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meir, 2297 Broadway, with a bond of 

 $500. The assets of the alleged bank- 

 rupt florist consist of a lease on the 

 Broadway store, deposits in the Colonial 

 Bank and the Produce Exchange Bank, 

 aggregating $300, and accounts due of 

 $400. 



TOLEDO, OHIO. 



Club Election. 



The last Florists ' Club meeting, August 

 24, at Krueger's office, was election 

 night. Will Krueger and John Gratopp, 

 president and vice-president, retired. In 

 their places E. A. Kuhnke and Mr. Nuss- 

 baum were elected for the coming season. 

 .J. L. Schiller was reelected secretary and 

 treasurer. The Florists' Club intends to 

 have a little chrysanthemum show among 

 the members, where a few prizes will be 

 given, the details of which will be worked 

 out later. 



VariotM Notes. 



J. L. Schiller is putting the finishing 

 touches on his new houses on South 

 street. 



Searles Bros, are building a large new 

 range of 750-foot houses for lettuce, in 

 addition to their already large plant. 



Jos. Gartner has a position with E. A. 

 Kuhnke. Jacob Naumann, of Kuhnke 's, 

 is in Louisville, Ky., with the Helvetia 

 Men's Singing Society. 



Miss H. Patten has returned from her 

 vacation to Mackinaw, where she enjoyed 

 a pleasant two weeks. She reports fish- 

 ing as being fine. 



Visitors from this point to the S. A. F. 

 convention were G. Bayer, J. Barrow and 

 son. Miss H. Patten and the Peck family. 



Krueger Bros. Co. report the new 

 houses on the farm as nearly finished. 

 Business is good, 



Frank Schoen, recent manager of the 

 Schoen Floral Co., is working for the 

 Gasser Co., of Cleveland. The largest 

 stockholders of the concern are keeping 

 the business going. 



King Wamba carnival last week drew 

 a lot of people to the city, but I doubt 

 if the florists' trade was benefited much. 

 The automobile parade seemed to be all 

 paper and cloth flowers. One float of the 

 Transportation Club carried a large en- 

 gine and tender made up by Mrs. E. 

 Suder, which drew favorable comment 

 from the daily papers. E. A, K. 



CUTWOBMS. 



Cutworms, of which there are many 

 kinds, one of them being a serious pest 

 in carnation fields in the east the last few 

 years, are the young of heavy-bodied, usu- 

 ally more or less dusky-colored moths or 

 millers that hover about the lights during 

 hot, muggy nights in June and July, es- 

 pecially when a storm is threatening. In- 

 deed, this habit has won for them in some 

 parts of the country the common name 

 of "candle flies." The habits of these 

 cutworms are much alike, and for prac- 

 tical purposes they may be considered as 

 one. The eggs are deposited in summer 

 by the moths or millers, and, as they are 

 primarily grass feeders, these eggs are 

 generally placed in grass lands. In fact, 

 this is the only way that the mother in- 

 sect can protect her offspring — by placing 

 her egg where the young hatching from 

 them will be the most likely to secure the 

 proper food supply — for before the eggs 

 hatch she will have died. 



The young hatching from these eggs 

 begin to feed and increase in size, becom- 



ing partly grown by late fall, usually de- 

 scending below ground and remaining 

 there in a dormant condition. With the 

 advent of spring and warm weather they 

 become active again, ascending to the sur- 

 face of the ground and feeding as they 

 did the previous fall, only more raven- 

 ously. Hence, there are, as will be ob- 

 served, as many of these cutworms in the 

 fields in the fall as there are in spring, 

 or even more. Thus it is that grass lands 

 Of long standing are the worst infested 

 by these pests in spring, and the most 

 serious loss to the grower by reason of 

 cutworms takes place when he attempts 

 to change from grass to some other crop. 

 A crop suffers worse from these ravages 

 that is grown sparingly on the ground, so 

 that the individual plant becomes more 

 important. 



During a few weeks these cutworms 

 continue to feed, after which they bur- 

 row into the ground for an inch or so 

 and there construct earthen cells, in which 

 they transform to adults and make their 

 escape. 



The Department of Agriculture says 

 the effort should be to render the condi- 

 tions as unnatural as possible. Break up 

 the grass lands in summer to destroy the 

 food supply of these young cutworms in 

 the fall; or break up the ground very 

 late, after the underground cells have 

 been formed, thus exposing them to the 

 inclement weather of winter; or cultivate 

 the land early in spring to complete the 

 destruction of the food supply of th§ 

 worms, or destroy them by delaying 

 planting until they have perished of star- 

 vation. If allowed to live out their nat- 

 ural life the worms do their destruction 

 and reach full growth by middle to late 

 May, wjien they descend just below the 

 surface of the ground, again construct 

 cells in the earth, and pass into a stage 

 requiring no food, and no amount of 

 treatment is likely to affect them. In a 

 few weeks the moths emerge from the 

 ground and wander about, selecting suit- 

 able places in which to lay their eggs. 



Davis, Cal, — Thomas Wil«on, formerly 

 a succeasful gardener at Grass Valley, 

 Cal., recently accepted a position in con- 

 nection with the State Agricultural 

 School here, and is at present superin- 

 tending the laying out of the grounds. 

 A conservatory is being erected and will 

 be stocked with a fine collection of plants, 

 which will be under Mr. Wilson's care. 



WANT ADVERTISEMENTS. 



ArtvertloennTts nrder thi« hesrt one cent a 

 wnrd CASH WITH OKI»ER. When aiifiwers 

 are to bn addrebsed in our care, add 10 cents fur 

 forwarding. 



CJITDATION WANTED— In rose seotton under 

 '^ forf-maii, wUh i-hance for adTanc> ment. bv 

 indURtrious touhk m»n: 6 yearn' "x t-iience: 

 I'lea-'e ftate waves. Addiess No. 184, care Flo- 

 listK' Review. Chicago. 



SITUATION W^NTED-In Hncinnati. Ohio. 

 ■^ by y' unir man. cober and iiidiistrious; 14 

 years' pra ti<*al Rnenhnu'e exverienre. Ad- 

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



SITUATION WANTED-On private or commer- 

 cial place, by tnnrtiUKhlv • xp» rieiioert t1<>r<f.t, 

 Finele. 28 years of awe; A-1 lefereiices fr< m for- 

 m' r employers. Address P. O. Box 9i. Glean, 

 N Y. 



SITUATION WA\TED-As head Kardener on 

 '^ private place, bv Scctchman awe ;^, married, 

 17 yearh' varied trardeniiiK experience. 6 in this 

 pouTitry "2 1'n Pacific OoBfct. Addrebs Gardener, 

 Box 694. Uaywarrti.. ral. 



^JlTU«TION WANTED - First-flass de«ls'ner 

 '~ and dncoratnr Ik reekinK positi n with lead- 

 ii'K tlorint • ftabli'-hment Bet-t of rtferences 

 furiiit'hi'd. Address No. 185, care Florists' Re- 

 view, ChicaRO. 



OlTUiTION WANTED-By Oerman, ase 22, b 

 "^ yearh experience in < amaiinns and mums 

 Henty Meiue, Reeveston, S. 16lb St., Richmond 

 Ind. 



SITUATION WANTED-On private or commer- 

 i ial place: 7 years' experience; gnoti refer- 

 ence; age 26; Hollander. AddrebsB.T. De Wilde. 

 Ponoka, Alta., Canada. 



SITUATION WANTED- Experienced grower of 

 roses, carnations, mums bulbs; fine deslKiier, 

 decoiator: good waKet^; best rtferenuis. Ad- 

 dress Florist, Box 8, Station 1, Joplin. Mo. 



SITUATION WANTED-By an all-round srreen- 

 bnuse man in a letail 1 lact ; al>o ext erieuced 

 in landscape work; good worktr; sober; near 

 Chicago preferred. Address No. 181, care FIo- 

 lists' Review, Chicago. 



SITUATION WANTED - By a practical all- 

 around florist German, 3(, 15 yt are' experi- 

 ence, where llrKt-flash htock is wanted. wUb 

 chance to buy; southern states preferred; best 

 if leferences. Address No. 168, care FloriatE 

 Review, Vbl ago. 



SITUATION WANTED-By a skilled gardener, 

 who is thoroughly expeiienred in gruwing 

 high-grade flowers, berries and vegetables under 

 glass and outside, making lawns and decorative 

 planting; best of references; Hate wages; mar- 

 ri> d man; no family. Box 6, Arsenal Sta., Pitte- 

 buigh. Pa. 



SITUATION WANTED-Oood grower. German, 

 bingle, 18 years' practical experience in cut 

 flowers, pot plants and forcing East» r sto« k: so- 

 ber and reliable; capable of taking charge of an 

 up-to date place; can fun.ish references. Ad- 

 dress with full particulars, Florist. P. O. Box 

 18.1 Rsleiirh. N. C. 



SITUATION W >NTED— Englishman, age 40, at 

 O greenhouse man for general sttwk or wou4d 

 acci pt situation as heRd gard ntr st first clase 

 pri ate residence; 26 years' experience in al) 

 branches, inMde and outside; 2 years in tbic 

 country; excellent English rcfereppes. Address 

 No 188, care Florists' Review, Chit ago. 



SITUATION WANTED-Ab working foreman 

 o by a thoroughly competent rose grower and 

 grafter: exiie>ienc(d a so in carnati'>ns, mums 

 ai d general st' ck: can handle h> hi sucC' ssfu iy, 

 and able to manage laige commiicial place; 

 ref"rences fr<m si-me of the largest g'Owers. 

 Andress No. 187, care Florists' Review, Chicago. 



SITUATION WAN I ED-By middle-Hgcd. expe- 

 li^ rienced man; grower of cainations. bulbs, 

 8oft-wi>od>d stock, palms, ferns: am an all- 

 around florist, can furnish best of leferences: 

 English; thcrouehly competent to take full 

 charge; also familiar with shrubbery ai<d hardy 

 plant"; 80 y ars' expe' ience in ttiis country and 

 Europe. Address No. 170, care Floiiste' Review, 

 Chicago. 



HELP WANTED — A good all-round green- 

 house man: come at once. S. Muir, 353(i 

 Michigan Ave.. Cbicagn. 



HELP WANTED At once; experienced man 

 totakechaige of smnll comme'cial plant: 

 \Oung man preferred. Frank Deriwa.dt, Ply- 

 mouth. Wis. 



HELP WANTED-A good aJl-ronrd middle- 

 aved man, si.b»r. honest and reliable: state 

 wag>-s; >teady position. J. R. Hellentbal, Co- 

 lumbus. Ohio. 



HELP WANTED-An all round florist who 

 will take care of fliing; when answering, 

 state wages wanti d. Petersen Bros., 8011 So. 

 mh St Omaha. Neb. 



HELP WANThD— A competentman torprivate 

 place; a good, peimauent 1 osiiion for the 

 riKht man; state wages and give references. 

 J. tj. Robinson. Waterloo. N< b. 



HELP WANTED 2 good men for a general 

 line of st'Ck; also a good all-aroi nd grower, 

 able to take charge good waves The Carl Ha- 

 genburger Co.. W. Mentor. Ohio. 



HELP W \NTED— A gord grower of carnations 

 • nd mums, whi>i<) also experienced in gen- 

 eral greenhouse wo k; give rtfereic s and sal- 

 a' y expet ted. Address Raton Greenhouses, Ra- 

 ton. N. M. 



HELP WANTKD-Plaiit-man with experience 

 in growing choice p tplanth: wanesto start. 

 $12 00 per week. Adrtrtss, with copy of refer- 

 ei ces, experience, etc.. No. 179, care Florists 

 Review, Chicago 



HELP WANTED-At once; working foreman, 

 who understands growl g good roses, car- 

 nations. mum<-. bulbs and bedding stock: one 

 who understands the retail trade thoroughly 

 Address Mrs. Geo F. Miller, Muneie.Ind. 



HELP WANTED-A reliable man. who under- 

 stands the seed business in all its branches, 

 to sell the private trade in New England: a gu, 6 

 sitiiaii n to the right paity; best ofreference* 

 required Address No. 161, care Floribta' Re- 

 view, Chicago. 



