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HORTICULTURE 



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HELP WANTED 



WANTED 



Greenhouse Furemau on Private Place. 

 Must be First Class Grower of Roses. 

 'Mums, Carnations and General Greenhouse 

 Stock, of good personal habits and able 

 to produce I'eferences to that effect. Wages 

 $65.00 per month and room. Apply by let- 

 ter only, enclosing copies of recent refer- 

 ences, to 



Westbrook Gardens, Oakdale, L. I., 



NEW YORK 



WANTED — Head Gardener; married man; 

 Scotch or German preferred, without 

 family. Must have thorough experience in 

 greenhouse and outside gardens. Perma- 

 nent situation. Gardener's cottage pro- 

 vided. Address "F. H. B.," P. O. Box 1723, 

 Boston. 



"WANTED— A good pot plant grower to 

 work under foreman. Keply, stating age, 

 experience and wages expected, to THOMAS 

 ROLAND, Nahaut, Mass. 



SITUATIONS WANTED 



DO YOU NEED FARM HELP? 



We have many able-bodied young men, 

 both with and without farming experience, 

 who wish to work on farms. If you need 

 a good, intelligent, sober man, write for 

 an order blank. Ours is a philanthropic 

 organization and we make no charge to 

 employer or employee. Our object is to 

 encourage farming among Jews. 

 THE JEWISH AGKICULTURAT, SOCIETY, 

 174 Second Avenue, New Yorlj City. 



FOR SALE 



FOR SALE— Fresh from factory, new; 

 10x12, 16x18, 16x24, double thiols. A 

 and B qualities. Market dropped. Now Is 

 the time to buy and save money. PAR- 

 SHELSKY BROS., INC., 215-217 Have- 

 me yer St., Brooklyn, N . Y. 



BARGAIN — ■ Greenhouse, residence and 

 stock; no competition; live village, 30 

 miles from Buffalo, excellent shipping fa- 

 •cillties. Write ELLIS BROS., Springville, 

 N. Y. 



St. Louis — The Geo. M. Garland 

 Company of Des Plaines, 111., green- 

 house builders, lias opened an office 

 here in room 1208. Pullerton building, 

 which is in charge of C. C. Shafer. 



OBITUARY. 

 Eric Bonevier. 

 Eric Bonevier, proprietor of the 

 Butcher Greenhouses, Providence, R. 

 I., died on May 9th, after a long ill- 

 ness. He leaves a mother in Sweden. 



Walter Wellhouse. 



Walter Wellhouse, one of the best 

 known fruit men of Topeka, Kan., 

 died Ma.v 2, aged 6.5 years. He was 

 secretary of the State Horticultui'al 

 Society since 190(5, besides being af- 

 filiated with many other societies. He 

 is survived by a widow and two sons. 



Julius White. 

 Julius White, who for twenty-two 

 years conducted a florist business in 

 Skaneateles, N. Y., passed away on 

 Sunday, May 10, at his home in that 

 village after a long illness. Mr. White 

 was 64 years old. He was born in 

 Somersetshire, England, and came to 

 America in 1866. He is survived by 

 his widow, one son, and has several 

 brothers and sisters in this country, 

 England and Australia. 



UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS NOTES. 



At the meeting of the Floricultural 

 Club held Wednesday evening. May 4, 

 Mr. James Hutchinson, a member of 

 the staff of instruction, gave a very 

 interesting and instructive talk on 

 Orchid Culture. He supplemented his 

 talk with numerous photographs. Mr. 

 Hutchinson is an experienced grower. 

 The entire membership of the club 

 "turned out" to hear him speak. 



The class in floral decorations in 

 charge of Prof. H. B. Dorner returned 

 Sunday evening from a two days' in- 

 spection trip to the establishment of 

 F. Dorner & Sons Co. at Lafayette, 

 Ind. The object of the trip was to 

 study flower shop and work-room 

 arrangement with reference to the re- 

 tail trade. 



The members of the class availed 

 themselves of the opportunity, and vis- 

 ited the Dorner greenhouses, Purdue 

 University and the battleground of 

 Tippecanoe. While at Lafayette the 

 visitors were royally entertained by 

 Prof. Dorner. 



CINCINNATI NOTES. 



Milton Alexander called on his trade 

 in this city last week. 



Hardesty & Co. and Julius Baer 

 utilized fine large iris to good advan- 

 tage in their window displays this 

 week. 



C. P. Brunner and A. C. Leedle of 

 Springfield, Ohio, were in the city on 

 Monday. The purpose of their visit 

 was to see the Reds wallop the Giants. 



SHEEP MANURE 



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 WM. ELLIOTT & SONS 



42 Vesey St., New York 



SAVE YOUR LAWNS 

 AND GARDENS 



Sprinkling, Irrigation and 

 Water Supply Outfits 



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Write us of your needs and conditions 

 and we will tell you what we can do 

 for you. 



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Consulting and Contracting Engiieirs 

 13-15 Custom House St., BOSTBN, MASS. 



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 ing Coif, Cricket Grounds, Parks .and 

 Lawns. Sure death to snails. Does 

 not injure grass: causes the insects to 

 come to tlie surface to die. (Must not 

 come in contact with tine plants). One 

 gallon Kil-Worin makes 5(i gallons 

 liquid when mixed witli water. 1 quart, 

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 the removal of grass, weeds, vines and 

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 ordinary sprinliling can. ^ One gallon 

 Kil-Weed makes 30 to ^o gallons liquid 

 when mixed with water. 1 quart. $0..35; 

 J., gallon, .$0.60: 1 gallon, $1.00; 5 gal- 

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420 %V. l-exington St.. Baltimore. Md. 



Directions on every package; "write /or 



Cocoanut Fibre Soil 



This is the Real Nature's Hamas. Pat 

 it on your lawn this spring. Don't let It 

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 hand. 



Order now in 100 lb. bags. 



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North Olmstead. O.— Claude C. Tyler 

 has leased the Esse.\ greenhouses, and 

 will grow carnations exclusively. 



