MARCH 22. 1900. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review. 



473 



Iron frame Carnation House, 51x306, at Briar Cliff. 



of pleasure. You can, if you wish, pon- 

 der long and deep over theories — the 

 spiritualisms of cultivation, bacteria, 

 ■with the point of keenest thought, ex- 

 periment with your physics and chem- 

 Ics, Nature can laugh at you when she 

 will. The mysteries of successful car- 

 nation, culture seem to be solved here 

 in the application of abundance of 

 light, fresh air, good soil and cow ma- 

 nure. Why, the very carnations them- 

 selves seem to lo.^e their identity when 

 compared with those grown elsewhere; 

 the foliage is deep colored and luxuri- 

 antly sturdy, the flowers grand! White 

 Cloud is indeed a white cloud of three- 

 Inch flowers on 3-foot stems: Mrs. 

 James Dean, like the dear lady herself, 

 is a gem to be proud of. 



But here's Paul M. Pierson. who is 

 manager of this establishment: let's 

 listen to him. He tells us that the 

 above two varieties are the best kinds 

 to grow of their colors. Crane, the 

 finest scarlet, brought sixteen cents 

 each during Christmas and New Year's. 

 Mrs. Geo. Bradt, the best striped; this 

 has brought the highest average price 

 of all the carnations. Gold Nugget, the 

 best yellow; Maceo, for crimson; and 

 Joost for dark pink. Of course there 

 are many more kinds he will grow, but 



the above have given best results and 

 will be most extensively grown. 



In the propagating houses there are 

 over 40,000 rooted cuttings, and we 

 never saw a finer lot. No sickly con- 

 sumptives, but sturdy stock that prom- 

 ise to produce similar results to their 

 parents. If you are looking for this 

 kind of valuable material, the product 

 of intelligent cultivation and abundant 

 nourishment, don't forget Briar Cliff. 



Hitchings & Co. are erecting another 

 house, a duplicate of the one shown in 

 our illustration. J. I. DONLAN. 



STARTING A SMALL PLACE. 



No. 1. W^ould you be kind enough to 

 tell me if two men could make a living 

 from two greenhouses, 20x.50, growing 

 carnations and a general line of bed- 

 ding plants? 



No. 2. The greater part of the cut 

 flowers would be sold at wholesale, but 

 the bedding plants at retail. Buffalo 

 would be the wholesale market. 



No. 3. Would it be advisable for us 

 to borrow $2,000 each to buy laud and 

 build the houses? Can secure a good 

 lot. 150x350. for about $2,200. Good soil 

 and a good location. 



No. 4. What would be the running 

 expenses of such a place? 



No. 5. One of us has worked at the 

 trade for some time. 



No. 6. Or would you advise the one 

 who has had the experience to start in 

 for himself on a small scale? 



No. 7. What would be the average 

 cost of two greenhouses, 20x50, shed, 

 boiler, piping, etc.. complete? 



C. H. 



To make the answers plainer I have 

 numbered the questions and the corre- 

 sponding answers. 



No. 1. Two men could not make 

 enough out of these house.s to. live de- 

 cently. Neither would there be work 

 enough to keep you employed. You 

 would soon both get dissatisfied and 

 one would have to make room for the 

 other. "There is a difference between 

 what a dog will eat and what he will 

 live on," but this i? not large enough 

 for two, however well it was run or 

 whatever you grew. 



No. 2. It matters little whether the 

 output of this place was sold at retail 

 or wholesale, but if the latter there 

 would still be less room for two in the 

 business. 



No. 3. If you can borrow two thou- 

 sand dollai-s each you could build a 

 much larger place. If you had three 



