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AiuusT 26, 1915. 



The Florists' Review 



17 



Another General View in the S. A. F. Ginvention Garden in Golden Gate Park, San Francisco. 



rutions and will show our appreciation by making 

 the Houston convention a howling success. We 

 thank you. R. C. Kerr, 



President Texas State Florists' Association. 



PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED. 



["Tlie Principles of Floriculture," by Edward 

 .\. White, professor of floriculture in the New 

 York State College of Agriculture, at Cornell 

 I'lilverslty. Published by the MacmlUan Co.. 

 ' New York. Contains 467 pages, with about fifty 

 riill-page halftone illustrations. I'ricc, tmund lu 

 ilotli, $1.75.] 



This is the latest volume of the 

 "Rural Text-Book Series," which is 

 being prepared under the editorial su- 

 pervision of L. H. Bailey. Take note, 

 then, of the high standing and the un- 

 questionable responsibility of the au- 

 thor, the editor and the publishers, and 

 form your own opinion as to the degree 

 of merit that may therefore be expected 

 in the book. And your expectations, 

 though great, are not likely to be dis- 

 appointed. 



The book is notable for its concise- 

 ness and comprehensiveness. It treats 

 of greenhouse construction and heating, 

 and of store and greenhouse manage- 

 ment, as well as the production, packing 

 and shipping of cut flowers and plants. 



Like the other volumes in the series, 

 this work was intended for use as a 

 text-book, and it is one of the well-ma- 

 tured results of Professor White's ex- 

 perience as a teacher. In the years that 

 he has spent in teaching, and in watch- 

 ing the practical application of his 

 teaching, he has gradually discarded 

 the non-essentials and added greater 

 emphasis to the essentialSj until his 

 s, methods have reached the ^t^dUjf '.fl^' 

 velopment represented in tWB^^ob'k.. 

 The principles embodied in the book 

 have thus received a thorough test. 



But, though the book was designed 

 primarily for school use, the author 

 states, modestly enough, that he * ' hopes 

 it may be of service in a useful way 

 to practical men." And why should 

 he not have such hopes! The object of 

 the book is to aid effectively in tranaa 

 forming learners or students into 

 shrewd, successful florists, and that is 

 certainly a desirable object, whether at- 

 tained in school or out of it. 



Though nothing may entirely take the 

 place of a good course of training at 



a horticultural school, the persevering 

 use of such a book as this will be the 

 nearest possible approach to a substi- 

 tute for such a course. 



It is probably true that much of the 

 matter in the book is elementary, but 

 are not the elementary facts the very 

 ones in which the majority of people, 

 wheHkor florists or others, are most de- 

 ficient? Even the florist who was born 

 and raised in the business is still ha^.y 

 and uncertain in his knowledge of some 

 of the fundamentals. And those who 

 fairly jumped into the trade, with lit- 

 tle or no preparation — as if jumping 

 into deep water without knowing how 

 to swim — will find this book a most 

 helpful adviser. 



The author's literary style is almost 

 ideal for the purpose, since he expresses 

 his thoijghts in brief, pointed sentences, 

 which seldom require a second reading 

 in order to be clearly understood. And 

 the illustrations, as well as the text, arc 



of a practical character; they are not 

 mere embellishments. 



For sale by The Review at the pub- 

 lishers' price. 



BUSINESS EMBABBASSMENTS. 



Wilkes-Barre, Pa. — In the bank- 

 ruptcy sale of the real estate of Ira G. 

 Marvin, Edmund E. Jones, trustee, sold 

 the three pieces of property on Pringle 

 street, Kingston, to the Wilkes-Barre 

 Deposit ■ & Savings bank for $18,500, 

 and the two pieces on Wyoming avenue, 

 Kingston, to C. E. Stegmaier for $9,400. 

 The three pieces of real estate on 

 Willow street and one on Plymouth 

 street, in Wilkes-Barre, were sold for 

 $560 to the Wilkes-Barre Deposit & 

 Savings bank. August 31 t)ie referee 

 will hold a hearing on the trustee's 

 petition to sell at private sale to 

 Sophie A. Marvin, of Kingston, for 

 $350 the contents of the stores at 23 

 South Franklin street and 55 North 



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