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The Florists' Review 



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NASHVILLE GROWER'S BENCHES. 



Lasting Construction Most Profitable. 



\Vc )i;i\c ic;i(l with iiitcicsf tlic Miti- 

 1 Ics in 'riic K('\i('\\ on ronrrctc hcnclics. 

 ('(incictc Immm-Iics Imilt |ii(i|uily ;ii'c ex 

 |M'nsi\(', hut. for those wiiu ciin all'onl 

 tlioin, tlu'v ;irc the l^cst in\cstnH'nt. 

 'I'lircc ycjirs mi^o wc liclicvcd the tini<' 

 \\:is ;it li;ini| for much licttiT houses, of 

 nioi<' lasting ni;i terials. an(| toilii.v we 

 niaintnin we were lii^ht. Iliid we mi- 

 \ estecl tiu' money in ojil st\le Imuses, 

 no (lonl't we should lod;i\' lie sull'eriiiii 

 I 'iitn l;iek of ;i m;iil<et for oui- foses •iml 

 <;ii'n;i tioris. Hcttei houses ;ihi| fewci- 

 houses is our w;itc!iword. 



W'e h;i\t' n i^oocl nh! pl.-ire i>\' ;il)out 

 r,n,{\iu\ teet, oi'dinn 'i ly Iniilt. At our 

 new |ii;iiit we h;i\e tl'e must modem 

 innteriiils nnd consti'uction that money 

 would I lovide. :ind do not reyret ;i rent 

 we put into tliem. ')ur liemdies are eon 

 irete, made in W(io(| nn)Ms. 



Making the Benches. 



We have eiiouj;li forms so that tliree 

 men can fill half of fhein in one day 

 ;ind the other half tlie next. The third 

 day they take the eonerete hhndis ou* 

 of the first half of the molds and Taei< 

 1 hem n|p. ami fi'om then on i<ee|i tliem 

 s|.riid<h'd well until tiu'y ha\i' haidenei! 

 correct Iv. 



The side Loards of the tienches tapei' 

 from to|i to liotlom, ;ind so need no 

 |ioiiltr\ wire, which we think is troulde- 

 some to yet into correct shajie an<l does 

 not add much strength. l'>y nuaiis id' 

 the tajiered side we (dtain a thi(d\noss 

 of aliout tw(i an(| on<' halt' in(die>> 

 through the corner ;in!.;!e. 



We jiet a yoocl finish on our liemdies 

 liy mixing the concrete to a slushy c(oi 

 sistency instead of semi dry, maUin;^ tiie 

 finisheil work so much more solid. Thus 

 the steel reinforcing is thoiduyhly |iro 

 tected. Not one s|ietd\ of rust lias a|p 

 I't'aroil, as it does when the concrete is 

 mixed semi-diy. .\s the com-rete foniieil 

 from a semi diy mixtuic is porous, the 

 nianiire anil water' must excntuallx' eat 

 out tlie steel rods in it The fact that 

 the Idocks are not jiorons cjoes not harm 

 our plants, for we have the hest ciirna- 

 tions in Xasluille anil onr loses :ire 

 the hest we ha\e (•\er liad. We space 

 the cross-pieces ahout tlire(>-eiyhths of 

 an inch apart and so ohtain ample 

 drainage 



The Cost. 



W'r lia\e t.!MHi liiie.-il feet of concrete 

 lieiiciies, fi\f feet wide. The hottom is 

 one and one eiyhth inches thick. Th<> 

 sides ;ire one and one eii^lith inches at 

 1'tie top and taper, on the inside, to one 

 and two tliirds indies .at tht hottom. 



This hencli. nearly a mile lnii<i if 

 stretched out in a sttaijjht line, is 

 worth e\ cry dollar put into it, and will 

 he at its hest when the second j^enoru- 

 tion, and jN'rhajis the third, succt»eds 

 us in tile husiness. Sucli is our faith 

 in |iro|ieily made concrete henclies. 'I'he 

 I ost was as f(dlows: 



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Screeninj^ (small stones and dust, 

 lunnini; ahoiit two-thirds chips 

 (d' liaid stone and one-tiiird 

 dust I, at .+ l.ln per cuhic yard .* duo 



rortlainl i-ement, at +^1.111 pei- liar 



rid "ID 



Twisted steel rods, ' j incii and 



■■'■s iiudi K-Mi 



i'oi'ms, I'lHi in nnmiier L'nn 



I .a iioi , common ^i I'l 



Total +:;,<is(i 



We did OUI' own >uper\ isini;. and si) 

 the last item is onlv t'or oi'dinarv lahor. 

 The ste(d rods form the laiyesi item id' 

 rost. hut that is the olace to he liiii'ial. 



Construction. 



To sink tilt Mills ill place, we n^e a 

 home-made Liauue. in the sha|ie ot' a 

 chisel with a yroo\e in the hlade to fit 

 the rod. It cm tlu'ii he iii> other place 

 than the ceiitei- ol' the piece of work, 

 so that we thus insure correct sjiaciii^ 

 of the rei II forci n;^. In the cross pieces 

 there are three ''s inch twisted stetd 

 hars, one in the middle .-ind one threc' 

 inches to each side of it and two iiudies 

 I roni the edyc (d' tlii' |iiece. In the 

 finch strinjicr there are two '-j-iiKdi 

 twisted steid itdnforcenieiit rods two 

 imdies .apart and an inch f'roni the ed^e. 

 The jposts on wliich the strin;^! is rest 

 are six teet ajiart. <)t!:or inea-urements 

 and details (d' construction m.ay he 

 ;;aiiiei| from the acci)m|ia iiy iiii; diayr iiii, 

 showing a cross-section of a heinh. The 

 photoyiaidi re|>r<)iliiceil herewith shows 

 our rose plants on some of our concrete 

 iieiiches. Mclntyre I'lmal < 'o. 



WILL NOT PRODUCE SEEDS. 



We .are sending \ on a section of a 

 seed cone from our cyc.as jdant, ('yc.as 

 ciicin;ilis, from the \\-a>\ Indies, ;ilid 

 should like to know how tlie seeds are 

 trejited in the propay.atioli of the pl;ints. 



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Wo havo fjrown this pl.ant from n tiny 

 specimen, honj^ht ahout thirty y(>ai'- 

 ayi). This is the first seed to appe.a) 

 and we shall he i^ri'atly pleased if we 

 can start some new plaiit-^. 



L. W. ('. \ S. Ohio, 



.\inoiij,; the iiiemheis ot' the cyca- 

 family the male and female Mowers are 

 f'(»uiid on separate jilaiil--, and the fact 

 that the plant in i(uesliiiii is hearing a 

 cone pro\ OS it to he a male. Tliese 

 cones are composed ot ^rale-- simil.ar to 

 the specimen forwarded, and on the lin 

 der side (d' the scale near the hase are 

 located the anthers, nut yet open. The 

 female in llorescence i'^ in the I'oriii ot' a 

 tuft of short, woolly growths that look 

 somewhat like imperfect leaves, and 

 on ceitaili portions around the edye-. id' 

 these yrowth> the seeds are I'ormed. the 

 latter heariiiL; some slight lesem Idaiice 

 to a ri pe horse chi'sl nut. 



l-'iom these l'act>, I re^l^•I to >a\ tliat 

 the ]daiit in ipiestion will not produce 

 aiiv seeds. W. 11. T. 



LIABILITY FOR FROZEN STOCK. 



The law coiiceriiin;; the liahility nl' a 

 I a i I w .a y or ex|iress coiii|ialiy tui the l'i~> 

 ol a shipnient hy free/iii'.^ ilurin^ a 

 Idizz.aid ill the ciMirse id' transportation 

 is snmineii up hy the ()klahiiiiia Supreme 

 i( lirt in the recent ca~e ol' Iheytus \ -;. 

 St. Louis tV S;in I'ra nci--io l,'\. ( 'o., lit 

 I'acific lu porter ~~'.'i. In thi^ case the 

 lailwai' company ih'iiied li;ihilit\ on the 

 ■ground tiiat the loss coinpl.aiiied of hy 

 pl.aintiff w.as due to an ail ot' (iod. hut 

 the ciMirt deciihd that, althmii/li ''a 

 carrier is not liahle for dani.aycs result 

 ine- sohdy Ironi an act ot' (ioi|,"' the ;ict 

 must not only he the pioxim.ate cause 

 ot' the lo^s, hut it must lie the sole 

 cause. It, liowe\('i, the injury is caused 

 hy :in act of (iod, coiiini in::n'd with tht! 

 nejiliyence of the defeiidant. as an efli- 

 I lent ami contrihutiny coiicuiient c.ause, 

 and tin- iiijurv would not ha\«' occuried 

 except tor such neiiliyeiice, the company 

 will he liahle. So ihe court liiids that 

 it the |o>> is attrihiifalde to ntyli;;eiit 

 de|;iy in making didiNcry, exi>tence ol' a 

 hli//.ard will not excuse the carrit'i's 

 liahility for a loss hy free/iiiL: which 

 would |ia\e heell axoided li\ proper de- 

 li\i'r\. The same principle h,as heeii ap 

 jdied to loss of frei-^ht in llood^. .*^. 



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Diagram of Concrete Bench as Built by the Mclntyre Floral G). 



