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The Weekly Florists' Review. 



Decembeb 25, 1902. 



ers in order named were their new 

 •white. Innocence; Higinbotham, which 

 they had a good word for; Nelson, Gaie- 

 tyv Wolcott. Adonis is coining on in 

 great shape and possibly a shell from 

 the Indiana may strike the Brooklyn 

 amidships yet and upset all calcula- 

 tions, jlr. Lemon had already started 

 on his first batch of Adonis cuttings, 

 which are of the quality to win further 

 orders. 



Many other varieties are grown, hut 

 owing to their lateness could not with 

 justice to themselves be criticized. At 

 the time of our departure we noticed 

 Mr. Hill very busy booking the orders 

 of our crowd for Franz Deegen rose and 

 new chrysanthemums. 



James Haktsiiobne. 



(To be continued.) 



NEW GREENHOUSE AT BRIAR- 

 CLIFF, SCARBOROUGH, N. Y. 



We present herewith exterior and in- 

 terior views of the new greenhouse at 

 "BriarclitT." Scarborough, N. Y., erected 

 by the Pierson Scfton Co.. Jersey Citj", 

 N. J., and which has received much fa- 

 vorable comment. 



Tlie house runs cast and west, is .'5.5 

 by 300 feet outside measure, the inside 



branching from the mains which run in 

 a trench across the center of the house. 

 All the iron used in the house, including 

 bolts and screws, is galvanized after be- 

 ing drilled, punched, bent and fitted, so 

 OS to avoid any ungalvanized surfaces. 



The foundation consists of iron posts 

 set i feet apart in solid concrete piers, 

 a heavy angle iron base jdate being bolt- 

 ed to the posts, and to this plate steel V 

 bius .•J-lOxlixU-inch are boltetl. The U 

 bars extend from i)late to plate, the eave 

 line being bent to 16-inch radius and the 

 ridge connection being made by a cast 

 iron bracket. Tlie U bars are bolted to 

 the angle iron roof purlins, which are 

 placed from G to 10 feet apart. The sides 

 of the house at the rear and ends, ex- 

 tending from G inches below grade to 

 about 2 feet 4 inches above grade, also 

 the sides of the house at the front from 

 inches below grade to about G inches 

 above grade, are of concret* blocks fas- 

 tened to the iron frame, the blocks being 

 capped with iron sills. The walks and 

 beds are of concrete. 



The house is glazed with lGx24 gla.ss 

 laid the 24-inch way between bars, the 

 glass at the eaves being bent to fit the 

 curve of the bars. The glass is bedded 

 in putty and secured to cypress core bars 

 with zinc shoe nails in the usual way. 

 The cvpress core bar is secured to tTie 



ed after Iwing fitted and is considered 

 ])ractioalIy indestructible. The eave line 

 is exceedingly graceful as there is no 

 gutter, plate or other structural member 

 to mark the outline or to cast shade. 



The Briarcliff Greenhouses, of which 

 ifr. Paul JI. Pierson is manager, are on 

 the estate of Mr. Walter W. I^aw, situ- 

 ated on the heights back of Scarborou'.;h, 

 X. Y.. overlooking the beautiful Hudson 

 river. The greenhouses, some twelve in 

 number, are all of iron frame construc- 

 tion, varying in width from 28 feet to 

 .").") feet each, and of a uniform length of 

 300 feet. Practically the whole establish- 

 ment is devoted to the growing of Amer- 

 ican Beauty roses. The number of 

 Beauty here grown, added to those grown 

 by Mr. Pierson at the neighboring place 

 of F. R. & P. M. Pierson, of which he 

 is also the managing partner, make him 

 the largest growler of this variety in the 

 east, if not in the whole country. 



He recently invited a number of the 

 leading florists of the east to visit the 

 establishment and inspect the new house 

 and its novel construction and we pre- 

 sent in this issue a reprcxluction of a 

 group photograph taken at the time. The 

 visitors were warm in tlieir congratula- 

 tions and the general opinion was that 

 the new construction was a long step in 

 advance. 



Exterior View of the New House at Briarcliff, Scarborough, N. Y. 



width between walls being 54 feet 4J 

 inches. The height of ridge is 22* feet 

 above grade and the ridge is 22 feet 8 

 inches to the south from the north wall. 

 The grade slopes to the soutli 2 inches 

 in the width of the house, the grade be- 

 ing level lengthwise. The height of the 

 sides is G feet above grade. 



The house has eight beds, each 4 feet 

 7 inches wide and 2 feet 4 inches high, 

 and there are eight walks. 1 foot 1 1 

 inches wide and one walk 2 feet 2 inches 

 wide. The roof is supported by four lines 

 of columns, one under ridge, two under 

 front slope and one luider rear slope. 

 Tlie ridge and rear columns have lateral 

 braces c.\t ending to i)urlins and the col- 

 umns are connected across the house by 

 tie rods. The north slope of the roof has 

 three lines of angle iron purlins and the 

 south slope four lines. There are two 

 lines of vents at the ridge, each 3 feet 

 %vide, and there is a line of panel vents 

 at the south side 20 inches wide. 



The house is heated by steam through 

 galvanized H-inch wrought iron pipes se- 

 cured to the sides of the beds and 



U bar with screws. There is no wood 

 exposed on the inside of the house, ex- 

 cei>t the ridge and ventilators, and there 

 is no iron exposed on the outside except 

 the sills. All the iron and steel being- 

 galvanized no painting is required on the 

 inside, the outside being painted in the 

 usual manner. The general combination 

 of tlie various details employed secures 

 a house remarkably light, strong and 

 iliirablc. 



The fact that the original house of 

 this construction. 30x100. built at Briar- 

 cliff. in the spring of 1901. has passed 

 through one wintier and two summers 

 without a single light of glass being 

 broken by expansion or contraction or 

 because of any structural defects, re- 

 moves any doubts on this score. The 

 curved feature of the eaves prevents the 

 accumulation of ice. and it has been 

 found that ice will not form nearer than 

 i inch to the U bars on the inside of the 

 liouse. even in zero weather. Also that 

 the condensation follows the bars down 

 to the ground line and does not dri]). 

 The cypress core bar is cheniicalh' treat- 



ARAUCARIA SEEDS. 



WluMi is the best time to sow seed of 

 Araucaria exeelsa and what kind of soil 

 is best? What temperature do they re- 

 quire and how long does it take the 

 seed to germinate? C. W. E. 



The seeds of Araueaiia exeelsa do not 

 retain their vitality for a great length 

 of time, and consequently should be sown 

 as soon as they are received. 



Possibly the seeds that are to be had 

 in the early spring would be fresher 

 and more likely to germinate than those 

 purchased in the fall, but this would be 

 an uncertain matter anyway, and one 

 must dei)end on the word of the importer 

 to a great extent in regard to the fresh- 

 ness of the seed. 



The seeds should be sown in a rather 

 sandy loam, in boxes, and be covered 

 with soil to a depth of about one inch. 

 The soil should be kept moist at all 

 times and a night temperature of 60 de- 

 grees is high enough. 



Tlie frermination of araucaria seeds is 



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