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The Weekly Florists' Review* 



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]\'\- '^ III-- 11 Mil I \,'\\i\ Mr. W III h' he \\ .-o 

 I li^lll'lr.l w 11 h -llhil;r I I iilll I ill r.-li-t H ir- 



\\liii-li ^\''i. -iipwim;; into Ihi' iii'i^' ii 1 k ir 

 li"i"l. .!ll '■'< I in t I v-l.-il railri. w line thr 

 '■"iii|i;i ii\ ii.iw |i:i^ hill, (Kill s(jii;iri' iVct in 

 ' \\ '■l\ '■ li.Mi-, v, I ,,|iii,.cii <\\\ clliiiov r,ii 

 I 'ii|>lii\ . r». -i\.i:il j_;;;v wril- riinii^liiiiu 



llll'l. .-MmI I\' I \',,.|N. Ml. ;,||,| \||>. 



I "'III Iv 1 'A il ii t i|.M r.-iinilv 111' I dill . hihli , II 

 li\ • ii"\'. ;M < I \ -;:il I'm m. 1 1 1- lM>i<l 

 iii,U> in I lii- ■ (ini|>,i n\ n ic .-iImhiI f 1 pi. 



' ■■iii'l ill- ;'I;mi' ill' |;,llr\ii,.. whirli In 



still nwii^, i|i(;:io|i ill,' ^ ii'cninnisi < ;irc 



li'lllnXiii. li;i~ Ipi'ciiliii' \rl\ \ n 1 1 1,1 I i|i ', ;|v ,-| 

 H'sidmir liir;i|il\. I '.t 'si 1 1( '-^ llliv, he |i;is 



1 it 111') i ll\ 1-1 lllc'lll -. 



Mr. Iliirki i- ;i ■ii;iii wIium' jiiilMnicnt 



i^ MMI.'Jlt ii'i .-ill l||;i|tc|S |>^•|•tnillill^ tn 

 till' liU-iilicss ; li(H\i\('i. hi' is III' ;i inmli'st 

 'iisimsil inn ti' .1 Innll, lie ix ;i rlinitcr 

 iiiriiibni- nf t!ir I'ittsliiir^ ainl Aili'^limv 

 I'ltirisis ' :iii,| ( iai ilriicrv ' ('Inli. ;i iiiciiiIht 

 I't the A incrii-;i II ( 'a I ii.'it inn Suciil\- ami 

 a life llifllilii'l nf llir S. A. I". ilr at 



I I'liils must lit' their iiici't i ii^js. 



THE BIRCH-BARK STORE. 



'I'lir airiiiii|)aii villi;- illnst lat inns air 

 I'l'oiii |iliiiti>n laplis taken at 'I'iie K'nsaix, 

 \e\\ ^ elk. .1. II. 'I'liiv, iiiaiiaL;er. |)iiiin<; 

 the ]iast season the siuic has been euiii 

 |iietel.\' refitted, inside and nut, and e\er\- 

 part linlh inside and mit. exeejit that 



ne('l||)ie(| liy n|;iss, has lieen i-ii\eled with 



liyht itireh-liark. The elTeei is not iin!\ 

 nut (if tile niilinar\. luit it is \er\' pleas 

 ill". There are I'ew stoics ill New ^'nrk 

 <'it.\ wliich have attracted more favor 

 alile '■oniiiieht ilian iho I\osar,v sinee it 

 vvas dei-ked up in its new attii'e. 



GROWING CROPS UNDER GLASS. 



|A liiiluM- I..X 11. T. (;.ill<i\v;i.\ . Cliief <if tin" 

 HurcMii lit I'l.-iiil liii|iislr.\ . rc|i|-iiilcil I'imim tl:c 

 ^■t'iirli<Hit< 111 tlic Mcp.ii imciil nl Auriiiiltini'. 

 where it w.is mic nt scviImI ji;i|ifis luiiler ll'>' 

 Kencnil lieinl. "(i]iii n-iimil i(>s in ,\;.'i-ii-iiltiirc. " I 



With the lapid growth ot pdinilatioii 



and tie ^hiftini; of iiidiistiiai eetiters 



i1K'1'>' have iieeli eolistailt ejia I' ;.'( 'S ill i,e- 



rii-nlt nral praetii-es. .\ stiidv of the 



lllest I Insi l.\ allied with the faetor.V. .\ o 



loiiiitiy can i-nidiiiiie to he prns|ier(Mis 

 \\lieie a^iiriillare i v the sole d 'ixaideiire, 

 i:ol ra n a 'i\ cnlilli \y hn|ie t n \tr jllde 

 pendent and en jny the liest flllits nf its 

 indii--ti\ where ina iiii t art ii li iii;- coiisti 



I llle- the 1 hief snilire of w call ll. The 



lanii aiid the t'artni\ niiist '^i< side ii\ 

 "idi in iiider to liriii^ aimiii the o|-,.;iPst 

 pio.U I essi\ .•, intelli rt iia I aiid industrial 



de\ elopllli'llt . 



Within I he ja-l derade I In iv has lieeii 

 an enorniiiiis iiiereasr in mu ma iin faet or 

 iiiL; interest---, so that it is imt siirpiasim; 

 to lind tint the imtjiiit .from the factory 

 now constitutes sixt.v- live per cent (.)!' oiir 

 aiimial production id' wealth. .\ stud-» 

 of tie lioures presented lo us ill the an- 

 nual reports ())' the Depai-tnr lit of A{;ri 

 culture and other luaiiches of liie (iuv- 

 eriinient dealini;- with statistical matters 

 shows that coincident with the de\-(>Jo|i- 

 meiit of factoi'ies in a c((inmuiiity liiere 

 has hei n a coirespondiny inci-ease in ilie 

 value of farms and farm lands, as well 

 as (d' the piddncls of I lie farm. The 

 ^r<'at era of manufacturing;- u|i(ui vvhicdi 

 this country is now eiiterin<; is lioiind lo 

 have a lieiieticial etfect upon ajiriculture. 

 for asiik' from the i;reat possiliilitics of 

 a^ricultmal d vclopment alone, without 

 roiVrence to other industries, it is clear 

 that iMs faitories continue to im-i-ease in 

 mimher and eiilarijc their output, a^ri 

 cul1ui-e must necessarily erow to meet 

 til se condit ions. 



Problems for American Farmer. 



.Nearly all the liest aialile land of the 

 coiiii1r,v lia.s now heen taken up, and 

 those win are most vitally conconie(l 

 with soil pr(i(lnction realize that lience- 

 forvvard the main proidcm for the man 

 who intends to make cultivation of the 

 soil his occupation will Iw imt so much 

 a ((ucstion of yretit acreage as of j;reater 

 pioduction from a yiven acre. If Ameri- 

 ca hopes to c(Ulfinue her phenoilHMial de- 

 velopment, she must he aide to produce 

 idt 111 iv the eiiorniiMis iiuautities of food 



Interior of the Rosary, New York. 



viOild s lie-tm-y shows thai wlnle at;ii rei|i;iied !oi her i.v\n iie-rea~iiiL: iiid,i< 



culture h;i - lietii. niiii will continue in trial pnpii lat ioii. hut a laryeshaie ot' the 



ln\ the piiin;ir.v lia--is of wealth, it ha- t'nnd tor ntlnr nations as well. 



reacjied it- hiehest dev . Inpnicllt V\ hi re The aveiai;' plndllct 'I 111 n t' wjieat 111 



this country is little more than twehe 

 liushels per acre; for corn, the avciaei- 

 prodindioii is tweiit v--tive and one halt 

 liushels j)e!' acre; lor oats ;iiid liarley, tin 

 avcray-e prodindioii is i weiiiy -eioht .■m,! 

 twenty si.\ liushels per acre, res|.ect i\ el\ . 

 I'liriii'; the past thiit.v year- thd'e iia- 

 lieeii a constant variation nl' these avii 

 ;ii;es for diffi'reiit parts of the i-oiiiiti\. 

 Ill til ' ereat y-raill-produl■in^ areas ol' tin 

 West the average has luen decieasiii;^. 

 Ill certain seidioiis of the east, on ilu 

 other hand, the av('i'a;;e has heen j;i-i'\\ 

 ine- iiiyher. The important work canieii 

 on hy this department, as well as iiy lie 

 state experiment stations, is iloin^ iiiiii-li 

 to britij;- tibout lareei' viidds from a <;i\ 

 en acreaji-c. A study of ;ii;ricultural si a 

 tistics, t'S|ieci;i]ly Un tlie l>ast twenty 

 yoars, will show that where states and 

 state iuithorities have been active in a^; 

 licultural projia^anda work, and v\heri 

 the experiment stations and colleoes have 

 paid jaarkod iittentiou to the farms ami 

 farmers' interests, there litis been a ma 

 terial benefit, manifested by new methods 

 of crop production, new iiidust ri(^s and 

 diversification, and marked iiiiproveniciit 

 in the value of tlie crop for a yiven an-a. 



Keco<T;iii/inf>, tlierefore. the necessity 

 for jireafei' tliversificatioiis and <;ivatei 

 jiroductioii ]>er acre, the ()aestion arises, 

 in what manner can this result best lie 

 brought about? With the inereasirig 

 yrowth of our cities and tlie accunuila- 

 tion of threat numbers of ])eo]>le in com- 

 jiarativel.v small areas, with the exten- 

 sion of railroads, telepiioiie and telegraph 

 systems, rural free-delivery, and trolley 

 lines, there will be an incretisiiig de- 

 mand for maii,v agricultural product-- 

 wliicli must of necessity be grown liy 

 intensive methods; that is. such jirodnct- 

 will be of a more or less jierislialile na- 

 ture, and for this reason they will have 

 to be grown coinparativel.v close to where 

 they are to be consumed. 



This nec(.ssarily gives rise to aiiotlier 

 proposition, iiiunely, tliat to grow cinp- 

 (dose to the point of coiisumjit ion n- 

 • juires their ])r()(luctioii on land in the 

 immediate vicinitv of cities and l(iv\ ns. 

 the value of vvlii<di is greatly above that 

 of th(> average farm lands. The more 

 valuable the land the greater the iie ■[ 

 fur ecniinmi/ing every foot of it and tin 

 greater the riee(l for thorough knowledge 

 of all the factors governing |ilant growth. 



The ])opulatioii of twenty of our larg- 

 est eastern cities and their coiit ribiit uiv 

 territory v^ill a;;gregate 1."i,i.mm»,(|(M) jieu- 

 ple. llotli population and wealth are 

 i-iiii-t;intly iiicie.asiiig, and in eoiisei|Ueiico- 

 I hell- is a ;;i-owiiig diuiand for soiiiethinc- 



nmlc ihail the nnre liece-sities ol' life. 

 I'liiil. lloWils, and Vegetables at'i' needed 

 In meet the rei j u i le 111 ell t S of lite, a lid 

 tllc-i. In le fniliished at tlieir bi st, lllll-r 

 lie Liiuwn fill the nio-t part dose ;it liaii.i 

 a lid I >i ndilced ill -iich a vi a '. that 1 1 i 

 laiLje-l rt till II can he -^iciilen llnli; a :; I '- • 



ell .'Ilea nt' land Viitii a iniiiiiiMiiii 'i-k. I'c 

 accnin|ili-h this i-snh it iiiii--i hi pi-:i -- 



t h-alile tn cnllt ml In a jal n e\I. Ill c! 1- 

 ni;ile, Snil, IlllliStille, t el 1 1 pi 1 a t 1 1 l' . aiid. 



in a iiieasnre, linlii. Tin- i iil.v v\a,V iL:-- 

 can lie dn:ie successt'iil ly and ]iractica llv 

 is thrniiLih the medium n t' glass linuses. 



A few- VI a rs ;ign st rilct lll-es ril' tilis 

 kind V\ere liinked Ii|mi|i ninl. n'- Ic-s n,||. 



er.ally ;is a means fur sii]>plvin^ tie 

 tables ot' a comparal i\ elv- t'ew wealthv'' 

 private individuals or tn serve for tlie 

 grnwing of ornamental plants vvliich ii.ad 

 iin strictly ( conomic value. At the pres- 

 ent time ;ids vif.'W of th'/ ^abied is i-an- 



