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February 10, 1917 



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OF INTEREST TO GARDENERS 

 AND TREE MEN. 



The Civil Service Board of tiie 

 West Cliieago Park Commissioners 

 ■will hold an examination as follows: 



Examination No. 241. 



Gardener, Class G, Rank II. Origi- 

 nal entrance. Pay $.30 to $.45 per 

 hour. To be held February 19th, 1917, 

 at 9.00 A. M. at the general offices in 

 Union Park. Open to men between 

 the ages of 21 and 50 years, regard- 

 less of residence. Applications must 

 be filed in the office of the Board in 

 Union Park before 12 o'clock noon of 

 February 17th, 1917. 



Subjects: Special Subject, weight 

 of 6; Experience, weight of 3: Physi- 

 cal, weight of 1. 



Special Subject: To include a 

 written and oral test on the identifi- 

 cation, general care, planting and 

 characteristics of trees, shrubs and 

 perennials and on making and main- 

 taining lawns. 



The duties of Gardener include the 

 planting, pruning and general care of 

 trees, shrubs, perennials, lawns and 

 outside gardens and occasional su- 

 pervision of laborers in related work. 



Persons who desire to take these 

 examinations must obtain application 

 blanks by calling or telephoning the 

 Civil Service Board at Union Park 

 (Phone, Monroe 5840). The applica- 

 tion blanks must be filled out and re 

 turned to this office — by mail or in 

 person — so as to rearh here before the 

 time fixed in the notice. 



Fred. G. Heuchling, 

 Superintendent of Employment. 



Walter M. Lowney has made a gift 

 of Lowney Park, containing one and 

 one-half acres, to the town of Mans- 

 field, Mass. 



An elaborate Italian garden is be- 

 ing constructed at Watch Hill, R. I., 

 for Mrs. E. R. Turnbull of Montclair, 

 N. J., under the supervision of Wilbert 

 A. Clarke. 



The Massachusetts Forestry Asso- 

 ciation has sent out a circular recom- 

 mending as a means of frustrating 

 the white pine blister rust in future 

 commercial plantings that white pines 

 and red pines be planted in equal num- 

 bers alternating them in the rows or 



planting them in alternative rows. 

 When the thinning period arrives, it 

 the white pines are infected with the 

 rust, they should be taken out and the 

 red pines allowed to reach maturity. 

 On the other hand, if at that time the 

 white pines are free from the disease, 

 the less valuable red pines can be re- 

 moved and a crop of the white pines 

 grown. It is further advised that all 

 currant and gooseberry bushes, both 

 wild and cultivated, in the vicinity, be 

 pulled up. 



PUBLICATION RECEIVED. 



Gardeners' and Florists' annual for 

 1917. A Year Book for Florists, Seeds- 

 men, Nurserymen, Gardeners and All 

 Interested in Horticulture. Edited by 

 .1. Harrison Dick, published by the 

 A. T. Delamare Company, New York. 

 This new edition of this very useful 

 publication is carefully revised up to 

 date and gives a vast amount of au- 

 thentic information on a myriad of 

 topics. A considerable part of the 

 contents is entirely new. 



OR 



GREENHOUSES BUILDING 

 CONTEMPLATED. 



Reinbeck, la. — H. J. Watson, one 

 house. 



Virgina, Minn. — Alfred .Johnson, 

 house 56 x 150. 



Lincoln, Neb. — X. Arrigo, one house. 

 Foley material, 



Springfield, Hi. — Hembreiker & Cole, 

 Moninger house ,35 x 150. 



Pawtucket, R. I.— J. & P. Coats Co., 

 Pine street, house 23 x 40. 



Louisville, Ky. — P. Walker Co., 

 house 34 x 150 in the spring. 



Washington, N. J. — Benjamin Cast- 

 ner, Belvidere avenue, addition. 



South Bethlehem, Pa.— Bethlehem 

 Steel Co., Lord & Burnham house 

 20x100. 



PATENTS GRANTED. 



1,214,142. Fruit Tree Prop. Charles 

 S. Dingwall. Medford, Oreg. 



1,214,356. Flower Pot. Christian Nat- 

 vig, Ivanhoe, Minn. 



My dear Sir: 



Find enclosed check for Two Dollars, 

 two years' advance subscription to 

 your paper. Must say it certainly im- 

 proves with age. With best wishes. 



New York, Feb. 5, 1917. R. 



KONKIMK WOVEN HOSE 



In any length (one piece) 

 with couplings, 15c. per 

 foot. Unequalled at the 

 price. 



Hose Valve, 70c. 



All brass except the band 

 wheel. Has a removable 

 leather disk which Is eas- 

 ily replaced to keep water 

 tight. Stuffing box pre- 

 vents leaks at stem. 



METROPOLITAN MATERIAL CO. 



1392-1414 Metropolitan Ave., Brooklyn, N. Y. 



DREER'S 



Florist Speca&Ities, 



New Brand. New Style. 

 Hoee "RIVERTON." 



Furnished in lengths up 

 to 500 ft. without seam or 



The HOSE for tbe FLORIST 



)i-inch, per ft., 15 c. 

 Reel of 500 ft" " 14HC. 

 2 Reels. loooft., " 14 c. 

 H-inch, '* 13 c. 



Reels. 500 ft., " lajic 

 Couplings furnished 



HENRY JL DREER, 



714 Chestnut St., 

 Philadelphia, Pa. 



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