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The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



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can get over a bench after having a little 

 practice. At present only one network 

 is required, but later on, when the stems 

 are longer and the buds are heavier, an- 

 other, and toward spring, on some varie- 

 ties, a third network will be required to 

 hold the flowers up straight. See that 

 the ends of the wires are fastened secure- 

 ly, so there will be no sagging. 



A. F. J. Baub. 



CLOSED AND OPEN SYSTEM& 



I have a hot water healer made by a 

 well known Boston concern which is 

 rated to tarry SOO square feet of radiat- 

 inu xinfiici' ami uIm' a temperature of 

 Td.l.L'M,-. I.:i-i wniiri it failed to prop- 

 i:v]} li.ji (Ml -,|ii;ii.- t.('t to maintain a 

 tiiiii" i.il un ui .Ml (l<;;rt'cs. The house 

 has but 1.20U square feet of glass. 



The expansion tank has an open vent. 

 If I sliould replace the present tank with 

 a proper closed one with pressure gauge, 

 etc., about how much more heat would I 

 be likely to get? The heater company 

 has had an expert examine the piping 

 system, and he pronounced it faultless. 

 But an article in your last issue has 

 given me a new idea and new hopes. 



C. B. Y. 



In response to the inquiry of C. B. Y., 

 it would not be possible to state definite- 

 ly just what percentage of greater effi- 

 ciency or heating power he could get 

 out of his boiler by changing the piping 

 system from an open to a closed pres- 



ure in the case of this house the appar- 

 atus should maintain 00 degrees read- 

 ily. 



1 f C. B. Y. will send a rough drawing 



of the houso in question, showing what 



pari- : i' L-'.i--. til. . \|ii.-ure, etc., also 



a plan . I ' . I il- I .iimI ]'i|iiiig with full 



dcs.rii 1 , I may be able to 



locali' I 111 ' an-.'- .il lii- iiialiility to main- 

 tain the desired heat, in which case I will 

 be pleased to advise him as to his most 

 effective course to reach the desired re- 

 sults. H. W. GlIiBON.S. 

 New York. 



PITTSBURG. 



The Florist Club. 



Our regular monthly meetings are on 

 the evenings of the second Thursday of 

 the month, but on account of the S. A. F. 

 convention, our August meeting was post- 

 poned till the third Thursday, so as to 

 give the boys who went to Buffalo a 

 chance to express themselves as regards 

 the convention and the Pan-American. 

 All who went to Buffalo were delighted; 

 they enjoyed the trip, were exceedingly 

 well pleased with the convention and the 

 courtesies of the Buffalo florists, and had 

 a real good time at the Pan-American 

 Exposition and at Niagara. 



At our September meeting we are to 

 show and discuss seasonable flowers, 

 hardy and tender, and the members have 

 been requested to bring in a little of 

 whatever they have in bloom, as material 

 to talk about. 



The Buffalo Convention. 



Tlie president's reception. Yes, yes. 



New Canna David Harum at the Pan-American Exposition. 



sure system, but assuming that the 

 boiler he has is designed, constructed 

 and fired as a slow combustion boiler, 

 he can, undoubtedly, add to its heating 

 power, by increasing the draft and conse- 

 quently the temperature of the fire. 



It seems to me that a boiler manufac- 

 tured by a reputable concern and rated 

 hy them to heat 800 feet of radiation 

 should certainly be able to heat the house 

 described as containing but 1,200 feet of 

 glass, and that the 480 feet of radiation 

 in the pipe coils should readily maintain 

 a night temperature of 50 degrees, as- 

 suming that the pipes are properly ar- 

 ranged and installed, in fact unless there 

 is some very unusual element of expos- 



Brother Scott, for mercy's sake, drop it! 



John Burton is an honor to our busi- 

 ness, and right glad I am that he has 

 been elected our president. As well as 

 being most successful in business, his 

 sterling honesty and manliness* are pro- 

 verbial over the whole country. 



On to Asheville! No, not from Pitts- 

 burg. We went in force to Buffalo, but 

 we cannot do so to Asheville. We our- 

 selves are to blame, however. Had we 

 all stood by the society and attended to 

 our business in the convention hall, in- 

 stead of running around the parks and 

 the Pan-American in convention hours, 

 this would not have happened. I admit 

 my guilt. And I have very ugly ideas 



regarding the propriety of that "orator" 

 business. 



If our president would devote a ses- 

 sion or a part of one to a discussion of 

 the newer and most important plants, 

 iniplrnicnt=, el'',, sliriwn by exhibitors, I 

 bcliiM- it wi.uM !..■ iiii'.'lity interesting to 



i,i(i-t i.f 11-, I il aii>liiidy can do this 



inlrlli'jcnl l\ .li.liii r.iu I ..ii .an. for he has 

 the i.ra.lii'al .■%].. a an. . ..i,.l .li -.rimina- 



tivi- kllnv\ Ir.l.jr. I ■ - ■ nl 11 - COuld 



be sclcrdal lA lla in _. - . I i ■ i.|s. For 



instance, in tlic liuci.i |.laiii-: Take one 

 or two of thus., very brightly colored cro- 

 tons, Wittbold's fern, any little known 

 palms or other plants and set them on 

 the president'.- desk, and he shall take 

 them up, one at a time, and, say, ask 

 how the crotons were colored, how the 

 fern was adapted for several purposes, 

 who grew the palm successfully and 

 how, how many years gladioli could be 

 grown on the same ground without de- 

 terioration, etc. In reply we would get 

 experience from all over the country. 

 The same with flower pots, kinds of hose, 

 appliances for heating wagons, glazing, 

 and many other things. We do this at 

 our club meetings and we have fine meet- 

 ings, and everybody says something; the 

 quietest among us will answer a ques- 

 tion, but to ask us to write a paper or 

 make a speech would scare us half out of 

 our wits. P. A. 



BUFFALO. 



The Convention. 



Last week appeared like a calm after 

 the storm. Y'et we were by no means 

 lonesome and had quite a sprinkling of 

 the florist visitors well into the middle 

 of the week, and a few stragglers can 

 yet be found. 



We have had no business meeting yet 

 and no opportunity to throw bouquets at 

 each other for any efforts that we made 

 to make the convention a success. Where 

 all tried their best it would be bad taste 

 to single out any for special praise; still 

 I won't offend any by saying that we 

 owe much to Charles H. Keitsch for his 

 able work in managing the tride exhibit. 

 Kasting has no equal as a raiser of the 

 sinews of war, which is most important 

 of all. Braik put his whole soul and 

 body into the sports. Adams worked 

 like a Trojan to get everybody comfort- 

 ably housed, and did it, I believe. Legg 

 stuck to his post as secretary most faith- 

 fully and ably. And for a good all round 

 worker, here, there and everywlicre. not 

 f.ir honors or publiritv. but for the good 

 ..f evcrvbndv. Cliarlia Ouanlber takes the 

 rake. A chill nf twciilvlivo members 

 with the eanipstne-s. industry and use- 

 fulness of Mr. r4uenther could rise to 

 any achievement. 



It seems to me that business is much 

 above the average for this usually very 

 dull time. Gladiolus, asters and sweet 

 peas are the principal stock in trade, 

 with a sprinkling of roses. Of Kaiserin 

 there are plenty. None of our local 

 growers plant out many Cochet. The 

 pink is beautiful, but the white is even 

 more valuable. More carnations should 

 also be planted out of doors early and 

 by this time would be giving us any 

 amount of flowers. 



An indispensable article just now is 

 the Japan lily. I would advise anyone 

 to have a crop of these started as late 



