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The FloristsVR«\4cw' 



Apbil so, 1014. 



ON EDITING. 



Editing is hard work, and no editor 

 edits for fun. The following from the 

 recently published autobiography of 

 S. S. McClure, recognized as one of 

 the greatest of living editors, is com- 

 mended to those budding Stevensons 

 who write for the trade: 



"I read Robert Louis Stevenson's 

 story," writes Mr. McClure, "and told 

 him that I would take it if he would 

 let me omit the first five chapters. He 

 readily consented to this. Like all 

 writers of the first rank, he was per- 

 fectly amiable about changes and con- 

 densations, and was not handicapped 

 by the superstition that his copy was 

 divine revelation and that his words 

 were sacrosanct. I never knew a really 

 great writer who cherished his phrases 

 or was afraid of losing a few of them. 

 First-rate men always have plenty 

 more. ' ' 



And farther on: "When Stevenson 

 began to send in his 'Letters from the 

 South Seas,' he told me to use my 

 own judgment about editing them, and 

 to cut wherever I thought it would be 

 advantageous. After the series was 

 well started in the syndicate, he wrote 

 and asked me why I was not cutting 

 the stuff down more. I have mentioned 

 this willingness to be edited before, 

 and I have said that all of the really 

 first-class writers I have known have 

 been similarly open-minded. I must 

 mention it again, because, somehow, 

 young writers often have the idea that 

 they are lowering their flag if they con- 

 sent to any changes in their manu- 

 script — that there is a mystic power 

 in a certain order of words. My ex- 

 perience has been — and I think all 

 other editors have had the same ex- 

 perience — that only writers of inferior 

 talent and meager equipment feel in 

 that way. A man of large creative 

 powers has no feeling that, because he 

 has set a thing down one way once, 

 it must stand so forever. He can say 

 the same thing in fifty different ways. 

 If his story is loose and runs thin, he 

 is glad to tighten it. If it is con- 

 gested, and he has tried to bring out 

 too many points, he will cut. He can 

 afford to spare a few ideas; he has 

 plenty. He has no feeling that he can- 

 ijot cut out this sentence because he 

 will never be able to say that par- 

 ticular thing so well again; he knows 

 he'll say it better. I mention Steven- 

 son particularly, because he is acknowl- 

 edged to have been an artist in words 

 and to have achieved a more finished 

 style than most men, and had a very 

 particular regard for style in its high 

 sense. ' ' 



LA FAYETTt;, IND. 



The star attraction at the plant of 

 P. Dorner & Sons Co. is the new rose, 

 Hoosier Beauty. A host of admirers 

 predict a big future for this acquisition 

 to the family of hybrid teas; its vigor, 

 richness of color and fragrance would 

 indicate a trace of the perpetual. Al- 

 though cut back closely for wood, there 

 is an abundance of sturdy stems, aver- 

 aging four feet in length. It proves 

 satisfactory grown either on own roots 

 or grafted. Shipments of carnation 

 cuttings have passed the 400,000 mark. 

 Various improvements have been made 

 in the plant, the most important being 

 the centralization of the boilers. The 

 new store, opened in January, Is hand- 

 some and capacious, in keeping with the 

 business. ^ M. 



Canna Plants -Niscellaneous Plants 



Cannas, In good strong plants from 8-ln. pots, In the following varletlea at $3.00 per 100, 

 $25.00 per 1000: . 



Queen Charlotte 



Rubin 



Venus 



Mrs. Kate Gray 



Dr. Buddlnger 



Florence Vaughan 



Gladiator 



J. D. Qisele 



Alphonse Bouvier 

 E<gandale 

 Feuermeer 

 Hiawatha 

 Jean Tlssot 

 Mine. Herat 

 Niagara 

 Pennsylvania 



King Humbert, $4.00 per 100, $30.00 per 1000. 



Our 1914 Novelties, $1.00 each, set of six for $5.00: 

 BenvoUa Horatio 



Gonzabo Jessica 



Canna Roots at $2.00 per 100, $16.00 per 1000. 



King Humbert, $3.00 per 100, $25.00 per 1000. 



DOUBLE FRINGED PETUNIAS, propagated from selected stock, 

 $18.50 per 1000; 3-ln.. $3.00 per 100. $25.00 per 1000. 



HARDY rOMPON CHRYSANTHEMUMS, in large assortments, 2-ln. 

 per 1000. 



SALVIAS, SPLENDENS, BONFIRE, ZURICH, propagated by cuttings, will make early 

 blooming stock, 2-in., $2.00 per 100, $18.50 per 1000; 8-ln., $3.00 per 100, $25.00 per 1000. 



3-ln. 



Louisiana 



Mme. Crozy 



Patrla 



Pres. Meyers "" 



Richard Wallace " 



Sou. d'Antolne Crozy 



Uncle Sam 



Wyoming 



Lafew 

 Mercutla 



2-ln.. $2.00 per 100, 

 $2.00 per 100, $18.60 



2-4n. 

 100 



Achyranthes, Cmersonl, Besterl Mosalca .$2.00 



Ageratum, Dwarf White, Inimitable, Little Gem, Princess Pauline, etc 2.00 



Altemanthera, Aurea Nana, Jewel, Sleboldl, BrllUantlsslma, etc 2.00 



Alyssum, Giant, Dwarf Double '. 2.00 



Asparagus Spreugeri, extra strong 



ColeuB, Beckwith's Gem, Dunerla, Hero, Golden Bedder, Verscbaffeltll 2.00 



Dahlia plants 2.00 



Fuchsias, Gerbert, Lieut. Maurltz, Marinka, Minnesota, Goettlnger 2.00 



Hardy E. Ivy, extra strong stock 2.00 



Senecio Scandens, or Parlor Ivy 2.00 



Smilax, good strong stock 2.00 



Swainsona, Alba, Rosea 2.00 



100 

 $3.00 

 3.00 



3.66 

 5.00 



3.00 

 3.00 

 3.00 



3.66 



GERANIUMS 



We have a large stock of the following varieties In a splendid condition for Immediate 

 shipment. There Is plenty of time to get two-Inch Geraniums in good shape for Spring sales, 

 or from 3-ln. pots for an early demand. On orders of 1000 or over and not less than 100 of 

 a kind, we make the price $18.60 per 1000 on all quoted at $2.00 per 100, and $26.00 per 1000 

 on those quoted at $3.00 per 100 for either 2 or S-in. stock. Special price on large lots. 



OUR SPECIAL OFFER 



For $18.50 we will send 1000 Geraniums from 2-in. pots, twenty varieties to be our 

 selection; making an assortment that will please in every way, as they have been doing in 

 the past. We send 6000 for $106.00; 10,000 for $175.00. 



R.VINCENT,JR.,&SONSCO. 



WHITE NARSH, 

 MARYLAND 



CABBAGE PLANTS 



Early Jersey Wakefield, Succession, All-Head, 

 Charleston Wakefield. $1.00 per 1000 for seed- 

 lings; $2.50 per 1000 for strong transplanted. 



Grand Raplda Forclnc Lattuc*, seedlings. 

 $1.00 per 1000; transplanted. $2.50 and $3.00 per 

 1000. 



DANVILLE PLORAL CO. Danville, III. 



Mfptlop Tho R»Tlgw when you writ*. 



Heliotrope Centefleur 



The finest bedding Heliotrope in existence, the 

 true Heliotrope blue. Out of 2^-inch pots. 

 Bushy plants, at $5.00 per 100. 



A. L. MILLER, 



Jamaica Ave. opp. Schenck Ave, BROOKLYN, N.Y. 



Always mentioo the Florista' Re^ew whca 

 writing advert^sen* 



ROOTED CUTTINGS 



Hallotropas. $1.00 per 100; S8.00 per 1000. 

 Patunlas, doubia, $1.25 pe- 100; $10.00 per 1000. 

 Dalalas, whita and yallow, $1.00 per 100. 



Alyaaum. doubia, 80c per 100; $7.00 per 1000. 

 PalarKonluma, $2.50 per 100. 

 Colaua, 70c per 100; $6.00 per 1000. 

 Salvlaa, 5 vars.. $1.00 per 100; $8.00 per 1000. 

 Asaratuma, 5 vars., GOc per 100; $5.00 per 1000. 

 Other cuttinfirs later. Everything named. 

 Cash with orders. All prepaid. 



SPfc DDAIU-r CLAY CENTER, 

 . P. BRAIN T , KANSAS 



Colens Rooted Cattings 



Eight Varieties 

 $6.00 per 1000 



inilil Cf^flTT Rutland Road and 

 wUnil 9vU I I East 45th Street 



2 BROOKLYN, M. Y. 



Alwaya mention tbe Florists* Ztevlew 

 ^eben wrttins: advertisers. 



