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The Rotists' Review 



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Ground Plan of Completed Portion of the New GuUett Range. 



for miles around. One chimney is five 

 feet in diameter inside at the top and 

 110 feet high; the other is seven feet 

 inside at the top and towers 160 feet 

 above, ground. These have a total ca- 

 pacity of 2,500 horsepower. 



The boilers in this building are set 

 two in a battery and there are three 

 batteries at present installed. Each 

 battery is 300 horsepower. The boilers 

 are of the horizontal return tubular 

 type and are all connected with one 

 steam header. 



After leaving the boiler room, one 

 enters the big packing room. Here are 

 all the modern conveniences needed for 

 a big range. The refrigerating appa- 

 ratus is large enough -for 1,000,000 

 square feet of glass. It is a 2-room 

 box, built right into the building. Each 

 room is 12x20 feet and fitted with 

 tables and shelves. 



The packing room is fitted up with 

 tables for packing, bins for supplies, 

 scales, balconies for storage of boxes, 

 etc. On one side is a private office for 

 the manager and shipping clerk. Above 

 this office there are t^o bedrooms of 

 ample size. At one end a lavatory has 

 been installed for the men. Another 

 and larger room is fitted up for the 

 seven steam pumps which handle the 

 heating and watering systems. This 

 room is enclosed with glass, and the 

 maze of piping, valves, oilers, pumps, 

 etc., is bewildering to the uninitiated. 

 The outfit, however, is said to be sim- 

 ple and easy to handle. 



Some Appreciative Visitors. 



Under the guidance of the manager 

 of the range, Adolph Nielsen, a party of 

 visitors recently left the big service 

 buildings and started through the green- 

 houses. The range has been carefully 

 mapped and each bench, section ajgd 

 house i« numbered^ 88 ftidieated pftlw 

 in the accompanying sketch. 



Entering house No. 9, the visitors 

 walked west oh a broad cement walk 

 over which several large pipe lines were 

 laid on pipe-Mches. The arches were 

 neatly painted *nd the pipes were all 

 covered with asbestos. 

 ^ House No. 9 i$ 30x417 and divided, 



like all the other houses, into two sec- 

 tions. The east end is section 17 and 

 the west end is section 18. In section 

 17 the empty benches were being made 

 ready for grafting and for Manetti 

 stock. Section 18 was planted with 

 chrysanthemums, comprising three 

 benches of pompon and single varieties. 

 There was also one bench of Bonnaffon 

 and one bench of Charles Bager. By 

 means of the center walk between the 

 sections, house No. 10 was next entered. 

 It, also, was planted to chrysanthe- 

 mums. One bench of Unaka and one 

 bench of White Chadwick looked ex- 

 ceptionally well. Two benches of Im- 

 proved . Chadwick also were coming 

 along finely. Other varieties in this 

 house were Golden Chadwick, Alice 

 Salomon, Harvard, White Jones, Yellow 

 Jones, Lynnwood Hall and Chieftain. 

 A full bench was given to each of these 

 varieties. 



From house 10 the visitors passed 

 into No. 11, the big new 60-foot house 



finished in August. This house con- 

 tained the wind-up of ,the carnation 

 planting. There are teh benches, 250 

 feet long, in section 21 and the same 

 number in section 22. The house was 

 planted with three benches of Nebraska- 

 Red, four benches of white varieties, 

 two benches of Alice and two benches 

 of Enchantress Supreme. The balance 

 was made up principally of Ward and 

 Enchantress varieties. This big house 

 was certainly a pleasing sight. The 

 plants were not high enough to obstruct 

 the view and the green in the benches 

 contrasted beautifully with the white- 

 painted building. Never did a green- 

 house and the plants in it seem to af- 

 ford BO perfect a view. It was worth 

 the whole visit just to stand in this 

 house and look around admiringly. 



Among the Early Mums. 



The construction of house No. 12 was 

 just being started, so the callers re- 

 traced their steps to house No. 8. Sec- 

 tion 16 was planted with chrysanthe- 

 mums. At the time of the visit, Sep- 

 tember 12, Golden Glow had been cut 

 from for three weeks and there were 

 still a large number of elegant blooms 

 on the bench. There was a bench of 

 Smith's Advance in bloom and another 

 bench that would be ready to cut in 

 another week. A bench of October 

 Frost in this house looked exception- 

 ally well. In section 15, Bonnaffons 

 were the main item and these were 

 coming along in good shape. In house 

 7, section 14, there were five more 

 benches of chrysanthemums, consisting^ 

 of Golden Glow, Golden Wedding, 

 Chrysolora and Maud Dean. This house 

 was one of the first planted and some of 

 the varieties had been cut from for 

 three or four weeks. Section 13 of 

 this house looked rather vacant, with 

 the exception of about 1,500 White Kil- 

 larney and Richmond plants left over 

 from the grafted rose stock. The men 

 were at work getting benches ready 

 for propagating carnations. 



The next house in order was No. 6, 

 another of the big houses, 60x500. This 

 house was planted to carnations, and 

 of the entire bunch Nebraska Red cer- 

 tainly looked like the winner. White 

 Wonder was coming into crop in good 

 shape. Other varieties here were Belle 



A Houte of Cyclamens at the Establishment of GtiUett & Sons, Lincoln, III. 



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