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The Florists^ Review 



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tion men quit in a body. The helpers 

 stayed. The members of the Wietor fam- 

 ily took off their coats and prepared to 

 work in the greenhouses until such time 

 as the vacancies could be filled. During 

 the first week several new men were 

 hired and four of the "strikers" asked 

 for their places back. With things run- 

 ning systematically again, further ap- 

 plications from the former employees 

 were declined. 



Everywhere in the trade wages have 

 been advanced more than the average 

 wholesale price of flowers has gone up, 

 although it is hard for some of the 

 workers to believe it. 



"The Liyes of Great Men." 



All the Christian world celebrates a 

 birthday in December, making one of 



the biggest flower days in the year. But 

 there are other birthdays in December 

 which are worth noting, as they include 

 the names of some of the trade's 

 leaders: 



Birthday December Year 



A. L. Randall 7 1880 



A. Henderson 9 1875 



A. J. Zech 9 1884 



Bmil Buettner 14 1856 



George StoUery ir. 1867 



Ernst Wlenhoeber 21 1851 



Anton Then 25 1854 



As Longfellow teaches, there is a 

 lesson, as well as a friendly interest, in 

 the lives of those who make an impress 

 on the sands of our trade affairs. * 



Various Notes. 



Mrs. Joseph Kohout, wife of the 

 president of the Commercial Flower 

 Growers' Association, was operated on, 



December 5, at the Garfield Park hos- 

 pital for the second time in a few 

 months. At Thanksgiving she returned 

 home after a slow convalescence from 

 the previous illness, only to be hurried 

 back to the hospital within a week for 

 a still more serious operation, an abscess 

 having developed back of one of her 

 ears. While she rallied well from the 

 operation, the doctors held out slight 

 hope of her recovery. 



As an indication of the way things 

 are being done these days, when the 

 Johnson-Bandall Co. took over the Trav- 

 erse City refrigerator factory, July 29, 

 it had one employee, a watchman. Now 

 there are 124 and a large addition to 

 the building is going up. Besides mak- 

 ing refrigerators, with an output soon 

 to exceed 100 per day, the manufacture 



