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The Weekly Florists' Review. 



JUNE 13, 1S99. 



THE FLORISTS' MANUAL. 



Mr. Scott advises us that it will he 

 quite impossible for him to finish his 

 work on the Manual until the spring 

 rush is over, which has been unusually 

 heavy with him this year. We sug- 

 gested postponing the date of issue 

 to July 15, but he thought it would 

 be safer to make it August 1, so there 

 would be no possibility of any further 

 postponements. We, therefore, an- 

 nounce August 1 as the date for the 

 book to appear, and we will endeavor 

 to have it ready a little before that 

 date if possible. Present indications 

 are that the book will be some little 

 larger than originally intended, and 

 the aim will be to make it full and 

 complete, regardless of size. 



In response to our report to Mr. 

 Scott of the large number of advance 

 orders already received for the book, 

 he writes that he feels much flattered 

 by this confidence in his ability to 

 write a really useful book and that he 

 will spare no pains to have the book 

 meet the expectations of his friends. 



SHIPMENTS TO MICHIGAN. 



Some of the railway freight agents 

 seem to still lack information as to 

 the ruling of the Michigan State Board 

 of Horticulture excepting greenhouse 

 plants from the state law requiring 

 certificate of inspection. The express 

 company officials seem to be posted, 

 but an occasional freight shipment is 

 held by a freight agent and unpleasant 

 losses have resulted. 



Is not this a case for the attention 

 of the Society of American Florists? 

 If our national organization would 

 take steps to have the Michigan State 

 Board officially notify the general 

 freight agent of every railway in the 

 country of its ruling it would confer 

 a practical benefit upon all doing busi- 

 ness with Michigan florists. In a case 

 that recently came under our obser- 

 vation the L. S. & M. S. Ry. positively 

 declined to accept a plant shipment at 

 a transfer point because no certificate 

 accompanied same, and as a result of 

 the delay serious damage was done the 

 plants. This would all have been 

 avoided had the freight agent had 

 official notification of the ruling above 

 referred to. 



A COPY of the advance premium 

 list for the tenth annual exhibition of 

 the Kentucky Society of Florists, to be 

 held next November, has reached us. 

 Copies may be had by addressing the 

 secretary, Mr. H. Lichtefeld, 517 East 

 Gray street, Louisville, Ky. C. H. 

 Kunzman is president, and the com- 

 mittee in charge of the exhibition in- 

 cludes Jacob Schulz, Joseph Coenen 

 and H. Lichtefeld. 



PEKIN, ILL.— George A. Kuhl now 

 has a total of twenty-three houses con- 

 taining 55,000 square feet of glass. 



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