The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-04-18
HORTICULTURAL LECTURERS.

Amateur lecturers can, and do.
greatly injurc the established business
,f nurserymcn and seodsmen. concerns
| having thousands of dollars and oc.n
! hundreds of thousands of dollars in
vested. employing labor tina, has been
brought up in the trade. Frequently
the fathers. grandfathers and great
Srandfathcrs of those engaged In the
trade followed the same line.
Now and then an amateur suddenly
. develops or awakcns great love for
horticulture and in the enthusiasm
OF the moment wants to proclaim
from the housetops the great joy 81
cult,vating beautiful flowers Tl'
spirit is commendablc. but ;he harm
done Is more than likely to Offset an,
good that may I've accomplished and
tho l.cturcr may not realize unit.
years afterward tho injury that has
resulted
False methods arc suggested. a
wrong way of proceeding that possibly
turned out all right in one single in.
stance. that will fail nincty-n.nc out
OF hundred times. RecUmmendinl
cheap stock is another bad practice
AS a rule cheap stock is dear at any
price 10 the careful cultivator. Fol
the haphazard grower nothing is likely
to produce very good results. SO pos
sibly the cheaper tn better in suct
cases. For pains,al>ing people who
enjoy producing flowers AT least q
| little better than tho ordinary gar
den results. and take pride in ,Ahib-
ting them. good stock IS essential
stock carefully, selling only tho best.
true ir name, cannot rompc' with
the cheap grower. \ nursery IN New
Jersey With uu'N = DompiratlNsiN
small acreage has an annual fertilizer
I'LL ~ nearly twenty thousand dol
lars and = ,dhor hill of about ven
times tin, amount. Both items could
be reduced To- = quarter uf thc>.
.iGurcs hut the saving would cat down
TIA" vdlu, uf the stock produced ~
even = Grea + proportion.
There is another class uf lecturers
wh" benefit only themselves. and
Themselves only temporarily: thns.
who engage in husiaess and lecture
as a means If advertising themselves
OF their concerns.
Not every on" engaged in tho seed
ar nur> ~ business H. qualified {,
| lecture. Find ont. before engaging "A
| lecturer, how many years practirI.
! '\l'fri"n"" has been had in s"tu
/ gardening work \ truthful answer
! t. this question viii usually show the
/ qualification. e. In. lecturer. S.llin..
! good from behind counter vii not
! supply tho necessary knowledge or cX-
pcrience.
! w" know MANY illitcratc men Who
| cannot put their expressions in writ
I ing who haV" 8 Stur- IT inNaluabi
! Information, almost enough to max"
dictionary uf gardening. gained from
actual work and observation, and i is
"ulN knowledge ut this kind thai il
really helpful This point Is well COW
cred ~ N" experience OF a prof. ssor
from state agricultural college who
decided Ia hav, practical experience
ana al spraying tim, appeared in a
ldgg" peach orchard ready for work.
II" was given charge of tho spraying
and shortly after the work had COM
mcnced the owner observed that
lunG row If peach tres had been
burned with the spray and the ,rop
ruined. iIo called loudly FOR an old
c"!"red man who previously had
charge "f mixing tho SPRAY and ravn
orders To- have him mis- all the spray
and for NO one else to iutorf, re- in the
'p"rati -. Tho old culurcd man rc.i
hc'ulN the professors humiliation and
"Np,hin'd tn" situation thi, way:
"Nuu know how to tell how To- do Z
professor. hut I know how to mix the
spray. but can't tel how I docs it,
, Many OF our lecturers do not even
know how 10 advise others, an adj
Vania"" that ti' professor AT lcpst
{ had