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The Florists' Review 



Mat 28, 1014. 



A Few Memorial Day Necessaries 



Browm Pottery C«in«tory Vas«s 



lO-inch $1.35 per doz.; $ 8.00 per 100 



12-mch 1.50 per doz.; 10.00 per 100 



Qr««ii Tin C«m«t«ry Vas«s 



10-inch 75c per doz.; $5.50 per 100 



Magnolia Loaves 



Bed, Green, Bronze $1.50 per carton 



Oroon Moss Wroaths 



10-inch $1.00 per doz. 



12-inch 1.25 per doz. 



14-inch 1.50 per doz. 



Artificial Flowors 



Per 100 $2.00 



Ruscus 



Per lb 75c 



Yazoo Groon Throad 



8 2-oz. spools to a box 75c 



Oroon Cut Flowor Boxos 



18 X 6x31^ $ 2.75 per 100 



24 X 5x3% 3.00 per 100 



28 X 5x8 5.00 per 100 



24 X 8x4 5.00 per 100 



36 X 8x5 7.00 per 100 



40 X 10 X 6 10.00 per 100 



Immortolloa 



Red, Blue, Purple $4.00 per doi. 



White, Yellow 3.00 per doz. 



Cycas Loavoty Asaortod SIzos 



8 to 12 $ 3.00 per 100 



12 to 16 3.75 per 100 



16 to 20 4.50 per 100 



20 to 24 5.25 per 100 



26 to 28 6.00 per 100 



29 to 32 6.50 per 100 



33 to 36 7.00 per 100 



37 to 40 8.00 per 100 



41 to 44 9.50 per 100 



44 to 48 10.50 per 100 



Eastern Ferns per 1000, $3.50 



Southern Cut Ferns per 1000, 



Galax, Bronze and Green. per 1000, 

 Leucothoe, 50c per 100. . .per 1000, 



/^..^ f Boses, 



2.50 V^Ut \ Carnations, 



i'gO Flowers /SweetPeas, 



4.50 V Stocks, 



Write for quotations on your Memorial day order. 

 Phonos Main 980 and 981 



Snapdragons, 

 Peonies, 

 Cape Jasmines, 

 Lilies, etc. 



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Subject to 

 market prices. 



WILLIAM MURPHY, Wholesale Commission Horist, 



Mention The BeTlew when yon write. 



329 Nain Street, CINCINNATI, O. 



The loss from this cause is consider- 

 able. 



With a view to obviating this loss it 

 is proposed to adopt a system of cold 

 storage. In the course of various trials 

 it was found that if flowers, immedi- 

 ately on being cut, were placed in cold 

 storage from twenty-four to forty- 

 eight hours, they afterwards preserved 

 their freshness much better, even after 

 a long railway journey in mild weather. 

 Another advantage of cold storage was 

 that the growers were enabled in pe- 

 riods of glut to keep cut flowers for 

 two or three days before dispatching 

 them. With a view to developing the 

 cold storage principle the Paris, Lyon 

 & Mediterranean railway has been 

 asked by the various commercial syn- 

 dicates interested in the flower trade 

 to place a cold storage train daily at 

 the disposal of the growers, instead of 

 the special daily flower l^ain that now 

 exists. The railway company replies 

 that it would hav-e to raise its tariff, 

 and that a 5-kilo (11-pound) parcel of 

 flowers, which now, under parcel post 

 rates, is carried from Nice to Paris for 

 16 cents, would, if carried by cold stor- 

 age vans, cost 25 cents. The growers 

 cannot afford to pay such tariffs, but 

 have offered to take a certain number 

 of cold storage vans daily from the 

 company with a minimum guarantee 

 of $78 per van from Nice to Paris. In 

 consequence of this offer the railway 

 company agreed to make a trial with 

 one or two cold storage vans in April, 

 1914. 



During the last fifteen years the 

 competition on the Italian side of the 

 Riviera has been making itself felt. 

 Twenty years ago there were no Ital- 

 ian flower gardens, but since 1900 an 

 enormous development has taken place, 

 and whereas in 1895 the Italian Riviera 

 was a barren waste so far as winter 

 floral growth was concerned, the entire 

 coast from Ventimiglia to Porto Mau- 

 ricio is now a vast garden of winter 

 roses, violets and carnations. As stated 

 above, no less than 1,000,000 cases of 

 flowers were dispatched in the winter 

 of 1913 from the Italian Riviera, the 

 commercial value being over $5,000,000. 

 Profits, however, are less in proportion 

 than on the French side of the Riviera, 

 because, curiously enough, the Italian 



land requires more expensive manur- 

 ing, the cost of suitable land is higher, 

 and labor, instead of being cheaper 

 than on the French side, as might be 

 supposed, is, on the contrary, dearer. 

 The reason given is that the Piedmont- 

 ese flower laborers and gardeners pre- 

 fer to seek employment on the French 

 side, and in order to induce them to 

 stay in Italy, higher wages have to be 

 offered. The Italian flower trade has 

 captured Jtaly, Austria and a large 

 part of South Germany from the French 

 growers, and now threatens to compete 

 for the Spanish, Portuguese and Alger- 

 ian trade, for, strange as it may ap- 

 pear, all cut flowers in the shape of 

 winter roses and carnations seen at 

 florists' shops in such southern cities 

 as Seville, Lisbon, Algiers and Con- 

 stantinople come from the French or 

 Italian Riviera. Both at Seville and at 

 Lisbon the climate would permit of 

 winter floral culture, but no attempt 

 is made to grow winter roses or carna- 

 tions, because the demand is insuffi- 

 cient to make it profitable. — Daily Con- 

 sular and Trade Reports. 



Want tnd Ftr Sale Department 



IVAdrertiaementa under this head lO eents 

 per line, cash with order from all who do not do 

 other adTertlalngr. In aendlng remittance count 

 ■eTen words to the line. 



Display adrertlsemento in this department $1.30 

 for one inch space. 



When answers are to be sent In oar care, add 10 

 cents for forwarding. 



Plant adTertieements not admitted ander this head 



SITUATION WANTED— By man of experionce 

 for the ^rowiDf; of cut flowers, pot or bedding 

 plants. Address No. 228, care Florists' Review, 

 Chicago. 



SITDATION WANTED— By a No. 1 grower of 

 roses; life erperienoe, capable of taking full 

 charge. Address No. 289, care Florists' Review, 

 Chicago. 



SITUATION WANTED— By a first-class vege- 

 table grower under glass; married; good ref- 

 erences. Address No. 241, care Florists' Review, 

 Chicago. 



SITUATION WANTED— By young man, age 20, 

 as rose helper; three years' experience; best 

 references; state wages in first letter. Address 

 No. 287, care Florists' Review. Chicago. 



SITUATION WANTED— By .voung man as car- 

 nation grower; six years' experience; best 

 references; state wages in first letter. Address 

 No. 286, care Florists' Review, Chicago. 



SITUATION WANTED— A store man, designer, 

 decorator, general maker. up, wishes. to corre- 

 spond for future permanent position; Pacific coast. 

 Address No. 188, care Florists' Review, Chicago. 



SITUATION WANTED— By two young men, age 

 20 and 25, on same place; three and six years' 

 experience; best references; state wages in first 

 letter. Address No. 288, care Florists' Review, 

 Chicago. 



SITUATION WANTED— As manager or foreman 

 for the growing of cut flowers, pot or bed- 

 ding plants; middle-aged, active, experienced, 

 trustworthy. Address No. 284, care Florists' Re- 

 view, Chicago. 



SITUATION WANTED— By life experienced 

 grower of roses, carnations, mums, decorative 

 and bedding plants; middle-aged, single, sober, 

 industrious; state wages. Address No. 246, care 

 Florists' Review, Chicago. 



SITUATION WANTED— By a young German, 

 26 years old, good at forcing plants; under- 

 stands growing roses, carnations, mums, pot 

 plants, etc; state wages In first letter. Oscar 

 H. Wurtenberger, Interlaken School, Rolling 

 Prairie. Ind. 



SITUATION WANTED— On commercial place 

 by German, age 40, married, no family, 

 strictly temperate; 15 years' experience in green- 

 house and landscape work; 4 years on last place; 

 best references if wanted; state wages and size 

 of your place. Address No. 260, care Florists' 

 Review, Chicago. 



SITUATION WANTED— By competent all-round 

 grower, especially good on roses and carna- 

 tions; lifetime experience; middle-aged, German, 

 married, no children; only good, permanent place 

 considered, where good services are appreciated 

 and a good proposition is offered. Address No. 

 247, care Florists' Review, Chicago. 



SITUATION WANTED— Landscape architect, 

 best of technical and horticultural schooling 

 and experience In Germany and this country; 

 able, trustworthy; 10 yeartf with famous, large 

 eastern cemetery; position wanted with cemetery, 

 park or with private concern as designer and 

 executive; large experience in all branches of 

 gardening. Address No. 222, care Florists' Re- 

 view, Chicago. 



ELP WANTED— A good German grower for a 

 small place. Address W. B. Maxwell, Alva, 

 Okla. 



ELP WANTED— Man for rose section; good 

 grower. Address, with references. No. 197, 

 care Florists' Review, Chicago. 



ELP WANTED— Two good men for greenhoOM 

 work; honest, able bodied, good growers. 

 Address No. 94, care Florists' Review, Ch icago. 



HELP WANTED— A good pot plant grower to 

 work under foreman; reply stating age, ex- 

 perience and wages expected, to Thomas Roland, 

 Nahant, Mass. 



HELP WANTED— Live florist, must be good pot- 

 ter and have some experience in outside bed- 

 ding; send references with amount of wages re- 

 quired, to Carl Hlrsch, Hillsdale, Mich. 



ELP WANTED— Live man (married "pn- 



ferred), who understands the growing of 



mums, ferns and bedding plants; steady position 



to the right man. I, Shelby Crall Co., Mononga- 



hela. Pa. 



HELP WANTED — Experienced grower of pot 

 plants; state age, salary demanded, refer- 

 ences and full particulars in first letter; no 

 drinkers need apply. Address No. 242, care Flo- 

 rists' Review, Chicago. 



HELP WANTED— Good, all-round greenhouse 

 man for pot plants, and a propagator; must 

 be of good habits and must understand the 

 business; none others need apply. Address No. 

 288, care Florists' Review, Chicago. 



