. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. igii. The American Florist. 769 wayward boys the Inmates are encour- ( aged in planting individual gardens be- sides being made to worli in the veg- etable gardens. Any association with plants and flowers cannot fail to have an elevating effect on the human mind. "Although I do not suggest any set form of associating wayward boys with particular sorts of flowers or vegeta- Gladiolus Bulb Rot Investigation. About three years ago the Depart- ment of Plant Pathology at Cornell University started some investiga-
. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. igii. The American Florist. 769 wayward boys the Inmates are encour- ( aged in planting individual gardens be- sides being made to worli in the veg- etable gardens. Any association with plants and flowers cannot fail to have an elevating effect on the human mind. "Although I do not suggest any set form of associating wayward boys with particular sorts of flowers or vegeta- Gladiolus Bulb Rot Investigation. About three years ago the Depart- ment of Plant Pathology at Cornell University started some investiga- tions on the bulb rots of gladiolus. This work was done by Errett Wal- lace, a graduate student in the depart- merit who undertook the investiga-. WINDOW BOXES KEPT LOW TO A\OID SIGNS. bles, I think that as a general propo- sition, if a wayward boy were appren- ticed to a good gardener his chances of growing up a useful citizen would be much greater than if, for example, he ran away to sea or became a butcher. I am mentioning these two occupations simply as instances of work that would not tend to reform the boy. Of course it is likely that some forms of gardening would have a more direct and active effect on such a boy than would other forms. Some per- sons, for instance, say that the florist, the man who specializes in flowers, is brought under more esthetic influences than the man whose business is the raising of vegetables. That is largely a matter of individual preference, just as is the fact that some persons can- not abide the odor of certain flowers. "Regarding the ways to interest a wayward boy in flowers an absorbing question is opened, since a liking for flowers is not generally found in chil- dren. The fondness for flowers is some- thing that in most persons comes later in life. Still, if a wayward boy were set to work under the direction of a good gardener who would impress upon him regularity of habits together with a working knowledge of plants and their cul
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