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The Weekly Florists' Review* 



May 30, 1912. 



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C. E. CRITCHELL, 



WHOLESALE COMMISSION FLORIST 



34-36 E. Third Avenue, 



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Cincinnati, Ohio 



man's book, for in the last two weeks 

 several of the big metropolitan dailies 

 have been printing stories that were 

 written to exploit Mr. Schling's four- 

 leaved clover. The Mail fell for more 

 than a column, with a cut, and a few 

 days later most of the papers printed 

 the letter Mr. Schling sent to Mayor 

 Gaynor, presenting a plant and telling 

 about the good luck it is supposed to 

 bring, also the mayor's reply. 



William Kirschner, a florist of 106 

 East Second street, Brooklyn, while 

 driving down Prospect avenue May 21, 

 was flung out of his wagon as the 

 horse reached Vanderbilt street, and 

 the horse, frightened,, dashed on. 

 Kirschner was picked up unconscious. 

 He was badly cut and bruised and was 

 rushed to Coney Island hospital. 



COMPOST FOE CARNATIONS. 



Will you please give me some ad- 

 vice as to how to get rid of the ants 

 that eat all my carnations? I have a 

 pile of compost made from the refuse 

 from the kitchen and the garden, also 

 from old soil and from all kinds of 

 manure. Would this make good soil 

 for carnations when mixed with old 

 cow manure and wood ashes? How 

 much wood ashes would you use? The 

 wood ashes have been wet, as they are 

 in the open air. Would it be well to 

 mix the soil with bone meal? If so, 

 how much? L. V. 



I would advise you not to use that 

 conglomeration you describe for your 

 carnations. It might do for potting 

 your miscellaneous stock and, if you 

 use it at all, use it that way. For your 

 carnations, get some good, fresh soil 

 and mix into it that old cow manure 

 you speak of, in the proportion of 

 three parts soil to one part manure. If 

 you have not enough of the cow ma- 

 nure, then add enough old stable ma- 

 nure to make up the deficiency. Do 

 this at once, in order that the compost 

 may stand as long as possible before 

 you use it. 



We do not use bone on our carna- 

 tions, and have used none for three 

 years. 



The wood ashes will do the most 

 good if used as a top-dressing later, 

 after the plants are established. You 

 can then tell better whether it really is 

 needed and in what quantity. The 

 ashes should not be allowed to stand 

 out in the weather, as the rains will 

 leach them. 



To get rid of ants, mix sugar and 

 Paris green, the same as you do for 

 sow bugs. Take white sugar and mix 

 in enough Paris green to give it a 

 lively green color. Drop a little here 

 and there on the edge boards along the 

 beds. "' . A. F, J. Baur. 



Lincoln, Neb. — Chapin Bros., well 



known florists, have just completed a 



i fireproof business block three stories 



high, on a prominent corner and con- 



'taining several stores. Made it out of 



iSe-greenhouses, too, it is said. 



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SITUATION WANTED— Experienced seedsman 

 and florist; 32; selling goods on the road. 

 Florist, Lexington Ave., Lansdowne. P a. 



SITUATION WANTED— By all-round green- 

 house man; good chrysanthemum and carna- 

 tion grower; single. .\ddrpss No. 344, care 

 Florists' Review, Chicago. 



SITUATION WANTED— As foreman, by Ger- 

 man; married, energetic and ambitious; good 

 grower of roses, carnations, mums and able man- 

 ager; can come well recommended. Address No. 

 854, care Florists' ReyJcw, Chica go. 



SITUATION WANTED— By experienced florist; 

 have worked years in cut flowers and pot 

 plants; also a good designer and planter of fancy 

 outdoor bedding; good references; no drinker. 

 Address No. 349, care Florists' Review. Chicago. 



SITUATION WANTED— As foreman: first-class 

 propagator and grower of all kinds of stock; 

 cble to take full charge; sober, industrious; 

 age, 42 years; experience, 17 years: good refer- 

 ences. F. Ovenden, 380 S. Main St., Kenosha, 

 Wis. 



SITUATION WANTED— By Norwegian, 35 years 

 old, trained in America, England, Germany 

 and Scandinavia; 8 years In charge of present 

 position; has all-round experience in plants, 

 fruits, vegetables, greenhouse and outside; cut 

 flowers a specialty; well up in care of parks. 

 Address No. 311, care Florists' Review, Chicago. 



SITUATION WANTED— Landscape gardening; 

 life experience with leading landscape archi- 

 tects, nurserymen, leading private estates, park 

 systems, public gardens and government con- 

 structions in Europe and this country; road con- 

 struction, grading, planting, etc. ; thorough 

 knowledge of nursery stock and plants; results. 

 Address No. 353, care Florists' Review. Chicago. 



SITUATION WANTED— As working foreman: 

 single, middle-aged, life experience in all 

 kinds of cut flowers, flowering and foliage plants; y 

 no old, run-down place wanted; will take either v 

 cut flower or plant place or both; only responsible 

 parties need answer; good wages expected: good 

 references as to character and ability ; at present 

 located in New England state, .\ddress, stating 

 wages, No. 351, care Florists' Review. Ch icago- 



HELP WANTED — Man with experience in ceme- 

 tery work, also to handle lowering device. 

 Address No. 827, care Florlste' Review, Chicago^ 



HELP WANTED — At once, a good general 

 grower and propagator for, wholesale cut 

 flower place. Address wHh particniara Erie Flo- 

 ral Co.. Erie, Pa. 



HELP WANTED— Young man to work under 

 foreman in a modern plant; wages. $12.00 

 to start: must come at once. Address No. 333, • 



care Florists' Review. Chicago. ._ 



HELP WANTED— Man for rose house; must 

 have had 2 or 3 years' experience on flrst- 

 class rose growing establishment; $15.00 per 

 week. Miller Floral Co., Farmlngton, Utah. 



