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The Weekly Florists' Review. 



FEBRUARY 1, 1900. 



how to produc I" a vvop of lettuce in De- 

 cember and January. 



John Kuber was awai'ded a certifi- 

 cate of merit for his new carnation, 

 Mrs. Bertram Lippincott, a perfect 

 flower of the Daybreak type. 



Francis Canning exhibited a fine 

 specimen of Begonia incarnata. 



Jos. Beavis, of Sixteenth and Cayuga 

 streets, is sending in some fine Brides 

 and Bridesmaids, also some fine carna- 

 tions. Mr. B. has been building on the 

 plot of ground he purchased at Lime 

 Hill pike and Haines street, and this 

 coming spring he will n ove all his Six- 

 teenth street houses to the new place. 



R. 



January Balls. 

 The January balls in Philadelphia 

 are almost entirely useless from a flor- 

 ist's standpoint. That this fact is not 

 generally known is proved from the 

 frequency with which these balls are 

 mentioned when the season's prospects 

 for cut flowers are under discussion. 

 A New York grower wrote me last sea- 

 son that he saw we had everything our 

 own way in Philadelphia and that 

 "Graham was evidently coining mon- 

 ey." That was during one of the dull- 

 est weeks of the season, and while Mr. 

 ■Graham, who had one or two big balls 

 each week, may have been coining 

 money, the rest of us were not. 



The explanation is very simple; The 

 fashion of carrying bouquets of flow- 

 ers or wearing a few choice blooms at 

 a ball has departed and, barring a few 

 dinners before the ball, cut flowers are 

 rarely wanted, excepting at the assem- 

 blies. Mr. Graham is not only a flor- 

 ist, but a decorator. He can put in 

 temporaiy ceilings and drape dear old 

 Horticultural Hall so you wouldn't 

 know it. Its size is changed, balconies 

 come and go, and little rooms appear 

 and disappear in a surprising way. 

 Much bunting and cheesecloth are 

 used, but not so many plants or flow- 

 ers beyond what Mr. Graham himself 

 can produce. Of couree, there are ex- 

 ceptions — every now and then vast 

 quantities of something are needed; 

 but this causes only a ripple on the 

 quiet surface of the cut flower and 

 plant markets. 



Perhaps when this condition of af- 

 fairs is better known our growers will 

 be less disappointed with their mid- 

 winter returns when there is so apt to 

 be a lull in business. E. BATES. 



CHICAGO. 



The Market. 



Roses are scarcer than ever, and it 



might almost be called a rose famine. 



We hear of sales of fancy tea roses at 



$12 and $15 a hundred, though many 



go for $10. 



There is an abundance of carnations 



I and violets, though, and prices on them 



are somewhat easier, especially on the 



rather large proportion unsuitable for 



shipping that appears in some lots. Of 



violets there has been at times quite 



an oversupply, and there has also been 

 a surplus of valley. 



A few pots of the Novelty tulip at 

 Kennicott Bros. Co. is the advance 

 guard of the annual supply from 

 Klehm's. 



There is much less miscellaneous 

 stock, such as marguerites, alyssum, 

 etc., than usual, and dealers say they 

 find a good demand for this stock ii 

 good. 



The funeral of P. D. Armour, Jr., 

 this week called for a lot of stock, but 

 it was mainly for the higher grades 

 and didn't help the market as much as 

 it would had there been a lot of old 

 style design work. Orchids were large- 

 ly used in addition to other fine flow- 

 ers, and C. A. Samuelson made a cas- 

 ket cover of violets, which used up 

 .■J.OOO extra violets from one of Mc- 

 Kellar & Winter.son's consignors. 



McKellar & Winterson. by the way, 

 say that lilac is no novelty in the mar- 

 ket, as they have been receiving it for 

 several montlis past. They are at 

 work on their new supply catalogue, 

 which will be ready very shortly. 



E. C. Amling is putting the finishing 

 touches on his new place, and by the 

 addition of hanging baskets of Boston 

 ferns, etc., has given it a summer gar- 

 den effect. The orchestra will proba- 

 bly come later. 



■VariouF Items. 



The Florists' Club holds a regular 

 meeting tomorrow (Friday evening) at 

 Handel Hall. 



There has been a slight lull in the 

 liowling series and no more reports are 

 due yet. 



The weather is of the kind that 

 makes heavy drafts on the coal pile, 

 the outside temperature being below 

 zero n:ost of the time. 



HEATING. 



will state the quantities necessary for 

 each system: 



If 4-inch castiron pipes with hot 

 water: In rose house No. 1, 9 lines; 

 bedding stock house, 7 lines; palm 

 house, 1,50 lineal feet: violet house, 3 

 lines; carnation house, 8 lines; rose 

 house No. 2, 8 lines. 



If 2-inch pipes with hot water: Rose 

 house No. 1, 14 lines; bedding stock 

 house, 11 lines; palm house, 240 lineal 

 feet; violet house, 5 lines; carnation 

 house, 12 lines: rose house No. 2, 13 

 lines. 



If one hot water boiler be used, of 

 any standard greenhouse make, it 

 should have about 13 square feet of 

 grate surface, or if two. each should 

 have about 7 feet. 



If steam heat is desired, use 1-inch 

 pipes. In rose house No. 1, 1,500 lineal 

 feet; bedding stock house. 1.000 lineal 

 feet; palm house, 300 lineal feet; violet 

 house, 500 lineal feet; carnation house. 

 1.080 lineal feet; rose house No. 2, 1,170 

 lineal feet. 



The above to be heated by a 25 or 

 30 horse-power boiler. 



The above distribution of heating 

 surfaces are arranged to maintain eas- 

 ily an approximate temperature, in 

 coldest nights, of 60 to 65 degrees in 

 rose houses, 45 degrees in bedding 

 stock house, 65 to 70 degrees in palm 

 house, 38 to 40 degrees in violet house, 

 and 55 to 60 in carnation house. 



HENRY W. GIBBONS. 

 New York. 



Kindly tell ne the number of lines of 

 pipe and size of boiler required for 

 heating the following: 



Rose house, wooden wall 4 feet high, 

 glass side 2 feet, rafter 12 feet, house 

 100 feet long and gable; 2,900 feet ex- 

 posed glass surface and about 350 feet 

 wooden wall surface. 



Bedding plant house, 24 feet (both 

 rafters), 100 feet (one end only), one 

 gable about 50 feet; 2,450 feet of glass 

 (no walls). 



Palm house, 350 feet glass surface 

 (no walls, they being against potting 

 shed and carnation and rose houses). 



Violet house, 1.200 feet glass all told. 



Carnation house, 90x24, rafters 12 

 feet aach, one gable about 50 feet: 

 2,210 feet glass surface and about 325 

 feet wall surface exposed. 



Rose house No. 2, same as carnation 

 house; 2,210 feet glass and 325 feet 

 wall. 



This makes a total of 11,320 feet 

 glass and 975 feet wall. W. E. P. 



As your correspondent does not say 

 if he desires to use steam or hot water, 

 and if the latter, what sized pipes, I 



TARRYTOWN, N. Y. ' 



The Tarrytown Horticultural Soci- 

 ety held its regular monthly meeting 

 January 25th. and despite the very dis- 

 agreeable weather there were about 

 forty merbers present. The new offi- 

 cers were installed with the usual fe- 

 licitations. The president, Wm. Tur- 

 ner (gardener to Wm. Rockefeller), in 

 taking the chair to preside, assured the 

 society that he not only intended to do 

 his best but that he expected every 

 member to exert himself to make the 

 society an ideal one. Treasurer E. W. 

 Neubrand reported that there were 67 

 members and a balance of $219 in 

 bank. Six new names were proposed 

 for membership, and altogether the 

 newest society around these parts is 

 already one of the strongest. The ex- 

 ecutive committee were directed to re- 

 vise the by-laws (which were those of 

 the New York Gardeners' Society) and 

 make such recommendations at the 

 next meeting as they consider neces- 

 sary for the workings of the society. 



It was decided to hold a flower show 

 in Tarrytown next fall, and F. R. 

 Pierson Co. offered a prize of $25 for a 

 vase of their new chrysanthemum. Col. 

 D. Appleton. 



A discussion on carnations was 

 opened by Wm. Scott, who gave his 

 experience with all the modern varie- 

 ties; he recommended the following 

 sorts as the best: White, White 

 Cloud; Daybreak, the best of its color; 

 Lawson. as one everybody should try; 



