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The Weekly Florists' Review. 



I'KItlJl AltV 



wooden stiiu-luifs, of courso. iiiohiding 

 wooden gutters. 



But after a careful ^tudy of my 

 method of construction you will' find tluit 

 it is especially designed for the poor 

 mu)i, wlio must get all the bench space 

 [lossible. without extra expense for con- 

 struction and heating. 



Trusting that all uniy see the point as 

 I. and others do, and "profit thereby, 1 

 will terminate my paper, hoping at some 

 future (lay to more fully discuss the ad- 

 \aMtai;c- Vif permanent "const ruction. 



IRON CONSTRUCTION OF GREEN- 

 HOUSES vs. WOOD, 



By W. N. Rl-t)1). 

 [Keiul before Ihe Chicago Florists' club. Feb. 1.) 



Having never had any experience with 

 a complete iion frame greenlumse. the 

 - nirr \vi-h(- 1(1 add a siili tille to the 

 ,,ii,(c-. .1- lull.iH-: W hal 1 I liink I Know 

 ,,ii,l W li.il 1 due- (111 llic Siihjcct (with 

 ,.|,„l(,i;ic,-, to ill. t.ainKj(l,\ for infring.'- 

 li.eiit ot copyright). 



The first greenhouses we erected here 

 were on the old style, white ('edar posts, 

 white jiine roof plan, with 2-inch pine 

 box L:iitlers (we got good pine those 

 (la\>i. pine purlins and pine supports. 

 Th'cy were l)ivtty good houses for C'hi- 

 cag('i at that tinuA too. 1 lia\c m r> li\(ly 

 recollections of "what hap|M md |m .I,.ii, - ' 



gotten to allow for expaii-ioii in Ihc Iced 

 pipe. Well, we cut a piece olf from 

 the pipe and rebuilt the end of the house. 

 I am pretty >ure Ihat pipe would have 

 Uickvd a hole in the .-i.Ic -f a brirk 

 block, aiiv wav. so an inm h.iuic unul.l 

 not have helped much in llial .lilli. ,ill.\ . 

 The supports soon rotted, ami a> tb.y 

 gave too much shade we replaced them 

 with pipe. The pipe is still therv in 

 good condition and will be of use when 

 the houses are gone. Score one for ir<m! 

 Having been foolish enough to pijie 

 I'Ur first hous'os with 1-inch pipe, when we 

 came to build again tliere was a tine 



Uld W( 



immI 



-titVc 



■ht 



impr 



nient over the first, but there was still 

 too much wood at the eaves. Our last 

 house is built with angle iron purlins, 

 pipe sup],orl^ and an-le iron eaves. This 

 i. the >1r..nLj.-t, H'jlitr-I ail. I b,-l limiM' 



ahead there. 



l"p to date, our experience has been 

 the more iron the better the house. 

 I'arried to its logical contdusion, this 

 w(mld indicate that modern iron frame 

 construction is the best. Leaving out 

 the question of first cost, there is no one, 

 I fancy, who will not concede this to be 

 the case. Counting in the ditlerencc in 

 cost, however, the matter becomes more 



The last hou^e built by us, at a time 

 when glass and iron were at the top 

 piice. was :)lxl2.) feet and cost about 

 ;'.!! cent-i )ier square foot of ground cov- 

 1 red. hoir-.e complete with piping, but no 

 -eivice -bv(\ and no toilers. Fii-ures L'iveii 



iioder 

 ■ luart 



f.dlow 

 cents: 



ate 



cost 



1 iron frame structure erected last 

 r to have been about 70 cents per 

 foot of ground eovei'ed. Taking 

 >t of our house at 39 cents per 

 e would have annual charges as 

 4: Depreciation .> per cent. 1..S.") 

 interest at (! per Cent. 2.34 cents; 

 nance. 2.41) cents: total, li..")!) cents. 



depreciation at 2 per cent would be l.oO 

 cents: interest at li jier cent, 4.(>8 cents; 

 maintenance, l..')(i cents: total, 7.80 cents, 

 or a difference in favor of our house of 

 1.21 cents per square foot covered^ 



in other wor(K. an iron house of the 

 same size would liavc in pay me about 

 $4!) more for the \,ar. 1m break even. 

 This it would nndniililcdlN do. and more, 

 but in order to warrant the expense it 

 should do considerably more. As to how 

 much more it would produce, or how 

 much more it should produce to justify 

 its construction. I i.fii-c to state — be- 

 cause I don't kii..«. 



My idea is thai urM. r prc-cnl Chicago 

 e(mditions there is iid , in dollais and 

 cents in the bank at the >rai-. cn.l. very 

 much advantage in the Ih ~i ii.n ir.niic 

 house over the best l.\ !■(■ dl -inuiinn. 

 The general tendency of iron will In- 

 down and wood in the future will in- 

 crease in price, thus increasing from year 

 to year the advantage of the iron house 

 ove'r the other. 



I'U Gate roses, and running fr 



anu me cm i iii.i |. 



silk cord • 



the cake rolled to her to be cut. 



Manv !)alnis were used about the house 

 and in' all six case- of holly and eight 

 of wild smilax were ii>cil lure. The dec- 

 orations about the ^iiniind- and the beau- 

 tiful arches of pirn- \(cic arranged bv 

 .Mr. .lohnston. .Mr-. Krcncli-. jirivate uar- 

 dener. I. C. X. 



A FINE DECORATION. 



ed regarding 

 derbilt-t'renci 

 those in the c 



roups 



is about the chur( 



Standards bearing a (iloire de Lorraine 

 begonia were at every other jiew. Over 

 the main door was a lar^e horscshoeof 

 lilies and Bridesmaid ro-cs. Southern 

 smilax was much in cvidcni-c. eight cases 

 being used. 



At the house .Mr. O. A. C. tiehmler had 

 charge of the cut Mowers and table decor- 

 ations. The reception hall was done in 

 holly, the four walls and ceiling being 

 covered, and English holly trees wer5> 

 used in groups. The cohn-ed Iverries show- 

 ed up well. The library was decorated 

 with Beauties, the yellow room with for- 

 sythia and Lady l)or<ithea roses. The 

 large hall was used to receive in and this 

 was treated with hollv. the same as the 

 receptinn ball. Tl,,,,' »a- a rain.py of 

 BridcH .U .nnl -IrM,, and U\u l.i-kets 



pended. niakiii.; a b.aiiliful ] s cMcct. 



The small hall- leading to the large ball 

 room were decorted with southern smilax 

 and Bridesmaid roses. 



The large ball room was a beautiful 

 sight. Wild smilax and hundreds of 

 strings of asparagus were used for green, 

 and poinsettias for color. The large 

 chandelier was heavily dr;ii)ed with as- 

 paragus and many ])oinsettias were ef- 

 fectively placed in -ame. On the fourteen 

 small tables in the room the same color 

 scheme was carried out, some 4.'i(l iioin- 

 stttias being used. 



The main feature of the room, the 

 bridal table, was decorated by .Mr. Oclim- 

 ler personally and it was rather out of 

 the ordinary. The .JO-lb. wedding cake 

 was upon a disk of wood U])on rollers. 

 1'he disk was greened up and the design 

 in the ieeing on the cake was carried out 

 on the green in gardenias and valley. 

 Around tin* wa.- a pi( n hinges aiid 



SOQETY OF AMERICAN FLORISTS. 



Tlic lAccutive committee of the S. A. F. 

 Hill III! I I on Tuesdav, March 5, at the 

 (on,-,. lloKd, Buflalo. N. Y.. to eon- 



ti.iir- on the above lines are re- 

 nd will be welcomed and given 

 msideration by the committee. 

 cations niav be addressed to anv 



miltce are as Kdlows: I'atrick O.Mara. 

 New York, X. Y.; Kdmund M. Wood. 

 Xatick, Mass.: W. F. Kasting, BuHalo, 

 X. Y.: II. I!. Beattv. Oil Citv. Pa.; W. .^. 

 SI, -wart. Boston, "Ma.ss. ; C. AV. Ward, 

 (.luccn-. N. Y.; J. F. Cowell, Buffalo. .\. 

 v.: Lawrence Cotter, Dorchester. .Ma— .: 

 .1. F. Sullivan, Detroit. Mich.: A. JJ. 

 Cartledge, Philadelphia, Pa.; J. D. Car- 

 mo<lr. Kvansville, Ind.; Alex. Wallace, 

 Xew" York Citv; Kmil Buettner, Park 

 Ridge. 111.: and li. Witterst^ietter, Se- 

 damsville, O. 



All indications jioint to a continuance 

 of the great wave of prosperitv which 



bcl-lil 



nig> 



I'li-i.l.ni ii.Mara has appointed 

 .Me— 1-. AI.A. Wallace, Xew York city; 

 Kichar.l W il I, r-taetter. Sedamsville. O.; 

 and Kmil Huettner, Park Ridge, TIL, 

 members of the executixe committee of 

 the S. A. F. to serve for a term of three 

 years from .Jan. 1, lilOl. 



He has also appointed as state vice- 

 presidents and acceiitances have been I'e- 

 eeived from the L'entlemen named below: 



H:oin...i- \ H I...,,,.,, ill,. Kv 



U., Bridgeport. Conn 



'n. 



Hess. J. J.. Omaha 

 HerrlnKton. A.. Madi 

 Ingram. \Vm. A., Manchester. N. H. 

 Johnston. T. J.. Providence. R. 1. 

 Keltsch. Chas. H., nuffalo, N. Y. 

 I.i'ndlitTR. Ernst. Lenox. Mass. 

 l.cmke. E. F.. St. Paul. Minn. 

 LangJahr. A. H.. Brooklyn. N. Y. 

 I.udwig. F,. C, Allegheny, Pa. 

 Moore. \V. H.. Manhattan. Kan. 

 Mitchell, H. R.. Waterville. Me. 

 Mathlson. F. R.. Waltham. Mass. 

 Pollworth. C. C, Milwaukee. Wis. 

 Rieman. H. %V., Indianapolis, Ind. 

 Sanders. Edgar. Chicago. 111. 

 Sunderbruch. .\., Cincinnati. O. 

 Vincent. R. Jr.. White Marsh, Md. 

 Weber, F. C. St. Louis, Mo. 

 Whelan. P. A.. Mt. Vernon, Va. 



W.M. .1. Stewakt, Se 



