AUGUST 9, 1900. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review. 



277 



A Design ol 1S70. 

 Old-time Floral Designs. 



smaller size. If the boiler referred 

 to as 10 H. P. Is conservatively rated, 

 it will readily heat the two general 

 purpose houses, each 20x85 feet. 



For the greenhouse 50 ft. by 18 ft., 

 described in the inquiry of "F. H.," as- 

 suming there is glass on the roof only, 

 in order to maintain a night tempera- 

 ture of 50 degrees in coldest weather, 



he will require seven lines of 4-inch 

 pipes or eleven lines of 2-inch. 



Although no description of the sec- 

 ond-hand traction engine boiler is 

 given, I have no doubt that it will 

 have ample heating capacity for this 

 small house, and the only probable 

 change necessary to fit it for a water 

 heating boiler will be to make the 

 flow and return connections into the 



boiler of suitable capacity, not less 

 than 2%-inch each, or two flows and 

 two returns each 2-inch. If your cor- 

 respondent will give the rated H. P. 

 of the boiler, or state its dimensions, 

 size of grate, length and number of 

 tubes, I will be pleased to advise him 

 definitely as to its capacity. 



HENRY W. GIBBONS. 

 New York. 



ROSES OUT OF DOORS. 



P. S. says: "Kindly tell me through 

 the columns of the Florists' Review 

 whether La France, Kaiserin, Maid, 

 Bride, Perle, Van Houtte and Meteor 

 will stand out all winter without any 

 protection when grown outside all 

 summer." 



P. S. writes from a town in Penn- 

 sylvania that I do not have the honor 

 of knowing, and I cannot say what 

 part of the state it is in. There is a 

 great difference between the climate 

 of Erie, Pa., on Lake Erie, and that 

 of the "neck" below Philadelphia. 

 Another 200 miles south, in Virg.nia, 

 1 believe all the roses are hardy, ex- 

 cept perhaps in such extraordinary 

 winters as that of 1898-99. 



La France, Kaiserin and (I think) 

 Meteor belong to the class known as 

 hybrid teas, and having a good deal 

 of remontant or so called hybrid per- 

 petual blood in them they partly in- 

 herit their hardiness. La Franc? is 

 quite hardy in Buffalo, and with a lit- 

 tle protection so is Kaiserin and Marie 

 Van Houtte. 



Maid and Bride (both sports of 

 Catherine Mermet) and Perle des Jar- 

 dins are pure teas, and it is with diffi- 

 culty that they are kept over winter. 

 Wrapping up their tops is of very lit- 

 tle use. Six or seven inches of long 

 strawy manure from the stable or dry 

 leaves spread over the ground is much 

 better. If the tops alone are injured 

 no harm is done. If you can save the 

 roots and four or five inches of the 

 stem you have enough to give you a 

 fine plant. 



From what I know of southern 

 Pennsylvania I would say that well 

 protected in this way the teas as well 

 as hybrid teas would be hardy, and 

 the latter possibly without any pro- 

 tection. 



When planting summer blooming 

 roses don't forget that President Car- 

 not. whatever its merits inside may 

 be. is one of the best outside blooming 

 roses ever introduced. It properly de- 

 serves the name "perpetual." 



WM. SCOTT. 



ST. LOUIS EXHIBITION. 



The preliminary list of premiums 

 to be offered at the tenth annual 

 chrysanthemum show of the St. Louis 

 Florists' Club, to be held November 

 14, 15 and 16, has been issued. Copies 

 may be had by addressing Emil 

 Schray, Sec'y, 4101 Pennsylvania Ave., 

 St. Louis, Mo. 



