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HORTJt CULTURE 



July 27, 1907 



our business there has crept in here 

 and there abuses which should be elim- 

 inated. Through the trade papers there 

 has been considerable discussion as to 

 the advisability of giving premiums 

 with every order. The practice is a 

 pernicious one to my mind and there is 

 really no excuse for it. We oppose 

 the free distribution of seeds, but in 

 our own business we do not oppose 

 the free distribution of plants. There 

 should be a flat price, a price that 

 leaves a legitimate margin of profit, 

 then the buyer knows just exactly 

 what he is getting and what he has to 

 pay for. There are other abuses which 

 •could be easily modified, which would 

 add much to the moral tone of the mail 

 order trade, such as misleading guar- 

 antees, which seem to grow more radi- 

 cal year by year, and the sending out 

 of plants that are not true to name, 

 which to my mind is one of the most 

 damaging practices which besets our 

 trade I am not an advocate of trusts 

 and so-called community of interests, 

 but there should be a common interest 

 ^among those engaged in the mail trade 

 to bring them in closer touch with 

 each other and modify many of the 

 abuses which have crept in. 



The Magnitude of the Business. 

 The mail order trade is one of inter- 

 minable detail, and a visit to an es- 

 tablishment at this time of year would 

 prove a revelation to the novice. A 

 correspondent whose "airy persiflage" 

 is always heard above the roar and din 

 •of the battle recently paid a visit to a 

 mail order establishment, where he 

 was shown upwards of a million small 

 rose plants, being sent to nearly every 

 State in the Union and foreign coun- 

 tries, such as China and Japan, where, 

 notwithstanding the trip of four to five 

 weeks, they invariably reach their des- 

 tination in first-class condition. For a 

 person who is never surprised at any- 

 thing his astonishment at the vast 

 amount of detail involved came in the 

 nature of a real triumph. Human na- 

 ture enters largely into our trade, and 

 it must be realized that to sell goods 

 to. an army of different individuals 

 through printer's ink and to hold this 

 trade, requires first of all honesty of 

 purpose and individual care for each 

 and every order that is sent out. The 

 mail trade man encourages the produc- 

 tion of novelties, especially in roses, 

 because each year he must have a lead- 

 er in the different branches of his 

 business, and nothing is so attractive 

 as a new rose. There have been so 

 many disappointments in the new roses 

 from Europe that we must depend 

 upon our own hybridizers, and for that 

 reason it seems proper at this point to 

 ask earnest support for the American 

 Rose Society. The demand for good 

 roses is ever present. We cannot se- 

 cure too many Killarneys. Richmonds, 

 Golden Gates, Kate Moultons. Queen 

 Beatrices and new roses of those types. 

 The hardiness of many of the Hybrid 

 Tea class has brought about a revolu- 

 tion in amateur circles, because the 

 planter of the North can have roses 

 throughout the entire growing season 

 and at the same time they are suffic- 

 iently hardy to withstand the rigors 

 ■of the most severe winters. We should 

 undoubtedly secure a greater variety 

 of Hybrid Teas, and our exhibitors of 

 new varieties should be encouraged in 

 «very possible way. 



Heating 

 The Greenhouse 



thoroiiffUly and economically during the 

 ooiniuii Winter is tlie problem now en- 

 grossing the mind of the Florist who takes 

 time by the forelock. 



I am in a position to help you to the 

 best solution of this problem. I have done 

 it for others. I can do it for yon. 



It will be to your advantage to cou- 

 sult me and get quotations on your heating 

 plant either erected complete or for ma- 

 terial ready for erection. 



I have the largest line of C. I. and steel 

 greenhouse boilers on the market and can 

 give prompt shipments. 



WRITE ME TO-DAY 



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Rockford. 111. — Max Sadwater, two 

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St. La\irent, Can. — C. Gratton, three 

 houses. 



Additions. 



Brantford, Ont. — \Vm. Vossen, range 

 of houses. 



Sheldon, la. — John Christiany, range 

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Buffalo, N. Y.— C. E. Foss, two 

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Passaic, N. J. — Hansen & Lundsted. 

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929. Planter. George W. Vaughn, 

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947. Mowing machine. John H. 

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