. Florists' review [microform]. Floriculture. Fbbbuaby 25, 1916. The Florists^ Review 13. takes to force plum, apple and cherry blossoms after bringing the plants in- side? T. N, PBOGRESS OF THE SWEET PEA. Probably no flower has made greater advancement in popularity in the Brit- ish Isles during the last ten years than the sweet pea, and its progress has only been slightly less noticeable in the United States and Canada. In looking back to the time when Henry Eckford was assiduously devot- ing his energies to the extension of the range of colors on the type then exist- ing, and known as the g
. Florists' review [microform]. Floriculture. Fbbbuaby 25, 1916. The Florists^ Review 13. takes to force plum, apple and cherry blossoms after bringing the plants in- side? T. N, PBOGRESS OF THE SWEET PEA. Probably no flower has made greater advancement in popularity in the Brit- ish Isles during the last ten years than the sweet pea, and its progress has only been slightly less noticeable in the United States and Canada. In looking back to the time when Henry Eckford was assiduously devot- ing his energies to the extension of the range of colors on the type then exist- ing, and known as the grandiflora, as now distinguished from the present-day Spencer, one cannot help wishing, from a commercial point of view, that at least half the amount of skill and labor had Tjeen expended on the cultivation of the older favorite that has been lavished on the Spencer; the results would have greatly enhanced the repu- tation of our old friend. But, unfor- tunately, the real science of cultivating the sweet pea was either not' under- stood or was not systematically taken in hand until the Spencer type came into being. Its advent awakened pub- lic interest and general enthusiasm among florists in favor of a flower which had, in a comparatively short space of time, emerged, as it were, from a thistle to a rose. The writer has many pleasant mem- ories of his early efforts in connection with the production of sweet peas for the' English markets, and he also has recollections of many sad disappoint- ments during the first two seasons, in his endeavor to produce flowers of suffi- cient merit to command a ready sale and bring fair returns for the outlay. There is no place like a good flower market to make a man feel small, when he sees his produce by the side of that of hundreds of competitors who have long been successful in the business. But "Nil desperandum" is a good motto for all workers who would see the consummation of their ambitions. There is undoubtedly a great futur
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