A number of our gracious readers have expressed the wish to learn something about the flower trade in Beirut — a trade which in the past two years has become perhaps the broadest trade in this small commercial city — and here is the correspondent of "The Woman's Voice," Miss Intisar

Tabash, bringing us some delightful information on the subject.

I caught sight of him suddenly in the midst of a fragrant bower, arranging its flowers gently and tending them with a care surpassing that of a fond father for his dutiful children. The attention showing on his face stirred my curiosity and prompted me to go in and watch at close hand what was going on in that place. No sooner had I stepped forward than I found myself in a garden of Eden, surrounded by flowers of every kind and shape, tended by soft, delicate hands under the eye of a wise director of trained taste and feeling: Mr. Anis Wehbani, owner of one of the flower shops that crowd "Bab Idriss." The moment he saw me

"A flower among the flowers!" — the child Saud, son of Mr. Ratib Ramadan, one of the owners of the shop.

he came up and asked what I wished — and here I was at a loss! What was I to answer? It occurred to me to add to my knowledge of this charming trade, in the hope of taking it up myself one day! This generous gentleman welcomed my request and set about answering my questions and instructing me beyond anything I had asked. I asked him first:

Q: Can you, sir, fix the date at which the flower trade began in Lebanon?

A: I cannot fix the date of the flower trade exactly, but what I can affirm is that it is very old — though it never had anything like this breadth and spread.

Q: How does the growing of flowers differ from country to country?

A: The growing of flowers differs from region to region, and every country in the world has its own distinctions and its specialty, according to the country's soil and climate. In Colombia, for instance, the orchid abounds; in Persia, the cyclamen. But science and modern discoveries have made it easy to raise flowers outside their native soil and season. In