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The Florists' Review 



Febbuaby 16. 1922 



sixty pounds pressure. The exhaust 

 steam from the pumps may then be 

 used in the low-pressure heating lines. 

 Where electrical ])Ower is available, it 

 is somewhat more desirable to generate 

 steam at low ])ressure, using a motor- 

 driven c()ml)ined vacuum and boiler feed 

 pump of the type built by the Nash 

 Engineering Co. 



Wliere Vacuum Does Best. 



The vacuum system is generally used 

 where conditions do not favor a 2-pipe 

 gravity sj'^stem. This applies mainly to 

 one story or tall buildings or to sys- 

 tems spreading over an extensive area. 

 All pipe ceils, low points in the steam 

 line, as well as the ends of steam mains, 

 must be dripped through thermostatic 

 valves, discharging into the return lines. 

 It should be borne in mind that the 

 thermostatic traps should at all times 

 be placed in a position lower than the 

 point to be drained, since the funda- 

 mental princii)le of these valves is as 

 follows: The valve is usually construct- 

 ed with a flexible metal bellows filled 

 with a volatile liquid which expands 

 when exposed to heat. This bellows 

 controls the opening and closing of the 

 valve in the trap. The valve remains 

 open at all times when water or air is 

 passing through, due to its lower tem- 

 perature, but closes immediately upon 

 steam coming in contact with the bel- 

 lows. 



As stated in the previous paper on 

 hot water heating, the forced circula- 

 tion sj'stem.of hot water heating is most 

 desirable for the comparatively large in- 

 stallations of greenhouse heating. In 

 extremely large systems some special 

 advantages may be derived from the 

 use of the steam vacuum return system. 



As stated in a former paper, the heat 

 from the water system is not so in- 

 tense as that from the steam system, 

 since the heating medium in the hot 

 water system is ordinarily of a tem- 

 perature ranging from 130 degrees and 

 lower, while the temperature of the me- 

 dium in a steam heating system must 

 range from about 212 degrees and up- 

 ward. This would not create as healthy 

 a temperature for the ])lants which are 

 near the heating coils; however, a satis- 

 factorily designed and installed sys- 

 tem of steam heating has many merits 

 worthy of consideration. 



HARTFORD, CONN. 



At the Bond hotel Thursdav, Februarv 

 9, the Hartford Florists' Cl'ub held its 

 monthly meeting. All present were 

 elated over the events of the first mid- 

 winter flower show held here. Xumerous 

 letters praising the organizjttion were 

 received from visitors who were in at- 

 tendance at the show. Approximately 

 35,000 people attended and inquiries are 

 made daily by those who attended as to 

 when and where the next meeting will 

 be held. 



Wallace Pierson, of Cromwell, Conn., 

 starts on a well planned southern trip 

 the last of February. He will visit New 

 Orleans, Miami, St. Augustine and other 

 places. He expects to enjoy deep sea 

 fishing. Roman J. Irwin, of New York, 

 will accompany him. 



Having so successfully entertained 

 those at the Carnation Society's show, 

 the Hartford florists would welcome the 

 S. A. F. here, where unlimited space can 

 be supplied at the state armory. Hart- 

 ford is located among the best growers 



of many cut flowers and, with all the 

 live-wires here cooperating, undoubtedly 

 100,000 people would view the show. 

 The public here "Say It with Flowers," 

 and in no other place could the cut 

 flower industry be advertised to better 

 advantage. 



E. S. Drake, of the Palisades Green- 

 houses, is cutting heavy crops of Purity 

 freesias, sweet peas, etc., which find a 

 readj' sale here. Several acres of straw- 

 berry plants will be grown this year. 

 Thousands of mum cuttings are being 

 made. Several thousand geraniums are 

 exjiected from California for his spring 

 trade. 



Friday, February 10, the Connecticut 

 Horticultural Society met in its rooms 

 at the county courthouse. The follow- 

 ing officers will serve for the coming 

 season: President, John Williard; treas- 

 urer, W. W. Hunt; secretary, S. H. Dem- 

 ing. The executive committee is com- 

 posed of W. W. Hunt, H. G. Hollister, 

 Mrs. S. O. Prentice, Frank C. Sumner, 

 C. H. Sierman; the publicity committee 

 is composed of Miss Anna Lorenz, Oscar 



F. Gritzmacher, W. W. Hunt and C. B. 

 MacDonald; the program committee, of 



G. H. Hollister, Frank Eoulier, C. H. 

 Sierman, Warren A. Mason and Mrs. 

 Dwight North. The program committee 

 is working up an interesting list of 

 events for the coming meetings, and 

 those members who attend will get valu- 

 able information, useful to both the pro- 

 fessional and amateur gardeners. 



Frank Eoulier, superintendent of the 

 Goodwin estate, had a fine collection of 

 Primula malacoides, P. obconica, P. 

 kewensis and P. stellata. All the plants 

 were well grown. C. B. M. 



AMERICAN ROSE SOCIETY. 



Plant Registration. 



The following rose has been offered 



for registration by E. M. Rosenbluth, 



Wallingford, Pa., and passed upon by 



the registration committee: 



Name — Greatheart; class, hybrid tea; parent- 

 age or rose, sport from Mrs. Walter Easlea 

 1917, budded 1918, under close observation In 

 open ground; description — habit of plant, vig- 

 orous and good; character of foliage, good, not 

 susceptible to spot or mildew; freedom of growth 

 and hardiness, free and branching, erect, hardi- 

 ness remarkable; flower, almost perfect, erect 

 on strong stems; color, pale flesh-shaded salmon; 

 form, excellent with high center; fragrance and 

 bud, mild, quite long bud, good in bud and 

 open flower; petalage, of good substance, nearly 

 perfect and lasting; freedom of bloom and lasting 

 qualities, reliable bloomer, wonderful keeper, 

 blooms well In spring, summer and autumn. The 

 rose is similar to an improvement on Mme. 

 Edmond Rostand, Is a more reliable bloomer, 

 lias better stems and every bud opens perfectly. 

 But it is different in having more petalage, and 

 being a better bloomer, practically every cane 

 terminus forming good bud and flower. It is 

 superior for the following reasons: As above, 

 longer stems, better form and color, more vigor- 

 ous grower, and has uniformity of bloom from 

 early to late season. 



If no objection to such registration is 

 filed with the secretary of the society 

 within three weeks after this publica- 

 tion, the registration will become perma- 

 nent. John C. Wister, Sec'y. 



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r. H. B. CALLS CONFERENCE. 



Reopens Discussion on Quarantine. 



Much interest, not to say excitement, 

 has been occasioned in various quarters 

 of the trade by a communication from 

 the c.'ipital, the exact portent of which 

 is not known. The communication 

 reads: 



"A conference is called by the Fed- 

 eral Horticultur.al Board at the United 

 States Department of Agriculture, 

 Washington, D. C, March l.-j, 1922, at 

 10 a. m., for the purpose of considering 

 the advisability of any modifications — 

 additions to or deductions from — of the 

 classes of plants permitted entry under 

 ])ermit for immediate sale under regu- 

 lation 3 of quarantine 37. Such confer- 

 ence will afford opportunity for a full 

 and free discussion of the whole subject 

 of the classes of plants involved and the 

 restrictions enforced under this regula- 

 tion. 



"Regulation 3 now provides for the 

 entry of certain classes of bulVis, repre- 

 senting eighty to ninety per cent of the 

 importations into the United States 

 jirior to the quarantine, and also of 

 stocks, cuttings and scions of fruit and 

 rose stocks, and seeds of fruit, forest, 

 ornamental and shade trees and hardy 

 shrubs. The purpose of the conference, 

 therefore, is to consider the desirability 

 of any restrictions in this list of plants 

 or additions to it. Under this regulation 

 open continuing permits are issued for 

 the plants listed. In other words, there 

 is no limitation on the number of plants 



which may be imported under such per- 

 mits." 



The many guns which have been 

 trained on the Federal Horticultural 

 Board and quarantine 37 have possi- 

 bly shaken the impregnable position 

 in which Dr. Marlatt and his associates 

 formerly declared themselves to be en- 

 trenched, to stay until a certain warm 

 locality froze over. 



On the other hand, it is suspected that 

 the board has thought of adding to the 

 list of items which are to be excluded, 

 a course often implied and once or twice 

 stated by Dr. Marlatt as contemplated 

 by that body. 



The regulation which is to be dis- 

 cussed at Washington in the proposed 

 conference is as follows: 



Regulation 3. Nursery stuck iind other plants 

 and seeds for which permit is ro(iuirod. 



The following nursery stock and other plants 

 and seeds, not Including. luAvovor, those which 

 are governed by speciiil ciii.ininlines and other 

 restrictive orders now in fiprcp. nor snoli as may 

 hereafter be made the suhlect of special quar- 

 antines, may he imported from countries which 

 maintain inspection, imder iicrmit upon com- 

 pliance with tlicse recnlafions, tint where a par- 

 ticular purpose is specified, for tliat piiriv>se and 

 no other: 



(1) Lily Imllis. lily of the valley, narcissus, 

 hyacinlliff, tulips and crocus. 



(2) Stocks, cuttings, scions and buds of fruits 

 for propagation. 



(.3) Rose stocks for propagation. Including 

 Manntti, multiflora. brier rose and Rosa nigosa. 



(4) .Nuts, including palm seeds, for propaga- 

 tion. 



(.">) Seeds of fruit, forest, ornamental and 

 shade trees, seeds of deciduous and evergreen 

 ornamental shrubs, and seeds of hardy perennial 

 plants. 



Importations of nursery stock and other plants 

 and seeds specified in this regulation, from coun- 

 tries not maintaining inspection, may be made 

 under permit upon compliance with these regula- 

 tions in limited quantities for experimental pur- 

 poses only, but this limitation shall not aiiply to 

 tree seeds. 



