. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. /l^^^j ^J^a^e-^ /, *i<.<AA*--^yLjC. Okii^QS. to base ball either. It is also a matter of news that "the boj's" sometimes return from the ball games with less money than they had when they started. W. J. S. Chicago. Mr. r. Transoii, of P. & E. Transon, nurserymen. Orleans, France, paid this city a visit July 19. A bed of geraniums over a third of a mile long is a feature at South Park this summer. It is about three feet wide and completely encircles the main bedding near the greenhouses. Mrs. J.


. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. /l^^^j ^J^a^e-^ /, *i<.<AA*--^yLjC. Okii^QS. to base ball either. It is also a matter of news that "the boj's" sometimes return from the ball games with less money than they had when they started. W. J. S. Chicago. Mr. r. Transoii, of P. & E. Transon, nurserymen. Orleans, France, paid this city a visit July 19. A bed of geraniums over a third of a mile long is a feature at South Park this summer. It is about three feet wide and completely encircles the main bedding near the greenhouses. Mrs. J. C. Vaughan and Miss P'lorence Vaughan have returned from a lengthy visit in California. S. D. Bradford, of Colorado Springs, Colo., is here taking a look through the parks. At the last meeting of the Florists' Club the social feature predominated. Katables and drinkables of the kinds and sizes most affected by florists were pro- vided and were heartily enjoyed. During supper an informal discussion as to the best ways and means of making the com- ing exhibition a success was carried on with the result of arousing much enthu- siasm, and if the show is not an over- whelming success it will not be the fault of those who were present on tins occasion. Cards. BY II. n. Kvery florist should have a place set aside for blank cards and small envelopes where they can be kept from dust and moisture; it is generally better to ])ut them in some convenient jilace thai cus- tomers may hel]) themselves. Three sizes are found useful, quite small ones for gentlemen, medium for ladies, and you will often find it a great convenience to have a much larger size, for the use of clubs, firms, and their em- ployes, when they send funeral designs. It is generally better taste to enclose the cards in an envelope addressed to the psrson that is to receive it. When necessary to attach cards to de- signs it should be done as neatly as pos- sible. We have often seen a holepunched with a knife, and


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