. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. 934 The American Florist. ^ray J, Gowan, one written by Thorpe, at Pearl River, N. Y., under date of Dec. 2, 1889, and the other written by Mr. J. N. Mav, Summit, N. J., under date ofDec. 6. 1889. All of these letters were of a similar tenor, all acknowledging the re- ceipt of flowers of the Lizzie McGowan carnation, then a novelty. .\s Mr. McGowan was then, as now,at the address that appears on the returned envelope, the failure to deliver was an in- comprehensible blunder. And bv what process of reasonin
. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. 934 The American Florist. ^ray J, Gowan, one written by Thorpe, at Pearl River, N. Y., under date of Dec. 2, 1889, and the other written by Mr. J. N. Mav, Summit, N. J., under date ofDec. 6. 1889. All of these letters were of a similar tenor, all acknowledging the re- ceipt of flowers of the Lizzie McGowan carnation, then a novelty. .\s Mr. McGowan was then, as now,at the address that appears on the returned envelope, the failure to deliver was an in- comprehensible blunder. And bv what process of reasoning the bright intellect in charge of such matters at the dead let- ter office decided that the proper thing to do was to send to Mr. Chitty the letters written by Messrs. May and Thorpe will surely remain a mystery to all ordinary mortals. It would seem that in these cases the service had taken great pains to hunt out a wrong way when the right one would have been much the easiest. And judging from this example of its workthe dead letter office at Washington must be in charge of a nearlj- dead man. Hyacinths and Tulips. Recent changes in fashion and fancj' have borne heavily on these once popillar flowers and the demand for them as cut blooms is now but a small fraction of it was only a few years ago. There is .'I good market for them yet however as plants, if well grown and placed before the public in attractive shape. Our illustrations are from prize winning pans of ten bulbs each as exhibited at the Spring Show of the Massachusetts Hor- ticultural Society. The hyacinths were grown by Martin and the tulips by Chas. J. Dawson. Massed in this way one variety in a pan they make desirable window decorations and give a big show for little money. Large quantities of these pans are disposed of in the Boston and New York markets throughout the winter and spring. Fitted into pretty celluloid baskets or other receptacles and encircled by ribbon of appropriate color they are g
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