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HORTICULTURE 



November 29, 1913 



Flower Market Reports 



(^Contimted /)C7n page ~jt) 



boxwood sprays are features o£ the 

 greens market. Forced pussy willows 

 are also to be seen already. 



The market was fine 

 ST. LOUIS last week and the 



wholesale houses were 

 well supplied with stock. Violets are 

 fine and obtainable in any quantity. 

 Chrysanthemums too are in heavy in 

 all varieties and pompons are selling 

 well. Roses are fine but not any too 

 many. Carnations at last are coming 

 in plentiful. These have been scarce 

 all season but from now on there will 

 be plenty. Other things normal. 



Considerable busi- 

 WASHINGTON ness was given to 



the local florists 

 in the way of bouquets, etc., sent by 

 the members of the Diplomatic Corps, 

 of Congress, the Cabinet, and members 

 of society to Miss Jessie Wilson, 

 daughter of the President, on the oc- 

 casion of her marriage which took 

 place on Tuesday last. Practically 

 every store in towb got a share of this 

 good luck and some very creditable 

 pieces were turned out. The warm 

 weather of the past week was un- 

 precedented in the history of the city. 

 It was almost as warm as in June 

 and the market was flooded with stock. 

 Prices took a decided drop in many in- 

 stances although on some flowers they 

 remained quite firm. Lily of the val- 

 ley is in heavy demand and the better 

 grades of roses and carnations are 

 finding a ready market due to the de- 

 mand created by the Wilson-Sayre 

 wedding. This is also true of orchids 

 of which many of the bouquets con- 

 sisted. The quality of violets is not as 

 good as it has been and the demand 

 for this flower has decreased. Chrys- 

 anthemums formed the bulk of the 

 business done on Saturday last when 

 this popular "football' flower moved 

 well. The florists are looking forward 

 to better business conditions next 

 month due to the many weddings and 

 other entertainments already booked. 



PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED. 

 Famous Frontiersmen, by Charles H. 

 L. Johnson. This is another of L. C. 

 Page & Co.'s popular books for boys. 

 It comes at an opportune time, for any 

 real live boy who receives this volume 

 as a Christmas gift will not lack in 

 appreciation. Stories of the adventur- 

 ous lives and stirring experiences of 

 the heroes of the border in pioneer 

 days have been a never-failing source 

 of delight for boys of all ages and this 

 book which, by the way. is dedicated 

 to the Boy Scouts of the world, is one 

 of the better class, its tales being 

 vouched for as true and its characters 

 having been real actors in the long 

 struggle between savagery and civiliz- 

 ation in the early days of our country. 

 This publication is uniform in style 

 with "Famous Cavalry Leaders," "Fa- 

 mous Scouts." etc., by the same au- 

 thor. Price $1.50 net, L. C. Page & 

 Co., Boston, publisliers. 



Making the Farm Pay, by C. C. 

 Bowsfield. A good and useful book on 



an all-important subject. An enormous 

 amount of information has been as- 

 sembled in condensed form and trite 

 language in its 316 pages. It is practi- 

 cal from first to last. It tells how to 

 mix brains with the soil and get the 

 most out of an acre. 



Every phase of agriculture is con- 

 sidered. — the raising of vegetables, 

 fruit, flowers, poultry and stock. In- 

 tensive farming and diversified farm- 

 ing are ably handled. The care of the 

 soil, the treatment of farm diseases, 

 the use of by-products, intelligently 

 meeting the market demands and sell- 

 ing at the best price are a few of the 

 important topics which are treated 

 with great care. 



In reading this book we have been 

 impressed with the author's large view 

 of country life: he grasps the relation 

 of farming to the entire life of the 

 nation, seeing it not only as a practi- 

 cal farmer but from the viewpoint of 

 the statesman, the financier and stu- 

 dents of afi'airs. By informing the 

 farmer on tlie subject of market condi- 

 tions he brings the producer and con- 

 sumer closer together for their mutual 

 benefit. -By giving him the benefit of 

 the latest agricultural developments 

 and methods the author not only tells 

 the farmer how to make more money 

 but how to make his life more happy 

 and comfortable, how to make the 

 farm so attractive that his young peo- 

 ple will prefer to remain there rather 

 than seek the uncertain rewards of 

 the city. 



The book will be of immense value 

 to every farmer, large and small: and 

 any city man would add greatly to his 

 store of useful knowledee bv reading 

 this valuable book. Published by 

 Forbes & Co.. Chicago. Price $1.00 net. 



"The Spell of Switzerland." by Na- 

 than Haskell Dole, published by L. C. 

 Page & Co., Boston. A delightfully in- 

 formal book of travel, with copious il- 

 lustrations, so that the reader seems to 

 be making the journey through the Al- 

 pine country with a chatty and well- 

 informed companion. It is cast upon 

 a slender thread of fiction, bringing in 

 other characters besides the narrator, 

 but this does not dim the clear descrip- 

 tions and the effective bits of history 

 and of poetry that are introduced, 

 Byron. Coleridge, the Napoleonic cross- 

 ing of the Alps, etc. 



Lausanne has an especial charm for 

 New Englandcrs. for its life and 

 houses and some of its scenery are not 

 unlike what can be found in parts of 

 New Hampshire and Maine, and 'it is 

 pleasant to find Mr. Dole giving con- 



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siderable space to this charming part 

 of Switzerland. Of course a literateur, 

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 pass in succession, and then the Alps. 

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 climbing in the book, but among the 

 many illustrations we find none that 

 pictures the horrors of Alpine acci- 

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 fleecings which beset the tourist, the 

 girl with edelweiss, the maiden who 

 sings Swiss folk-songs out of tune, 

 the zither-players who lay in wait for 

 one's small change in the ice cave, the 

 man with a pistol who does not come 

 to rob you by violence but by awaken- 

 ing the echoes in some chasm, the man 

 with the eight-foot long Alpine horn; 

 some of these are mentioned, but not 

 in the grouchy manner in which most 

 travelers mention them after having 

 been bled of all their bits of coin. Al- 

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