The Weekly Florists^ Review, 



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"DISBUDDING." 



Under the heading, "Have you ever 

 studied a perfect chrysantheniuiu," the 

 Chicago Daily American moralizes as 

 follows : 



The chrysanthemum, imported from 

 Japan, may be developed to almost any 

 size and color, according to the attention 

 of the gardener. 



When you see at the top of a long 

 stem one solitary chrysanthemum bloom- 

 ing in marvelous perfection, well de- 

 veloped on all sides, beautiful in color, 

 containin-g in itself all the possible prod- 

 uct of the plant, you see what intelli- 

 gent control can do for one flower. 



You also see what intelligent control 

 can do for one human being. 



The chrysanthemum left to itself is a 

 spready, shrubby plant, producing a con- 

 siderable number of small, uninteresting 

 flowers. 



These numerous flowers sap the 

 strength of the plant and make it im- 

 possible for that plant to produce any 

 flower of full development and perfect 

 beautv. 



The" intelligent gardener, wishing to 

 obtain a chrysanthemum of value, pro- 

 ceeds first of all to suppress all but 

 the most promising bud on the plant. 

 All the little buds which might have 

 developed into indifferent chrysanthe- 

 mums are picked off — murdered. 



In their early budhood they are con- 

 demned to death, and only one bud is 

 left to receive the accumulated energies 

 of the stem. Hence the plant produces 

 finally one splendid flower of real value, 

 instead of a score of worthless, puny 

 blossoms. 



In the treatment of a chrysanthemum 

 there is an important lesson for every 

 man who wishes to amount to some- 

 thing in the world. 



Like the chrysanthemum, which starts 

 out with a great many buds, man is 

 born here with a great many possibili- 

 ties. Almost every man can do a little 

 music, a little writing, a good deal of 

 talking, some acting, some inventing, 

 some mechanical work, and so on. 



Every man who wishes to produce a 

 result worth while must treat himself 

 as the intelligent Japanese gardener 

 t>-eats the chrysanthemum plant. He 

 must select among his various qualities 

 the one quality worth preservation; he 

 must select that development, that 

 faculty which is his best, as the gard- 

 ener selects the best bud on the plant. 



Don't try to do a dozen things well. 

 You can't succeed. You may possibly 

 succeed . in developing properly one of 

 your buds, one of your talents. You 

 can't develop them all. There is not in 

 your being sufficient energy to provide 

 actual success in more than one direc- 

 tion. 



You may read of The Admirable 

 Crichton who could do almost every- 

 thing. But on closer investigation you 

 will learn that everything that The Ad- 

 mirable Crichton could do was done 

 better by some one else who devoted 

 himself to that special thing. 



You read that Michael Angelo was 

 the greatest engineer, the greatest archi- 

 tect, the greatest artist of his day. But 

 in the end he was really only a great 

 artist. His architecture and art and 

 engineering were developments of the 

 same faculty. 



Among the buds that grow on every 

 human being there are several that 

 should be taken off first of all. They 

 never could amount to anything, and 

 they could only hurt the useful buds. 



A few of such buds are: 



Conceit, self-indulgence, drinking, 

 smoking, gambling. 



Pick oft' these buds at once, if you 

 have the strength to get them off. 



It is depressing to think of how many 

 of the best men devote their strength to 

 keeping the harmful buds alive. 



The money, time and fond attention 

 which men give to their vices, to the 

 useless, harmful buds, would suffice to 

 make them successful, and to produce 

 at least one good result. 



We invite young readers — and some 

 old ones (it is never too late for a good 

 move) — to select some of their buds 

 for decapitation. 



See if you can't rid yourselves of 

 some of your useless ideas, ambitions 

 or personal indulgences, and give to 

 somthing worth while the energies scat- 

 tered in many directions. 



THE EXPERIMENT STATIONS. 



There are now 49 agricultural experi- 

 ment stations in the United States. The 

 number of chemists employed in these 

 stations is 157: the number of botanists 

 is 50, and the number of entomologists is 

 42. Other branches of science also are 

 represented at the stations, though the 

 number of such employes is less than 

 that of the botanists and entomologists. 

 Dr. Wiley of the Agricultural depart- 

 ment, calls attention to the comparatively 

 large number of chemists thus emploj-ed 

 as illustrative of the very important 

 part which this science has had in the 

 furthering of agricultural prosperity. Of 

 the 49 directors of the stations, 20 were 

 professional chemists at the time of their 

 appointment. 



St. .Jo.SEPn, Mo.— The florists have en- 

 tered a vigorous protest against the giv- 

 ing away of large quantities of flowers 

 by the officials of the public parks and 

 threaten legal steps to protect the tax- 

 payers and themselves. 



Shiremanstown, Pa. — Mr. D. C. 

 Rupp. the nurseryman, is arranging to 

 attend the S. A. F. convention in Buffalo. 



Paris, France. — The Horticultural 

 Exposition was opened by President Lou- 

 bet on May 30th. 



The best, and the cheapest — the 

 Review's classified advs. 



C'EDARSBUKG, Wis. — Wm. Nero & Co. 

 Iiave started in the business here. 



CoATESviLLE, PA.^James Brown is 

 building two houses, each 24x104. 



Readers will confer a favor by send- 

 ing in items of trade interest. 



Providence, R. I. — F. A. Fairbrother, 

 the well-known florist, died May 23 of 

 pneumonia, aged 72 years. 



Increase your foreman's ability by 

 giving him a' copy of our Florists' Man- 

 ual — prepaid for $5.00. 



■Clifton, N. J. — William Simpson is 

 building two more Beauty houses, and it 

 is reported that S. C. Nash will add new 

 glass. 



IF YOU don't find what you want in 

 our classified advs. let us know about 

 it. We will find it for you if it is to 

 be had. 



The carnation is now being advocated 

 for adoption as the national flower and 

 it is reported that President McKinley 

 is much in favor of it. 



Cleveland, O. — The J. M. Gasser Com- 

 panv have built two houses for summer 

 roses, largely Beauty, Tcstout, Kaiserin 

 and Meteor. All are grafted plants ex- 

 cept the Meteor. 



THE Florists' Manual contains 200 

 articles by Mr. Wm. Scott on impor- 

 tant trade subjects and they are illus- 

 trated by 224 handsome engravings 

 from photographs. 



Delaware, Ohio. — Franz Henry Clo- 

 son, a "traveling German florist," was 

 arrested here recently, having given evi- 

 dence of an unbalanced mind. He claimed 

 to have come to America from Berlin 

 with Christopher Columbus. 



We have received a copy of the thir- 

 tv- fifth annual report of the Iowa State 

 liorticultural Society from the secretary, 

 ilr. Wesley Greene, Davenport, Iowa. It 

 contains 578 pages, and the reports of 

 the proceedings of the several sessions 

 are very full and complete. 



Colorado Springs, Colo.— The annual 

 flower show of the Horticultural Society 

 will be held in a big tent in the North 

 Park Aug. 15 and 16. Over $050 in cash 

 prizes are offered and all will be paid in 

 gold. Copies of the premium lists may 

 be had by addressing Wm. Jackson, sec- 

 retary, this city. 



Bellefontaine, Ohio. — Poole & Purl- 

 lant presented the local G. A. R. Post 

 with a vcreath for the soldiers' monu- 

 ment. It was of red, white and blue 

 flowers on a background of galax. The 

 firm reports a good Decoration Day 

 business, the largest sales being in bed- 

 ding and pot plants, though cut flowers 

 were well cleaned up. 



"Successful Summer Planting" is the 

 title of a pamphlet issued by Thos. 

 Meehan & Sons, Germantown, Pa., in 

 which they offer pot grown hardy vines 

 and plants. They mention vines espe- 

 cially, and state that these they offer 

 were potted in large pots last fall and 

 carried in a cool house till late winter, 

 when they were brought into the green- 

 house and kept at a moderate temper- 

 ature where they came gradually into 

 leaf and made a vigorous, hard growth. 



