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The Weekly Florists' Review, 



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it. und he gafe me sume valuable 

 information goncerning pugs. He 

 says dot some off dem are a goot ding 

 und oders are not und he has some 

 ■wery goot ways of getting rit off 

 de ones which are no goot. While 

 he has no jecobtions niit de many 

 pug destroyers, insecticides, emul- 

 sions, etc., which are ou de market, 

 sthill he don't advocate dere use 

 only in exdreme eases. De law for 

 de prevention of gruelty to anymules 

 is so shtrict dat one must he wery 

 careful, or de Society for de Breven- 

 tiou of Gruelty to Anymules will 

 chump on you und make you shwett. 



many ways und so simple dot any 

 child could berform it. It would bro- 

 vide amusement for de children, 

 maive good bisness for de glass man 

 und keep de help from getting lazy, 

 as dey could put in new lights in blace 

 off de broken ones to pass dere idle 

 moments. 



De June pug is anoder Ijad one, but 

 he can pe disbosed off if you take 

 time by de "Fetlock. " Kill him in 

 May and he wont bodder you in June. 



De grasshopper, as de name imblies. 

 is a grass pug. He is wery fond off 

 grass. Have your men mow de lawn 

 und bring dc grass mit de greenhouse 



The Lord & Burnham Co. bowling trophy, to be competed for at New York next August. 



I can't remember all de dings he tolt 

 me, but I will gife you de peneflt off 

 what I do rememper. 



Woot pugs he said are no goot und 

 he adwocates wery strict dreatment. 

 He knows off no bedder way dan de 

 following to get rit off dem. He waits 

 till de shank off de efening (I dink 

 he said shank, or was it ham?) — any- 

 way, he waits until almost dark, for 

 den de woot pug cumes out to pegin 

 his nefarious oberations. Den he 

 goes mit d,e greenhouse in und waits 

 for Mr. Woot Pug und when he gomes 

 close enough he soaks him mit a 

 shoemaker's hammer. One soak is 

 enough und Mr. Woot Pug is no 

 more. He keeps up dis dreatment 

 until dark und den his real droubles 

 gommence. 



When darkness sets in he has to 

 contend mit de lightening pug. He 

 says dot he is de worst one off de hole 

 bissness, for he carries a light mit 

 him so de Oder pugs can see to work. 

 He waits till de lightening pug lights 

 on a light of glass, den he sneaks up 

 pehind him. und biff I mit a brick, de 

 l)ug und de light diaabbears in a 

 bunch. Dis method is a goot ding in 



in und feed it to de hoppers. When 

 dey get goot und fat feed dem to de 

 robins: dey are very fond off fat grass- 

 hoppers. 



Butterflies are fond off good butter, 

 but don't feed dem on boarding house 

 oleo unless you want de Humane So- 

 ciety to inderfere. 



Snails are hard to get at, as a snail 

 carries his house mit him. A man's 

 house is his castle und while he is 

 therein you can do not'ing, but when 

 he comes out, haf de constable ready 

 und serve him mit a flfe day notiz. 



De slug is a second gousin to de 

 snail, but easier to get at. Prize fight- 

 ers use slugs in deir bisness und are 

 always looking for dem. Some beople 

 say dat angle worms are harmful. If 

 you want to get rit off dem, call in de 

 small boy who is always ready to go 

 fishing. He may shpoil a few plants 

 in dicking for de worms, but dat don't 

 madder as long as you get rit off dem. 



Thripp are we'-y easy to kill if you 

 only know how to do it. You will 

 notiz dat a thripp is a wery largepug 

 und hard to handle if you are not ou 

 to his curves, but when you once learn 

 de drick it is very simble. You must 



abbroach de thripp from pehind und 

 grab him by de tail, den shwing him 

 around your head three times und 

 snap him like you was cracking a 

 whip. In dis way you will break his 

 spine, and when his spine is broken 

 he will get dat terrible disease called 

 spinal maginni« und die a natural 

 death. Just as simble as can be when 

 you know how. 



He told me a lot more ways off kill- 

 ing different dings, but my memory 

 fails me. I hope det dese few simble 

 remedies will brofe off benefit to ' de 

 greenhouse man. as I know dat pugs 

 in a greenhouse will make a green- 

 house man bughouse. Yours, 



FRITZ BLUMENSCHNEIDER. 



THE LORD & BURNHAM TROPHY. 



We present herewith an engraving 

 from a photograph of the beautiful 

 trophy contributed by the Lord 

 & Burnham Co., New York, and which 

 is to be offered by the New York Flor- 

 ists' Club as a prize in the coming an- 

 nual bowling tournament at New 

 York during convention week. 



It is to be played for under the fol- 

 lowing conditions: The club making 

 the highest score in the three games 

 is to hold it for one year and it is to 

 be again competed for at the next an- 

 nual tournament. Should the same 

 club win it twice in succession, it be- 

 comes the property of that club. 



TWO PICTURES. 



Editor Review: I suggest that you 

 print two pictures in an early issue of 

 the Review, one showing a greenhouse 

 establishment with old boxes, barrels, 

 pots and rubbish of all kinds lying 

 about and children running around 

 with their shirt tails hanging through 

 their pants, and the other showing 

 everything in its place, with an office 

 and well kept lawn in front. 



I have traveled a great deal among 

 the trade and have seen a great many 

 places of both kinds. My experience 

 is that the proprietors of the dirty 

 places always say: "There is nothing 

 in the business," while the owners of 

 the nice looking places are doing a 

 good business and making money. 

 Please put under the picture of the 

 dirty place the line, "There is nothing 

 in the business," and below the other 

 the line, "There is money in the busi- 

 ness." I believe these pictures would 

 benefit many by setting them to think- 

 ing. TRAVELER. 



(No pictures that our artist could 

 draw would be more expressive than 

 the descriptions given by Traveler. — 

 Ed.) 



SPOKANE, WASH. 



Miss Rose Wright reports that Dec- 

 oration day trade was the best she has 

 ever had, in cut flowers especially. 

 Plants were in fairly good demand. 

 Early outdoor stuff, such as lilacs and 

 snowballs, were all gone, but there 

 were a good many roses and some 

 paeonies in bloom. 



