. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. jSSg. The American Florist. 39. ?AOR»\UVj "\tU^>^ \ltMCH\KUUVt. avenues of all the arts and sciences and upon their information I safely rely in all emergencies. In return for these ser- vices they only ask me to accommodate them with a convenient chamber in some corner of my humble habitation, where they may repose in peace, for these friends are more delighted by tranquility of retirement than with the tumult of ; This, gentlemen, was said over five hundred years ago; think for a moment of t
. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. jSSg. The American Florist. 39. ?AOR»\UVj "\tU^>^ \ltMCH\KUUVt. avenues of all the arts and sciences and upon their information I safely rely in all emergencies. In return for these ser- vices they only ask me to accommodate them with a convenient chamber in some corner of my humble habitation, where they may repose in peace, for these friends are more delighted by tranquility of retirement than with the tumult of ; This, gentlemen, was said over five hundred years ago; think for a moment of the knowledge that has accumulated since then, how many generations of men have lived and laid their products of their labor at our feet. Lord Macauley in 1S25 said: "Any intelligent man may now, by resolutely applying himself for a few years to mathematics, learn more than the great Newton knew after half a century of study and ; Do we realize our advantages and make the best of our opportunities ? I wish, gentlemen, that this convention could in some way stimulate the Florists' Clubs, that they might add a library to their possessions. The knowledge that individuals would gain through this medium would reflect credit on the whole trade. How interesting it would be to note what different clubs would select; what a source of profitable co;iversation is offered when your friends have read this book, or that book, in which you have been interested. I trust that some gentleman with more ability and power than I possess will say something on this subject that will lead the clubs to think well of these suggestions, that in an early number of the American we may see an account of the first club to start a library. Which city shall it be ? Phormium Tenax Veitchianum. Our illustration is from a photograph sent us by Mr. M. Lafferty, gardener for the Laurel Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia, who writes under date of July 16: "We mail you with this a phonogra
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