August 21. 1920 



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liouses pt adiantum in wonderful con- 

 dition. I don't see how anyone could 

 grow it any better, and they told me 

 there that they couldn't begin to take 

 care of the demand. They could easily 

 take on several more customeis if thei 

 had the stock. Of course, at just this 

 time cut fronds are not moving so fast, 

 l>ut fortunately this is a crop that can 

 l>e left standing until the market is 

 right. 



Patten & Co. have their lioii.sfs full 

 of carnations and are ahead of last 

 year, in fact their stock all the way 

 through is in very good condition. The 

 plants are not extra large, but of good 

 size for this season. They have just 

 finished the installation of a new pair 

 of boilers for heating purposes and are 

 fortunate in having a good part of 

 their coal already in, so they have a 

 good start for business the coming 

 winter. 



Certainly the Washington florists 

 are progressing. There are few cities 

 from whence come so many enterpris- 

 ing reports. .Just now I learn that the 

 Florists' Club of Washington has be- 

 gun a project to furnish flowers for 

 the military burial of every body re- 

 turned to Arlington Cemetery from 

 Knroiie. The Club has made public an 

 offer to all of the Washington war 

 mothers to carry out such an under- 

 taking, and has requested their coop- 

 eration in the work. Mr. J. Harper 

 Hetherinsjton. president of the club, 

 says that the florists of Washington 

 feel very proud of the records of 

 .\mericans on the battle fields of 

 France, and wish to do everything in 

 their power to show respect, loyalty 

 and sympathy. 



I understand that the "S.iy It With 

 Flowers" week was such a succe-- 

 last year tht the Washington iiori>i - 

 are planning to duplicate it agoiii this 

 season, but they are going to change 

 the program somewhat and hiv.-r a 

 Chrysanthemum Show at the same 

 time, held in honor of the Chrysan- 

 themum Society of America. If I am 

 informed correttly this show will be 

 held in November, and an active com- 



mittee is already at work upon the 

 details. 



By the way, 1 wonder how the gen- 

 eral proiiosition of a "Say It With 

 Flowers" week will be considered 

 throughout the country this year. In 

 .some places it was a success last sea 

 son. but in others very little enthu.<i 

 asm was shown and naturally the re 

 suits were not very satisfactory. 



1 understand that .John Scheepers 

 Co., New York, has been remarkably 

 successful in dissominatin.g the La 

 France raspberry. I am told, in fact, 

 that enough orders have come in to 

 take every plant available. It seems 

 that the high quality of the fruit has 

 given the new berry wide po|)ularity 

 already. 



THE LACE FLOWER 



In the heart of every flower lies a 

 secret. The dainty lavender flower in 

 my garden shows that the secret of 

 Queen Anne's flower as some wi/.aril 

 saw the purple spot in her white lace 

 and from it bred a flower more dainty 

 than that of the wild carrot or 

 Dancus Carrota, yet retaining its 

 manner of growth. 



Last winter this flower was largely 

 catalogued as the blue lace flower. It 

 is not blue, but a lavender suggesting 

 stokesia. It is better so, for we like 

 to think of old lavender and lace. 



This is a new flower bred from one 

 which came originally from Europe, 

 but which is now growing wild among 

 us, making pretty birds' nests as it 

 seeds. Yet as we look at this ex- 

 quisite new flower with the dainty 

 sparkle to its bloom we think of ladies 

 of an older day when Nathaniel P. 

 Willis and Charles Sprague wrote. 

 We will leave the rosebuds to tlie 

 debutantes, the daisies to the chil- 

 dren. l)ut let the old ladies tuck these 

 dainty blooms into their white ker- 

 chiefs holding them in place by their 

 cameo brooches over their black satin 

 gowns. .Xrp there any such dear old 

 ladies left? Remember there is a 

 sparkle to these lavender blooms. 



M. R. C.\SE. 



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