AiGUHX 26, 1915. 



The Florists' Review 



17 



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



i;ilioiis and will show our appreciiition by making 

 I lie Houston convention a howlluj; sucecss. We 

 tliiink you. K. C Kerr, 



['resident Texas State Florists' Asuocintion. 



PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED. 



[•"The Principles of Floriculture," by Kdwnrd 

 A. White, professor of floriculture in tlie New 

 York State College of Agriculture, at Cornell 

 I iiiversity. Published by the MHcniillan Co., 

 New York, Contains 467 pages, with about fifty 

 (ull page halftone illustrations. Price, bound in 

 clctli, $1.75.] 



This is the latest volume of the 

 "Rural Text-Book Series," which is 

 tieing prepared under the editorial su- 

 i)ervision of L. H. Bailey. Take note, 

 then, of the high standing and the un- 

 <|uestionable 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- 

 ;ippointed. 



The book is notable for its coucise- 

 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 j)lants. 



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 

 lie has spent in teaching, and in watdi- 

 ing the practical application of his 

 teaching, he has gradually discarded 

 the non-essentials and added greater 

 emphasis to the essentials, until his 

 methods have reached the stagf.of de 

 velopment represented in this. book. 

 The principles embodied in the book 

 have thus received a thorough test. 



But, though the book was designed 

 l>rimarily 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 

 lie not have such hopes? The object of 

 the book is to aid effectively in trans- 

 forming learners or students into 

 shrewdy successful florists, and that is 

 ( ertainly 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 tiiis will be the 

 nearest ])Ossil)le apj)roach 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, 

 whether florists or others, are most de- 

 ficient? Even the florist who was born 

 and raised in the business is still hazy 

 and uncertain in his knowledge of some 

 of the fundamentals. And those who 

 fairly jumped into the trade, with lit- 

 tle or no i)reparation — 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 i)iupose, since he exi)resses 

 liis thoughts in brief, jiointed sentences, 

 which seldom require a second reading 

 in or<ler to be clearly understood. And 

 the illustrations, as well as the text, are 



of a practical character; they are not 

 mere embellishments. 



For sale by The Keview at the pub 

 lisliers ' [)rice. 



BUSINESS EMBARRASSMENTS. 



Wilkes-Baxre, Pa. — In the bank- 

 ruptcy sale of the real estate of Ira G. 

 Marvin, Kdmtind 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 (.'. 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 the 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 2."> 

 South Franklin street and 55 North 



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