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The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



JANUABT 19, 1905. 



TOO LITTLE HEAT. 



I have a house J5xl08, eight feet to 

 ridge, new and tight, no glass on sides 

 and in only one end. The piping con- 

 sists of one 4-inch flow on the plates, 

 crossing the house and supplying three 

 3-incb returns under the benches. These 

 empty into a 3^4 -inch pipe to the boiler. 

 The flow starts eighteen inches above 

 the boiler and has a rise of twenty 

 inches. There is an expansion tank six 

 feet above the boiler and a vent pipe 

 at the highest point, farthest from the 

 boiler. The boiler consists of four sec- 

 tions, fifty-six inches high, twenty-eight 

 inches wide and twenty-six inches deeo. 

 The grate is 18x18 inches. The chim- 

 ney is twelve inches in diameter and 

 twenty feet high. The circulation is 

 good, the draught strong, but the pipes 

 do not get hot. The heater is said to 

 have a capacity for 700 feet of radiation. 

 What is the trouble f G. 0. K. 



I see no criticism of the system of 

 piping used. The one point which is 

 not clear is the amount of heating sur- 

 face in the boiler. The grate surface 

 is suflScient to provide heat for ninety 

 feet of heating surface with hard coal. 

 The boiler, to supply 700 feet of radia- 

 tion, should have at least ninety feet of 

 heating surface, and even more if it is 

 a cast-iron boiler. If soft coal is used 

 it should have about 180 feet of heat- 

 ing surface for the grate area, which 

 would make the boiler capable of carrv- 

 ing about 1,400 feet of radiation. The 

 kind of fuel used and the make of the 

 boiler are not stated, so it is only pos- 

 sible to guess at the fault, which is 

 probably too small an amount of heat- 

 ing surface in the boiler. The pipe in 

 the house as at present arranged, gives 

 about 400 feet of radiation, which with 

 a good boiler should be sufficient for 

 carnations and cool stuff generallv. 



L. C. C. 



Waynesboro, Pa.— The firm of Buter- 

 baugh & Sprenkle has been dissolved, the 

 senior partner, A. C. Buterbaugh, taking 

 sole possession January 10. 



PANSY PLANTS. 



100. 



Large Flowering. $2.60 per lOCO tO.60 



800 PelarRoniumg. mixed. 2-inch pots 2.60 



AsparaRus Plumosus Nanus, small plant 1.75 



10 Varieties Geraniums. 2 and 2j^ inch pots.. 2.50 



Altemantheras. red and yellow, March 1 2.00 



Aap. Plamo bus Nanas Seed, Feb SS 00 per 1000 .75 

 10 Varieties Coleus, 2-inch pots. March 1.... 2.00 



OASH 



JOS. H. CUNNIN6HAM, Delaware, 0. 



Mention The R»Tlew when yon write. 



Asparagus Plumosus 

 Nanus Seeds 



Our own growing;, just ripening on selected 

 plants. 100 seeds, 50c; 500 seeds. $2; 1000 seeds, ti. 



B. H. Haverland, Pleasant Run, Ohio 



Mention TTie Review when yon write. 



Asparagus 



^^ Plumosus Nanus 



fine plants, 8-in., tS.OO per 100; 4-in., 97.00 per 100. 

 Oamatlona, unrooted cuttings. Enchantress, 

 •1.50 par 105; Lawson. 76c per 100; Crane. Amer- 

 ica and F. Hill, 60c per 100. 



SAMUEL WHITTON, Ii-1T •rvAn. UTICA.N.Y. 



XXX SEEDS 



Verbena Improved mammoths; the very fioest 



grown; mixed, 1000 seeds, 26c. 

 Cineraria. Finest large flowering dwarf, 1000 



seeds, 60c. 



Phlox Pnmlla Oompacta. Very dwarf and 

 compact; grand for pots; in finest colors, 

 mixed. Trade pkt., 26o. 



AlyMnm Compactnm. The most dwarf and 

 compact variety grown; perfect little balls 

 when grown in pots. Trade pkt.. 25c. 



Chinese Primrote. Finest large- flowering 

 fringed varieties, mixed; single and double, 

 600 seeds, 11.00; half pkt., 60c. 



Pansy, Finest Giants- The best large-flower- 

 ing varieties, critlcaliv selected; pilxed, 6000 

 seeds, 11.00; half pkt , 60c. 



Petunia. New star, from the finest marked 

 flowers, extra choice. Trade pkt., 26c. 



Cash. Liberal extra coont of seeds In all packets. 



SHAMROCK 



• ••In I9ri • • • 

 Strong and fine plants. Better order early. 

 $4.00 per 100; or 60c. per doz., by mail. 



JOHN r. RliPP, Shfpemanstown, Pa. 



THB HOIf£ OF PBIMROBES. 



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Sooted Huttinss 



100 1000 



Altemantheras, red and yellow $5.00 



brilliantiBSima $4.00 



Ageratum, Stella Gurney 60 



Heliotropes 60 



Coleus. 6 best varieties 60 5.00 



Santolinas 60 5.00 



Echeveria Secunda Glauca, first size. . . 5.00 



second sise 8.0O 



Each 



Latania Borbonica. 6-incb 25 cents 



6-incta 46 cents 



" 7-iDCh 75 cents 



Kentia Belmoreana 4-inch .... 25 cents 



made-up, 7-iDCb $1.50 each 



Boston Ferns, 4-inch 12 cents 



" 6-incb 20 cents 



" 61nch 86 cents 



All grown in full ligbt. 



Asparagus Plumosus, 4-iDoli 15 cents 



Or will exchange for rooted cuttings of Boston 

 Market or White Lawson Oarnation. 



Il4tli St. and Avon Ave. 

 MOB»AV PARK, IXiXi^ 



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Jacob Russler, 



ROOTED CUTTINGS 



Boies— Bride, Cbatenay, Gate, Perle and Ivory, 

 $2.00 per 100; Uncle John, $5 00 per 100. 



Carnations— Mrs. M. A. Patten. $5 00 per 100; 

 D. Whitney. Enchantress, 4c: White Cloud, 

 Joost. Morning Glory Gov. Wolcott, Q. Louise, 

 $1.50 per 100. Special price on lar^e lots. 



J. F. AMMANN,EdwardsvilleJII. 



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READY NOW=ROOTEDGUniNGS 



That will aive Satlsfitction 



Per 1000 



Lawson $12.60 



Prosperity 12.50 



Flora Hill 10.00 



Queen Louise 10.00 



Per 1000 



White Cloud $10.00 



Joost 10.00 



Marquis 10.00 



Quality is our hobby. 



W. CHILL FLORAL CO.. StreatoMII. 



CAN N AS Btronff Eyes Per 100 Per 1000 



2.500 Chas. Henderson $2.00 $18.00 



1,000 F. Vaughan 2.00 1800 



1.000 Mme. Crozy 2.00 18.00 



2,000 Austria 1.60 14.00 



P ADIIATinilC 300 Flamingo, .300 Lady Bounti- 



UMIinMIIURd ful, 500 Indianapolis, at $5.00 



per 100, or will exchange for Nelson Fisher. 



FURROW BROS..6minia.Oklahoiiia 



ORCHIDS 



CATTLEYAMENDELlirSf,?ol,° 



a shipment of this scarce and beautiful 

 Orchid. Also Laelia Anceps, Oncidium Tigrin- 

 um, etc. Write for special list No. 14. 



Lager & Hurrell, St."? Summit, N. J. 



PACIFIC COAST. 



SAN FRANCISCO. 



The Market 



Sphere is quite a dearth of flowers just 

 at present. The only thing that saves 

 the stores from a general look of empti- 

 ness is that there is only a very limited 

 demand for the small amount of stock 

 the retailers have to offer. Business, 

 outside of an occasional funeral order, 

 is very dull. Social happenings of any 

 importance are not numerous this month. 

 We are beginning to have a considerable 

 supply of bulbous stock to select from, 

 and mums are daily becoming scarcer 

 and of poorer quality. Carnations and 

 roses are about equal to the demand. The 

 prices have not changed for several 

 weeks, and I do not think they will for 

 another month yet. I saw some fine En- 

 chantress and Prosperity today from the 

 greenhouses of P. C. Meyer & Co., at 

 Burlingame, that cost the retailers 75 

 cents per dozen, but they were extra 

 stock and the majority of growers do 

 not receive over 50 cents per dozen for 

 these varieties. Freesias, daffodils, tu- 

 lips, Boman hyacinths and narcissi are 

 plentiful and of very slow sale. Violets 

 are about equal to the demand and cost 

 the dealers from 75 cents to $1 per dozen 

 bunches. 



Variotst Notes. 



The building formerly occupied by 

 Geo. B. Jones, on Sutter street, near 

 Grant avenue, has been torn down and 

 Mr. Jones has retired from business. He 

 is one of the pioneers in the trade in 

 San Francisco and has been very suc- 

 cessful during his entire career of over 

 twenty-five years. 



Fred. Seulberger has been appointed 

 horticultural inspector for Alameda coun- 

 ty, vice P. J. Keller, who has been re- 

 tired by the board of supervisors. 



We regret to chronicle the death of 

 Louis Becanne, son of John Becanne, 

 the Alameda florist. Mr. Becanne was 24 

 years of age and had been in delicate 

 health for some time. 



A. Galloway, of Fruitvale, is cutting 

 some fine white carnations from a sport 

 he has raised from the pink. Marquis. It 

 bids fair to be a valuable acquisition, 

 and Mr. Galloway is giving it a thorough 

 test. 



Six local firms will make exhibits of 

 seeds and nursery stock at the Lewis 

 and Clark Exposition at Portland this 

 year. 



Over in Oakland the Board of Trade 

 has been exhibiting during the past week 

 several branches of Boyal Ann cherries 

 that have just ripened on the grounds 

 of O. Luning, near Alden. How is that 

 for California climate? 



J. Firgens, of the firm of Firgens & 

 Schmitz, Stockton, is in town on a short 

 visit. G. 



EASTERN CARNATIONS. 



"I am tired of paying so much for 

 my experience," remarked one of our 

 largest carnation growers to me this 

 week, when asked whether he was going 

 to plant for the coming season any of 

 the new eastern varieties of pinks that 

 are being offered for the first time to the 

 wholesale dealers. "I have lost consid- 

 erable money during the past five years 

 in trying to keep up with the new sorts, 



