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The Florists^ Review 



AnausT 2, 1917. 



KANSAS CITY, MO. 



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The Market. 



An unusually large quantity of fu- 

 neral work brought a week of good busi- 

 ness; in fact, flowers were actually 

 scarce at the end of the seven days. 

 Gladioli held the center of the stage 

 last week, but it was necessary to mix 

 in delphiniums and other outdoor blooms 

 to make the supply go around. Bloom- 

 ing plants had a dull time of it last 

 week. The hot, dry weather is ex- 

 pected to cut down the receipts consid- 

 erably. 



Various Notes. 



A. Elberfield is receiving some extra 

 fine asters and out at his farm the men 

 are picking 2,500 good peas daily. Mr. 

 Elberfield has been doing extremely 

 well in oil investments. 



Some of the best gladioli in the mar- 

 ket have come from the nursery of 

 M. E. Chandler. The proprietor left 

 this week for a two weeks' fishing trip 

 in the Ozark mountains. 



Another vacationist is W. J. Barnes, 

 who is enjoying the cool breezes in 

 Colorado for two weeks. The stock at 

 Barnes' range is in the pink of condi- 

 tion. Henry Kusik also chose Colorado 

 for his vacation. 



A liberal quantity of funeral work 

 had the force of the W. L. Rock Flower 

 Co. fully occupied last week, a number 

 of the workers being at the summer 

 resorts. 



Arthur Newell says that business last 

 week panned out well, thanks to a 

 good batch of funeral orders. The boss 

 recently returned from a week at 

 Excelsior Springs. W. J. B. 



OAKLAND, MD. 



Nestled among the Alleghany moun- 

 tains of Maryland, near Oakland, are 

 the greenhouses of the H. Weber & Sons 

 Co. More than 100,000 feet of glass 

 glisten in the sun, the houses being at 

 an altitude of 2,500 feet, and there are 

 350 acres of intensely cultivated land. 

 The products of the range are sold by 

 the three stores of the company, at 

 Oakland, Md., and Clarksburg and Fair- 

 mont, W. Va. Roses of wide variety 

 are grown, as well as carnations and 

 decorative greens. Lilies are produced 

 in large quantities, about 160,000 bulbs 

 being forced annually. To do this with 

 greater ease a cold storage plant is be- 

 ing erected, in addition to the one al- 

 ready on the premises. The new sys- 

 tem will be of the ammonia and brine 

 type. 



William Weber, who is in general 

 charge, says that the company has 

 found it profitable to grow cauliflower. 

 A plot of twenty acres is devoted to 

 this vegetable, which is marketed at a 

 good price in Baltimore, Washington, 

 Philadelphia, New York and Pittsburgh. 

 Many other crops are grown on the 

 farm, and to save labor and expedite 

 the work a large tractor is employed. 

 A special truck is used to haul the 

 products to Oakland, two miles distant. 

 The Clarksburg and Fairmont stores 

 are under the management of the 

 Misses Weber. Ralph Weber, the 

 junior member of the company, is in 

 charge of the motor vehicles. 



The question of fuel is a simple one 

 at Oakland. A sufficient quantity of 

 natural gas may be had to heat the 

 houses. During the cold snap last 

 February, and for the first time in nine 



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years, the company used coal, which is 

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 per ton. 



Oakland is a, mountain resort with 

 many fine hotels and is well patronized 

 by people of the eastern cities. The 

 splendid state roads leading to the city 

 bring many tourists during the season. 





I 



Skinner System Installed at 

 Total Cost of Only 

 $125.00 per Acre. 



Following is an extract from a letter 

 from E. V. Dane Estate. Brookline, 

 Mass.: 



"The cost of installation, figur- 

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 about $125.00 per acre. Theactual 

 outlay was for pipe, nozzles, etc., 

 etc., as the work was performed 

 at a time when the labor of our 

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 for other work." 



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 Clinch, ditto 13 cents per foot 



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GANSEVOORT MARKET. NEW YORK 



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5.000 $1.35 per 1000 



10.000.... 1.10 per 1000 



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