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The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



1495 



ROSES FOR CUT BLOOM. 



\ p.ipi'i' \i\ I'.fii.i.i iiiiii I »nnuiiic. I iiin-.i iiii't^iii, 

 ir.-iil lifloic Ihc N'cw ^■o|■|^ l|..ii>is' ( lul>, 

 ■ Mil '.I. I'.MKM 



W'licii J re<:('i\tMl llie iii\ itat icjii Iruni 

 \li (•■.Mara, of your coiiiiiiittcf, Id write 



;i:i|ii'i- Oil llic rose, I was iu K}4yiit, and 



' \\as only after a yood <li'al of liosita- 



1 111 that J tlioujrlit licst to afccjit. 1 n,' 



.i.'t that my want of knowledge must be 



M. iiiiieli in evidence. To talk to prac- 



;i<al men, thoroughly u[t on tiio subject, 



i-^ you are, J confess, is most endjarrass- 



iig. To relate only a jiart of my expe- 



: I'-nce and trust tliat you will forgive 



;ii.' j>resumption, I will tell you my rca- 



>ii(is for accepting. 



I'rimarily. I am uiidcU' oliligatious to 

 I Miiy triciHli(U>i ot' the New >'ork I'lo 

 ! i-l'^ ' < 'lull, liot li ou the grounds of t'rifud 

 ^lii|i and of customers, whom I value 

 iiit:lil.\. Then, when a memlicr df the 

 iirm of Peter Henderson i^- < o. asks me 

 '" do anything, I feel that 1 owe it to 

 Mit memory of the respected founder of 

 iliat estal)]ishment to do whatever I can. 

 II" matter how poorly, to advance tlie 

 i"^e, since he, now so long gone but not 

 i"iL:otteii. w.as the chief instrument in 

 'iiniing a jioor. lilind lawyer from the 

 |:idi lie had trod to the sweeter, pleas 

 :iiiier. I)righter path of a rose grower. 



The Story of a Start. 



^\e|| do I remendter the day when. 

 ' i\ing had it annouiH-ed to me by an 

 ■' idist that if I wished to be able to see 

 ;'"• sweet light of day. and natui'e's 

 '■•aiities, I nnist alisoliitely gi\e up my 



I '"t'es-;ion. Not feeling at the best, ;is 



■ I '-an understand. I strolled down 

 ' illaiidt street, ami. stopping in to see 



' . Ilendel'son. |ecei\ei| ;i kiml iii\ ila 



'1 I'l visit the .lel-sey * '\\ \ r-i ;i j ,1 is|i 



' "I. 1 1 i>< init as yesterd;iy that \\c> 



ilke.l tlirii||o|| till' liousi's ;ind 111' <ii 



"llv showed me the methods he foiinil 

 ' for ti-eatment of the \arioii>- pl;iiits. 

 I lial 111 :ill\ we talked n\' ni\- |u>.s. He 



'' '" nie, ' • 'N'dii h;i\ e t lie l:iiid aud 

 ■I I' I iiel ; \\li\- diui 't vciii t r\ 1-nse 



'" inu .' < ■" n\ el- t(, .bilin Henderson "s. 



I'Inshing. ;iMd see whal he |< .Iciillg. ■' 

 'I I did. \ew. 1m this :[(]\ \iu- | ,i\\e 

 :tte\or nf ^iir-ress I uiav li;i\'' IIKole ill 



vvork. and it i< little I .an ilo to 



•iv. ;irnl. a< I h;i\e said. I felt it a 



'V to s;iy ye«. T,et this be ni\- apo]o:;\-. 



■' was aliMiit 1^*^-_' that [ first ._rave n'ly 



■ III i"ii In IMS,. M|-,,\\ ill", ;i I,, I t(..|:i\ , 

 M I '.Mil Si leiie. i^Miiv eiiir d 'iin Ami. 

 'I'l'. Abrtiiet ;iim1 .ither nearlv t'orgot 



I'MScs iif the past ;ife ttieil ' i( ptieil . it 



■s tne bark t,, the ilavs wh.'ii 1 striiLT 

 Im .ji-i sMiii,. s!i;_.||f retiiri; i'mt- the 



etforts I |.nt forth to learn why I'eile 

 would not open and why .Xiphetos pre 

 lerred to bow its head to Mother i^arth. 

 'llien Cornelia. ( ook stood jieer of all the 

 ■whites, witii its long, erect steins, ami 

 delighted in bijck dust and eow manure 

 piled high around tlui ]i(ds. 



The Growing Galaxy. 



Ho _> (Ui remember wlu-n .John May sent 

 out the P>ride? .Vnd how happy till were 

 that at last we had a while rose thai 

 would give us freely flowers without eoa.v 

 ingi Do you remember Charley .\nder 



linkhil here and thert^ through all 



this lime ni-w roses grew, bloomed and 



ieil because not good; hopes built but 



to be blasted, and JNuh; remained the 



Mlily yellnW tnr t||e tlorisf. 



I,ilieri\ c-anie. sweet, yet disappointing 

 Im iiiMsi growers. Now liichniond comes 

 iM do her battle. Which sh.all win,'' 



iach -iiccecdin;; ye.ar brings Uefoie 

 VMii new i-andidales for \oiir t'a\or. Thev- 

 rise, I lies shine, ihev (lisappear. Sweet 

 is tile chilli mI' line's own raising. Ivudi 

 thinks his will siiccci-d, and yet, when 

 leMii;;lii beloie the jii'lgment ot" the 

 buyer, ihey .•in- dnoined to live oiilv in 

 the ineini'ry m t' ihe originat<U'. And 



lle;il|l\ lei^ns, still as e\ Cf, III pl:illt mi 



WMiiiaii, i)iieen of all. 



Beauty the Leader. 



•4" ever the loiig list of roses ili.at 

 fieiii lime to time has heen added to bv 

 '■aiiiliil;i le.s iiir pnpniar fa\or would seem 

 useless, siiji-c, Miice ciindeinned. there is 

 little h ipc t'or resurrection .and the\ 

 stand only ;is nioninnetits to the immense 

 if fruitless l.-ibor of i-arefid, ]»aitistaking 

 workers. Here and there one rem.ains, 

 tor a briet jieriod, a seenung Rucce.ss. 

 Mlily t.i lie supplanted by some new can- 

 did.ate, |ieili;i|is Ik Iter, I'.ar more prob 

 alily not s,, o,,m,| as the mI,!. Still there 



Benjamin Dorrance. 



sMii. and Iimw he iir;^ed thai Mine. ' iisin 

 ^^:i- ■'! l: I iMse ' 'rheii what :i siir tliore 



"as ii\,.r the r.ellllett, s\\eet mT tl;l\dr, 



sliMi-t ,if stem .and blue ui' cm|mi . Mrs. 

 I'ierpiint MMiiian. • • as lar-e as I;, :nit\ , ' ' 

 :iiid SM tiiiicli niMie la e\ nhnce. I b)w 

 I i-Min Meiinei came. (,',,. I ^ix ,.,,. i liroiie|, 

 the hamls m|' Mr. .Mmmic. the Hi idesmaid. 

 Then Aletenr liiK-st I'liiih, Milt Ml' darkness, 

 1m Mive 1,^ i)|,, |j|.^, ^,,,,,1 |.,,,j ,,|- |,|.,,,',,.^,. 



MmmTii. 



''■nianis t !,.• l|s| ,,;■ !,iii i. ,, .,,• ;,, ,,',, ;en, 

 the standi. Vs. i|,e r. Iiaiice ..i' _;i.nver ;ind 

 ~ a 1 s m ,a n . 



I "••" I 'e-:i;il \ ii:is so l,,iiM 1 eeti a t'a\..r 

 "'■ i~ "..I I,. '., w .iii.j. I .■.] ai, fer ai 

 ' liMii-h iimI a I r.ily |.e:ii;! 1 1 aj re.si^ ' ,a • 

 ''■•'''' III s, ail, ,.\, , > . ],,-'• r :is \ et iias ore 

 be< n |ilM,|||,e,l \v nil lie. ., i_.,,r ,,i' MT,,.^ i a 

 a ii'l !ii\iiri;i ii, e .,t ' 1 ;s r,-e aiel v. i,'': 

 '" "'■■-' Is a. 1. 1.. I Ms li,,, t raLrr.ance. i- i- 

 e..l -nri.i is] ,,_. t , ..i ,^ \.-,^ ., i.,,|. ' 



