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The Weekly Florists^ Review^ 



Alolsx 24, 1911. 



culties to be surmounted and obstacles 

 to be conquered in order to avoid the 

 delays incidental tt) tht> customs re^u 

 lations imposed by lioth governments. 



The Trade in Cut Flowers. 



It must be idear to the mind ot any 

 man who may investigate the trade in 

 i-ut flowers between the United States 

 and Canada covering a period of live 

 years ending June ;50, 1910, that we 

 have little to lose by ])lacing flowers 

 on the free list, as the following taldc 

 will show: 



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Tliese (igiirt's sliow oidy ;i siii;ili 

 iiusiness done in cut iiowers. it is to 

 be reuHMnliefed, however, that imiuirts 

 and exports of nursery stock, decora- 

 tive jilants, (indiiiis. etc.. are nundi 

 largi'r. 



A Quotation from President Taft. 



I b(die\-e there is a strong sentinient 

 in this societ\- in fa\dr (if closer ndn 



natural products without an obstruct- 

 ing or prohibitory tarifl'?" 



Therefore. Mr. I'resideiit, I am in 

 favor of this question being submitted 

 to the convention for consideration, 

 and would suggest that, after a rea- 

 sonable time has been given to debate, 

 the matter be referred to the proper 

 committee of the Society of American 

 Florists, with instructions to j)rosecute 

 further negotiations with the Canadian 

 florists so that thtt prohibitory taritt' 

 may be removed. 



I believe it will not materially 

 ( liange the price of any article on our 

 list, but instead will open the way for 

 a larger and more profitable inter- 

 cdurse between the producers of plants 

 and flowers in this cduntry and their 

 lirethren in Canada. 



THE PRIVATE GARDENER. 



I A pjiici- l.y Willhua DucUhliin. of .M;i(li 

 >oii. N. ,f., lend licfoic llic So,-icl.v of 

 Aiiii'iican l'"l<iiisls. in convonlioii at lialti- 

 inir.', .AuKUSt 1.") to IS. I'.lll.l 



i was much suriirised and pleased to 

 receive from your secretary an invita- 

 tion to read a paper on the subject of 

 ''Tlie (lardener. ■' I am also glad fd 

 niife that vour sociefv has honored m\- 



Albert G. Fiedler. 



Souvenir Committee.) 



tidiis. We all know this sentiment is 

 strong throughout the land, as proved 

 liy the \ote of both houses of (Jongress 

 at the present session. The President 

 of the United States, in a message to 

 L'ongress recently, stated the follow- 

 ing: "We have reached a stage in our 

 own development that calls for a 

 statesmanlike and broad view of our 

 future economic status and its require- 

 nuMits. Ought we not, then, to ar- 

 range a commercial agreement with 

 < anada, if we can, by which we shall 

 Lave direct access to her supply of 



]irofession- -the first time, I believe, in 

 the history of your organization that 

 it has been directly and distinctly rec 

 ognized. This may i)artly account for 

 the lack of interest of the gardeners 

 in your society and their failure to be- 

 come members in large numbers. Not 

 to my knowledge has there been a gen- 

 eral appeal to the gardeners to join 

 the S. A. F. 



For some reason or other only a few 

 gardeners hold membership in the S. A. 

 U., although the idea prevailing in the 

 minds of some, that thev are not want- 



ed, is erroneous. Fundamentally the so- 

 ciety is a trade organization, and the 

 mere addition of ''Ornamental Horti- 

 culturists" to tlu' society's title has 

 ailded but few members. 



The national flower shows held in the 

 past have been well supported by the 

 gardeners, ami their exhibits have been 

 mu(di a]ipreciatod by your society. 

 These exhibitions should be well sup- 

 jiorfetl by every one in the allied trades 

 and professions in which we are so 

 nuiidi interested, and 1 trust that many 

 su(di exhibitions will be ludd in the 

 future. 



Gardeners Who Became Florists. 



The relation between the private gar- 

 dener ami tli(> llorist is intimate, and is 

 easily traced, for you have only to look 

 in any direction antl you will find some 

 (if the most successful florists of this 

 country who have graduated from the 

 ranks of priAate gardeners. It is not 

 my intentitin to enumerate all of them, 

 any more than it is to omit any names, 

 but a few come to m.\ mind who start 

 ed their careers as private gardeners, 

 and such training as they then received 

 is admitted by them to have always 

 been a help to them in their business. 



Their names, as they come to me at 

 this time, are J. X. May, E. G. Hill, 

 .1. K. M. L. Far(pihar, Thomas Roland, 

 I'eter Fisher, F. L. Atkins, A. T. Bod 

 dington and C. 11. Totty, and, unless 1 

 am mistaken, the late Peter Henderson 

 started his career as a private gardener 

 and perhaps gave more and better ad- 

 vice to young men tlum any one else, 

 and many today, whether florists or 

 gardeners, owe to him a large measure 

 of their success, and all over this broad 

 land his influence is still felt. 



The private gardener has done his 

 part in the development and advance- 

 ment of this country, both directly and 

 indirectly, for, in looking after an es- 

 tate, he generally taives a keen delight 

 in having his place well kept, growing 

 and producing flowers, vegetables and 

 fruits, and endeavoring to have all this 

 a little better than his neighbor. Then, 

 again, where there are places of this 

 kind the community in general and the 

 trade benefit by it. I have never yet 

 heard any one say that he did not love 

 flowers, no matter how much he might 

 dislike some other things, and those 

 who can not have a large garden can 

 at least imitate those of larger proper 

 tions; therefore I claim the work of 

 the gardener has a most refining and 

 broadening influence in every locality, 

 .and has done much toward making this 

 .1 bt'tter land and a better world. 



Lack of Interest in Hybridizing. 



Though the private gardener has done 

 mu(h for horticulture, there remains 

 much he could do, and I refer to the 

 most interesting branch of hybridizing. 

 Sonu'thing has been done, I admit, but 

 in my opinion he has neglected his op- 

 portunities. The cause of all this 1 am 

 unable to explain, but it occurs to me 

 that the most of it can be laid to in- 

 difference or lack of interest, for surely 

 a number of gardeners have the time 

 and conveniences and it can not be said 

 he does not know how. There might 

 have been some excuse for this some 

 twenty or thirty years ago, but condi- 

 tions have greatly changed since then. 

 1 do not mean by this that gardeners 

 are any better today, but there are 

 many more large estates where oppor- 

 tunities jiresent theniselve« that were 



