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The Florists^ Review 



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L;i-c;itc>t liciiclit :iia\- lie i|cii\r.l if tliis 

 I'l ;iri ic;il i'\)ici iciMT !■- hilcr >ii|i|il(' 

 ini'iilnl liv ;i |irii(hl iif i:i;hl u;i t r Wdrk 

 111 tlic Ai^riciilt ur:il ('(illrj^c. I ini^^lii 

 ^.'i.v ill llii> riiiiiici t inn tli.'it I ;iiii now 

 '■"I'-i'ii'l ilii: ;i IMoJcct with thr llc'l.l ol' 

 I III' u rail iial 1' ^iliiml w hci rl i\' imr Liiaij- 

 iialr^ wild ;^ii mil iiilii prartii-al wcirk 

 nia\ rctiiiii alter a |ir('si-ii IumI |icri(i.| 

 iiii'l altci a ^u|ipli'iiiiMitai,\- M-iciitilic 

 -In.ly (jf then >.|M'iialt\ lie :^i\(Mi the 

 'ii'Uii'i' III Ma^tiT III Sciciiri' ill I'Miiri 



rllllU Ir. 



Sliort Courses in Floriculture. 



I '■111 mil r\ r\\ mil' i-a II a li m il to ^| I 



I'liiii \i'ar- Ml ImiLiiT in --tiiilv nf I'uinla 

 Hull I a U, iKir j^ it I m- i lie l,i'^t i iitrir-t ■- 

 dl' till' i ii'lii^l i\ t lial t lii'\ -liiiiiM. Til 



has scciiu'il to iHovc thai this siiiijcct 

 ilocs not Ii'ihI itscll' to those courses. 

 The lectures, text liooks .ami (|Uestions 

 are sent out to tile |H'o|i|e takiliL; tlie 

 courses, liiit in t lie nia.jority of cases 

 these i ni|i\ iiliials i|o not take siillicient 

 time to icail o\cr the siili.ject matter 

 .aii'l to t I .'I iis|iose it into tlieii' own Ian 

 ijiiaoe. They loolx ii|i the answers to 

 the i|liestioiis ,ii the lectures ainl te\l 

 .aiiil answer them \erliatim in the woiils 

 of the lecturer or the writer of the text. 

 It seems that the i ml i \ iilua I Licts little 

 ka^-tin:,: keiielit I'roai sudi a course. 



Hi,ah Grade He'P Pays Best. 



I lieliev e, how e\ er. t hat t here is a 

 ^|ilemli'l o|i|ioit unity fm extension 

 work III llmicult ure .aloie,; other lines. 



Front of the New Indianapolis Store of tfie Hill-He ler Co. 



.Massachusetts is a state where tlu" in- 

 iliistry ranks of ma.jor im|iortauce ami 

 whei'e tlie amount ol' ca|iital iuxolxeil 

 is coiisiilertliiie. I lielieve there is room 

 loi- one Ol' twii extension schools of 

 tloi'iciilt lire in the state ami I shouJii 

 like es|ieci;ill\ to see one ot' t lu'Se 

 starteil in coiiiu'd ion with th<' Hostoii 

 (iarileneis ' ainl l-'lorists" ('lull, ('nurses 

 such as tllese waiiiM L;i\<' the imiustry 

 a -|ileiiilii| im|ietus ainl they wouhl lie 

 the means ot' L;i\in,L; many yoitii;^ men 

 who are alreaily eii;^ii,L;ei| in the luisi- 

 iiess, oil |ii'i\ate estates, ill retail (>stali- 

 lishments ami in comniercial ran.ues, a 

 chance to learii iniicli of lieiielit at a 

 iiiiiiimum I xiiense of time ami money. 



What the iiuUistrx iieeils tmlay is a 

 hi^lu'r i:iaile ol' workman ami this will 

 iie\ei come until the yoiiiiL; men have 

 lietter chances for learning the liusiness. 

 ( lile ol the iiiiiv! |iromiliellt .\ew .Jersey 

 flowers tohl nie recently that he was 

 i'oii\iiicei| tli;it it I'.ai'l him to eni|ilny a 

 liiyli i|ii.a!ity ol' lalioi' e\eii ;it hiiilier 

 waives, aii'l I know for .-i I'act that an- 

 other lai'L;e coi'|iorat ion is eiii|iloyiim 

 men nl this nraMe as iiiana;^er^ ami I'ore- 

 ineii ill the iliirereiit i lejia it iiients. Too 

 f rei|iieiit I \ men em|iloye.| in tlie lai'ner 

 iani;es ^et tiaiiiiiiu oiilv in one or two 

 liiaiiches ami therefore are not w<'ll 

 lialanceil in their i le\ elo| iiiieiit . Tliey 

 ;i'e s|ieci,'i I i-t ^ in the narrow ■-eiiv,. dt' 

 the woi'if There is ih.'ii. a^aili, an uii- 

 lortiinate o|>inioii anion;,; --onie ;jrowei's 

 that it i- ilet ri mi'iit a I to their liest in- 

 tei'est- for \oiiiiij; men to learn the 

 secrets of their sm-ce---. .\^ in e\ (U'V 

 imlnstry where com|ielition i- keen, 

 there are certain methoils which a n \' 

 H row I'l' may loLiit iiiiat ely keep to him 

 sell', lull there is iniicli i^eiieral informa 

 t ion w h ich III i;^ lit lie L;i \ en to t he 

 yoiiiiL^er generation without injurv' in 

 the least to the |ii|sim"-s of any imli- 

 \ ill u:i i. 



An Extension School of Floriculture. 



I Wouhi --UL;.L:e'..t . llleret'ol'e, tluit ill 



^iicli an extension si-hool, ilelinite 

 course-, in -.|iecial ^uli.ject^ lie ^i\en 

 aiiil that a man lie alloweil to take a^ 



meet the llee^N lit' t lle~e I lei i \ I Inj>4<,*t4^l' 

 ciiIIi'l;!' now offei- ;i --i.eci.al i,-riii've |'iu 



men ol Mia 1 ii le \ ea i ^ who ha \ e liai I ;i ! 



IiIliIi -i'IhkiI tiaininij aii'l who want In j 



i|e\ote a little tllne I'm -|.ec;;i| train ; 



i II l;. Tllese null cnnie In the cnlle'ji' I 



lor one nl Iwn \ e;i I ^ .ami t;.l,e ^|iecial 

 Work ill Iliii-e .leliniti' ~!:liii'.I- in which i 



t lle\ ;i In i-| lecla I I V I !:I el c'-li'.|. j-'n!' t he I 



iiiii-t jiail tlii'-e -aihc -iil.;ect- ale Liivi'ii ; 



to the lei;ul.';i iiii'ini :i n I ^enini' ^tii i 



1 1 e 1 ' I - . 'I h e .- e men a I c ■ '_; I \ 1 ' ! : n n ' I I I r I n 1 1 ' a I 

 or ce I t I I'ca t I'. The \ CI nil e I III I \ lor 



W h;il I he\ .-a h -I'l mil nl 1 he rein -e^ I 



offele.l. j 



Then. aL:;nil. the cnlliL'e nffm- e\ce|. I 



t inll.a I 0|iJMll I n II I I le^ \>\ ;l I e!| W I'ek^ ' I 



^liiiit loiii-e iiiiriii'j .laniiar\. I'eliriiar\ | 

 ;i ii.j the li r^i ]i;i ri of .\| a re h, w iien men 



ln;i\ ciilne to the co]|e_;e til n,.t p, ;| ,.nll 



'leii^e. I I'm in in t ll i- - liol i t i Ilie In i|c li 



lli.'it 1^ :^i\eii ill the lmin,.| ciini-(^. 



Tlle\ meet lllcll With kill'lle.i illtele^t- 



.ami I lei i \ e m in- li I leiiejii i mm an i nt ei 



ch;i line nl |i le;i~. I 'l .'let Ua I lliell cnnie 



to the cnl li-n,. I m le.-I II re- en -| le. la I 

 -llliject- alli' t he-e lliell n |\ ,. j,, ) ||,. -t II- 



I lent- niaii\ -ii'jn,.-t ion- which then e\ 



|ieiience- h ,a \ i ' |i|o\ei| to lie \ ;i 1 1 l,a I ile. 



Then t here a le ciirre-|io||i lelice 



e(Unses III liol icll It II I e for t lio-e who 



cannot leave tlieil- home ilutie-. 'l"o iii\ 



mimi tlie-e cour--e- are ot' minor im 



|iortailce. I'm lll\ e\|iel'lence V- I fi tllelll 



Window of the New Indianapolis Store of the Hill-Heller Co. 



