. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. igio. The American Florist. 477 joys the patronage of the guests of this j hotel, but enjoys the confidence and custom of the wealthy and aristocratic society people of the city. A beautiful window at 48 K. Monroe street, always artistically arranged, induces the cus- tomer to enter and inspect the floral beauties which are offered, ^'ases of American Beauties and chrysanthe- mums, with green and autumn foliage so placed as to form a beautiful com- bination, made a very attractive dis- play as we approached the en
. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. igio. The American Florist. 477 joys the patronage of the guests of this j hotel, but enjoys the confidence and custom of the wealthy and aristocratic society people of the city. A beautiful window at 48 K. Monroe street, always artistically arranged, induces the cus- tomer to enter and inspect the floral beauties which are offered, ^'ases of American Beauties and chrysanthe- mums, with green and autumn foliage so placed as to form a beautiful com- bination, made a very attractive dis- play as we approached the entrance. The summer business has been normal, and the autumn trade has but just commenced. American Beauties are having the call now, but the usual de- mand for high grade stock of all kinds is being looked forward to as soon as it appears upon the market and will be furnished as soon as the trade de- mands. The Growing of Lilies for Easter.'^ A paper reild by Harry J. Faust at the April meetiQg of the Florists' Club of Philadelphia. I have no desire to pose betore you as "Sir Oracle," the subject 'The Growing of Lilies" being given to me by your essay committee, and almost insisted upon that I comply, by the chairman of your committee, Mr. Thi- low. I could not but consent without appearing ungracious. So whatever apology there is for my being before you this evening must come from your committee. I do not suppose there is anything grown for Easter more uncertain and requiring a greater amount of skill and attention than the lily, especially' the growing of good lilies for Easter. To make this paper interesting it has been suggested that I take up the en- tire subject of forcing lilies from years ago to years to come, to illustrate my subject by samples of well grown and diseased plants, in fact, to enter upon a long and learned discourse and kick up such a lot of dust and bemuddle my subject to such an extent that you would have to catch on to my coat tail in or
Size: 1248px × 2002px
Photo credit: © Library Book Collection / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookcentury1800, bookdecade1880, booksubjectfloriculture, bookyea
