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HORTICULTURE 



August 28, 1920 



George Watson's 

 Corner 



"Toa In year •mAll comrr and mr 

 in minr." 



Charles Henry Pox has never been 

 much of an S. A. P. man, he says, and 

 he did not attend the convention. But 

 he Is a strong adherent of the F. T. D.. 

 and means to attend their general 

 meeting without fail. The F. T. D. 

 appeals to many, just as it does to 

 Mr. Pox. It is well to remember, how- 

 ever, that the S. A. F. some thirty- 

 five years ago, started in to pave the 

 way for all these later developments, 

 and she is still a hale and hearty 

 matron lady, and deserves affection 

 from her many children. 



Charles Sim writes from Kelso, July 

 29, where he is staying with his 

 brother for a month after making a 

 tour of the North of Scotland by way 

 of Forfar, Aberdeen, Inverness and 

 back by way of Perth. He is well and 

 enjoying his vacation. He will return 

 on the White Star Line, sailing from 

 Liverpool in September. 



Words of wisdom. What good are 

 they if people give no heed? For years 

 uncounted have we listened to the sage 

 advice:— never bring in your crop at 

 a time it is not wanted. And yet — 

 here it is mid-August and we see 

 oceans of asters and gladioli and count- 

 less other things being thrown into the 

 market, while there isn't a single buyer 

 for a thousandth part of it! Time 

 wasted, labor wasted, money wasted. 

 Instead of covering yourself with mud 

 and whiskers and a wringing shirt — 

 why not go fishing? 



We cannot say much for the man 

 who stays at home, while all these 

 wonderful things are happening out at 

 Cleveland, "say Jim that gives me an 

 idea." "I've got a hunch — there's mil- 

 lions in it!" We can hear the boys 

 talk, out there, just that way, and they 

 are right too. There is nothing like 

 retting together for developing new 

 ideas. So the old fossils, like myself, 

 who stays at home are back numbers 



We regret to have to disagree with 

 our boss the managing editor of "Horti- 

 culture." His weekly sayings are so 

 wise and forceful and to the point that 

 we had about come to believe him 

 infallible. But when he argues that 



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August is not the best month to have 

 a Florist Convention we beg to differ. 

 That's the time they all have plenty of 

 time, and that's the time to get to- 

 gether! The old sages who founded 

 the S. A. F. knew what they were 

 doing, and they hit the psychological 

 moment. J. C. Vaughan and John 

 Thorpe and Robert Craig and all the 



rest of these old timers knew what 

 they were doing. Peter Henderson 

 and Edwin Lonsdale and William J. 

 Stewart and all the other progressives 

 of that day, came a running, and the 

 society was a success from the start. 

 Don't get the thing mixed up with 

 exhibitions. That's another story al- 

 together. 



