. The Florists' exchange : a weekly medium of interchange for florists, nurserymen, seedsmen and the trade in general . strain of Christmas Pink Spencereas from a certain large grower in California had re-ultecl in a very great loss to him, as out of three housesf this variety he did not believe that more than 2o perent. of the entire crop has come true to the best type,et tall prices had been asked and paid for the seed,le felt that this was so serious a matter that if carefulrials were made of the stocks of Christmas Pink only,nd the results published, they ought to be worth allle time, effo
. The Florists' exchange : a weekly medium of interchange for florists, nurserymen, seedsmen and the trade in general . strain of Christmas Pink Spencereas from a certain large grower in California had re-ultecl in a very great loss to him, as out of three housesf this variety he did not believe that more than 2o perent. of the entire crop has come true to the best type,et tall prices had been asked and paid for the seed,le felt that this was so serious a matter that if carefulrials were made of the stocks of Christmas Pink only,nd the results published, they ought to be worth allle time, effort and money. Other growers corroboratedlis statement, and the general feeling was that theserials, projierly conducted and examined by an expertimmittee appointed to visit them, would act as a pow-rfnl steadying agent in the commercial .Sweet Peausiness. The remarks were all the more interesting,nd indeed surprising, inasmuch as they were directed> sales of stantlard \arietie:ii rather than to novelties. It was suggested that the purchases of seed for triale made indirectly rather than from Cornell, or by any. Part view of the American Sweet Pea Societys exhibition in Horticultural HalNote the neat glasses and long stemmed flowers Boston, July 7 and 8 leading official of the society, so that the ordinary mar-ket packets could be secured and not selected ones. The Show and Meeting There were few iio\elties, liut some of last years oneswere in good .shape. E. W. Edwards, gdr. X. Cooley of Pittsfield, Mass., was the championon this occasion in the professional classes, while W. , a clerk in a grocery store at Xewport, R. I.,swept the board in the amateurs classes. Mr. Taylordoes all the work of growing his Peas himself, and de-serves the warmest congratulations for his success. Theprizes were well distributed. The backward season prevented a larger exhibitionthan there was, and some of the growers at Newport,who are near the sea, told of the damaging effects
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