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The Florists^ Review 



June 3, 191G. 



than last year. When advance orders 

 were placed, there was some argument 

 as to what the stock was worth, but as 

 Memorial day drew nearer, price came 

 to be a second consideration; the main 

 question was to get sufficient stock to 

 supply the public. The public did not 

 take kindly to the idea of paying $1.25 

 per dozen for carnations. They thought 

 it was purely a hold-up game, as dur- 

 ing the glut some time before Mothers' 

 day they had been able to buy them 

 for 25 to 50 cents per dozen. Bargain 

 hunters soon came to the conclusion, 

 however, that the so-called hold-up was 

 universal, and then paid the price asked 

 without a murmur. 



It is only natural that stock will now 

 become more plentiful and there will 

 probably not be a shortage again until 

 sometime next fall. 



Various Notes. 



The Edlefsen-Leidiger Co. has a tele- 

 graph "window display, made up of in- 

 struments, telegraph orders and ship- 

 ping tags. The display is attracting 

 a great deal of attention. 



The M. A. McKenney Co. has been 

 exceptionally busy during the last 

 week. This firm has had a fine casket 

 cover, as well as much other funeral 

 work. They also have had several dec- 

 orations, which have kept the force on 

 the jump all the time. 



B. O. Burbank, of Iron Mountain, 

 Mich., was a visitor Sunday and Mon- 

 day, May 23 and 24. H. J. S. 



INDIANAPOLIS. 



The Market. 



Memorial day trade was only fair 

 this year. The continuous rain of the 

 last two weeks put a damper on the 

 planting business. Memorial day busi- 

 ness was spread out over three days, 

 and had weather conditions been good, 

 the volume should have been better 

 than heretofore. 



Outdoor stock was plentiful, peonies 

 being more than equal to the demand. 

 Feverfew, candytuft, daisies and other 

 such stock were also more than equal 

 to the demand. Stock did not bring 

 the prices that were commanded last 

 year. 



Memorial day business has dropped 

 off considerably since the great 500-mile 

 automobile race has been staged, as 

 the city is crowded with visitors at- 

 tending the races. H. L. W. 



THE NEXT A. 0. S. CONVENTION. 



What It Means to St. Louis Growers. 



The St. Louis Florists' Club sent 

 J. F. Ammann, secretary of the Illinois 

 State Florists' Association, to Buffalo 

 to invite the American Carnation So- 

 ciety to hold its next meeting beside 

 the Father of Waters. In reporting the 

 success of his mission Mr. Ammann 

 told the club: 



"It is up to us to make good in 

 1916. This will be the first time the 

 Carnation Society will meet west of the 

 Mississippi river, since its organization 

 twenty-four years ago. The matter of 

 a meeting and exhibition place and 

 proper tables, decorations, etc., is of 

 vital importance; yet all these, though 

 essential, are of no use without plenty 

 of flowers, and well grown flowers, for 

 exhibition. So it is up to you carna- 

 tion growers of the Mississippi valley, 



and in fact all growers of the middle 

 west who contribute to this market, to 

 help make good at this exhibition. We 

 can reasonably expect quite a nice lot 

 of stock from the neighboring states, 

 Illinois, Indiana and Iowa, but the 

 growers of this immediate vicinity 

 must show their colors and come to the 

 front. Never mind about the size of 

 your place. It is not always the big 

 fellow that captures the prize. Go 

 after quality; that counts. 



The Retailers' Opportunity. 



"Now just a word to the retailers. 

 I would that every retailer in St. Louis 

 could have viewed that magnificent dis- 

 play of carnations, arranged in so many 

 different effects, at Buffalo. I do really 

 think this is the greatest advertising 

 feature any show can put up, and I 

 sincerely hope, our retailers will co- 

 operate in making this meeting here a 

 grand success, from a retail and adver- 

 tising standpoint. The public admires 

 all the beautiful flowers, but it admires 

 all the more the artist's ability in us- 

 ing them to get the best effects. 



"Now just a word about the spirit 

 brought about by these meetings. Gen- 

 tlemen, if at Buffalo you had seen, as 

 I saw, our kind friend, J. A. Valentine, 

 of Denver, Colo., shaking hands with 

 our newly elected director, C. S. Strout, 

 from Maine, you would thus have seen 

 the hand of fellowship stretched nearly 

 across the continent and would have 

 felt that this is not a bad world after 

 all. The meeting of old friends, with 

 the making of new ones, is only one 

 great good that such meetings bring 

 about. However, were that the only 

 thing, would it not be worth while f 



"Let us of the middle west unite for 

 the best there is in us, to make the 

 A. C. S. meeting of 1916 the banner 

 meeting of that society, both from a 

 standpoint of exhibition and new mem- 

 bership, and stand here in St. Louis, 

 January next, extending the hand of 

 fellowship to our fellow craftsmen of 

 the east, west, north and south, bid- 

 ding them welcome to our city, and in 

 a meager way returning at least some 

 of the hospitality so generously be- 

 stowed upon us by them so many times 

 in the past." 



Indianapolis, Ind. — The contestants 

 for the prize of a trip to the Panama- 

 Pacific exposition and the crown of 

 May queen of the carnival were pre- 

 sented with bouquets by Bertermann 

 Bros. Co. upon the occasion of the 

 crowning of the winner Friday eve- 

 ning, May 21. 



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Want and For Sale Department 



C^ Advertisements ander this head 10 cents 

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

 other advertlBlng. In sending remittance count six 

 words to the line. 



Display advertisements In this department $1.30 

 for one Inch space. 



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

 cents for forwardinfj. 



Plant advertisements not admitted under this head. 



SITUATION WANTED— By A-1 rose grower: 

 sober and reliable; good reference. Address 

 N o. 678, care Florists' Review, Chicago. 



SITUATION WANTED^Speclalist In roses, 

 carnations, mums; 22 years' experience; mar- 

 ried. Geo. Collins, 27 Forest Ave., Lake Forest, 

 111^ 



SITUATION WANTED— By flrat-dasi carnation 

 grower; long experience; fnll charge; good 

 references. Address No. 476, care Florists' Be- 

 vl sw, Chicago. 



SITUATION WANTED— First-class designer and 

 decorator; years of experience; able to man- 

 ae«»: A-1 rpf<>rennps: ntnte "nl«ry. H. O'Neill, 

 178 Tremont St., Rochester, N. T. 



SITUATION WANTED— Gardener and florist: 

 12 years' experience; German, 26 years old. 

 J os. Wal t er, 142 6 Gr een St., Chica go Heights, 111 . 



SITUATION WANTED— Designer and decora" 

 tor; young man; foreign and domestic refer- 

 ences. B. Nickel. 3730 Delmar Ave., St. Louis, 



MO; 



SITUATION WANTED— By florUt and gar 

 dener, experienced In all branches of the 

 business, private or commercial; sober; ref- 

 erences. Address No. 624, care Florists' Be- 

 vlew, Chicago. 



SITUATION WANTED— By flrst-class grower 

 of cut flowers and plants; capable of taking 

 full charge and handling help; references; sober; 

 state wages. Address Florist, 6234 S. Tbroop 

 8t.. Chic a go, 111. 



SITUATION WANTED— As working foreman on 

 retail place, by an all-round grower of A-1 

 florist stock; life experience; married; no fam- 

 ily; good references. J. Hodge, 18S2 Qlddlng 

 Boed, Clev eland, O. 



SITUATION WANTED— By young man, flrst- 

 class designer, decorator and storeman; 12 

 years' experience; A-1 references; can come at 

 once; state salary and particulars. Address No. 

 676, care F lorists' Review, Chicago. 



SITUATION WANTED- By life experienced 

 grower of roses, carnations, mums, decorative 

 and bedding plants; rose section preferred; mid- 

 dle-aged, single, sober; state wages. Address 

 No. 670, care Floris t s' Beview, Chicag o. 



SITUATION WANTED— As foreman to tak." 

 entire charge, by a flrst-class grower of cut 

 flowers and plants; a life's experience; single; a 

 capable supervisor of help; excellent credentials; 



good wages expected. Address Florist, 61 W. 

 nta rlo St., Ch icago. 



SITUATION WANTED — As foreman or grower, 

 by expert .grower of carnations and genera! 

 greenhouse stock; German- American; good refer- 

 ences as to ability and honesty; New York or 

 eastern states preferred. Address No. 637, care 

 Florists' Review, Chica go. 



SITUATION WANTED— By a German florist 

 and gardener; 25 years' experience; fully 

 capable of taking full charge of greenhouse: 

 sober, honest and hustler; growing carnations, 

 roses and bedding stock a specialty; best refer- 

 ences; give full particulars. Address No. 663, 

 care Florists' Review, Chicago. 



SITUATION WANTED— By all-round grower, on 

 roses, carnations, mums, Christmas, Easter 

 and bedding stock; 10 years' experience with 

 large wholesale and retail bouses; best of refer- 

 ences; capable of taking charge; desire a steady 

 gosltlon on good commercial place. Address No. 

 76, care Florists' Review, Chicago. 



HELP WANTED- All-round grower for retail 

 place of 85,000 ft. of glass. Kemble & 

 Goodman, Mason City, Iowa. 



HELP WANTED— A sober, reliable man for 

 general greenhouse work; state experience 

 and wages wanted in flrst letter. Gbas. Koelker 

 & Son, 43 6 St. Clair St., Toledo, O. 



HELP WANTED— A flrst-class grower of roses, 

 carnations and pot plants, as working fore- 

 man; must be an experienced and sober man; 

 give full particulars. Address P. O. Box 2925, 

 Boston, Mass. 



HELP WANTED— Good, all-round florist, single 

 man preferred, who Is sober, reliable, a 

 hustler, that can produce A-1 roses and carna- 

 tions; state wages wanted. Ira Clark & Co., 

 G reensburg, Ind. 



HELP WANTED — Want to correspond with ii 

 grower who wrote me in reply to an ad for 

 a grower, and stated that he had experience in 

 Alabama and CaroUnas, and enclosed a reference 

 from a lady florist; I mislaid bis letter, and 

 want to write him; answer at once. Palmetto 

 Nurs eries, Flor en ce, S. C. 



HELP WANTED— Gardener; a competent, ex- 

 perienced man, with good references, to 

 take care of all outside work on private 

 grounds of four acres, Including shrubbery, flow- 

 ers, vegetable garden, and care of chickens and 

 one cow. Address G. W. Dulany, Jr., care 

 Eclipse Lumber C o., Clinton, Iowa. 



HELP WANTED — A-1 grower of pot plants; 

 must understand thoroughly the forcing of 

 Christmas and Easter stock and the growing 

 of bedding plants, etc., for catalogue trade; pre- 

 fer man who has bad experience in large pot 

 plant establishment and who Is ambitions to ad- 

 vance himself; must be sober and a bustler; 

 willing to pay good salary to right man. Bose- 

 mont gard ens, Mon t gomery, Ala. 



WANTED TO BENT- Greenhouses, about 8000 

 feet; in good condition; reasonable; state 

 particulars. G., Florist, 275 Magnolia St., De- 

 trolt, Mich. 



WANTED — Information of George or Michael 

 BIckey, about 45 years old, who worked 

 at various occupations in Ohio and Illinois at 

 the florists' business; when last heard from 

 worked for C. L. Peck, tree doctor, Cleveland, 

 Ohio; any brother florist knowing about party 

 will confer a favor to write me or tell him to 

 write home at once. Ben]. Connell, Florist, 

 M erchantvllle. N. J. 



OB SALE — Complete florist's outfit. Inquire 

 608 Wells Street, Chicago, 111. 



F 



FOB SALE — Glass; 250 boxes 16x18 D. 8. A., 

 fS.OO per box f. o. b. North Milwaukee. 

 N. Zwelfel, North Milwaukee, Wis. 



FOR SALE — At a sacrifice, florist fixtures, well 

 established business, four living rooms in 

 ponnpction. D. S. Erlckson, 5736 W. Madison 

 St., Chicago, 



