. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. 1887. The American Florist. 39. iHt QtS\GiH \NH\CH M^OH "\Ht S\L\ltR CU? k"S TWt \At^ 'iOR'f. SWOVJ. Commercial Floriculture. Mr. W. J. Stewart, in the American Florist for March, has given us an elaborate article ou commercial flori- culture, in which some statements are made which do not convey very accurate ideas regarding some of the subjects dis- cussed. vSuch questions as these are asked: "What is commercial floricul- ture?"- " What is a florist?" And "what is a gardener?&q
. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. 1887. The American Florist. 39. iHt QtS\GiH \NH\CH M^OH "\Ht S\L\ltR CU? k"S TWt \At^ 'iOR'f. SWOVJ. Commercial Floriculture. Mr. W. J. Stewart, in the American Florist for March, has given us an elaborate article ou commercial flori- culture, in which some statements are made which do not convey very accurate ideas regarding some of the subjects dis- cussed. vSuch questions as these are asked: "What is commercial floricul- ture?"- " What is a florist?" And "what is a gardener?" And in answering these questions there seems to be a slight con- fusion of ideas regarding the respective fields in which those classes work which leaves us in doubt as to whether they are separate and distinct, or simpl}' phases of one and the same business. It is true these classes are intimately related, but as we understand the terms, a gardener is one whose business is to cultivate all manner of fruits, flowers and vegetables, as well as to have a knowl- edge of everything relating to a garden. A florist is one whose special business is to cultivate flowers either for pleasure or for profit, and that class who simply trade in plants and cut flowers may be ilesignated commercial florists, but in no other sense to be regarded as a florist more than the man who simply buys and sells watches can be considered a watch- maker. No doubt there are manyjestimable in- dividuals in this class—meu who can play their parts well in arranging flowers into every conceivable form ; they may be able to decorate ball rooms and dinner tables with the utmost taste, festoon bowers to the delight of sentimental pairs while bending their necks to the matrimonial yoke, keep well up to the fashions in funeral designs, and have an eye to the "dainty gifts spring babies receive in the flower line. Little gilt perambulators, cradles and socks, which are filled with tiny blossoms, and sent
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