Ma^ 4. V.)T2 



The Florists^ Review 



35 



Bronze Dahlias Were Used on Pews and Blue Larkspurs Between Distant Flowers, for Wedding. 



.iihl l;iytiifii, flowers uro and always will 

 1m' an inspiration. 



Hitch, to a Star. 



In closing;, I rena'niber a little inoident 

 irnni my childhood. I was only a little 

 tot, when late one afternoon I wandered 

 away. An old man, who was my first 

 teacher, found me a mile distant from 

 the h()use, in the fudds. lie asked nie, 

 ••Where di<l you think of fjoin^?"' .\nd 

 I showed him a lii<; red ball, the de- 

 scending sun, tin tile horizon. He said, 

 "That's right. Always try to catch up 

 with the sun, and never give up." I 

 lannot lielj) comparing that admonition 

 with our object. The farther we go in 

 onr Work, the higher our aims in our art, 

 the greater our a('com[ilishments. The 

 more effort we florists make, the more 

 art, the more knowledge we p\it in our 

 work, that much more betiuty, more har- 

 nioiiy and more love it will mean to the 

 World. 



COAL FREIGHT MAY GO DOWN. 



The freight on the florist's coal next 

 season will be lower than it was this 

 yar if an expecteil decision is handed 

 down by the intersttite commerce com- 

 mission. The rate reductions arc ex- 

 I'ected to include a ten per cent cut in 

 tho freight rate on coal, the continua- 

 tion as a jiermanent feature of the ten 

 I'lr cent cut made in the rate of agri- 

 cultural products and a similar ri'duc 



tion in rates on ceitain biiildinu ma- 

 t t'rials. 



The cut in coal rates will save con- 

 >nmers approximately $110,000,(i|iii, ac- 

 fonling to estimates made by operating 

 ofiicials figuring up on an annual move- 

 ment of about 4.")<i,()(l(l,(MI() tons of coal 

 in the I'nited States. The saving will 

 average about IT) cents jier ton. The 

 vdlnntary reduction in rtites oti agii- 

 cultur.al jiroducts made by the railroads 

 l;ist December is expected to be con- 

 tin. led despite j>cissib[e oli.jections from 

 carriers in the northwest. This cut 

 was estimated to save the farmers 

 about $.')."),(i(iU,(iiMi a year. In addition, 

 it is b(dieved that the commission will 

 "leclare for a ten jier cent cut on cer- 

 tain building materials, such as brick, 

 structural steed and stone. It is con- 

 cerled that this item mav run a< high as 

 ."i^lM 1,00(1,000. 



It is explained that the reiluit ions, if 

 announced immediately by the cominis- 

 ■-ion, will not become effective with the 

 iiecess.ary thirty days' notice until .Inne 

 1 at the earliest. Any further del.ays 

 on the part of the rate-making body m;iy 

 result in the postponement ol' tlie ef- 

 fective date until July 1, when it is 

 thought that tlie labor boiird may be 

 ready with its decision in the ajipeals 

 of the managers for reductions in the 

 goijig rates of pay for all classes of 

 railro;id labor. It is thought the s;iving 

 .'jfTorded the railroads )iv the reduction^ 



in \\;ii^e-~ will about ai'prox i mat e the 

 lo-^ III revenue in these rate cut-, which 

 total in amount .•f:i,'(i.(iOO,0(Mi a ye.ai. it 

 is estimated. 



That there \\ill be no horizontal le 

 d\iction in freight rates by the comrm- 

 -ioii i-- a toregone conclusion, it is -.aid. 



A COMPETITOR FOR LADDIE? 



A most delightl'ul voiing lad> is t(Mii 

 iiig .\iiu'ric:i. callinu on leiiding concein- 



I I'oni co;i>t to coa-I, .'ilhl -ooli i- I(. In 

 t<dlow'i.Ml by a. i-ara.it ion be.aiiiit; liei 

 name, tlic variety to be ol'rei-eil a- a 

 <ompetitor and prid);ible -mcessc.i ot 

 Laddie. Th(> young l;idy i- .Mi-s i^ileeu 

 Low. She i- the d,aut;hter ot iiie head 

 of the Intel nationall\- known tirni ol 

 Stuart Low \- Co., Hush Hill I'.nk. .Mid 

 diesex, Kngland. Stuart Low \ ( d. 

 Ii;i\e ;;j'owii .\merican v.-irii'ties ol car 

 nations lor nianv years and li.axe i.-ii-td 

 niimeroii- noveltie- which li;i\e become 

 >taiidard sorts in Lngland. In the -eed 

 ling they have named for .Miss Low 

 they belie\e they ha\e .-i -iiccessoi' to 

 Laiblie. The flower i> of riiaximnm si/e, 

 resembles Laddie in c(dor .ami. as ;;rown 

 in Kngl;ind, ]iosses-es a. freedom ot 

 bloom mindi grejiter tli.an the .\inericaii 

 \.ariety grown under .simil.ir condition-. 

 -American carnations occupy ,i leading 

 I'osition in Kngland, but iio l-.'nglisli 

 I ,1 1 ii;it ion ever li;is come to .Xmeiic.a .and 



((oiicliiilcd on piiKc 4o.) 



