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self. He sliould devote liis best energies 

 to advancing his employer's interests. 

 He will find that it pays liim as well as 

 his employer. 



But when a man is engaged to take 

 charge of a place he should be given 

 charge and considered the responsible 

 head, and there should not be several 

 men with more or les.s authority giving 

 contradictory directions. Employers 

 >li<iiil(l ni'M r take a man away from a 

 i.il, ._.i\,.n liim bv the foreman and set 

 iiiiii .11 -..invihiiig else. If he thinks the 

 other wurk i.> more important he should 

 speak to the foreman about it and let 

 all orders to the men come from the fore- 

 man. Then there will be no confusion 

 or working ;ii n.." |un poses. The men 

 would li;n' 'ii"ir n -|iccl for both cm- 

 plover mikI I irniiii, ,111(1 there would be 

 a better l.vlinu .ill amuiid. 



And the man in cliargc should get a 

 little credit for good work done under his 

 supervision. When an employer goes 

 through a house of stock in lino rnndi- 



tion, it will be to his c.wn :m1\ :illt;lur In 



make some remark e\].i .--mj -.in-hu- 

 tion with it. It will ■Jl^•■ .M.-ui;iL;r 



\v..iiia -et swelled and he would imagine 

 hinisi'lf to be indispensable, etc. There 

 iiiuy be some fools of this description, 

 but I am sure that as a rule a man 

 that has brains enough and skill 

 enough to be a good grower has got in- 

 telligence enough to accept a few words 

 of commendation without getting a case 

 of swelled head. 



It will pay also to give the foreman a 

 little credit when visitors call. It is too 

 often the case that w'here things are in 

 good shape the employer takes all the 

 credit, rind it is only when he comes to 

 soiiiclliiiiL: lli;il i- nil prosporing that he 



I- iii|il.i> . ( - A lit I .(l-n tind it to their 

 inirn-t t.. M. , ;i.i,,ii;illy take their fore- 

 men with them wlien they visit other es- 

 tablishments. It would show good will 

 and generosity and the observations of 

 both talked over together wotild redound 

 to the employer's benefit. I don't mean 

 that such trips should be frequent. Two 

 or three times a year would be sufficient. 

 We can always learn by looking over the 

 work of others, no matter how much cx- 

 ])erience we have had. 



In this trade we have nn ^tiimlard of 

 wages or of hours, surli :i- iImn Ii:im> in 



other trades. For gicinl -,■ mni 1 



think that ten hours -h mM .. institute 



a day's wm-k, .■~|irriull\ m i !i. - hut 



time, wliiii ilii. \\..i k i- h M .|. -I \ HUM 

 who ha- Huiknl l.iiihlulU iinl.., -!a-s 

 in the >uniimr will I-. I ;ilinM-l rx- 

 hausted when II o'clmk r,,iius and will 

 sometimes feel too tired tn eat. his sup- 

 per. In my opinion, if a man can't 

 do enough for his employer in ten hours 

 he wouldn't be able to satisfy him if he 

 worked twenty hours. 



I often hear employers complain of 

 men leaving them without giving notice. 

 It is certainly wrong for an employee 

 to do this. When the man is engaged a 

 certain length of time for notice in case 

 of a desire to terminate the engagement 

 should be agreed to, and this agreement 

 should be kept by both employer and 

 employee. 



The Carnation Show. 



The second animal iariiat"ion show held 

 by -the Gardcma^' and Florists' A.ssocia- 

 tion and the lUn liiultural Society com- 

 bined took place in the Horticultural 

 Pavilion. Some dozen or so of exhibits 

 not having arrived the show was not 

 quite so extensive as was expected and 

 there was plenty of room for more, but 

 the hall was not a bit too large for the 

 crowds that attended, and as what ex- 

 hibits there were, win lii-i rla--. mw 

 and interesting, tlin. ,\j~ n- ili--,iii- 

 faction expressed. Tin n i, n ilunj likr 

 a free show for briii^iiii;; .uit ihr jii..|ilr. 

 and, though there is no money in it lor the 

 societies, there is money in it for the 

 exhibitors. Krgo, if societies provide $ 

 for holding free shows, whereby exhibit- 

 ors at said shows make $ by showing 

 their wares, the said societies deserve the 

 moral and financial support of the said 

 rsliiliiloi^. In riiable the said societies to 

 liiiivlilr .-; icM linliling free shows whereby 

 ixliikiiMi. .It -.ml -Imws make $ by show- 

 It is a great treat to the undersigned 

 t<i visit Toronto during a llower show 

 and to meet under one roof all his old 

 friends in the tradr and fn tind that tlirir 

 friendship i> -till a- jir.n a- ,v.r, ( ai 

 nation show- -.mi in In c-iiciiallN lil 

 ted for renew ill.: nkl li icai<Uhi|is ami iiiak 

 ing new ones. I here is so much material 

 at hand to talk of and compare notes 

 about. However, ,vonr space is too val- 

 uable to be taken up with moralizing, 

 pleasant occupation though it ma.v be. 



I will notice the various exhibits and 

 my own impressions of them as I took 

 them down in my note book at the time. 

 The first was a ro.se. '"White Golden 

 (iate." exhibited bv Messrs. Strauss & 

 Co., Washington. iV. C. It was a grand 

 bunch of 50 magnificent roses with 

 .stout, straight stems, but to m,v mind 

 the flowers are not so. well formed as 

 Bride. 



Prosperit.v Carnation (GOG) was ex- 

 hibited by Messrs. Dailledouze Bros., 

 and I was very much disappointed; size 

 is all it has to recommend it. "Hoosier 

 Maid," shown by A. Rasmussen, New Al- 

 ban.v, Ind., appeared to be a good, useful 

 white as far as one could see; strong 

 StclM. -n,l raUx alhl Ikn.l-. 



^,■llu^v tipped 

 ■usevelt, dark 

 1 \ e good points 



Se.M) v< 

 possible 'fi 

 numlx'r I 



rder and 



crimgon ; an a |i|m ai . m 

 of their own. i-pr. lal 



K. Witterslaelier. ( iiH-iiinati, O.. sent 

 good bunches of Kstelle, Elinora and 

 Opal, which had unfortunately been 

 frozen on the journev. Thev are. how- 

 ever, well known. K-irll. a im,. sear- 

 let) I noticed fa\nia .! , I i i \ . .n . I 

 hear it is very slow -i pi n|,,rj,, 1 1> n, 



Messrs. .1. Gaiiinia.ur A Snii, l.niidon. 

 Ont., sent a very fine exhibit of standard 

 sorts: Joosl, Lippincott, Bradt. Olym- 

 pia. Glacier. E. Crocker, Leslie Paul, 

 Mary Wood, Lawson, America, Lord and 

 Ros.v Morn, a fine cerise pink, very 

 fetching. 



F. Dicks, a carnation specialist, also 

 of London. Ont.. had a mi\ (in .li>play. 

 Van Home, a brii;lii link i\lii.li ap- 

 pears to be making ii- maik, i ;\|.cctant. 



a .strong growing uliili nf .j I form of 



Canadian orii-'in: Eldorado, alwavs good 

 with .Mr. Dicks: Mradt. and a very fine 

 bunch of Ro>y Morn. 



R. .I<MiiiiiiL's,of Brampton. sent uii ~onie 



fine Van Home. Minto, Flora Hill, Crane 

 I very good). Bradt, .lubilee (very good), 

 Davbreak and Macco : also some good 

 Princess violcl-. W. Kendh.y, also of 

 Brampton. aUn |iiii up a vcr\' i.'(iiid ex- 

 hibit of Prime--. Faniuh.ir ami Im- 

 perial violets, and of lai nations, t'erise 

 Queen (a fine sort if grown inside), Scott, 

 America and Maeeo. Jlessrs. W. J. 

 Palmer & Sou, Buffalo, sent over truly 

 masinificent bunches of White Cloud, 

 Marquis and I.a\vs<in. i-ertainly the best 

 of their kiml in the show. 



I'cter Fisher. Klli>. .\la>-s.. sent a very 

 line laim-li nf l.a«-nii ulii.li le a good 



till' liiaicial npi 1 tlial l.au-iiii is in it 



In -lay. M. I., liiicll. U.iiululph, Mass., 

 .-cut lii> "i.ilicrty." a good bright .salmon 



Clnml. Wards Kcil (very ^ond and 

 bri<;ht). Red Bradt. G. If. Crane, G. 

 Lord. Melba. Mary Wood. Wut Home, E. 

 (rnckcr. Red .lackel. Marciuis and Law- 



Mi 



Ki-rn. \. ^.. ■ 



a ].icttv liri-ht 



.1. L.' Dillon. 



famous "(^iceii 



■\li-. 



- W. 



laiij. I'a.. sent his 

 . ■ w liiili looks as 

 if It nii.jlit he nm- ..I I Im-,- vvliilc^ we have 

 all K.Tii Innkiicj Im. I iu- \n,ili Torouto 



FI ii.il c n.piii lip lu- - I \a-c~nf Bride 



ami .\l.iicl In.-.'- ami liail - .• \crvgood 



.Marquis carnations. F. I . .Miller. Bra- 

 coiidale. Ont.. showed some of his Van 

 Home and Lady Rolx-rts in fine shape, 

 and another pink named Lord Strathcona, 

 which will be Ilea, ,1 Im, a mi. 



Clu-is. Besiikl. Ml,,. . I , \ \ .. M'Mt 

 (arrived late) l,i- '. ,' . ,, l.uln j.ink. 

 and .\dmiral t ii i ,.i. v ., , ,. u < i.,! yellow. 

 The Floral Exchange. Philadelphia, sent 

 t^ueen of Edgely. which arrived during 

 the banquet, about lO:."!!). From a dis- 

 tance I could see a grand vase of pale 

 pink roses, a very taking color by artifi- 

 cial light. 



The jud,-cs appointed fo report on the 



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W. .1. i'.ilnici ,X .--nil. Uull.ilu. fnr the 

 best vase of carnations in the show with 

 Mar<iuis, which was reall.v splendid. 

 Some thought that the vase of White 

 Cloud' by the same exhibitor should have 

 .got the cup: it was hard to choose be- 

 tween them: both were perfect. 



The banquet in the evening was well 

 attended by the craft and a most enjoya- 

 l)lc time was spent. The mayor of the 

 cit.v was present along with some of his 

 aldermen. S])eeches were short and 

 ])ointed and songs were inspiring. The 

 only thing wanted, perhaps, to round 

 matters off was the presence of the Great 

 Scott. O Willie, we missed you. 



Mr. Thomas Manton read some start- 

 ling notes on carnations, taken from 

 "Flora Historica" (I think that is the 

 name) of 1829, to the efTect that our 

 standard for size of bloom now is only 

 half an inch larger than it was at that 

 date, the standard for stem, calv.x and 



