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The Florists' Review 



OCTOUEU 18, 11)17. 



(■\picv'< tiiiiii (•.•ii-h rity ;ni<l :iiiii(juiic(' 

 till- III liiit li the |>i '\ iitr ;iii(| cdrn iiicic ia 1 

 .lrl■"^^'•|^ ill t lic'ir .list ri<-ls. '|-|i,. ^ciinu- 

 riiii-cst iiPii nf .■Niiicvs niatlcr ill lln- 



<'a>t ^\a^ 



li>-i us>ci! and, iT t Ihmc a re siiii 



ll''l' '■iill,L;c,'<ti'i| i-dlnl It iniiN at tlic tillir dl' 

 ^lli|'||ill.L; I'xliil.itv to CI. 'Mian. I, it w a - 

 su,y;4r>t.'(| that rxliiliitor-- plan un ic 

 scrx Jul; I'lillinan drawiii^^ inniiis and 

 tlifii Iliad all .'xliiliii- in the I'lillnian in 

 stead dl' iisin- the cNincss car. thus as 

 ■sin iiii;- th.^ aiii\ al ol' all cxliildts on the 

 sanu' train with the cxhihit.irs. jt was 

 ilt'cidcd to aji|M.iiit a spiM iai roniniittcc 

 to liavi' (•liar;^»' ol' the i-cfidpt ot' ship 



nifiits and tlicy witc instriudcd to plact' 

 a man at tin' (lc|iots with a s|ii'cial triiidi 

 at his ('iinniand to assure the cxliiltitois 

 III' |iidni|it d(di\('i'y scrx ice to (irays 

 Alinnry, wlicic the show is to lie lichl. 

 All i-onimif tec ( liairincii n'poi'tt'd their 

 work ill such sliajte as to insure the suc- 

 cess 111' this, the only lii;; fall tradi' show- 

 in t his count r\- this vear. 



EXHIBITORS AT ILLINOIS MEET. 



The rollowiiii; firins lia\i' tukeu s[»uce 

 in the llowcr show to lie iitdd ai (>ales- 

 liur^, .\o\ ('inlu'r (i and 7, I>y the Illi- 

 nois Slate Florists' Association: 



roehlniaun I'.ros. Co., ChiiiaKo; iJur- 

 linyton Willow W.are Shops, Hurliiiytoii. 

 la.; .\inerican (ireenhouse -M t f^'. Co.^ 

 Chica-^o; A. L. iJandall Co., Chi- 

 cago; Ionia I'ottery ( 'o., Ionia, 

 Mich.; .lolin ( '. Monin^iM- Co.. Chica<;(i; 

 N'aujihan's Seeil Store, ( hicatid: the 

 i-'oley (ireenhouse .\lt'<;. ('o., Cliicai;(i; 

 <'l»icaj4(i l''ee(l i^ i-'eiiiii/er ('o.; A. 

 Dietscdi \; Co., ("liicayo, and the Ki'oes 

 (dudl Bros. Co., Chicago. 



A trade display su(di as this assures 

 success and it will jiay e\ cry llorist in 

 the state oi' Illinois to attend. 



J. J., rillsl.iuy, Tres. 



WAR'S WAY WITH WORK AND WOMEN 



WOMEN IN GREENHOUSES. 



Replace Men Called to War. 



A\ar has caili'd so iuan\- \'ouni; men 

 that liorists excry where are c(uu|ilain- 

 iiiL; ;il)out the shortage of lulxu' in all 

 lii:niclies of the tr.adc. While this con- 

 'li'i'iii is causing consideralde tidulle 

 ill ""' rnited States, the lloilsts of 

 Canaila wi'i'e hit iiiindi hard.'r. (ireat 

 lii'itain 's iiei'(| t'or men in t he earlv 

 staL;'es oi' the war was so Ljreat tliat 

 piactically everyone cajialile ot' licariiii; 

 ;iiiiis wa'- called. This exo.liis ol' men 

 left maii\ \ acaiiri.'s in 1 1.,. i rade, w lii(di 

 li.'iv<' lieeii lille.i a- !'a 1 a- |Hi~sildc with 



W'olnell. 



<'iie ol' tlie estalilislimeiit-~ where 

 \\||ine!i are emploxrd ill till' -reeiihoiises 

 is that of the Dale I'Nlate. I'.raiiiplon, 

 < 'lit- The ill iio\ at ion ha- liecu t ried 

 'liiiiiiu Ihe la-t two year- and it has 

 lieeii found that the women workers 

 are as prolicdeiit as men. ju -(jiuc 



liraiudies of ^rc'ell llollvi' Wdik, it is ,|c- 

 "■l;ii'ed, they -how greater dexterit\, 

 especiall\- where the lin^i'is are used, 

 as in liiiiichinu \io|ets. striiiL^inii car- 

 nations and Weeding. 



The fonwdiiian, foi- the thirtv or 

 inoir Women employed at the P.rainpton 

 ot.-i lilishinent ;ire sujier\ isi^d ]>v one of 

 tlieir sex, as>cit- thai women li,'i\e 

 jiroxed tliein-elxes capaide of takiiiu; 



t he pl.'lces \ acat ed liy t he men. 



"Naturally, :i- hm- as thi- wretched 

 war lasts wdiiien are likelv to ri'iiiain 

 in the Lireeiihoiise Work, -o t'a r ;i- I 

 can .jiidee. Compare tlu- int er<-st iiii: 

 \ a liet V ot' Work t hi'y are called on to 

 undertake: t he hour- t liev ha \ e to 

 ■'peiid under l;I;i--. and the wear and 



tear on their ille\pel|si\e clothe- com 

 |iare tlie-e I'actoi- with tlio-e in\o|\ed 



in muiiition m;ikiiiL;, or factiuv xvorK" 

 iif an \- ki ml, and it will he found t hat 

 llie life in the coiiiitr\-, a w a v from the 

 noise of inachiiieiv and the hiilduili in 

 eideiital to crow. led cities, ha- I'ar le-- 

 ^\■astillu effect iip<iii the axcra^e wom 

 an ■- const it iit ioii ami a L;reat dea 1 



lUoli' to lecomillelld it ^ e 11 e i;i 1 1 \- than 

 olli' collhl lia\e t'(H-|'seell ill the eood old 



d;iy- lii't'ore the \\ ar lie^ia n. ' ' 



Prove Capable Workers. 



Th i- i- what the t drew oiiia ii al I he 

 I'ale K-tate, lliamptoii. (Int.. -aid when 

 she wa- a-ked it' the i'ni|i|oynient ol' 

 Women in i;reeuhoiise- had proved a. 

 silcce-s. In ch.'irue of lietWeell thirty 

 .'ind foitv of her ■^ex, whose a^^es r;iii"'e 



from IS to ;>N y(>ai's, slie jiroudly assert- 

 ed tliat durine- the last two years there 

 had lieeii no task set them that they had 

 failed to accomplish. 



''.lust show them once how to liuncli 

 violets, and there is no further trou- 

 Ide,"' she continued. ''Their fineers are 

 much (piickei' than men's; and so with 

 disluiddinjf cai'iiations. ' ' 



''How alioiit strin^iiij;' caimations ." ' 

 was asked. 



■'The o'irls can do it in nearly lialf 

 the time, only the lieiidin^ oxer I'eiiders 

 il a less likalde Joli, like wcedine, 

 I'or instance. However, ]ii(d\iiiir carna- 

 tions, coiintino and ^ra<linL:' them, and 

 |iu1tin;; them away in the cellar is com- 

 paratively sim|ile lalior. They cari'v 

 in the roses, erade them carefully and 

 put them away in vases in the cell.'ir 

 to await shipment. Thev also cut 

 till' \;illev ;iiid i^rade it. .'iml pick asp;ir- 

 aL;us and adi.antum occ'isionall v. Thev 

 clean the oiadiids, aiul regard this as 

 rathei- a respoiisi Me t;i-k. .\t presi'iit 

 some ai'e tyin^ up mums and others are 

 planting liullis, 



' ' .\o, t hey do not ti ml the work mo not 

 oiKMis. 1 1' there is ;i ny siLjii of ilnllness, 

 sonieoui' iisnallv starts up a chorus like 

 •( )ld folks at Home,' or '{)\ er There," 

 ;iiid thev will siiiL;' away for a couple 

 of hours, workino all the while, almost 

 without kno\vin'.i it. Thev woi'k iiest 



in "groups of seven or ei<i;ht, "with some- 

 one with tiiem to set the pace." 



Many Scorn Overalls. 



" TTow^ a])()nt overalls.' Do thoy pre- 

 fer thcni to oi'dinary clothes.'" 



"Some do and some do not. Many 

 stick to tlu>ir thick ajirons rather than 

 run the risk of Ixdny taken for a man; 

 and while there aie some .iolis that an; 

 more convenientl.v' done in oxcralls, 

 dii'ss lias been allowed to remain a 

 matte!' of personal choice."" 



' ' How .'I lioiit the lioiirs .' " ' 



''They do not j^rumlile. Thev can .'ill 

 o'et to and from wdik in ten minules or 

 so. They do not ha\i' to liani; on to a 

 str.'ip in a noisy cir, and they enjoy 

 he.'ilthier ,'iir, both in siimmi'r :ind win- 

 tei, than ninety \>vv cent of the women 

 who le.'iNC their homes to earn a 

 li\ i 11 i;. 



Keferellce W.'is in.'lde to the ;;ills wcai'- 

 in^' little aprons with pockets on e;ich 

 side. These were speciall\' niaile to re- 

 pl.'ice lio.\es that fornii'rl\' were nse(l 

 to hold the c;i rn.'it ion shoots ,'iiid luids. 

 The .'iiiron lia;; is on the spot all the 

 time, and a i;re,'i1 deal ot' time is s.aved. 



In some ot' the women the .'imiiitiou 



to e-|()w soini'thillL; is .'llre.'idv de\ ('lop- 

 ing, and it ma\' not lie loni^. jiidoinj^ })y 

 the c.'iiei'id manner in whicdi they study 

 cultural iiot(s in The I'hiii-ts" l\e\iew. 



Girls Disbudding Carnations at the Establishment of the Dale Estate, Brampton, Ont. 



