merce" of the present day is not at all likely to have to start under as many difficulties, particularly those of finance, and he cannot help but be encouraged through reading these records.
As a result of his long experience, his perseverance and his ability Mr. Skidelsky is today one of the best known men in the florist trade, and thus his narrative, which gathers within itself much of the very essence of floricultural history in the United States, may be looked upon as standard.
Enormous advances in the cut flower and plant industry, and in the sale of florists' and all other supplies, have been made, and practically all of these transitions are faithfully noted by our chronicler and in the order in which they came about.
THE PUBLISHERS.
