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Store of S. Hoffman, Massachusetts and Commonwealth Avcs., Boston, Mass, 



adcniioii to ;i I'net ot'ton entirely nvor- 

 ludkcil by uiany, and that is, that a little 

 attention ssliouM be paid at tliis time of 

 the year to some of the stock which has 

 been delivered to cnstoniers diirinjj the 

 bediliny season. During the rnsli of 

 l)nsin(>ss in May and ,hine. when it is 

 simply impossible to attend to all the 

 details of filling orders as one wonld 

 like to, ipiite often it is likely that a 

 window bo.x. vase (ir wire hanging bas- 

 ket has to bf tilled and delivered the 

 same day the order comes in. Willi a 

 window liox or \ase. this is not so bad, 

 for if done by the pro|)er man everything 

 should be in good shapi' when tiie goods 

 leave the pla<*e, and remain so if taken 

 eare of at all. With moss line<l hanging 

 liaskets. howexcr. it is (juite ilitVerent. 

 After tiiey have been filled a short time, 

 the moss is bouMil 1o settle along the liin 

 <d' the basket. 'I he little water they nsii 

 ally get will run olV and everything will 

 <lry np in short order. 



We hav(^ made it a itractice. therefore, 

 for the last few years to send a. good 

 man, a wagon with some soil, nmss, and 

 a f<'W ]>l!ints suih as are used for bas- 

 kets, bo.xes or vases, to as many of our 

 nearby <'ustomers as ]iossible. and look 

 over their jdaces. We do this toward 

 the latter p;irl of July, and wluMever 

 moss. soil, or a fresh plant is needed, it 

 is ]>ut in flee ot' charge, ami wherever 

 no gar<!ener i^ in idi.aigt — and in most 

 |i;aces there i^ none — instruction-; are 

 given ill regaiM to the care of the |plaiils. 

 and this in iim^! cases me;iiis more water. 

 A man can U" over many jilaces in a 

 day. (jfiiite olleii there is nothing to le 

 plai'e or to bi' attended to. but even at 

 such places the owner usually a|i|iieciates 

 our intentions in looking alter things. 

 While ;i bed of geraniums lU- ;> \eiMlid;i 

 box slhuiid look Will when )ilH out. vet 

 lllllcll (lepends nil tile c.-ire tll"V get after 



ward ill older in be showy during the 

 few siiniiner moiitiis. (>l'ten a suggestion 

 olfereci. or .advice oixcn. will help to 

 please ;i customer ami this is thi' only 

 kind that can please yiMi. \'.\'>. 



THE DISCOUNT FOR ICE. 



Opinion of a Cincinnati Shipp(;r. 



1 have had an interview with the agent 

 of one of the large express comiianies 

 here, and he stiys that there is no ruling 

 wheri'l)y the express agents could allow 

 ice to be used in a shijunent of llowers 

 without paying for the full weight, lint, 

 at tin? same tim<>. cases have come under 

 my own observation where the agent at 

 ;i certain shipping point in a neighboring 

 state did. and tloes allow, the shipper to 

 use not to exceed ten pounds of ice. ;ind 

 those ten pounds are deducted from the 

 original weight. 



In reading over the classification, it 

 would look as tiioiioli discrimination were 

 lieing indulged in by the express com 

 panics, liiit this is possibly due to ignor 

 ance of what is reijiiired in the shi|i|)ing 

 of cut llowers. and it might be that if 

 saiil coMiptinies were advised ot' our 

 wants, they would gladly grant our re 

 quest. 



i'ersonally I have never lia(l a just 

 grievance a;^aiust any of the several com 

 panics with wlii<'ii 1 do business, that vv.as 



not remedied when propeily explai I. 



Wh.at looks to me to be more ot' a griev- 

 ance than this, is the fact tliat the ex 

 press coiii|i;iiiies icfiise to haul our enije 

 tie< from our luuises to the depots unless 

 we will |iay them -b> cents per hundred 

 for so dcdiig, and at the s.anie timi' they 

 aie getting paid I'm' sending the boxi's 

 back to the grower. 'I'liis seems to nie 

 to be a S(|Uee/e ;;ame. pllle .ami simple, 

 and 1 hope it will be fully discussed at 

 imr meeting at .\iag;n;i l';ills. 1 am 

 surely in sym|iat!iy with Mr. IJeiil ami I 

 wish him success. ll. ( i. ( i li.i.KTT. 



EUROPEAN NOTES. 



.\t the ilollaml Ibmse show of the 

 Ivoyal I lorticiiltnial Socii'tv. Londim. 

 opeiiecl .Inly 7. .Mexaiuier I )icksoii tV Sons. 

 Xew tow na ids, Irelaml. wiae fiutiinale in 

 receiving four ;i w.ards of merit t'or roses; 

 nanielv. Mollv Sh.-irm.an t'r.awlord (tea). 



Mrs. r)avi<l .lardine (IT. T.). Florence 

 Kdith Coulthwaite (II. T.), and (leorge 

 C. Wand (H. T.). 



K. (!. Hill, qf the K. C Hill Co., Kich- 

 moml, Jnd.. was among the visitors and 

 brings his J'luropean triji to a close in a 

 few (lays. 



The Tmleqiendence day celebiiitions ;it 

 the London house of the American am- 

 bassador lirought together a large gather- 

 ing of Americans over here at present. 

 Over :!. 1)11(1 Americans ]iassed u|i the 

 gre.at m.arble staircase during the after- 

 nodii. In the vestibule at the foot of the 

 stairs two large ll.ags were formed of 

 tlowrrs. the .\iiierican standard and the 

 I'uioii .lack, each composed of red gera- 

 nium-; bliii' corntloweis ami \\liite stocks. 



P.KK. 



SWEET PEA VINES DYING. 



I enclose line of a number of sweet 

 pea vines, wliich >all at once seem to dry 

 lip and wither away. ( )ver half of the 

 pe;is I planted this spring behaved in this 

 uav < an von tell me the reason for 

 this.' ■ .1. .\. 1!. 



With liolh pea- and sweet peas the 

 trouble Vdll refer to is much ill evidence 

 this vear. Earthing up the peas after 

 LirovMh has started caii>es this dying otf 

 in ^ome cases. Ivxcessive dryness at the 

 iiiiit is responsible for a goml deal ot it. 



The tact that a l;ooi| deal of pe;i s I 



wa-^ el' Hour i|nalily. .■!< a re-.iilt ot la.l 

 viMi'- drought, mav have snnielhing to 

 <lii witli i;. The chief trouble, ho.wever, 



seems lo 1 r a bacterial nat lire, at tack 



in^ the stilus just below the surface of 

 the soil. We ;ire not aw.are that :iny rem- 

 edv has been suggested t'or this latter 

 disease lievolld change o I' soil, careful se- 

 lect i f seed and as e.nlv planting as 



possible. As a rule, the later sowings 

 seem this season to be generally and 

 badly alVected. and the early ones more 

 immniie. I'ossiliiy your soil is snniewhat 

 acid, in which case an :i|iprn'al ion of lime 

 in the fall will be beiieli.a.il. < . W. 



