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The Weekly Florists^ Review, 



August 21, 1902. 



in view, and that is the broadness of the 

 retail florist's field. The detail.s are oiil.v 

 added to carry out certain lines of 

 ihougrht. I ai-guo that the florist's market 

 "TOWS in i>roportioii as his horizon of 

 ideas and ambitions, enlarges. So if by, 

 any means his imagination is brightened, 

 his ideas increased, or his executive abil- 

 ity strengthened, the market will take 

 care of itself. Practical details I have 

 purposely avoided. 



THE LAWSON CARNATION. 



The illustration is from a pliotograpli 

 taken July 24. They were planted last 

 summer about August 10, and began flow- 

 ering middle of October. In December, 

 Jamuiry and February they wore a cure 

 for the blues. In March and April thev 

 were a little off crop because almost every 

 shoot, either side shoot or leading shoot, 

 liad been pulled otf for a cutting in 

 I'^ebruary. Since middle of May they 

 have been as you see them. Off 800 

 plants we get 200 fine flowers every morn- 

 ing, but they will soon have to go the 

 way of all flesh and grass. Was there 

 ever such a carnation! Here it is, no 

 higher than it was in January. No red 

 spider or any other trouble; and it has 

 had no attention in the way of tying since 

 last December. I hope the white Lawson 

 will soon make its appearance on the 

 market. "• "• 



JOLIET, ILL. 



A visit to the establishment ot The J. 

 n. Thompson Carnation Company re- 

 vealed the fact that field carnations have 

 done well there this season, there being 

 little of the damage from surplus rams 

 so notable around Chicago. The fields 

 all had a gentle slope, and the water 

 drained away without doing damage. In 

 fact, many of the plants are rather above 

 the usual quality at this date. Practical- 

 ly all the plants ai'e now housed. 



The most interesting feature was the 

 large new house planted almost wholly 

 with the new Enchantress. The fine 

 growth the plants made in the field cer- 

 tainly speaks well for the variety. There 

 were" no better .plants on the place, and 

 we understand the plants were cjuite small 

 when placed in the field last spring. Mr. 

 Thompson says that when he saw what 

 a splendid growth it made and how freely 

 it was blooming during a visit to Mr. 

 Fisher's place he could not resist the 

 temptation to bid for the stock, even 

 though the price was so high. 



The new house containing this stock is 

 30x300, and has an iron frame of original 

 design. There are no rafters, the cast- 

 iron posts supporting a cast-iron plate 

 designed for the house. The two purlins 

 are of angle iron attached to the iron 

 pipe posts by a specially made clip. Tlu' 

 two lower purlins are connected at in- 

 tervals by tie rods with turn buckles 

 in the centers, and the two upper ones 

 are fastened together by a short section 

 of iron pipe. The supports for the heat- 

 ing pipes on the cast-iron posts are so 

 arranged that they can be easily moved 

 up or down and absolute trueness in the 

 grade of the pipes maintained. The ven- 

 tilation is continuous and on both sides 

 of the ridge. The ventilator sections are 

 spliced together so as to form practically 

 three long ventilators of 100 feet each on 

 each side of the ridge. The header is 

 notched in only through the beads of the 

 sash bai's and not sunk level. It is be- 

 lieved that this will do away with any 

 likelihood of drip. The ventilators open 

 from the header and net from the ridge. 



Of the IS.OOO plants of Enchantress on 

 the [dace 1 '2,000 are for stock and 6,000 



for blooming. In addition to this nov- 

 elty the stock for blooming this season 

 consists of 8,000 Lawson, 4.0110 each of 

 Crane and Governor Wolcott, 3,000 

 Lorna, 2,000 Apollo, l,-500 each of 

 Estelle, White Cloud and Guardian Angel, 

 1,000 each of Marquis, Joost, Prosperity, 

 Roosevelt, Queen Louise, Golden Beauty 

 and Morning Glory, and 500 each of 

 Harry Fcnn, Stella, Viola Allen, Bradt, 

 Xelson'Pisher (a nev.- pink a shade darker 

 than Lawson) and Mrs. Patten (a new 

 variegated). The two last named are 

 varieties of Peter Fisher's that are not 

 yet disseminated. 



The foreman is Mr. J. E. Jensen, who 

 was for a number of years with Peter 

 Fisher, Ellis, Mass., and he certainly has 

 the stock in good shape. 



The propagating house benches all have 

 brick bottoms, it having l)een demon- 

 strated that this bottom assures an evener 

 degree of bottom heat and moisture. 



The heating apparatus for the estab- 

 lishment is very effectively installed, both 



clear liquid can be drawn off mi the 

 other side when ready. 



At the .fidiet peniteiitiaiy we found 

 Head Ganlener Wilson Tiplady getting 

 plump in flesh and strong in humor. The 

 grounds look well and show that his in- 

 crease in avoinlupois does not interfere 

 with his keeping an eagle eye on the men 

 assigned to his department. He has some 

 odd material to work with. .\ll are in- 

 mates of the institution, and fev; have 

 ever had any experience in floriculture, 

 but he finds them willing to learn, and 

 the stock in his charge shows it. 



Near the penitentiary is a large steel 

 mill and tlie smoke from this has been 

 a sufficient drauback to keep Mr. Tip- 

 lady from tipping the scales at too high 

 a figure. The glass at the houses has 

 to be washed with dilute muriatic aeiil 

 several times a season to clean it from 

 the greasy substance deposited by the 

 smoke. Under the circumstances it is 

 remarkable that the stock, both outside 

 and in, makes such a fine appearance. 



The Lawson Carnation. 



boilers and piping being supplied by the 

 Kroeschell Bros. Co., Chicago. At the 

 time of our visit a new .steam gauge was 

 being put in by Mr. C. W. Jones, the 

 heating engineer for the above firm. It 

 has an attachment invented by him which 

 can be adjusted so that when the steam 

 pressure falls below a certain number of 

 pounds an electric current is connected 

 which rings a bell in the room of the 

 foreman until the pressure is raised above 

 that pcint. It .is certainly an excellent 

 precaution and a good safeguard against 

 the failings of firemen who sometimes 

 suffer from sunstroke during the darkest 

 liours. 



A very great convenience is a switch 

 track that enables them to unload their 

 coal direct from the car to boiler house. 

 They use the Ked Jacket, a AVest Vir- 

 ginia coal that Mr. Thompson considers 

 much the best and most economical of 

 any fuel he has used. It is now $3.23 a 

 ton, l)ut gives much better value in re- 

 sults tlian cheaper coals. 



The manure tank is placed at an eleva- 

 tion back of the boiler house and is 

 fitted with steam pipes that enable them 

 to keep the liquid at 70 degrees frr 24 

 hours while fermenting. A straw par- 

 tition in the center filters it so that the 



AUSTIN, MINN. 



A Peculiar Accident. 



Tlie illustration on page 397 shows 

 the calamity which befell A. N. Kinsman, 

 of -\ustin. Minn. Mr. Kinsman had just 

 completed three new houses and was 

 about to place his residence, which he 

 had moved from another part of the city, 

 in position, and while the same was rest- 

 ing on jack-screws preparatory to putting 

 in new foundations, it suddenly careened 

 and dropped about eight feet at the rear 

 end. It fell somewhat toward the green- 

 houses, which, being mostly of iron con- 

 struction, were badly jarred from end to 

 end. The front house, as shown in illus- 

 tration, is 125 feet long, and was almost 

 completely demolished. The entire glass 

 was broken and the framework was 

 thrown so badly out of plumb that it 

 necessitated complete rebuilding. Some 

 members of the family were in the house, 

 but fortunately all escaped without in- 

 jury. Little plaster was left intact aftei 

 the" fall. C. C. P. 



I WOULD no more be without the Kk- 

 viEW than I would be without a boiler. — 

 H. G. FiSHEL, Corfu, N. Y. 



