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The Weekly Florists^ Review. 



Jamuaby 7, 1009. 



GREENS 



Fancy Ferns per 1000, $1.50 



Galax, green or bronze " 1.00 



case of 10,000 7.50 



Leucothoe Sprays, green or 



bronze, per 100, 50c; per 1000, 4.00 

 Boxwood per lb., .20 



Per 60-lb. case 7.60 



Wild Smiiaz largest case, 5.00 



Fresh Adiantum, per 100 1.00 



Sphagnum Moss per bale, 1.00 



Per burlap sack 1.25 



Ghreen Sheet Moss.. per bale, .25 



Per bundle (5 bales) 1.00 



WIRE WORK SUPPLIES 



We manufacture Wire Work that 

 is second to none in this country. 



For its 



Workmanship, Style and Strength 



it is noted. 



Send for our Illustrated Catalogf, 



out January 1, '09. It contains hun- 

 dreds of illustrations of the very 

 latest designs in Wire Work. Save 

 money by buying from tbe manufact- 

 urers. We carry a large stock and 



Immortellea 



Baco Leaves 



Artiflolal Flowers 

 Mscnolla Leaves, creen or bronse 

 Ribbons, all iirtces 



Chiffons, tbe beat 



Cape Flowers 

 Chenille, all sizes and colors 

 Green Moss Wreatbs 

 Green Moss (dyed) 



Annealed Wire, all slses 



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We are Commission Dealers in everything in season in Cut Flowers. 

 Consignments of high grade stock of all kinds solicited. Prompt returns. 



Gilfett & Ohmer ciNciNNi^i%H.o Wholesale riorists 



Mention The Review when you write. 



to come of it. One thing is sure; the 

 retailers and decorators might make manj 

 improvements in their methods of doing 

 business, for most of them readily admit 

 that they are doing too much work on 

 which there is little or no profit. There 

 has been some complaint that the club 

 does not take this matter up, but the 

 Florists' Club here is composed largely 

 of gardeners and growers, the store men 

 not being so numerous or active, so noth- 

 ing is likely to come from that source. 

 These people will have to work it up 

 among themselves. 



David Geddis, Homestead, Pa., has 

 gone into involuntary bankruptcy. The 

 store is running under the direction of 

 a receiver until such a time as it can 

 be sold as a whole, and as there are sev- 

 eral prospective buyers it is believed that 

 the creditors will fare reasonably well. 



Jos. E. Bonsall, Salem, 0., was an 

 after-Christmas visitor; also W. H. 

 Smith, of Deyoe & Co., Oil City, Pa, 



S. C. Robens, formerly of Cleveland, 

 has purchased the business of H. C. 

 Bucheler, of Sewickley, Pa. 



Hoo-Hoo. 



DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 



So increasingly disposed has the public 

 been to ask and receive the aid of the 

 U. S. Department of Agriculture, and so 

 large have been the new fields of work 

 assigned to it by congress, that the num- 

 ber of employees has increased enor- 

 mously in the last dozen years. July 1, 

 1897, 2,444 persons were employed, and 

 eleven years later, in 1908, the number 

 was 10.420, or over four times as many. 

 Upon localizing this increase, it appears 

 that the number of employees of the 

 Weather Bureau increased from 1,075 to 

 1,705; of the Bureau of Animal Indus- 

 try from 777 to 3,152; of the Bureau of 

 Plant Industry from 127 to 976; Forest 

 Service from 14 to 3,753; Bureau of 

 Chemistry from 20 to 425; and small 

 increases in other bureaus and offices. 

 It is significant to note that the increase 

 in number of employees is mostly due to 

 service outside of Washington, in all 

 parts of the country. The number of 

 persons employed within Washington is 

 2,488, and elsewhere 7,932. 



In 1896 the Department of Agricul- 

 ture was made up of two bureaus and 

 a number of divisions. Seven other bu- 

 reaus have since been organized and the 



work of the secretary's office has been 

 developed into divisions. The general 

 change to bureau organization has great- 

 ly facilitated the work, which has rap- 

 idly grown in volume and in efficiency. 

 There has been developed a remarkable 

 force of scientists, administrators, and 

 helpers. According to Secretary Wilson, 

 the number of seasoned workers now 

 ready to administer the research, the 

 police functions, and the business of the 

 department is sufficient for any reason- 

 able demand for new work. 



Texarkana, Ark. — A. W. Ardis, of 

 the Stegall Floral Co., says Christmas 

 trade was the best ever, both in cut 

 flowers and plants. 



WANT ADVERTISEMENTS. 



AdTerttsements under this head one cent a 

 word. CASH WITH ORDER. When answers 

 are to be addressed in our care, add 10 cents for 

 forwarding. 



SITUATION WANTED-By all-around florist: 

 twenty-six years' experfence; excellent ref- 

 erences furnished; state particulars. Address 

 No. «70, care Florists' Review, Chicagro. 



SITUATION WANTED-By all-round grower: 

 capable of taking charge of section or com- 

 mercial place: 6 years' experience; state wages. 

 Address No. 308, care Florists' Review, Chicago. 



SITUATION WANTED-In first class store, by 

 young lady, who is an excellent designer and 

 saleswoman: four years' experience; best refer- 

 ences. Address No. 318, care Florists' Review, 

 Chicago. 



SITUATION WANTED-By a first-class grower 

 of roses, carnations, mums and general line of 

 pot and bedding plants where Al stuff Is wanted: 

 21 years' experience: capable of taking full charge 

 Address No. »89, care Florists' Review, Chicago. 



SITUATION WANTED-By an all-round florist, 

 especially good in roses; 13 years' experience: 

 strictly temperate: honest and industrious: com- 

 petent to take position of working foreman. 

 Address No. 8, care Florists' Review, Chicago. 



SITUATION WANTED-With a florist: 30 years 

 of age, sober. 16 years' experience; 16 years in 

 Denmark and Germany; good grower of all 

 kinds of pot plants; state wages In first letter. 

 Address U. FSolden, 114 W. 2nd St.. Duluth.Minn. 



SITUATION WANTED-As foreman, by a good 

 all-round growerj or will take section of roses 

 and carnations: have had full charge for 18 

 years: good references: married; please state 

 wages. Address No. 7, care Florists' Review, 

 Chicago. 



SITUATION WANTED-By a first-class grower 

 of roses, carnations, mums and general line 

 of pot and bedding plants where A-1 stuff is 

 wanted; also good landscape and private gar- 

 dener; 13 years' experience; German; strictly 

 sober; single. Address No. 9, care Florists' 

 Review, Chicago. 



SITUATION WANTED-By a first-class all- 

 round grower. Address No. 318, care 

 Florists' Reviejv, Chicago. 



SITUATION WANTED^y single man; some 

 experience, wi^h to gain more; references, 

 first-class; small wages; ^JiMth progressive party. 

 Address No. 317, care F^{||fets' Review, Chicago. 



SITUATION WANTEDc-By a German, single, 

 middle aged, good gaFower of roses, carna- 

 tions, mums and geneml stock: able to take 

 charge. Jacob Schmid, 419 State St., Chicago. 



SITUATION WANTED-By an expert propa- 

 gator and gtower of roses and general line of 

 cut flowers and plants: 20 years' experience in 

 the business: can take charge of wholesale and 

 retail place; sober man and steady, good worker: 

 only good place wanted. Address No. 3, care 

 Florists' Review, Chicago, 



SITUATION WANTED-In Pacific States; by 

 young man (30), single, life experience in 

 growing of commercial cut flowers and plants 

 under glass; energetic, trustworthy, total ab- 

 stainer: references to best firms in eastern and 

 middle states; able to fill responsible position. 

 Address No. 6, care Florists' Review, Chicago. 



HELP WANTED— At once, 2 good all-aroimd 

 greenhouse men; must be strictly temperate. 

 C. H. Frey, 1133 O Street, Lincoln, Neb. 



HELP WANTED-A good propagator: must be 

 quick potter: state wages wanted. Address 

 Jacob Russler, 114th St. and Avon Ave., Morgan 

 Park, 111. 



HELP WANTED-Good all-round grower for 

 retail place: mixed stock; must be steady 

 and attend to his work; permanent. Address, 

 stating wages, J. M. Smely, Aurora, 111. 



HELP WANTED-At once; man (married pre- 

 ferred) to take charge of place, to grow car- 

 nations and bedding stock for retail trade; send 

 references. Address No. 14, care Florists' Re- 

 view, Chicago. 



HELP WANTED- First-class market gardener, 

 one accustomed to growing vegetables in 

 greenhouses and hotbeds; none but first-class 

 need reply. Address, with references. No. 13, 

 care Florists' Review, Chicago 



HELP WANTED-Flrst-class store man; must 

 have wide experience and be accustomed to 

 waiting on first class trade, and come well 

 recommended; steady position and good salary. 

 Give full particulars with application. Address 

 No. 1, care Florists' Review, Chicago. 



HELP WANTED- February or March; experi- 

 enced single man, about 35,abstainer; to take 

 full charge, or help and make 8.000 feet of glass 

 and some hotbeds and land pay; some money to 

 take Interest after showing ability; board, salary 

 and commission: western New York; willing to 

 enlarge if it pays; best of reference exchanged. 

 Address No. 8, care Florists' Review, Chicago. 



HELP WANTED-A thoroughly competent veg- 

 etable gardener, who understands growing 

 all kinds of vegetables and vegetable plants for 

 wholesale trade, and to assist In greenhouses: a 

 middle-aged, married man preferred, must be 

 strictly sober and industrious; don't waste your 

 stamps answering this adv. if you are a drinidng 

 man: state wages expected. Shearer Tbe Florist, 

 Winchester, Ky. 



