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The Florists' Review 



March 1, 1917. 





Efficient Houses 



The most careful and conservative growers all over the United States recog- 

 nize the merits of our construction. It is the method that gives you durable, 



modem houses. The best equipment and labor-saving devices, combined with strict economy, 



enable us to quote the lowest prices for the bebt materials. 



Write for our i^etches and eatimates. 



Order what you need, either for repairs or new houses. 



aRECNNOUSC MATERIAL HARDWARE HOTBED SASH 



ICKES-BRAUN MILL CO. 



2330 WABANSIA AVENUE, 



(Near Western and North Aves.) 



CHICAGO, ILL. 



BRAMPTON, ONT. 



The weather has moderated slightly 

 and the coal situation has become less 

 acute. There have been more frozen 

 shipments of flowers this winter than in 

 any previous season in this province, and 

 the statement seems to apply generally 

 throughout the Dominion. The man who 

 can invent a light, frost-proof box to 

 carry long-distance shipments, would 

 soon be on good terms with the larger 

 growers. 



The outlook for the future is not alto- 

 gether bright for those who have to 

 enter into new contracts for coal for 

 neoct season, and profits must be counted 

 out for this year for the grower, if we 

 mistake not. There are one or two 

 firms outside Toronto who at this time 

 of the year seem to go out of their way 

 to demonstrate that they are not in the 

 greenhouse business for profit; that it is 

 rather a matter of sentiment which per- 

 suades them to buy daffodil bulbs at $1 

 per hundred, prepare the soil for them, 

 give them rertarding room for weeks and 

 then force them under glass, only to 

 dump them on a Saturday market for 

 exactly the same money. As the old 

 song says, "It's very funny, but it's 

 true," although in these days, when the 

 idea of thriftiness should appeal to every- 

 one, the scheme does not seem to do 

 credit to one 's business perspicacity. 



The year's test with women and girls 

 in the greenhouses has proved that the 

 new workers are capable of a great deal 

 more than was thought possible when 

 they were first called upon to assist. 

 They now form more than twenty-five 

 per cent of the staff and are all getting 

 rich quickly, God bless 'em! 



Sweet peas are arriving in splendid 

 shape just now, and are far better in 

 quality than they have been during the 

 last five or six years. Violets also are 

 a great success this season. 



W. G. P. 



Clarion, la. — A store has been opened 

 here by Nicholson & Stutters, who have 

 given an order to the J. C. Moninger Co., 

 of Chicago, for the erection in April of a 

 house 30x75. 



Henry, 8. D. — Two of C. L. Bauman 's 

 six ambitious sons this year are going to 

 tackle the florists' business, in a town 

 of 12,000, and father says he is going 

 to see them start with. the best equip- 

 nient to be had. Two greenhouses will 

 be erected this spring. 



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Prepare Your Soil with 



HERMAN'S SOa AND 

 MANURE GRINDER 



and have it ready when 

 spring comes. Now is 

 tlie time to order. 



O. H. HERMAN 



lO Peart Str«cC 

 council; BLUFFS, IOWA 



Mwitloa The Barlew irfcen yon writ*. 



1866-1917 



GREENHOUSE 

 LUMBER 



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Fre* Trial. Send no money for trial outfit. Price per 

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 Sl.26; 6000, $3.00; 10.000. $4.76; 26.000. $11.26: 60.000, $20.00. 



Postage prepaid. All Seedsmen. Used the world over. 



BAUB FLOML CO.. Erie, Pa. 



SUPERIOR CARNATION STAPLES 



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SPLIT CARNATIONS 



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"Best device on the 



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