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The Weekly Florists' Review. 



July 20, 1905. 



St. Louis, Mo. — Bourdet & Eoehr will 

 erect a greenhouse at 1731 South Vande- 

 venter street to cost $1,200. 



Allentown, Pa. — O. J. Sawyer has 

 bought the business of George W. Fetzer. 

 The season has been very dry but all 

 stock is in good shape. Growers are 

 planting carnations earlier than usual. 

 Trade was very good this spring an<l 

 there has been a steady call for funeral 

 work. Andrew Yeager is building two 

 new houses and Mr. Sawyer is adding two 

 small structures. Mr. and Mrs. Ernst 

 Ashley have been visiting friends in 

 Philadelphia. 



Jacksonville, Fla. — C. D. Mills re- 

 cently shipped twelve sabal palms to the 

 New York Zoological park. The plants 

 tvere twelve feet high, the stems were 

 twelve to fifteen inches in diameter and 

 the average weight of the plants about 

 500 pounds. He has also sent four such 

 plants to Bath Beach, L. I. Mr. Mills 

 will attend the S. A. F. convention. He 

 is state vice-president and hopes to have 

 quite a party. Plenty of rain here and 

 all stock looks good. 



WANT ADVERTISEMENTS. 



Advertisements under this head one cent a 

 word, CASH WITH ORDER. When answers 

 are to be addressed In our care, add 10 cents for 

 forwarding. 



Plant advertisements NOT admitted under this 

 bead. 



SITUATION WANTED— By a youn? lady In a 

 floral establishment to learn destgrning' and 

 decorating; has had a little experience. For fur- 

 ther particulars address Box 184, Sheffield, 111. 



WANTED — Three helpers in rose houses; 

 steady positions. J. F. Wilcox, Council 

 Bluffs, Iowa. 



"ITTTANTED-Second-hand Kroeschell hot-water 

 »» heater, rated for 7,000 ft. of glass. M. A. 

 Barlck, Seymour, Ind. 



WANTED— Good all-roimd man for general 

 greenhouse work. Address N. C. Moore & 

 Co., Morton Grove, 111. 



WANTED — Young man desiring to get ac- 

 quainted with greenhouse work. Otto 

 Bourdy, Lowell, Mass. 



WANTED— No. 6 or larger Kroeschell boiler; 

 state particulars. Address No. 60, cai% 

 Florists' Review, Chicago. 



"llf ANTED— Good second-hand hot water boiler, 

 »T to heat 1200 feet radiation; state full par- 

 ticulars. Address 5600 Delmar Ave., St. Louis, Mo. 



"1117 ANTED — Good man to grow carnations, 

 TT mums and miscellaneous plants; state 

 wages with or without board. Address NO. 60. 

 care Florists' Review, Chicago. 



WANTED— One st'cond-hand No. 16 or 17 Hitch- 

 Ings hot water boiler; must be cheap and 

 in first-class condition; quote price at once. 

 Emma R. Ogborn, Knightstown, Ind. 



T\rANTED— By August 7, a good grower of car- 

 V' nations, smilax, mums and general stock; 

 please give reference and state wages in first 

 letter. Address H. T. Miller, Salem, Ohio. 



WANTED— First-class man who can grow Al 

 roses and carnations; 166.00 per month to 

 start; must furnish satisfactory reference. Ad- 

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



"WANTED- Capable young- man for first-class 

 »» retail store; must have experience in de- 

 signing and decorating; steady position for right 

 man. J. S. Simmons. 2t» Yonge St., Toronto, Can. 



"\V ANTED— A good man for general greenhouse 

 »» work; will hire by the year; good wages; 

 must have flrst-class references. The Florence 

 Greenhouses, 217 Robertson St., Mt. Clemens, 

 Mich. 



"W'ANTED- A yoving man with some knowledge 

 T T of the gartlen and flower seed business, to 

 open up such a line with a well established field 

 seed business. Address No. 67. care Florists' 

 Review, Chicago. 



YIJANTED-A single man with practical exper- 

 TT lence in cut flowers and pot plants; must 

 he strictly sober, and willing and able to take 

 <-harge; with references; $12.00 per week. Ad- 

 dress J. B. Goetz Sons, Saginaw, W. S., Mich. 



TirANTEiy-About August 1, a good all-round 

 tV grower and propagator of bedding plants, 

 carnations and roses; able to handle help; state 

 experience and wages expected, with or without 

 board and room. Ludvlg Mosbaek, Onarga, 111. 



WANTED— Business manager in every town to 

 manage branch office and superintend force 

 of salesmen; big money; experience unneces- 

 sary; no canvassing; can be handled with other 

 work or business; references; particulars on 

 application. Knight & Bostwick, Nurserymen, 

 Newark, New York. 



WANTED -Capable man to take charge of 

 of growing carnations, chr>>j inihemums, 

 roses and general cut stock; business and equip- 

 ment entirely new; good position for right party: 

 must be able to produce best stock; must be oi 

 temperate habits and of good character; state 

 salary expected; especial good chance for young 

 man desiring advancement. Address The Cella 

 Cut Flower Co., Calla, Ohio. 



FOR RENT OR SALE— Nice lot with four green- 

 houses and good boiler. Apply or write to 

 E. E. Pieser, 44 Randolph St., Chicago. 



FOR RENT- Small place In live town; store in 

 connection; will sell stock anfl-ftxtures at » 

 sacrifice. For particulars address No. 47, care 

 Florists' Review, Chicago. 



FOR SALE— Hot water heater in good condition; 

 piping, glass, small stock of plants; cheap 

 for cash. A. Brumley, Birmingham, Iowa. 



FOR SALE— I offer standard glass, all double 

 strength-40 boxes 16x16 A, 100 boxes 16x24 A, 

 126 boxes 16x24 B. Will sell at a bargain. A. C. 

 Brown, Springfield, 111. 



FOR SALE— A number of 4-inch and 6-inch hot 

 water gate valves in good condition; will 

 sell at half cost. Address Geo. Wlttbold Co., 1657 

 Buckingham Place, Chicago. 



FOB SALE — 5000 ft. glass, good trade; good 

 house and barn; fine grounds, five or more 

 lots; in a natural gas city of 15,000; this is a snap. 

 Address A. S. Harmon, lola, Kansas. 



FOR SALE— Four acres, all improved, and 10,000 

 feet of glass; a splendid opportunity for any- 

 one contemplating locating near the coast. For 

 particulars address Gustave Teufel, R. F. D., No. 

 2, Portland, Oregon. 



FOR SALE OR RENT — Between 26,000 and 

 30,000 ft. of glass; well stocked and equipped; 

 near Chicago; only responsible parties need 

 apply; for further particulars address Geo. 

 Harrer, Morton Grove, 111. 



FOR SALE— A 9-room dwelling, 3 greenhouses 

 with cold frames. In a university town of 

 6000: greenhouses well stocked; good trade; a 

 death the cause of sale. For particulars, address 

 L. G. RoUston, Fayettevllle, Ark. 



FOR SALE— Owing to the death of the proprie- 

 tor, the greenhouses and stock of the Lake 

 (Jeneva Floral Co., established In 1890, are offered 

 for sale; a good opening for a practical man. W. 

 H. Hammersley, Lake (Jeneva, Wis. 



FOR SALE— A Kleley Champion return steam- 

 trap for returning condensation of 6000 to 8000 

 feet of 1-lnch pipe to boiler; good as new; want 

 to put In larger ; cash price, 160; cost, 175. 

 George H. Benedict, Yorkvllle, N. Y. 



FOR SALE— Some extra good second-hand 3- 

 Inch pipe, guaranteed sound, 6c foot; also 

 some 4-lnch; several small and medium-size 

 boilers cheap; some 12x14 and larger double 

 glass, 12.60 box. W. H. Salter, Rochester. N. Y. 



I ''OR SALE — Five greenhouses stocked with 

 variety of plants; 5000 feet of glass; hot 

 water heat: 10 minutes walk from station; 1 

 minute from electrics; established 30 years; ill 

 health catise of sale. A. F. Belcher, Poxboro, 

 Mass. 



FOR SALE— Retail flower store In suburb of 

 Chicago; small investment required and 

 good profit certain for active young man or 

 woman with a Utile experience In catering to 

 first-class trade. Address No. flO, care Florists' 

 Review, Chicago. 



Ir'OR SALE— One ten section castiron boiler, 

 ' Dean make. No. 373; either steam or hot 

 water; b«!en In use three seasons; is in good con- 

 dition: rated to heat 14.000 sq. ft. of glass; will 

 burn any kind of coal; cost 1600; will sell for $140 

 cash, f. o. b. H. B. Weaver, Blrd-ln-Hand, Pa. 



FOR SALE-Or rent, in N. E. Iowa, a good 

 florist business inside city limits of 5000; 12 

 acres of land; 10,000 feet of glass; heated with 

 hot water; good 8- room house and a barn in the 

 best of condition; a flue chance for a young 

 florist; reason for selling, age. Address No. 69, 

 care Florists' Review, Chicago. 



FOR SALE OR LEASE— Greenhouse property 

 and established business on street car line 

 in city of 35,000; stock will Invoice $500; 3 houses 

 20x50; ground, 100 ft. front, 210 deep; will sell 

 stock for cash and balance of plant on time or 

 will lease at low rate; for further particulars, 

 address No. 78, care Florists' Review, Chicago. 



FOR SALE— Old age compels me to quit busi- 

 ness. I offer my two greenhouses, well 

 stocked. No. 17 Hltchlngs boiler, pipes, house of 

 seven rooms, lot, hotbed sash, etc., for sale 

 cheap; city of 3000 Inhabitants sixty-flve miles 

 from Chicago ; shipping facilities in al 1 directions ; 

 splendid location for a hustler, with no green- 

 house inside of twenty-eight miles; will sell 

 greenhouses alone if desired ; correspondence 

 solicited. Charles Faust, Harvard, 111. 



FOR SALE— On account of bad health I wish to 

 dispose of my greenhouses and florist plant; 

 21 acres of fine land in the suburbs of Memphis, 

 Tenn.; three houses on place, one nine-room; 

 greenhouse 200x40; all necessary outbuildings, 

 with large barn; three large hotbeds with sash, 

 and smaller ones; doing a good business; will 

 sell, lease or rent, or will give a good man with 

 a small capital one-half interest in the business if 

 he is an up-to-date man and understands the 

 florist and gardening business, but must be Al 

 man in every respect, with good recommenda- 

 tions. J. Pierce, P. O. Box 164, Memphis, Tenn. 



Help Wanted 



A steady, sober man, married preferred, 

 as rose propagator. A steady position 

 to the right man. Position can be had 

 at once. Address 

 NANZ & NEUNER, Louisville, Ky. 



FOR SALE! 



A RARE BARGAIN if sold before Sept. 1st. 

 5,000 feet of glass erected In 1903; all modern and 

 fully stocked. City of 10,000 with good shipping 

 territory. Last year's business, $3,300.00. Trade 

 has increased 25 per cent each year for the past 

 three years. 7 years' lease on land. Can be 

 bought for % the amount of the original Invest- 

 ment. Cash. Address 



P. O. Box 766, Nebraska City, Neb. 



FOR SALE CHEAP. 



Have 40 boxet Rla»a, 14 z 20 double thick. 

 American. 50 square leet to box, for sale at 12 SO 

 per box. Have also some second band glass 

 will seU. 



GEORGE PERKINS & CO., 



330 Orand Ave., Milwaukee, "Wis. 



FOR SALE 



Greenhouse plant of 25,000 ft. of glass, 10 houses 

 well stocked with everything to be found in ah 

 up-to-date place, the whole plant, including 

 dwelling, heated by steam wlth2 boilers; 6 acres 

 of land with fruit and shrubbery; 6-room dwell- 

 ing, barns and other outside buildings; also store 

 and fixtures; the only flower and seed store in 

 a city of 26,000 population; everything can be 

 retailed from city store; if required will sell 

 greenhouses and stock and lease land. For par- 

 ticulars address No. 66, care Florists' Review, 

 Chicago. 



SITIATION WANTED 



Practical gardener and florist, German, 

 middle aged, unmarried, wishes steady 

 position; would prefer taking charge of 

 gentleman's or institution grounds; ex- 

 cellent references, state full particulars; 

 willing to wait for engagement if wanted. 



Address GARDENER, 

 303 Convent Street, St. Louis, Mo. 



WANTED 



A store man, for the leading retail 

 store in a western city; must be of un- 

 questionable character and ability; do 

 not apply unless you are a high-class 

 man and are now, or recently have been, 

 employed in New York, Philadelphia or 

 Boston. 



Give experience, references and where 

 now employed in first letter which will 

 be held strictly confidential. 



The salary will be in keeping with the 

 position we have to offer. Address 



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