I FOR BOTH AMATEUR AND PROFESSIONAL j 
\ GROWERS OF THE GLADIOLUS, DAHLIA, IRIS, ETC. j 
Entered as second-class matter March 31, 1914, at post office at 
Calcium, N.Y., under act of March 3, 1879. 
| PUBLISHED MONTHLY ON THE FIRST OF THE | 
| MONTH BY MADISON COOPER, CALCIUM, N. Y. j 
Subscription price : Three years, $2.00 ; One year, $1.00. 
Proposed Flower Growers’ Associations. 
[ Written expressly for The Flower Grower . ] 
By Mary Graham. 
T O THE VARIOUS clubs 
that women form for 
pleasure or for profit, to 
themselves or to the com- 
munity, might well be added 
the Flower Growers’ Associa- 
tion. 
One great purpose of such 
an association would be beauty. 
In five years an active flower 
club could transform an un- 
attractive community into a 
veritable paradise of living, 
changing beauty. Every ugly 
spot could be covered by 
something pretty. Back fences 
could become trellises for 
Roses, Wisteria, Clematis, or 
Honeysuckle, or be concealed 
by long rows of Lilac or flaming 
Pomegranate. Plain outhouses 
could be artistically draped 
with yellow Jasmine or Lady 
Bankshire Roses. Henriettas 
and Kaiserins could give a rosy 
; farewell from the front porch 
to the lord of the cottage as he 
leaves for his day’s work, and 
a happy welcome to the chance 
visitor. Along every border 
and in every nook and corner 
Violets and Hyacinths and the 
yellow flowers of spring, Roses 
and Peonies and Poppies and 
Daisies and everything that 
grows and looks pretty could 
shed its uplifting influence on 
all within sight. 
Another purpose would be 
health. The outdoor work, 
the joy in the development of 
beauty, and the pleasure of 
i working with others toward a 
common purpose would neces- 
sarily bring better health to 
all active members. 
These two motives would 
themselves justify such an or- 
ganization, but the primary 
purpose might well be a more 
material one— that of making 
money. In every town, city, 
suburb, and rural community, 
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there are enough interested 
women to form a floral club — 
women who live in their own 
homes, with garden plots, and 
who love flowers. The ma- 
jority of women have some 
means of support, but it is only 
the favored few who have all 
the money they care to spend. 
The average woman would be 
glad to vary the routine of 
her housework with something 
like play and be able thereby 
to add new comforts and con- 
veniences to her home, secure 
some additional advantages 
for her family, and do the 
many effective little things 
that a small amount of extra 
money can accomplish. 
There is no question as to 
the money to be made from 
flowers and plants. To prove 
that they have a high value it 
is necessary only to buy some. 
A porch box six feet long can 
be filled with a promise of 
brightness and fragrance for 
$2.50. Plants for a bed of pink 
Lantana and Dusty Miller 
against the garden wall would 
cost not less than $5, and a 
bed of Heliotrope by the front 
porch would call for an ex- 
penditure of $4. A landscape 
effect in Cannas about a place 
would cost $7. Good Rose 
plants are a bargain at $2 a 
dozen. Cut flowers do not lag 
behind in value. A small vase 
of Sweet Peas for the break- 
fast table would cost no less 
than 50c., and enough Car- 
nations to make a presentable 
funeral wreath would cost $3. 
Chrysanthemums sell for $2 a 
dozen, at the very lowest, and 
on up to $6, while rare flowers 
sell for almost anything. 
There is no question, either, 
as to a market for all the prod- 
ucts of such an industrial or- 
ganization. That is, for all 
