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The Weekly Florists' Review. 



April 29, 1909. 



C. W. NcKELLAR... 



Longr Distance Phone, Central 8698 



51 Wabash Avenue, CHICAGO 



Beauties, 

 Roses, 

 Carnations, 



Valley, Violets and all Fancy Flowers, Farleyense and all Fancy 

 Greens and Decorative Stock, Violet Ties and Ribbons 



SKND FOR COBSPLXTK 

 PRICK LIST 



Boxwood Fancy Ferns 



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Mention The Review when you write. 



CARNATION Rooted Cuttings 



Per 100 Per 1000 



Wlilte Perieotlon $3.00 $25.00 



Wtalte Lawson 1.50 12.60 



Wlnsor 8.00 25.00 



Knohantrsas 2.00 17.50 



Chrysanthemum Rooted Cuttings 



Tellow Chadwlck. Pres. Roosevelt, Guy Ham- 

 ilton, Villa De Paris, Mile. Angele Laurent, 

 Amateur Conseil. Perfect Tillier, Comoleta, 

 Rosiere, V. Morel, $3.00 per 100. 



Willowbrook, Halliday, Robinson, Col. Ap- 

 pleton, White BonnaSon, Major BonnaSon, 

 0. Touset, Jerome Jones. Yf How Jones Timothy 

 Eaton, Tellow Eaton, Mile. Doulett, $1.2') per 100. 



Cash or C. O. D. 



W. J. & M. S. VESCY, Fort Wayne, Ind. 



Mention The Review when you write. 



Nevada, Mo. — C. H. HoUied, formerly 

 of Carthage, Mo., has purchased the 

 Weltmer greenhouses. These greenhouses 

 are in excellent condition and are well 

 patronized. Mr. Hollied intends to en- 

 large the business by making a specialty 

 of violet growing, provided the soil here 

 proves to be suitable for that crop. 



WANT ADVERTISEMENTS. 



Advertisements under this head one cent a 

 word. CASH WITH ORDER. When answers 

 are to be addressed in our care, add 10 cents for 

 forwarding. 



SITUATION WANTED-A first-class rose grow- 

 er, able to take charge; state wages in first 

 letter. Address No. HZe, care Florists' Review, 

 Chicago. 



SITUATION WANTED-A first-class rose grow- 

 er, able to take charge: state wages in first 

 letter. Address No. 818, care Florists' Review, 

 Chicago. 



SITUATION WANTED— Gardener or superin- 

 tendent; I can with confidence recommend a 

 man as above; competent, sober, honest and 

 willing. Apply William Downs, Chestnut Hill, 

 Mass. 



SITUATION WANTED-By young man of long 

 experience: capable manager; good refer- 

 ence; permanent place wanted with responsible 

 house. Address No. 888, care Florists' Review, 

 Chicago. 



SITUATION WANTED-By all-around green- 

 house man: German; married; 35 years old: 

 life experience; commercial or private, in or 

 near Chicago. Address No. 8)84, care Florists' 

 Review, Chicago. 



SITUATION WANTED- As working foreman or 

 manager, by man experienced in cut flowers 

 and general stock: German: age 46: married; 

 life experience: 18 years in this country: good 

 references. Address No. *14, care Florists' Re- 

 view. Chicago. 



FORCING TOMATOES. 



rConcluded on page 4t.l 



be ruined. My advice was to water twice 

 a day and clean off all affected fruit. 

 The disease disappeared almost immedi- 

 ately. 



Pollination. 



When the plants begin to bloom they 

 must be hand pollinated daily. There 

 are several methods of doing this, but 

 there is no better or easier way than to 

 take a stick about sixteen inches long, 

 tie a rag around one end of it to keep 

 it from bruising the stalk, and walk up 

 and down the rows every day, tapping 

 the stalk sharply close to the blooms. 

 This shakes the pollen loose from the 

 stamen and it floats in the air and alights 

 on the pistils. It is an easy task when 

 performed regularly, and it takes only 

 a few moments to go over a whole house. 

 The hottest, driest time of the day, when 

 the pollen is ripe and dry, is the time 

 to do it. If properly done, no blooms 

 will be found falling off. If any fall, 

 it is because they were not properly 

 shaken and fertilized. 



It is one thing to get blooms and an- 

 other thing to get fruit; to get both re- 

 quires a good grower. 



Ri£ht Use of Fertilizers. 



If the plants do not bloom right, either 

 not enough clusters or not enough blooms 

 on a cluster, it may be due to lack of 

 food in the soil, in that case a light 

 sprinkling of bone meal or j)hosphate 

 rock will help them to bloom better, if 

 applied in time. 



A study of fertilizers is important in 

 tomato growing. Nitrogen goes princi- 

 pally to make fo'iage, so only a little 

 is necessary for tomatoes. Phosphoric 

 acid to make blooms, and potash for 

 fruit and stalks, are both required and 

 in about equal quantity, (iround phos- 

 phate rock and muriate of potash are 

 better than manures for tomatoes, unless 

 the manure is well rotted. 



Too much nitrogen or water, or too 

 high a temperature, may cause serious 

 troubles with the tomato growers. A 

 temperature of 60 degrees or a trifle 

 above at night and 75 degrees on bright 

 days is high enough. Fresh air is neces- 

 sary. H. G. 



SITUATION WANT ED- As salesman, designer 

 and decorator; salary considered if position 

 good. Address No. S2S, care Florists' Review, 

 bicago. 



SITUATION WANTED-By all-around grower: 

 private or commercial place; single: capable 

 of taking: charge. Address No. 199, care Flo- 

 rists' Review, Chicago. 



SITUATION WANTED - By a young married 

 man as foreman and grower of carnations, 

 mums, vegetables and bedding plants: commer- 

 cial or private and near Philadelphia: 10 years' 

 experience: best of references. Addrets No. 

 187, care Florists' Review, Chicago. 



HELP WANTED - Thoroughly experienced 

 vegetable gardener on private place. A. P. 

 Wilbur, Oanandaigua, N. Y. 



HELP WANTED-Good helper in rose section: 

 steady position to right man. Wellworth 

 Farm Greenhouses, Downers Grove, 111. 



HELP WANTED- Several section greenhouse 

 hands for roses and carnations; send refer- 

 ences. Green Floral & Nursery Co., Dallas, Tex. 



HELP WANTED-Rellable, competent and so- 

 ber man for 12,000 ft. of retail glass, in gen- 

 eral cut flowers and plants of first quality: refer- 

 ence required. C. L. Dole, Lockport, N. Y. 



HELP WANTED-A first-class florist and gar- 

 dener, one especially good on bedding 

 plants; permanent position and good wages. 

 Mt. Carmel Floral Co., Mt. Caimel, Chicago, 111. 



HELP WANTED— Firstclafs florist, man or 

 woman, to take charge of retail store; must 

 be good designer and strictly sober and reliable. 

 Call or address Walter Armacost, Ocean Park, 

 Cal. 



HELP WANTED-A grower of roses, carna- 

 tions and general pot stuff; must be well 

 experienced and good worker: good wages to 

 right man. Address Kalispell Gardens, Kalispell, 

 Montana. 



HELP WANTED-A capable man as foreman 

 for plant of 15.000 ft. glass; must be capable 

 of producing first-class stock and run houses to 

 full capacity. Hiawatha Gardens Co., Minneap- 

 olis, Minta. 



HELP WANTED-Working foreman, grower of 

 cut flowers and general stock of green- 

 house plants; must be sober, reliable and give 

 good references; north of Chicago. Address 

 No. 283, care Florists' Review, Chicago. 



HELP WANTED-Experienced seed.sman, es- 

 pecially for house work on garden seed and 

 packet seed department: also to travel on the 

 road 3 to 4 months during the season. Address 

 No. 880, care Florists' Review, Chicago. 



HELP WANTED-A man for retail place; must 

 know how to water, pot and care for plants 

 and make himself generally useful; must be total 

 abstainer: must have first-class references. Ad- 

 dress No. 816, care Florists' Review, Chicago. 



HELP WANTED— f:xperienced lady or man to 

 keep books, take orders and wait on custo- 

 mers in greenhouses: must be competent and 

 thoroughly trustworthy: state wages per month. 

 Address Jacob Russler, 114th and Avon, Morgan 

 Park, 111. 



