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Growers are invited to contribute articles or notes over their own 
signatures, but the Editor reserves the right to reject anything which 
in his judgment is not conducive to the general welfare of the business. 
Copyright 1919 by Madison Cooper 
Vol. VII June, 1920 No. 6 
" He who sows the ground with care and diligence acquires a 
greater stock of religious merit than he could gain by the 
repetition of ten thousand prayers .” — ZOROASTER. 
Reforestation. 
While reforestation is not strictly a flower growing sub- 
ject, yet all readers of The Flower Grower are directly or 
indirectly interested in the conservation of and the increased 
production of forest products. 
All sorts of timber and wood products are advancing in 
price out of all proportion to the advance in price of other 
things. The shortage is especially apparent in print paper 
raw material for which comes largely from the forests. 
The demand for paper has been so tremendous during the 
past few years, and the demand is increasing so rapidly, that 
it is only a question of a short time when woods suitable for 
paper making will be reduced to such an extent that it will 
mean a paper famine. Consumption of timber for other 
purposes although somewhat reduced by inactive building 
conditions, has in some lines largely increased. 
The only remedy which will relieve the situation and pre. 
vent a shortage of famine proportions in the comparatively 
near future is conservation and reforestation. The present 
generation is so greedy for making money that they take no 
heed for the best interests of the future, and it is important 
that all should know the present situation and where present 
tendency of the times leads. 
It is not for us to point out ways of conservation and re- 
forestation. This must be suggested by those who have 
made a special study of the subject. It is our purpose only 
to call attention to the absolute need of planning for the 
future. 
Madison Cooper. 
Gladiolus Reminiscences. 
Years ago I used to be a Gladiolus grower and planted a 
considerable number for those times, both for the bulbs and 
for cut flower purposes. But from some unexplained cause 
they began to do badly for me, I purchased new stock from 
different sections, also planted them in different sections 
on my Flower Farm, the result nearly always being the 
same. I finally quit growing them, using the land for 
crops that I could grow and bring me a profit. I have all 
my life been interested in Gladiolus culture, (not Gladolia 
as some call it.) 
My boss, whom I worked for when a very small lad, was 
practically the importer of all the new types that the great 
genius Mons. Lemoine produced. As far as I can learn 
he was at that time the sole improver of the Gandavensis 
tribe and my first recollection was of unpacking and labeling 
a number of the newer varieties received from Lemoine. 
That was in the fifties and since that time there have been 
a number of growers and specialists who have taken over 
other classes, hybridizing same; till today we have some 
of the most beautiful colors and shapes imaginable and the 
end is not yet. 
May success still continue to bless the skill of the hybrid- 
izers of this wonderful flower, and that the writer may live 
to see the success that he knows can be obtained, as past 
results have shown. 
Richard Vincent, Jr. 
No More Free Sample Copies. 
As our readers well know, we have been striving mightily 
to keep the subscription price of The Flower Grower at 
$1.00 per year. It is a mighty task in these days of high 
publishing costs. As a help in this direction we find it nec- 
essary to in future require that sample copies of The 
Flower Grower be paid for. No more free samples will be 
sent. We give this notice for the benefit of our subscribers 
who have been kind enough to send us lists of names of 
flower lovers to receive sample copies of The Flower 
Grower. We can still use lists of flower lovers to advantage 
however, but instead of sending sample copies, we will in 
future write them calling attention to The Flower 
Grower and offering to send current issue for 10c. 
The special rate which we have been offering to sub- 
scribers sending in clubs of three or more new subscribers 
is still in effect, and will not be withdrawn until July 1st. 
Reading and Education. 
Two young men with equal educational advantages and 
who have pursued the same course of study and graduated 
with equal honors do not necessarily do equally well in any 
walk of life which they may undertake. In nine cases out 
of ten the young man who has early acquired the reading 
habit will outstrip his companion with equal early advan- 
tages. Reading not only results in acquiring a vast fund of 
useful information, but it gives the persistent reader a much 
broader outlook on life and gives ideals and aspirations 
which never come to the non-reader. 
We often wonder why it is that so few people are real 
readers and who really know how to read. The limit of the 
reading matter of the average individual is the daily paper, 
and some even do not subscribe for nor read the daily news. 
While we are not a strong advocate of the daily press as a 
source of education or information, the daily press is an 
absolute necessity for the person who would keep himself 
abreast of the times. This should be supplemented by a well 
balanced selection of books and publications devoted to 
specialties in which the individual may be interested. 
Madison Cooper. 
Judging from the comments of some of our town-dwelling 
subscribers we are on the unpopular side of the argument 
in defending the cat against her enemies, but it is noticeable 
that the enemies of the cat are invariably located in city or 
urban homes. Cat haters are found in the country only as 
exceptions to prove the rule. Dogs and cats have no pos- 
sible excuse for an existence in the cities anyway, and we 
guess, therefore, that we are not so far at variance with our 
city friends on the main point. 
