The Florists' exchange : a weekly medium of interchange for florists, nurserymen, seedsmen and the trade in general . much further improvement by careful selec-tion of seed from those varieties most suitable forstore use. A plant which T have not seen with the Philadel-phia growers, but which is well done in New York Easter Plants. *^ {Rpad before the FJorists Club of PbiladeJpbia by RobertCraig, April 3, lOOO.^ On April 9. 1888, just eighteen years ago, I reada paper before this club in which I alluded, to theRaster plant trade as having become the most im-portant of the whole year. I recited
The Florists' exchange : a weekly medium of interchange for florists, nurserymen, seedsmen and the trade in general . much further improvement by careful selec-tion of seed from those varieties most suitable forstore use. A plant which T have not seen with the Philadel-phia growers, but which is well done in New York Easter Plants. *^ {Rpad before the FJorists Club of PbiladeJpbia by RobertCraig, April 3, lOOO.^ On April 9. 1888, just eighteen years ago, I reada paper before this club in which I alluded, to theRaster plant trade as having become the most im-portant of the whole year. I recited the fact thatthere had been a great advance in the number ofplants grown as well as in the increased variety fromihe time, only a few years back, when callas, ger-aniums, mignonette, violets, were the chief sta-ples. In that year. 1888, I mention L. Harrisii, Hydrangeas otaksa and Thomas Hogg,azaleas, deutzias, genistas, Astilbe japonica and hy-brid roses as the chief staples. All of these are stillgrown, only in larger numbers, and the general cul-ture is better; finer specimens are Harry O. MayTreasurer A. S. THE AMERICAN ROSE SOCIETY Continuation of Proceedings. Robert Simpson. President-Elect. The president-elect of the American Rose Society,Robert Simpson, Clifton, N. J. whose portraitappeared in last weeks issue, was born in 1862 nearPocklington. Yorkshire, England. He received hiseducation in the public schools, and at the age of16 was apprenticed to a local florist and nurseryman,in whose establishment he obtained a general know-ledge of plant growing. Later Mr. Simpson went asgreenhouse assistant to William Link, gardener toLord Herries of Everingham Park. Yorkshire, whosedaughter, then a girl of four or five years, wasrecently married to the Duke of Norfolk. In 1884 Mr. Simpson came to this country, firstfinding employment with the firm of Miller & , growers of plants for the catalogue trade,but now out of existence. In 18
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