PRESENT CONDITIONS OF COMMERCIAL FLORTICULTURE. 



Speaking of chrysanthemum shows, one is reminded 

 how much we owe to the amateur growers. Although 

 purely trade organizations are an absolute necessity, 

 both for protection and comparison, any horticultural 

 society bent on se- 

 curing fine shows 

 will find the coop- 

 tration of the ama- 

 teurs an imperative 

 necessity. Not 

 only do they give 

 lid, both financial- 

 ly and in plants, 

 but the shows thus 

 appeal more heart- 

 ily to the general 

 public. When a 

 show is managed 

 entirely by men in 

 the trade, people 

 often look on it 

 much in the light 

 of an advertise- 

 ment, whereas the 

 assistance of out- 

 siders prominent 

 in the social or 

 business world re- 

 moves that suspic- 

 ion. The most 

 successful shows 

 given in this coun- 

 try have owed 

 much to the gen- 

 erous a i d of the 

 amateurs. The 

 taste for horticul- 

 ture i s growing, 

 too, although 

 weal thy Ameri- 

 cans rarely take so 

 warm an interest 

 in gardening gen- 

 erally as the rep- 

 resentatives of a 

 similar class 

 abroad. Still, 

 there are plenty of 

 flower - lovers, es- 

 pecially among 

 people of moderate 

 means, and they 

 form a class we 

 should endeavor to 

 interest in horti- 

 cultural societies. 



When every town has a horticultural society that gives 

 an annual show of some sort, we shall feel that the flor- 

 ists' millenium is not very far off. 



Another requirement, which we still hope to see 

 is the establishment of proper flower-markets. 

 York is woefully deficient in this requirement. It 

 there is the open-air market in Union Square, 



filled, 

 New 



Apple Orchard 



plants are sold, but wholesalers and retailers alike want 

 a real market for the cut-flower trade. They want to do 

 away with the middleman, for one thing ; and they want 



