. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. 944 The American Florist. Dec. 31, most beautiful ferns that time will not permit me to talk about. Suffice to say the varieties mentioned in my paper are the most popular from a commercial point of view, and as ferns increase in demand day by day let us each do our own part to make them more and more interesting to fern lovers, so that it can be truly said of each of us as byTwamley when he wrote: The green and graceful fern, How beautiful it is; There is not a leaf in all the laud. So wonderful, I wis. Have ye e
. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. 944 The American Florist. Dec. 31, most beautiful ferns that time will not permit me to talk about. Suffice to say the varieties mentioned in my paper are the most popular from a commercial point of view, and as ferns increase in demand day by day let us each do our own part to make them more and more interesting to fern lovers, so that it can be truly said of each of us as byTwamley when he wrote: The green and graceful fern, How beautiful it is; There is not a leaf in all the laud. So wonderful, I wis. Have ye e'er watched it budding, With each stem and leaf wrapt small. Coiled up within each other Like a round and hairy ball? Have ye watched that ball unfolding, Each closelv uestliufj curl. Its fair and feathery leaflets Their spreading forms unfurl? O, then most gracefully they wave. In the forest like a sea: And dear as they are beautiful Are these few leaves to me. WITH THE GROWERS Louis Dupuy, WWtestone, L. I. A correspondent in a recent issue noted briefly a visit to the establishment of Louis Dupuy at Whitestone, L. I., under the title "A Day in Greater New ; Under his programme for the day it is not to be wondered at that a more lengthy description of Mr. Dupuy's work was not given. A visitor is easily attracted by the great showing of Acacia dealbata made at this place. Some of it was in flower for the holiday trade, and the dainty little yellow blossoms with the wattled foliage would seem to make the plant particularly desirable for decora- tive purposes. Marguerites, which are a favorite spe- cialty with Mr. Dupuy, are to be seen at their best just now. many specimen plants measuring five feet across. Beside filling a demand for marguerites in plant form the establishment sends out daily a large quantity of the cut flowers. Prunus trilobafl. pi. is another attract- ive plant which Mr. Dupuy has brought along very successfully for the holiday trade. Some beaut
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