THE FLORIST AND HORTICULTURAL JOURNAL

By JOHN WHITE

CONTENTS ONE EMBELLISHED LANDSCAPES TWO A REASON FOR PLANTING THREE HANDS-ON HORTICULTURE FOUR COMMERCIAL REALITIES: SUPPLYING THE NEEDS FIVE COMMERCIAL REALITIES: PROMOTING DEMAND SIX A NEIGHBORLY NUDGE SEVEN BERGAMOT BALM AND VERBENAS EIGHT CONCLUSION MR LENT’S ASSESSMENT, ALONG WITH THAT OF OTHER NINETEENTH-CENTURY OB- SERVERS, CREATES AN EXPECTATION OF TREES AND ?OWERS ADORNING MIDWESTERN FARM AND VILLAGE DOORYARDS, BUT THEIR ENTHUSIASM DESERVES A JUDICIOUS AP- PRAISAL DOES OTHER EVIDENCE CORROBORATE ORNAMENTAL PLANT USE IN MID