JUNE 29. 1903. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



313 



SOMETHING NEW 



CALDWELL THE WOODSMAN, 

 The man who gave you the Wild smilax. 



Now that the season for Wild 

 Smilax is over and no more 

 stock can be supplied, I wish 

 to call your attention to the 



Branches of the 

 Huckleberry Tree 



as a most elegant Decorative 

 Green. It Is largely used by the 

 Florists of the Pacific Coast, 

 Washington and Oregon In 

 decorations. The branches are 

 FLAT, very thickly furnished 

 with exceedingly lustrous, 

 green leaves, and It seems to 

 adapt Itself to almost any 

 position In decoration that the 

 Wild Smilax can be used in. 



As the Introducer of South- 

 em Wild Smilax, I think you 

 can give me credit for know- 

 ing a good thing when I see 

 It, and I am convinced that In 

 Huckleben-y branches you will 

 have a very beautiful substi- 

 tute for the Wild Smilax, of 

 great value to you through the 

 months of May and June. I am 

 anxious to get the verdict of 

 the Floral trade on this intro- 

 duction and offer to send you a 

 Case on Suspicion, price t2.60 

 per case if it suits you, nothing 

 If it does not. Will you try a 

 case on these terms? 



THS VEBDICT 



The case of Huckleberry was very satis- 

 factory as a decorating green, and we wish 

 to compliment you on the new discovery 

 for decorating at this time of year. 



FRED C. WEBER, St. Louis, Mo. 



We are in receipt of your shipment of one 

 case Huckleberry Branches and are pleased 

 with It. Send by express 5 cases at once. 

 WM. ROETHKE FLORAL CO., 



Saginaw, W. S., Mich. 



or THE TSABB 



Two cases of your decorating green 

 reached us in good condition and we used 

 them very effectively in a church decora- 

 tion which gave entire satisfaction to our 

 customer. THE G ASSER CO., Cleveland, O. 



The Huckleberry Branches are a GO. 

 KENNICOTT BROS. CO., Chicago, 111. 



We think we can handle a great deal of 

 your new green. 



LEO NIESSEN CO., Philadelphia, Pa. 



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CALDWELL THE WOODSMAN CO., Evergreen, Ala. ^;^e',:^^a.e 



New Crop Hardy Ferns Now Ready I15^&,*J:§S |S ISoS: 



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Mention The Review when yon write. 



BALTIMORE. 



The Market. 



Trade continues fair. Weddings and 

 commencements are using up all the 

 good flowers coming in. The closing 

 of public schools on June 23 created 

 a big demand for cut flowers, more so 

 than any previous year. Some of the 

 retailers who are surrounded by the 

 schools report that they had so much 

 business for this occasion that they re- 

 fused to book any more orders for that 

 morning's delivery and say that the 

 day can be depended upon as a busy 

 one. The Exchange had not a carna- 

 tion in the place by noon and could 

 have handled many more. 



Very few good roses are now coming 

 in. The extreme hot weather is showing 

 its effects. The white Maman Cochet is 

 about the only good rose that is now 

 being cut under glass. Outdoor pink 

 and the white Cochet are largely de- 

 ponded on for summer roses, but are 

 not yet very plentiful. 



A fair quantity of pool carnations 

 is still being shipped to this market. 

 Flora Hill has proven itself to be the 

 best white carnation for summer. It 

 is now as good as any cut this winter 

 •"•nd hard to find a burst one, which was 

 the trouble this season with that va- 

 riety. 



Sweet peas continue very plentiful 

 finrl have sold fairly well, the best 



bringing from 20 to 25 cents per hun- 

 dred. Southern gladioli are being 

 shipped to this market in large quan- 

 tities, but the quality is not* as good 

 as home-grown ones. There is very 

 little sale for them and consequently 

 many go to waste. Asparagus and 

 smilax are more plentiful and of very 

 good quality. Never before were dag- 

 ger ferns brought from around Mary- 

 land in such large quantities as now 

 and fine long leaves can be bought in 

 large lots for 50 and 60 cents per 

 thousand. 



Various Notes. 



At the last meeting of the Garden- 

 ers' Club, which was largely attended, 

 an invitation was extended to the club 

 by Kichard Vincent, Jr., to visit his 

 place at White Marsh. There are three 

 and a half acres under glass, mostly de- 

 voted to geraniums and vegetable 

 plants and general bedding stock, of 

 which they make a specialty. Three 

 houses 30x210 feet are entirely devoted 

 to the newer varieties of geraniums, 

 planted in solid beds, used as stock 

 plants, and other houses filled with the 

 standard sorts. There are about 150 

 acres under cultivation, mostly de- 

 voted to seedling vegetable plants, six 

 acres in seedling cabbage plants and the 

 same in celery, besides about ten acres 

 in dahlias, and numerous other plants 

 in large quantities are raised here. The 

 entire plant is heated by six boilers, 

 steam heat, and is noted as one of the 



most up-to-date heating plants in the 

 country. There are about thirty peo- 

 ple employed and Mr. Vincent and 

 three sons at the head. Some time in 

 August Mr. Vincent and one of his 

 sons intend to take a trip abroad and 

 see if there is anything better in ger- 

 aniums over there. If there is he 

 said, "We must have it, no matter what 

 the price is. " ^ A." F. 



GLASS AND PIPE. 



I am building a greenhouse 15x100 for 

 lettuce growing and wish to put it up as 

 cheaply as possible. What are the ob- 

 jections to single strength glass 10x1 2 f 

 How many 2-inch water pipes will be re- 

 quired to maintain 45 degrees in Maine, 

 where the temperature often drops to 25 

 degrees below zero? Bangor. 



There is no special objection to single 

 thick glass in as small sizes as 8x10 or 

 10x12. The greatest objection is to the 

 size of the glass rather than to the thick- 

 ness. Too much woodwork in proportion 

 to the area of the roof is necessary in 

 building greenhouses in which small glass 

 is used. If it is desirable to use 10x12 

 glass place the sash bars twelve inches 

 apart, lap the glass about one-eighth of 

 an inch and use light cypress sash bars. 

 To heat such a house as you propose, 15x 

 100 feet, to 45 degrees during severe 

 weather with water at 180 degrees at 

 least eight runs of 2-inch pipe should h& 

 provided. L. C. C. 



