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The Weekly Florists^ Review^ 



Sbptbmbeb 30, 1909. 



KENNICOn BROS. CO. 



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At Chicago Market Rate 

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CHICAGO 



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floors of his building at 1122 Pine street. 

 The first floor is used for the cut flower 

 department, the second for supplies and 

 the third for the manufacture of florists' 

 wire work. 



The first consignment of violets was 

 received last week by the W. C. Smith 

 Wholesale Floral Co. They were anything 

 but fancy. This firm is also receiving 

 consignments of Brides^ Maids and 

 Beauties from J. F. Wilcox, of Council 

 Bluffs, la. 



The Engelmann Botanical Club will re- 

 sume its monthly meetings, beginning 

 with October. The meetings, as usual, 

 will be held in the rooms of the Central 

 High School, on Grand avenue. These 

 meetings are always interesting and 

 visitors are always welcome. 



Hext week will be Centennial week 

 and the general fall festivities will take 

 place. It is estimated that 200,000 

 visitors will be in the city, and all in 

 the trade should have a busy week and 

 a general revival of business is looked 

 for. 



Henry Jennemann, of Webster Groves, 

 has one of the largest collections of 

 dahlias in the west and is cutting a 

 superb lot of them for this market. 



Mrs. M. M. Ayers has her fine show- 

 house well filled with decorative plants 

 of every description and reports business 

 opening up well. 



F. W. Brockman, chairman of the Hor- 

 ticultural Society's executive board, has 

 accepted an invitation to be present at 

 the meeting of the St. Louis Florists' 

 Club, October 14, to give the members a 

 talk on the coming flower show. 



Plans for the fall flower show, to be 

 given by the Horticultural Society, are 

 well under way. The committees met in 

 the Coliseum building Tuesday, Sep- 

 tember 21, to look over the floor space. 

 The committee decided to place the floral 

 display in charge of O. G. Koenig, the 

 seed display in charge of H. M. Schisler, 

 the fruit display in charge of Charles 

 Gerber. H. C. Irish will have charge of 

 Mr. Shaw's garden display and Phil 

 Scanlan will have charge of the park 

 department display. J. J. B. 



CATALOGUES RECEIVED. 



J. Cheal & Sons, Crawley, England, 

 "All For the Garden," with portraits 

 of the firm and staff; Levavasseur & 

 Sons, Orleans, France, abridged trade 

 list of roses and nursery stock; Henry 

 F. Michell Co., Philadelphia, bulbs, 

 flower seeds, plants and greenhouse 



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requisites; Eoyal Tottenham Nurseries, 

 Ltd., Dedemsvaart, Holland, hardy 

 perennials, evergreens, forcing plants, 

 ferns, etc.; The Newburys, Mitchell, S. 

 D., stock for fall planting; Peter Hen- 

 derson & Co., New York, wheats and 

 grasses. 



OSKALOOSA, Ia. — As already reported 

 in the Eeview, Theodore A. Greeve h'aS 

 been making preparations for an en- 

 largement of his business. Having pur- 

 chased an acre of ground on North Ninth 

 street, at the entrance to Forest ceme- 

 tery, he is erecting thereon two Moninger 

 greenhouses and a seven-room residence. 

 Mr. Greeve has been located on North 

 Seventh street, but, needing more room 

 and a more convenient location, has ob- 

 tained this one on a paved street. He 

 grows all kinds of \egetable plants, both 

 for wholesale and retail market. He will 

 do a general bedding plant business and 

 make a specialty of this kind of plants, 

 but wiU also grow cut flowers. 



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SITUATION WANTED - By an industrious 

 young man. in a business where roses are 

 (frown: good man for a steady job. Address No. 

 2»o, care Florists' Review, Chicago. 



SITUATION WANTED-By grower of roses, 

 carnations, mums and general pot and bed- 

 ding stock, to take section or full charge of 

 place. Address No. »185, care Florists' Review, 

 Chicago. 



SITUATION WANTED- Young man 22 years 

 old 6 years' experience, wants place with a 

 good retail florist. Address No. 843, care FIo- 

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SITUATION WANTED-By all-round grower; 

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SITUATION WANTED-By a young man. sev- 

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SITUATION WANTED - By an experienced 

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 four in the fiimily; best of references. Address 

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SITUATION WANTED— In florist store, doing 

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SITUATION WANTED -On commercial cf 

 private place, as florist or laiidscape g^'-- 

 dener; 14 years' experience; marri. d; Germa:.: 

 age 28. Address William Bischofl, 213 North i.h 

 Street, Harrison, N. J. 



SITUATION WANTED-By good grower ;- 

 roses, carnations, mums, general stoc. 

 bulbs and good designer; middle aged- single' 

 to t»ke charge ot retail place. Address Growe . 

 419 State St., Chicago, 111. 



SITUATION WANTED - Reliable florist ani 

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SITUATION WANTED - In flr«t-cl888 floris' 

 store, city or country, bv young florist, A ' 

 designer and gardener; could enter as partner 

 or take the business tor himself later on. A<i- 

 dress Floiist Artist, 241 E. 39th St., New York. 

 N. Y. 



SITUATION WANTED — By all round florist, 

 with 10 years' practical experience in K'"''^ 

 ing general line of cut flowers and plants; com 

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 middle north. Address No. 844, care Florists 

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