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The Florists^ Review 



Mabch 1»>. 1022 



Idriiicd < '(ingress that it would not lie 

 jiossililc for tlicni to stay in Imsiiit'ss 

 and t'a<T tlic i(iiM])ct it ion, csin'cially 

 lliat ot' Japan, wlicii' labor costs arc 

 rxtrciiicly Mii,all, urdcss alTordcil ;idc 

 'inato tariiT jirotcct ion. Tin'v foniid 

 <'on;:rosH in :i roi-ciitivc mood and tlu- 

 rati' ot' sixty five jicr cent has accord- 

 intily lifcn },franti'd thcni. It is quite 

 |ir(diald<' that tlic House will a^jrcf to 

 the Scii.iti' Jiroposal. A. K. (i. 



FERN SPORES. 



Wf liavf several flats of fern spores 

 saved from our owu ])teris in jiots (not 

 the trenial.-i). Tin.' result from sovvin},' 

 shows only rteris tremula. The sanio 

 thinj; is true witli tliu adiantum. Wli.-it 

 is the cause? F. 1'. 11.— ("an. 



i> I lie 1 iiu.^e . r. I . II.— I an. 



Von iiroliaMy lia\e a iiumlier of Ptcris 

 tremula llowerin^ .amoii;; your other 

 ferns and, in this ease, sjioic- fnon them 

 have undoulitedly lilown milo tlir pans 

 or tl.'its e(intainiii>^ voui' other pteris 



ST. LOUIS PREPARING. 



To ni.ake up foi- the nation.al liowcr 

 >lio\v whieh w;is not held .it St. Louis, 

 the ilorists of that city .ire planning,' to 

 ni.-ike the sliow in connection with tin 

 exliihition of the Chrysanthemum So 

 cjety of America, Noxemher 7 to iL', :iu 

 event that will surpass all the hort i 



Kinnii,-,. II 11 It, mil, L 

 I'n'Miiiirii W. .\ K.ph. 

 I'lihli.il.i KiMrik A Wiii.n.i 

 <!iianoilcc fiiriil .\ II Miiiiimki i 

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 KiiliTt.iiniiii-iu .r, .'^ C.irl.r 

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 l!iM',.|iii.,ii y, .1 Killir)..r. 

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 ;i,n\,r»' ,111, 1 i,i,r~, IV iri,ir- i|i..|,|,,- 

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I'rivjii.. ).',M-,I. ■lifts- I, I'. .Ti'ii-., I, 

 l';irKs mill L';ir,lciis- - i;, .si,-,.|.|, 

 Sill, Mil r\l,il,iis II. I Iii^h 

 I~iii,N,;i|..- f.inli'ii.-r- I/. 111.. I!m,iii.;,i,i, 

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 i;\liil,iti,>ii ainl Iiiill- W t Simil 



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COLLEGE FLORISTS TO MEET. 



The rollij,'!' dorists' sectio?! of tin- 

 S. A. i'. IN to meet in Indi.an.-ipoli^ diir 

 ill;: the national flower show. The meet 

 inys will include reports hy committees 

 on x.iriou- -.ulijecis of imjioit aiice to 

 the ^irowth an, I <levclo]iment of the edn 

 c.-ilioiia! :ii;,i i ,\ perimi'Ut ai ^1,1, ot' llori 



culture. The sulijects and the commit- 

 tees .-ire as I'idlows: 



r,a, liiiii; Wiirk In Kliiricultiin- I'mf. E. A. 

 Willie. Ill' Ciinnll 1 iiiM'i'silv, cliainiiaii: I'ruf. 

 i; 1. Willie, ,,!' rciiiis,\ ivaiiia Slate t'olletie, uud 

 I'l-,,!'. .\. «■. Unties. ,.r Oliiii Stale l^niversity. 



Ki'seanli ami E\|iei'[iiieiital W,,rk in Klnriciil- 

 tiin' I»r. I". A. I<elieiil>.'iiier. nf riiiversit.v of 

 Illinois, cliairnian; Ur. .\. ('. lii'.il, of Coi'iinll 

 I iiiversily, anil I'luf. K. II. fatcli, of Coiiiiei'ti 

 ,Mit .\Krieiilliiral Colli'Ke. 



Ki'latiiinsliil) witli tlie Traile I'mf. .\. II. 

 Nelii'liii;;. iif Coniell liiiversit.v, cliainnaii; S. 

 S I'eiiiiock, riiilailelpliia. iiiiil ,1. Freil .\iiiiiiaiiii, 

 i:,l«ai(ls\ille. 111, 



I'Mnrii'iiltiire, Its Kclatinii to .Vnricultiirc In 



(',,||i'«es- I'rof. A. S. 'I'lmrst Mar.vlanil Uni 



v.rsiiy, cliainnan: I'mf. K. •'. Volz, Imva State 

 i',,llei;e, anil I'mf. Vii-t,,r Kies. i,f riinlue I'ni- 

 \ fi'sit y. 



Future I'oliiies I'lof. (', K. Tliayer, .Massa- 

 iliii.selts .Vi^iii'iiltiiral CilleKe. eliairman; H. .\. 

 I'latt, i,f Cornell Iniversity, anil S. W. Hall, of 

 I iiiversity of Illinois. 



If any nieiubers of the trade have con- 

 structive sujro est ions or ideas about any 

 iif these subjects, they sliould feel free 

 to communicate them to the chairman 

 or some other member of that eomniit 



lee. It is only tlir(M};h the cooperation 

 of tlo' trade that tftp educational and 

 expeiinient.al work c«n develop to be of 

 ^^rcatest \alue lotl^B trade. 



A. S. Thurston, Sec'y. 



NUTTING NOT EMBARRASSED. 



An unfortunate Juxtaposition of ty[ie 

 jilaced au item regardinj^ the withdrawal 

 of Ellis (i. Carswell from the firm of 

 Xutting & Carswell, Macon, Ga., under 

 the lieadiu},; "Business Embarrass- 

 ments" in the March 2 issue of Tht 

 Review. Jt was not meant to bo there. 

 Th(^ withdrawal of Mr. Carswell affects 

 the firm not one whit, for Georjrc. o. 

 N'uttiiifj has held the solo financial in- 

 terest in the firm, which is now known 

 .is the Nuttino; Floral Co., and is paying 

 his bills with the same promptness as 

 e\ er. 



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STUDENT FLORIST 



FUTURE OF COLLEGE GRADUATE. 



In Floriculture. 



The lloriculture student wliik' at col- 

 leije has certain ideals. lie wishes to 

 secure direct knowledf^o of floriculture, 

 to broaden his vision, and learn to be 

 come a better citizen. Then it can be 

 stated, in outline form, that the aims 

 and objects of a. curriculum in lloricul 

 tare are threefold: (1) To enable the 

 student to secure and accumulate the 

 basic ju'incijiles of floriculture; (12) ti, 

 know how to use them; i^') to become 

 ,1 bet t er cit izell. 



.\fter the student i;raduatcs, what.' 

 True, he is not a florist; that is, not a 

 tinished one. No, but he has his .seieii 

 tilic trainino' .and basic ])rineiples upon 

 which to build. He expects to overtake 

 the fellow who has received his training,' 

 through practical experience, and he ex 

 pects to p.ass him. While en<i;ayei| in 

 ]iractic;il work, the ;;r.aduate can make 

 ,1 study of the methods of various ^reeii 

 house pr.tctices; by his training' he can 

 understand the re.asons for these pr.ic 

 I ices, and thus h(dj) to solve the jirob 

 lems of the florist. To this extent he is 

 superior to the ni.an who li.is had onl\ 

 pr.act icil tr,iiiiine. This tr.-iiiiinj^ en 

 .ibles the ^^raduate, throiioh his broad 

 ened vision, to reason and to solve cor 

 rectly the prtdilems as they .arise. 



Then comes that old ar;;uiiient, tli.it 

 siiiiie of the oraduates think they know 

 it .all. Indeed, We .are sorry tor tlii>. 

 I!ut tli.at know it , all type of yoiiii},' iii.an 

 is everywhere. Then, we li:i\e the other 

 extreme, the s(u,|ent who c:iniiiit e\eii 

 lie ruses. Hilt Mich .a man iie\er ;:railu 

 .ited from Illinois. 



Graduate's Attitude. 



Wh.lt does the graduate exjiei-t friHii 

 thi- coninieri-ial tlorist .' He ilnes net 

 u;int his business or even the m.ilia^i 

 iiieiit of it. W'li.at he does w.aiit is .a jol,, 

 .-111 opiiort unity to le.irn. to study the 

 problems as they come up in .-i comnier 

 li.il establishment, ,is wtdl as to do 



Taper l.y I!, riidtflelil II.„lfin, npn-iiit Ihl- Hi,' 

 rieently fniiiiileil li,,iiorai-y tl.iriiiilt lira I .-nil,-:;, 

 Iraternity. I.aniliila Clii. presenteil at tl,e annual 

 iiH'eiinir ,.r til,' mill,, is Slat,' K|,,ri-ts' .\ss,„|;, 

 II, .11 ,1 I it.an.i, \l,il, I, 1 I 



luaniial labor. Further, he hopes th.at 

 in time his services will be worth more 

 than a mere 10-hour day to his employer. 

 However, he cannot entertain this hope 

 if he is not given the opportunity. The 

 tlorist can expect, besides manual Labor, 

 help upon the business end of the es- 

 tablishment, help o;i tht> methods fif 

 various practices ,an(i imjiroveinent of 

 these methods, and help in the cotitrol 

 and prcvi'iitioii of iliseoses and insect 

 [tests, 7.<..» ''le various everyday con- 

 ■•erns .' ... '.,1 'I'Jiment. In return, 

 the ^.udcnt va^ ■■ .-■■Lcr reimburse- 

 ment, not the largest .a.. _ i the be- 

 liinniiig, but ,"i livable wagt> and one 

 comniensiirate with the merit of his 

 services. 



Employer's Attitude. 



Some florists object to employing a 

 student or a "r.aduate, on the basis that 

 he soon leaves and goes into business 

 for himself. This is a poor reason. Can 

 you blame him for leaving, esjtecially 

 when he has no ojiportunity to advance; 

 when he has spent four years in scien- 

 tific training preparing for the business, 

 and when he receives only nominal 

 w.ages.' Can you exjtect him to stick for 

 a lifetime under these conditions? 

 Most of the students who have eom- 

 ]tleted the work in floriculture at pres- 

 ent are in business for themselves, or, to 

 be exact, fifty per cent are in business 

 for themselves, thirty-three per cent are 

 working for others in the business, .and 

 seventeen per cent h.ave gone into other 

 line^. 



Do you not believe that these young 

 men, who are making a system.atic and 

 scientific study of tloricuitiirc, who .-ire 

 vitally iiiterest<'d in the success of flori- 

 culture, and wlio .are training themselves 

 for better citizenship, can attain a suc- 

 cess ;is op,.;,f ,,v( yours, or the aver- 

 a-e .among you.' I lo you not lie- 

 lieve that some da\ these young men 

 are to be tlie leader- in floriculture? I 

 '■an .issure yon thit Hiey will, if you 

 uive them the opportunity. 



It is ui.on these f.n ts and this reason- 

 ing that the student of floriculture 

 ni.akes his plea and his appeal to vou, the 

 florists (if Illinois and of the world, for 

 a place in the sun. Give us the oppor- 

 'iiiiit.v; that is ..ill we ask. 



