NOVBMBSK 10, 1921 



The Florists' Review 



31 



LARGEST BANGE IN THE SOUTH. 



Visitors Inspect Joy Greenhouses. 



On the way home from the meeting at 

 Chattanooga a number of florists 

 stopped off at Nashville to visit the 

 greenhouses there. As the largest range 

 of glass in the south, the establishment 

 of the Joy Floral Co., on the outskirts 

 of the city, has proportionate magnetic 

 power. This range comprises nearly 

 400,000 feet of glass, grouped behind 

 the residences of the various members 

 of the family. Harold M. Joy is in 

 charge, and the appearance of the houses 

 and condition of the stock denote the 

 careful training he received under his 

 father and other noted growers. By 

 him, however, the credit is given to his 

 .^foremen, one in charge of roses, another 

 of the carnations and still another of 

 the chrysanthemums and pot plants. 



Carnations the Cynosure. 



Of particular interest to visitors is 

 the new white carnation, named for the 

 father of the present heads of the Joy 

 Floral Co., Thomas C. Joy. Deliveries 

 of rooted cuttings of this seedling will 

 begin next January. Already the great 

 number of orders booked cover the 

 larger part of the possible output. Since 

 it was disjilayed at Washington last 

 January, the trade 's interest in this car- 

 nation has been keen. Its productive- 

 ness and strong growing qualities are 

 two points in its favor. Then, too, it 

 has demonstrated its excellent shipping 

 and keeping qualities. Its unusually 

 strong fragrance, of the pleasant cin- 

 namon sort, has appealed to the public 

 in Nashville and other cities where it 

 has been sold in retail stores. The fact 

 that it does not burst its calyx is ob- 

 served also. Those growers who have 

 seen the variety growing at Nashville 

 and other places have put in their re- 

 quests for cuttings in the spring. Still 

 more will have an ()])portunity to see 

 some plants of it, if uotliing befalls 

 them, when the American Carnation So- 

 ciety meets at Hartford, Conn., next 



January. A dozen plants have been 

 grown in boxes that can be crated and 

 shipped to the meeting. About 30,000 

 plants of this variety occupy benches at 

 the Joy range, and 45,000 cuttings are 

 now in the sand. 



Interest was also manifested in the 

 other carnation shown at the Chatta- 

 nooga meeting, a seedling now under 

 number, 17-73, which it is planned to 

 introduce in 1923. Four houses are now 

 filled with this, a total of about 25,000 

 plants. It is confidently expected by the 

 Joys that this variety will supplant 

 Mrs. Ward. Knowing what task that 

 will be, they have demonstrated its 

 qualities of excellence to their satisfac- 

 tion. It is a good producer and robust 

 grower, giving a sturdy flower like 

 Thomas C. Joy, that will ship well and 

 keep. Its fragrance is less pronounced, 

 but its habit of not breaking the calyx 

 is the same. The size of both varieties 

 at this time of the year, and the splen- 

 did condition of the plants speak 

 strongly in their behalf. 



Roses Prominent. 



Eoses also have a prominent place at 

 the Joy range. About 85,000 plants are 

 here, 60,000 of which occupy the houses 

 erected not long since by the American 

 Greenhouse Mfg. Co., Chicago. Milady 

 is well done liere; there are more than 

 10,000 plants. Premier, Columbia, Ophe- 

 lia, White Killarney and Double White 

 Killarney are all in good shape. Of es- 

 pecial attraction were a few plants of 

 the new Montgomery rose, Priscilla. 

 The blooms on these were large and 

 well formed, a splendid flower. 



Chrysanthemums were in noticeably 

 good shape. The houses of cyclamens, 

 grown from seed, drew attention also. 

 These were mostly dark red in color and 

 included no white. A variety of other 

 stock was similarly well grown. 



To prevent possibility of stem-rot in 

 carnations, it has' been found advisable 

 to sterilize soil. Performing this task 

 in the benches was found extremely la- 

 borious anil exi)ensive. So a large rec- 

 tangular reservoir has been constructed 



of concrete just at one end of the green- 

 houses. Through this several coils of 

 pipe run, being permanently installed. 

 The reservoir is so arranged that the 

 soil may be dumped in on one side from 

 above. On the opposite side and below 

 are openings, like windows, beneath 

 which a wagon can be halted and the 

 soil, chuted into it with some prodding 

 of the soil from above. It is anticipated 

 that this arrangement will make the 

 sterilization of the soil an easy and sim- 

 ple job. 



Grow Own Naxcissi. 



Out in the middle of the adjacent 

 cornfield is a patch of bulbs. The Joy 

 Floral Co. is one of a number of firms 

 in the south which grows enough of one 

 or two kinds to meet its own needs. The 

 bulbs grown here are Emperor and 

 Golden Spur narcissi. Sufficient are pro- 

 duced for the company's use, but since 

 it requires three years to reach the forc- 

 ing stage, a surplus for wholesaling is 

 not looked for. 



The products of the Joy range mostly 

 find an outlet through the three retail 

 stores of the company, one at Nashville, 

 one at Chattanooga and one at Atlanta, 

 Ga. At the head of this end of the busi- 

 ness is Thomas H. Joy and at the Nash- 

 ville store is Miss Lillian Joy, most ca- 

 pable in the direction of the make-up 

 of floral arrangements. This store, on 

 a principal corner of Church street, is 

 most convenient in its arrangement and 

 attractive in • its decoration. A gre.at 

 volume of business is transacted here. 

 Similarly leaders in their cities, the 

 Chattanooga and Atlanta stores furnish 

 outlets for great quantities of flowers 

 from the big range on the outskirts of 

 Nashville. 



CHATTANOOGA WIND-UP. 



Last week's telegraphic report of the 

 convention of the Tennessee State Flo- 

 rists' Assocation was so complete that 

 little is left to add save a note here and 

 there of the final day's activities. The 

 banquet which closed the two days No- 

 venilter 2 was as enjoyable as had been 



Tennessee Florists and Guests Photographed at the Chattanooga Meeting Novemter ?• 



