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The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



OCTOBKU 12, 1900. 



that a careful perusal of some of the 

 essays will lead to a higher standpird 

 among our salesmen. 



The Chester Valley. 



David aud Jonathan decided, the bet- 

 ter to see all they could, to indulge in — 

 no, not an automobile — a carriage and 

 pair from the West Grove stables. Ed- 

 ward Parker consented to join and cheer 

 them by the way and, as it chanced, to 

 learn a little of his adopted country and 

 the good people thereof, Morris, the 

 driver and owner of the pair, proved a 

 veritable Jehu, the party bowling out 

 over the Telford in style. 



By a two to one vote it was decided 

 that Roney Bros.' carnations and Benja- 

 min Connell's ferns were ''not for Jo- 

 seph." Alas, time forbade. More's the 

 pity. So they trotted out past West 

 Grove, Morris describing how the near 

 horse could trot in 2:38 or better. Un- 

 luckily the "far" horse could not stand 

 that racket. Jonathan's bluff at buying 

 that near horse was promptly called by 

 Morris. Past Avondale; scene of one of 

 David's best stories — you really ought to 

 hear that story. It seems that certain 

 Philadelphia horticulturists of a jovial 

 turn once visited Avondale and, after 

 seeing the horticultural objects of inter- 

 est, one of them said they were thirsty. 

 Their host immediately left the room, 

 while they waited in pleasant anticipa- 

 tion. In a moment, to their horror, they 

 heard the creak of the pump handle! 



Into Toughkonamon— have I spelled it 

 aright? — where the first stop was made 

 at Walter Yeatman's. The houses are 

 devoted to tomatoes on the benches, 

 growing nicely for a winter crop, and 

 to mushrooms under the benches and in 

 a shed, just starting. The proprietor 

 was absent. 



The next place was that of James 

 Chambers, who has a lot of glass for 

 carnations, eniilax, asparagus, etc. Mr. 

 Chambers was hard at work, but feeling 

 a little low in his mind. His best man 

 was away at a sister's wedding and 

 the houses were not yet filled. David 

 sympathized with him. David has a big 

 heart and felt that even he would have 

 been sour-balled under such adverse 

 conditions. David is a good judge, hav- 

 ing weathered many trying experiences. 



N. B. — David is not a commission man. 



After a few pleasant words with Mr. 

 Chambers the party drove still further 

 from the main road, up one of those 

 pretty country lanes bordered by pretty 

 bits of woodland and always the fertile 

 fields and homelike farmhouses that 

 mark the picturesque Chester valley. A 

 turn in the road brought the visitors to 

 Lawrence Thompson's place described as 

 one of the most modem greenhouse 

 l^lants in Chester county. 



(To be continued.) 



Various Notes. 



The annual meeting of the stockhold- 

 ers of the Philadelphia Wholesale 

 Flower Market will be held in the sec- 

 retary's room, Horticultural hall. Broad 

 street, below Locust, at 10 a. m., Mon- 

 day, October 16. 



All the commission houses have fine 

 early chrysanthemums in quantity. 



P. H. Meehan, who achieved such sig- 

 nal success as a rose grower with My- 

 ers & Samtman, has accepted a position 

 •IS foreman with Charles E. Meehan. 



The Leo Niessen Co. is offering choice 

 cattleyas, dendrobiums and oncidiums. 



Robert H. Glass and John Wilson 



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Our suggestion for the dinner table — CHINA SWANS to be filled 

 with ferns or small flowers. 



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sent in the beat essays on the Ideal 

 Salesman received from this city. They 

 pushed the winners very hard. 



The Bev. Francis Heyl gave an il- 

 lustrated lecture on the gardens of In- 

 dia before the Germantown Horticul- 

 tural Society last Monday evening. A 

 very fine exhibition of dahlias was 

 made. 



Edward Beid has a green turtle story 

 that beats any fish story you ever heard. 

 Ask Lloyd Glick, of Norfolk, Va., about 

 it. ' Phil. 



THE READERS' CORNER. 



Waterloo, Ia. — Crittenden & Daniels 

 have attracted many visitors to their 

 greenhouses to see a Ponderosa lemon of 

 extraordinary size. 



Troy, 0. — C. W. Skinner has gone to 

 Florida to install his sprinkler appara- 

 tus for growers of vegetables. He is 

 more than pleased with the business 

 done in September, which included some 

 ten new installments, one as far west as 

 Pueblo, Colo. 



Sectional vs. Tabular Boilers. 

 Eeferring to your issue of September 

 28 I wish to make an exception to your 

 correspondent's advice in regard to 

 "Boiler and Piping," where he says a 

 return tubular boiler is the most eo- 

 nomical of fuel of any form you > id 

 employ for hot water heating. I w at 

 to say that my experience has been 'lie 

 opposite, for several reasons: First, i 

 will say that there are up-to-date -' c- 

 tional cast-iron boilers that are far u- 

 porior in every way for hot water heat- 

 ing, for the following reasons: Tley 

 have more direct fire surface and do >''0t 

 have the large body of water to he^t, 

 which is the case in a return tubuii'' 

 boiler; that is, so much water that is 

 not reached by direct fire surface. T'''* 

 means more fuel and a slow circulation. 

 A return tubular takes up about tw'<'* 

 as mucli room, requires a lot of briclf' 

 making it expensive to set and, l^^^t 



