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The Weekly Florists' Review. 



Sbptbmbbb 8, 1904.. 



FRED EHRET, 



Is the center for MAIDS, BRIDES, 



BEAUTIES, CARNATIONS, ETC. 



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GOOD SBBVIOE OUABANTEED 



ESTABLISHED 1890. 



COBBESPONDENCE INVITED. 



Mention The ReTlew wh«n ypo write. 



' '* WEoIesalc Florist^ 

 . 1403-1405 Fairmouiit Ave. 



PHILADELPHIA. 



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SPACE UNDER BENCHES. 



Indirectly I have fallen heir to a num- 

 ber of queries and topics too numerous 

 to reply to, or open on, all at once, so I 

 choose one of me laziest for the present. 

 The subscriber asks: "What ia the best 

 disposition to make, in a greenhouse 

 plant, of the room under the benches! 

 Can bulbs, such as tulips, French hya- 

 cinths or Paper White narcissi be grown 

 there to advantage!" I don't think that 

 space beneath the benches should be 

 ■considered wasted because you don 't pro- 

 ■duce a crop there, any more than you 

 should deplore the fact that there is a 

 fine space wasted between the top of your 

 plants on the bench and the glass. Yet 

 there are a number of uses to which to 

 put the space beneath the benches. 



Some growers of bulbs put their flats 

 there for a few days when first brought 

 in from outside, but it is not a place to 

 grow them. There would not be heat 

 enough in mid-winter and in March and 

 April, when little heat is needed, these 

 bulbs would all grow weak, lanky, topple 

 over and be largely useless. Bulbs, that 

 is tulips, narcissi, etc., take up little 

 room when you consider that a crop only 

 occupies the bench from fifteen to twenty 

 days. In April or about Easter, when 

 greatly crowded, we often put flats of 

 tulips and narcissi on the ground along 

 the edge of a path and partly beneath 

 the bench, but never before the flowers 

 are about open. They get light there 

 and are too far matured to be harmed. 



Beneath a warm, dry bench we lay on 

 their sicles after New Year's our stock 

 plants of poinsettia. Lemon verbenas, 

 lantanas and stock fuchsias that have 

 been ^own in pots all summer will rest 

 there if not allowed to get too dry, until 

 January or February, Hydrangeas, after 

 a light frost, are brought in and stood 

 along the edge of the path or just be- 

 neath the bench in a cool house. Beneath 

 a bench in a carnation house is a most 

 excellent place for storing canna roots. 

 While they are there you are not water- 

 ing your carnations so copiously that 

 there is enough drip to hurt the roots. 

 We have often stood a few hundred pots 

 of Astilbe Japonica beneath a bench until 

 the foliage started. 



Penally, many florists have no shed to 

 store their pots in and, if boards are put 

 down to keep the pots oflf the eaith, un- 

 der a bench is a good place during win- 

 ter, but let me say that the man who 

 leaves his pots beneath the bench during 

 summer when there is no fire heat but 

 copious drippings from the bench above, 

 is a friend to the pot maker and an enemy 

 to himself. 



Many uses can occasionally and inci- 

 dentally be made of the space beneath 

 a bench, but I know of no crop that can 

 be cultivated entirely in such a place, ex- 

 cept it be Agaricus campestris, and the 

 writer is far more expert at eating than 

 at cultivating mushrooms. 



W. S. 



BtJSTMiTON, Pa. — James T. Baker has 

 three houses in single violets and is also 

 manager here for the Western Union 

 Telegraph Co. 



St. Johnsbury, Vt. — James Burns has 

 leased the St. Johnsbury Greenhouses. 

 Mr. Burns was formerly of Orange, N. J., 

 but had for some time been gardener on 

 a private estate at Lindenville, Vt. 



WANT ADVERTISEMENTS. 



Advertlsementa under this head one cent a 

 word, cash with ord^r. When answers are to be 

 addressed in ovir care, add 10 cents for forward- 

 tar. 



Plant advertisements NOT admitted under this 

 head. 



WANTED— A man with KOO or more to invest 

 in nursery and floral business, and take 

 chargre of floral part; must be a steady man of 

 (rood character; location in a thrifty town of 

 13 000 in north Texas; a splendid opportunity for 

 rlgrhtman; correspondence solicited. Greenville 

 Nursery and Floral Co., OreenviUe, Texas. 



WANTED— Manager for grreenhouse contaln- 

 lag 8000 sq. ft. of Klass, situated in a town 

 of C 000 inhabitants. B6 miles east of Kansas City; 

 married man preferred ; state salary wanted. Ad- 

 dress T. H. Harvey, Marshall, Mo. 



FOB SALE — An elegant rreenhouse plant of 

 12.600 sq. feet of grlass; 1^ acres of land; 

 buildings all recently built; stocked with roses, 

 carnations, chrysanthemums and smllax; good 

 wholesale or retail trade; an excellent oppor- 

 tunity for party with capital. Address No. 18, 

 care Florists' Review, Chicago. 



SITUATION WANTED— Energetic young man, 

 4 years' commercial and retail experience, 

 desires situation in up-to-date general retail 

 establishment. Address box 633, St. Marys. Ohio. 



FOR SALE— 1,000 feet 4-ln. cast pipe, 8c per foot; 

 fittings at 15c each, f.o.b. Chase & Son, New 

 London, Ohio. 



WANTED— Position as foreman by American 

 man. age 27; 12 years' experience In roses, 

 carnations and general stock; trood designer and 

 propagator; married; no family. Address No. 

 17, care Florists' Review, Chicago. 



WANTED— Young man of good habits for per- 

 manent position in retail store; some ex- 

 perience preferred; reference. 3720 Olive Street, 

 St. Louis. Mo. 



WANTED— An intelligent, energetic, experi- 

 enced, practical greenhouse man; per- 

 manent and progressive position for interested, 

 vigorous, temperate person; palms, bedding 

 plants, etc.. grown. Apply to Superintendent 

 Allegheny Cemetery, Pittsburg, Pa. 



FOB SALE — Horizontal tubular hot water 

 boiler In first-class condition ; 9 f t.r> ln.long.36 

 inches In diameter; price, with grate bars, front 

 and breeching complete. $90 00; practically new 

 Deane steam pump, $25 00; 12.000 excelsior carna- 

 tion supports used only one season. U Inches 

 long, at 16.00 per 1. 000; 21 Inches long, at 17.00 per 

 1,000; above prices cash f.o.b. St. Louis. Mo. 

 J. W. Dunford, Clayton, Mo. 



SITUATION WANTED— By competent practi- 

 cal grower of cut fiowers (single) on up-to- 

 date place; ten years' experience; good service 

 rendered; good wages expected. Address, with 

 particulars. No. 16, care Florists' Review, 

 Chicago. 



WANTED— Situation on a private place near 

 Chicago by a good all-around gardener; 

 references. Address No. 15, care Florists' Re- 

 view, Chicago. 



WANTED — First - class experienced rose 

 grower for teas; 160.00 per month; good ref- 

 erence required. Miller St. Sons, Bracondale, 

 Toronto, Can. 



WANTED— A good rose, carnation and pot- 

 plant man to take charge of 20.000 feet of 

 glass; single German preferred; must be sober 

 and good-will worker; good wages paid. The 

 Newburys, Mitchell, S. D. 



FOR SALE— Or rent, greenhouse of 1 300 sq. ft. 

 of glass and 11 acres of land; 6-room house 

 and all outbuildings. Address Box 34, Rogers, 

 Ohio. 



WANTED— A partner for commercial place 

 near Chicago; small capital necessary only. 

 Address No. 9, care Florists' Review, Chicago. 



FOR BENT— Venen Greenhouses; fairly .Well 

 stocked; hot water heat; electric light; cen- 

 trally located; ofBce and salesroom; good in- 

 creasing trade; fine opening for good florist. 

 Address E. E. Venen, Conneaut. Ohio. 



FOB SALE— Or rent. U 000 feet of glass, with 

 well-established trade, near Indianapolis; 

 all newly planted; best soil in country; ll,W» 

 cash, balance long time; owner wishes to retire. 

 Address No. 11. care Florists' Beview, Chicago. 



FOR SALE— Some extra good second-hand 3- 

 Inch pipe, guaranteed sound, 6o per foot; 

 also some 4- inch. W. H. Salter, Bochester, N.Y. 



WANTED— A good rose and carnation grower; 

 good place for a competent man. Address, 

 with references, No. 10, care Florists' Beview, 

 Chicago. 



WANTED— A good rose and carnation grower, 

 must be steady and sober, wages tl2.Uft per 

 week. Write or call on J. F. Ammann, Edwards- 

 ville, 111. 



FOR SALE— Three acres; 3 large greenhouses 

 complete new 7-room house: best soil and 

 location: half hour from New York City, on 

 Long Island; terms to suit. John A. Rapelye, 

 Elmhurs t, L. I. 



FOR SALE— Boiler 40 in. x 14 ft., 3-in. flues and 

 fittings; also florist wagon. Mrs. Aug. Marx, 

 1317 N. Michigan Avenue, Saginaw, W. S., Mich. 



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OB SALE— Hitchings boiler No. IT. I«&. Geo 



Milne, 14 Lincoln St., Winchester, Mass. 



FOR SALE^-New greenhouses, 7000 ft. of glass; 

 on leased land, lease 16 years to run; mostly 

 pot plants for cemetery trade. Or will sell a half 

 interest to a good man. Address J. Russler, 114th 

 Street and Avon Avenue, Morgan Park, 111. 



FOB SALE— Cheap, florist ice box, 6 ft. wide. S 

 ft. deep, 8 ft. high; 1 large plate glass front 

 door, side door for Ice; good keeper. Address 

 Z. D. Blacklstone, 14th and H Sts., N. W., Wash- 

 ington, D. C. 



FOR SALE— All or a half interest in a florist 

 store with a good, well established trade; a 

 good chance for a Swede florist. An excellent 

 opening for either lady or gentleman. Address 

 J. Russler. 11140 Michigan Avenue, Chicago. 



FOR SALE — Six greenhouses, good location; 

 sickness cause of sale; reasonable price. 

 Address Anton F. Schramm, 2476 Cherry Street, 

 Toledo. Ohio. 



WANTED— Before September 15, a first- class 

 grower of roses and carnations; wages 

 t60.00 per month; place permanent. Address No. 

 4, care Florists' Beview. Chicago. 



WANTED— A good second hand boiler capable 

 of heating about 2500 feet of 4-lnch pipe 

 warm enough for carnations. Apply, stating 

 particulars, to Morton's Evergreen Lodge, 

 ClarksvlUe, Tenn. 



FOR SALE— At a bargain: four greenhouses, 

 well stocked; also cold frame sash; 2-ro m 

 cottage, city water; houses heated by hot water: 

 situated at Lynchburg. Virginia, a city of 25,000 

 inhabitants. Apply J. Palmer Gordon, Ashland, 

 Virginia. 



3 No. 12 Furman Brick-set 

 Steam Boilers FOR SALE. 



As we are now using only tubular boilers we 

 offer above at a low figure. These boilers have 

 been used only very little, are in every way as 

 good as new and had been cast for us with extra 

 stays in domes to Increase strength. They are 

 rated to carry each 25 900 square feet of glass 

 from 60 to 60 degrees. For further particulars 



Address S. J. RBUTER, WESTERLY, R. I. 



%]W^_^j. _^ J A first-class man as 

 YY O lH6CI " 2«>wef for wholesale 



and retail catalogtie 

 trade; mtist have had good experience in 

 growing large quantities of shrubs, roses and 

 herbaceous plants ; must also be thoroughly 

 experienced in the Summer propagation of 

 shrubs and roses ; a good permanent position 

 and good wages to the right man. Address, 

 giving references, 



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