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The Florists' Review 



Febbuabt 24, 1916. 



A. L, Jones, of Tonawanda, reports 

 an unusual quantity of funeral work 

 during the week. He and his entire 

 force have been exceedingly busy. 



William Ehmann, of Corfu, reports 

 many Dracaena indivisa orders booked 

 for early spring delivery. 



An attractive and patriotic window 

 display was the feature at the branch 

 store of W. J. Palmer & Son. 



Florists' Bowling Scores. 



The 5-man team of the Florists' 



Bowling Club in a match last week 



scored as follows: 



Player Ist 2nd 3rd T'tl 



Sandiford 186 189 170 545 



Streltmeyer 164 171 133 468 



Meagher 147 168 134 449 



Neubeck 147 183 190 522 



Speldel 219 208 189 616 



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Want M< For Sale Department 



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iSW Advertisements under thU head 10 cents 

 per line, cash with order from all who do not do 

 other advertising. In sending remittance coant ilx 

 words to the line. * d.-. »« 



Display advertliements in this department )|S1.30 

 for one inch space. ^^ ,„ 



When answers are to be sent in our care, add 10 

 cents for forwarding. • 



Plant advertisements not admitted under this bead. 



SITUATION WANTED — By first-class gar- 

 dener; age 37; married, small family; very 

 good references. Address No. 4«9, care Florists' 

 Review, Chicago. 



SITUAIION WANTED— By experienced rose 

 grower, also in general line of potted plants; 

 age 36, single. Address Stephen DokuplI, care 

 Whitney, Rocky River, Ohio. 



SITUATION WANTED — Expert designer and 

 decorator; age 26; 11 years' domestic and 

 foreign experience; A-1 references. Address No. 

 485, care Florists' Review, Chicago. 



SITUATION W A NTED— First-class designer, 

 decorator; A-1 refs.; years of experience: 

 state salary: employed with flrst-claaa firm. 

 F. Plerson, 1340 4% St., S. W.. Washington. 

 D. C. 



SITUATION WANTED— By a flrst-class rose 

 grower, also good propagator; life experi- 

 ence; capable of taking full charge; A-1 refer- 

 ences. Address No. 469. care Florists' Review, 

 Chicago. . 



SITUATION WANTED — By married man as 

 working foreman or to take charge of large 

 section; 12 years' experience; state particulars 

 In first letter. Address No. 463, care Florists 

 Review, Chicago. 



SITUATION WANTED— By thoroughly experi- 

 enced rose grower; can produce first-class 

 stuff; capable of taking full charge; well recom- 

 mended; state full particulars. Address No. 

 876, care Florists' Review, Chicago. 



SITUATION WANTED— Lady with 15 years' 

 experience wants position in greenhouse or 

 store: capable of taking charge; competent and 

 reliable; state salary In first letter. Address 

 No. 430, care Florists' Review, Chicago. 



SITUATION WANTED — Experienced salesman 

 and maker-up, now second man In leading 

 Chicago store, seeks chance to better himself; 

 can handle all details of best trade. Address 

 No. 891, care Florists' Review. Chicago. 



SITUA'nON WANTED— By married man, 28, 

 no children, on private estate; have had 

 about 12 years' commercial experience in cut 

 flowers and pot plants. Address No. 464, care 

 Florists' Review, Chicago. 



SITUATION WANTED— By married man as 

 working foreman; 12 years' practical experi- 

 ence in cut flowers and pot plants; good propa- 

 gator and grafter; state particulars. Address 

 No. 462, care Florists' Review, Chicago. 



SITUATION WANTED— By good, middle-aged, 

 single florist; good grower of roses, carna- 

 tions, mums and general stock; also good de- 

 signer; capable of taking charge; good wages. 

 Jacob Schmid, 811 S. State St., Chicago. 



SITUATION WANTED— In large cemetery, city 

 park or private estate, by able manager with 

 A-1 references; 25 years' experience In nursery, 

 landscape, greenhouse and florist work. Address 

 No. 841. care Florists' Review. Chicago. 



SITUATION WANTED— By German, practical, 

 experienced florist and landscape gardener, 

 age 36, sober, reliable; best of references; pri- 

 vate or commercial place; please state particu- 

 lars in first letter. Address No. 466, care Flo- 

 rists' Review, Chicago. 



SITUATION WANTED— As foreman, by a 

 young man, age 26, Hollander; 12 years' ex- 

 perience, 10 years in Europe and 2 years in 

 U. S. in nnrsery propagating and landscape 

 work; references. Address No. 447, care Flo- 

 rists' Review, Chicago. 



SITUATION WANTED— As rose or carnation 

 grower; 30 years old, single; state wages in 

 first letter. Address No. 489, care Florists' Re- 

 vlew, Chicago. 



SITUATION WANTED— As foreman on com- 

 mercial place; 19 years' experience; good 

 references; married; sober, industrious; good 

 wages wanted; northwest preferred. Address 

 No. 467, care Florists' Review, Chicago. 



SITUATION WANTED— Flrst-class rose and 

 carnation grower, also experienced In all 

 branches; 33 years old, single; strictly sober; 

 capable of taking full charge of either commer- 

 cial or private place. Address No. 440, care 

 Florists' Review, Chlcago.- 



SITUATION WANTED— By gardener and florist 

 on private place; 14 years' experience in 

 growing all kinds of greenhouse plants and cut 

 flowers, fruits and vegetables and flower garden; 

 bard worker; English, single, age 30. Address 

 No. 460, care Florists' Review, Chicago. 



SITUATION WANTED — As working foreman or 

 grower under boss, by Scandinavian, age 28, 

 single; life experience in growing all kinds of 

 plants on commercial places; also good deslgnet; 

 a place with privilege to buy, rent or otherwise 

 be financially interested preferred. Address No. 

 4 68, care Florists' Review, Chicago. 



SITUATION WANTED — As working foreman 

 on commercial or retail place In middle 

 west or vicinity of Chicago; married, age 36; 

 20 years' experience In growing roses, carna- 

 tions, mums, bedding and bulbous stock, also a 

 good propagator; would like to locate with 

 some good firm permanently; A-1 references. 

 Address No. 461, care Florists ' Review, Chicago . 



SITUATION WANTED— By gardener; first- 

 class grower of outdoor and Indoor fruits, 

 flowers and vegetables; understands care of 

 lawns, shrubs, ornamental bedding and landscape 

 work; first-class experience In northern and 

 southern United States; ' also good European 

 references; married, one child; nationality, 

 Scotch. Address No. 468, care Florists' Re- 

 view, Chicago. 



SITUATION WANTED— Englishman, age 31, 

 desires permanent position In a first-class 

 retail store as manager; 8 years' American ex- 

 perience, lifetime in the trade; thoroughly 

 capable; first-class designer, decorator, salesman, 

 buyer, etc.; hustler, not afraid of time or work; 

 temperate and honest; best references; middle 

 west preferred; state wages and particulars. 

 Address No. 488, care Florists' Review. Chicago. 



SITUATION WANTED— By middle of March, 

 gardener, florist, 38, small family; sober, 

 honest, hard wofker; 20 years' American experi- 

 ence In all kinds of cut flowers, plants, vege- 

 tables, lawns and shrubbery; would like to get 

 a steady position In private place. Institution or 

 retail place; not too far north; prefer place with 

 house privilege; reference; state particulars and 

 wages. Address No. 464, care'^lorlsts' Review, 

 C hicago. 



SITUATION WANTED— As foreman, flrst-clas? 

 grower, commtrcial, retail or private, by an 

 all-round grower of carnations, roses, mums, 

 bedding plants; good propagator; capable of 

 taking charge; private or commercial; can . 

 handle men to the best advantage; looking for 

 a man or woman who wants a good partner; 

 single, middle-aged, sober and honest; don't 

 answer unless you mean business; good wages 

 wanted. Address Cbas. B. Mayer, Box 143, 

 Sharpsburg, Pa. 



SITUATION WANTED— As a working foreman 

 by a first-class grower of roses, carnations, 

 mums and general pot plants; good propagator; 

 also good designer and decorator; German, 

 single, middle-aged, sober, honest and good 

 worker; 20 years in the florist business, 17 

 years in this country; can take full charge of 

 any place; have small capital; I have one of 

 the best references; will go anywhere for good 

 offer. Address Frank, Florist, care General De- 

 l lvery, Milwaukee. Wis. 



SITUATION WANTED — As working foreman, 

 by one of the best rose, carnation, mnm. 

 Illy and pot plant grower: handy with tools, 

 boilers and can help build greenhouses; can 

 handle help to the best advantage; good propa- 

 gator: also handy with funejal designs; sober, 

 honest, good worker; German, single, middle- 

 aged; 16 years in this country; have some cash; 

 have one of the best references; will work for 

 wages or on shares: I will prove to yon that I 

 am the man that yon wanted. Address No. 470, 

 ca re Florists' Review, Chicago. 



HELP WANTED— Experienced pot plant grow- 

 er; state full particulars and wages wanted 

 In first letter. .1. C. Stelnhsiiser. Pittsburg. Kan . 



HELP WANTED— At once, man capable of 

 growing carnations and roses- state wages 

 expected in first letter. Edward Tatro, 407 E. 

 Iro n Ave., Sallna, Kan. 



HELP WANTED — A working foreman, capable 

 of growing carnations, chrysanthemums, 

 bedding stock, etc.; 20,000 ft. of glass. Address 

 B ox 513, Keene, N. H. 



HELP WANTED— A single young man for 

 greenhouse work; some experience; English 

 preferred; write for particulars to Petoskey 

 Fl oral Co.. Petoskey. Mich. 



HELP WANTED — Rose grower, capable of tak- 

 ing charge of section: strictly sober; state 

 references, where last employed, etc. Green 

 Pl ain Rose Farm, Yardley, Pa. 



HELP WANTED— Bright yonng lady, experi- 

 enced in designing and general retail rou- 

 tine, including simple book work. Address No. 

 828, care Florists' Review, Chicago. 



HELP WANTED— A glazier to lay about lOOO 

 or more lights at once. John BauschWr 

 Freeport, 111. 



HELP WANTED— Young man, with knowledge 

 of orchids, needed at once for plant houses. 

 B ox K, Barberton, Ohio. 



HELP WANTED— Single man, well up In 

 greenhouse work, to grow pot plants and 

 cut flowers: state wages wanted. H. B. Zleger, 

 R. D. No. 2, Box 143, Sharpsburg, Pa. 



HELP WANTED— Rose grower to take charge 

 of a rose house; steady employment and 

 good wages to competent man. Address Beech- 

 wood Heights Nurseries, Bound Brook, N. J. 



HELP WANTED— Capable assistant for or- 

 chard, vegetable and general garden work; 

 Lake County. Illinois; references required. Ad- 

 d ress No. 466, care Florists' Review, Chicago. 



HELP WANTKD— An A No. 1 man to man» 

 age a wholesale cut flower business in Chi- 

 cago; give references; all applications held 

 strictly confidential. Address No. 467, care Flo- 

 r ists' Review, Chicago. 



HELP WANTED — At once, competent man 

 with experience in carnations, mums, potted 

 plants and vegetables; must he sober and indus- 

 trious; $15.00 per week to start. Roselawn 

 Greenhouses, Moscow, Idaho. 



HELP WANTED — At once, competent grower 

 for retail place; up-to-date bouses and a 

 steady position; we want a man that can pro- 

 duce the goods; give references, state age and' 

 wages wanted in first letter. C. W. Espy & 

 Son, Brookvllle, Pa. 



HELP WANTED— Assistant grower on retail 

 place; experienced in roses, carnations, 

 violets, sweet peas and a general line of pot 

 plants; don't reply unless you understand your 

 business and are willing to work. Address No. 

 4 07, care Florists' Review, Chicago. 



HELP WANTED — A carnation grower to take 

 charge of 40,000 square feet of glass; one 

 that is able to grow good stock; if single, state 

 wages expected with board and room In first 

 letter, also if you can come at once, with yonr 

 telegraph address. Address John L. Wyland, 

 Allison Park, Pa. 



HELP WANTED — First-class, up-to-date sales- 

 lady, to take charge of cut flower depart- 

 ment in large department store in middle west; 

 one who .has had experience in this line will be 

 given preference; state experience, reference 

 and salary expected in first letter, all of which 

 will be treated as confidential, and returned If 

 not satisfactory. Address No. 449, care Florists' 

 Review, Chicago. 



HEr.,P WANTED— Man, over 30, to take charge 

 of the growing of pot plants for shipping 

 and store trade; must be able to manage help 

 and produce good stock in quantity, especially 

 cyclamen and hydrangeas; man of intelligence, 

 after proving his worth and ability, will share 

 in the profits; state fully experience in first 

 letter; salary to start, $1R.00 per week; north- 

 ern Ohio. Address No. 443, care Florists' Re- 

 view, Chicago. .« 



WANTED — To buy or rent, retail flower store 

 in a city of 20,000 to 75,000 population; 

 with other particulars mention the nearest place 

 where stock can be bought and the best terms 

 yon can make. Address No. 484, care Florists' 

 Review. Chicago. 



FOR RENT — Three greenhouses a few miles 

 from Pittsburgh, Pa.; owner desires to de- 

 vote all of bis time to retail store and can use 

 most of stock grown. Address No. 466, care ' 

 Florists' Review, Chicago. 



OR SALE — Second-hand pipe, alL sizes, sult- 

 able for either steam or hot water nse; 

 write us for prices. Baor Gas Co., Easton, Ind. 



OR SALE— At a sacrlflce. the Seovell Green- 



honses; if you want a splendid property 



cheap, ask for full particulars. W. 0. Scovell, 



Malta, O. 



FOR SALE— 2300 ft. of glass, new buildings, 

 two acres in live town of SOOO; price low: 

 100 ■ miles from Chicago. Norton Gibson, 030 

 Prairie St., Elkhart, Ind. 



FOR SALE— Flrst-class retail flower store with 

 greenhouses; an old established business: 

 reasonable terms. John R. Fitzgerald, 608 

 Powers BIdg.. Decatur, 111. 



OR SALE— We always have complete florists' 



outfits on band; special refrigerators and 



fixtures built to order; right goods at right prices. 



Reliable Store Fixture Co., 448 Wells St., Chicago, 



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FOR RALE— $700.00 buys stocked florist's 

 store, opposite 2 cemeteries; business of 

 $6000.00; promising residential location; rent, 

 $.T'i.no. Phillip's, Forbes and Dallas Aves., 

 Pi ttsburgh. Pa. 



FOR SALE— 3000 ft. of pipe, drilled, all 

 valves, unions, complete; enough pipe for 

 overhead irrigation for 2 acres, complete pipe 

 line. $60.00. Address No. 468, care Florists' 

 Review, Chicago. 



FOR SALE— Morehead trap No. 3, capable of 

 draining ."lOOO feet 1%-inch pipe; guaran- 

 teed in flrst-class working order; ready to set 

 up; F. O. B. Kenosha, cash, $60.00. W. H. 

 Drake. KenoSha, Wis. 



FOR SAT-E — 5 city lots In one piece, each lot 

 6214x125 ft.; over 39.000 square feet; dark 

 soil; good opening for florist: only one florist In 

 city of 7000; price, $800.00. Address J. W. 

 Schaefer, Beardstown, 111. 



