. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. END VIEW. A TRAVELLING GREENHOUSE. Chicago. The supper of the Chicago Florist Club last Thursday evening was a very suc- cessful affair and vyas much enjoyed by the 45 or 50 members present. Mr. S. B. Parsons happened to be in the city and was a vyelcome guest at the supper. The two tables were lavishly decorated with flowers and plants and flowers were also freely used around the room. With the advent of the coffee and com cob pipes came Prof. Carnes and his wife and daughter, each of whom gave excel- lent recita
. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. END VIEW. A TRAVELLING GREENHOUSE. Chicago. The supper of the Chicago Florist Club last Thursday evening was a very suc- cessful affair and vyas much enjoyed by the 45 or 50 members present. Mr. S. B. Parsons happened to be in the city and was a vyelcome guest at the supper. The two tables were lavishly decorated with flowers and plants and flowers were also freely used around the room. With the advent of the coffee and com cob pipes came Prof. Carnes and his wife and daughter, each of whom gave excel- lent recitations that were warmly ap- plauded. The first toast was "The advancement of ornamental horticulture," to which Mr. G. L. Grant responded as follows: "While it is true that the progress of ornamental horticulture during the past quarter of a century has been marvelous, it is nevertheless a fact that the skilled gardener and florist have not made a cor- responding advance in public esteem. In litera*-ure all gardeners are still classed with the coacbman and the hostler, and as a consequence the same classification is followed by the general public with comparatively few exceptions. We must admit that there is a considerable number of self styled professionals who may be so classed, but it is an undoubted fact that to-day the great majority of the workers in the field of ornamental horticulture rank high as men of education and refine- ment. Probably no other profession counts among its followers so many who have entered it from pure love of the work. In no other profession will be fovmd so many close students of the underlying principles of each detail of their daily labor. And no other profession demands from its leaders a broader knowledge or a wider culture. "Gentlemen, if we would hasten the ad- vance of the profession we must first take steps to place it upon its proper level in the public mind. We must bring our strong men out into the light of publicity
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