JANUARY 2, 1913. 



The Florists^ Review 



41 



SimiRG HOSS & PEAT CO. 



J. L. DoTHiDAY, Prop. 



Barnegat, New Jersey 



SPHAGNUM MOSS. Selected Stock 



1 lO-bbl. bale, $3.75; 6 lO-bbl. baleS, $3.50 each; 10 



tO-bbl. bales, $8.26 each: 26 lil-bbl. bales. $3.00 each. 



Rotted 60c per sack Peat 

 Menuon The Review wnen yo u write, 



L. B. Brague & Son 



Wholesale Dealers in 



CUT FERNS 



MOSS : : EVERGREENS 



ctabuahed HINSDALE, MASS. 



Mention Tbt ReTiew when 70a write. 



The History and Culture 



OF 



GRAFTED ROSES 



For Forcing 



By ALXX. MONTGOMXRT. Jr. 



** The most important contribution to 

 the modern literature of the Rose.** 



**Of much interest to every Rose 

 grow^er and of utmost value to 

 growers of grafted Roses.** 



CootdSrung Practical Description of 

 the Process of Grafting, with Full 

 Details of planting and culture, also 

 D^ectionsfor treatment to carry the 

 plants a second year. 



FULLY ILLUSTRATED 

 PRICE, POSTPAID. 25c. 



ADDRESS 



FLORISTS' PUBUSHII6 CO. 



608 So. Dearborn St., 



CHICAGO 



Reading, Pa. — Herman Stabenow, 

 whose establishment adjoins the Circus 

 Maximus, contemplates building an- 

 other greenhouse, twenty-five feet wide 

 and over 100 feet long. 



Traverse City, Mich. — This winter the 

 Northwestern Michigan Horticultural 

 Society will be formed in this city, em- 

 bracing the territory north of Baldwin 

 to Petoskey. The next legislature will 

 be asked to divide the present appro- 

 priation between the old and the new 

 societies. 



W«nt in j For Sale Department 



^T'AdTertlaementB under this head 10 cents 

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

 other advertlBlDK. In sending remittance count 

 seren words to the line. 



Display advertisements in this department $1.30 

 (or one inch space. 



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

 cents for forwarding. 



Plant adyertlsementa not admitted under this head. 



aiTUATION WANTED— On private or commer- 

 *J clal place In middle west, private preferred; 

 17 years' experience; 7 years as foreman; 43 

 years old; married, sober; good references; state 

 wages. Address No. 4, care Florists' Review, 

 Chicago. 



SITUATION WANTBI>— By good carnation 

 grower; long experience, best references; can 

 take full charge. Address No. 1, care Florists' 

 Review, Chicago. 



SITUATION WANTED — By ail-round florist; 

 single; flrst-ciass rose, carnation, mum and 

 pot plant grower; able to take full charge. 

 Foreman, Mays Landing, N. J. 



SITUATION WANTED — As working foreman, 

 by a man of 56; life experience; all-round 

 grower; references; temperate; state wages with- 

 o ut room. Wm. Klrkham, Mt. Vernon, Ind. 



SITUATION WANTED— As housekeeper In 

 widower's home with children, or for green- 

 house help, by widow with 9-year-old girl. Ad- 

 dress No. 8, care Florists' Review, Chicago. 



SITUATION WANTED — By sober young man of 

 27; experienced grower of cut flowers and 

 plants; capable of taking charge; references; 

 state wages. Address No. 6, care Florists' Re- 

 view, Chicago. 



ITUATION WANTED— By young man, aged 

 10, as assistant in roses or carnations; three 

 years' experience on first -class place; good ref- 

 erences; middle west preferred. Address No. 6, 

 care Florists Review, Chicago. 



SITUATION WANTED — By working foreman, 

 middle-aged, experienced grower of roses, 

 carnations, mums, general stock; designer; 

 hustler; good wages; best references. Florist, 

 Box 642, Mou nt Vernon, Illinois. 



SITUATION WANTED— By a middle aged sin- 

 gle man, good grower of roses, carnations, 

 mums and general stock; also good designer; 

 life experience; retail preferred. Address Jacob 

 Schmid, 735 S. State St.. Chicago, 111. 



SITUATION WANTED— On up-to-date place, 

 by young man. 21 years, born and raised in 

 the business, with firm having 180,000 sq. ft. 

 glass; state wages and particulars In letter. Ad- 

 dress No. 888, care Florists' Review. Chicago. 



SITUATION WANTED — As manager or general 

 working foreman, by a practical grower, 

 propagator; thoroughly versed in cut flowers, pot 

 and bedding plants, Christmas and Easter stuff; 

 artistic designs, decorator; also good rose grafter; 

 nursery, landscaping, forcing and outdoor vege- 

 tables; capable In greenhouse construction and 

 heating; German, single, aged 29, life experience 

 in the different brancnes of the business; strictly 

 temperate, no user of tobacco and not afraid of 

 work; can take small interest; please state full 

 particulars in first letter; do not answer unless 

 you require a man of abilities and character. 

 Address No. 821, care Florists' Review, Chicago. 



HELP WANTED— All-round grower, one who 

 can help wait on trade and make up. John 

 Fuhlbruegge, Winona, Minn. 



HELP WANTED — A fiorlst, of good executive 

 ability, to run a big greenhouse plant, both 

 wholesale and retail, on shares. Address No. 889, 

 care Florists' Review, Chicago. 



HELP WANTED — First-class grower of plants 

 and cut fiowers; must furnish references; 

 steady work and good wages. Address No. 884, 

 ca re Florists' Review, Chicago. 



HELP WANTED — Experienced store man and 

 designer to take charge of flower store In 

 city of 100,000: old established flrm. Address 

 No. 840, care Florists' Review, Chicago. 



HELP WANTED— Good willing men, with 

 several years' experience In greenhouse work; 

 tieddlng plants, mums and carnations: apply at 

 once; wages. $12.00 .per week to start. Forest 

 mil Nursery. Madison. Wis. 



HELP WANTED — Young man, who is experi- 

 enced In growing and in design work, in 

 small commercial place: will have full charge: 

 n good opening for the right man. Address 

 Box 313. .Tohnstown. N. Y. 



HELP WANTED — Two florists, experienced in 

 designing, decorating and selling; give three 

 references, preferably firms for whom you have 

 worked; state experience In detail and salary 

 expected in first letter. Address No. 8, care 

 Florists' Review. Chicago. 



HEI.,P WANTED— Competent grower of general 

 stock on commercial place in Texas; must 

 be good designer, well up on carnations, roses 

 and mums; not afraid of work, honest and re- 

 liable; to start January or February 1; wages, 

 $.'>0.00 and room. The Nussbaumer Floral Co., 

 San Angelo. Texas. 



HELP WANTED — At once, all-round grower of 

 cut flowers and plants, for place of twelve 

 tliousand feet; must be a married man, sober and 

 industrious; permanent position; telegraph night 

 letter, at my expense, stating age, experience, 

 reference and salary; don't apply unless you can 

 qualify. W. E. F. Weber, Sault Ste. Marie, 

 Mich. ^^ 



WANTED — George Linfoot please write Dan- 

 ▼llle Floral Co.. Danville, 111. 



FOR RENT AND FOR SALE— Retail and whole- 

 sale florist, truck gardening and poultry 

 imsiness; rough new sash house. 20x60. stocked: 

 material on hand for house, 7x70; poultry house 

 for 500 layers. Incubators; pipe and Iwller for 

 t>rooder houise; $1,200.00 cash; long lease will be 

 given on 37-acre truck farm 6-room farm house 

 and bam at $25.00 a month; 30 miles from New 

 York; 4 railroads and trolley; 70 trains; on out- 

 skirts of large suburban city; greenhouse stock 

 will pay for all by Decoration day; good chance 

 for one or two practical gardeners to get a busi- 

 ness of their own. Box 400, Dunellen, N. J. 



FOR SALE — A sectional American Radiator Co. 

 hot water heater, in good condition; eleven 

 sections. Danville Floral Co., Danville, 111. 



FOR SALE — Fine lot of second-hand pipe and 

 fittings; suitable for steam or water lines; 

 let us quo te you. Baur Gas Co., Eaton, Indiana. 



OR BALE — Retail store In city of 16,000; bar- 



gain. For full particulars address No. 874, 



care Florists' Review, Chicago. 



FOR SALE — One No. 4 Morehead trap in first- 

 class condition; has been used only two sea- 

 Bons. Hoi ton & Hunkel Co., Milwaukee, Wis. 



OR SALE— Cheap, three 100 to 125 H. P. 



tubular boilers, allowed 80 lbs. of steam; 



Hartford inspection. For particulars address 



Morehead Mfg. Co.. Detroit, Mich. 



FOR SALE— One 54-in. by 12 ft. saddle back 

 hot water boiler, has 27 4-in. by 10 ft. fines, 

 and is in first-class condition. Fred Weber, 6137 

 No. Robey St., Chicago. 111. 



FOR SALE — One smoke stack, forty feet high, 

 nineteen inches inside diameter, number 

 fourteen iron, has been used but a short time: 

 price right to make quick sale. Marlon Floral 

 Co.. Marion, Indiana. 



FOR SALE — Greenhouse plant and stock; two 

 houses, each 20x100 feet, heated by Gurney 

 hot water heater; situated near town of 3000; 

 good growing retail business. Address No. 9, 

 care Florists' Review, Chicago. 



OR SALE— 15,000 feet of modern constructed 

 greenhouse, nearly new, planted to a general 

 retail stock; have a good retail trade: also two 

 modern dwellings; this is a beautiful property 

 located in one of the best cities of 10,000 popn- 

 lation in northern Illinois. For particulars ad- 

 dress No. 188, care Florists' Review. Chicago. 



FOR SALE — Three greenhouses, well equipped, 

 filled with carnations, chrysanthemums, 

 violets, ferns, etc. ; on account of other business 

 will sell at a sacrifice; located one hundred miles 

 from Chicago in town of twenty-two thousand 

 inhabitants; good opening for the right party. 

 Address No. 800, care Florists' Review. Chicago. 



FOR SALE— In Seattle, Wash.; 3 acres, with 

 12,000 feet of glass, new; excellent soil; 

 ideal climate; strictly modern: hot water heat, 

 water system (enough to water whole place) ; 

 the real estate alone Is worth $9000, and there 

 are $3000 worth of Improvements just completed; 

 this entire place will go at $7000 at once. Ad' 

 dress No. 10, care Florists' Review, Chicago. 



Cash for Your Praperty or Businett i^^^l 



and seller togrether, nq matter where located. 

 If you want to buy or sell, address FRANK P. 

 CLEVEUNO. 2780 iUams Exsrest Butl«iit. Chicaia. IH. 



To Nurserymen 



WANTED— To represent a higrh-class firm of 

 nurserymen in connection with landscape srar- 

 dening. Chicatro and vicinity. Addres.-* No. 7, 

 care Florists' R vipw. Chicago. 



Wanted-At Once 



An expert and very quick buncher, male or fe- 

 male: $215.00 per week. Absolutely useless to apply 

 If not very quick and skillful. Traveling expenses 

 paid back. 



CHAS. N. NEWNAN, Charleston, S. C. 



Help Wanted 



A working foreman on a range of about 50,000 

 !>(iuare feet of glass, grrowing carnations, mums, 

 ferns, pot stuff for Christmas and £at>ter and 

 bedding stock Would like a man who is now 

 employed but who would like to better himself. 

 Up-to-date flat on the place. 



T. M. H., 1213 Fanenil Hall Sq., Boston, Mass. 



A Fine Chance 



for two or three young men, with $10,000 cash, to 

 buy established business, located at the entrance 

 of largest cemetery in Indiana city of 80,000. 

 Write today for further particulars. Address 



No. 2, care Florists' Review,Chicago 



On Account of Poor Health 



We offer our place of seven up-to-date new houses, 

 fully blocked and in first-class running order. 

 They are heated by two Furman steam boilers, 

 use gas as fuel (no fireman required). Also resi- 

 dence, barn, potting shed and wagons, and every- 

 thing pertaining to a first-class place. Do not 

 fool around unless you have ready cash. For 

 particulars, address 



CniLLICOTHE FLORAL CO. CHIILICOTHC, OHIO 



