The Florists' exchange : a weekly medium of interchange for florists, nurserymen, seedsmen and the trade in general . surely thismovement is being recognized hero, as it is all overthe country, as being one of the best civic and vil-lage improvement plans yet invented. Up to thepresent time The Columbus Florists Club have hadto fight this work along against opposition of allsorts and from some of the very people who mightbe expected to be the most friendly—but this goodwork has come to stay. The result of this seasonsdistribution is something over 10,000 packets plantedby the childi-en; and a
The Florists' exchange : a weekly medium of interchange for florists, nurserymen, seedsmen and the trade in general . surely thismovement is being recognized hero, as it is all overthe country, as being one of the best civic and vil-lage improvement plans yet invented. Up to thepresent time The Columbus Florists Club have hadto fight this work along against opposition of allsorts and from some of the very people who mightbe expected to be the most friendly—but this goodwork has come to stay. The result of this seasonsdistribution is something over 10,000 packets plantedby the childi-en; and a fund of $50 left in our treas-ury to begin work with another season. Our mem-bers individually deserve the greatest praise for themany patient hours they have given to this are forming a bowling club to send to Daytonthis Summer, our members are turning out in goodlynumbers every week at the alleys of the Y. M. C. practice; considerable good material has alreadyshown itself and the club expects most satisfactoryresults. F. w. SOCIETY OF SOUTHERN FLORISTS ANDORNAMENTAL HORTICULTURISTS.~A brief ac-. The .Soil Pulveriser and Mixer. greenhouse. The receiving and delivery canvas sup-ports are hinged, and may be readily folded; and asthe whole construction is on trucks it may be movedfrom place to place as occasion requires. The canvas beds are about four feet wide andconsist of an endless chain on either side, to whicliare attached at a distance of about ten Incnes. strongsticks and to these, with a pocket between each twosticks, is fastened the canvas. The sod, or soil, is banked about two reel deep inthe Fall, and in the Spring about ten inches ofmanure is spread on top; and when wanted for usethe machine is driven up and the material forkedon to the receiving bed, and when it reaches thewagon it is thoroughly composted ai a wonderfulsaving of time. By a clever arrangement the knifeis so regulated by a lever that the soil may be mixedin three grades—
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