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TheWcckly Florists^ Review* 



OCTOBEU 5, 1005. 



CHICAGO'S FLOWER SHOW 



The f905 Feature 



One and one-half acres of floor space 

 in the mammoth ^ 



Coliseum Building 



WATCH FOR EXTRA PREMIUIVI OFFERS 



NOVEMBER 7 to 11, inclusive 



Advance Premium Lists may be had by addressing E» A* Kanst, 

 Assistant Secretary, 5700 Cottage Grove Ave.^ Chicago* 



GEORGE SSMUS, Manager. 



P. S. — Owing to the drawing qualities of the Coliseum and the several new 



features, the attendance at this show is expected to be 



at least doubirt that of any previous year 



of mutual interest has been established 

 and cemented. 



It is unnecessary to here enumerate 

 the cheap and unworthy devices by which 

 many employers put themselves out of 

 the ideal class. It is enough to state 

 that the ideal employer is a high-minded 

 fgentleman or gentlewoman who scorns 

 the tricks of the fakir. Discipline must 

 be enforced; profits must be realized; 

 order and decorum must prevail. But 

 all this Avill be accomplished in a spirit 

 of justice and responsibility. 



In commercial transactions and manu- 

 facturing there is a third party to the 

 relations of the employer and employee, 

 and that is the patron, customer or buy- 

 er, summarized as the public. Be it 

 food, raiment or other material things, 

 the buyer expects and is entitled to good 

 value for his money. 



Dishonest dealings cannot be made re- 

 spectable by being labeled as "demands 

 of business." In a western prison are 

 now confined five ex-bank officials, and it 

 would be interesting to learn how many 

 of them began their downward career by 

 placing their distorted views of the de- 

 mands of business before honesty. It is 

 not an ideal employer that condones 

 sharp practice by his employees or cus- 

 tomers. 



But the ideal employer will impress 

 and enforce fearless honesty on those 

 under him; rendering "unto Caesar the 

 things that are Caesar's and unto God 

 the things which are God's." 



The Review sends Saltford's Violet 

 Book for 25 cents. 



Montgomery on Grafted Roses for 

 Forcing sent on receipt of 25 cents. 



THE METAIRIE PLANT. 



The new greenhouse plant of the 

 Metairie Ridge Nursery Co., at New Or- 

 leans, is the largest and most complete 

 of its kind in the whole south. It covers 

 60,000 square feet of ground, or one and 

 one-half acres. It is equipped with the 

 very latest appliances in heating, ven- 

 tilating and watering. 



It is strictly a New Orleans enterprise, 

 the company being backed by local cap- 

 ital and headed by southern men. 



The plant was begun last April and 

 has been in process of building ever 

 since. It is located on Metairie Ridge. 

 Ijouisiana cypress has been used almost 

 exclusively in the construction, and a 

 peculiar feature is that although the tim- 

 ber came from Louisiana swamps, it was 

 found advantageous to buy it milled at 

 Chicago. Over two car-loads of 1^4 -inch 

 piping were used in constructing the 

 heating plant. In glazing the roofs of 

 the houses, two car-loads of glass and 

 over three tons of putty were used, with 

 six tons of white lead in the painting. 

 A large packing and potting house is 

 located to the rear of the greenhouses, 

 25x165 feet, slate covered. The water 

 is supplied by Bayou Metairie, which 

 pasfes through the grounds. Two large 

 gasoline engines are used to pump \yater 

 into two large tanks, elevated on 30-foot 

 towers. 



For irrigating purposes, a 6-inch cen- 

 trifugal pump and an electric motor are 

 used. This pump has a capacity of 1,000 

 gallons per minute, located on the Seven- 

 teenth street canal, and brings the water 

 through 6-inch iron pipes a distance of 

 1,000 feet to the nursery. 



It is the aim of this new nurserv 



concern to grow cut flowers on a scale 

 never before undertaken in the far south. 

 Harry Papworth is president; A. R. 

 Blakely, vice-president; Dr. Isadora 

 Dyer, treasurer, and Charles L. Sieber, 

 secretary. The first roses and carnations 

 from the new greenhouses were cut on 

 September 16. 



Milwaukee, "Wis. — Louis A. Riemer 

 is installing the heating apparatus in the 

 new greenhouses of Robert Wolff. 



Bay Shore, N. Y.— The Bay Shore 

 Horticultural Society will hold its second 

 annual exhibition at Coulton opera house 

 October 24 and 25. ^he premium list 

 may be had by addressing Secretary J. 

 J, Carroll. 



New Orleans, La. — The fall show is 

 now assured. The Sunshine Society will 

 have charge, the florists providing the ex- 

 hibits. The trade committee consists of 

 J. A. Newsham, P. A. Chopin, Chas. Eble 

 and Paul Abele. 



FiNDLAY, O. — N. R. and Earl Swan 

 have sold their greenhouses and business 

 to J. J. Waaland & Co., who are now 

 conducting the establishment. Mr. Waal- 

 and was formerly foreman for the Fos- 

 toria Floral Co., Fostoria, O. N. R. 

 Swan will devote all his time to his 

 greenhouse business at Lima. 



I HAVE much pleasure in saying a few 

 words in praise of the Review, as I find 

 your very valuable paper a great source 

 of profit and pleasure. I look forward 

 every week for its arrival and would not 

 be without it for several times the price. 

 — Joseph Slade, Red Door, Alberta. 



