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The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



NoVKMHlOlt 'J4, 1001. 



,it as (luiio hy yotnl yi'owris in tlir riist. 

 Duillcduuzo "jJio-.. Klutliii>!i, -old ii 

 wliuli'salo oil tlic .\('\\ Vdik iiiaikcl this 

 season as liiyli as $1* jicr dozen. 



The trade \isitois at Ihiwer sliows 

 should I'eliaiii lioiii siiu>kiiii; in the e\- 

 liibitiou hall, e\('n thoiiyh tlie manage 

 iiieiit be a little lax in enfoniiiM ilds 

 rule. \\\' of the trade are usiiallv (he 

 onlv od'endeis in tiiis respect and it is 

 a, distinct injury to oui- shows and oui' 

 business. 



HORTICULTURE'S INTERESTS. 



\iy \Vm. Fai,(().\i;i!. i'ittsbur<;-. i'a. 



[A pajici- ri'.-Ml ill SI. I.oiiis. NoviMiilicr In. 

 I'.tol, ;il llic inception of llic Nnlidiiiil ('.iniiril 

 of lloiiiruHiirc.J 



J \\ill nut touch ad\ancecl horticulture 

 but strike directly at, the foundation, that 

 is, thi' bejiinners, for it is here. 1 am sat- 

 isfied, that the j^featest necessity ]irc\nils. 



We sluudd eiideavoi- to c-on\ci-| lo hor 

 ticullure e\cry j>erson in this blond Iniiij 

 o|' liberty who owns a linnic or li\(S in 

 one, ■wlios;c garden ina\' lie :in acre |i;iic-h 

 or a siinj)Ie wiiidowsill in a back alley. 

 J']\ei'v livinjr person has llowci> in liis or 

 her heart and would grow them in theii- 

 homes if they knew what wnid'l ■^mw 

 there and how easily these [ilanls can !»• 

 cultivated. II(dp thesi,' ]ieopl(' and you 

 heiji yoiirsid\('s ami you briyhti n and 

 glorify this ccnintry. Our minds re\er) 

 to the lo\ely How cr-lillecl cottaj^i' aiiil win 

 dow gardens of I'liigland. I'rance. (ler 

 many and ollu^r old country homes, and 

 the i|uestion strikes us w h}- not the 

 same here, :iml nioie so than ihere. t'oi- 

 means are more amjde ami jirosjierity 

 broadei' here than there.' ^■ollr 'issocia 

 tion ean Indj) this. J^each those j)eople 

 and show them hew. The results will 

 stimulate the Hnrist Imsiness by creating 

 a greater demand. 



My long and intimate connection with 

 decorative gai'dening and ac(|uaintance 

 with amateurs who .would, if they I'ould. 

 have beautil'iil gardens, con\inces mv that 



o- have the oeeas.sional help of a hired 

 man. The horticultural press scarcely 

 a'- all reaches these ])eople. 



l']\ery person w ho has a home lot wants 

 to beautify it and would do it if he 

 knew how. liut the great majority of them 

 do not know anything about trt'es, shrubs 

 or garden tiowers and don't pretead to, 

 but they are aching for reliable help or 

 ad\iie. ^'our association can give it to 

 them. And in heljiing these peo|)le you 

 are helping yonrsehes, you are creating 

 a ilemand foi' your supply. 



In an amateur who begins aright and 

 whose g.arden lot has been designed eon- 

 xcnieiitly and apiiropriatcly^ and whose 

 |)laiils aje jileasing and thriving, the 

 spiiit of gardening is insatiable; he 

 wants more ami more, ami the contagion 

 oi' expeiiment seizes him antl he becomes 

 a li\ing impi'tus to your business. And 

 I'lnulatioii seizes his neighbors and 

 friends; they behold in his garden the 

 [iroof of Aviiat can be done and what will 

 grow and they too endea\(ir after similar 

 results. 



Hut let an amateur stait in A\roii_; and 

 111 tch his jilace ami plant nnsuitabie ma- 

 terial ;nid in an improjitM' manner, the re- 

 sults are disph'asing and utisat istactoi'y 

 and he gets dishearteiieil oi- disgusted, jiis 

 ii teiest Hags ami he and his place Hecome 

 a horticultural frost at hoim' ami alu-oad. 

 .\ow ;i little jdain. jnactieal. trustworthy 

 aii\ ice to this man to begin with -.voidd 

 l:.;\e ob\iate(l ;ill this and turned th' ti<le 

 lioni woe to joy and his home wduld 

 lia\c b;'en a glowing tribute to hoi'licul- 

 lure instead of a (doud u|ion it. 



X'oluminons ad\ice to a liegiiine- is a 

 mistake; so, too, aic lon<r lists of i hints 

 to) ;iny ]iui|iose. J.et simplicity and 

 bie\ity )iie\ail in all your te;i<diings. 

 l>on't ailvise a idit^nt unless he has abso- 

 lute confidence in you; tlifii don't give 

 him the optimi of selecti<iii; you just tell 

 him pointedly wh.-it to do and what to 

 plant; you know, he doesn't, ami you'll 

 lift a mighty weight off of his mind and 



Aquatics at Cedar Court, Morristown, N. J. 



in this line the gre;iiest need of the 

 American fieople is brief, pointeil, ridia- 

 bl( , jiractic-il information respecting their 

 gardens and what to plant in tin m and 

 how and when to jdant it. This does not 

 apfie.al to jiublic jiaiks or pretentious jiri- 

 \';ite jirojierties where handscape or pro- 

 fessional gardeners are employed, !iut to 

 the small country .and siibuibaii yaids 

 .and town lots of the ^ast multitude of 

 oui bus\' citizens who do their own work i 



th( work that to jiim would have been 

 bothiM'soine and laliorioiis is plain sailiiie 

 and jdeasuri' ami diK.'sirt cost him a 

 thought. 



DilTerent plm-es, coiisich'ring latitude, 

 location and environment Tnay requii'e 

 different treatmi'iits and dilT'erent plants 

 for shade, use and ornament, but a lew 

 general piiiiiipli's ;ire applicable m all 

 cases: .Ml trees, shrubs, idses. \ines ;ind 

 jiereiinia Is revonimemloit fi>r a ccft.aiii 



locality should be beautiful iii themselves 

 and easy to grow. Every outdoor garden, 

 large or small, should have ijiterest and 

 beauty from frost in spring until frost 

 in fall, and selections for its furnish- 

 ment, even if only a dozen kinds, should 

 bi chosen with this end in view. And as 

 all people yearn for cut flowers in rheir 

 dwellings, the blossoms of their gardens, 

 like' ]>eonie.s .\nd lilies, should be such 

 u.i are adapte<l for this purpose. Avoid 

 exjiensive plants, miffy plants, we(>dy 

 plants, and such as have inconsj>icuous 

 flowers, but give them the good old-fash- 

 ioned favorit(>s, irises, bit-eding heart, 

 pinks, Ijell-flowcrs and the like, and be 

 sure to include some vigorous, floriferous 

 roses, of whiidi Crimson liambler shall 

 be one. 



]Jon 't decry "bedding" jilants, be- 

 cause to do so may be a modern fail. K'e- 

 m( mber the scarlet geranium is the most 

 universally grown and popular garden 

 I)lant on earth; it jirevails in the tin cam; 

 of our poori^st tenement windows and 

 adorns the painted parterres of our palace 

 gardens. A flower bed is intuitive in the 

 first gardener's heart, and that's all 

 right, but tell him where to j)ut it 

 neviM- in the middle of^ his lawn. 



]']ncourage i)oor poojile who cannot af 

 fi I'll to buy plants; show them whit can 

 bi^ done with a i\^w cents' worth of seeds, 

 say nasturtiums, zinneas. Driiinmond 

 phlox and mignonette. 



JJecause a man planted Carolina pop- 

 h.rs as shade trees and the borers rid- 

 dleil ami destroyed them, or horse chest 

 nuts iind the larvae of the tussock moth 

 difoliated them, or a group of lilacs and 

 lh( borers infested them and bark scale 

 killed them, don't let him get discour- 

 aged; .vou can help him. Some atlhient 

 men want and get and plant the finest 

 \aiietios of rhododendrons obtainable 

 and they are charmed with the \ i\ id 

 gergeousness and ju'ofusion of these 

 shrubs the first year, and thev ar" exult- 

 ant in their success and the envy of tludr 

 neighbors, but tilas, tho following year 

 their rhododemb'ons are dead or oyi 

 and all of their hajipy hopes are Iihe-*' 

 and they l)econie disgusted with garden- 

 ing. Xo\v, expert advice would ha\e 

 sa\e(l them from this mortification; it 

 ^^ellIlI have named absolutelv lianly Joii-. 

 I'ss brilliant in hue maybe, but yevr 



after year they would have gom 1- 



i-reasing in size and glory and exerting a 

 pnnd and exhilai'ating inlbuMice in the 

 gaidening sjihere of their owner and he'd 

 want more of them and his neighbors 

 wiMild w;inf Some, too. 



Till' \ital riuestioii now is how c.'in we 

 >ie-t leach thes(> people? .My own e\peri- 

 eice is : Through our schools, \i!lage 

 improvement soidetics, practical men, our 

 churches, ilic daily jiress .and local cium- 

 tiy weekly new sjiapeis, and our i-oin 

 i.'.erid.al horticulf III ists. 



In the riiipps I'xdaiiical S(dio..l at 

 rittsburg rnil i-hildreii of the public 

 schools .are lieiiig instructed in bi't.aiiy. 

 The Tuaferial used in their woik is i'\ing 

 pl.anfs from the ]);irks .and conservahu'ies. 

 and they also li;i\e lieM days in the parks 

 and woods. It is their fa\drite sfudv. 

 .\tid it is delightful to see how .iigerl\ 

 and carefully they sa\e their unused flow- 

 ers, slips, Itiilbs, roots or seeils and take 

 thnn honn^ ^vith them. I'lNervoru* of these 

 children is a hortii-iilfural missio7iary. 

 .Ml school childi-en should be t;iught to 

 Know <Mir common ^vood, flidd and wtiy 

 side trees, shrubs and Mowers, and en- 

 couraged to know and gi'ow the cotnnioner 

 ^^.'irdeii jilants. and I would appri>\i^ gi\'- 



