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The Weekly Florists^ Review. 



Decembeu 1G, 1897. 



TORONTO. 



The regular nioiithly meeting i)f the 

 Horticultural Society was fairly well at- 

 tencleil on Tuesday last. The paper, 

 "Seasonable House Decoration," reacl by 

 Mr. McP. Ross, was very interesting and 

 instructive and evoked a good deal of 

 discus.sion, but I notice that in many in- 

 stances the amateurs seem afraid to talk 

 and ask que.stions before so many garden- 

 ers and florists — afraid they shoidd "put 

 their foot in it," I suppose. This is a 

 pity, because the gardeners and florists 

 would only be too .glad to hear them and 

 an.swer them. Besides this questioning 

 and answering helps to keep one's men- 

 tal faculties bright and revives memories 

 of things forgotten. It is good for both 

 parties be the question ever so simple. 



The advisability of gixing plants to the 

 public school children, to be grown by 

 them for competition at the annual show, 

 was also discussed at length, and it was the 

 general opinion that something might be 

 done in this line to the advantage of the 

 show and to horticulture generalh-. A 

 scheme will probably be drawn up by the 

 society and the G. and F. .Association 

 jointly early next year, meanwhile the 

 school authorities will beinterv-iewedand 

 other points picked up. With good man- 

 agement this would certainlv be an effi- 

 cient way of adverlising the show all over 

 the city and would make a ten-cent Sat- 

 urday in all likelihood beat the record, 

 besides doing a great deal of good in 

 other ways. 



Prospects for a very large trade during 

 the Xmas holidays are exceedingly good. 

 The season so far has been altogether 

 better than we have experienced for a 

 long time. May it keep on improving. 



Mr. C. Tid\- did some elaborate deco- 

 rating for the Toronto Club ball last night, 

 at which all the elite were present. The 

 round of gaiety owing to the vice-regal 

 pre.sence in the city still continues. E. 



A Misplaced Simile. 



I to the florist one day went 

 And ordered quite a lot of roses 



And to my love I had them sent 

 With verses like a swain composes. 



Her cheek was to the rose compared 



(I'm quite a clever fellow) 

 But none of this the florist knew— 



The rose he sent was yellow. 



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