. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. I igi2. The American Florist. 577 has beer lacking, but their comriHirciisl form and commercial value have pulled them through. This has had the effect of checking' tlie efforts of the private gardener and the smaller grower and left the field to the large grower who has a large nimiber of these varieties to draw from. It has also created \ery much of a sameness as to the The large, massive blooms seem to attract the public to a greater extent than the commercial type and it appears to me that we must cate
. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. I igi2. The American Florist. 577 has beer lacking, but their comriHirciisl form and commercial value have pulled them through. This has had the effect of checking' tlie efforts of the private gardener and the smaller grower and left the field to the large grower who has a large nimiber of these varieties to draw from. It has also created \ery much of a sameness as to the The large, massive blooms seem to attract the public to a greater extent than the commercial type and it appears to me that we must cater to that taste more strongly than THE VIOLET. violets at Rhinetoeck. of the Albany Florists' club to the number of 17 journeyed down to Rhinebeck on the afternoon of September 19 to pay a visit to James H. Snyder, seci-etary of the Vio- let Growers' Mutual Protective Asso- ciation. At the village, which is about three miles east of the railroad sta- £i T., • ? •-„.u;»«. 'M«..^:. J. VONDER LINDEN'S PLANT. Grindini^ Manure for Miilchini:. in the past few ;?. These days there is not enough difference between the blooms exhibited at the shows and those displayed in the first-class stores to create enthusiasm amon.^ the show visitors. A few years ago the displays at the exhibitions were far ahead of anything that could be seen in the stores, and it is my opinion that we should work up to that standard now. At the St. Louis show of last year the large, mas- sive blooms of the exhibition varieties entered in the Chrysanthemum Society of America classes were a great at- traction and were such that could only be seen at an exhibition. The scale suggested by Mr. Smith for the pur- pose mentioned meets with my ap- proval, though I should like to see a few points for substance. The points on color seem to me a little strong, be- cause to my notion in a class for 12 or 25, white or yellow, as the case may be, to qualify the variety should be white or sellow. If
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