March 10. 1906 



H ORTICU LTURE 



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HEA TING ! HEA TING I HEA TING ! 



200,000 SQUARE 

 PRETTY FAIR, NOT CONNECTED WIT 



READ THE FOLLOWINO FROM MR. J. D. COCKROFT, 

 NORTHPORT, LONO ISLAND, N. V . 



Mr. Wm. Lutton, 



Dear Sir: — I wish to express my entire satisfaction of the heat- 

 ing plant that you installed, in my three (3) carnation houses, 33 x 175, we have 

 not the shghtest difficulty in maintaining the temperature, and I am particularly 

 pleased with the boiler. Yours very truly, 



J. D. COCKCROFT. 



Original copies of the above letters with many others 



FEET OF GLASS IN 1905. 



H ANY COMBINATION OR TRUST. 



SOME PRIVATE WORK ALSO. 



Mr. Wm. H. Lutton, 



Dear Sir: — I am very well pleased with the heating of our palm 

 house, your work has been done in a satisfactory and workmanlike manner, lru c 

 to the letter of your contract, which means first-class work, you have the liberty 

 to use my name and can refer anyone to me, and I shall give you the credit that 

 you are justly entitled to. Yours R« spt ctfully, 



JOHN SHORE, Supt. Wm. H. Macy Estate, Harrison, N. V. 



on file at my ollice and will be furnished on application. 



WILL FURNISH YOU SEPARATE ESTIMATES ON YOUR HEATING AND BUILDING. 



WILLIAM H. LUTTON f West Side Ave. Station, C. R.R. of N. J., Jersey City, N. J. 



WANTS. 



Position Wanted 



The undersigned is open to engage with lady 

 or gentleman requiring the services of a thoroughly 

 experienced and competent gardener capable of 

 taking chargex>f a first-class private L,lace. Euro- 

 pean and American experience in commercial 

 gardening, public parks and nurseries, and would 

 consider propositions in that connection. Best 

 of references as to character and ability. Address: 



William Tricker, 585 PineSt. .Camden.N.J. 



SITUATION WANTED— By au all-around 

 greenhouse man, middle age, American, 

 Protestant, strictly temperate, trustworthy, 

 honest, willing to work. A good home 

 more desirable than high wages. Address 

 P. O. Box 232. Fitchburg, Mass. 



WANTED— A first-class Fern Grower, one 

 who has had experience. Good wages, 

 steady position. Bend references. R. LI. 

 N., care HORTICULTURE, 11 Hamilton 

 Place. Boston. 



WANTED — To lease or buy, a place with 

 15,000 or 20,000 ft. of glass, in good loca- 

 tion, vicinity of Boston, suitable for rais- 

 ing roses and carnations. R. D., care 

 HORTICULTURE. 11 Hamilton Place. Bos- 

 ton. 



WANTED— For a large private place, a 

 first-class man as inside Foreman. Must 

 have European experience in some of the 

 best places. Apply, with < opie3 of testliro- 

 nlals, to H. W., care HORTICULTURE, 11 

 Hamilton Place, Boston. 



WANTED— By April 1st for our new 

 house, young man with fair knowledge of 

 rose growing. Good opportunities for the 

 right man. Give references and state 

 wages required in first letter to Montrose 

 Greenhouses. Montrose, Mass. 



WANTED— First-class man to take 

 charge of a city flower store in fashionable 

 district. One capable of making fine table 

 decorations and waiting on critical cus- 

 tomers. Salary .$20 per week to right man. 

 T. W., care HORTICULTURE, 11 Hamilton 

 Place, Boston. 



WANTED— Manager In a plant-shipping 

 department of a large commercial estab- 

 lishment. None need apply unless experi- 

 enced in overseeing men, handling palms, 

 bedding plants, etc. Married man pre- 

 ferred. State wages wanted. Also a po- 

 sition for an assistant. L. Company, care 

 HORTICULTURE, 11 Hamilton Place, 

 Boston. 



WANTED BY APRIL 1ST— A FORE- 

 MAN on a large commercial place. A po- 

 sition is offered to an honest, sober, intel- 

 ligent man. One who is familiar with 

 Greenhouse and Outside plants, who Is able 

 to handle men to good advantage. To 

 such a man is offered a permanent position 

 with good salary. Give full particulars in 

 first letter. Address Plants, care IIORTI- 

 CULTURE, 11 Hamilton Place. Boston. 



WANTED— Man to take care of con- 

 servatory; one who has knowledge of 

 spring planting and knows how to do trim- 

 ming. Address Spring, care HORTICUL- 

 TURE, 11 Hamilton Place, Bost- 



THE PERFECTION OF GREEN- 

 HOUSE BUILDING. 



The announcement in our advertis- 

 ing columns o£ the establishment of a 

 company for the erection of green- 

 houses and conservatories under the 

 "U-Bar" patents will, no doubt, find 

 many interested readers. 



For utility and beauty this construc- 

 tion is unquestionably the highest at- 

 tainment in greenhouse and conserva- 

 tory building. The Messrs. Pierson 

 and de Forest begin business with a 

 splendid factory equipment, with a 

 wide field of operators and with the 

 personal confidence and esteem of the 

 gardening profession. 



A high art catalogue is in course of 

 preparation and every reader of HOR- 

 TICULTURE should make early appli- 

 cation for a copy. 



GREENHOUSES BUILDING AND 

 PROJECTED. 



Bridgeport, Pa. — August Swartz, one 

 house. 



Stratford, Ct— C. D. Mills, one 

 house. 



Rochester, N. H. — Ernest Chalmers, 

 one house. 



Lisbon Falls, Me.— H. W. Blethen, 

 one house. 



Southboro, Mass. — T. J. Brennan, 

 one house. 



West Falmouth, Me. — H. T. Meloon, 

 one house. 



Elizabeth, N. J. — Elizabeth Nursery 

 Co., four houses, 35x200. 



Baltimore, Md. — St. Mary's Indus- 

 trial School, six houses, 22x100 each. 



LIST OF PATENTS. 

 Issued February 27, 1906. 



813,495. Method of Separating Buck- 

 horn and Plantain Seed 

 From Clover and Alfalfa 

 Seed. Samuel P. Glunt, 

 Union City, Ind. 



813,539. Lawn Edger. Gaius Vincent, 

 Minneapolis, Minn., as- 

 signor of one-half to Hen- 

 ry Woollett, Minneapolis, 

 Minn. 



813,696. Stump Puller. John K. 

 Flynn, Duluth, Minn. 



813,717. Plant Excavator. Rudolph D. 

 Kline. Streator, III. 



Reissue 12,459. Fruit Grader. Wil- 

 liam C Anderson, San 

 Jose, Cal., assignor, by 

 mesne assignments, to An- 

 derson - Barngrover Mfg. 

 Co., San Jose, Cal., a Ooi 

 poration of California. 



IKOTEEN APHIS PUN 



THE ORIGINAL ANDfiENUINE 



NlCOTINEiUMItiANT 



DCLV IMITATE D BUT NEVER EQUALED 



INIFOIfflAmAMEFIOTI 



DON T ACCEPT INF C RIOR IMITATIONS 

 PRICE 60^ PER BOX OF 12 SHEETS 

 *6?°PE.RCASE0F TWELVE BOXES. 



NICOTINE MFG.CO. ST. LOUIS, MO) 



Carman's Antipest 



INSECTICIDE AND FUNGICIDE 



For the Garden, Orchard and Greenhouse, 



Nonpoisonous and harmless to 



vegetation. 



Kills Green Fly, Aphides. Bark Lice, 



Thrip, Mealy Bug. Red 5pider, 



Scale, Wire Worms, Ants 



and Slugs. 



This is the Grower's Friend, handy to 



use, cheap and effective, mixes readily in 



water. Destroys all insect pests and keeps 



down filth. $1.50 per gallon. Also in quarts, 



half gallons and in bulk. Send for circulars. 



PERFECTION CHEMICAL CO , 

 Flushing, N. Y. 



If you want to do business with rose 

 growers or rose dealers, advertise in 

 our Rose Number next week. Send 

 copy at once. 



Holds Class 

 Firmly 



See the Point «S" 

 PEERLESS 



l Glazing Points are thebest, 

 « No rights or lefts. Box or 

 1 1.000 point! 75 ct». pottptid. 



IIKNKYA.DUKK.lt, 

 « 714 Chestnut Nt., Phil*., Ft. 



FOR SALE. 



Greenhouse and vegetable business, 

 carried on for ten years. About 5000 

 feet of glass, two new houses, two old; 

 new dwelling house and burn 30 

 acres of land. Walter Slade, Box 394, 

 Franklin, Mass. 



FOR SALE — Two greenhouses, 

 20x68, with hot water heating apparatus 

 and well stocked with Carnations and Vio- 

 lets. Will sell as it is with dwelling house 

 attached and 17.000 feet of land, or to be 

 taken down and removed. Adress 703 

 Chestnut St., Waban. Mass. 



