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The\l^eekly Florists' Review* 



April 34, 1902. 



THE AIR-ROOTS OF ORCHIDS. 



The spongy covering of the roots of 

 epiphytal orchids is generally considered 

 as affording a means of absorbing watery 

 vapor. Moreover, they have been consid- 

 ered to have tlie power of condensing 

 watery vapor, and thus supplying the 

 plant with liquid water. M. Nabokikh, a 

 Russian naturalist, according to the Be- 

 vue Rorticole, does not adopt this view, 

 but considers that the spongy coat has 

 the function of protecting the roots 

 against the ill effects of too low a night 

 temperature. Again, the reservoirs for 

 air, ''pneumatodes," which occur in the 

 spongy tissue, supply the living tissues 

 with air during the dampest portion of 

 the year. Without the presence of these 

 "pneumatodes," the roots would be suffo- 

 cated by excess of water and deficiency 

 of air. 



INDIANAPOLIS, IND. 



Kalph A. Richardson, a young man of 

 20 years, former inmate of the I. S. & 

 S. O. Home at Knightstown, and for 

 several years a resident of this city, com- 

 mitted suicide on April 17 by swallowing 

 strychnine. He had at various times 

 worked on most of the florists' places in 

 and around this city and was up to the 

 last day employed at the Central Indiana 

 Insane Hospital. He was very favorably 

 known to nearly every florist in this city 

 for his willingness and good-heartedness. 

 No one seems to know the immediate 

 cause for his rash act, as he had a very 

 blight future before him. A. B. 



Eldora. Ia.— Mr. S. C. Polland, the 

 florist, of Allegheny, Pa., and Miss J. 

 Pool, of this place, were married here 

 April 9. 



WANT ADVERTISEMENTS. 



Advertisements under this liead one cent a 

 word, cash with order. Plant advertisements 

 not ;idmltted under this head. 



Every subscriber is entitled to a free advor- 

 tisenient flot exceeding 35 words In any one Issue 

 desired during the year. If the advertisement 

 exceeds 35 words, send at the rate of one cent for 

 each additional word. 



FOR SALE— Prosperous growing florists busi- 

 ness. 4U miles from Pittsburg. Pa.; good 

 shipping trade: Ut.OOO feet of glass stocked with 

 carnations, sweet peas, bedding plants; 2 acres 

 fertile soil; will sell glass and lease land: death 

 of proprietor cause of selling. Address N. J.. 

 care Florists' Keview. 



WANTED— To buy or rent small greenhouse 

 (one with vegetable trade preferred) In live 

 city of oOOU or more Inhabitants. Address Plant, 

 care Florists' Review. 



WANTED— One grower and two helpers for 

 rose section and two for general green- 

 house work. J. P. Wilcox, Council Bluffs, Iowa. 



"l^^ANTED— To buy a small second-hand heat- 

 ' ' ing apparatus, suitable for heating a small 

 house. 12x20: must be in good shape and cheap: 

 state price and kind; would prefer a saddle boiler 

 If I could get it cheap. Address Thos. A. Davis. 

 Ft. Wayne. Ind. 



WANTED — At once, a foreman to grow carna- 

 tions, mums and bedding plants; permanent 

 position. Daniel E. Gorman. Wllllamsport. Pa. 



WANTED— A partner in my business; U.OOO ft. 

 of glass, finely stocked with roses, carna- 

 tions and bedding stock; will haveagood spring 

 trade; am doiuguffood business now; |SO0 or|9ll0 

 cash is required to buy a half interest. For fur- 

 ther particulars address C. O. D.. care Florists' 

 Review. 



WANTED — First-class rose grower, to take 

 charge of section; best reference required 

 as to ability, character and sobriety; state wages 

 expected when writing. J. Henry Bartram. Lans- 

 downe. Pa., Box 5. 



FOR SALE— A well established florist and gar- 

 den business In a wide-awake westerii city; 

 this will pay you to investigate if you want a 

 business for profit. For full particulars address 

 T. L. Eagle, Pitisburg, Kansas. 



W^ANTED— Man for work in conservatory and 

 '» store; wages 125. IH) per month and board 

 and room. Schiller. S'.tT W. Madison St.. Chicago. 



"W^ANTED— A man with experience In growing 

 ' ' roses, etc. Apply, with references, to J. A. 

 Peterson. McHenry Ave.. Weslwood. Cincinnati, 

 Ohio. 



WANTED — An all-round florist, a good 

 plantsman; also one or two greenhouse 

 builders. In writing state wages and give 

 reference. Must be strictly sober. Kemble 

 Floral Co.. Oskaloosa. Ia. 



WANTED— Rose and carnation grower to take 

 charge of 20.000 feet of glass; good refer- 

 ence required: state wages wanted with board 

 and washing; give age. Address John L. Wy- 

 land. De Haven. Pa. 



~l^^ ANTED — Foreman, young and active man 

 ' ' with at least ten years* experience in grow- 

 ing and forcing a general line of plants for retail. 

 Good wages and steady place to good man. Must 

 be ready to come at once. Address with refer- 

 ences, Aug. S. Swanson. St. Paul, Minn. 



WANTED— A small second-hand Wilks heater; 

 must be in first-class condition. Will Rice. 

 Gordon, Ohio. 



WANTED— A first-class man. as manager for 

 wholesale seed and poultry house. Address 

 S. P., care Florists' Review. 



"Y\^ ANTED — Man that can grow carnations. 

 '» roses and general stock: send references 

 and wages expected; steady place year around. 

 J. E. Yeats. Champaign, 111. 



'YT/'ANTED— At once, a good florist and planter: 

 ' ' one who understands the quick growing of 

 alternanthera and colens; must be sober and 

 steady and obliging; agood place for such a man. 

 Call at M.T. WulfE, florist. Vernon ave.. Flatbush. 

 Brooklyn, N. Y. 



'TT^'ANTED- At once, man for general green- 

 *' house work at f:i5 per month with room. 

 B. B. Blair. Charlevoix. Mich. 



"tXTANTED- A first-class florist; one who un- 

 *» derstands his business and knows some- 

 thing about gardening. Address Rudolph Kaiser, 

 Itt) College ave.. Annapolis. Md. 



SITUATION WANTED— By experienced florist 

 and gardener, also designer and decorator: 

 married, no children: would like to take charge 

 of private or commercial place; age 29: eerman: 

 best of references. Address A. K.. care Florists' 

 Review. 



SITUATION WANTED— As working foreman 

 commercial place; fifteen years' practical ex- 

 perience; Colorado or Utah preferred; reference; 

 want lirst-class place only. Ed. Wiseman. La- 

 fayette. Colo. 



FOR SALE— At a bargain: centrally located be- 

 tween Chicago and St. Louis: South-eastern 

 Iowa; three houses. ;i.000 feet of glass, dwelling 

 and ground: paying and money making business; 

 good reasons given: full particulars. Address 

 H. W. Hoffmelster. Florist. Fort Madison, Iowa. 



FOR SALE — Splendid opportunity for party 

 with $1,000 cash (small balance easy terms], 

 to purchase the only floral establishment In cltv 

 of 11.000; splendid retail trade. Atldress Sacrifice. 

 care Florists' Review. 



FOR SALE— Old established retail florlsi busi- 

 ness In thriving city of HO tiOll population; ill 

 health only reason for selling; a tine opportunity 

 for a hustler. Address K. N., care Florists' Re- 

 view. 



FOR RENT— A prosperous retail and wholesale 

 business; new houses complete; 16.C00 feet 

 of glass. 16x24; one acre of land, and dwelling: 

 rentftiO per month; opposite Woodmere cemetery 

 gates; one mile from Detroit. Mich. Address 

 Anton Kaier. Woodmere P. u.. Mich. 



WANTED— To lease for not less than thre& 

 years, by a practical grower of 20 vears' ex- 

 perience. A place from .i.OOOto l.'i.OOO feet of glass, 

 in good condition, west of Deuver preferred. 

 Address Grower, care Florists' Review. 



WANTED-A skillful lady designer for florist 

 store: one who has been accustomed to- 

 rapid and first class work. Apply to Mrs. Chas. 

 Rayner. t;;i2 Fourth St.. Louisville. Ky. 



WANTED— Some young men as helpers In our- 

 greenhouses. Stead;- work and good pay. 

 Apply to Basselt & Washburn. Hinsdale. 111. 



AV^ANTED— A single man. middle age, who is a- 

 ' ' good grower of carnations, mums and bed- 

 ding plants; on commercial place: must be- 

 sober and not afraid of work: with good refer- 

 ences; state wages expected with board and 

 room. Mrs. B. L. Clark, Randolph, Mass. 



"11;^aNTED— Foreman, first-class cut flower and 

 » * plant grower, one capable of growing A 1 

 stock and of handling 70,000 sq. feet of glass. Best 

 of references required. Address, stating experi- 

 ance. wages and ability with references. Crabb- 

 & Hunter. Grand Rapids. Mich. 



WANTED— A young man with experience in 

 growing palms, ferns and stove - plants. 

 Wages IIU. 00 per week. Apply, with references^ 

 to J. A. Peterson. McHenry Avenue. Westwood, 

 Cincinnati. 



WANTED— Practical man In vegetables, als* 

 care of lawn and flower beds, for private- 

 place. Single man preferred. Address J, C. K. 

 care Florists" Review. 



"YV'A.NTED— A good carnation grower to tak& 

 »' full charge of carnation section, one who 

 can propagate and grow good stock. Also want 

 agood. first-class Beauty grower. Prefer men 

 between 22 and '.io years of age, and they must bfr 

 strictly sober. It's a steady place with good 

 wages. Geo. M. Kellogg. Pleasant Hill. Mo. 



FOR SALE— Florist store In Chicago, estab- 

 lished six years. Terms reasonable. Sick- 

 ness reason for selling. Apply at the store. 1611 

 Milwaukee Ave., near Western Ave., Chicago. 



how to construct a coll boilei- 



made of 2-inch gas pipe and manifolds; sent on 



receipt ^1.,^). Economical in fuel and cost less- 



than one-half cast boilers. 



D. W. PAYNE, Box 153, Port Clinton, 0._ 



AjjUfs MOON VINES 



(Ipomoea Noctiflorai now ready. The earliest 

 moon vine grown, flowers being as large as a 

 saucer, pure white and look like wax. Have a. 

 full supply of these much-in-demand vines. In 

 3-in. pots. S7.00 per 100. 4-in. pots, nicely staked^ 

 $10.00 per 100. 



Godfrey Ascliniann,1012 Ontario St., Philadelphia, Pa. 

 ATfntlon The Review when you write. 



RUPP 



XXX-- No Finer Stock in the U.S. 



AfferatTiin — Princess Pauline and Stella 

 Gurney. extra bushy, 2-incli, $2.00 per 100. Extra, 

 strong anil fine. :Wnch. $3.50 per 100. 



Lobelia — Crv.'ital Gem, best dwarf blue, 

 very strong. 2-inch. $2.00 per 100. 



Heliotropes— Finest Light and Dark, strong 

 2inch. $2..i0 per 100. XXX. Sinch. very bushy.. 

 $3.50 per 100. 



Cash. Extras added to every Order. 

 JOHN F. RUPP.Shiremanstown, Pa. 



The Home of Primroses. 



Mpntlnn ThP RpvIpw whpn vnu writp 



GERANILMS. 



Per 100 



10 Standard Varieties. ?V2-inchpots $3.00 



10 Standard Varieties, 3-inch pots 4.00 



Altpraanthera .'Yellow 1.60 



Aitemaninera, ^j^^ ^.^lo 



Aperatum, 2 varieties, blue 2.00 



Asp. Sprengferi 2.00 



Verbenas 2.00 



Seedling Petunias :i,ii(i 



COLEUS. 



12 Varieties, 2-inch pots f 2.00 



Cannas, s varit-ties, -I-inch pots 10.00 



Centaurea Gynm., 2-inch pots 2.00 



Vinca Variegata, 2!4-inch pots 2.50 



Asparagrns Sprengeri Seed, 



Per inoo. .Si 00 .50 



C,\SH or C. O. Ii. 



I JOS. H. CUNNINGHAM, - Delaware, 0. \ 



Mt'iitiun Tlic Review when you write. 



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