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The Weekly Florists^ Review^ 



December 28, 1906. 



Economy is one of the most essential 

 elements of success, yet most wretchedly 

 disregarded. The old adage, ' ' Wilful 

 waste makes woeful want, ' ' never was 

 more fully exemplified than in these days 

 when much of the want that now pre- 

 vails would not exist had care been taken 

 in time of prosperity to lay up something 

 for a * * rainy day. ' ' The average young 

 man of today wBen he begins to earn is 

 soon inclined to habits of extravagance 

 and wastefulness; gets somehow imbued 

 with the idea that, irrespective of what 

 he earns, he must indulge in habits cor- 

 responding to those of some other young 

 man; or imagines he cannot be manly 

 without such indulgences. The 5, 10 or 

 15 cents a day that is squandered, while 

 a mere trifle apparently, if saved, would 

 in a few years amount to thousands of 

 dollars, and go far towards establishing 

 the foundation of a future career. Too 

 few realize that in order to acquire the 

 dollars, one must take care of the 

 nickels. Careful saving and careful 

 spending invariably promote success. 



It has been well said that it is not 

 what a man earns, but what he saves, 

 that makes him rich. John Jacob Astor 

 said that the saving of the first thousand 

 dollars cost him the hardest struggle. As 

 a rule, people do not know how to save. 

 I deem it of the highest importance, 

 therefore, to impress upon every young 

 man the duty of beginning to save from 

 the moment he commences to earn, be it 

 ever so little; a habit so formed in early 

 life will prove of incalculable benefit to 



manage a large income or run success- 

 fully a large business. It matters not 

 what a man's income is, reckless ex- 

 travagance and waste will sooner or later 

 bring him to ruin. 



A young man should aim to be manly 

 and self-reliant, make good use of all his 

 spare moments, read only wholesome 

 books, and study to advance his own in- 

 terests as well as those of his employer 

 in every possible way. 



As a rule, the young man of high prin- 

 ciples and fair ability, who saves his 

 money and keeps his habits good, be- 

 comes valuable in any concern; but as 

 volumes have been written upon this sub- 

 ject it is not possible in a letter to cover 

 it all. By following out these sugges- 

 tions, however, aiming constantly to pre- 

 pare himself for a higher place instead 

 of waiting for something to turn up, 

 every young man will succeed to a more 

 or less degree. I would not have him be- 

 lieve, however, that success consists sole- 

 ly in the acquisition of wealth — far from 

 it — as that idea is much too prevalent 

 already. The haste to become rich at the 

 expense of character prevails to an 

 alarming extent and cannot be too se- 

 verely denounced. What is needed today 

 more than anything else is to instil into 

 the minds of our young the desire above 

 all else to build up a character that will 

 win the respect of all with whom they 

 may come in contact, and which is vastly 

 more important than a great fortune. I 

 quote on this matter the following from 

 the will of a senator, who died recently: 



Chrysanthemum Rosiere. 



him in after years, not only in the 

 amount acquired, but in the exercise of 

 economy in small affairs, which will in- 

 form and train his mind for larger duties 

 that may devolve upon him. It goes 

 without saying that a man who is not 

 competent to manage well a small in- 

 come, or run successfully a small busi- 

 ness, cannot be expected to properly 



"I hope my sons will defer to and con- 

 fide in my executors and trustees, and 

 above all, that they may realize early in 

 life that the only one thing more difficult 

 to build up than an independent fortune, 

 and more easily lost, is character, and 

 that the only safeguards of character are 

 the Ten Commandments and Christ's 

 Sermon on the Mount." 



CHRYSANTHEMUM ROSIERE. 



Chrysanthemum Kosiere is a seedling 

 of Opah crossed Mrs. Coombes. It was 

 exhibited before the C. S. A. committees 

 by Nathan Smith & Son as No. 12-11-03. 

 Elmer D. Smith is very enthusiastic over 

 Rosiere. He says that ''while it has 

 been our good fortune to offer some very 

 choice commercial varieties to the trade, 

 we believe that Rosiere is the most valu- 

 able since we introduced Monrovia, the 

 leader among early yellows." The 

 blooms are large, seven and one-half to 

 eight inches in diameter, and are very 

 similar to Viviand-Morel in form, but 

 deeper and more double. In color, it is 

 a deep rose pink, never fading, a char- 

 acteristic fault of most early pinks. It 

 has the heavy foliage and dwarf habit 

 of Mrs. Coombes. If the early bud is 

 taken (crown bud August 20 to 25 is 

 best) it will not exceed two and one- 

 half feet in height, and many plants 

 were but two feet the past season, with 

 foliage to the ground. It is a good 

 shipper, being of excellent substance and 

 not sensitive to rough handling. The 

 blooms are ready to cut October 10, a 

 time when a good pink is scarce. 



STORIES I HAVE HEARD. 



I HEARD a story once of a florist who 

 had a customer who frequently bought 

 flowers, some of which were to be de- 

 livered to his wife and some to another 

 woman — not his wife. One day he or- 

 dered two dozen carnations sent to his 

 wife and two dozen cattleyas sent to 

 the other woman. Through the error 

 of a clerk the orchids were sent to the 

 customer's wife. The next day the man 

 called on the florist and made a hot talk 

 punctuated with five-fanged abuse. 



In the midst of this effort the florist 

 perceived with relief that a lady was 

 entering and called the man's attention 

 to this fact, whereopon he subsided for 

 the moment. The lady looked around 

 and seeing the man said suddenly, 

 "Why, George, you're not here to buy 

 more orchids, are youl I know it was 

 dear of you to send me such lovely 

 flowers, but I would appreciate some- 

 thing less expensive just as much. I 

 came in for some violets and you may 

 get them for me if you wish." 



The man rose to the occasion and with 

 the air of the devoted husband bought 

 the violets and went out with his wife. 

 The florist felt a great relief and later 

 became quite satisfied with himself after 

 he had got hold of the clerk that made 

 the blunder and repeated to him as an 

 original composition the gilt-edged abuse 

 he had received from the customer. He 

 thought the incident closed and even had 

 a daydream to the effect that the send- 

 ing of the orchids to the wife might be 

 the means of bringing the man to see 

 the error of his ways, as such incidents 

 always do in the magazine storiettes. 

 But, alas, no. The customer quit, the 

 clerk quit. The wife also quit, because 

 the flowers her husband now sent came 

 from another store. And soon the florist 

 learned that the clerk was now employed 

 in the store to which the customer 

 changed. The clerk who made the blun- 

 der that caused all the trouble and loss 

 to the florist, was still serving the cus- 

 tomer, though of course the latter was 

 unaware of the fact. 



I HEARD a story once of a florist who 

 was showing some visiting friends 



