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The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



Septembeb 1, 1904. 



tion ou their part seems to have arrived. 

 The fellow who brags of the big pile 

 he has made has not shown up this sea- 

 son. But as some of the causes which 

 have brought a feeling of depression to 

 florists, particularly the growers, are not 

 likely to prevail another year, a looking 

 forward for a better year coming is gen- 

 eral.— W. B. Du EiE. 



Louisiana. 



In the southern part of our country, 

 where many plants grow to perfection 

 outdoors and where roses and other flow- 

 ers bloom almost the entire year around, 

 demand for plants has been as good as 

 anywhere up north and therefore it was 

 not easy for the gardener to get over- 

 stocked. This is an ideal climate for 

 palms and almost any variety can be 

 grown outdoors with slight protection 

 against the hottest rays of the midday 

 sun. Phoenix, chamerops, Washingtonias, 

 sabals, cocos and even latanias and are- 

 cas may be grown in full sun and attain a 

 fine, healthy color. It would take two 

 and three years of careful nursing under 

 glass up north to get palms to that per- 

 fection which can be done here in one 

 year and our plants are much hardier 

 and stouter and, above all, free from in- 

 sects and fungous diseases. A good deal 

 of interest has been taken in chrysan- 

 themums and some of the best varieties 

 were grown to as good perfection here 



Kansas. 



Trade in cut flowers was good the past 

 winter, the demand greater than the sup- 

 ply. Trade was also good in plants. 

 There is some greenhouse building this 

 year, and I think there will be more next 

 year. — A. H. Whitcomb. 



Kentucky. 

 From answers to a circular letter sent 

 out the latter part of June, I learn that 

 trade has been on the increase, some re- 

 porting a twenty-five per cent increase 

 for the year. New glass is going up 

 everywhere and, while no very large ad- 

 ditions are being made, there is enough 

 to exhibit a healthful business condition, 

 — S. M. Harbison. 



Alabama. 



The season just closing has seen re- 

 markable progress in all branches of our 

 trade, the call being generally for the 

 finest quality of cut flowers. Where a 

 few years ago our citizens were content 

 to spend a few cents, they now spend 

 dollars, and it is with great satisfaction 

 I note that as soon as a new home is 

 completed the next step is to beautify 

 the grounds. The sale of palms and 

 ferns is enormous, with prices far in ad- 

 vance of those received by our friends 

 in the north, east and west. Our state 

 motto, "Here We Rest," does not apply 

 to our profession. — Amy K. Luffman. 



PLAN FOR HEATING. 



Last season I propounded some heat- 

 ing queries to the -Review and you 

 kindly offered to supply a plan for heat- 

 ing my range. I did not get it then, 

 because there was a florist here from 

 Chicago who said he could save me con- 

 siderable money. His plan was to build 

 a brick furnace and put in several coils 

 of 2-inch pipe. It took a lot of coal 

 and as much if not more work than a 

 steam boiler, without giving aa much 

 heat as we needed in the coldest 

 weather. Now we shall have to tear it 

 out and try again. 



^I have three houses, running east and 

 west, the south house 20x100, the middle 

 one 18x100, the next 22x100. These are 

 separated by four-foot partition walls. 

 The south wall is two and one-half feet 

 high, the north five feet. The gables are 

 glass. The south house is twenty-three 

 feet oyer the glass, used for carnations 

 and 52 degrees required when it is as 

 cold as 20 and 30 degrees below zero 

 outside. The second house is divided 

 by a partition across at the middle, the 

 west end without benches and used for 

 cool stock; 40 to 45 degrees will do 

 here. The north house is partitioned 

 twenty-four feet from the east end and 

 is twelve feet to ridge. The larger sec- 

 tion has both solid beds and benches, 

 for roses. Tlie small section is for 



Establishment of A. Jablonsky in Course of Erection at Wellston, Mo. 



as anywhere up north and proved a well 

 paying crop to those that ventured in that 

 undertaking. The cut flower trade has 

 been pretty good during winter and early 

 spring, but few home-grown flowers were 

 sold by our florists, as the demand has 

 been principally for northern roses, car- 

 nations, valley and other stuff, as we 

 have no one that makes a specialty of 

 growing any under glass, although the 

 demand is large enough to induce the 

 growing here. The general idea has been 

 that it could not be done profitably here, 

 but I think it could be made a success. 

 Vegetable growing for shipping to north- 

 ern markets has become quite an industry 

 in lower Louisiana. In the early part of 

 May, in two weeks' time, 37,000 barrels 

 of cucumbers were shipped out of New 

 Orleans. Grand Island and the section 

 along Barrataria Bay produces the finest 

 cauliflower in the United States. Cu- 

 cumber forcing under glass is quite an 

 item. A few are grown in frames with 

 horse manure to give the necessary tem- 

 perature, but the best are raised in spe- 

 cial houses heated by hot water and 

 prove to be a well-paying crop. There is 

 an immense demand for Louisiana hot- 

 house cucumbers during the months of 

 January, February and March and prices 

 are better than can be realized for any 

 other crop or truck. Horticulture has 

 certainly a future in Louisiana. — Harry 

 Papworth. 



Western Midiigan. 

 In consequence of the increased de- 

 mand for plants and cut flowers beyond 

 the present glass capacity of the grow- 

 ers, large additions are being built at 

 the old places and many new ones are 

 going up. To this can be added the 

 number of old plants that are being torn 

 down and rebuilt along modern lines, 

 which all attests the healthy, prosperous 

 condition of the trade in Michigan. Mich- 

 igan is noted for its violets. The past 

 season was not a very favorable one, on 

 account of the extreme low prices, yet 

 they are being more extensively planted 

 this year than ever. — Geo. F, Crabb. 



CHARLEROL PA. 



The Review has been a great help to 

 me in my business. I started four years 

 ago without any experience whatever. 

 I had two hot-bed sashes at that time 

 and have now 2,000 square feet of glass 

 in greenhouses, having built it out of 

 the profits of the business. Trade was 

 very good here last spring, everything 

 being sold out by Decoration day. There 

 are four of us in business here, with 

 about 30,000 feet of glass. Trade is dull 

 at present, nothing doing but getting 

 things in shape for fall, when we expect 

 a good demand. Jos. Haube. 



plants and requires about 55 degrees. 

 At the northwest corner is the office. 

 Back of this is a house 12x24 for palms, 

 and back of this, about -midway of the 

 plant, is the boiler room. I believe I 

 would prefer hot water, as the place is 

 hardly large enough for a night man. 

 We use soft coal. W. H. S. 



Your plant requires a boiler capable 

 of supplying heat to 2,000 feet of radia- 

 tion, which is not a large amount to be 

 carried by a single boiler. The arrange- 

 ment of the partitions in the houses in 

 reference to the location of the boiler 

 house or furnace room renders the pip- 

 ing of the plant somewhat difficult. 

 With hot water it will be somewhat 

 more complicated and difficult to handle 

 than with steam, but there is no reason 

 why hot water should not be made to 

 accomplish the result desired. 



It will be necessary to have a deep 

 boiler pit, so that the crown of the 

 boiler may be two feet or more below 

 the floor in the south house. For this 

 house a 3-inch flow pipe will be re- 

 quired. It should extend from the boiler 

 along the line of the partition in the 

 middle house to a point directly under 

 the ridge in the south house, where it 

 may be carried to the ridge and from 

 there allowed to drop toward each end 

 of the house, using a 2-inch pipe under 

 the ridge in each direction from the 



