AUGUST 18, 1904. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



603 



FIELD-GROWN CARNATIONS. 



White: Per 100 1000 



lillllan Pond Ki.OO S5U0O 



Gov. WolCOtt 600 60.00 



Her Majesty 6.U0 60.00 



Marian 600 4600 



White: PerlOO 1000 



Queen Louise 16.00 145.00 



White Cloud 5 0a 46.00 



Pink: 

 Enchantress 8.00 70 00 



Pink: PerlOO 1000 



Fair Maid 16 UO t.'>0.00 



Alpine Glow 6 00 50.00 



Lawson COO 60.00 



Mrs. Kelson 6.00 46.00 



SAMUEL S. PENNOCK, The Wholesale Florist, 



Pink; PerlOO 1000 

 Florlana 16.00 $46.00 



Varleg'ated : 



Prosperity 600 4500 



Gaiety 6.00 46.00 



Marshall Field 7.00 .... 



PHILADELPHIA, PA. 



Mention The Review when yon write. 



and at the same time suflSciently con- 

 venient? How would this work if I 

 added to my range? I have space to 

 build on both sides of the houses and 

 hope to do so in the near future. Would 

 it be essential in this climate to have 

 potting shed joined to greenhouse? 



S. B. S. 



If in the house you wish to use for 

 carnations you were to carry a 2 1/^ -inch 

 pipe to the far end of the house, either 

 under the ridge or under the most pro- 

 tected or inside bench and at the far end 

 break it up to return through six 2-inch 

 pipes, it will give you ample heat for 

 your carnation house. 



In regard to heating the frame you 

 propose along the south side of the 

 house, I am inclined to think it will be 

 more satisfactory to run a loop of 2- 

 inch pipe along the front of the frame, 

 rather than to attempt to heat it indi- 

 rectly from the carnation house. The 

 house to carry roses and palms may be 

 piped in the same manner, but it will re- 

 quire a little more radiation. A 2%- 

 or 3-inch supply pipe can be used to 

 supply eight 2-inch pipes returning under 

 the more exposed benches. 



In regard to the location of the boiler, 

 the cloBer it can be placed to the point 

 where the heat is desired the more eco- 

 nomical will it be in fuel. The longer 

 the distance the water is forced to travel 

 the loss ctficient it becomes. Short cir- 

 cuits, which return the water quickly 

 at a high temperature, are most econom- 

 ical. While a driveway can be main- 

 tained between the boiler pit and green- 

 houses it is not to be recommended, as 

 with ordinary care in firing and good 

 construction there is little danger from 

 fire. A boiler built on the return tubu- 

 lar plan with an ample fire place and a 

 large capacity of water — i. e., contain- 

 ing a large quantity of water — will un- 

 doubtedly serve your purpose best. A 

 boiler with a capacity of 1,000 feet will 

 care for your present structures but, if 

 future needs are to be considered, add 

 500 feet to the capacity of the boiler for 

 each additional house of like dimensions 

 of those you now have. 



The main thing with a plant such as 

 you have is to secure good height for 

 the expansion tank, which should be con- 

 nected to the return pipe close to the 

 boiler and located fifteen to eighteen 

 feet above that point, if practicable. If 

 the dome of the boiler is a few inches 

 lower than the lowest point in the returns 

 that will suffice. ' L. C. C. 



AVe look for the Review each week, as 

 it is always full of honest thoughts. — 

 Hammerschmidt & Clark, Medina, 0. 



I LIKE the Review and would not be 

 without it. The only reason I did not 

 advertise in it this season was that local 

 trade took all the stock; did not have 

 enough and bad to buy through the ad- 

 vertisements in the Review ; that 's where 

 to look for what you want. — J. A. Ken- 

 ISTON, Newburyport, Mass. 



A. Plumosus Nanus. 



9^-lnoh pots, per 100, $2.60; per lOOO, 920.00. 



JOS. H. CUNMNGHAM, - DELAWARE, OHIO. 



Mttntloo The Review when yoa write. 



We find much valuable information in 

 the Review and would not care to do 

 without it. — W. G. MouLTON & Son, 

 York Village, Me. 



* * The Review has been a welcome vis- 

 itor the past year; it is very instructive, 

 just what every florist ought to have." 

 — S. M. Wyatt, Watseka, 111. 



I LOOK for the Review on Sundays 

 just as I do my meals and could do 

 without one as well as the other. — 

 Frank Imbach, Newport News, Va. 



NURSERY NEWS. 



AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF NURSERYMEN. 



Pres., E. W. Klrkpatrlck, McKlnney, Tex.; 

 Vlce-Pres., C. L. Watrous, Des Molneo; Sec'y, 

 Geo. C. Seager, Rochester; Treas., C. L. Yatea, 

 Rochester. The 29th annual convention will be 

 held at West Baden, Ind., June, 1»06. 



All hard-wooded trees require severe 

 pruning when transplanted. 



The native magnolias should only be 

 moved in spring and closely pruned. 



The western wholesale growers are 

 steadily increasing their outputs of apple 

 grafts. 



There is steadily increasing demand 

 for hardy flowering shrubs and for hardy 

 perennials. 



The birches are suitable for high, dry 

 or stony situations. Early fall is a good 

 season to plant them. 



If cherry trees are transplanted in the 

 fall, do it early, to give time to become 

 established before cold weathei-. 



The white oak requires somewhat less 

 severe pruning than other members of 

 the family which are to be moved. 



Nurserymen arc coming to the con- 

 clusion that expositions are not what 

 they have been "cracked up to be" as 

 business getters. 



C. W. Carman is visiting various cit- 

 ies in Iowa and it is reported that he is 

 contemplating the removal of his exten- 

 sive nursery business from Lawrence, 

 Kans. 



The Carolina poplar is largely planted 

 in laying out new additions to our cities, 

 because of its quick growth, but in the 

 end the American elm or pin oak would 

 generally give better satisfaction. 



The man with a hundred agents out 

 envies the fellow who gets his business 

 with a catalogue and a couple of dozen 

 stenographers, but the other one says 

 he's only working for the government. 



C. W. Ward sails August 18 to visit 

 European peony growers and nursery cen- 

 ters. 



B. E. Gage, of the Peterson Nursery, 

 Chicago, has been visiting nurseries in 

 the west and north. 



The George M. Bacon Pecan Co., De 

 Witt, Ga., has a new chestnut of unusual 

 size and ripening by August 1. 



Bloomington, III. — The foundation 

 for the new office of the Augustine 

 Nursery, which is to be erected on the 

 company's packing grounds, near the 

 depot, was commenced yesterday, and the 

 building will be pushed to completion as 

 soon as possible. 



APPLE AND PEAR SEEDS. 



I have some good apple and pear fruits^ 

 from which I would like to save the 

 seed. Kindly let me know how to take 

 care of the fruits in order to ripen the 

 seed and insure germination? 



G. A. D. 



When the fruit is ripe, the seed is 

 mature. Keep it in the fruit as long as 

 possible. Save the seed and keep it as 

 any other seed. Sow in spring and 

 ninety-five per cent will germinate. This 

 seed, in most cases, will bring only a 

 small percentage of good fruit. It will 

 pay better to buy of some reliable nur- 

 serymen trees of these or other well 

 known varieties. R. V. 



THE PECAN. 



A few years ago the pecan was a small 

 nut with a great deal of bitter, astringent 

 inner bark and great care must neces- 

 sarily be exercised to obtain the small 

 kernel free from it so that it would be 

 -palatable. The kernel was so good, how- 

 ever, that the attention of expert nur- 

 serymen was called to it and a system 

 of selection and propagation was begun 

 to enlarge the meat and if possible to 

 make the thick, hard shell thinner and 

 more delicate. Years have been spent 

 at this work, but with the finest results. 

 The thick shell has become so thin it 

 may with propriety be called a "paper 

 shell. ' ' The small meat has become so 

 large that a few nuts now weight a 

 pound. The bitter and astringent inner 

 lining has been almost entirely disposed 

 of and the meat parts from the shell 

 easily and completely separated. 



I always look forward with pleasure 

 to the Review's weekly visit. — J. B. 

 Stephens, Toronto, Ont. 



