. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. 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
. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. 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 culture, I think it would go far toward putting the boy on the right track in ; tion as a thesis for his master's de- gree. Mr. Wallace continued these studies for about a year and a half and made good progress toward the solution of the cause of tliose various bulb rots. He isolated and studied three or four different fungi and proved that they were in each case the cause of different types of bulb rots. How- ever, for the lack of funds we were not able to continue these investiga- tions further, and while Mr. Wallace has quite clearly shown that there are at least three different kinds of bulb rots of the gladiolus in this country and that they are
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