

The Weekly Florists' Review. 



Fkbbdabt 20, 1908. 



WANT ADVERTISEMENTS. 



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SITUATION WANTED- As worlcing foreman by 

 all-round florist; Al carnation, rose and chry- 

 santhemum grower. Address No. 184, care Flo- 

 rists' Review, Chicago. 



SITUATION WANTED-As rose, carnation and 

 chrysanthemum grower, or general foreman; 

 young man: reference; state wages. Address No. 

 119, care Florists' Review, Chicago. 



SITUATION WANTED-By an experienced first- 

 class carnation and rose grower; reference 

 furnished; state particulars and wages; at liberty. 

 Address J. F. Bonner. General Delivery, York, Pa. 



SITUATION WANTED-By young man of 20 

 years; 2 years' experience in carnations and 

 mums; would like to widen knowledge in that 

 line. Address No. 180, care Florists^ Review, 

 Chicago. 



SITUATION WANTED-A man of capabilities 

 desires a position as manager of private es- 

 tate; first-class horticulturist inside and out; 

 south Michigan, north Ohio or Indiana preferred. 

 Address No. 116, care Florists' Review, Chicago. 

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SITUATION WANTED-By young man, sales- 

 man, designer and decorator; age 23; who 

 wishes opportunity for advancement with good 

 firm; salary considered if advancement good. 

 Address No. 95. care Florists' Review, Chicago. 



SITUATION WANTED-By younf^ man, 20 years 

 of age, steady and sober, with over four 

 years' experience in carnation and general green- 

 house stock. Address No. 106, care Florists' 

 Review, Chicago. 



SITUATION WANTED— By rose and carnation 

 grqwer, experienced in design work; nearly 

 two years in present place; single, good refer- 

 ences; state wages. Address No. IIS, care Flo- 

 rists' Review, Chicago. 



SITUATION WANTED- With a grower, by a 

 young man of 19 years; where he can learn 

 the business; have had a few years' practice in 

 that work; state wages. Address No. lUS, care 

 Florists' Review, Chicago. 



SITUATION WANTED-By florist, 25 years of 

 age; single; several years' experience in 

 growmg carnations and in general greenhouse 

 work; free of engagement March 15. Address 

 R. Woiblet, care Kaden, florist, Gainesville.Texas. 



SITUATION WANTED-By a good all-round 

 grower of roses, carnations and general bed- 

 ding stock; have just disposed of my business, 

 which I have conducted for eight years; steady; 

 reliable. Address No. ill, care Florists' Review, 

 Chicago. 



SITUATION WANTED-By thoroughly compe- 

 tentman with over twenty years of experience 

 in the growing of roses, carnations and general 

 line of greenhouse cut flowers and plants, private 

 and commercial, wholesale and retail; best of 

 references. Address No. 79, care Florists' Re- 

 view, Chicago. 



SITUATION WANTED-By a first-class grower 

 of roses, carnations, violets, mums and gen- 

 eral line of pot and bedding plants; capable of 

 taking entire charge; 21 years of experience; 

 state wages, please. Address No. 69, care Flo- 

 rists' Review, Chicago. 



SITUATION WANTED-By young German 

 seedsman; married. Competent in farm, gar- 

 den, florist seeds; experience in some of the best 

 seed houses in Hamburg. Germany. German 

 correspondent; several years' experience as gar- 

 dener; speaks 4 languages; steady position ex- 

 pected. Address No. 107, care Florists' Review, 

 Chicago. 



SITUATION WANTED-By a jfood grower of 

 roses, carnations, mums and general stock; 

 first-class designer and well up in greenhouse 

 fo'nstruction and piping; 34 years' experience; 

 strictlv sober and reliable; the lease of my busi- 

 ness, which 1 have conducted for 5 years, runs 

 out i'ebruary 26, and so I am at liberty at this 

 date- would like to take a steady position as fore- 

 man! section man or full charge; even willing to 

 buy an interest; state full particulars in first let- 

 ter Address No. l»l, care Florists' Review, 

 Chicago. 



HELP WANTED-Competent man to take 

 charge of carnation or rose section; give ref- 

 erence in first letter. Address Chicago Carna- 

 tion Co.. Joliet, 111. 



HELP WANTED-Young man wanted with 2 

 years' experience In general greenhouse 

 work- $12 per week and room. Address Edw. 

 Tatro, 401 E. Iron Ave., Saline, Kan^ 



HELP WANTED-A florist, on a retail place 

 with general stock: wages, $60 per month 

 steady: state experience and send recommenda- 

 tions: married man preferred. Address I. L. Pills- 

 bury, Galesburg, 111. 



HELP WANTED-A good cut flower grower 

 and propagator. Noack, Batavia, NTY. 



HELP WANTED-Rose, mum and plant grower 

 and general greenhouse man; design maker. 

 Address W. P. Haeger, Hill City, Tenn. 



HELP WANTED-A good, honest and reliable 

 all-around man; must be good grower of 

 roses and carnations ; as grower and assistant 

 manager for retail place. Address No. lio, care 

 Florists' Review, Chicago. 



HELP WANTED-In western New York, first- 

 class rose grower and all-round man; sober 

 and reliable; steady position to right party; give 

 reference and wages expected. Address No. 117, 

 care Florists' Review, Chicago. 



HELP WANTED-A bright, active young man 

 to take charge of conservatory (run in con- 

 nection with large retail store) and assist the 

 decorators; good chance for advancement; give 

 references. Address No. 188, care Florists' Re- 

 view, Chicago. 



HELP WANTED-A good rose and carnation 

 grower to take full charge of a wholesale 

 place of 40,000 ft. glass; must have good refer- 

 ences ; sober and capable of handling help ; 

 wages $60.00 per month. Address No. 109, care 

 Florists' Review, Chicago. 



HELP WANTED-By April 1, a working fore- 

 man, married, to take charge of 36,000 feet 

 of glass where roses, carnations, mums and gen- 

 eral line of bedding and pot plants are grown for 

 retail store: must be capable of producing first- 

 class material and also fully able to handle help 

 to best advantage. Address John Reck & Son, 

 Bridgeport, Conn. 



WANTED — To lease by experienced florist 

 10,000 to 20,000 square feet of glass in cen- 

 tral states. Address No. 89, care Florists' Re- 

 view, Chicago. 



WANTED— First-class grower of roses and car- 

 nations to buy an interest or entire plant of 

 about 35,000 feet of glass, all new, modern; local 

 retailers buy everything grown; this is an invest- 

 ment well worth investigating; it is a money- 

 maker- location, Indiana. Address No. 101, 

 care Florists' Review, Chicago. 



FOR SALE— Two small greenhouses with stock. 

 Address Limits Florist, 1741 Diversey Boul., 

 Chicago. 



FOR SALE-Nicholson's Plant Dictionary, 6 vol- 

 umes, good as new; price, $10. Address H. 

 Michell, 4106 Ovan St., Philadelphia, Pa. 



FOR SALE— Good 3-in. pipe, guaranteed sound, 

 6c foot; also some 4-in.; several good small 

 boilers cheap. W. H. Salter, Rochester, N. Y. 



FOR SALE OR EXCHANGE-For small green- 

 house, real estate in college town. Address 

 No. 18S, care Florists' Review, Chicago. 



FOR SALE-Greenhouses In central Kansas, 

 5000 feet of glass; 10 acres of land; established 

 since 1H80; good reasons for selling. Address No. 

 IMS, care Florists' Review, Chicago. 



FOR SALE OR RENT-Four acres city prop- 

 erty, with house, greenhouse, fruit, etc.; 

 value, $«000; land would have great value if plat- 

 ted. Address F., No. 201 S. Elm St., Champaign, 

 111. 



FOR SALE-Greenhouse, with or without resi- 

 dence; live town, near great summer resort; 

 5000 feet glass; complete stock; ready sale for 

 everything; will sell at bargain. Address M. F. 

 Brosnahow, Pierceton, Ind. 



FOR 8ALE-$2800 will buy 5000 square feet of 

 glass, new; ground, stock, horse, wagons, 

 tools, etc.; $2000 cftsh required; all stock first- 

 class; good reason for selling. Address Adolph 

 Anthes, 2093 Lowell Ave., Chicago, 111. 



FOR SALE-Here is a snap: 3 greenhouses, 

 17x70, connected; built two years; 8-room 

 house and barn; one acre of ground; prairie soil; 

 steam heat; city water: in city limits: coal enough 

 for season: price, $3500. Address A. Rlchter, 

 Sturgis, Mich. 



FOR SALE - Florist's business in Connecticut; 

 3 greenhouses, 11,000 sq. ft., all new ; whole- 

 sale and retail; \^ hours from N.Y. City; 7-room 

 dwelling, 6 acres ground, barn, tools, horse, 

 wagons, etc.; easy terms. Address No. 103, 

 care Florists' Review-. Chicago. 



FOR SALE-20,000 square feet of glass, well 

 stocked, 3 acres of ground, 6-room house, all 

 modem, in good repair ; money making place in 

 best city in Indiana: $4„500 required; details to 

 parties meaning business. Address No. io6, care 

 Florists' Review, Chicago. 



FOR SALE OR TO RENT-Greenhouse prop- 

 erty; two houses 22x].')0 feet each, latest con- 

 struction, steam heat, brick cottage with modem 

 conveniences: ideal location on river bank, 

 southern exposure; good business opportunity in 

 growing Canadian town of 12.000 people: owner 

 forced to attend to other interests, sacrificing this; 

 write for terms; immediate disposal necessary. 

 Address No. 114, care Florists' Review, Chicago. 



FOR SALE-$4500 will buy 10 acres of finest rose- 

 soil and five greenhouses stocked with roses 

 and adiantums, heated with steam boiler big 

 enough to heat three times as much glass: 8tean> 

 road and trolley pass the property: can have- 

 possession at once; 22 miles from Philadelphia. 

 Write to P. O. Box No. 77, North Wales, Pa. 



FOR SALE— A retail florist business consisting 

 of 4200 feet of glass, well stocked, store build- 

 ing with living rooms above; on two lots, 44x136- 

 feet; located In the heart of a residence city 

 (county seat) of 10,000 inhabitants, less than 50- 

 miles from Chicago, with good surrounding 

 towns. Address No. 118. care Florists' Review, 

 Chicago. 



FOR SALE-Greenhouse, 3000 feet glass, newly 

 built; modem 8-room dwelUng, barn, ^ acre- 

 ground; finely stocked with roses, carnations, 

 etc.; can sell 3 times what I grow; located in live, 

 social town in Michigan: price $3500, $1000 down. 

 Address No. 186, care Florists' Review, Chicago. 



FOR SALE-The bankrupt estate of Howard A. 

 Chase, of Philadelphia, late treasurer of The 

 R. G. Chase Nursery Company, of Geneva, N. Y., 

 offers for sale 130 shares of the stock of The R. G. 

 Chase Company of Geneva, N. Y., full paid and 

 non-assessable, the said shares being now in the 

 hands of the tmstee for the bauKrupt. The 

 trustee will receive sealed proposals for the pur- 

 chase of the said stock up to and including 

 February 26, 1908. This offer is made by the tms- 

 tee subject to the approval of the District Court 

 of the United States for the Eastern District of 

 Pennsylvania, the trustee reserving to himself 

 the right to reject any and all bids if the same in 

 his judgment should not be satisfactory. Ad- 

 dress bids to Chester N. Parr, Jr., lYustee, 415 

 Real Estate Trust Building, Philadelphia, Pa. 



FLORAL ADS THAT PULL-Effectlve adver- 

 tising for retail florists: written by a special- 

 ist; inexpensive: results positive: write for plan. 

 Floral Advertising Club, Newburgh, N. Y. 



FOR SALE, CHEAP 



Morehead Steam Trap, as good as new, been ii» 

 use only six months. Have no use for it. Address 



JOHN BOEHMXR, Florist, Dayton, Ohio. 



Situation Wanted 



Good, reliable florist, single, 38 years of age. 

 Al cut flower grower, good faithful worker and 

 a hustler, with life experience, wishes to engage 

 with good responsible firm. Competent to take 

 full charge. State wages, etc. Address 



No. 1 18, care Florists* Review 

 Chicago 



To Let or For Sale 



Well established wholesale cut flower and plant 

 establishment on one of the best streets for the 

 business in New York city. Conservatory and 

 all facilities. A grand opportunity for an hon- 

 est, pushing, competent man. A square deal. 

 Address quickly 



Box 645, New York City. 



FOR SALE AT A SACRIFICE 



On account of failing health I now offer my 

 business for sale. I have greenhouses, well filled 

 with carnations, ferns, palms and bedding plants. 

 Located in the center of the city. We have been 

 established for over 15 years on leased ground, 

 but the owner has all kinds of vacant ground 

 over the city and does not need this, which is safe 

 for many years. I am doing A-1 business in cut 

 flowers and have an immense bedding out trade. 

 We mn two wagons. If you wish to make money, 

 here is your chance. I will give possession at' 

 once. Must be cash. For further particulars ad- 

 dress W. H. Humfeld Floral Co., 9th and High- 

 land Ave., Kansas City, Mo. 



FOR SALE 

 or to LEASE 



Located fifty miles from Boston, on the 

 main line of the Boston & Albany R. R., 

 forty acres of land vrlth house and 

 stable; t^^o rose bouses, 204x36; 

 plant bouse, 14 x 36; t^ro steam 

 boilers. Rose houses are at present 

 producing exceptionally fine flowers. 



This place •wHl be sold for very 

 reasonable fierure. :: Possession 

 given any time after April 1st. 



Apply to P. WELCH, care of Welcb Bros., 

 220 Devonsbire St., BOSTON, MASS. 



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