Al'Kll. !). i;tn. 



The Florists^ Review 



15 



Three Well Known Gentlemen in a House of Well Grown Lilies, at Detroit. 



sliapi' just now jiinl is always in condi- 

 tion for inspoftion by visitors, wlio are 

 heartily wolcoinpd by Mr. Brigham. 



"CONSIDER THE LILIES." 



"Ildw tlicy );''<i^^ ■ 'I lii'.v ti>il uiif. iioitlici' do 

 tlicj spin; yet St)l(>iiion in iill lii> u'lory \\;is not 

 .iriayo'l like one of tln'sc." 



Altli()ii>.'h tlit'sc arc not tlic hii^dit- 

 liucd flowers tliat made Solomon's hal>- 

 crdaslieiy seem modest l)y comparison, 

 ■ ' considerino flic lijifs'' was a pl«>asinfi' 

 occupation to the three gentlemen 

 whom tiie cameia man cauj^iit in Ids 

 picture. Sidonion was no niorc inter- 

 ested in his thousand wives than are 

 these tliree in their thousands of lilies. 

 First, on the left, tliere is Charles 

 I'hinil), of Detroit, who owns tiie •green- 

 house, and the lilies. Close to him 

 stands A. Miller, of Henderson & Co., 

 Chicago, who suj>]ilie<l the bulbs, who 

 has just handed .Mr. I'liimh a I'opy of 

 his oi'di'i- tnr bulbs to bloom in 1!"1."), 

 Mr. riunib (■\i<l(Mitly beiuii cno.aocd in 

 sianniiiL;' tiic prices iloscdy. .Vnd at 

 llif rit;lit i^ lioiicrt K'ahaley. of tiie 

 M ii-lii;i;in < nt l-'iowci' llxrh.-iii^i', whoso 

 task it is to <omplete the season's joii 

 by turnini: Mr. I'luudCs croii into 

 eash. 



These .'iie ^iL;anteuTii lilies. Mr. IMiinib 

 makes a point ol' ha\injj; some to i-ut 

 jiraetiiall\ every day in the year and 

 .■is an indiiation of tli(> niaiinitude of 

 the lil\' business it will interest some 

 ])eople to know that hi' is usinij I'm, 

 (Mio liulbs this vear. 



St. Joseph, Mo. The hail stoim of 



March I's inflicted a he:i\y loss on 



.Mueller I'.ros. throuijh breakaoe of 

 •'lass. 



BAILEY'S NEW CYCLOPEDIA. 



r Tile .Sinndiird Cvclopedi.l of Horticultmv, " 

 liy ].. II. l!:iilcy. I'lihlislicd tiy tiio .Mncniillan 

 Co.. Ncu ^dik. Vojiiinc I. containiiiL: C.(fJ |i:i;;cs. 

 uitli Ininili't'ds of illiixtr.il ions in the text, imd 

 lucMty full p:i ire iilalr'^. fonr of wliicli :nc < ol 

 oicd. rricf per vcdiinie. stroiiirly iuid ncallv 

 iKiiind in I'lcdli. .yC] 



This is the lirst volume of the new 

 edition of Professor Hailey's horticul- 

 tural cyclopedia; it is the lirst one-sixth 

 of a work which has for some tiirie 

 been eatjerly awaited by hosts of tlie 

 us(>rs of tht> older cyidopedia, who ha\e 

 sworn by Bailey — not profanely — for 

 many years. The term "new e(lition.'' 

 h()we\er, may be inisleadinj^. sime it 

 often sioiiifies simply a rejjrint of an 

 old edition, with little or no revision. 

 Such a notion of a new edition would 

 be as far as ])Ossible from oivinj^ jus- 

 tice to this new cyclopedia. Th(> first 

 \olume of the work bears sutVicient evi- 

 dence of tlie truth of the publishers' 

 statement, that "this is not niercdy a 

 r"\iseil edition of Uniley's old cvclo 

 pedia. but is really a new work t'riun 

 start to linish, with much new iiuitter 

 Ixith in tli(> way of text .'lud ilhistra 

 tioiis. wliile even the old matter that 

 has been ret.iiiieil has been rewritten.'' 

 The new i-yido|iedia, when completed, 

 will consist of six \dlumes. instt'.ad ot' 

 the former f(nir. ;md "will conn* from 

 the jircss," the publishers say. "as 

 rapidly ;is inannt'acturing conditions 

 will |ierinit.'' 



()n bein^ iiit Kidiii-ed. either to a per- 



s<iii or a 1 k, it is well, of course, to 



nive due attention to the name of the 

 iie\v a<'fpiaiiitance, since names are al- 

 ways import.MUl and sometim(>s s|U'eially 

 su}ij;rest i\e. I'leas(> t;ike note, then, 



that this new work, thouj^h it is the 

 riohtfui successor to Bailey's "Cyclo- 

 pedia of .Vnierican Horticulture," has 

 iKit inherited the old n.anie, hut has 

 leceivcd a new name to hedt its new 

 chaiactei' and its ]iresent position. And 

 the new name. "The Standard Cyclo- 

 jiedia of llortiiMiltiire. " .apjiears to be 

 jierfectly suitable. It seems proper 

 that the word "American" should be 

 drojiped from the name, since the new- 

 work, tliouj:fh still American, is also 

 much tnore than American; it may 

 truthfully be saiil to be universal or 

 woriil-wide in its scope. Two causes — 

 the increasing; nse in .\merica of im- 

 ported species of plants, and the Amer- 

 ican acquisition of distant islands, with 

 their peculiar forms of vegetation — 

 h.ave conildned to induce Professor Bai- 

 ley to give larger space in his new cy 

 idopedia to the iliscussion of foreign 

 species, .\iiii is it not right, too, that 

 tiie word "Stamlard'" slioiild become a 

 p.n t ot' thi^ new name.' .\fter Bailey "■> 

 cyi-lo|ii'dia. iluriiiL.' a jierioci of foui 

 teen years, Ims established its position 

 as a standani authority, there is surely 

 no immoijesty in the api)ropriation of 

 the title 'Standard,'' I'specialiy sini-e 

 the ni'w Willie is both bigger and bet- 

 ter than the old one. 



In the otlice of The TJeview, for in- 

 stance, whatever other works of refer- 

 ence may be fivailable, Bailey's cyclo- 

 ]iedia has been the supreme authority, 

 th(> last and decisi\e word, in every 

 case of ijoubt or ilispute. It has been 

 "the rule of faith and practice," from 

 whi( h no member of the e<iitorial staff 

 could diverge without daiiirer of re- 



