December 21, 1003. 



The Weekly Florists' Review. 



221 



A Partial View of the Establishment of A. C. Oelschig, Savannah, Ga. 



ultimately ilestroying the bushes. The 

 suii'st reuiody at this season is to paiut 

 tlie pipes with a mixtxiro of lime aud sul- 

 ]iliiir, ajii-ilyiiig ouce a week until it disap- 

 jiears. Uiitil the mildew is destroyed aud 

 a healthy growth has commenced it would 

 l>o Ixjtter not to use such wood, as it 

 would very likely be too weak to form 

 «troug. healthy roots. 



The lie.'Jt metliod of getting rid of moles 

 ill greenhouses is a good trap in the care 

 of a tricky trapper. 



The thormostat is good for a small 

 |il,-ice. There used to be an invoutiou on 

 the market, which instead of ringing a 

 bell, (lumped the occupant of tho bed on 

 the floor. Pleasant, eh? Eibes. 



THE OELSCHIG PLACE. 



There are those w'ho believe that the 

 progressive spirit which has enthused 

 our trade in the north these recent years 

 has not yet been awakened in t)ie south, 

 but in this they arc mistaken. Of course 

 climatic conditions and environment 

 compel, or make possible, as the case 

 may be, many modifications of the prac- 

 tices in vogue in the regions of lower 

 temperatures, but the w'ish to go ahead 

 is manifest and the energy is shown in 

 the recent development of many places. 



A. C. Oelschig, of Savannah, Ga., has 

 been steadily adding to liis place until 

 lie has Viuilt up a range which would l.'O 

 a credit to any city of its size. He has 

 everything in the most modern shape. 

 Tho entire place is lighted with electric 

 light. There is a windmill which pumps 

 into a tank of 12,000 gallons capacity, 

 but the windmill is taken down during 

 the stormy season, September and Oc- 

 tober, and then a gasoline engine does 

 the work; also at other times it supple- 

 ments the wind in pumping from the 

 artesian well, 387 feet deep. The gaso- 

 line engine pumps 2,000 gallons an hour 

 and furnishes power for a circular saw, 

 grindstone, emery wheel and drills. Mr. 

 Oelschig says it saves its cost in labor 

 every year. 



One of the accompanying views shows 

 as much of the place as it is possible to 

 get in one photograph, including a range 

 of new houses for roses and carnations, 

 also the lath shade for variegated fieus 

 in summer. The new rose house is Sfi.': 

 120, with three center benches eiich six 

 feet wide and two side benches each 

 three feet wide. The roses are in solid 

 beds on the ground level, six inches of 

 oyster shells being provided for drain- 

 age. 



Another of the illustrations shows a 

 ficus house 40x100 which is not seen :'.t 



all in the general view. They had a 

 fire in this house last winter and about 

 half the stock was destroyed. The oth- 

 er view shows a house of decorative 

 plants, 45x100. There is a large retail 

 trade and a good stock of plants is car- 

 ried for use in decorations. 



Mr. Oelschig is a pretty regular at- 

 tendant at the S. A. F. conventions ami 

 made an exhibit at Milwaukee last Au- 

 gust. He studies northern methods and 

 iu so far as possible applies thenr to his 

 own business. He has .a son who is, 

 gaining knowledge of the various 

 branches of the trade by working with 

 northern concerns, having recently left 

 Wittbold's, at Chicago, to go to J. M. 

 Gasscr, at Cleveland. 



A NEW YORK DEPARTURE. 



Manager Alfred Ohasscaud, of Her- 

 ald Square E'xhibition Hall, where the 

 big chi-ysantheinum show was held in 

 New York in November, is arranging 

 for a business display of Easter stock 

 in the same place. It will be a depart- 

 ure which will be watched with intCi'- 

 est, for the plan is such as to make the 

 affair of direct concern to all iu the 

 New York market. 



It is to bo called the Easter Elov.fer 

 Fair and is to bo held the two weeks 

 preceding Easter. Mr. Chasseaud says: 

 ' ' This project appears to be what is 

 sorely needed in the metropolis, a sales- 

 room or market of ample size, wher.> 

 grow-ers and dealers ami tho general 

 public can meet in comfort day and 

 night to do business." 



The plan is to sell floor space to the 

 various parties who have Easter stock 

 to sell. The hall will be open day and 

 evening and all night on Easter Satur- 

 day, giving every facility for handling 

 either wholesale or retail trade. Ad- 

 mission will be free during the day, but 

 an admission of 25 cents will be charged 

 in the evening, when there will be mu- 

 sic. Mr. Chasseaud says he has the co- 

 operation of the largest growers and 

 wholesalers in the country. 



BOUVAKDIAS. — ^As these useful flowering 

 plants go out of flower reduce tho sup- 

 ply of water gradually in order to assist 

 in ripening the wood, as on this depends 

 in great measure profuse flowering next 

 year. The plants must still be kept in a 

 house where some fire-heat is applied for 

 the sanio reason. AVhon all the foliage has 

 fallen they may be stored under a stage 

 in the grecenhouse, where drip does not 

 reach the roots. — Gardening World. 



THIRTY RECOMMENDED MUMS. 



Jessie lUibliins asks me to give the 

 average height, season of bloom, etc., 

 of the varieties I noted in these col- 

 umns a few weeks ago as exhibition 

 kinds. I take pleasure in doing so for 

 the benefit of the craft at large, as far 

 as my own experience goes, but it must 

 be reinenibered that the time of plant- 

 ing greatlv att"ects the question of aver- 

 age height, as stock set out in May 

 naturally grows taller thau stock 

 planted in .Tune and plants set closely 

 in the bench will draw up longer than 

 plants given lots of room. The heights 

 given are such as jjlants will attain 

 with general cultivation for ixhibition 

 flowers. 



y. .]!,,„ Ilclglit, tcct. Soiison to bloom. 



Mi-S. TLiikrIl Nov. 1 to 15 



Ixjrd SalisbuiT S'/, to 4 Nov. 1 



F S Vallis 5 Oft. 20 ouw.iril 



(i'fuc'i-al Hutton Nov. 1 omvaril 



l'i.i-<-v IMumridgo 5 Nov. 1 ouwari 



^p,,l',.ti,ii n Oct. 23 onward 



ClicUonl 3 Oct. 20ouwaia 



Height, fc'Ct. Season to Mooui. 



5 Oct. illouwald 



4 Oct. 25 onward 



5I.^ Oct. 25onwaid 



..4 " Nov. 1 onward 



Oct. 20 onward 

 Oct. 25 onward 



rink— 

 W. Uucliliain . . 

 Leila rilkins . . 

 Jiurl'an's Pi-ido 

 l'\ A. Cobbold 

 Mrs. Geo. Rlilcbam. . .4"/i 

 A. J. Balfour 3. 



WliilP — Height, (cet. Season to bloom. 



l\l,,rza 3 to S'/f. Nov. 21 onward 



lien Wells 5toG Oct. 20 onward 



Mrs Weeks 5 to 6 Nov. 1 onward 



Timothv Eaton 5 to G Nov. 1 onward 



f'hadwick 5 Nov. 10 onward 



Nellie I'ockett 3 Oct. 20 onward 



Itcds — 



.'<. T. Wright 



Lord Hopetoun .. 



Ma.viiell 



IIenr,v liarnes ... 

 II. J. Jones 



Height, feet. 

 ... .5 



4 



5 



.6 



.314 



Season to bloom. 

 Oct. 25 onward 

 Oct. 25 onward 

 Nov. 1 onward 

 Oct. 23 onward 

 Oct. 20 onward 



.Season to bloom. 

 Oct. 2.5 onward 

 Nov. 1 onward 

 Nov. 1 onward 

 Oct. 25 onward 

 Nov. 1 onward 

 Oct. 20 onward 

 Oct. 25 onward 



(lild Cidors — Height, feet. 



.Mildred Ware 4 



»Iar.v Inglis 5 



W. R. Church 3 



T. Carrington 4^ 



Queen Alexandra SVs 



Harrison Dick 3 



Brnlus SVz 



The season of flowering is, of course, 

 governed somewhat by the time that 

 the bud is taken. Thus in the case of 

 W. Uuekham, flowers were cut October 

 10 from buds taken early in August, 

 but the finest flowers were produced 

 from buds taken about August 20, as 

 the earlier flowers do not have the 

 broad, massive petals that are the chief 

 charm of this variety. Speaking in a gen- 

 eral way, I would not like to try to grow 

 exhibition flowers in a house that would 

 not give mo five to six feet of head 

 room above the bench, and more would 

 be better, as the loss from flowers damp- 

 ing is less when there is a good body of 

 air circulating between the flowers and 

 the glass. Brian Boru. 



