. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. 786 The American Florist. Xov. 2, GREENHOUSE HEATERS The Wilks Greenhouse Heaters are all Steel Self-Feeders. «^ Will run J 5 hours at a time without attention. NO NIGHT FIREMAN REQIIRED Can be used with either HARD OR SOFT COAL. SEND FOR OUR NEW CATALOGUE. MADE S. WILKS NFG. CO, 35fh and Shields Ave., How Some Men Succeed. A florist in tlie outskirts of the city lias come across wliat lie considers the mean- est man in all New York. "He recently bought a fine summer home and estate about a h
. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. 786 The American Florist. Xov. 2, GREENHOUSE HEATERS The Wilks Greenhouse Heaters are all Steel Self-Feeders. «^ Will run J 5 hours at a time without attention. NO NIGHT FIREMAN REQIIRED Can be used with either HARD OR SOFT COAL. SEND FOR OUR NEW CATALOGUE. MADE S. WILKS NFG. CO, 35fh and Shields Ave., How Some Men Succeed. A florist in tlie outskirts of the city lias come across wliat lie considers the mean- est man in all New York. "He recently bought a fine summer home and estate about a half mile from my nurserj'," said rhc florist. "A few weeks ago he was entertaining some old friends, and show- ing them aroimd the neighborhood. In the course of their peregrinations he brought them to niy flower patch, on whicli I have a number of large glass- houses. "Wishing to display his wealth by purchasing something, he stopped at a cucumber frame and asked me the price of various specimens of that vegetable. I pointed a large one out to him at 2S cents, another at 15 cents, and so on: but Mr. Suddenwealth would have none of them. His eye fell on a particularly tiny specimen. 'How n^uch?' he asked, poitil- ing to it. I told him five cents. IMr. Croesus brouglit out a ,$.50 bill. I couldn'l change it just tlien, so I told bim he con hi later. That suited him fine. Just ,as I was about to pull the cucumber he je- quested me to leave it where it was, as he would send his man for it in the even- ing. He went away smiling, and sent his coachman to the nursery at the end of a week, by whicli time, of course, the tiny cucumber had lengthened into a large and brilliant vegetable ! What's more he's for- gotten to divvy up the nickel!"—Spring- field (O.) Sun. Peace on Both Sides. A traveling salesman died suddenly in Pittsburg. Pa., and some of his friends telegraphed to the vmdertaker an order to make a large wreath. Investigation showed that the teleg
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