 

 is what we all need. 



BOBBINK & ATKINS. 



Rutherford, N. J. 



nuch pleased with the Manual, 

 at we have needed for a long 

 N. ZWEIFEL. 



It is a work of art and, should be in the 

 hands of all live florists. Its useful and in- 

 structive contents cannot fail to be a benefit 



C. C. POLLWORTH CO. 

 Milwaukee, Wis. 



I greatly appreciate the Florists' Manun 

 t is a splendid text-book. 



JOHN WELSH YOUNG. 

 Germantown, Pa. 



The Florists' Manual is worth five times th 

 Jrice. It is Ju 

 Columbus, O. 



Milwaukee, Wis. 



Am very much pleased 



Unlike 

 very flavi 

 Ithaca, 



KENNEDY 



^. E. BONHA 

 books, it has 

 L. H. BAILE 



find the book very useful as a refei 

 in answering the many questions abot 

 5 that we receive almost every day. 

 ladelphia. JOS. KIPT & SON. 



have gotten much valuable Instruction 

 Florists' Manual and prize it highly. 

 TRUETT BROS. 



Franklin, Tenn. 



The Florists 

 ?an afford to 

 Madison, N. 



plain and 

 Flushing 



eryone has enjoyed you 

 publication, 

 sual horticuiturf 



different 

 al works, beirig 



DARLINGTON. 



I more than pleased with the Florls 

 1. OrT BROWN 



May City, N, J. 



Jollct, 111. 



JAS. HARTSHORNE. 



No progressive florist, old or young, can 

 afford to be without the Florists' Manual. 

 The old florist needs It, for reference, to aid 

 a defective memory, and the young florist 

 wants It as a guide In this progressive era of 



The Commissioners of Parks and Boulc 

 some time since directed that a libra 

 started of such books as deal with su 

 pertaining to park work, and to that e: 

 order has been given for a number of I 

 among which Is your "The Florists' Mar 



After reading this book carefully, , 

 gr.MlIy ijhiisud, and wish to congratulat 

 ri fi. ir; ri il Tiianner with which you 



COMMISSIIINIO 



VARDS, R. J. 



Detroit, Mich. 



vlll 



1 tlie book. Respectfully yours 

 KS OF PARKS AND BOl.TLE 

 CORYELL, Gen'l Supt. 



market; 





plant culture I 

 > of It rather, 



the teachings which 

 nave, as the years rolled by. become to a 

 greater or less extent obsolete, owing to the 

 continued mutability In methods, etc.. so 

 that the Manual containing, as It docs, matter 

 which Is strictly up-to-date, and thoroughly 

 with a ready accep- 

 t Industry upon 

 I'hlch It treats. The caliber of Mr. Scotts 

 Instructions. In matters horticultural. Is too 

 well known to the trade to require any elabo- 

 ration at our hands; suffice It to say that 

 the same soundness of doctrine, and master- 

 ful handling of every subject dealt with, gen- 

 erally characterizes the text of the book now 

 before us. Nearly 200 Individual Items are 

 and, as regards plants, largely 

 :aples of the 

 on.— Florists' 



discussed 



those of commercl 



trade receiving 



book for 

 The author's 

 work was to 

 florists— a book describing "the best plants com" 

 merclally. with cultural advice founded on 

 experience. Viewed in this light. It is a valu- 

 able and Instructive work, very complete in 

 its details. But it need not be confined to 

 clrc-ul.itlon amonp: tho florists and others com- 

 iTi,-r.i.,llv ..,,rp,.,,t,.,i riiitMnfi, Eardeners and 



Rather judge 



■■•' ■ ■ ' ■■.■.• -r.ls. I. e.: "If 



nds of every 





highl but 

 ;very cent 



:.— Vick's Magazine 



Florists' Manual, by W'iliiam Scott. Pub- 

 lishers, Florists' Publishing Company, Chi- 

 cago. Price, $5. 



From advance sheets of the Florists' Man- 

 ual, kindly sent us by the publishers, as well 

 as from those which have appeared from time 

 to time in the trade press, we have formed an 

 idea of the general scope and usefulness of 

 Mr. Scott's book, and we now hail with a 

 great deal of satisfaction the work as a com- 

 pleted whole. Several handbooks of a more 



planting a tree or seeding 



work resulting fro 

 .ried experience. 



many hints 

 any line of 

 The 



paratively 



er gardening. 

 : confronting 

 encouraging. 



. as the purpose of _ _ _ 



arly brought to light, it is better appreci- 

 " mention to treat of the 

 profitable things to handle 



. ' I L- ■■Dec- 



most desirable 



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THE 

 FLORISTS' 



I T i Rv WM. 5 



By WM. SCOTT 



VA BOOK of 224 large pages (same size as those of the Florists' Review) 

 and contains about 200 articles on commercial plants and cultural oper- 

 ations, each giving "the meat" only, from the personal experience of a 

 thoroughly practical man who is in daily touch with each department of 

 the business and who has that rare quality of being able to tell others wbat 

 they want to know. The articles are arranged alphabetically, like those 

 in an encyclopaedia, and in an instant one can turn to the subject upon which 

 light is desired at the moment. The book is illustrated by over 200 fine half- 

 tone engravings. It is 



A COMPLETE REFERENCE BOOK 

 . FOR COMMERCIAL FLORISTS 



and is a whole library on practical commercial floriculture in one volume. It 

 is very handsomely and substantially bound in half leather, with specially de- 

 signed title in gold. 



Price, $5.00 Carriage Prepaid. 



FLORISTS' PUBLISHING CO.. caxton Buiidm^, CHICAGO. 



The above mentioned book is one that you need in 

 your business — One that you can't afford to be without. 



