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M^BCH 12, 1914. 



REVIEW WANT ADS GET THERE. 



The other day G. Gunby Jordan, pres- 

 ident of the Eagle and Phenix Mills, 

 Columbus, Qa., known as "America's 

 greatest mills," spent $1.80 for an ad- 

 vertisement in the Wanted and Fo^ 

 Sale department of The Review. Let 

 him tell the result: 



Replies to the advertisement came from Cali- 

 fornia tlirougli to New Hampshire, and from 

 Michigan south to Tampa, Fla. We. have been 

 overwhelmed with answers. The trade evidently 

 reads The Review. — G. Gunby Jordan, Columbus, 

 Ga., March 5, 1914. 



North Orandon, Wis.— J. W. Cotting- 

 ham, formerly the proprietor of the 

 Lakeside Berry Farm, at Luck, Wis., 

 has sold out his place there and bought 

 a larger plant here. He will continue 

 in the same lines as before, small fruits 

 and flowers. 



Foxboro, liCass. — F. H. Baldwin's 



Sreenhoi^ses on Baker street were 

 ooded by the storm March 1 and the 

 destruction of nearly $1,000 worth of 

 property was threatened. While the 

 temperature was falling the water ran 

 into the boiler room and extinguished 

 the fires. An engine loaned by the fire 

 department was all night pumping out 

 water from the greenhouses. 



Want Md For Sale DepMtmcnt 



KVAdTertlaemeiita under this b*ad 10 cento 

 per line, cash with order from all who do not do 

 other advertising. In tending remittance count 

 MTOD words to the line. 



Dlsplaj Bdverttaementa In this department $1.30 

 (or one Inch space. 



When answers are to be sent In our care, add 10 

 cents for forwarding. 



Plant advertlsementB not admitted under this head 



SITUATION WANTED— By good pot plant 

 grower and all-round man; single, German, 

 29. Address No. 44, care Florists' Review, Chl- 

 cago. 



SITUATION WANTED— By good grower, able to 

 take full charge of section; age 31. married; 

 goo<1 references. AcWress I". Kiol, Perrysvllle 



SITUATION WANTED— By experienced private 

 O gardener, to take full charge, or as an as- 

 Nistant: single ; references. Address No. 19, care 

 Florists' Review. Chicago. 



SITUATION WANTED— By young man, with 

 some greenhouse experience; want to learn 

 the florist trade and designing; references. Ad- 

 drfsg No. 40, caro Florists' Review. Chicago. 



SITUATION WANTED— By good grower of gen- 

 erai greenhouse stock, age 27, single; 9 

 years' experience; good reference; state wages. 

 Address No. 16. care Florists' Review, Chicago. 



SITUATION WANTED— By a Hollander, single, 

 understands the growing of carnations, roses, 

 moms and bulbs; please state full particulars. 

 Address No. 14. care Florists' Review, Chicago. 



SITUATION WANTED— As foreman on private 

 or commercial place; life experience; best of 

 references; or would take place on sliares, or 

 r ent. AiWregs J. H.. 704 Greendale. MeadviUe. Pa. 



SITUATION WANTED— By a young married 

 man with 8 years' experience in roses, carna- 

 tions, mums and all-round greenhouse work; age 

 25; competent. Address No. 46, care Florists' 

 Review. Chicago. 



SITUATION WANTED— By a German, single, 

 good grower of carnations, roses, mums, vio- 

 lets and all potted plants; able to take charge; 

 ^ease state wages. Address P. 0. Box 02, 

 • Watcrtown, Conn. 



SITUATION WANTED— As foreman; thoroughly 

 experienced grower of hothouse vegetablea: 

 on salary and percentage basis; energetic, bustler 

 and systemUer of work; cood on constmctltHi 

 work. Address No. 8, care Florists' Bevlew, 

 O hlcago. 



SITUATION WANTKD— Florist (28), fully ex- 

 perienced In roses, carnations, pot plants, 

 bulb stock and propagating, also can do designing 

 and take full charge; absolutely honest, sober and 

 reliable. Address No. 41, care Florists' Review, 

 Chicago. 



SITUATION WANTED — By experienced grower 

 as assistant on a retail place; steady position 

 wanted; references; 6 years' experience; a good 

 all-round working man; married, age 29: Mlchl- 

 mn preferred. Address No. 88, care Florists' 

 Review, Chicago. 



SITUATION WANTED— As orchid grower In 

 charge on private or commercial place; flrst- 

 class English and American experience; can take 

 charge of other departments if required; excellent 

 references; married. Address No. 4*, care Flo- 

 rists' Review, Chicago. 



SITUATION WANTED— By experienced grower, 

 single, as assistant on private place. Ad- 

 drcsB No. 681, care Florists' Review, Chicago. 



SITUATION WANTED— By flrst-class grower of 

 hothouse and outside plants, also a good 

 grafter; single, 9 years' experlence^^good refer- 

 ences; state wages. Address No. 87, care Flo- 

 r ists' Rgview, Chic^gp. 



SITUATION WANTED— By young woipan. Just 

 finished winter course in commercial floricul- 

 ture at Cornell, also had practical experience in 

 home gardening; willing to start low with chance 

 for advancement. Address M. Mueser, 3260 Hull 

 A ve., Fort Byron, N. Y. 



SITUATION WANTED— As designer and deco- 

 rator, by a man that delivers the goods; 30 

 years old, college education; brought up In a 

 greenhouse; now with a large store In one of the 

 largest cities in the U. S. Address No. 17, care 

 F lorists* Review, Chicago. 



SITUATION WANTED— As working foreman on 

 private or commercial place, where results 

 are expected; good grower of carnations, mums, 

 violets, bulbs, Xmas and Easter stock; state 

 particulars in first letter. Address No. 89, care 

 Florists' Review, Chicago. 



SITUATION WANTED- As gardener on private 

 place; 14 years' experience; well up In grow- 

 ing all kinds of fruits and flowers under glass, 

 also vegetable and flower gardens, care of lawns 

 and shrubbery: English, single. Address No. IS, 

 c are Florists' Review. Chicago. 



SITUATION WANTED— As foreman by thor- 

 oughly competent propagator, grower and 

 designer; American, single, non-drinker, age .33; 

 properly conducted retail place in Missouri or 

 vicinity preferred; references furnished. Address 

 No. 83. care Florists' Review. Chicago. 



SITUATION WANTED— A practical grower, 

 thoroughly versed In all branches, wishes 

 position as pot plant grower or to take charge of 

 commercial or private place; German, single, age 

 twenty -nine: state particulars with salary. Ad- 

 dr ess No. 35, care Florists' Review, Chicago. 



SITUATION WANTED— By competent florist 

 and gardener. German, single, age 90, to 

 take full charge of private place; 16 years' expe- 

 rience in Germany and this country; first-class 

 references; Chicago and vicinity preferred. Ad- 

 dr ess F. M., 805 N. La Salle Ave., Chicago. 



SITUATION WANTED— As head orchid grower; 

 also experienced in the growing of palms, cro- 

 tons. ferns, carnations and general run of pot 

 plants; A-1 references; private or commercial; 

 state particulars and salary in first letter. 

 . W. T.. 113 Hayward Place, Walllngton. N. J. 



SITUATION WANTED— By single man, 32. 

 American, grower of roses, carnations, fancy 

 pot plants, to take charge; good propagator: also 

 funeral work, designs of ail kinds; give full par- 

 ticulars with wages in first letter: first-class ref- 

 erences. Address No. 94, care Florists' Review, 

 Chicago. 



Sl'HTATION WANTED— By capable grower of 

 roses, carnations, also mums and pot plants; 

 1." years' experience'; Swedish, single, 31: sober 

 and reliable; open for engagement April first; 

 central states preferred: ple.ase state particulars 

 with salary. Address No. 88, care Florists' Re- 

 view. Chicago. 



SITUATION WANTED— By a German, single, 

 good in cut flowers, potted plants, experienced 

 in landscape work, general outdoor culture, etc. ; 

 no drinker; seek position on retail place; honest, 

 good references: please give full particulars in 

 first letter. Address No. 48, care Florists' Re- 

 view, Chicago. 



SITUATION WANTED— By an experienced gar- 

 dener and florist: twenty years' practical ex- 

 perience In ail brancties of gardening, fruit, flow- 

 ers and vegetables, under glass and in the open, 

 and all work required on a first-class private 

 place; best of references. Address No. 81, care 

 Florist s' Review. Chicago. 



SITUATION WANTED— By German. 20 years 

 old, 8 years' experience in pot plants, roses 

 and carnations; want position as rose or carnation 

 grower; I am a first-class grower and desire good 

 position and good salary only; state wages and 

 particulars in first letter. Address No. 87, care 

 Florists' Review. Chicago. 



SITUATION WANTED— As foreman, with « 

 large, up-to-date firm that can gtve me fnU 

 charge of its plant; I am a flrst-class grower of 

 roses, carnations, mums and sweet pees, also ■ 

 good propagator and grafter of same; please 

 state salary and particulars in first letter. Ad- 

 dress No. 610, care Florists' Review. Chicago. 



SITUATION WANTED— As head or flrst hand 

 gardener and florist; life experience in every 

 branch, hothouse and outside; best references: 

 many years in places In old country, in Chicago 

 and outside of Chicago; 3 years in last place: 

 age 32, single: please state wages In flrst letter. 

 Address Fr. Radons, 2103 Blue Island Ave., Chi- 

 cago^ 



HELP WANTED— For plant section; must be 

 good rapid potter. G. Van Bochove & Bro., 

 Kalamazoo, Mich. 



HELP WANTED — Good all-round florist, mar- 

 ried man. no drinker. Address R. C. Hlnz, 

 L eavenworth, Kan. 



HELP WANTED— Experienced single violet 

 grower; married, no children; good refer- 

 e nces. Kenwood Greenhouses, Tenafly, N. J. 



HELP WANTED — Young man of good character 

 with some greenhouse experience: 20,000 ft. 

 of glass, mostly retail. Sterling Floral Co., I 

 Sterling, 111. 



HELP WANTED— At once, experienced maa 

 for general greenhouse work; steady posi- 

 tion. Cbas. Koelker & Son, 705 Phillips Ave.. 

 West Toledo, Ohio. , 



HELP WANTED — At once, grower for generall 

 greenhouse stock; steady position; modern' 

 place; conditions good. Burdell Floral Co., 

 Bowling Green, Ky. 



HELP WANfBD— A florist as helper in green- 

 house growing pot plants. Address F. R. 

 Welssgerber, 3451 N. Hamilton Ave., Chicago. 

 Take Rlverview park car. 



HELP WANTED — Two experienced rose grow- 

 ers at once, single men preferred, to take- 

 charge of section; permanent position. Green 

 Floral Co., Dallas, Texas. 



HELP WANTED— Good American Beauty andi 

 tea rose grower, to take charge; state ex- 

 perience and wages expected In flrst letter. Ad- 

 dress, Wm. Dittman, New Castle, Ind. 



HELP WANTED— Reliable grower to take care 

 of carnation or rose section; none but sober 

 and willing worker need apply; state wages want- 

 ed In flrst letter. Thomas A. Ivey & Sons, Port 

 Dover, Canada. 



BLP WANTED— Flrst-class carnation grower 



at once; German preferred; must be sober 



and a hustler; state particulars In flrst letter anA 



wages expected. Address No., 896, care Florlata* 



Review, Chicago. 



ELP WANTED— Good grower of roses, carna- 



tions, mums and general line, also a good 



propagator as well; with references; state wages 



with board and room, per week. C. Humfeld, 



Clay Center, Kan. 



HELP WANTED— At once, first-class grower of 

 hot house tomatoes and cucuml>ers; none 

 other need apply; state wages expected and refer- 

 ences in flrst letter. F. L. Lainson, 1300 Canning 

 St., Council Blufl^s, Iowa. 



ELP WANTED — Grower for carnations and 



general line of bedding stock, at once; good 



position for the right man; state wages with 



board and room, also references. Wm. Dethlefs. 



Box 11, Mitchell, S. Dak. 



HELP WANTBD^An all-round greenhouse man, 

 one who is not afraid to work and under- 

 stands the business; no bum need apply; good 

 wages paid; married man preferred; must come 

 at once. Hudson Greenhouse, Hudson, Mich. 



ELP WANTED— A man at once to work In 



and around greenhouses; one who has had 



one or two years' experience; must be strictly 



temperate; wages, $12.00 per week to start with. 



Address No. 86, care Florists* Review, Chicago. 



ELP WANTED— Good grower of roees, t» 

 take charge of section and of bulbs, pot 

 plants and general cut flowers; wages, |18.00 to 

 $22.00; state experience and send your referencea 

 In flrst letter. Address No. 614, care Florists' 

 Review, Chicago. ■- 



ELP WANTED — Young man for pot plants; 

 fast and careful worker; one who can flU 

 and pack plant orders; who is willing to work 

 himself up and tackle any job; permanent posi- 

 tion for the right man; give references and salary 

 wanted in flrst letter. J. L. Schiller, Toledo, O. 



HELP WANTED— Young single man with some 

 greenhouse experience, especially in potting 

 and propagating; also one with some experience 

 in the nursery line; must come at once; Germans 

 preferred; good opportunity for advancement t» 

 right parties. Address P. 0. Box 787. Birming- 

 ham, Ala. 



HELP WANTED— A young man. about 25 years 

 old, with several years' greenhouse experi- 

 ence as assistant; must be able to fill cemetery 

 vases and porch boxes: must l>e a good and fast 

 potter, of sober disposition, and must mean busi- 

 ness; steady position for right man; state expe- 

 rience and wftges expected. Pahud Floral Co., 

 3403 N. Senate Ave., Indianapolis. Ind. 



HELP WANTED— Man or woman to take full 

 charge of floral department in a large, high- 

 class department store in the middle west; the 

 requirements for this position are, a thorough 

 trained knowledge of every phase of the floral 

 business, particularly buying and selling; al8» 

 make-up work; unless your recommendations are 

 of the very highest, as to your ability, your per- 

 sonal habits and your general record, please do- 

 not answer; unless full particulars are given In- 

 first reply, do not expect an answer. Addresa 

 No. 86, care Florists' Review. Chicago. 



WANTED— Florist refrigerator, about 7x7x2^4^ 

 ft.; state make. M. E. Whltbred. Al- 

 toona. Pa. 



WANTED — Glazing, painting, bulbing. Ont- 

 of -town business solicited ; all work guaran- 

 teed. Maxwell & Muno, 7423 Ridge Ave., Chi- 

 cago. 



WANTED— A florist delivery wagon that is up- 

 to-date and is in flrst-class condition and 

 reasonable in price. Address with full particulars 

 No. 88, care Florists' Review, Chicago. 



WANTED — To correspond with brother florists 

 wishing to start in bnslness; have a good' 

 proposition to offer to those that can invest msa 

 9500.00 to $2000.00 In a good established florist 

 business; don't answer unless yon mean bnslnesa 

 and have the cash. Address No. 606. care Flo- 

 rlsts' Review, Chicago. 



WANTED TO LEASE — From July 1, ^atf 

 range of glass doing good retail business in 

 live town; near New York city preferred. Ad- 

 dress No. 46, care Florists' Review, Chicago. 



