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The Weekly Florists' Review. 



Mahch 12, 1903. 



latter would be the most desirable for 

 the lettuce houses of your correspondent, 

 but much depends upon the distance of 

 these houses from the steam plant. 



Henry W. Gibboxs. 

 New York. 



A PEORIA ESTABLISHMENT. 



We present herewith exterior and in- 

 terior views of the new greenhouses 

 of Mr. Henry Baer, Peoria, 111. The 

 houses are of the short roof construc- 

 tion and are 200 feet long, running 

 east and west. Each section has two 

 benches and two walks. Along the 

 north side of the range is a lean-to 

 that proves an excellent place for pro- 

 pagating and for young stock. The 

 gutters are 7 feet above the ground 

 and there are no partition walls, so it is 

 really one large liouse. A neat work 

 room, with boiler in cellar, is centrally 

 located on the north side, away from 

 the greenhouses, which is quite an ad- 

 vantage, as it casts no shade on the 

 glass. This building is connected with 

 the greenhouses by a glass passageway. 



Tlie houses are heated by hot water 

 under pressure with excellent results. 

 Two 4-inch mains run across the cen- 

 ter to supply the 3-inch flow under each 

 gutter. The returns, two IJ-inch pipes, 

 are brought back to the center where 

 they enter the main returns. Wrought 



NEW YORK. 



Qub Meeting. 



It was carnation night at the club 

 ^Monday evening and thirty-five members 

 and visitors convened at what was to 

 be the last meeting in the temporary 

 quarters on Twenty-eighth street. Here- 

 after the club will meet in its elegant 

 rooms at the Grand Opera House, cor- 

 ner Twenty-third and Eighth avenue, 

 where permanent accommodations have 

 been secured. Tlie executive committee 

 met before the regular meeting and com- 

 pleted the above arrangements, much 

 to the satisfaction of the members. 



Mr. Traendly, of the outing commit- 

 tee, reported the signed contracts for 

 the boat and Wetzel's Grove at College 

 Point, and the date Jul}- 1 for the an- 

 nual festivity. 



The secretary read the resolutions on 

 the death of the "mother of Mr. L. C. 

 Hafner, which were approved. 



Mr. Sheridan, chairman of the com- 

 mittee on "increased express charges." 

 announc-ed the restoration of the old 

 rates and cited the various influences 

 that had been employed towards the 

 achievement of this gratifying victory. 



Letters from Mr. John N. May and 

 Jlr. Duckham were read announcing 

 delav in the meeting of tRe chrvsanthe- 



of chrysatithemum blooms at the Madi- 

 son Square flower show. 



The exhibit of carnations b\' Mr. C. 

 W. Ward, of the Cottage Gardens, con- 

 sisted of two grand vases of Mrs. Theo. 

 Roosevelt, a brilliant crimson in color, 

 witli blooms three to three and one-half 

 inches in diameter, and Alpine Glow, 

 a splendid flower of Daybreak color, with 

 blooms two and one-half to three inches, 

 strong stem and delightful perfume. 

 Certificates of merit were granted the 

 exhibit, and the thanks of the club were 

 tendered Jlr. Ward. 



Mr. Elliott of the outing committee 

 here made an eloquent argument in be- 

 half of practical support from the busi- 

 ness firms of the club, and in response 

 to his convincing oratory a large amount 

 of space was taken in the programme 

 and several fine prizes were promised, 

 one of $25 by President Troy, who with 

 his usual courtesy turned over the whole 

 amotmt to be competed for by the lady 

 bowlers, Mr, Elliott announced the 

 various prize competitions, which in- 

 clude about everything in athletics, and 

 the success of the outing is already 

 assured, 



Tlie final discussion of the evening was 

 on the "canteen" question, which had 

 been postponed from month to month 

 awaiting the return of Mr. O'Mara, 



Greenhouses of Henry Baer, Peoria, 111. 



iron pipes are used throughout. A gaso- 

 line engine pumps water from a deep 

 well into a tank 20 feet above ground. 

 The engine is also used for pumping 

 liquid manure into a separate pipe sys- 

 tem. 



The plants were not housed until Octo- 

 ber 1, but are doing very well consider- 

 ing the hea\y hail last August, which 

 damaged them greatly. The cut flowers 

 grown here are consigned to C. A. Kuehn, 

 of St. Louis. 



Mr. Baer says he is very well pleased 

 with this style of building and considers 

 it most satisfactory in every way. 



The leading article in Floral Life for 

 February is entitled "Fashions and Fan- 

 cies in Table Decorations," and is writ- 

 ten by Robett Kift. It is illustrated by 

 two fine pictures of table decorations. 

 Floral Life is a very handsomely printed 

 monthly. "Devoted to Native and Orna- 

 mental Gardening," and is published by 

 Floral Life Publishing Co., Philadel- 

 phia, It is edited by S. Me^delson Mee- 

 han. 



Trot, N. Y. — John H. Duke, recently 

 made a fine display of carnations in a 

 downtown show window that was warmly 

 praised by the local press. 



mum committee on account of illness, 

 and promising a report at the April 

 meeting of the club. 



A letter from David Clarke's Sons 

 was read donating the premiums won 

 at the Madison Square Garden flower 

 show to the club's treasury, and the 

 thanks of the members were given this 

 firm for their generosity. 



Mr. Weathered announced the addi- 

 tional payments since the last meeting 

 to the guarantee fund, and on motion 

 of Mr. Sheridan, seconded and supported 

 by Messrs. Weathered and Wallace, it 

 was decided that the balance of prizes 

 and obligations be paid out of the club's 

 treasury, pending the collection of the 

 balance of the subscriptions. 



Messrs. Sheridan and Traendly were 

 authorized to sign a yearly contract for 

 the new club rooms, which they char- 

 acterized as "the best the club had ever 

 secured." The club unanimously in- 

 dorsed the action of the board of trus- 

 tees. 



John ^larshall. of Irvington. was 

 elected to membership. 



A letter was read from Jlr. W. Wells, 

 of England, acknowledging the receipt 

 of his medal, granted for his fine exhibit 



whose absence was still unavoidable, A 

 very interesting and amusing half-hour 

 was devoted to the various sides of the 

 sul>ject, and at its close the entertain- 

 ment committee was advised to "con- 

 tinue its operations on existing lines," 

 which insures the usual refreshments 

 regularly, as of yore, 



Mr. Weathered announced the death 

 of .Jos. Donohue, son of Fred. Donohue, 

 one of the club members, and a com- 

 mittee was appointed to draw up suit- 

 able resolutions. 



Mr. Hallock of Queens. Mr. Leonard 

 Vauglian of Cornell and Mr. Proctor of 

 Lenox, the club's guests, addressed the 

 club. 



The Market. 



The weather dining the last week has 

 been as delightful as any Easter en- 

 thusiast could have desired. Not a par- 

 ticle of frost, abundant sunshine and 

 just the temperature that would have 

 made the delivering of blooming stock 

 profitable and pleasurable. 



But in the wholesale cut flower sec- 

 tion of the business it was anything but 

 an Easter condition. Ice boxes were 

 crowded to the doors with the finest of 

 bloom. Evervthing was more than 



