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HORTICULTURE. 



December 4, 1909 



^, FLORISTS' /^ ,^Special 



^^ XMAS ^ ;i*f Offer ,^^^ ,, 



HERE IS AN OPPORTUNITY that no far-seeing Florist can afford to overlook. MY 

 XMAS OFFER IS A SURE MEANS OF PROFIT and just the opportunity for the Florist who 

 has never handled Goldfish, Aquaria Goods, etc., and wishes to give this line a fair trial 

 This exceptional offer embraces a well chosen and wide range of Globes, Goldfish, etc .that will allow you to 

 make excellent display. The outlay is small, the gain larg.e and you ca^nDt fail to profit by the in/aslin^ 



Goldfish and Aquariums are most acceptable^ Holiday Gifts. 

 Pleasing to young andj old, rich and poor. | 



XMAS NEAR. LAST CHANCE. ORDER NOW. DON'r!lDELAY. 



Invest $20.50 Realize $55.00 1 Gain $34.50 



For $20.50 I Will Send You Tlie Following: 



fi Tripod Aquarium complete with 2 (iol.in^Ii, Aquaria Ornament, Plant. Pebbles and Shells for each, satin bow and brass ^ ^^ 



6 Novelty Globes with beaded rim and brass chain complete with 3 Goldfish. Plant. Pebbles and Shells for each. RETAILS ^ ^^ 



6 Half* Gan^n'^G^oS.^f "ompVet;' with ' i' GiidHsh." Aquaila OrnamenV.' piant,' ' Pebbles ' and ' Shells' for '^ach. ■kETAlL.S AT 50c ' 



*>fj-1> OUTFIT ,...,.,,.,......•••••••--•■•••••■■•■•••■•■•*••■ .....■....•......................•■...-••■.•• o.vw 



6 One Gallon G lolies " eompVete with i GoldHsh, Aquaria Ornament, Plant. Pebbles and Shells and Floating Duck for each. ^ ^^ 



6 Two'^GaUoif ^ilobes fom'^le't^^wi^i 4' Goldflsh.' Aquaria Or'nameit.' Plk^^^^^ Shells and Large Floating Duck for ^^^ 



2 T^hil^ GalTo^"GlobeT c*o'mplete wilh « GoldflslV, Large Aquaria OrnWnienV.' Plant. Pebbles and Shells. Large Floating Duck. 



Imported Majolica or Lava Base for each. RETAILS AT $3.50 PER OUTFIT.. . . . V ' ;,V ' V ' ,; -.l; ', ii. V. 



1 One ami a Half Gallon American I noted Globe complete with 4 Goldfish. Large .-Vquaria Ornament, Plant, Pebbles and Shells 



and Floating Duck. RETAILS AT ; f™ 



46 Boxes Fish Food (Imported Waf.-rs). RETAILS AT 10c PER BOX 4-60 



EXTRA 



26 Medium Goldfish. RETAIL .\T lOc each •. J-50 



25 Silverfish. RETAIL AT 5c each '-Jo 



25 Tadpoles. RETAIL AT 5c each. J-'" 



GRAND TOTAI, $55.00 



Terms' Strictly cash. Orderwill receive immediate attention. ( loods forwarded by freight, tracer follow- 

 ing, goldlish and plints by express. Take ad.'antage of this preate-t ot offers Oincr fl.risis have found goldfish .,_.„. __|^ 

 profitable. S3 will you. .^f.itest Catalogue on Gjldfish, Aquaria Supplies, Birds, Cages. Bird Foods, etc. mailed on fl^-\J^, -. :":. ]i^p~ 

 request.! M/' -^^"^s^^ 



tapv^.j^'ij BISHOP the Bird Man and 'Pioneer Goldfish King ^p^"^ 



»i3«s?r;iH(^?^r Established 3J yearg.lMaln Store Office and Shipping Uept.,5 



"^ 12 N.' Front Street, BALTI MORE , MP. ^^i^ ^ji 



LOOKING OUTWARD. branches, develop leaves, bud. bios- in the trade today. You may be a 

 (A paper read before the Minnesota State som. seed and decay. Isn't the evolu- good grower and secure all the first 

 Florists' Association by S. D. Dyslnger.) tion of life in human, animal or vege- prizes at the shows, your roses may 

 To a man cooped up in an office table kingdoms the most interesting be the talk of the country, your car- 

 ten hours a day, the outward view in thing possible on this old globe of nations and violets may be sought 

 our business is always the rosy one. ours? And when you assist Nature in after by the best buyers, your gerani- 

 The fellows who work in the fresh the development of life and beauty urns and bedding plants may be the 

 air amid the growing flower.-i are to aren't you more interested than you finest in the land, your chrysanthe- 

 be envied. They work with their would be In chasing facts and figures mums may be as large as wash tubs, 

 hands and gain a glorious appetite. in an office? and your fame as a grower may be 

 and if they woik with their heads the ^ Business to Love national. You may be "it" in the tlor- 

 result is seen in better flowers, choicer ' ist world with a big I, but if you are 

 varieties or improved sorts. Na ure Someone has aptly said. "The un- all these and mere and fail to look 

 lends a helping hand an 1 from th? devout astronomer is mad," and it alter the clerical end of your work, 

 common weeds ot our lorefathers liave might truthfully be i:aid, "The unbe- you will never be in the front ranks 

 been evolved the priceless beauties of lieving florist is mad." Perhaps I of the trade, but will dnidge out your 

 today. Surely work with such sur- may be called a "sentimental old life for a mere pittance and go bank- 

 roundings oug'ht to bring out the maid" for expressing these thoughts, rupt in the end. 

 best there is in any man's mental or hut I will go farther than the obi "Keeoina Tabs" 

 spiritual being. The office man in maid and say that any florist- wl o is P g • 

 many ways becomes narrow, wedded not in love with the growing end of No matter whether your busine.ss is 

 to single ideas, systema'ic and auto- his business ought to get out an.l small or large, no matter whtther you 

 matic. He may admire what you sta> out. The trade is not lisn fitted have one 30-loct greenhouse or a mil- 

 growers produce, but he does not fall by anyone wlo sees only the dark lion feet, it is essential for the sue- 

 in love with his work and surround- sides and difficulties of the business. ' cess of your business that you have 

 lugs the way you fellows ought to. While the office man's posi ion is some method of bookkeeping, of keep- 

 What can be more interesting than not as pleasant as the outside man's. ing accounts, of knowing what your 

 to watch the seed swell, become a it Is nevertheless an important one, receipts and disbursements are and 

 living plant, put forth roots ami and ri^ht theie is the weakest point what yrur jiiofils are. You need not 



