We were in some doubt about passing R. C. Poppey's paper in our last. It had too personal a tone about it, and yet seemed to be disinterested. We are now sorry we did. Mr. Grove P. Rawson writes from Elmira, that Poppey came to him on trial as a foreman. He was found undesirable, and was given to understand that he was not wanted around. He stayed a few weeks in the town, and Mr. Rawson believes there are some who would like to know where he has gone to. On again reading Poppey's note it is evidently so written as to convey the idea that there are no florists' establishments in Elmira, though he does not absolutely say so. Such was our impression when we passed the note for publication. In reference to this Mr. Rawson says:

"Elmira has seven distinctive florist concerns, and some others who combine market gardening. Four make a living, the others eke out in other ways. I am doing well myself, for I have a good location, have been long established and give satisfaction; besides, am fairly supplied with means. I do not find it difficult to recognize the spite in his article, as he had already hinted it. A new-comer in Elmira would not find the rare inducements referred to, but a competition as sharp and earnest as anywhere".

Mr. Rawson adds to the above some comments in relation to the character of the communication; but we feel that these are needless, for every reader will supply his own epithets much more forcibly than any we dare put into print.

Mr. R. C. Poppey now complains that he has not been fairly treated in turn. He writes from Wilmington, Mass., that he can be found by any one who may '"want to know where he is gone to," and that the postmaster at Elmira will give any inquiring mind his full address. He did come on " trial one month," and that trial was so satisfactory to Mr. Rawson that he remained one year with him. Mr. P. sends testimonials from former employers that his character and abilities are in every way satisfactory.

As we have been dragged into these personal matters, it is but fair that this much more be given.

Mr. P. protests that the only object he had was to offer the opinion that there was a good opening for a first-class florist in Elmira. If he had said that there were some florists in a small way, or florists of some other character with room for one with higher aims, or some such qualifications, his communication would not have been open to any criticism. But it gave the impression that there were no other florists of any kind at Elmira, and it was this impression that brought about the personal remarks, out of place in a journal like ours, and which we regret proprietor of the Philadelphia Record, a large house has been built to test their experiences, grounds. It took this year over 30,000 plants to fill the flower beds in the garden.