. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. i8g2. The American Florist. 167. THE WISTARIA IN JAPAN^ light? Would such an inducement dis- courage a glass manufacturer? If you think so, let us draw it mild to begin with, and at the St. Louis convention offer $50 for the best fifty feet of glass suitable for greenhouse purposes. We must do something to get the glass works awake to our requirements, and at the same time w^atch their progress. It ncds careful study on both sides, for our inter- ests are certainly mutual. Why not provide a good illustrated lectur
. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. i8g2. The American Florist. 167. THE WISTARIA IN JAPAN^ light? Would such an inducement dis- courage a glass manufacturer? If you think so, let us draw it mild to begin with, and at the St. Louis convention offer $50 for the best fifty feet of glass suitable for greenhouse purposes. We must do something to get the glass works awake to our requirements, and at the same time w^atch their progress. It ncds careful study on both sides, for our inter- ests are certainly mutual. Why not provide a good illustrated lecture on glass for our next convention; invite the glass men to show us their wares and explain what little they know to us, and we will tell them what to learn next. Why can't we have glass on rollers, like curtains—malleable glass. I would like to know if any one else has ever tried a coat of ground pumice stone and oil for shading a palm house? 1 think it the best, but would like to have a discussion on this subject. C. B. W. The Wistaria in Japan. The accompanying engraving is from a photogiaph sent us by Mrs. H. H. Ber- ger of San Francisco, who obtained it from Japan. The plant shown is in a public garden in Tokio, and the racemes of bloom seen in the picture were several feet in length. But such blooms are produced only by plants of very great age, such as the one illus- trated, which is several hundred years old. And there are not more than a half dozen such plants in all Japan. The photo from which the engraving was made had been beautifully and ac- curately colored by a native artist and made a most charming picture, the en- graving giving only a faint idea of its beauty. Carnations. A letter from Mr. C. W. Ward, East Moriches, N. Y., dated Sept. 6, was received to-day, and as there is much of interest in it I take the liberty of making some quotations from it for the benefit of the readers of the American Florist. "We have a house of McGowan, Lam- born and Puritan
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