. The Florists' exchange : a weekly medium of interchange for florists, nurserymen, seedsmen and the trade in general . s the writings and w-orks of PeterHenderson, such as Gardening for Pleasure, Gardeningfor Profit, Practical Floriculture, and Hendersons Hand-book of Plants, and others, have been of incalculablebenefit to tradesmen; as have such books as The Rose,by S. B. Parsons, and in modern times those includediii the Garden Craft Series, edited by Professor Bailey;The Water Garden by Wm. Trjcker, Plant Culture byGeo. W. Oliver, Violet Culture, by Professor Galloway,Greenhouse Constructi
. The Florists' exchange : a weekly medium of interchange for florists, nurserymen, seedsmen and the trade in general . s the writings and w-orks of PeterHenderson, such as Gardening for Pleasure, Gardeningfor Profit, Practical Floriculture, and Hendersons Hand-book of Plants, and others, have been of incalculablebenefit to tradesmen; as have such books as The Rose,by S. B. Parsons, and in modern times those includediii the Garden Craft Series, edited by Professor Bailey;The Water Garden by Wm. Trjcker, Plant Culture byGeo. W. Oliver, Violet Culture, by Professor Galloway,Greenhouse Construction and Greenhouse Managementby Professor Taft, etc., all issued by New York pub-lishing houses, while the greatest and most valuableeffort of the century, in the way of horticultural litera-ture, is the Cyclopedia of American Horticulture, editedby Professor Bailey and Wilhelm Miller, now issuingfrom the house of IVlacmillan. Various periodicals pub-lished and still publishing in the city have also renderedinvaluable service to the cause of floriculture, amongthem mav he cited the Horticulturist, the Ladies Floral. New Yorks Place inFloriculture* I THERE is abundant evidence in the histories ofancient New York to satisfy us tliat the presen-ent day love of flowers and plants by her citi-zens is a goodly inheritance. Speaking of the old Dutchcolonial times, about 1674, Mrs. ;, Liovernor Dougan is reported to havejiad a splendid garden, fronting on Br
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