. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. JQ07. The American Florist. 703 tive lines, still belter ciiuilitk-d, ami moio successful and representative than they formerly were, because, as a rule, the class referred to are always found fore- most in the ranks of trade organizations. Florists' clubs give a tone and dignity to the calling that truly belongs to it. and adds prestige, without which prog- ress and development is necessarily re- value is \e and cumulative as increase in age, and they are ever wateliful, as they should be, of the
. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. JQ07. The American Florist. 703 tive lines, still belter ciiuilitk-d, ami moio successful and representative than they formerly were, because, as a rule, the class referred to are always found fore- most in the ranks of trade organizations. Florists' clubs give a tone and dignity to the calling that truly belongs to it. and adds prestige, without which prog- ress and development is necessarily re- value is \e and cumulative as increase in age, and they are ever wateliful, as they should be, of their op- portunities. Kvery one engaged in florl- ( ulture commercially should bo a mem- ber of a florists' club, and the greater the membership the greater will be the value of the work accomplished by the organi- zation. man even a. WINDOW BOXES. Miirguerites. .Vsp;ir;igus Spreugeri and Geranium Chn Turner :it I^os Angeles, t'al. ing that 1 have always thought and strongly contended that employes -who are eligible to membership in florists' clubs should bo admitted on the pay- ment of dues much lower than those of dealers and employers, and the latter class should gladly welcome them to their ranks, so that the know^ledge thus acquired by these employes may be dif- fused to the advantage of floriculturo generally. It is, indeed, deplorable to witness .some florists' clerks attempting, without success, to give to the custom- ers even the proper name of the plants they are selling, and most unfortunate are the results of their efforts to give the public the necessary mere rudimen- tary cultural instructions for growing the most ordinary house plants or the more easily grown bedding varieties. And when their effusions are given to the press, as they too frequently are, every intelligent, well informed f.'orist is hor- rified and totally disgusted with the perusal of it. The true value of florists' clubs would be materially augmented by a recogni- tion of this su
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