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The Florists' Review 



Junk 19, 1013. 



BUY YOUR FLORISTS' SUPPLIES OF 



L. BAUMANN & 



Importers and Manufacturers 



357-359 West Chicago Avenue, 



CHICAGO, ILL. 



WRITE FOR OUR CATALOGUE 



Mention The R«Tlew when yon wr\f . 



his large movable houses to tomatoes 

 and now will reap the benefit. 



The Michigan Cut Flower Exchange 

 has done a big business in sheet moss 

 this spring and so satisfactory has been 

 the stock that it has already booked 

 an advance order from one customer for 

 500 bags. 



Eobert Klagge and a party of 

 friends, all of Mount Clemens, motored 

 to Detroit, Monday, June 16, to attend 

 the funeral of Mrs. Stevens, formerly 

 of Mount Clemens. 



C. H. Maynard, manager of the De- 

 troit Cut Flower Supply House, has 

 found it necessary to increase his 

 ofl&ce force, owing to the rush of busi- 

 ness. Several growers have been 

 added to his regular shippers, meaning 

 more of a variety of stock than be- 

 fore. H. S. 



PBOFEBTIES OF CYPEESS. 



The Forest Service of the Depart- 

 ment of Agriculture, in its bulletin on 

 cypress, gives the following data re- 

 lating to the physical properties of 

 bald cypress, the material which is al- 

 most universally accepted as the best 

 wood for greenhouse construction. 



Dry weight of wood — 27.6 pounds per cubic 

 foot. 



Specific gravity — 0.46. 



Ash — 0.42 per cent of dry weight of wood. 



Fuel value — 61 per cent that of white oak. 



Breaking strength (modulus of rupture) — 7,900 

 pounds per square Inch on pieces 4 by 4 by 60 

 inches, with 12 per cent moisture. 



Factor of stiffness (modulus of elasticity) — 

 1,290.(MX) pounds per square inch on pieces 4 by 4 

 by 60 Inches, with 12 per cent of moisture. 



Growth — Height, 75 to 140 feet; diameter, 3 to 

 6 feet, and in exceptional cases 10 feet. 



Appleton, Wis. — The Rogers Green- 

 houses, 1364 Carver street, were estab- 

 lished thirty-nine years ago. Miles 

 Meidam is the proprietor. The plant 

 consists of five modern greenhouses, 

 containing 18,000 feet of glass. 



Want and For Sale Department 



^F" Advertisements under this head 10 cents 

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

 other advertising. In sending remittance count 

 seven words to the line. 



Display advertisements in this department $1.30 

 for one Inch space. 



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

 cent» for forwarding. 



Plant advertisements not admitted under this head, 



SITUATION WANTED— By elderly man; pot 

 plants preferred; life experience; references. 

 Address Wm. Klrkham. Carmi. 111. 



SITUATION WANTED— By all-round grower; 

 •Ingle; have 21 years' experience. Address 

 No. 878. care Florists' Review. Chicago. 



SITUATION WANTED — As saleslady and de- 

 signer in retail store; six years' experience; 

 references. Address No. "406, care Florists' Re- 

 vlew, Chicago. 



SITUATION WANTED— By a grower and prop- 

 agator of carnations; life experience, sin- 

 gle, .30 years old; good wages wanted. Address 

 No. 414, care Florists' Review, Chicago. 



SITUATION WANTED— By first-class carnation 

 grower; good references. Address No. S98, 

 care Florists' Review, Chicago. 



SITUATION WANTED— By first-class grower of 

 roses and bedding stock; married, age 38; 

 can furnish best of references. For further par- 

 ticulars address No. 404, care Florists' Review, 

 Chicago. 



SITUATION WANTED— By sober young man, 

 27, experienced in carnations, roses, mums; 

 capable of taking charge of section or commer- 

 cial place; state wages; references. Address 

 Florist, 4139 Park Ave., Chicago, 111. 



SITUATION WANTED— At once, by a middle- 

 aged single man, good grower of roses, car- 

 nations, mums and general stock; also good de- 

 signer; capable of taking charge. Jacob Schmid, 

 735 South State St.. Chicago, 111. 



SITUATION WANTED — By experienced grower 

 of roses, carnations, mums and general stock, 

 by July 1; married; best of references; Kansas 

 or western Missouri. George Speer, care Wm. 

 Kolkemyer, R. R. 1, Box 117A. Jefferson City, 

 Mo. 



SITUATION WANTED— By florist and land- 

 scape gardener on private or commercial 

 place; grower of all kinds of cut flowers, pot and 

 bedding plants, bulbs, etc.; years of experience 

 and capable of handlinK help; married; best of 

 references. E. B. G., TBf>x 361, Golden, Colo. 



SITUATION WANTEI^-Am 23 of age, single, 

 and have seven years' experience in green- 

 house work, growing cut flowers and pot plants, 

 also understand something about designing and 

 landscape work; have references. Address John 

 M. Pankner, Room 10, Y. M. C. A. Bldg., Oska- 

 loosa, Iowa. 



SITUATION WANTED— In west or middle west, 

 as store salesman in view of taking manage- 

 ment; have money to invest in right business; 

 have had 10 years' experience in growing and 

 salesmanship; commercial school education and 

 university man; no bad habits; 30 years of age, 

 married; state wages. M. K. Zlmmer, 832 W. 

 3 6th Place, Los Angeles, Cal. 



SITUATION WANTED— A practical grower and 

 designer, decorator, capable of the finest 

 designing and decorating, wishes to correspond 

 with a concern for future permanent position, as 

 a designer and general maker up, or both grower 

 and maker up; strictly temperate, no user of to- 

 bacco; competent in waiting on the finest trade; 

 German, single, age twenty-nine. Address No. 

 409, care Florists' Review. Chicago. ^^ 



SITUATION WANTED— As foreman or man- 

 ager; German, 30, married; honest and edu- 

 cated man, sober and reliable; 16 years' ex- 

 perience in carnations, mums, peas, cyclamen, 

 lilies, ferns, all kinds of bedding, fine Christmas 

 and Easter stuff; wish to correspond with a re- 

 liable firm with 40,000 or more sq. ft. of glass; 

 able to take full charge and make place pay; 

 give full particulars and state wages In first 

 letter. Address No. 408, care Florists' Review, 

 Chicago. 



ELP WANTED — Young man for rose section; 

 call or write. Emll Bnettner, Park Ridge, 



H 



111. 



HELP WANTED — At once, two helpers In 

 roses; 160.00 per month. Wendland & Kel- 

 mel Co., Elmhnrst, 111. 



HELP WANTED— A-1 rose grower, any time 

 before August 1; steady position; married 

 man preferred. Kemble Floral Co., Oskaloosa, 

 Iowa. 



HELP WANTED— An all-round grower will find 

 here a position with good wages and board 

 and room. Address Paul B. Floth, Florist, 

 Omaha, Neb. 



ELP WANTED — Capable man to take charge 



of 15,000 ft. of glass and grow high grade 



flowers and plants for retail stoi«. O. L. Dole, 



Lockport, N. Y. 



HELP WANTED — Good carnation and mnm 

 grower; state age and experience and wages 

 expected. Address Will Bros. Co., Box 29, Min- 

 neapolis, Minn. 



HELP WANTED — A good grower for a retail 

 place; none but a hustler and sober man 

 need apply. Address No. 2S5, care Florists' Re- 

 view, Chicago. 



HELP WANTED— At once, grower of carna- 

 tions and bedding stock; $1S.OO per week. 

 N. Bommersbach. Decatur. 111. 



HELP WANTED— Young man to help in green- 

 bouse work; state wages wanted in first 

 let ter. John F. Miller. McHenry, 111. 



HELP WANTED— At once, a good all-round 

 grower as working foreman; one who can 

 take charge and be relied on. Address No. 401, 

 c are Florists' Review, Chicago. 



HELP WANTED— Man to take charge of green- 

 houses (12,000 feet of glass), grow roses, 

 mums, carnations and general stock ; answer 

 q uick. Rainbow Floral Co., Marshall, Texas. 



HELP WANTED— At once, a reliable young 

 man to assist in planting, potting and 

 watering in greenhouses; state experience and sal- 

 ary wanted. Ullrich's Greenhouses. Tlfl3n, 0. 



HELP WANTED— Working manager, where 

 roses, carnations and mums are grown; 

 married preferred; state wages expected. Ad- 

 dress. No. 416. care Florists' Review, Chicago. 



HELP WANTED— At once, a reliable young 

 man to assist in potting, planting, water- 

 ing, etc.; steady work for right man. Botany 

 Greenhouses, 5800 Ellis Ave., Tel. Midway 800, 

 Ch icago. 



HELP WANTED— Good, reliable, temperate 

 man as grower, to take charge of 7,000 ft.; 

 state wages and experience in growing; German 

 preferred. Address No. 408, care Florists' Ro- 

 v iew, Chicago. 



HELP WANTED— Working foreman and good 

 grower of carnations, mums, ferns and 

 general stock; good wages and permanent posi- 

 tion. W. R. Miller's Sons, 804 Madison Ave.. 

 Covington, Ky. 



HELP WANTED — Experienced greenhouse man 

 to grow carnations, mums and lettuce; pre- 

 fer sober, married man with experience in the 

 northwest; state wages and experience. Scott 

 Bros., Moscow, Idaho. 



HELP WANTED— Married man who nnder- 

 stands roses, carnations and general green- 

 house stock, to work under foreman; good wagea 

 with house rent free; no boozers wanted. I. 

 Shelby Crall Co., Monongahela, Pa. 



ELP WANTED— Manager for 16,000 ft. green- 

 bonses, where general stock is grown; must 

 take $1000.00 stock in corporation; Investigation 

 desired by responsible man; no triflers; located 

 S. W. Ohio. Address No. 850, care Florists' Re- 

 view, Chicago. 



HELP WANTED— Young man to work in orchid 

 bouse; one who has had some experience 

 and desires to learn the business preferred; must 

 be sober, not afraid to work and furnish very 

 best references. Address No. 869, care Florists' 

 Review, Chicago. 



HELP WANTED— Experienced young lady of 

 neat appearance to take full charge of np- 

 to-date store; must be a good designer and 

 decorator and capable of waiting on flrst-clasa 

 trade. Address, stating wages. Miller's Oreen- 

 h ouses, Muncle, Ind. 



HELP WANTED— Ambitious young man to take 

 charge of books and do general office work; 

 one thoroughly capable of waiting on trade, 

 making up and taking care of general wholesale 

 and retail shipping business. Address No. 406, 

 care Florists' Review, Chicag o. 



ELP WANTED— Capable, industrious, sober 

 (none other need apply) man, married or 

 single, to take charge of retail place where cut 

 flowers and general stock are grown; a splendid, 

 permanent place for the right man; must furnish 

 good references; state wages expected. Barlow 

 Fl oral Co.. Greenville. Tex. 



HELP WANTED— At once, growing foreman 

 for greenhouses of !?0,000 square feet of 

 glass, who is capable of producing flrst-class 

 stock of roses, carnations, mums a«d lilies and a 

 full line of potted plants; must be capable of 

 handling help and be strictly sober: good wages 

 to right party. Address No. 418, care Florists' 

 Review, Chicago. 



ARTNER WANTED— Good man who can take 



care of 20,000 feet of glass with carnations, 



mums and bedding stock; must be willing to take 



an interest In the business; if you do not mean 



business, don't answer. John F. Miller. Mc- 



