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The Florists^ Review 



August 18, 1921 



The flortete whose cards appear on t&e pages carrying this head, are prepared to fill orders 

 """"^ from other florists for local delivery on the usual basis. 



SCHOOLING FOR FLORISTS. 



(Continued from a forward page.) 

 elor of science in floriculture on com- 

 pletion of the work. Purdue Univer- 

 sity (Indiana) is now offering five 

 courses and expects to add a regular 

 curriculum in the near future. Other 

 institutions are offering from one to 

 several courses, but these are mostly of 

 an elementary or an amateur nature. 



The agricultural colleges and experi- 

 ment stations of the country are de- 

 voting about 200,000 square feet of 

 glass and about 130 acres of land to 

 floriculture. This, however, is merely 

 a beginning, for, as the demands for 

 research and instruction increase, these 

 areas will have to be ' increased. As 

 has already been said, six institutions 

 are offering considerable work in flori- 

 culture and others are ready to do so as 

 soon as tlie funds are available. 



Educational Glass Area. 



It is, naturally, in the states with 

 large glass areas "that the demand comes 

 for research and instruction. The fol- 

 lowing table shows the glass areas of 

 the lirst fifteen states and the amount 

 of glass devoted to floriculture at their 

 .state college and experiment station: 



The agricultural colleges and experi- 

 ment stations of those states with large 

 floricultural interests are the .logical 

 jilaces to look for instruction and re- 

 search. .Some states will never be able 

 to offer any more than the most ele- 

 mentary courses and so the larger insti- 

 tutions will have to look after the few 

 who will want commercial work. 



Two Phases of Work. 



The florists' interests naturally fall 

 into two lines, research and instruction. 

 The first of these belongs to the experi- 

 ment station and looks to the solving of 

 the florists' problems. The second 

 branch has to do with the teaching of 

 the subject, or, in other words, the 

 training of men and women for the pro- 

 fession of floriculture. 



The work of the station may be 

 grouped under two heads. The first 

 deals with the problems that arc of gen- 

 eral interest to all florists, such as soil 

 and fertilizers, fungous diseases, insect 

 enemies and others too numerous to 

 mention. The solution of such problems 

 is equally valuable to all florists. The 

 second part of the station work deals 

 with the problems of the individual 

 florist. The problem of the florist calls 

 for diagnosis and suggestions for treat- 

 ment. These suggestions are usually 

 based upon the research mentioned or 

 upon knowledge acquired by practical 

 work or through close observation. Ex- 

 periment stations should pursue no 



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Let us learn from the flowers the lesson of co-operation. A single 

 flower, growing alone, makes no great show. Many flowers, grow- 

 ing in harmony, will transfigure even a desert. 



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line of research that can be profitably 

 handled as a business venture. For ex- 

 ample, to take up the breeding of new 

 varieties of greenhouse plants is a com- 

 mercial problem, while a study of the 



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principles of breeding is a research 

 problem. 



Aims in Education. 



Those institutions that are teaching 



