. The Florists' exchange : a weekly medium of interchange for florists, nurserymen, seedsmen and the trade in general. h isto be guilty of writing scurrilous screeds, I amperfectly willing to let it go at that. I sincerelyhope the New York geranium market will not suf-fer from this prolonged discussion and my only re-gret is that the trade has benefited so little by whatBirnie has said, and taken so much space to sayon the subject, due no doubt to the fact that hehas nothing of practical value to vouchsafe. EXPERTUS. To a Geranium. Geranium, beauteous with the glow of many blooms Inone, Flower
. The Florists' exchange : a weekly medium of interchange for florists, nurserymen, seedsmen and the trade in general. h isto be guilty of writing scurrilous screeds, I amperfectly willing to let it go at that. I sincerelyhope the New York geranium market will not suf-fer from this prolonged discussion and my only re-gret is that the trade has benefited so little by whatBirnie has said, and taken so much space to sayon the subject, due no doubt to the fact that hehas nothing of practical value to vouchsafe. EXPERTUS. To a Geranium. Geranium, beauteous with the glow of many blooms Inone, Flower most beloved that in my garden grows,Redder than hearts blood, thy day has just begun When it is saddened by the dying rose,And brilliancy left oer from Summers noon Is still thine own when first the aster many a fickle, fragile blossom, in the boon Of one rare breath of fleeting fragrance breaks,Then vanishes; but thou, from glad Junes jubilee Until the Autumn whispers of the soft bestowal of thy spiced perfume, art constancy, Oh, flower of all that blow, the truest friend! —Boston CLUB AND SOCIETY DOINGS. Professor H. C. Irish,, St. I,cmis Florists Club H. C. Irish. H. C. Irish, president-elect of the St. Louis Flor-ists Club, was born on a farm, near Janesville,Rock County, Wis., on April 22, 1868. After thedeath of his parents, in 1884, he moved to SpinkCounty, South Dakota, where, with a brother, heoperated a farm for four years. In 1888 he en-tered South Dakota Agricultural College, fromwhich he was graduated in 1891, his expenses forhis college course being met by teaching schoolduring the long vacation, and working a few hourseach day in the horticultural department under thedirection of Prof. C. A. Keffer, now of the Uni-versity of Tennessee. After leaving college, taught school for one year, and then did post-graduate work at the Iowa State College of Agri-culture and Mechanic Arts, specializing In botanyand horticul
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