The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1895-11-28
FLOWER AND SEED CULTURE.

The path of the beginner in the bust
ness OF raising seed in commercial guam
titles may be literally ''strewn with flow
ers" and yet prove thorny to the feet and
wearisome to every muscle in the entire
body.
There is no part of the work which is
easy. No part OF it which docs not de-
mand painstaking care and ceaseiess vigi-
lance, and 40 one should enter, upon il
without q sincere love for it as work, and
an Infinite und of patience and persever'
ance are required. For the time OF dis
couragemens and doubt are frequent from
the planting of the seed. through all the
successive stages of growth, to Its fruItion
as again seed, and only the woman who
can wait and work has any chance of sue
cess.
And yet the cultivation of flowers il
pre-eminentIy wUman's work, though
as yet most of the honors have been won
by men.
Women are we'll fitted for the care oil
flowers, which ften need much coaxng
to grow at all. ana always need intelli'
gent watching aud help to grow properly.
Nature must have assistance in this care
r6\the plant as in that OF the child to
produce the best results.
This is the day, not of small things ex-
actly, hut of special things, and in order
to achieve real SUCCESS you must choose
one thing to do, do it little better than
anyone else, and 30 create demand for
! what you have to offer. Thus in seed
growing, unless, indeed, you own a large
tract of land, have capital to operate it
and skill to manage IL, contine yourself
to tie growing OF some special flower.
Work for wears, perhaps, selecting. by
hr,I ,.ss ,,v,tt lon afrnt IN, Do
superior to any other in the market. Ex-
pertinent as much 40 you please with any
numbe of flowers, but let your main
crop be- of the seed for which you already
have a repu alton, or for which you mean
to acquire q reputation.
What a lady Of Ventura has done for
the Petunia, other women may do for
almost anv flower. This strain of Petu-
MAS is today unequaled: her reputation
as specialist Is assured. and yet she is
not satisfied, but plans from day to day,
from hour to hour, how to still further i'm
prove the seemingly perfect blossoms. To
| achieve this success has taken six years
| of patient. unremi,ting W TX.
! And unless you have had several wears
actual experience IN the work and Know
| to some extent the climatic and soil con,
ditiOns you will be forced to com bat, do
not adopt seed growing as business.
hoping to make it protitabl or self-sup-
Ill Ou0S bWV W hvC yVaAS tAmos
California, and especially Southern
| California, has On ioubtedly great future
| before her IN the rails nR Of flowers and
vegetable seeds, put before that future IL
| realized greaer attention must be paid
| to the production OF tirst-class stock, true
to name and reliable in every particular
California is capable of pcrfsction--lci
her be satisfied with nothing less.
There are many incentives for women
| to enter the field of Horticulture, and nc
| the average woman, and particularly the
woman of i'm paired health.
Many there are who have found health
and happiness in the veritable "tilling oil
the SOIL" We have been working IN our
garden for the past three years almost en-
tYely with verbenas. endeavoring to es
tablish strain which shall produce
| IMAM m oth' flowers from seed without
I exception. We have been quite encour.
aged this year, as the flowers are much
more nearly true to name than ever be.
fore.
Qnite the most fascinating part of the
work is the growing from seed Vt such
perenniala as dahlias. roses, chrysanthe
NUNS, etc. There IS delightful uncer-
tainty as to results that appeals TO the
feminine mind, and if, among the intin-
lite variations of one type one should be
really tine, vt means money and honor to
the fortunate possessor.
a garden rake, hoe, light spade in
daily u.s. may add years OF happiness &c
life, and perhaps, who knows, money t,
our purses.
ETHELGND LORD.
, Irn,vprsitv Ca1