OCTOBER 11, 1900. 



The Weekly Florists' Review* 



557 



is improving as cooler weather sets in 

 and sliipping orders are coming in 

 more freely. 



Notes. 



W. A. Kennedy purchased several 

 acres of land, and claims that it vi'as 

 for investment purposes only, but it 

 is presumed he has a few glass houses 

 in his vision for next summer, 



Wm. Edelfsen, with a party of seven, 

 has just returned from the north, hav- 

 ing gone there in quest of muska- 

 longe, and, as Mr. Edelfsen claims it, 

 he was the only lucky one in the party 

 — all the rest were contented with the 

 small fry. 



Some of the members of the craft 

 who have bowling aspirations entered 

 a team in the Milwaukee Ten Pin 

 League under the name of "Bloom- 

 ers," wishing to stay as near to a 

 representative florist team as pos- 

 sible. The Bloomers will probably be 

 heard from in their official capacity 

 when Chicago or Oconomowoc teams 

 are looking for a good game. 



The body of Henry Nebin was found 

 undressed in bed at the Park Hotel, 

 while two gas jets in the room were 

 wide open and the room filled with 

 gas. Nebin had a letter in his pocket 

 recommending him as a gardener, 

 signed by the superintendent of the 

 Oakwood Cemetery Association, Chi- 

 cago. Nebin came to Milwaukee Sept. 

 1, and on Sept. 16 pawned a watch for 

 $2.20. It was suppo.sed that he com- 

 mitted suicide while despondent. 



GEO W. 



FOREIGN NOTES. 



Mr. James Hartshorne, Joliet, 111., 

 who recently returned from an Euro- 

 pean trip, says the display of out- 

 door bedding at the Paris exposition 

 was very meager and that when he 

 visited the horticultural building it 

 was empty and workmen were turn- 

 ing over the soil. He supposes that 

 periodical displays were made in the 

 building and that the time of his 

 visit was between displays, but he 

 was surprised that there W6r3 no 

 permanent groups of palms and like 

 decorative plants. There were no 

 large beds of plants such as we had 

 at the World's Fair here, and though 

 he had a camera he saw nothing in 

 the horticultural department that 

 seemed worth taking a picture of. 



In England large beds of plants are 

 not seen, mixed beds and borders be- 

 ing most popular, and groups of fine 

 specimens are largely used. Tuber- 

 ous begonias are frequently seen and 

 a bed that struck him as particularly 

 attractive was of tuberous begonias 

 Interspersed with grevilleas, the latter 

 about two feet tall and about eight- 

 een inches apart in the bed. The 

 effect was excellent and the grevil- 

 leas no doubt supplied partial shade 

 that was beneficial to the begonias. 



EXPRESS SERVICE. 



A number of interurban electric 

 roads are beginning to carry express 

 matter, and the rapid increase in the 

 business is attracting notice. In 

 Cleveland a special street railway ex- 

 press company has for some time been 

 conducting its business with marked 

 success and a similar company is op- 

 erating in Connecticut. On Sept. 1 

 the Southern Ohio Traction Co. be- 

 gan running special express cars be- 

 tween Dayton and Cincinnati, and no 

 doubt other lines will follow. 



Quicker and more frequent express 

 service from suburban points into the 

 large cities is of very great impor- 

 tance to growers of cut flowers and 

 the electric roads who put on express 

 cars v/ill no doubt find liberal pat- 

 rons in the growers their lines reach, 

 provided, of course, that charges are 

 not excessive. 



And what a saving and advantage 

 it would be if electric express cars 

 would deliver the grower's product 

 direct to the doors of the wholesal- 

 ers in 28th St., New York, or at Wa- 

 bash Ave. and Randolph Sts., Chicago. 

 It would certainly be a vast improve- 

 ment over having the boxes tumbled 

 from the express car to an express 

 wagon and then shaken up by a trip 

 over thei stone pavements. 



WASHINGTON. D. C— F. H. Kramer, the 

 florist, and his wife, were painfully injurel 

 in a collision of vehicles on L,on& Bridge the 

 night of .Sept. 27. While on the bri ige in a 

 light rig a runaway team behind them locked 

 wheels and threw them out with great 'o:ce. 

 Both were bruised and lacerated, but an 

 examination at the hospital showed that their 

 injuries were fortunately not serious. Their 

 horse was so badly hurt it is expected to die. 



WANT ADVERTISEMENTS. 



Advertisements under this head 10 cents a line, 

 an average of seven words to the line. 



SITUATION WANTED-As foreman, by a first- 

 class florist, well up in the florist business; single 

 man. Address E. H., care Florists' Review. 



WANTED— Competent and experienced decorator; 

 also maker-up. -Address, with reference, salary 

 and full particulars, Z D Hlackistone, Uih and H Sts., 

 N W., Washington. D. C. 



"IVANTED— Man with small capiial to take half in- 

 '' terest in greenhouse; no competition. Address 

 Walter Boltet, Ponco City, O. T. 



SITUATION WANTED— By practical man. ageW. 

 single as gardener 'n private place, park or ceme- 

 tery. Competent to take charge Address Trebor. care 

 Florists' Review. 



FOR SALE— One No. :i Hitchings heater, complete; 

 one Hitchings low tank and cover, never been used; 

 '-'^st $(11175; will sell cheap. E. E. Campbell, Harrison, 

 Ohio. 



FOR SALE— Some extra good second-hand -i inch 

 pipe, at tic. per foot; also some 4-inch: secure it 

 while it la- ts. W. H Salter, Rochester, N. V. 



FOR RENT— On shares or cash, greenhouse plant 

 in Iowa in lull operation. For particulars address 

 Iowa, care Florists' Review. 



WANTED— A medium sized hot water boiler, in 

 good condition. Send description and price to 

 L. E. Hitz, Madison, Ind. 



WANTED! 



Two young men for 

 rose and carnation 

 bouses 



F. BURKI. Washington Avenue. Bellevue. Pa. 



FOREMAN WANTED 



For Range of 173.000 square fettol glass. 



Must be a man of unquestioned ability and 

 character, and an up-to-date grower, accustomed 

 to handling men where roses carnations, mums, 

 palms ferns, bulbous and bedding stock is grown. 

 Permanent position for right party 



J. F. WILCOX. Council Bluffs, la. 



FOR SALE. THE 



McKellar Floral Establishment 



AT CHILLICOTHE, OHIO. 



Consisting of L16 acres land, located inside the 

 city limits, on which are located thirteen green- 

 houses, all in tirst-cla^s condition, and well stocked 

 with roses, carnations, palms and general line of 

 potted plants of all kinds. Natural gas fuel steam 

 heating apparatus thmughout; four acres addition- 

 al adjoining property if more required, divided to 

 suit. Business established over forty years. This 

 is the best tioral establishment in southern Ohio. 

 Population of Chillicothe is 15,000. For further 

 particulars address 



SILAS F. GARRETT. Executor Chillicothe. Ohio, or 

 CHAS. W. McKELLAR. 47 Wabash Ave.. Chicago. 



VIOLETS 

 WANTED 



I want to arrange with some good 

 grower for a regular supply of violets 

 for the season. Want 1,000 every 

 day except Saturday, and 2,500 on 

 Saturday. Only finest quality stock 

 considered. Cash settlement every 

 15 days. If you can supply the stock 

 wanted, delivered to my store in Chi- 

 cago, address for further details, 



M. A. X., care Florists' Review. 



R 



OSES- 



in tine condition. Bride. Golden 

 Gate and Maid of Honor, from 2%- 

 in. pots, $^.00 per lUO; 3J^-in. pots, 

 $3.00 per 100. 



CASH WITH ORDER. 



R. H. MURPHEY, -- Urbana, Ohio 



Mention Tbe Review when you write. 



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OR SALE GREENHOISE PROPERTY AT NYACK, N. Y. A 

 plot 220x125 feet, on which are four Rosehouses, 

 100x18x6, each house heated by a ^o. 16 Hitchings Boiler, 

 and seven houses, each about 64x11 feet, heated by flues. 

 This property will be sold cheap to quick cash buyer. 



HITCHINGS & CO., 233 Mercer St., New York. 



