. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. igo7. The American Florist. 591. F. W. Rane. Congress of Horticulture essayist. See issue of October 5, page 541. To make a long story short, allow me to say that the wholesalers have to be and are a hustling class of men, who are willing to work night and day for results, and who have been doing it for a number of years. Today they are commencing to see light ahead; the grower and storekeeper alike are slowly grasping the fact that he is a better man than they had given him credit for. They have had a look at his
. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. igo7. The American Florist. 591. F. W. Rane. Congress of Horticulture essayist. See issue of October 5, page 541. To make a long story short, allow me to say that the wholesalers have to be and are a hustling class of men, who are willing to work night and day for results, and who have been doing it for a number of years. Today they are commencing to see light ahead; the grower and storekeeper alike are slowly grasping the fact that he is a better man than they had given him credit for. They have had a look at his brighter and better side, and are profiting in more ways than one by his efforts. The sun is rising for him (I will not say in the east) ; but just so sure as the sun must rise somewhere so sure will the middleman continue to advance. Our business is in its infancy, and while it is so why not bring it up in the way it should go. We can never form a Philadelphia Florist Protective Asso- ciation after our experience of one year ago, but we can show our fellow busi- ness men, both wholesale and retail, that we are willing and ready to meet them half way on any proposition that will be for the mutual good and ad- vancement of our profession, or that will in any way make this rough road which the florist must travel more smooth. London Notes. Alex. Dickson & Sons, Belfast, Ire., were awarded a gold medal by the Na- tional Rose Society for their new seed- ling rose, Avoca, exhibited at the great autumn show, September 24. J. Cheal & Sons, Crawley, Sussex, the dahlia experts, recently received many orders for tubers from the United States, the latest being one of SO each of 50 varieties, from Massachusetts. Lowe & Shawyer, Ltd., Uxbridge, Middlesex, are negotiating with an American firm to handle their new rose, Joseph Lowe, which is attracting much attention. Thos. Rochford & Son, Ltd., near , Herts., recently made an unusually large shipment of palms to P
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