DiCBMBKB 25, 1919. 



The Rorists^ Review 



73 



"• Hf florists whose cards avPMU* on tbe paces carrrlxiB tbls head* are prepared to fill orders 

 '"'— - from otber florists for local delivery on tlie usual basis. 



lO^ JiiMih^Jct^ei^ 



We are best situated to fill your orders 



in TENNESSEE 



MISSISSIPPI 



^ ^ ARKANSAS 



and parts of ALABAMA 



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Best Quality Flowers. Prompt Service. Expert Arrangement. 



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Yours for reciprocity, 



IDLEWILD GREENHOUSES 



Main Store 89 S. Main Street 



W. H. ENGLEHART, Pres. and Mgr. 



MEMBER F. T. D. 



MEMPHIS 



TENNESSEE 



SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS ^^^gSK«S.K?x^i^ 



LARGEST STOCK OF CUT FLO WERS IN 



MEMBER F. T. D. 



SOUTHWESTERN TEXAS 



several shades. Satins and velours 

 could be used if one w^ere making an 

 exceedingly elaborate and pretentious 

 display. Any of these materials can be 

 stenciled with oil if desired. The plain 

 shades are preferable to patterned ma- 

 terials. Chased leathers can be had in 

 a variety of grains if one wishes such 

 a finish on his window floor. 



Another effective floor can be had by 

 using veneer wood blocks for a par- 

 quet border and placing a large mat of 

 composition board covered with fabric 

 as a center. Indeed, there is no end 

 to the possibilities which this form of 

 floor design presents to the ingenious 

 window decorator. And the expense 

 may be as little or as much as the in- 

 dividual florist wishes. 



A TEAVELINQ GEEENHOUSE. 



There is now such a thing as a green- 

 house whose location can be changed at 

 will. To quote a writer in the Popular 

 Science Monthly, it is "like a setting 

 hen that will move from nest to nest 

 when each batch of eggs is hatched." 



The greenhouse, similarly, will move 

 from bed to bed when each batch of 

 -plants no longer needs protection. We 

 read: 



"Of course it doesn't move of its own 

 accord; but, although it weighs twenty 

 tons, it can be moved by a small boy. 

 In fact, the same small boy can move it 

 even when it is weighted down with 

 an additional fifteen tons of men. The 

 greenhouse is raised on wheels that run 

 on tracks placed about six feet apart. 

 To move it, the boy turns a wheel. In- 

 side the greenhouse are pipes and a 

 boiler for heating it, a cold water sup- 

 ply, ventilating apparatus and every 

 other greenhouse necessity. When it 

 has sheltered one batch of plants until 

 they are sufficiently strong to battle 

 with the elements, the hinged eaves of 

 the greenhouse arc lifted up and fas- 

 tened in place until the moving to a 

 younger bed is finished. Thus it passes 

 easily over the taller plants. This green- 

 houiie measures 100 feet in length, and it 

 was invented by A. Pullen-Burry, of 

 Worthing, England." 



This English invention is- not entirely 



new, for in 1911 four houses were built 

 on wheels for Albert Stahelin, at Red- 

 ford, Mich., to move on and off the car- 

 nation beds at will. Perhaps in its de- 

 tails, including complete heating equip- 

 ment and the hinged sides of the houses, 

 the Englishman's idea may be novel, 

 but American greenhouse builders ante- 

 dated the portable structure by eight 

 years. 



FOE THE TRADE'S GOOD. 



Some Suggestions. 



We have no suggestions for the bet- 

 terment of The Review. It is good as 

 it is, and we consider The Review the 

 mainspring in the whole florists' works 

 and hope it stays there. 



But there is room for improvement 

 among some of the florists themselves, 

 some growers, wholesalers and retailers. 

 It is up to the grower to cultivate only 

 the best varieties of cut flowers and 

 plants there are in the market. They 

 do not require more labor, nor do they 

 take up more room in the greenhouses, 



