Mmicii L'!», I'JIT. 



The Florists^ Review 



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Bulbous Stock Will Be the Big Seller This Easter, but Heather Has Its Friends. 



!i;i\f :i I'ariii |i;i|ifr ;it luiinr wliicli, in 



10 last luunlici', says it is easy to j^mw 



,'MH) (II- more, aii<l at li» cents a jilanl 



at means $."i()(i, a nice little sum, wiiicli 



■Mild lielji me in payinj;' for the laml 



111 siippoit ill}; m\- t'amily. Aihl, )u;iv 



■i , in a cou])le ot' xears or nioi(- I uouM 



't ]ia\e to (lii\c that laumlry \va;;on. ' ' 



■' Sure, M ike, ■ ' 1 said, "Imt lia\('\oii 



i\" greenhouses on tlu'se l^iouihIs .' ' ' 



■'(•lij no; tlu' t'arminL;' paper say^ 



'I riilioiis(>s are not n(^c(^ssar\'. llotlidU 



'II do.'' 



Writers Know It All. 



■'All, so,"' I Idinteil out, ''^leal t"(d 

 ■\^. these t';iiin paper \viitei-~. Tliex' 

 * nie, iuid \i)U, and e\-erylind\' else, 

 iiy know ovcrythinj;'. They know it 

 1. Tlie\' tell yon how to make liic' 

 '\'idri- t'or man and lieast : ioiiL;h drops 

 ■'• ol' cornstalks; (diocidate uat'ers out 

 ' diii'd and ])Owdere(| horse cdie--t nut s ; 

 '•"iiil)ination suit for the oldest lioy 

 ' I't' Imrlaf), and so on. 

 • \o\\ . Ml-. Man." I s;iid to the lauii 

 iii.'iii, ''let US talk )dain luisiness. 

 ' '• \i '11 any nioiir\' to put up for do 

 •"Uict h iiiLT \\ it li your laud .' ' ' 



■ ' >h, > IS, ;i iMiuple of hund ri'il do! 

 ■• liiit I want to make i -y. ' ' 



■ ' ''■it;i inly. ' " I said, ' ' luit not in 

 ■I'liiiniN. It takes niori' t h:i ii .-i nuiple 

 ' li-ed d<dlars to do that. It tiikcs 



"^\le(|^e, material and iirt;iiu time. 



I >'ou take your nmney, luiy l;oo(1 seed 

 •tato.s, .-ilmost a n v carlx oiics, ;iu(| ;i 

 "I'''' "' tons oi' sheep and cow manure, 

 ■'■■111 it o\-er the ground. li:i\i' it jdowcd 



II niid harrow. ^d fine, thm plant the 

 '''"^ pro|iei-l\ .■iiid keep yciiii faniils- at 

 I'om morniiiLT to uiuht, hneint: and 



'■"'liiij,', and hillin-- up the pl;nitv, and 

 'lie end ot' the mouth of Ani^ust you 

 ■II ha\-e y(uir monev li.ack in \diir 

 ' l\|'t with a nice' profit, and a heaith\ 

 ''•^ilijj; faTllily. liesifles. 



'•^Ild do not liolir\r the-" l';iilU piipers 

 '^ ''"> much, TluK.^ ti'llo\\< wiitiuLC 



t'.'irmiuL;' aiti.des are, as a lule, not 

 I'armei's oi^ ^I'owi'rs ot' .aiiv't li inj^'. l-tut 

 they know Iiow to <listurl) innocent 

 minds liy puMishin;;' .articles out of tladr 

 line in their sheets, just to make that 

 papei' look smart. If \'ou want to know 

 or to learn somethiuL;' al)out lloriciilture, 

 we h;i\(^ ^ooij trade ]iapeis, such a-- 'i'lo' 

 Ki'\ lew. 



• • ( KKid liyc. dca 1 man, I ha \ c to w atn- 



m \' ca I'lia t ions. ' ' 



I 'hri^t . I'lll--- jae;^el'. 



Peoria, 111. .Iidm and I'uink Masse, 

 who havi' liei'u employed at the (It'orcc 

 A. Kuhl ;4reenhouse-., aii' prcp.a li ii^; to 

 l;o into luisiness I'or t hciiisel \ e^. A 

 ^icciiliiiil--i' will lie fi'erti^d lic\t liouitli. 



Mews from 



ro^ 



London. England. 'I'h.' i'nited l\iu;i 

 ■loin i~ Hot alone in its |Mdato sleutaLie, 

 thc> tiiod contr(dler has annoiuuM^d, 

 there luduLT a world wide scarcity. 

 riier(> will lie no potatoes in tlreat 

 nrit.'iiii during the e.arh' summer. 



Kiiaphill, England. -It mav interest 

 uian\' ol' till' British i^ardeiuus in Amer- 

 ica to know that at the W'aterer n,irs 

 ery licj-c there aie ei^hf men wl.o^e 

 teiins id' ser\ ice each exceeil foi'tN' year^. 

 The yoiinm'st of the id^ht is ."i!t ;ind lia- 

 lieen in the nursery t'orty-eifjlit years, 

 while the oMest is s;; ^ud li;i- scr' ed 

 -ixty four yeai's. 



Haarlem, Holland, nm. ot' the -riat 

 '■-I trials to exportmi^ houses in this tr.ade 

 is the roiilinned loss ot' .\mrric;iii mail. 

 It i-- hard ciiou^h \, hen t holloa lul^ ,,\' \,-\ 

 til-- and ludiis arc lo-t ,■!-- in the suli 

 inariiiinL; ol' the i.aconia, luit for moi'c 

 than a \cai- much m.-iil t;ikcu off steamers 

 for examination hy thr icn--iir h.as dis,a]i 

 piarcd. It ha-- liceii noted 1h;i1 corre 

 spondeiici with Ameiii-an l-"loii>ts I'cariii^ 

 licrman ii;imcs has siilfcrcd c--pc,ially in 

 this rcsjii'ct. 



Yokohama. Japan. — The reports that 

 loM-ci- ill the I'nitod Slates a ic lnukiiii^ 

 lor lower Imll) prices is a surpri-e here. 

 Tile market in .lapan is higher th.'in a year 

 .■i;;o. and it is thouo-ht hulli priees must 

 Ih- .-ihove the usual le\-el tills year if for 

 no ntlier reason th.'in that e\ ei-\ t ii in-.^ else 

 is hieji. There is no indicatirm ,,{ an 

 o\ersii|iplv III I'orce prices down. p;ir- 

 ticiihirly it' tji^land admit- an\ p^iii o|' 

 the norm:il i jii;int ity. 



Sassenheini, Holland. — Pailli exporteis 

 are mucli in the dark as to liu-iness 

 heiiifi hooked in the I'liited State- this 

 season, eommunii'atinii hciiis; sadly dis- 

 orfijanizcd. Cahles cost ol cents |ier 

 word and code i.s prohibited by tiie i-eii- 

 sor. Mail is slow because of infrequent 

 sailings ,aiid the didays of the censor, 

 and between the quantities of letters 

 held u|i by the censor and tliose lost bv 

 sulim.aiinin^, no ex]-iorter can luiow wliat 

 his i-epreseiit,-it i\ es m Aiia^rica liave 

 done until the repri'sent,-itl\ e- letui-ii. 

 •'iiid e\ ell t hat . at t he iiioiiieiit. is a l:;i '• 

 •ardoiis uudertakiiiu;. 'J'he h,-- ,ii ui;iil 

 \vith the l.aioiiia was seiiiei-l\ leli. 



