AUGUST 21. 1902. 



The Weekly Florists' Review. 



389 



as in the old days. It would be ;i lone- 

 some convention without him. 



An interesting vote was taken by the 

 ladies between New York and if; Itiraore 

 as t(J who was the handsomest man on 

 the train, and resulted in a tie, the 

 fortunate winners being Fred Michell 

 and Alex. Guttman, with Arthur Bod- 

 dington and Leo Niessen amongst the 

 ' ' also rans. ' ' 



A pleasant incident of the start at 

 New York was a good-by call at the 

 train from S. S. Butterfield, whc is re- 

 covering from a very serious illness. 



The Flatbush boys must have gone on 

 a special train of their own. 



Henry Siebrecht, Sr., maintains his 

 reputation as the youngest man of his 

 age in the S. A. F. He ^rows younger 

 every year. 



Everybody was pleased to see the 

 veteran "Father Smith," of Washing- 

 ton. 



The music at the banquet at Washing- 

 ton was very interesting and added great- 

 ly to the enjoyment of the hour. The 

 tune that brought down the house, of 

 course, was ' ' Away Down South in 

 Dixie." 



On the Car from New York to Asheville 



W. H. Siebrecht, wife and son, I'rank 

 Traendiy and wite, Mr. Kuickman and 

 wife, Miss Flora Davis, Miss Wingate, 

 Mr. Kretschnar and wife, John Theil- 

 man, Mark Dean, L. J. Renter, A. Dallas, 

 Patrick O'Mara, Geo. Lorenz; A. Her- 

 rington, Madison, N. J.; J. B. Davis, 

 Henry Eicke, V. Dorval, Jr., W. C. Krick 

 and son George, Henry Siebn^cht, Sr., 

 and sou, W. Nillsou, Chas. H. Allen, 

 John Fotheringham, R. W. Clucas; John 

 G. Esler, of Saddle River, N. J.; A. D. 

 Carpenter and wife, of Cohoes, N. Y. ; 

 Benj. Hammond and wife, of Fishkill; 

 N. Y.; F. K. Pierson, A. T. Boddington; 

 A. T. De Le Mare, Alex. Wallace and 

 Miss Jelinek, of the Florists' Exchange; 

 H. G. York, C. W. Ward; D. Burgevin, 

 of Kingston, N. Y.; Theo. J. Lang, 

 Julius Eoehrs, Jr., Alf. Langjahr, Alex. 

 Guttman ; and J. Austin Shaw, of the 

 Review. 



From Philadelphia in Special Car. 



Leo Niessen, Julius Wolff and wife, 

 John F. Sibgon and wife, Lemuel Ball, 

 Jacob Becker and wife, Eobt. Kift, A. B. 

 Cartledge, A. H. Lauser, J. L. Dillon 

 and son, A. M. Herr, wife, son and maid; 

 Frank Adelberger, Benj. Starkey, Jos. 

 Heacock, Edw. E. Heacock, John West- 

 cott and wife, Wm. Robertson, Geo. C. 

 Watson, Benj. Connell, Jas. B. Cascaden, 

 Fred Michell, Miss Mary Michell, Miss 

 Anna Michell, S. S. Pennock, Geo. Ander- 

 son, Geo. Moss, Geo. Craig, John C. 

 Hinckle, Wm. K. Harris, Ben.i. Harry, 

 Winfield S. Harry, Felix Meyers, Wm. 

 Gibson, Miss Phcebe Baker, Wm. Wcst- 

 cott, Julius Woltf, Jr., Jas. Griffin, C. 

 W. Turnley, Wm. J. Baker, E. P. Hostet- 

 ter. J. Austin Shaw. 



• A TILE BENCH. 



It is scarcely correct to call this a 

 bench, as the tiles are laid on the ground. 

 The picture shows two or three lieds com- 

 plete, but it does not illustrate just how 

 we laid them, for we should and did 

 begin at one end. These are not drain 

 tiles, which I have seen used in many 

 places. They are what is known as hol- 

 low brick, 5x4 inches and 13 inches long. 

 They cost us at the brick yards $1.5.00 

 per 1,000. Unfortunately with us freight 

 was quite an item. If drain tile is a 



good thing for the bottom of a bed or 

 bench then these hollow bricks are a 

 great improvement over them. They are 

 square, do not rock or roll, are very por- 

 ous, and how much better to shovel the 

 soil off when renewing has to be done. 

 It must be the most perfect drainage 

 and the air passing freely beneath the 

 roots. If these hollow bricks had been 

 just 12 inches long it would have been 

 better for us, as it was quite awkward to 



of coal ashes beneath the soil; some 

 with a 2x6-inch joist on the ground and 

 a 6-inch board on them ; some on simply 

 the hard but well drained ground, and 

 some on the hollow brick. I ought to 

 know something a year from now and, 

 if I don't get photographed to death, 

 will delight in telling you if there was 

 any difference in results, and if so, what 

 difference. 



The personnel of these operations is of 



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Tile-Bottomed Beds. 



make the beds more than .5 feet, so one 

 brick had to be cut in half. 



Now about cost. This is cheaper, con- 

 siderably so, than a 2-inch plank. The 

 brick would be equal to common hem- 

 lock plank at $30.00 per 1,000, and at 

 present prices it would cost us $36.00 per 

 1,000, 2-inch thick, and pine would cost 

 more. The sides of the beds are 2x4 

 scantling set on edge and fastened to a 

 piece of 1-inch gas pipe driven into the- 

 ground and fastened with a tin clip. The 

 scantling could be improved on by mak- 

 ing a frame 2x4 or deeper, if required, 

 and running in a concrete or mixture of 

 sand and lime. It sets in a few minutes 

 and you can remove your frame and go 

 ahead with another length. It takes 

 about as long a time to properly grade 

 and lay this brick floor as it does to 

 build a bench, no longer. I saw in my 

 travels this past winter many tile benches 

 that were laid on the ordinary wooden 

 bench with the u.sual 2-foot uprights and 

 cross pieces to bear the tile. I can hardly 

 see the wisdom of that as the wood frame 

 will rot out and all your building has 

 to be done over again. 



I am aware there are thousands of 

 houses, particularly the long span to the 

 south detached houses, whore the beds 

 could not with advantage be placed on 

 the ground. This range, however, is en- 

 tirely different. The gutters average 6 

 feet 6 inches above floor level ; there are 

 no partitions, merely a 2-inch pipe every 

 .5 feet 7 inches supports the gutter. 

 Now it is very evident that the higher 

 the gutter and house and the lower the 

 beds the more light will every rose plant 

 get. At present every spot in these sTx 

 houses is a little lighter than out of 

 doors. I have some beds with 2 inches 



little interest outside this village. The 

 man with the wheel-barrow is endowed 

 with great strength, and we are obliged 

 to give him heavy work to keep down Kis 

 exuberance of spirits. Notice the load. 

 The white and black mud turtle in the 

 distance loves to bask on the hot bricks. 

 The Filipino is laying the brick and 

 the broad brimmed tall youth who is as- 

 sisting is quite a character. He talks 

 Milton and Byron, composes odes for 

 school graduations, was brought up in 

 an antiquated faith but is far advanced 

 in modern thought. We never let him 

 work alone. He gets lonesome. Who 

 knows but what we have an undiscovered 

 Longfellow or James Whitcomb Eiley, 

 or another 16 to 1 Bryan. 



Seriously, perhaps the most important 

 operation in laying a tile or brick floor 

 is to have the surface of your house nice- 

 ly and correctly graded, and that we did 

 by getting the proper grades on the two 

 outside rows of brick, and the rest is 

 easy. The poor old man with the rake 

 did the grading and insisted on being in 

 the picture. 



It pleases him and doesn't hurt us. 

 Hollow Brick. 



NEW YORK. 



Various Notes. 



The cooler weather of last week made 

 the cut-flower trade on Saturday quite 

 exhilarating from the wholesalers' stand- 

 point. Everything of merit in sight was 

 in good demand at better prices. Even 

 the prolific gladiolus was popular, and 

 its price improved. The "melancholy 

 days" are drawing to a close; the schools 

 and the theaters will open and the "good 



