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HORTICULTUR F 



March 1, 1913 



ILLINOIS STATE GREENHOUSES. 



The illustrations here presented 

 show the new greenhouses recently 

 erected by the Foley Manufactur- 

 ing Company at the Illinois State 

 Experimental Station at Urbana. Pho- 

 tograph designated as "A" shows 

 the agronomy greenhouse. The main 

 building here is 42' by 120', this being 

 a full iron flat-rafter greenhouse with- 

 out any interior supports and is a very 



experimental work being conducted 

 out doors. The wire house will be 

 practically the same as the end sec- 

 tion of the greenhouses. 



Photograph "C" shows in the dis- 

 tance, first the house which is de- 

 scribed as being at the extreme east 

 end of the range. Next to it follows 

 up two more houses connected, form- 

 ing the vegetable range. The smoke 



Flower Market Reports 



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Business c o n - 

 WASHINGTON tinues very sat- 

 isfactory. There 

 is plenty of stock in nearly all vari- 

 eties. The present stock of single 

 violets seems to be neaiing an end 

 and locally-grown American Beauty 

 roses are very scarce. Prom present 

 indications there will be a plentiful 

 supply for the Easter trade. "The sup- 

 ply of bulbous stock will be heavy 

 and roses are being so timed as to be 

 in full crop at the appointed time. Al- 

 ready are orders being placed for 

 Easter lilies at $12.50 per hundred. It 

 is expected that good business will 

 result from the inaugural festivities 

 regardless of the fact that President- 

 elect Wilson is opposed to dances, 

 balls and receptions. Unless his at- 

 titude changes somewhat, the social 

 life in the capital will be quiet during 

 the next four years. 



fine piece of work considering the con- 

 ditions, namely the fact that it had to 

 be built on a brick foundation, which 

 originally supported two old green- 

 houses. 



The photograph marked "B" repre- 

 sents a type of greenhouse especially 

 adapted for the Department of Plant 

 Breeding. This house has large double 

 doors on both ends, it being the inten- 



stack in the distance shows the tem- 

 porary heating plant. The heating for 

 this long range when completed will 

 come from a single plant already in- 

 stalled from a quarter to half mile 

 away from the greenhouses. This 

 photograph "C" was taken during the 

 process of construction, this range be- 

 ing now almost finished. There is a 

 large palmhouse on the foundation 



tion of the College to lay rails on the 

 ground to operate cars handling tubs 

 or plant boxes with large plants, pushr 

 ing same in and out of the greenhouse 

 as necessary in their work. To the 

 south of this plant breeding house 

 there is being erected a large wire 

 house for the purpose of keeping away 

 birds which would interfere with the 



' shown in this picture. This palm- 

 house is SO' x 408' with curved eave 

 roof. This range in its present unfin- 

 ished condition shows to one experi- 

 enced in greenhouse structures that 

 the State of Illinois has now prac- 

 tically what is conceded the finest 

 range of houses for this purpose built 

 in the United States. 



NEWS NOTES. 



Rutherford, N. J A new orchid 



house, recently finished by Julius 

 Roehrs Co., now houses nearly 5000 

 plants of Cattleya gigas. A storage 

 shed covering on area of an acre or 



more has been added to the nursery 

 department. 



Fairfield, Conn. — The greenhouse of 

 Henry Newhall has been purchased by 

 C. P. Loder and is being moved to 

 another location. 



PERSONAL. 



A. Zirkman. of M. Rice Co., has re- 

 turned from an extended trip through 

 the south, and is at home enjoying a 

 well-earned rest. 



W. H. Collins is now manager of the 

 floral department of Howard & Smith, 

 Los Angeles, Cal. He was formerly 

 with Dieterich &. Turner. 



Mr. and Mrs. Luther Collamer of 

 Rochester, N. Y., who have spent the 

 winter in San Diego, Calif., are ex- 

 pected home early in March. 



Des Moines, la. — Miss Perle B. Ful- 

 mer has received the government ap- 

 pointment as supervisor of music in 

 Sherman Institute, Riverside, Cal. 



Benjamin A. Snyder, salesman for 

 H. M. Robinson & Co., Boston, and 

 Miss C. Sigalman, a popular young 

 lady of Everett, were married on Feb- 

 ruary 25th. 



Robert Shoch, traveling representa- 

 tive of M. Rice Co., and Miss Malyon 

 Price Faulkner, were married on Sat- 

 urday, February 22nd, at the home of 

 the bride's parents. 4929 Warrington 

 avenue, Philadelphia. After an ex- 

 tended wedding tour through the 

 south, they will reside at 4925 War- 

 rington avenue. 



Boston visitors: Wm. Angus, Buz- 

 zard's Bay. Mass.; W. R. Cobb, of 

 Lord & Burnham Co., New York City. 

 Rudolph L. Roehrs, Rutherford, N. J.; 

 W. A. Vanicek, Newport, R. I. 



NEWS NOTES. 



The Panama-Pacific Exposition man- 

 agement is to offer as a trophy a cup 

 of the valuation of $1000, to the origi- 

 nator of the finest new and unnamed 

 rose exhibited at the Panama-Pacific 

 International Exposition in 1915, the 

 rose to receive its name from the com- 

 mittee appointed by the board of di- 

 rectors. 



Auburn, R. I.— The J. A. Budlong & 

 Sons Company, rose growers, are 

 cutting ice to take care of their busi- 

 ness next summer. The crop is not 

 very desirable, being only six inches 

 thick, but owing to the late season, 

 the harvesting is being rushed to 

 make the best of it. 



