May 10, 1904. 



The Weekly Florists' Review, 



1381 



about the water not returning to the 

 boiler. I know full well that this is iml 

 always possible, but when it is possible 

 it certaiuiy is always preferable. The 

 olil way of running a work shed along 

 tl>'^ east or west end of the houses is a 

 bad one. All sheds or dark buildings 

 should be north of the greenhouses, if at 

 all possible. And still worse than the 

 above is the shed running north and 

 south between two rows of houses. You 

 can never grow as good stoek in thai 

 end of the house which butts against a 

 shed as you can fifty feet away. 



This answer has lengthened out more 

 than I intended it should when I began, 

 but this thing of starting a new place 

 is a subject which cannot be given too 

 much thouglit and study, G. W. P, will 

 find all his questions answered in the 

 above, except the one regarding solid 

 beds and benches. We prefer the soli.i 

 bods and \\c have only a conjile of raised 

 benches left in our cut flower houses. 

 We use cinders in the bottom of our bed* 

 and the top of the side board is about 

 fifteen to eighteen inches above the patli^. 

 We would not care for brickbats or any- 

 thing very large to till up with, as. the 

 soil would Jikeh- wash down between, 

 unless there could be a layer of gravel 

 or cinders on top. Gravel is as good as 

 anything you can get, but it costs .i 

 good deal when you have to buy it, Wc 

 u.se the cinders from our boilers, and 

 find them first class as a drainage, after 

 thev have Iain out in the weather a few 

 months. There should be no heating 

 liines laid in these beds, but arrange 

 to either hang them all overhead or lay 

 them in the paths. A, F. .T. BAim. 



THE SLEEPY ENCHANTRESS. 



Having read and heard, but not wit- 

 nessed, so much about the beautiful En- 

 chantress ' ' sleeping, ' ' thought it would 

 not more than justify this variety to give 

 our experience. We only have a small 

 space, probably 200, in this variety, and 

 with us it is second to none, in product- 

 iveness, keeping qualities and the price 

 realized. We have kept them easily over 

 ten days, and they would have kept 

 "flwake" a good while longer had they 

 not caught the eye of some lover of this 

 beautiful variety. Not only our own 

 grown have had such keeping qualities, 

 but have had shipments from the .T. T>. 

 Thompson Carnation Co. which realh- as- 

 tonished us. Now, can any of your read- 

 ers explain why this is? Is it feeding 

 to excess that causes them to sleep, or 

 are the.v allowed to open too far? We 

 very seldom feed. Probably wo wouhi 

 feed more if we had the time, but would 

 rather sleep this time ourselves than to 

 feed to excess, and then find the carna- 

 tions and ourselves all sleeoing. Wc find 

 that by cutting them a little over half 

 open, they open and last very nicely. 

 There is nothing that has taken so well 

 in the Louisville market for many years, 

 and we expect to plant all we can find 

 loom for. Had no special reason for 

 writing these few words, but woidd like 

 to know why the "big fellows" can't 

 succeed, while us ' ' farmers ' ' are ' ' right 

 there with the goods." 



Fred L. Schulz. 



Fruit of the Logan Berry Nearly Natural Size. 



EiCHW'OOD. 0. — D. W. Beekley has em- 

 barked in the florists' business here, hav- 

 ing built a good-sized greenhouse which 

 he now has stocked with spring plants. 



Utica, N. Y. — Brant Bros., the rose 

 growers, have opened a retail store. 



THE LOGAN BERRY. 



There sceniiug to be some difference of 

 opinion as to the origin of this berry, 

 we give the facts herewith from first 

 hands. 



The Logan berry was the result of a 

 cross between the California wild black- 

 berry and a raspberry, and it originated 

 on the grounds of Judge J. H. Logan, 

 Santa Cruz, Cnl. 



The accom[)anying photograpli shows 

 the blossom and the berries in various 

 stages, all life size. It is a very hand- 

 some berry, but is much more acid than 

 the blackberry, and is apt to be more 

 useful for cooking and preserving than 

 as a table berry. But for those uses it 

 is unsurpassed, and is by many esteemed 

 as a fresh fruit for the table. 



We pressnt other photographs showing 

 the method of training the vines and 

 the same plants when in bloom a little 

 later. This patch contained a thirteenth 

 cf an acre and produced at the rate of 

 a ton of fruit to the acre. 



When the merits of this berry first be- 

 came generallv known a good deal of 

 trash was sold by irresponsible people 

 as the true Logan berry, in some cases 

 most any brambl? from the woods being 

 pressed into service, and in this way 

 the name came into disrepute. The true 

 Logan berry is well shown in our illus- 



tration and the picture may be accepted 

 as accurate and thoroughly representa- 

 tive. 



Though Judge Logan is not a nursery- 

 man and does not sell his productions, 

 he has done considerable in the way of 

 improving small fruits. A notable im- 

 provement in the blackberry inown as 

 the California Mammoth is a cross be- 

 tween the wild California blackberry and 

 one known as the Texas Early. The 

 fruit is fully as large as that of the 

 Logan berry, and even longer, some 

 specimens having measured fully three 

 inches in length. This blackberi-y prom- 

 ises to have a great future as a table 

 berry, as its flavor is excellent and the 

 plants seem quite as prolific as those of 

 the Logan berrv. 



WORLD'S FAIR FLORAL EXHIBITS. 



'I'lie following tentative schedule for 

 ticral exhibits has been issued by the 

 Pepartment of Horticulture of the St. 

 Louis World's Fair and Chief Taylor 

 hcnes to be able to make an authoritative 

 announcement covering all of these days 

 and three or four in addition: 



Mii.v 2.3-2S — Peonies. 

 Mii.v .'{ej-June 4 — Open. 

 .June 6-11 — Hard.r roses. 

 .Time 1.3-l.S — Sweet peas. 

 .Tune 20-25 — .Sweet peas. 

 .Iiine 2i-July 2 — Cannfls. 

 ■Tulv 4-!)— Cannas. 



