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THE GARDENERS' CHRONICLE. 



[June 22, 1912 



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WANTED, TRAVELLER.— Whole- 

 sale Seed House requires at once really first- 

 rate Salesman with requisite knowledge of Seeds to 

 call on Seedsmen and Nurserymen (Seeds only) in 

 United Kingdom ; must be well educated, untiring, and 

 reliable.—" PROGRESS," Box 2, 41, Wellington Street, 

 Covent Garden, W.C. 



ANTED, capable ASSISTANT 



to Manage (under principal) Garden and Flower 

 Seed Department ; must be conversant with horticulture 

 and able to attend to customers ; only those whose 

 character will bear strict investigation n.ed apply. — L., 

 Box 13, 41, We llington Street, Covent Garden, W.C._ 



OEED TRADE^Wanted, ASSIS- 



KJ TANT ; must be smart, active and willing, and 

 have been used to a quick counter trade. — Write, stating 

 age, experience and wages required, S. F., Box 10, 41, 

 Wellington Street, Covent Gar den, W.C. 



ANTED; SEEDSMEN.— One or 



two Young Men with a thorough counter train- 

 ing in Vegetable and Flower Seeds and Bulbs ; must 

 be of good address, habits, and character, and b- pre- 

 pared to go abroad ; state age and all particulars as to 

 experience, salary, &c— " ATLANTIC," Box 2, 41, 

 Welling ton Street, Covent Garden , W.C . 



WANTED, WAREHOUSEMAN for 

 abroad, a Young Man with a good all-round 

 knowledge of Garden and Farm Seeds, especially 

 Grasses, Peas, and Beans, and how to clean them ; 

 must be strictly temperate and of good character.— 

 Apply, stating age, salary, &c, " AGROSTIS," Box 2, 

 41, Wellington Street, Covent Garden, W.C. 



ANTED, OFFICE CLERK to go 



abroad, a Young Man who has had good office 

 experience in a Seed Establishment; must be reliable, 

 competent, temperate, of good character and habits, and 

 a good penman.— Apply, stating age, salary, experience, 

 ftc, " HORTUS," Box 2, 41, Wellington Street, Covent 

 Garden, W.C. 



WANTED, HANDYMAN for Green- 

 house Painting, Pipa Caulking, rough Car- 

 pentring, &c. ; abstainer.— State experience, wages, 

 &c, MARKETS, Box 15, 41, Wellington Street, Covent 

 Garden, W.C. 



WANTED, MAN for Greenhouse 

 Painting (rafters); season's work if speedy; 

 state age and wages.— GRANT, 54, Newland Road, 

 Worthing, Sussex. 



SITUATIONS 



WANTED. 



Twenty-six words for 1/6, & 6d. for each succeeding 



Eight words or less. 



Gardeners desiring their Advertisements 



repeated must give full particulars, otherwise 

 no notice will be taken of their communications. 

 Name and addrezs alone are insufficient. 



Gardeners writing to Advertisers of V acant Situations 



are recommended to send them copies of testimonials 



only, retaining the originals. On no account should 



they enter into communication with unknown corre- 

 spondents who require a fee beforehand. 



Advertisers are cautioned against having Letters 

 addressed to Initials at Post-offices, as all Letters 

 so addressed are obened by the Postal authorities 

 and returned to the Sender. 



PR IV A TE. 



Gardeners, Fawn Bailiffs, Foresters, &c. 



DICKSONS, Royal Nurseries, Chester, 

 are always in a position to RECOMMEND MEN 

 of the highest respectability and thoroughly practical at 

 their b usiness. A l l particulars on application. 



CLI BRANS, Nurserymen to H.M. the 

 King, Altrincham, can recommend thoroughly 

 practical, well experienced Men, of high character, as 

 GARDENERS (Head or Under), FORESTERS, &c. 

 Correspondence invited. 



ARDENER and BAILIFF, age 36, 



married, seeks Situation; experienced in all 

 branches of the Garden and Farm; good manager of 

 men; 4 £ years in present place; good references— 

 URQUHART, Fairy Hill, Reynoldston, Glamorgan- 

 shire. - 



G~~~ " ARDENER (Head of two or more), 

 age 34, married, one in family, seeks Situation ; 

 life experience Inside and Out, or could manage small 

 Nursery and also manage an electric plant — A. H., 

 B ox 1, 41, Wellington Street, Covent Garden, W.C. 



ARDENER (Head).— E. MARK- 



HAM, Bishopsgate, Englefield Green, Surrey, for 

 5 years as above to Lady Marcus Beresford, seeks 

 Situation where a thoroughly experienced man in all 

 branches of gardening is required; excellent creden- 

 tials ; age 34, 



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GARDENER (Head) seeks Re-engage- 

 ment. with nobleman, lady, or gentleman requir- 

 ing a first-class Gardener; life experience in all 

 branches, Grapes, Peaches, Melons, Cucumbers, Stove 

 and Greenhouse Plants, Vegetables, Landscape Work, 

 &c. ; has won over 40 cultural certificates for Flowers, 

 Fruit, &c. ; highest testimonials ; 10 years present 

 place ; abstainer. — H. LAMPARD, care of E. Lampard, 

 5, Hermitage Vill as, Child's Hill. 



GARDENER (Head). — HARRIS, 

 Gardener, Bigsweir House, St. Briavels, Glos., 

 2 years, wishes Re-engagement; thoroughly practical 

 in all branches, Inside and Out; methodical; disen- 

 gage d_J\ily4j_ejccellen^_c^^ 



ARDENER (Head).— FRANK 



BIBLE, for the past 13 years head gardener to 

 the late Prince HatzfeTat, requires Re-engagement ; 30 

 years' experience in first-class gardens ; thoroughly 

 qualified in all branches pertaining to Horticulture ; 

 also capable of Estate Management; excellent personal 

 character; age 46; married, no family. — BIBLE, 

 Draycot Gardens, Chippenha m, Wilts. 



GARDENER^Head).— S. WOODS, 

 for the past 11 years at Blackmore Park, is open 

 for Re-engagement with any lady or gentleman re- 

 quiring a practical man ; thoroughly experienced in all 

 departments ; left through breaking-up of establish- 

 ment.— A pp ly, S. WOODS, Hanley Swan, Worce ster. 



GARDENER, age 27, seeks SiUia^ 

 tion as HEAD, where about two more kept ; 

 experienced in Vines, Peaches, Melons, Cucumbers, 

 Tomatos, Stove and Greenhouse Plants, Kitchen 

 Garden, Flower Garden, and Pleasure Grounds ; 10 

 years' experience.— FERGUS ATKINSON, Montreal 

 Gardens, Riverhead, Sevenoaks, Kent. 



GARDENER (Head or good Single- 

 handed) ; life experience ; married ; age 40 ; 

 well recommended as good all-round man; 2 years 

 Head present place, 11 years previous. — LAKER, 

 Cricket View, Horley. 



ARDENER (Head or good Single- 



handed) ; life experience ; steady and trust- 

 worthy; 12 and 9 years previous; age 38; married. — 

 ANDREWS, 3 «> Southw oo d Lane, H i ghgat e. 



GARDENER (Head or good Single- 

 handed) ; life experience in all branches ; Stove, 

 Vine, Orchids, Carnations, Alpines, Chrysanthemums, 

 Fruit, Vegetables ; good references ; age 36 ; married ; 

 near London.— W. J. CONNEMARRA, Montgomery 

 Road, Edgware, M iddlesex. 



GARDENER (Head Working, where 

 three or more are kept); married, no family; 

 age 49; experienced, Inside and Out; good references. 

 — W. SCOTT, Six Mile B ottom, Newmarket. 



GARDENER (Head Working, where 

 three or four are kept) ; thoroughly experienced 

 in Orchids, Stove Vines, Peaches, Melons, Cucumbers, 

 Flower and Kitchen Garden ; highly recommended ; 

 married, no family; disengaged. — ELLIS, 63, Liverpool 

 Road, Reading. 



(JARDENER (Head Working) ; 

 J\ thoroughly practical experience in all branches, 

 Inside and Out; good knowledge of French Gardening ; 

 age 35; no family; highest references.— GETSOM, 

 Epsom Road, Leatherhead . 



GARDENER (Head Working, where 

 several are kept) ; 17 years' practical experience 

 all branches ; five years Head last place ; age 34 ; 

 married, one child (age 4) ; excellent references. — 

 A. SPRINGHAM, Lawrence Weston, Henbury, Bristol. 



GARDENER (Head Working}; life 

 experience ; age 38 ; well recommended as good 

 all-round man; 125 years Head in present place; leav- 

 ing through death ; well experienced Orchids, 

 Herbaceous, and Alpines.— WARREN, Highfield Gar- 

 dens, Gainsborough. 



ARDENER (Head Working, where 



two or more are kept) ; life experience Inside and 

 Out, Fruit, Flowers, Orchids, Vines, Vegetables ; 

 married, no family. — BLAGBURN, Sherwood Farm, 

 Mitcham. 



GARDENER (Head Working),— Mr. 

 LEONARD POWELL, J. P., will recommend his 

 GARDENER (Head Working); age 37; married; life 

 experience; 22 years' reference. — SUTTON, Camden 

 Grove, Chislehurst, Kent. 



ARDENER (Head Working, where 



three or four are kept) ; life experience, Orchids, 

 Stove, Vine, Cucumbers, Flower and Kitchen Garden, 

 Land and Stock ; leaving through place being let ; age 

 40 ; married, no family. — DOWNHAM, Southfield Cot- 

 tage, Queensmere Road, Wimbledon Park. __ 



GARDENER (Head Working).— Mr. 

 H. G. BULL, Breakspears, highly recommends 

 C. Harbert as above ; well versed in Cultivation of 

 Flowers, Fruit, and Vegetables ; practical experience ; 

 age 30. — B reakspears Gardens, Uxbridge, Middlesex. 



GARDENER (Head Working, where 

 more are kept) ; age 35 ; married, no family; life 

 experience in all branches ; good references. — 

 F. C HURC HMAN, R oche Cour t, Fareham, Hants. 



G RANDALL HIGGINS, J. P., 

 • highly recommends his late GARDENER 

 (Head Working) to any Lady or Gentleman ; nine years 

 in last situation ; life experience ; age 43 ; married, two 

 children, ages 14, ir. — A. PAGE, 8, Railway Terrace, 

 Stoke Road, Slough, Bucks* 



ARDEXER (Head Working, where 



V^ more are kept) ; 25 years' practical experience in 



all branches Inside and Out; Orchids, Vines, Peaches 



Cucumbers, Melons, Stove and Greenhouse PI ' 



GARDENER (Head Working^ with 

 one or two under) ; age 38 ; life experience Inside 

 and Out; good references. — Address, GARDENER 



Hareby House, Spilsby, Lines. 



GARDENER (Head Working, - ^^ 

 two or three are kept) ; life experience in all 

 branches; good references; married; age 40 — 

 TATNALL, Hasteh i ll, Haslemere. 4 ' 



GARDENER (Head Working, where 

 several are kept) ; life experience in all branches, 

 Land and Stock if required ; disengaged ; 12 years' good 

 character; age 42.— F. COLES, 108, Third Cross Road 

 Twickenham. ' 



ARDENER (Head WorkixgTwK 



three or more are kept).— R. BEGG would be 

 pleased to meet lady or gentleman in want of a good 

 all-round man as above ; life experience in all branches, 

 including Orchids; highly recommended; married, no 

 family. — The Gardens, Redenham Park, Andover 

 Hants. ' 



GARDENER (Head Working, wheFe 

 more are kept) ; 25 years' practical experience 

 in all branches, Inside and Out ; Vines, Peaches, 

 Cucumbers, Melons, Orchids, Stove and Greenhouse 

 Plants, and Herbaceous Borders; thoroughly reliable 

 and highly recommended ; married, without encum- 

 brance.— F. WOODHOUSE, Blackboys, Uckfield, 

 Sussex. 



G "ARDENER (Head Working, where 

 more are kept) ; thorough practical first-class 

 man ; experienced in all branches ; excellent testi- 

 monials.— G. BARTLE, 43, Wigston Lane, Aylestone, 

 Leicester. 



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ARDENER (Head Working); 



experienced in all branches under Glass and 



Outside, Landscape and Estate Work, Land and Stock 

 if required.— HEATON, South Lodge, Cressingham 

 Park, Rea ding. 



GARDENER or GARDENER and 

 ESTATE MANAGEMENT if required ; 25 years' 

 practical experience in all branches Inside and Out ; 

 early and late Forcing ; thoroughly reliable ; highly re- 

 commended ; married, without encumbrance. — 



F. WOODHOUSE, Blackboys, Uckfield, Sussex. 



LEADING HAND (Outside, on large 

 place, or small Single-handed).— Mr. W. 

 BARRELL can with confidence recommend E. Drury 

 as above; age 26 years; single; excellent references; 

 leaving when suited.— GARDENS, Coombe Cottage, 

 Kingston Hill, Surrey. 



GARDENER (Inside and Outside); 

 age 22; five years' experience. — E. H., Box 4, 4*> 

 Wellington Street, Covent Garden, W.C. 



GARDENER (32) desires Situation; 

 18 years' practical experience Inside and Out; 

 13 years last situation; married, one child; good 

 cricketer.— C. BUTTLE, Thorp Arch, Yorkshire. 



GARDENER; life experience Inside 

 and Out ; look after and clean motor if required ; 

 good references ; abstainer ; age 30 ; single ; please state 

 wages.— GREY, 41, Grafton Roa d, Worthing. 



I71NERGETIC, reliable GARDENER 

 -A (Head of others); confident giving every satis- 

 faction; Glass, Rock, Herbaceous and all branches; 

 also for Market ; age 35 ; wife good needlewoman.— 

 C. R., Box 17, 41, Wellington Street, Covent Garden, 

 W.C. 



GARDENER, age 30, 

 tion; life experience Inside and Out; seven 

 years in present situation.— E. COX, Bilton Hill, Rug by: 



GENTLEMAN wishes to recommend 

 his GARDENER to any Lady or Gentleman re- 

 quiring a thoroughly hard-working, good all-round 

 man; married; no encumbrance; wife domesticated; 

 6i years' good character.— WOOD, Wildecroft, Betch- 

 worth. 



GARDENER (Single-handed or~with 

 help) ; middle aged ; life experience ; 10 years 

 present situation; no children.— SPURGEON, 3 l > st 

 Marys,_Merton Park, Surrey. 



GARDENER, 25 

 well experienced in Flowers, Vegetables, an 

 Plants under Glass ; excellent references.— W. THOK> 

 *5» Reginald Road,, Northwood, Middlesex. 



GARDENER (Single-handed or 

 with help); experienced in all branches; age 39> 

 married, vto family; good references; disengaged.— 

 GA RDENER, 2, Wharf Road, Brentwood, Ess ex. 



GA R D E N E R (Single-handed or 

 with help) ; experienced in Vines, Fruit, Flowers, 

 Kitchen Garden, Plant Houses, Tennis Lawns; marn f£ 

 no family; wife as Caretaker; good character -, a. 

 engaged 12th July.— E. LUKER, Burntwood Long , 

 Wandsworth Common, S.W. 



ARDENER (either 



or Second of three) seeks Situation; long ret 

 ence; good Nursery not objected to; Hampsteao y 

 ferred.— W. MARCHANT, Bow Police Station, * 

 Road, E. 



desires Situa- 



(Single-handed); 



^r »nkUc and 



Single-handed 



