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The Florists^ Review 



Max 8, 1918. 



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worked up. Further, I would separate 

 the purely experimental from the teach- 

 ing branch and this experimental branch 

 should be responsible to a state board of 

 horticulture, included in which should 

 be at least three expert, practical horti- 

 culturists, who would be sure to know 

 of all the new problems with which 

 growers are confronted from day to day, 

 and they should suggest to the experi- 

 menters some of the lines of work to 

 be carried on. Beyond all this, and 

 perhaps of most importance, I would 

 recommend paying much higher salaries 

 to all those engaged as professors in the 

 colleges, so as to attract the right class 

 of men, the pay they receive now being 

 no higher than that of good mechanics. 



Oovemment Besearcli Work. 



In addition to this, liberal sums should 

 be appropriated for carrying on the re- 

 search work, as in no other way can this 

 important branch be of much service. 

 The importance and value of this work 

 are shown by the fact that by careful 

 breeding and selection the Cornell sta- 

 tion has obtained a variety of timothy 

 grass that yields one ton more per acre 

 than any of the varieties in commerce, 

 and when we consider that the hay crop 

 of the state of New York is worth over 

 one hundred million dollars annually 

 the immense value of this acquisition is 

 easily seen. Another important experi- 

 ment which they told me of on a recent 

 visit is the selection of potatoes with 

 a view to increasing their productivity. 

 I ventured the opinion that the good of 

 this experiment would be vitiated by the 

 fact, as I believed it, that all plants 

 propagated otherwise than by seed 

 would deteriorate sooner or later. The 

 professor would not agree with me in 

 this, and it is possible that when the 

 yield has been raised to the limit by 

 selection of tubers, then, by raising from 

 seed, this character of productiveness 

 may be fixed, especially if that much 

 debated question oe settled in the affir- 

 mative, as to whether acquired charac- 

 teristics are transmitted to offspring. 



Please do not interpret anything that 

 I have said as implying any disrespect 

 to the gentlemen in charge of the experi- 

 ment stations and horticultural colleges. 

 I have nothing but the highest respect 

 for them, as men doing their best, often 

 under the most discouraging and adverse 

 conditions. They are hampered for lack 

 of funds and for lack of room; still, I 

 have always found their courtesy unfail- 

 ing. And it is for all of us, by agitation 

 and by instructing our representatives 

 in regard to the tremendous importance 

 of this work to the community, to bring 

 about as early as possible the means 

 whereby those who wish can obtain a 

 really scientific training in the oldest 

 and noblest and most essential of all 

 the arts, the art of cultivating the soil 

 and improving its products. 



Columbia City, Ind. — H. M. Sherwood 

 reports good success with his new 

 greenhouse, 30x100 feet, which he built 

 himself last fall in six and one-half 

 days. 



Mobile, Ala. — The Mobile Flower and 

 Horticultural Society has decided to 

 hold a flower show in the fall. 



Want wBj For Sale Department 



IVAdTertlaements nnder this head 10 cents 

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

 other advertiBlng. Id sending remittance coant 

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Display advertisements In this department $1.30 

 for one Inch space. 



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

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Plant advertisements not admitted nnder this bead. 



SITUATION WANTED — By young man as car- 

 nation section man; several years' experi- 

 ence; state wages In first letter. Address No. 

 3 12, care Florists' Review, Chicago. 



SITUATION WANTED— Flrst-claBs designer and 

 decorator Is open for an engagement; satis- 

 factory references; Pacific coast preferred. H. 

 Hefty, 847 Washington St.. Portland. Ore. 



SITUATION WANTED— As a grower; lifetime 

 experience with carnations, mums, pot 

 plants, etc.; sli years In the N. W.; prefer the 

 N. W. or west; do not drink. Address F. W. 

 Sabransky, Walla Walla, Wash. 



SITUATION WANTED— By grower with 20 

 years' experience growing roses, carnations 

 and general stock; age 35, married; open for 

 engagement June 5; state wages. Address No. 

 809, care Florists' Review. Chicago. 



SITUATION WANTED— Working foreman, all- 

 round cut fiower grower and plant man, roses, 

 carnations, mums and all kinds of tropical 

 orchids, and forcing of all kinds of bulbs and 

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

 Chicago. 



SITUATION WANTED— By florist and gardener, 

 well versed inside and outside; good knowl- 

 edge of orchids, carnations, roses, etc., also 

 lawns, vegetables and fruit; 14 years' experience; 

 age 29. Address No. 802, care Florists' Review, 

 C hicago. 



SITUATION WANTED— On or before June 1, 

 ^ ' by a capable grower of all kinds of cnt 

 flowers and pot plants; American, slnjtle, middle 

 age; life experience; strictly solier; good refer- 

 ences as to character and ability; no old run-down 

 place or one-man affair need answer; can handle 

 help and deliver the goods; good wages expected; 

 east preferred. Address No. 817, care Florists' 

 Review, Chicago. 



SITUATION WANTED— By No. 1 florist and 

 landscape gardener; life experience in pot 

 and bedding plants, cut flowers, propagating, de- 

 signing, decorating, vegetable forcing; capable 

 of taking entire charge of any place; married, 

 sober, reliable, best of references; at present 

 have charge of private estate; please state full 

 particulars In first letter. Address No. 818, care 

 Florists' Review, Chicago. 



ELP WANTED — Young man for rose section; 

 call or write. Emll Buettner, Park Ridge, 



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111. 



HELP WANTED — All-ronnd florist for general 

 greenbonse work. John Fuhlbraeggs, 

 Winona. Minn. 



ELP WANTED— Men to work In the rose 



houses of Myers & Samtman, Chestnut Hill, 



Philadelphia, Pa. 



HELP WANTED— At once, good all-round green- 

 honse man; $50.00 per month and board. 

 Frache Bros.. Columbia. B. C. 



HELP WANTED— A good, steady florist, good 

 potter and planter; wages, $15.00 per week. 

 J. Russler, 114th and Avon Ave., Morgan Park, 

 111. 



HELP WANTED — At once, single, all-round 

 grower; sober, moral and a hustler; state 

 wages wanted. Ira Clark & Co., Greensburg, 

 Ind; 



HELP WANTED — At once, two experienced flo- 

 rists to grow general stock: must have ex- 

 cellent references. Apply J. Colton, East Llver- 

 po ol, Ohio. 



HELP WANTED^A good grower for a retail 

 place; none but a bustler and sober man 

 need apply. Address No. S85, care Florists' Re- 

 vlew. Chicago. 



HELP WANTED — A good, sober man to take 

 charge, to grow roses, lilies, mums and 

 general stock. Address No. 816, care Florists' 

 R eview, Chicago. 



HELP WANTED — Two nurserymen; wages, 

 $2.50 per day, or $60.00 per month; boose 

 and garden furnished married man. Devils Lake 

 Nursery, Devils Lake, N. Dak. 



HELP WANTED— At once, good man for gen- 

 eral greenhouse work; state wages In first 

 letter. Grohman The Florist, Saginaw, Mich. 



HELP WANTED — A good German grower of 

 plants and cut fiowers; 7500 ft. of glass. 

 A ddress No. 819, care Florists' Review, Chicag o. 



HELP WANTED — Experienced greenhouse man, 

 familiar with propagation of ornamental 

 nursery stock of all kinds. The Greening 

 Nursery Company, Monroe, Mich. 



HPLP WANTED— Helper, one with some ex- 

 perlence In growing roses; state experience 

 and wages in first letter. Meredith Flower & 

 Vegetable Co., Libertyville, 111. 



HELP WANTED— At once, a reliable man to 

 assist In potting, planting and watering in 

 greenhouse; steady work for the right man. 

 Aurora Greenhouse Co.. Aurora, 111. 



HELP WANTED— Two bright young men, car- 

 nation growers, who have had charge of 

 growing sections; state wages, etc. Address 

 No. 299, care Florists' Review, Chicago. 



HELP WANTED^At once, good, all-round flo- 

 rist; one who Is not afraid to work; steady 

 Job; no loafer wanted; state wages In first letter; 

 married or single, W. A. Staley, Pocatello, 

 Idaho. \ 



ELP WANTED— A good chrysanthemum 



grower and plantsman; single preferred; 



good wages and steady position if he makes 



good. Metalrie Ridge Nursery Co., Ltd., New 



Orleans, La. 



HELP WANTED — A young man to work as 

 helper In carnations; a couple years' ex- 

 perience and willing to work; wages, $14.00 per 

 week to start. Address F. R. Groves, 5508 East 

 14th St., Oakland, Cal. 



HELP WANTED — A good all-round greenhouse 

 man who can grow mums, carnations and 

 potted plants; a good, steadv Job to right man; 

 state wages and experience In first letter. Geo. 

 E. Valker. Minot. N. D. 



HELP WANTED — Good grower of pot plants, 

 fast potter and propagator for wholesale 

 place; one who can fill and pack plant orders; 

 wages, $15.00 per week. Address No. 296, care 

 Florists' Review. Chicago. 



HELP WANTED — A good all-round greenhouse 

 man to work in the rose bouses principally: 

 state wages expected in first letter; a good, 

 steady Job for the right man. Edward Tatro. 

 407 E. Iron Ave., Salina, Kansas. 



HELP WANTED — At once, a first-class grower 

 of carnations, mums and general stock : 

 must be sober and industrious; good wages and 

 steady position to the right man. Victor Slegel. 

 Snpt., Columbia Gardens, Butte, Mont. ■ 



HELP WANTED — Florist for commercial place, 

 with experience in growing choice pot plants 

 for Christmas and Easter trade. Address with 

 copy of references, wages expected, etc., J. A. 

 Peterson, Westwood, Cincinnati, Ohio. 



HELP WANTED — Competent greenhouse assist- 

 ant; must be experienced in propagating 

 and growing greenhouse plants and in the care 

 and management of frames; married, no children. 

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



ELP WANTED— Man, well posted on hardy 

 perennials and shrubs; also some knowledge 

 of greenhouse work; must have good references: 

 wages, $45.00 per month with board and room; 

 steady position with opportunity for advance- 

 ment. State Nursery Co., Helena, Mont. 



HELP WANTED — By June 1, a flrst-class flo- 

 rist as working foreman; one capable of 

 handling help and growing cut flowers and fancy 

 potted stock for an up-town flower shop with a 

 select trade; 35,000 ft, modem; $18.00 per 

 week, raise if capable; full description and first- 

 class references In first letter. J. C. Steinbanser, 

 Pittsburg, Kansas. 



WANTED — A florists' refrigerator, about 6 feet 

 long; state price. Walter Butler, Bnrgoyne 

 Ave., Pleasant Ridge. 0. 



WANTED — A motor lawn mower In good con- 

 dition, and week's trial allowed. Full 

 gartlcnlars to No. 810, care Florists' Review, 

 h lcago. 



WANTED — To correspond with a competent 

 florist regarding opening and running a 

 greenhouse, retail, and Jobbing, of 10.000 feet of 

 glass or more, near a thriving southwestern town 

 of 30,000 population; only a man of experience 

 and with good references and some capital need 

 write. Address No. 816, care Florists^ Review, 

 C hicago. I 



TO RENT — The best location for a retail florist 

 on the west side In Chicago; modern store'; 

 no competition; rent reasonable; at Central Ave. 

 station, Chicago & Oak Park Elevated; will be 

 rented only to reliable party. Apply Croker A 

 Pelles, 346 Central Ave., Austin, Chicago. Tele- 

 phone, Austin 91B. 



