April 8, 1911 



HORTICULTURE 



555 



KROESCHELL EXHIBIT AT NATIONAL FLOWER SHOW 



Fred Lautenschlager, representing 

 Kroeschell Bros. Co., Chicago, reports 

 a good week at the National Flower 

 Show, having sold a boiler to George 



Obituary, 



William A. Blaedel. 

 William A. Blaedel, for many years 

 a florist at 252 West 23rd street, New 

 York, N. Y., died March 15th. The 

 business will be continued under the 

 firm name ot W. C. Blaedel & Sons. 



Miss Fannie M. Anderson. 

 On March 20th, Miss Fannie M. An- 

 derson, of Anderson & White, florists, 

 Lexington, Ky., passed away. Miss 

 Anderson has been associated with 

 Miss White for many years, starting in 

 a very small way, building up a very 

 fine business. 



W.lllam Schlatter. 

 William Schlatter, Springfield, Mass., 

 died at his home on March 27th, at 

 the age of 64 years. He was born in 

 Switzerland and for many years had 

 charge of the greenhouses and grounds 

 of the Thompson Estate. In partner- 

 ship with his son he ran a prosperous 

 greenhouse business on Bay street. He 

 leaves a widow, two daughters and 

 one son. 



Harry Yager. 



News of the death of Harry Yager 

 was heard with regret, April 1st, by his 

 many friends among the florists of 

 Chicago. Though not in the business 

 himself, he was the husband of Emily 

 Schiller Yager, and so was intimately 

 acquainted with many in the trade, 

 and the future flower shows in Chicago 

 will not ."eem the same without Harry 

 in the office. 



NEWS NOTES. 



Babylon, N. Y. — Twenty-five acres of 

 land on Udalls's Road have been pur- 

 chased by Mrs. William Arnold where 

 she will erect commercial green- 

 houses. 



Davenport, Iowa. — The stock of the 

 Davenport Nursery Co., Fernwood ave- 

 nue and Locust street, was sold on 

 March 28th to G. L. Lewis of Evans- 

 ton, 111. The sale included all the 

 stock and fixtures belonging to the 

 nursery proper, the purchase price be- 

 ing stated as $2500. 



W. Marshall, MedflCid, Mass., for 15,- 

 000 feet ot glass and receiving sev- 

 eral orders for delivery in the near 

 future. 



E.H.WILSON ARRIVES IN BOSTON. 



On Thursday evening, April 6, this 

 noted Asiatic explorer arrived in Bos- 

 ton on his return from the tragic col- 

 lecting tour in Northern China which 

 came so near costing him his life. He 

 was at Vancouver on April 2 and 



E. H. Wilson 



came via Montreal and was met at 

 the North Station, Boston, by Messrs. 

 Farquhar, Dawson, Thatcher and Stew- 

 art, who extended to him a joyous 

 welcome to the Hub. 



St. Louis.— Friday, April 7, Arbor 

 day will be celebrated, and trees and 

 flowers will be planted by the school 

 children. One enterprising department 

 store, known as the Grand Leader, has 

 advertised that they would have 200,000 

 catalpa trees, beginning Monday, April 

 3d, to sell to the school children at 

 1 cent each. The first day's sale was 

 heavy. 



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 HELP WANTED 



LJ p I n Furnished for 

 riKsiLBF greenhouses, 

 gardens, estates, etc. Skilled 

 and unskilled. National Labor Ex- 

 change, 918 Walnut St., Phila., Pa. 

 HENR'V C. PRICE 



WANTED — Two flrst-class greenhouse 

 men. State qualifications and salary ex- 

 Iietted. W. M. W.. care HORTICULTURE. 



W.\NTED — Man with general knowledge 

 of ornamental nursery stock, landscape 

 planting, etc. Address N. D. Pierce, Nor- 

 wood, R. 1. 



JMAN with some experience in landscape 

 or ornamental gardening; able to sell 

 goods. Excellent opportunities to advance. 

 "P. D.," care HORTICULTURE. 



HELP WANTED— An experienced plant 

 grower to wofk under foreman; send refer- 

 ences and wages expected to Thomas 

 Roland, Nahant. Mass. 



WANTED— Outside foreman; a young 

 man accustomed to managing a large force 

 of men in nursery. State salary expected, 

 and qualifications. M., care HORTICUL- 

 TURE PUB. CO. 



WANTED— An Energetic and iudustrious 

 Florist to take charge of a small plant to 

 grow stock for local trade and assist in 

 nurser.v work and landscape gardening. 

 Wages^ .fCO.OO per month. Apply to the 

 Continental Nurseries, Franklin, Mass. 



SITUATIONS WANTED 



EXPERIENCED in florist store, under- 

 stand care of greenhouse, steady, reliable, 

 best references. T. B., care HORTICUL- 

 TURE. 



FOREM.\N in commercial greenhouse, 20 

 years' experience here and abroad, special- 

 ized in cucumbers, tomatoes, carmations. 

 Steady, reliable, good refereuces. "C. T.. 

 care LlORTICULT URE. 



GARDENER — private estate. Under- 

 stands gardening under glass and outside. 

 Good experience, reliable, sober, good 

 worker. Best references. "B. T.," care 

 HORTICULTURE. 



SITUATION WANTED by first class 

 florist at once. 20 years' experience wltn 

 general greenhouse stock. Married, reliable, 

 well recommended and hard worker. Ad- 

 dress O. K., care HORT ICULTURE. 



HEAD GARDENER, thirty-nine, life ex- 

 perience Britain and America. Manage gen- 

 tlemen's private estate, construction lawns, 

 roads, etc. ; all branches of gardening. 

 A. A., care HORTICULTURE. 



GARDENER— Married, no children, 24 

 .vears' experience in 'mums, carnations, 

 roses, fruits and vegetables, wishes posi- 

 tion as gardener on estate or commercial. 

 Address, A. E., 277 Concord St., So. Fram- 

 ingham, Mass. 



FOR SALE 



FOR SALE— Special 16 x 18 and 16 x 24 

 double thick glass In "A" and "B" qoalJ- 

 ties Buy now and save money. Write 

 FARSHELSKY BROTHERS, INC., M 

 Montrose Ave., Brooklyn, N. 'i. 



GREENHOUSE to take down, about 65 X 

 •^0 ft., 16 .\ 20 in. lights, 1 leanto house of 

 sash 60 X 15 ft. ; also about 50 good 3 x 6 ft. 

 sash; 1 No. 4 Doric, about 1500 feet pipe 

 and 3000 flower pots, all sizes. D. Robin- 

 son's Sons, Revere Beach Parkway, Everett, 

 Mass. 



