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The Weekly Florists* Review, 



Decemeek 10, 1903. 



THE FLORISTS' REVffiW 



G. L. GRANT. Editor axi> Manager. 



PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY BY 



The FLORISTS' Publishing Co. 



630-535 Caxton Balldlng. 

 334 Dearborn Street. Chicago. 



New York Office: 201 West ISdih Street. 

 J. AUSTIN Shaw. Manager. 



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 SubBcriptlonB accepted from those In the trade 

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 full page. $30. Discounts: t> times. 5 percent; 13 

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 30 per cent. Discounts allowed only on consecu- 

 tive insertions. Only strictly trade advertising 

 accepted. Advertisements must reach us by 

 Wednesday morning to insure insertion In the 

 Issue of the following Thursday, and earlier will 

 i)e better. 



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INDEX TO ADVERTISERS. 



ThlB Index covers only those having displayed 

 advertisements. There Is a host of others mak- 

 ing offers In our classified advs. and they wlU be 

 found there under their proper headings. 



Pellourls. A. J l.'is 



Alley Co 15H 



Allen. J."K lOT-39 



AltlcVc. H. M 15.''i 



Am. Wooden Ware 



Co i.w 



Amllng, E. c ;«; 



Andorra Nurseries. .It-lt 

 Aschmann, Godfrey. l;">n 

 Baehe, Semon & Co. . Mi."- 



Backer &Co l."il 



Bader. John 1;")4 



Baer. J 142 



Baker, W. J 13T 



Ball, G. D ISC. 



Barnard & Co «■< 



Bassett & Wash- 

 burn UO-.il 



Baur & Smith l.')~ 



Bayersdorf er & Co. 



llD-4:i 



Beckert, W. C 144 



Beneke, J. J 14:i 



Benthey &Co 140 



Berger. H. H. & Co. . . 1 10 



Bernheimer. E V.'u 



Berning. H. G 141 



Blacklstone, Z. D....14:.' 



Bonnot Bros Kls 



Bowe, M. A 100-42 



Bradshaw&Hartmanl.i.s 



Brague, L. B i;iT 



Brant &Noe 140 



Brant. S. D 150 



Breltmeyer's Son8l4.5-4T 



Bred. J IM 



Bruns. H. N 140-.)4 



Buckbee. H. W ir..) 



Buckley Plant Co.... l.il 



Budlong, J. A 140 



Burleson & Son IS'.t 



Burpee, W. Atlee & 



Co 144 



Caldwell Co.. W. E ..iiw 

 Caldwell The Woods- 

 man Co 1.^'.' 



California Carnation 



Co US 



Century Flower Shop 



142 



Chalfant W A l.i.'> 



Chicago Carnation 



Co ;i:. 



Chicago Flexible 



Shaft Co 1112 



Clarke Bros 142 



Clarke's Sons. David . 1 42 

 Classified Advs....l.')OB 



Colflesh, J. W 1.13 



Converse Green- 

 houses IT)*', 



Cottage Gardens. ..I.MIA 



Cowee, W. J li;o 



Crltchells l.'>4 



Crowl Fern Co 137 



CrookeCo., J. J 1<'.2 



Cunningham. J. H...laS 

 Cushman Gladiolus 



Co rs 



Davis Bros ir»8 



Dearborn Engraving 



Co llO-fil 



Dickinson Co.. Al- 

 bert 144 



Dietsch. A. & Co 1114 



DlUer. Caskey &Co..ir,3 



DlUon, J. L l.iO 



Dillon Greenhouse 



Mfg. Co 166 



Dlngee & Couard Co.l.il 

 Dorner. F.& SonsCo.l.iS 



Dreer, H. A 149 li". 



Dunn & Co., C. A 137 



Dunne&Co ICU 



Elckbolt. Mrs. Chas. 143 



Elliott. J.L 159 



Ellis, F.M 141 



PInley, C. E lr.2 



Florists' Hall Asso. .HW 



Koley, J. J 143 



Foley Mfg. Co Hi) 



Ford Bros 139 



Foster, L.H 151 



Garland, Geo. M ii',c, 



Garland. Frank 1 40 



Gasser Co.. J. M 142 



Geller. Sigmund .104-10 



Ghormley, W 105-38 



GIblln &no Ho 



Gude &Bro.. A 142 



GuUett & Sons 165 



Guttman. A. J 139 



Hammond, J. A... 100-38 



Hauswirth. P. J 143 



Heacock, Jos 156 



Heller Bros 136 



Helios-Upton 163 



Herr, A. M 1,56 



Herrmann, A 110 



Hicks & Crawbuck..l39 



Hill Co.. E. G i.m; 



Hippard, E \m 



Hltchlng8& Co 



94-162-64-66 

 Holton &HunkelCo.l39 



Humfeld. C 150 



Hunt. E. H 104-40-67 



Igoe Bros 160 



.lacksoii & Perkins. .157 



Jacobs & Son 16.'i 



Johuson & Stokes ...137 



Jurgeus. Aug 140 



Kastlng, W. F 95 



Kennlcott Bros. Co. 



95-132 



Knoll Nurseries 148 



Kramer &Sou 159 



Kreshover, L. J 131 



Kriek. W. C 1,57 



Kroeschell Bros. Co. 166 



Kuehn. C. A 141 



Kuhl.Geo. A 1.57 



Kurzman-Daere Co. .139 



Lager & Hurrell 151 



Lakeview Rose Gar- 

 dens 140 



Lange, A 142 



Langjahr. A. J 138 



Larchmout Nur- 

 series 150 



Larkin Soap Co 164 



Lecakes & Co., N . . . .139 



Lehman Bros 160 



Limbach, C 165 



Lion & Wertheimer..l08 

 Livingston Seed Co. 159 

 Loomis Floral Co — 148 

 Lord & Burnham. .166-68 

 McConnell. Alex..'J6-142 

 McCray Refrigerator 



Co 167 



McCuUough's Sons.. 141 

 McManus, Jas .135-34-38 



McMorran & Co 162 



Mic.liellCo., H. F ....110 

 Michigan Cut Flower 



Exchange 141 



MlUang, A 139 



MUlang, C 103-38 



MlUang, P 139 



Miller Co., Geo. L....1.54 

 MonlngerCo., J, C...163 



Moon Co., W. H r?.i 



Moore, Hentz &Nash 



106-38 



Moss. Isaac H 155 



Muno, John 120 



Murphy, Wm 141 



National Florists' 

 Board of Trade.. ..139 



Naumann. G. M 155 



Nefl.L. 1 143 



N.Y.CutPlowerCol07-38 

 Nicotine Mffr. Co.. ,.1.59 



Niessen, Leo 137 



Oechslln Bros ,. .157 



()zone Park Nur- 

 series 12ii 



Park Floral Co... .142 

 Parker- Bruen Co.. l.'>9-t:4 



Partridge W. K 151 



Peacock, W. P 156 



Pennock, S. S 133-.54 



Perkins. J. J 139 



Peterson Nursery.. 12;* 

 Philadelphia Whole- 

 salePlowerMarket . 13i; 



Pierson Co.. F. R 95 



Piersou-Sefton Co. - . ir,6 

 Pine Tree Silk Mills. 143 

 Pittsburg Cut P low- 

 er Co 141 



Pittsburgh Plate 



Glass Co 165 



Poehlmann Rro8..140-.59 



Pollworth Co 1.57 



Quaker City Machine 



Works 165 



Randall Co.. A. L.).33-40 



Rawlings, E.I ..156 



RawBon & Co 144 



Baynor. J. I 139 



Reed & Keller ....106-10 

 Regan Ptg. House. ...110 



Reid. Edw 137 



Relnberg, Geo .103-40-51 



Relnberg, P 101-37 



Rice Bros 139 



Rice. M. &Co 110 



Riedel& Splcer 138 



Robinson &Co 110 



Rock. W. L 143 



Rock vine Green- 



licuses 1,50 



Roehrs. Julius 95 



Ryerson. U. C 163 



St. Louis C;trnatlon 



Co 1,51 



Saltford 143 



Saltford, Geo 106-38 



Schloss Bros 136 



Schmid, E. S 139 



Schmltz, F. W. O ....110 



ScoUay, J. A 165 



Scott, John 146 



Scott, W 143 



Sharp, Partridge* Col65 



Sheridan, W. F 138 



Shibeley 142 



Shreiner. J. R 158 



Slebert, C. T 165 



Slebrecht & Son 143 



Sievers & Boland 142 



Sinner Bros 102-40 



Skldelsky, S. S l.Vi 



Slinn & Hughes... 104-36 



Smith &Son.N 1.55 



Smith Co.. W. &. T.. r.-.i 

 SouthParkFloralCo.136 

 Sprague Smith Co . . . 165 



State Nursery Co 142 



Stern&Co., J 110 



Stiles. G. L 131 



Stewart, S. B 143 



Stoothoff. H. A 163 



Storrs & Harrison Co. 



144 



tumpp & Walter Co. . 109 

 uperior Machine & 



Boiler Wor'is 164 



S 3 yd am. J. A 153 



Swanson. Aug. S 142 



Thorburu, J. M.&C0.144 

 'Tobacco WarehouB- 

 lug& Trading C0158.6D 



Totty, C. H 155 



Traendly & Schenck. 139 

 Vesey, W. J. & M. S . . 1.55 

 Vincent.Jr. R. &Son .1.57 



Virgin, U. J 143 



Vi^edenburg & Co ....129 

 Wagner Park Con- 

 servatories .154 



Walker Sec.l Co 131 



Ward & Co., R. M....145 



Weber. P. C 142 



Weber & Sons 155 



Wetland. M 143 



Wetland & Rlsch ... .140 



Whitton. C 1.56 



Whitton. S 150 



Wiegand & Sons 142 



Wietor Bros 99-140 



WilksMfg. Co 165 



Wilcux. .1. P 106 



Williams Co.. P.R... 139 

 Wiuterson Co., E.P. . .96 



Witt bold Co 142-51) 



Wolf &Bro., A. Q....165 



Young. John 138 



Young, J. W 137 



Young & Nugent 138 



Could not keep house without The Ke- 

 viEw. — E. E. Allen, Blairsville, Pa. 



We cannot afford to do without the 

 Eeview. — G. M. Thost, De Soto, Mo. 



Anonymous queries cannot receive at- 

 tention. Names and addresses are neces- 

 sary. 



While I take other trade papers, the 

 Review is my standby; could not do 

 without it. — Etta J. Nott, Charleston, 

 111. 



If you have retail orders to be deliv- 

 ered in other cities con»>ult the advertis- 

 ing page headed "Lriding Retail Flor- 

 ists." 



We feel that we could not get along 

 without the Eeview, as it gives us valu- 

 able information we need every day in 

 our business. — Adgate & Son, Warren, 

 Ohio. 



I RECENTLY saw a copy of Scott's 

 Manual and don 't understand how any 

 up-to-date florist can afford to do with- 

 out it; I enclose $5; send me a copy at 

 once. — A. L. Baub, Easton, Pa, 



We enclose a dollar for another year 

 of the Review. Your paper we consider 

 the best paper, for both the experienced 

 and inexperienced, of any of the florists' 

 papers ; we could not think of doing busi- 

 ness without. — W. J. Miller & Son, Pon- 

 tiac. 111. 



WANT ADVERTISEMENTS. 



Advertisements under this head one cent a 

 word, cash with order. Plant advertisements 

 NOT admitted under this head. 



Every subscriber Is entitled to a free sltiiatlon 

 wanted or help wanted advertisement not ex- 

 ceeding 35 words In any one Issue dnring the year. 

 If the advertisement exceeds 85 words, send at 

 the rate of one cent for each additional word. 



When answers are to be addressed in our care, 

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FOR SALE— Half interest (or whole) in estab- 

 lished seed business; New York state: party 

 can have sole management; fine opportimity for 

 man with $2.00U or more. Address No. 5, care 

 Florists' Review. Chicago. 



FOR SALE— Owing to death In the family I will 

 sell my home and greenliouses; dwelling is 

 a comfortable house and In eood condition; there 

 are fuur greenhouses with 12 OlKl feet under glass: 

 well stocfeed with choicest plants; business a 

 well paying one and in first-class condition; 

 near railroad; good sliippluff facilities. Ad- 

 dress William Miller. Vallgale, N. Y. 



FOR SALE— 4U0 engravings consisting of elec- 

 trotypes, half-tones and zinc etchings for a 

 (■omplete catalogue of flower and vegetable 

 seeds, greenhouse and hardy perennials, plants, 

 shrubs, etc.; give me an offer. Address H. W. 

 Koerner. Station B., R. No. il, Milwaukee. Wis. 



WANTED— A good man in flower store; must 

 deliver and do other work pertaining to the 

 florist business: state w;Lges and particulars. Ad- 

 di-esB E. Kltzinger. fiCiS N. Ashland Ave., Chicago. 



SITUATION WANTED— As foreman or mana- 

 ger. 18 years' practical experience in whole- 

 sale and retail. Apply stating wages, size of 

 place, etc.. to Florist, Box 373. Trinidad. Colo. 



SITUATION WANTED — By first-class as- 

 sistant under glass; private place preferred. 

 Address H.H.. care Bridgeman's Seed Store, 37 

 East lIHh St., New York. 



WANTED— At once first-class Beauty grower. 

 No other but first class man need apply. 

 Address John Muno. .^I Wabash Ave.. Chicago. 



SITUATION WANTED— By a single, sober, ex- 

 perienced florist inside of Illinois. Ad- 

 dress No. 3, care Florists' Review, Chicago. 



SITUATION WANTED— By young man 20. with 

 r> years' experience in florist work besides 

 other gardening experience; in or near Chicago 

 preferred. Address No. 3, care Florists' Re- 

 view, Chicago. 



FOR SALE— Store and greenhouses: fully 

 stocked; long lime lease; good location and 

 doing a good business; ill health cause of sell- 

 ing. Address John Hoeft, '.t20 N. Campbell Ave.. 

 Chicago. 



WANTED— A bright, hustling young man of 

 good address for a Chicago retail estab- 

 lishment; must be competent in decorating and 

 designing and a first class salesman. Address, 

 witli references as to ability and character, stat- 

 ing wages desired. No. 305* care Florists' Re- 

 view, Chicago. 



FOR SALE. — One ;15 horse-power horizontal 

 tubular steam boiler, all complete except 

 steam fittings. $70 UM; one t;-in. Eriecson hot air 

 engine, $45 OU: one s-lu. Eriecson hot air engine. 

 Sr^j.uo: one r.- in. Rider hot air engine. $95.00; one 

 No. 5 Scollay. good condition. $50.00; one No. 5 

 Weathereds, good condition, $50 00: new guaran- 

 teed block pipe, full lengths, at ;t8:i cts. ft.: sec- 

 ond-hand pipe as follows: 2-In., 7>^ cts : IW-ln.. 

 5*4 cts.; IH-ln.. J^ cts.; l-iu..3'4 cts ; i4-in..3 ct3.; 

 &econd-hand pipe cutters. $1 50; No. 1 stocks and 

 dies, $4.00; No. 2 stocks and dies, $5 00. Guaran- 

 teed 3j-in. hose, will stand 150 lbs. water press- 

 ure. 7'-. cts. ft.: not guaranteed. 49^ cts. ft. : also a 

 job lot of old fire hose; send for price and quan- 

 tity. New greenhouse glass. 1()X24, double, nat- 

 ural gas made $;>.50 box; lOxlS. 14x20. double. $3.35 

 box; r^xlf.. single. $2.40 box: 10x14, 12x12. single, 

 $2 2s box; SxlO, double. $:vlo tiox. Lot of new cy- 

 press for benches. $30 OIJ per lUOU ft. We furnish 

 everything for buildiog. Metropolitan Material 

 Co.. 13to Flushing ave., Brooklyn, N. Y. 



FOB S\I.E. 



Greenhouses; good location for both local and 

 sliipplng business; well stocked; winter coal 

 laid In; will sell cheap if sold at once; selling 

 on account of failing health. 



JAS. RICHARDSON. London, Ohio. 



A RARE BARGAIN. 



p^M Gal A Four larg'e Oreeuhouses, 

 * "■ -^aiv;. 10.000 feet, I0byl5 double 

 thick glass, all well stocked with Carnations, 

 atnilax, MigTionette. Sweet Peas, Plumosus, 

 Sprengeri. Violets, etc. Nicely located on two 

 railroads and trolley : close to depot. Large 

 packing shed. 20 by 24 feet : one-half of houses 

 new. the other half good as new. A large pay- 

 ing retail and wholesale cut flower and plant 

 trade established; no opposition : running from 

 2000 to 3000 feet of hotbeds and cold frames : 

 sash for same, double thick glass. All in best 

 of shape and in good running order. Connected 

 with the same a 14-room double frame dwelling 

 house, good as new ; two wells of water: wind- 

 mill and reservoir connected: electric lights all 

 over the place. Hot water used for heating. 

 Will sell at a bargain. 35 miles from Philadel- 

 phia, on Baltimore Central R. R. To any one 

 with a small capital it is a grand opportunity for 

 investment. Health failing. Possession given 

 of everything at close of sale. One-fifth of pur- 

 chase money can remain in the property. Any 

 one desiring to examine the premises will be 

 welcomed and particulars made known by 



E. J. CLOUD, Florist, 

 It. B. 32. Avondale, Chester Co., Pa. 

 United Keystone Phone No. 9. 



