. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. i8g4' The American Florist, 1189. ARE THEY FIRST-CLASS PLANTS. florists' picnic have prepared the follow- ing, which are mostly open to all: 100 yard dash, running broad jump, polato race for boys and girls under 14 years; slow race, time limit 10 minutes; egg and spoon race, ladies, 25 yards; sack race, 50 yards; 3 legged race, 75 yards; 50 yard dash, boys 14 and under; 50 yard ladies race; tug of war, and bowling con- test. It is whispered that the tug of war will be a continuance of the one supposed to be ptrpe
. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. i8g4' The American Florist, 1189. ARE THEY FIRST-CLASS PLANTS. florists' picnic have prepared the follow- ing, which are mostly open to all: 100 yard dash, running broad jump, polato race for boys and girls under 14 years; slow race, time limit 10 minutes; egg and spoon race, ladies, 25 yards; sack race, 50 yards; 3 legged race, 75 yards; 50 yard dash, boys 14 and under; 50 yard ladies race; tug of war, and bowling con- test. It is whispered that the tug of war will be a continuance of the one supposed to be ptrpetually existing between the retailers and fakirs. The winners will be able to ofl'er up their thanks in smoke, as a box of cigarsgoes to the winning team. The terms of the bowling contest have not as vet been perfected. R. F. T. Are They First-Class Plants. A subscriber writes us a history of a purchase of rose plants in which the seller had stated (by mail J that his plants were first-class, and he sends us the plants of which we present an engraving herewith as samples of the stock Ife received. He asks us if they can by any stretch of cour- tesy he called first-class. While we have some decided opinions on such matters it seemed wise to present the matter to the trade for general discussion, and (sub rosa) as a convincing argument in favor of our oft repeated suggestion that the Society of American Florists take up the matter ol preparing a classification of plants by means of which sellers might intelligently offer their stock and buyers make their purchases with discrimination. Objection has been urged against classi- fication on the ground that it would be impossible to cover all the various little points that distinguish one grade from another. To this we reply that nothing is impossible and that the classification of plants most commonly bought and sold through the medium of correspond- ence would be certainly no more diffioult than the classification of wheat, corn, oa
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