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The Weekly Rorists^ Review* 



OCTOBBB 19, 1905. 



either extreme being liable to cause the 

 loss of flower buds. 



During the winter a night temperature 

 of 65 degrees seems to give the best re- 

 sults, and the most successful growers 

 get their best returns from young plants 

 each season. 



As to the profits much depends upon 

 the available market, and unless a rea- 

 sonably good price is received for the 

 crop the percentage of profit to the 

 grower is not very large. 



The soil that is most favored for 

 bench-grown gardenias is a rather light 

 loam, well enriched with old stable 

 manure and bone dust. 



' W. H. Taplin. 



EVERLASTING BENCHES. 



The inconvenience and expense of fre- 

 quently rebuilding wooden tables, and 

 the accidents which not infrequently hap- 

 pen through their rotting out, has re- 

 sulted in a very wide interest in per- 

 manent benches of other material. Quite 



small clamps driven into place in the 

 hollow places in the slabs. 



Quite a number of growers are experi- 

 menting with this bench and have found 

 it very easy to erect. It is only neces- 

 sary to level the greenhouse floor and set 

 the parts in place, for they interlock 

 and the bench will neither sag nor 

 fall. The benches can be built of any 

 width desired, a bench four feet wide 

 requiring two rows of 24-inch slabs, or a 

 bench five feet wide three rows of 20- 

 inch slabs. As the standards have the 

 same compartments as the slabs, to ar- 

 range for heating pipes under the bench, 

 it is only necessary to insert a rod 

 through the standards as a support on 

 which the pipes rest. It is equally easy 

 to hang the pipes on the side of the 

 bench if so desired. The standards are 

 made so that the bench is twenty-four 

 inches high to the top of the 5-inch side 

 board. The Bate Brothers claim for their 

 invention that it is not only quicker to 

 put up than wood, and indestructible, 



Erecting: a Tik Bench at the Establishment of F. R. Willianu G>^ Oeveland, O. 



but that it does much to insure freedom 

 from insect pests and fungous diseases. 

 They exhibited a sectkm of this bench 

 at the Washington convention of the S. 

 A. F. and were awarded a certificate of 

 merit at that time. They have obtained 

 a patent and expect to introduce the 

 bench widely next season. The Cleveland 

 Cut Flower Co., in which Bate Bros, are 

 interested, have sold it to many growers 

 this season. They express themselves 

 as well pleased witii it. 



CARE OF CUT FLOWERS. 



We are frequently asked for instruc- 

 tions as to the care of cut flowers. Will 

 you kindly give a few clear and concise 

 rules which can be given to the retail 

 custonier, telling how to care for flowers 

 when received! F. A. S. 



This is a question often asked of the 

 sales people in cut flower stores and us- 

 ually the clerk is ready with advice, 

 giving the methods employed for the care 

 of stock in the store. The George Witt- 

 bold Co., Chicago, has found it worth 

 while to have a small card printed and 

 every package of cut flowers which goes 

 out of their three stores contains the 

 following : 



"Directions for care of long-stemmed 

 cut flowers : 



"Becut stems of flowers with sharp 

 knife, before placing in vase, after that 

 every day. 



"Every night plunge flowers in deep 

 jar so that the water covers the stems 

 nearly up to the bloom. Place in a tem- 

 perature from 40 to 50 degrees, with 

 moist tissue paper over flowers. In thi» 

 manner flowers will recuperate if they 

 get wilted. 



"In day-time place back in ordinary 

 vase, and keep them out of draught." 



Bangob, Pa. — Samuel Stone is break- 

 ing ground for a range of greenhouses. 



LouisviiiLE, KY.-^After having been 

 at one location for over a quarter of a 

 century Nanz & Neuner have acquired 

 new and very fine quarters at 656 Fourth 

 avenue, opposite the postoffice. The firm 

 was established in 1850 and incorporated 

 in 1896. 



a number of more or less indestructible 

 beds have been devised and several of 

 the builders have had recourse to ce- 

 ment, tiles, etc. One of the latest of 

 these was originated at the establish- 

 ment of Bate Bros., at Cleveland. One 

 of the accompanying illustrations shows 

 one of these benches in course of erec- 

 tion in the rose houses of the F. B. 

 Williams Co., Cleveland. The other il- 

 lustration shows Kaiserin roses growing 

 on one of these tile benches at the same 

 establishment. 



The bench consists of two different 

 shapes of double compartment tiles, stan- 

 dards and slabs, burned so as to be por- 

 ous. The standards, or legs, are vrider 

 at the bottom than at the top, where 

 they have grooves into which a projec- 

 tion on the slab fits and holds the bench 

 together. The slabs, which form the 

 bottom of the bench, are fifteen inches 

 wide and are made in any length desired, 

 up to twenty-six inches.. The npper face 

 is perfectly smooth and also the bottom, 

 with the exception of the ridge on each 

 end, to fit the groove on the supports. 

 The side boards are held in place with 



Kaiserin Roses on TOe Bench at F. R. WilHams Co.'s, Cleveland, O. 



