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little experimenting. I think though, 

 that I would rather use it as a dressing 

 .■\ftcr the plants are <'st;il)lished, and if 

 T. K. gets it right from the slaughter- 

 house I would advise mixing it with 

 fine soil in equal parts and allowing it 

 to lay until he is ready to put a light 

 dressing on his benches. That would 

 give it a chance to become thoroughly 

 decomposed and no bad results would 

 be apt to follow. 



Up along the lakes you can see them 

 haul the refuse from the fish houses out 

 into the oountiy and put it on the land, 

 where it is plowed under. It is claimed 

 that the improvement in the crops raised 

 on the land where this i.s used is some- 

 thing wonderful. The only objection to 

 this fish house refuse is its odor, which 

 is as loud as its use is beneficial to the 

 land. I imagine the slaughter-house re- 

 fuse would do just as much good as that 

 from the fish house, on outside land, and 

 I think either one would make good 



Geranium ''Pasteur" occupies an ob- 

 long bed some 30.\8 ft. The variety 

 "rasleur" is new to us. It is a strong 

 grower, very free (lowering and healthy 

 and the truss is very large. It is a 

 brilliant orange scarlet and the exhibit 

 of C. VV. Ward of the Cottage Gardens. 



The petunia bed is an oblong about 

 18x8 ft. As can be seen, they are single 

 varieties, which are always preferable 

 to the double. They were planted early, 

 quickly made a good growth, and are 

 now very attractive. It is a very fine 

 strain. They are the exhibit of Henry 

 A. Dreer. 



A large circle 24 ft. in diameter was 

 planted by Henry A. Dreer with verbe- 

 nas. It was planted about the 20th of 

 May. The plants were cut down lo 

 within 4 or 5 inches of the ground, 

 leaving no flowers on them. They have 

 repeatedly been watered and hoed, as 

 have all the beds. They quickly made a 

 start and for the past month have been 



Off for Buffalo. 



stufT for top dressing if it were mixed 

 with soil and allowed to dry and de- 

 compose thoroughly. 



I would certainly be tempted to try 

 some of it, if it were possible to get 

 some of the stuff handy, but our slaugh- 

 ter-houses here claim they use up the 

 whole hog and nothing goes to waste ex- 

 cept the squeal. A. F. J. Baur. 



EXHBITS AT THE PAN-AMERICAN. 



The nympheas are planted in about 25 

 different groups. They consist of all 

 the best known hardy species and vari- 

 eties and have added greatly to the 

 beauty of the Mirror Lakes. In all 

 cases there is a background of shrub- 

 bery, and bulrushes are planted on the 

 margins of the water. They were re- 

 ceived from Henry A. Dreer last July. 

 Temporary clay dams were formed and 

 the pools filled with water as there was 

 no water than in the Mirror Lakes. 

 Although the winter was severe the 

 frost was kept away from the roots and 

 during April of this year the clay dams 

 were removed and the Mirror Lakes were 

 flooded, with the result that few, if any, 

 of the nympheas were lost and they 

 have been admired bv thousands. 



a most pleasing bed. The varieties are 

 good and are all colors indiscriminately 

 mixed, which I believe is far prettier 

 than a mass of one color, at least in 

 this old fashioned plant. 



There have been so many disappoint- 

 ments in verbenas of late that it is grat- 

 ifying to see a brilliant bed of such an 

 old favorite. I would take this oppor- 

 tunity to say that in all this fifteen 

 acres of flower gardening there is but 

 one bed ip the carpet bedding style, 

 and that seems something out of place 

 and is scarcely noticed, showing that 

 the popular taste no longer runs to that 

 artificial style of gardening. 



Henrv A. Dreer has a long border 

 fillr,l will, al-.ut fifty of the leading 

 belli, ir.. II |>l:uits, also an old fashioned 

 2:iiil. n r.iiihiiiniii:;- some dozen beds filled 

 widi 1lir 111. 1-1 desirable of these now 

 popular plants. The picture gives a 

 view of a portion of the border. 



The geranium bed is a large circle 

 24 ft. in diameter. As will be seen by 

 the picture there are several varieties 

 planted in sections. I am not sure but 

 this is quite as pleasing in this flower 

 as one color. It is a good demonstra- 

 tion of what are suitable varieties for 



this nleighborhood. The varieties are 

 La Favorite, double white; Mrs. E. G. 

 Hill, single salmon; S. A. Nutt, double 

 crimson; Mrs. Frances Perkins, the best 

 double pink; and Athlete, a splendid 

 single vivid scarlet. The exhibit of 

 Henry A. Dreer. 



The exhibit of fancy caladiums by 

 Henry A. Dreer consists of about 75. 

 The picture does not include the whole 

 lot sent here. They are finely grown 

 plants and are now in 12-inch pots. 

 They occupy a space in the south con- 

 servatory. William Scott. 



OFF FOR BUFFALO. 



Just look 



And see me go. 

 If walking *s good, 



With beer for food, 

 I'll turn up sure 

 At Buffalo. 

 As the gentleman hag as yet failed to 

 show up at the convention we imagine 

 the walking was not as good as expected. 

 He may arrive in time for the bowling, 



HOW CAN THE RELATION BE- 

 TWEEN GROWER AND RE- 

 TAILER BE IMPROVED. 



By Fred C. W. Beown. 



[Read before the Canadian Horticultural Ass'n 

 at London, Ont.] 



For a good, vigorous argument or dis- 

 cussion on this subject it is necessary 

 for us to admit the existing dissatisfac- 

 tion or necessity for improvement in our 

 relationship; we must agree that there 

 does not appear at the present time to 

 be that friendliness or confidence that is, 

 I might say, positively essential to suc- 

 cess in our particular line of business. 

 I think you will agree that there docs 

 exist a something, a perpetual feeling of 

 apprehension, that at any time there is 

 apt to arise a difBculty ibetween grower 

 and seller, a feeling that we do not alto- 

 gether understand each other, and that 

 there still remains a gulf to be spanned 

 so that we might the more thoroughly 

 appreciate the efforts made by both sides 

 of the trade, to bring floriculture and its 

 appertaining branches to a state of un- 

 assailable perfection. The necessity for 

 thought in this, one of the most serious 

 problems facing the florist today, is 

 great. 



We are, I believe, on €he verge of a 

 change in the methods of dealing one 

 with the other. Unnecessary to state, 

 any change brought about in the busi- 

 ness dealings of wholesale and retail 

 florists should be for the improvement of 

 our relationship. It is to be hoped that 

 before taking any serious steps in this 

 direction, we would give every idea the 

 most serious consideration, for it is an 

 admitted fact that if a wholesaler offend 

 a retailer, he damages his own cause as 

 well as injures the relationship of his 

 best friend. It therefore necessitates us 

 to act with the utmost caution ; to feel, 

 as it were every step before advancing. 



It appears to me that the first and one 

 of the most necessary steps is that we 

 should become more closely allied; that 

 we should bring ourselves to a better 

 understanding of each other bj' organi- 

 zations; special meetings, if possible, 

 should be arranged whereby we could 

 frequently through the winter months 

 be brought into closer contact. I am 

 perfectly well aware of the fact that 

 there are organizations all through the 

 country with this very purpose included 

 in its intentions; I fear they rarely sue- 



