. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. 1887. The American Florist. 323. S^tlCHtS M IHt 0\Xt^ BKHQUtl. The florists are now taking a lesson in self reliance and independence, not as individuals, but as a body. There is plenty of work for them that has not yet been touched. The influence which can be exerted by such a union of interests, and the pressure which can be brought to bear, wherever and whenever it is necessar}', was shown last winter in con- gress, when an oppressive bill to double the postage on seeds was withdrawn, chiefly through the effort
. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. 1887. The American Florist. 323. S^tlCHtS M IHt 0\Xt^ BKHQUtl. The florists are now taking a lesson in self reliance and independence, not as individuals, but as a body. There is plenty of work for them that has not yet been touched. The influence which can be exerted by such a union of interests, and the pressure which can be brought to bear, wherever and whenever it is necessar}', was shown last winter in con- gress, when an oppressive bill to double the postage on seeds was withdrawn, chiefly through the efforts of the Society of American Florists. The disgraceful practice of sending out goods under false names, which has flourished in so many quarters, must be attacked with vigor and pushed relentlessly until this stigma is removed from the reputation of Amer- ican dealers, and the traveling impostors that have been going over the countrj' unmolested for years with their gaudy pictures of impossible flowers, the like of which never grew, will soon find the place too hot for them. The florists are at last beginning to think and to act for themselves, and substantial benefits can- not fail to follow for them and for the public. It has beeu a long struggle for them; hard work all day and often all night, without a holiday and scarcely a Sabbath that they can call their own, this has alwa\'s been and of necessity always must be their lot. These men who have reversed the seasons and have turned dreary winter into a long sum- mer day, whose vocation is to make the home brighter, to add to the beauty and joy of the bridal festival, to cheer up the sick room and to lessen the loneliness and desolation of the funeral, have sprung from a very humble beginning. What they now have has been well earned, and the business of which they are to-day proud has come not by chance or good fortune but is the result of application, perseverance and patient toil. Caladiums.—The foliage of the fancy- leav
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