A UTOMA TIC VENTILA TION. 



scriber to florists' literature, because he 

 reads it when he gets it, which is more than 

 many florists do. His Httle batches of soil 

 are graded to the different tastes of his 

 various patients, nis temperatures watched 

 and studied, using self registering ther- 

 mometers both for high and low. The 

 blooms from individual plants are counted 

 for comparison and guidiC in further pur- 

 chasing, his daily cut is recorded, in fact one 

 may see carried out in this miniature green- 

 house a routine that might well reoomimend 

 itself to many more pretentious commercial 

 establishments. 



In order to enable readers to judge as to 

 what has been accomplished a list is ap- 

 pended of the cut from the rose house, 

 equal success being accomplished in other 

 branches : 



CUT OF ROSES FROM 80 PLANTS, 



1903 AND 1904. 



24 Brides. 24 Bridesmaids. 



October Ill 143 



November 120 44 



December 25 46 



January 42 33 



February 20 21 



March 67 20 



April 79 48 



May 33 49 



497 404 



32 American 

 Beauties. 



13 



24 

 6 



15 



34 



56 

 137 

 105 



390 



TOTAL CUT FROM 80 PLANTS IN 3 YEARS 



1901 and 1902. 1902 and 1903. 1903 and 1904 



Brides 486 385 367 



Bridesmaids.... 410 373 404 

 Beauties 514 404 390 



1410 



1162 



1161 



This cut of roses is from the 80 plants for 

 8 months only of each season. 



In regard to mechanical ability to operate 

 automatic ventilation and heat control, if the 

 agents for the latter have had no more trou- 

 ble than those who supplied the former they 

 must think themselves lucky, the former 

 "having had only one call in three years. 

 Now, however, the madhines require and 

 are undergoing cleaning and repairs. 



Automatic ventilation where it can be 



successfully operated seems to be particu- 

 larly well adapted to a private conservatory. 

 It is well known how imperative it is in the 

 culture of flowers, especially the more deli- 

 cate varieties, to ensure an even and regular 

 temperature. Most important of all is the 

 avoidance of sudden changes which may be 

 ruinous to success. The average gentle- 

 man's gardener has a multiplicity of matters 

 to. attend to outside the greenhouse, requir- 

 ing at times his absence fro'm the premises 

 for long periods. 



It must also be remembered that the 

 larger the houses or the larger the cubic 

 contents in block the easier it is to maintain 

 an even temperature, so in a miniature 

 greenhouse such as described, with its much 

 larger proportion of outside wall surface as 

 compared with the space heated, changes of 

 temperature follow much more rapidly the 

 changes in outside coinditions, rendering 

 more vigilance necessary than in the larger 

 structure, where also at all times there are 

 persons in attendance. 



In equipping a private conservatory the 

 cost of attendance necessary to constantly 

 watch the ventilation has to be considered, 

 if anything approaching such results as re- 

 ferred to are expected. If even at a small 

 expense for automatic appliances they can 

 be kept in successful operation it is a wise 

 expenditure to install them in the first in- 

 stance. 



As designer and patentee of the automatic 

 ventilator referred to, and notwithstanding 

 that in some instances disappointment has 

 resulted, the writer, considering the many 

 favorable reports that have been received, 

 together with an increase in the numher of 

 his patrons who are able to successfully 

 operate them, is encouraged in his attempt 

 to work further improvements. 



Grass mulched orchards should seldom 

 be pastured. The grass should be cut and 

 allowed to lie on the ground. 



