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The Florists' Review 



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OCTOBBB 25, 1917. 



Newcomb, of the American Bulb Co., 

 Chicago, called on the trade last week. 

 Both reported that business is good. 



J. M. Walther, 3645 Iowa avenue, has 

 several houses of extra fine poinsettias. 

 He also makes a specialty of bulbous 

 stock. 



Mrs. A. H. Krite, who had been in 

 Texas during the last six months, re- 

 turned and has opened a flower store on 

 Jefferson avenue, near Cass. 



Fred Ude is cutting some fine pom- 

 pons. 



Fred C. Weber, Joseph Witek and 



r. H. Weber are among the west end 

 florists who are making elaborate win- 

 dow displays. 



The death of John Knoll, one of the 

 oldest florists in the south end, is re- 

 ported in the obituary column of this 

 issue. J. J. B. 



Wanted and For Sale Department 



■P^Advertisements under this bead IZ'A cents 

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

 other advertising. In sendinsr remittance count 

 six words to the line. 



Display advertisements in this department fl.50 

 net, 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 — Widely experienced rose i 

 grower, carnations, mums and general stock; 

 alngle man of middle age. German. Address No. 

 407, care Florists' Review, Chicago. 



ITUATION WANTED — Expert carnation grow- 

 er and all-round Horist wants warmer cli- 

 mate; references. Address C. M. N., 1207 South 

 Eighth St., Manitowoc, Wis. 



SITUATION WANTED— By first-class store- 

 man, designer and salesman; able to take 

 charge. State salary. Address No. 317, care 

 Florists' Review, Chicago. 



SITUATION WANTED— By thoroughly expe- 

 rienced florist and gardener; private or com- 

 mercial; west coast preferred. Excellent refer- 

 ences. Address No. 318, care Florists' Review, 

 Chicago. 



SITUATION WANTED— By an experienced all- 

 rotfnd elderly florist; successful propagator; 

 wages, $12.00 a week, board and room. Address 

 Wm. Kirkham, Chicago Hotel, 22 S. Clark St., 

 Chicago, 111. 



SITUATION WANTED— As working foreman, 

 first-class grower of roses, carnations, mums 

 and general line of pot and bedding plants, where 

 No. 1 stock is re(juired. Age 36, strictly sober. 

 Address No. 384, care Florists' Review, Chicago. 



SITUATION WANTED— By American, 20 years 

 store and greenhouse; grower, designer; ex- 

 perienced in bedding out, making Christmas bas- 

 kets; married, no cliildreu; strictly temperate; 

 able to take charge. II. C. G., Florist, Lake 

 Linden, Mich. 



SITUATION WANTED— As grower on moder- 

 ate-sized place, by young man; American, 

 all-round florist, best habits, A-1 references. Can 

 take full charge; limited experience in design- 

 ing and store work. Give full particulars. H. V. 

 Thompson, 238 Jackson St., Rochester, Pa. 



SITUATION WANTED— As head gardener; life 

 experience in all branches of gardening spe- 

 cialties, outdoor and indoor flowers, fruit and 

 vegetables, shrubs, lawns and landscape work. 

 Can produce good results; married, aged 36. Ad- 

 dress No. 299, care Florists' Review, Chicago. 



SITUATION WANTED— By all-round florist, 

 capable of taking full charge, experienced 

 in designing and bedding out; 10 years in the 

 business of growing for the retail trade; single, 

 sober and industrious; references. Address with 

 particulars No. 322, rare Florists' Review, Chi- 

 cago. 



SITUATION WANTED— Private or commercial, 

 by grower; American, 33; 15 years in cut 

 flowers, bedding, Christmas and Easter stock; 

 successful propagator, also designer and maker- 

 up; strictly sober, industrious and honest; ex- 

 pect good wages. State full particulars. Ad- 

 dress No. 326, care Florists' Review, Chicago. 



SITUATION WANTED— A gardener and florist 

 on private or commercial place; life experi- 

 ence in all branches in and outdoors; German, 

 42, married, without children; best references; 

 employed but would like a change November 

 1 or later. Please state wages and particulars 

 in first letter. Address No. 323, care Florists' 

 Review, Chicago. 



ELP WANTED — First-class rose grower. 

 Green Plain Rose Farm, Yardley, Penna. 



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HELP WANTED — Two pot plant growers for 

 growing young stock for shipping buslnesa; 

 must be quick at potting and understand water- 

 ing with hose. In first letter state experience 

 and wages expected. Address No. 428, care 

 Florists' Review, Chicago. 



HELP WANTED — - Opportunity. Succeasful 

 growing concern in best Pacific coast citj 

 wants competent man for growing grounds; also 

 competent greenhouse propagator. Must furnish 

 references and make an investment. Address 

 No. 290, care Florists' Review, Chicago. 



HELP WANTED — For a country place near 

 St. Paul, Minn., an all-round gardener with 

 both greenhouse and outside experience on vege- 

 tables and fiowers; modern house, fuel and 

 vegetables furnished free. State wages want- 

 ed and give names and addresses of two refer- 

 ences. Address No. 316, care Florists' Review, 

 Chicago. 



HELP WANTED — ^Two general growers. $18.00 

 to $20.00 per week. Carl Hagenburger, W. 

 Mentor, Ohio. 



HELP WANTED — An all-round greenhouse 

 man; steady work for the right man. 

 Si manton & Pence, Falls City, Neb. 



HELP WANTED — Two growers for general 

 greenhouse work; also one good propagator. 

 Burden Floral Co., Bowling Green. Ky. 



HELP WANTED — A young florist, experienced, 

 for general greenhouse work. Steady work. 

 National Plant & Flower Co., 61st and Throop 

 Sts., Chicago. ^ 



HELP WANTED — Young man who can drive 

 a White truck and is handy at greenhouse 

 work. Good wages. J. Becker, 6211 Ludlow St., 

 Philad elphia, Pa. ^^^^^_^_^ 



HELP WANTED — Experienced florist. Apply 

 to C. C. Trepel's cut flower department, 

 care Bloomingdale Bros., 59th St. and Lex. Ave., 

 New York City. .. 



HELP WANTED — An all-round greenhouse 

 man for retail place. Please give expe- 

 rience and wages in first letter. Hugo Busch, 

 Jefferson City, Mo. 



HELP WANTED — Handy man for greenhouse, 

 young, middle-aged or elderly man; a good 

 chance to learn the business. Waukesha Floral 

 Co., Waukesha, Wis. 



HELP WANTED — PIrst-class man for pot 

 plants and general greenhouse work. State 

 age, nationality and wages expected. Iowa Seed 

 Co., Des Moines, Iowa. 



HELP WANTED — Experienced man for pot 

 plants and general greenhouse work; state 

 wages expected; boarding nearby. Apply Blind 

 Floral Co.. West View, Pa. 



HELP WANTED — Grower of potted plants and 

 cut flowers, a young man of good character; 

 competent to wait on retail trade; 20,000 ft. of 

 gl ass. Sterling Floral Co., Sterling, 111. 



HELP WANTED— Nov. 15; man for retail 

 store; must be a good salesman and design- 

 er; must not smoke cigarettes. State salary 

 expected. Cotton, Florist, Portsmouth, Va. 



HELP WANTED — Two good potters for mail 

 order business near Chicago. Permanent 

 position open now. State in flrst letter wages 

 wanted. Address No. 427, care Florists' Review, 

 Chicago. 



HELP WANTED — A flrst-class designer, deco- 

 rator and general storeman; good salary to 

 right kind of a man. Please give references in 

 first letter. Address No. 296, care Florists' Re- 

 view, Chicago. 



HELP WANTED— Foreman to take charge of 

 retail place of 50,000 ft.; roses, carnations, 

 chrysanthemums and general line of pot plants. 

 Good wages to right man. C. W. Espy & Son, 

 Brookville, Pa. 



HELP WANTED — Two or three quick, active 

 young men for potting and general green- 

 house work; good chance for advancement. State 

 age and wages expected to begin with. Iowa 

 See d Co., Des Moines. Iowa. 



HELP WANTED — First-class all-round working 

 foreman for retail place of 40.000 feet of 

 glass; $22.00 per week and seven-room modern 

 steam-heated house. Best of references required. 

 Kemble & Goodman, Mason City, la. 



HELP WANTED — Good grower of carnations 

 and potted plants for retail place; married 

 man experienced in design work preferred, but 

 not absolutely necessary. Wages $20.00 per 

 week. G. A. Weberg, Chicago Heights, 111. 



HELP WANTED — A grower of chrysanthe- 

 mums, poinsettias, ferns, roses and other 

 general stock. Want a man of at least three 

 years' southern experience. Married man pre- 

 ferred. House famished. Address No. 278, care 

 Florists' Review. Chicago. 



HELP WANTED — Man between ages of 35 and 

 40 as superintendent of wholesale grain and 

 field-seed business. Salary $1800.00 per year to 

 begin and a chance for rapid advancement. 

 Wlien replying state age, experience and former 

 employers. Address No. 319, care Florists' Re- 

 view, Chicago. 



WANTED— Used water boiler, 500 ft. of ra- 

 diation; Richardson or Boynton sectional 

 preferred. Hobart, Sioux Falls, S. D. 



WANTED — To buy a small steam trap in per- 

 fect condition. Give full particulars and 

 price in first letter. Forest Park Floral Co., 

 Coffeyviiie, Kan. 



ANTED— To rent, a small place suitable for 



growing lettuce and mushrooms, in a town 



not less than 6,000. Address Wm. Kirkham, 22 



S. Clark St., Chicago, 111. 



WANTED — Growers to know of the Jones serv- 

 ice. Heating systems designed or made 

 over. Submit your heating problems to . Robt. 

 Ross Jones, Consulting Engineer, Harrisbi»g, 

 Penna. 



TO LEASE — Good opportunity for live florist 

 with small capital to locate in sunny Flor- 

 ida ; will lease small place in best residential 

 section of city of 100,000 inhabitants; capable of 

 being developed into a splendid paying propo- 

 sition. Address No. 316, care Florists' Review, 

 Chicago. 



FOR RENT— A SOxlOO foot greenhouse, six 

 acres of ground, half of which is planted to 

 shrubs, trees and roses. Will rent outright, or 

 will let the right man have the place and ac- - 

 cept a division of the profits. This is a dandy 

 opportunity for a good hustler. For details • 

 write Tucson Seed Company, Tucson, Ariz. 



R SALE— Pots, 2%, 2% and 8-lncb. Sooth 

 Park Floral CO., New Castle, Ind. 



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rR SALE — Galvanized iron wire stakes, 2 to 6 

 ft. lengths. South Park Floral Co., New 

 Castle, Ind. 



FOR SALE— 16x24 D. S. B. glass; new; $6.00 

 per box. Gash with order. The Weiss A 

 Meyer Co., Maywood, 111. 



FOR SALE — A retail florist business. Am sick 

 and will sell cheap. Address No. 314, care 

 Florists' Review, Chicago. 



FOR SALE — 25 boxes of glass, 16-in. x 24-in., 

 D. S. A. new, at $4.80 per box. Cash, please. 

 Elson Helwig, Marion, Ohio. 



FOR SALE— Double thick glass, A & B quailtyl 

 sizes 16x24 and 16x30. J. W. Young, 6640 

 Wayne Ave., Germantown, Philadelphia, Pa. 



FOR SALE— One No. 400 Giblin hot water boil- 

 er, in good shape: only fired three seasons; 

 $150.00 cash. Harry Jergens, R. R. 3, Dayton, 

 Ohio. 



FOB sale: — Second-hand iron pipe in good con- 

 dition, sizes 14-inch to S-inch. Write (or 

 prices. Leonard Cousins Jr., Concord Junction, 

 Mass. 



FOR SALE— 15 tubular boilers. 10 Scotch ma- 

 rine boilers, 6 portable Iwilers. All sizes, 

 at buyers' prices.' Casey Boiler Works, Spring- 

 fl eld, O. 



FOR SALE — Chicago north side flower store, 

 up to date, fine location, business street; 

 good condition. Good reasons for selling now. 

 Address No. 320, care Florists' Review, Chi- 

 cago. 



FOR SALE — Brebmer's greenhouses, 20,000 sq. 

 feet of glass, ail new houses; good business; 

 good reason for selling. For further particulars 

 address Carl F. Brebmer, R. R. 3, 10, Ohillicothe, 

 Ohio. 



FOR SALE — Carnation support "Common 

 Sense," 8000 stakes and 9000 rings, $16.00 

 per 1000. These supports have been used about 

 two seasons and some are new. Cash. La Orosse 

 Floral Co., La Crosse, Wis. 



FOR SALE— One 66-inch by 16-foot and two 

 72-in. by 18-ft. used Murray boilers, good for 

 110 lb. working pressure, complete with breech- 

 ing; also a 1.50-foot 54-inch steel stack, all in 

 good condition; shipment about Nov. 1. Inquire 

 of Jacob E. Decker & Sons, Mason City, Iowa. 



FOR SALE— We have 100 boxes "A" gUss, 

 double strength, cleaned, good as new, 

 $4.50 per box, or 100 boxes for $400.00, if it 

 would be taken from place; 1-inch pipe, 12, 14, 

 16 ft. long, $20.00 a ton. And ail different ma- 

 terials. Inquire John Prochazka, Niies Center, 

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