Ja.m-aby 9, 1002. 



The Weekly Florists' Review, 



219 



strong and vigorous grower with no sur- 

 plus grass. Like its parent, Dorothy, it 

 is an excellent keeper and a wonderful 

 producer. 



For the American Carnation Society. 

 Albert M. Here, See'y, Lancaster, Pa. 



THE SALT LAKE FLORAL CO. 



We present herewith an engraving 

 from a photograph giving a partial view 

 of the greenhouses of the Salt Lake 

 Floral Co., Salt Lake City, Utah. 



The range contains six houses, each 

 20x160, all even span, running north 

 and south. Though the houses were com- 

 pleted rather late for planting roses, one 

 house was planted and they are doing 

 fairly well. One house is planted with 

 Asparagus phimosus, and two with car- 

 nations. The carnation houses each con- 

 tain 6,000 plants, the principal varieties 



was literally loaded down with buds and 

 if it does as well with others as it is 

 doing here it will become a standard va- 

 riety. The growth is as strong as Law- 

 son and in fact the plant reminds one of 

 that variety, only it is not quite so 

 stubby looking. The blooms are of bet- 

 ter form and a lighter shade of pink. 

 Their new variety, Gayety, looks tine, 

 and where a good free striped carnation 

 is wanted this should prove a favorite, 

 as it looks like an easy grower and free 

 bloomer. The blooms resemble Mrs. 

 Bradt, but they do not burst and the 

 stems hold the bloom up well. 



The most interesting thing of all and 

 the one variety I wanted to see was that 

 grand scarlet variety Adonis. The time 

 of my visit was Dec. 26, and for seeing 

 developed blooms I could hardly have 

 chosen a poorer day. but I wanted to see 

 the habit of the variety as well as the 



begun, and judging by the quantity of 

 stock being gotten into shape it would 

 seem that there have been many con- 

 verts to that method of growing roses. 



Besides roses and carnations, there are 

 immense quantities of palms, ferns, be- 

 gonias, rubbers, asparagus, chrysanthe- 

 mums and many other novelties, and also 

 perhaps the finest collection of gerani- 

 ums in the country. 



From here we went to the home of 

 Dorothy, over at E. T. Graves' place, 

 and here you car see it in all its glory. 

 About 7,000 plants, nearly all in full 

 crop and just leaded with buds, looking 

 like a wheat field, the buds stand so close 

 together. Certainly this variety pays 

 them well. We had hoped to see the 

 new and famous McKinlcy carnation, 

 but it was being worked up into cut- 

 tings as rapidly as possible and next 

 season a large quantity will be planted. 



Partial View of the Greenhouses of the Salt Lake Floral Co., Salt Lake City, Utah. 



being Roosevelt, Norway, Prosperity, 

 Flora Hill, Joost, Crane and Lawson. 

 These were planted in August and have 

 done well. Of chrysanthemums there 

 were 3,000 plants grown to single stem, 

 and they produced some fine blooms. 



Retail stores are maintained in this 

 city and also in Butte, Mont. Mr, J, H. 

 Mitchell is superintendent of the green- 

 houses. 



A VISIT TO RICHMOND, IND. 



A visit to Richmond is never complete 

 without a visit to the immense establish- 

 ment of the E. G. Hill Co., where there 

 is always a great deal to interest visit- 

 ing florists, and a half day can hardly 

 be spent more profitably than in walk- 

 ing through the houses and worksheds. 

 In naming over the many interesting 

 things to be found here one hardly knows 

 where to begin, they are so numerous, 

 so I will begin with the carnations, as 

 they were of most interest to me and 

 they are just in their prime at present. 



Of course all the leading novelties are 

 given a trial and among them the fine 

 white Lorna seems to stand out above all 

 the others. Norway suffered somewhat 

 in being housed and was just recovering 

 and beginning to produce fine blooms. 

 Gov. Roosevelt is doing nicely and looks 

 to be by far the best crimson up to date. 

 Prosperity seems late coming into form, 

 but may make up later. Estelle is do- 

 ing fine and looks like a paying thing. 

 A large batch of the new Cressbrook 



blooms and I was satisfied with what 

 I saw. This variety is certainly making 

 good all the claims of its originator. A 

 good, large and free scarlet is wanted 

 badly, and no doubt many growers who 

 have seen Adonis growing are anxiously 

 waiting for its dissemination. 



Besides the above, there are all the 

 standard varieties in large quantities 

 and propagating has begun in earnest. 

 There are also many promising seedlings 

 on trial, among which I noticed one of 

 Crocker style, but about twice as large, 

 and a scarlet that looks like a money 

 maker. Tlie carnations are planted in 

 the fine new house, 30x400 feet, which 

 was erected last summer, and it is a 

 grand sight to look over 400 feet of car- 

 nations all in fine shape. 



The other large house contains Messrs. 

 Hill's new seedling roses and one can 

 easily spend an hour in admiring the 

 grand results of several years of hard 

 and patient work. We were fortunate 

 enough to see a few well developed 

 blooms of the new prize winner. Rose 

 of Kansas City, and it is certainly a 

 gem cf the first water in every way. Be- 

 sides the seedlings there are hundreds 

 of foreign importations on trial, and 

 while many of them are of no value to 

 the commercial grower, yet there is oc- 

 casionally a grand one among them. They 

 seem to have discovered the secret in 

 growing Liberty, as a couple of benches 

 of this variety look fine. All the stand- 

 ard forcing varieties are also done in 

 good shape. The work of grafting has 



We saw the seedling plant in bloom last 

 year and it had a grand bloom on it 

 then, and they assured us that it is even 

 finer this year. 



A house of Mrs. T^awson was about as 

 fine as one would care to see, and in fact 

 all the standard varieties are done in 

 good shape. 



Our next stopping place was at Fulle 

 Bros., where we saw some nice roses, car- 

 nations and a general line of retail stock, 

 including both cut flowers and pot plants. 

 We noticed a fine batch of carnation 

 Triumph which seems to do well with 

 them. They also grow a couple of 

 benches of lettuce during the winter, 

 and Mr. Fulle assured us that the proper 

 temperature for lettuce is 50 degrees 

 if it is sold by weight. This would do 

 away with a recent inquirer's troubles 

 if he will follow this advice. 



A. F. J. Baue. 



WATER RATES. 



There are two classes of water 

 in this place, namely "Domestic" 



rates 

 and 

 "Manufacturing." Which class of water 

 rates should a florist, or one who grows 

 plants and flowers, being a producer (in 

 this place), come under? S. B. 



The florist should certainly come un- 

 der the "Manufacturing" class, as he 

 surely could not be classed "Domestic." 

 If your water company has a rate by 

 the gallon it will probably pay you to 

 have a meter put in and pay for exactly 



