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H ORTI CULTURt 



February 17. 1906 



BUYERS' DIRECTORY— Continued. 



New Offers in This Issue. 



SOUTHERN WILD SMILAX. 



It. M. Robinson & Co.. 8 & 11 Province 



St.. Huston. 



For pas:'' *>',■ List of Advertisers. , 



E. A. Heaven, Evergreen, Ala. 

 For page see List of Advertisers. 



SPHAGNUM; CEDAR POLES. 



H. R. Akers, Ctmtswortta, N. J. 

 For page see List <>!' Advertisers. 



VENTILATING APPARATUS. 

 Burnhani Hltchings l'iersou Co., 

 1133 Broadway, New York. 

 For page see List of Advertisers. 



John A. Scollay, 73-75 Myrtle Ave., 



Brooklyn, N. Y. 



For page see List of Advertisers. 



Weathered Co., 4b - and 48 Marion St., 



New York. 



For page see List of Advertisers. 



Foley Mfg. Co., 471 \Y 23d St . Chicago. 



For page see List of A d vertisers. 



The Chicago Lifter. 



J. C. Monlnger Co.. 421 Hawthorne Ave., 



Chicago. 



VERBENAS. 



H. F. Mlchell Co., Philadelphia, Pa. 



For page see List of Advertisers. 



WHOLESALE FLORISTS. 

 Boston. 



For page see List of Advertisers. 



N. F. McCarthy & Co., 84 Uawley St., Bos- 

 ton. 



George A. Sutherland Co., 34 Ilawley St., 

 Boton. 



Welch Bros., 15 Province St.. Boston. 



Buffalo. 



For page see List of Advertisers. 

 Wm. F. Kastlug, 383-87 Klllcott St., Buf- 

 falo. N. Y. 



Chicago. 



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 J. A. Budlong, 37 Randolph St., Chicago. 

 E. H. Hunt. 7U-78 Wabash Ave., Chicago. 

 Chas. W.McKellar, 51 Wabash Av., Chicago. 

 Peter Reiuberg, 51 Wabasb Av., Chicago. 

 A. L. Randall Co., 21 Randolph St., Chicago. 

 Wletor Bros., 51 Wabash Av., Chicago. 

 Vaughan & Sperry, UO Wabash Av., Chicago. 

 E. F. Wlntersou Co., 45. 47, 49 Wabash 

 Av., Chicago. 



Cincinnati. 



Ohio Cut Flower Co., 129 E. 3d St. 



Wru Murphy, 128 E. 3d St. 



Detroit. 



For page see List of Advertisers. 

 Michigan Cut Flower Exchange, 38 & 40 

 Miami Av. Wm. Dllger, nigr. 



New York. 



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 Bonnot Bros., 55-57 West 20th St., New 



York. 

 J. S. Fenrlcb, 48 W. 30th St., New York. 

 Ford Bros., 48 West 28tb St., New York, 

 id. E. Fromeut, 57 W. 2Stb St., New York. 

 Alex. J. (Juttniuu, 43 West 2Mb St. 

 E. C. Uoran, 55 West 28th St., New York. 

 Philip F. Kessler, 55 W. 2btb. St., New 



York. 

 Julius Lang, 53 West 30th St., New York. 

 A. 11. Laugjahr, 55 W. 28th St., New York. 

 James McMauus, 50 W. 30th St., New York. 

 Chas. Millaug, 50 West 29th St., New York. 

 Frank Millaug, 55-57 W. 2uth St., New 



York. 

 A. Moltz, 55-57 W. 20th St., New York. 

 John J. Perkins, 115 W. 30th St., New York. 

 John i. Rayuor. 49 W. 28th St., New York. 

 W. F. Sheridan, 39 W. 28th St.. New York. 

 Traendly & Schenck, 44 W. 28th St., N. Y. 

 A. L. Young & Co., 54 W. 2Stb St., N. Y. 

 John Young, 51 W. 28th St.. New York. 



Philadelphia. 



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W. E. McKlsslck, 1221 Filbert St., Phila- 

 delphia, Pa. 



Leo Nlessen Co., 1217 Arch St., Phila- 

 delphia, Pa. 



S. S. Pennock, 1612-18 Ludlow St., Phila- 

 delphia, Pa. 



Pittsburg. 



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Pittsburg Cut Flower Co., Ltd., 604 

 Liberty St., Pittsburg, Pa. 



J. B. Murdoch & Co., 545 Liberty St., Pitts- 

 burg. 



ANNOUNCEMENT. 



John M. Stevens. Palisades Nurseries, 

 Sparkhill. X. Y. 



Kit page see List >t Advertisers. 



CANNAS, TUBEROUS ROOTED BE- 

 GONIAS. 



A. T. Boddington, New York. 

 For page sir I. is! of Advertisers. 



CARNATION ARISTOCRAT. 



Chicago Carnation Co., Joliet, Hi. 

 For page see i.i-i of Advertisers. 



CARNATIONS, ROOTED CUTTINGS. 



Wm. Swayne, Kennett Square, Pa. 

 For page see List of Advertisers. 



CHRYSANTHEMUMS. 



Nathan Smith & Sun. Adrian. Mich. 

 For page see List "f Advertisers. 



FLOWER POTS. 



Hilfinger Bros., Ft. Edward. X. Y. 

 For page see List of Advertisers-. 



HEATING APPARATUS. 



William II. Luttt lersey City, N. J. 



For page see Lis1 of Advertisers. 



WANTS. 



GOOD MEN 



When you need goo r men, 

 skilled or unskilled, \> ite: 



THOS. H. 

 BAMBRICK 



34 South 7th Street, Philadelphia 



Help of all kinds, including that for 

 Florists, Nurserymen, Seedsmen and the 

 Horticultural trade generally. 



WANTED TO RENT— Three or four 

 greenhouses and grounds in the vicinity of 

 Boston. Address M. B., care of HORTI- 

 CULTURE, 11 Hamilton Place, Doston. 



WANTED — First-class foreman for Rose 

 Houses, experienced in American Beauty 

 growing. Married, Salary at first $75.00 

 per month with bnuse. Address Rose 

 House, care HORTICULTURE, Boston. 



WANTED— First class store man, one 

 who is good decorator and maker-up. Must 

 also take care of small conservatory and 

 do some planting in spring. State salary 

 expected, age, etc. Address Lewis, care 

 HORTICULTURE. 



WANTED— Two young rose growers to; 

 commercial place near Boston, to take 

 charge of section each, tinder foreman. 

 Write, giving references, and state w.i^rs 

 required, to It., care HORTICULTURE, 

 11 Hamilton Place, Boston. It 



WANTED — By all-around greenhouse 

 man. mi. Idle age. Protestant, American, 

 strictly temperate, trustworthy, honest, 

 willing to work; wages, si.", pur month 

 will, board ami lodging. Southern New 

 England preferred. Address B. H., Hoar, 

 P. ii. i:..x ^:;i Fitchburg, Mass. It 



YOU 1 

 WE J 



I ORDERS 

 {ADVERTISING 



LET US GET TOGETHER 



GREENHOUSE HEATING AND 

 BOILERS. 



A paper read by Chas. W. Cary before the 

 Lenox Horticultural Society. 



The heating of glass structures has 

 always been and still is a matter of 

 greatest importance to those interested 

 in the growth of plants, fruits and 

 flowers. 



The perfect and economical heating 

 of greenhouses is something that must 

 be looked into very carefully, as on 

 this depends in a great measure the 

 success of the gardener or florist. 



At a very early period in the world's 

 history the Romans were acquainted 

 with the method of heating rooms and 

 buildings by means of flues. This 

 was adopted for greenhouse purposes, 

 there being nothing at the time that 

 would answer so well. This system 

 was and still is, a poor one at the best, 

 and the objections were so numer- 

 ous that those interested were on a 

 lookout for something better. The 

 origin of the introduction of hot water 

 as a means of diffusing artificial heat 

 appears to be hidden in considerable 

 obscurity. It appears, however, to 

 have been first used in France for 

 hatching chickens, in the year 1777; 

 it may have been used before that 

 time, but there is no definite informa- 

 tion as to its use previous to that date. 

 It was at that time in a very crude 

 condition, and did not give much sat- 

 isfaction for a long time, and it seems 

 to have made very little progress for 

 about forty years. In 1817, it was in- 

 troduced into England, and has kept 

 advancing and improving in iavor un- 

 til at the present day it is considered 

 far ahead of every other method of 

 heating. Water is one of the best heat 

 conductors known, and it will rapidly 

 absorb the heat from the fire and con- 

 vey it by means of pipes to the most 

 distant parts of the house. Hot water 

 therefore presents one of the best 

 mediums known for heating purposes. 

 It gives a uniform temperature, spread- 

 ing evenly throughout the houses a 

 mild and humid atmosphere, second to 

 none for the growth of plants, fruits 

 and flowers. 



The motive power which produces 

 circulation of the water is the unequal 

 pressure on the return pipe, in conse- 

 quence of the greater specific gravity 

 of the water in the descending pipe 

 over that in the boiler and the ascend- 

 ing pipe alter the fire is started. Let 

 us suppose heat be applied to a hot 

 water boiler, a dilation of the volume 

 of water takes place and it becomes 

 lighter, the heated particles rising up- 

 wards through the colder ones which 

 sink to the bottom by their greater 

 weight, they in turn becoming heated, 

 expand and ascend to the surface. As 

 soon as the water in the boiler thus 

 acquires heat, the cold water in the 

 return pipe at the bottom of the boiler 

 is pressed with a force equal to the 

 difference of temperature between the 

 ascending and descending particles. 

 By means of this unequal pressure the 

 water is forced to circulate through 

 the lines of pipes, and will continue to 

 circulate so long as the water in the 

 return pipe is colder and therefore 

 heavier than that which leaves the 

 boiler through the flow pipe, and as the 

 water in the pipes is constantly part- 

 ing with its heat, both, by radiation 

 and conduction, while that in the 

 boiler is constantly receiving addi- 



