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The Weekly Florists^ Review; 



OcroBEB 19, 1911. 



pumpkin on exhibition at Stoktis' Seed 

 Store. Phil. 



Westerly, B. I. — Geo. L. Stillman, the 

 dahlia specialist, had some fine exhibits 

 at the recent fair in Danbury, Conn. 



Washington, D. 0. — Charles Milburn, 

 who for some time has had charge of 

 the flowers and the landscape work at 

 Hill Crest Farm, Falls Church, Va., the 

 summer home of A. M. Lothrop, of the 

 firm of Woodward & Lothrop, this city, 

 has accepted a position at the store of 

 J. H. Small & Sons. Mr. Milburn is 

 one of the recently elected members of 

 the Washington Florists' Club. The 

 Messrs. Small are getting ready to 

 occupy their new store, in the Wood- 

 ward building, November 1. 



DELIVERY 

 WAGONS 



Can Be Bought for 

 QijAy a Little More 

 Than It Will Cost 

 You to Have Your 

 Old Wagon Re- 

 paired. 



▼ILL YOU LET 

 US PROVE IT? 



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STUDEBAKER 

 CORPORATION 



I SOUTH BEND, IND. 



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Peabody, Mass. — J". M. "Ward 5; Co. 



have completed the rebuilding of-?their 

 range and have 'stock in excellent shape 

 for fall trade. 



Muskegon, Mich. — A system of over- 

 head irrigation is being installed at thd' 

 Storrs greenhouses and gardens, in 

 North Muskegon. The plan will be in 

 use in the houses this winter and will 

 be extended so as to water an acre and 

 a half of outside crops next spring. 



Want vbA For Sale Department 



i^A.dT»rtlMmenta and«r thla he»d 10 oenU per 

 Un*. eask with order from •!) who do not do 

 ether adrertlainK. In lendlac remittance coant 

 ■eren worda to the line. 



Display adTerttaementi In thli department tl>30 

 tor one Inch space. 



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

 cents for forwardlnc 



Plant adrertlsementB not admitted under this head . 



SITUATION WANTED— By florist with 12 

 years' experience, on priyate or commercial 

 place; married; best of references. Address 

 No. 18fl, care Florists' Review, Chicago. 



SITUATION WANTED— First-class grower of 

 all-round greenhouse stufF, also good de- 

 signer; mteried, age '34; have the best of refer- 

 onoes; 16«2ears' experience. Address No. 128, 

 cay Florlsft' ReWew, Chicago. 



?UATWN WjWfTia) — As grower of carnations 

 and general stock or night or day fireman; 

 ten years' experience; references; northwest or 

 California preferred. Address F. W. S., R. F. D. 

 2, Box 09, Wenatchee, Wash. 



SITUATION WANTED— As foreman on com- 

 mercial place or as gardener on private place; 

 18 years' experience In all branches; good refer- 

 ences; English, sober, married. F. Ovendln, 380 

 S. Main St., Kenosha, Wis. 



SITUATION WANTED— First-class grower of 

 cut flowers and general stock, capable of 

 taking entire charge and producing high grade 

 stock; fourteen years' experience. Address No. 

 lift, Florists' Review, Chicago. 



SITUATION WANTED — As head gardener and 

 florist on a private place; life experience In 

 all branches of the profession; age 49, English, 

 married, no family; good references. Address 



No. 76, care Florists' Review, Chicago. 



ITDATION WANTED — First-class grower of 

 roses, carnations, violets, mams and ceneral 

 line of pot and bedding plants wants sltnatlon 

 where No. 1 staff is wanted; capable of bandllnf 

 any place. Address No. M, care Florists' Bs 

 view. Ohlcsgo. 



SITUATION WANTED — By first-class grower 

 of cut flowers, choice pot plants and bulbous 

 stock: Al in roses; German, single, 11 years' 

 experience, able to take charge of place; good 

 references; please state wages. Address No. 180, 

 care Florists' Review, Chicago. 



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SITUATION WANTED— By Dutchman, 24, ab- 

 stainer, nonsmoker; 10 years' experience, 

 England, Germany, France, Swltserland; all- 

 roand greenhouse grower, propasator; ttaoroogb 

 nursery experience; no private place desired. 

 Address No. 118, care Florists' Review. Chlcay>. 



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Mention The Reyiew when you writ*. 



ITUATION WANTED— By flrst-class. all-roond 

 florist, 23 years' experience, German, 36 years 

 of age; able to take charge and handle men: 

 reference If wanted; please state wages and fall 

 particulars in first letter; Michigan preferred. 

 Address No. 114, care Florists' Review, Chicago. 



SITUATION WANTED — By yoong man, large, 

 strong and healthy; married, one child; 

 lifetime on place where flowers and vegetables 

 were grown In the greenhouse; high school edu- 

 cation; want place with good florist; central 

 west preferred. Gilbert Hall Hennessey, La- 

 Pttrte, ind. 



SITUATION WANTED — By competent grower 

 of roses, carnations, mums and pot plants In 

 general; life experience; age 35, single; best 

 of references; open for engagement at once; 

 full charge expected; please state wages and 

 particulars in flrst letter. Address No. 129, care 

 Florists' Review, Chicago. 



SITUATION WANTED — By a yoong man 

 (American) with a high school education and 

 a general all-round greenhouse experience, on a 

 large private place; desire to locate with a re- 

 tall florist, where there is an opportunity for 

 both greenhouse and store experience; eastern 

 state preferred. Address Florist, VlUanova, Pa. 



ITUATION WANTED — By an experienced rose 

 grower, married and no children; can take 

 fuU charge of a first-class rose growing establish- 

 ment; am now in charge of the largest rose 

 growing establishment around Boston; come and 

 look it over; reasonable wages and permanent 

 po sition desired. Wm. Anderson, Madbury, N. H. 



Bt»P WANTED — Manager who Is not afraid of 

 work, who win take some financial Interest 

 in the business; must be good propagator, 

 grower of carnations and roses, potted and bnlbons 

 stock, and designer; 20,000 ft. of glass: fine 

 opening to right man; married man preferred. 

 Address No. 102, care Florists' Review, Chicago. 



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HELP WANTED — A good all-round grewer; 

 married man. Address R. C. Bins, Lea 



eaven- 

 worth, Kan. 



HELP WANTED— Two single men for helpers 

 in carnation sections; state salary expected. 

 Kmeger Bros., Toledo, Ohio. 



HELP WANTED — Young man for general green- 

 house work; state age, experience and wages 

 Address Mrs. M. B. Jehu, SstherviUe, 



house work; state age, experlence_and wa|[es 

 desired. 

 Iowa. 



HELP WANTED— Man for all-round greenboase 

 work, who has had a year's experience on 

 a good commercial place. Levant Cxde, Battle 

 Creek, Mich. 



ELP WANTED — Good designer and decorator; 

 must be sober and industrious; send refer- 

 ence, and state wages in first letter. Haury & 

 Sons, Nashville, Tenn. 



HELP WANTED — At once, carnation grower; 

 must be good propagator; state nationality 

 and wages expected. Address David Nolan, 729 

 Orsbom Are., Springfield, III. 



ELP WANTED— A sober and reliable single 

 man to take charge of a small retail place; 

 state wages with board, room, and wasbiAg. Mrs. 

 James Lister, Newton, Iowa. 



ELP WANTED — A first-class plantsman and 



propagator; must be up-to-date and strictly 



sober; married, small family; wages and par- 



tlculars in flrst letter. C. H. Frey, Lincoln, Neb. 



ELP WANTED— Experienced florist to take 



charge of small greenhouses and capable of 



landscape work; single man; reference as to 



hCHiesty, sobriety and ability required. Oxford 



Retreat, Oxford, Ohio. 



HI:LP WANTKD— At once, a good assistant for 

 roaes, carnations and choice pot plants; 

 must have experience; state wages wanted with 

 boai-d and room in flrst letter. Apply to 0. Meier 

 & Co., Green Bay, Wis. 



HELP WANTED— Gardener and florist of abil- 

 ity, who is strictly temperate and hohest; 

 6S00 ft. of gla&s, retail trade; please state 

 wages wanted, whom woi^lng for. Address No. 

 89, care Florists' Review, Chicago. 



ELP WANTED— A good maker-up for first - 

 class store; must be quick and up-to-date; 

 no drinking man need apply; state wages ex- 

 pected and reference. Washington Florists Co., 

 13th and F Sts., Washington, D. C. 



HELP WANTED— At once, 3rd assistant for 

 private conservatories; must be experienced, 

 reliable and come well recommended; live and 

 active man between 24 and 30 years old. Green- 

 lawn Conservatories, Penn and Murtland Aves., 

 Pittsburgh, Pa. ^ 



HELP WANTED — We have an opening for 

 young man that knows something about 

 design work, running the office and growing 

 plants in a small way; must have references as- 

 to ability and honesty. Address No. 60, care 

 Florists' Review, Chicago. 



ELP WANTED — Designer and decorator, one 

 who is artistic and original and capable of 

 catering to the highest class of trade; to one 

 who can furnish A No. 1 references as to ability 

 and character, we are willing to pay good wages. 

 Address Idle Hour Nurseries, Macon, Ga. 



HELP WANTED— An all-round florist who has 

 bad experience growing carnations, making 

 funeral designs, etc.; must be well recommended, 

 married, active and willing to work; wages, 

 $50.00 a month with new five-room bouse, oa 

 establishment. Halifax Garden Cq., Halifax, 

 Mass. 



WANTED— Great opportnnlty for florist baring 

 abont $1,600 to invest la paying DMttt 

 business, $12,000 business last year. Address NOr 

 126, care Florista* Review, Chtcago. 



ANTED— To correspond wjira Wpfibil !Be« 

 bouse; would like to act as agent: I have a 



food locality for a mail order sa«*^ tMMmss, 

 '. 6. Box 186, Richmond, Ind. ^^ 



ANTED — Well established greenboase itrop> 

 erty, residence and 3 or more acres good 

 land, preferably some fruit; Ohio or eastern 

 states. Btundage, Florist, Dundee, N. Y. 



WANTED PARTNER^Wlth capital, in a grow 

 Ing establishment, 5 acres with 10,000 feet 

 of glass; I do exclusively a shipping business of 

 rooted cnttlngs, 2-incb stock, and bTgh-grade flo- 

 rist's seeds; business was established 4 years ago 

 and has steadily grown, specialising in 2 articles; 

 office work and general management now too 

 much for me; partner has to take charge of grow- 

 ing of stock, must be a bustler, good manager, be 

 thoroughly firm in propagating; European experi- 

 ence preferred. Address No. 182, care Florists' 

 Review, Chicago. 



FOR SALEJ-^reenbouse property of about 4,500 

 sq. ft. of glass, well stocked, IV^ acres o^ 

 land, 7-room dwelling; located in city of 8500. 

 county seat, in central Ohio; doing a good busi- 

 ness; good reasons for selling; a bargain for some 

 one; price $^000 cash, if taken at once. Address 

 No. 188, care Florists' Review, C hicago. 



FOR SALE- Wrtl estabUsbed florist business in 

 town of 10,000, with good resort trade; 9,000 

 ft. of glass in two modern King Construction Co. 

 bouses; Kroeschell hot water boiler; well stocked 

 for winter and In good shape; we operate a store 

 in a good location downtown, which we will rent 

 If desired; greenhouse plant, with lease on land, 

 $5,000; will also sell residence and land, if de- 

 sired ■ write for details and a photo of plaat, 

 or call and investigate for yonrself. The Flower 

 Shop, Cbas. S. Dntton, 24 W. 8th St., Holland, 

 Mich. 



