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The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



Xuvi:.MHi;i; 



I'.tu.-, 



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^ Miey ha\o 1 ii oruwii in tuu liiyh ;i tein- 



I'l-i'atuii' ;iimI with nii iiisulliciciicy ol' 

 M'litiluliui: ;it iii^lit. Tlic scnl<lin<,f (if 

 'fi'' Ji'.-ivt's is 1li(' result lit' llic hii^li ;iml 

 •liv Ii'lll["Ta1uiT. wliicli J'diccs tlir fn- 

 li,-,j^e 1m i^wr iil'l' innisl HIT iiicirc I'apidix' 

 'lian 1 hi runt s ,-;iii sii|i|ily il . 



Ii'i'ilii'-i' llii' in^lit ti'iii|ii'iat me In ."(') 



'liM|-,'-s ;i|ii| l\i'r|. llii' Jlir SWi'rl li\- aili'- 



'|iia)i' \ riri ilatii.n ; aKn ki'i'|i tlir patlis 

 \M'i til lii'lp iiiaiiiiain a iiini^l atiuns- 



|illrli'. 



I al-^ii lillii cV li|lMlri> III' ihc lill'St'llCC ot' 



)ii| sjiiilii-. l',y ki'r|iiii<i iho syriiii^r ^n- 

 iii;i tliis may rasily lie ovci'coTiit', niid tin- 

 \tM-y I'ai t 111' iisiii<4 A\atcr in tliis inaiiinT 

 \\ill fhai'tzi' the atiiinsiilicrc witii a sulli- 

 i-ii'iii-y (if nioi.sture to keep the I'liliayc in 

 yooil eoiiclititni. The iimst nf these 

 leaves are so far enfeel^leil that tlH>y are 

 iif little use to the jilaiit, ami the main 

 iih.iect should lie in take i-are nf the 

 voiiiio- f.iliaye as it develtips. Kihks. 



SUPPORTING FREESIAS. 



We Ji;i\e ()0,iM)() frccsias tj;ro\viiij4' in 

 llats t'liiir imdies deep. Would it be 

 ;^iHii| Id tiip-dress theiu with siieej) 

 maiiute.' They hip down ()uite some. 

 Will it hurt tliem.' if so, Imw can 1 

 I i' I hem lip .' A. R. 



The t'leesias should lie su|)[iorted by 

 some at laniieiiienl so that they ean con- 

 tinue ejowiiio without falliuji' over. 1 

 fn iiuenlly see an arrauyciueut of poul- 

 try uettiiiy supported some four or five 

 inches abo\e the bod, and this seems to 

 Meet the ie(|uireiuent. The luulching of 

 shee]» manure should lie diluted with 

 three times its bulk of soil before being 

 applied, as the soil will absorb and re- 

 tain the released gases for future use. 



K. 



A NEW ILLINOIS PLANT. 



The aecoinpanying illustration gives 

 an idea of the riiarai-ter "f the new es- 

 talilishment uf W. l!. havis & Co., at 

 Auroia. 111. Theie aie se\en luuises 27x 

 L'iKl feet. The ;;utte|s nie seveil feet 

 from the ground. .\n interesting feature 

 is that hollow iuieks were used for the 

 N\alls. Set in eoiu-rete foundations. The 

 boiler imuse is 40.\t)o feet, in addition 

 to which, there is a frame tiuilding for 

 the iiHiee and packing shed. Two large 



TOBACCO EXTRACT. 



\Vouitl like to know if tobacco extract, 

 taken fnun tobacco stems, steamed 

 Ihroiigli ihe houses will have the same 

 elVect in killing insects as smoking has. 

 Tobacco .-ilenis do not cost us anything 

 and I thougiit of taking a jiaii and let- 

 ting the steam pipe run through it so 

 that when iiUed with juice it would 

 steam through the house. \V. A. S. 



Evaporating tobacco or some nicotine 

 extract was very much in vogue some 

 ten years ago, especially in rose houses, 

 where tobacco smoke is an undoubted in- 



The New W. B. Davis & Co. Plant at Aurora, III. 



jury. The objection to that method was 

 that the jnoisture made the growth soft. 

 The usual plan was a jet oi steam into 

 an iron vessel filled with a luisliel of 

 (diopped tolia<-co stems. Another plan 

 was to ha\e small tin troughs made to 

 fit on l',i-in(di steam pipes ;iiid keep 

 Hum filled with tobacco, which would be 

 continually evajiorating. Vou can run 

 a steam pipe through your tobacco liquid 

 and it will do all that smoke will do and 

 will bo less iiurtful to niaiiv plants. 



\V. S. 



EFFECT OF FROST. 



Would frost damage a range of gieeii- 

 houses consisting of four houses each 

 14x70, luiilt on the Dietsch short-roof 

 plan? The houses have 7-foot walls and 

 fij-inch sui)porting posts. The posts are 

 well set in concrete. The houses have 

 no jtartition walls, 'i'lie temperature sel- 

 dom falls to L'O degrees liehiw zero. These 

 houses Avill Ite entirely idiniileted by 

 January 1. The owner il<ii\s not wish 

 to ]>lant until next s])riiig. and does not 

 wish to heat these houses. Will the frost 

 raise the concrete jiosts enougli to crack 

 the glass and do other damage to the 

 houses? L. A. R. 



It depends a goi^d deal on the charac- 

 ter of the foundation or subsoil whether 

 the frost will affect the walls. If the 

 subsoil is of a gravelly natiiie the frost 

 will have little or no effect \ipou it. I 

 think you will bo safe em ugh to go 

 ahead and get the house ready, so as to 

 lie ready for spring. The writer has had 

 houses under his care in </anada where 

 the thermometer would run to 4<) degir'OS 

 below zero an<l these houses have for 

 years withstood tlie frost without lieaving 

 ami \vithout lieing heated. It mioht, 

 howcN'r, be advisal>le 1<i sj.read siuiie 

 litter or leaves along the walls a^ a 

 protection. b'. 



RED TUBEROSE. 



1 mail under sepai'ate cuxei' a red tube- 

 rose. This is one of three produced from 

 the same bulli and, although this one is 

 not so jierfect or so large as the former 

 ones, it may answer to show you the 

 freak. This bulb was jdanted with 

 others on clay soil. wIkmc the ground 

 had been giaded olf and. aitliough the 

 first bloom was jiiire white, the io]> of 

 the stalk jii'oduced \arieg,ited llowers, 



steam boiler^ are einphiyed for heating. 

 Avitli a brick chimney ninety feet high. 

 The\ liave a switch iiiniiing past the 

 bniler shed and the ends lit' the houses, 

 which iiieatly che:ipiii'~ the handling of 

 cii;il Mini t'eitilizer. 



An idea ot' the celerity with which this 

 jdant was )iiit up may be eaiiied from 

 tin' f;ict that tiie plioiii;^raph was taken 

 on Xnveiuber s_ just llille weeks I'liim 

 i]\r 'l,'\' work ^\ 'IS lie^iii:. 



I MUl'INliKNCi;. I A.- K. .M. I'.issell has 



taken b'. I >. I'.ackiis into |.art iiership, the 

 firm !.i. Ill' kniixsii a> I'.issell iV I'.ackus. 



ii'A<:i.\K, V.'lS. lliiUlgai^e vV <)lse|l dis 

 sdhed ]:nrtnersnip ,\o\emlier L'o, the fur- 

 iiier cdiitinuiiig the business. They have 

 had some I'speci.ally line chrysanthemums 

 tills season. .Mrs. T. IlimhlilVe attended 

 Ijotli the Chicauii and Milwaukee shows 

 and says that A\hile ( hicago was a won- 

 derful affair, still Milwiiiik lid \ery 



well indeed cMn^iilering that it was the 

 first attempt. 



Willi li.\ Ii. 11. KiMiie. Mi.irisOiw II N. .1. 



lei- 1; I 



I. \ .-irletli'S IIIUIIl 



Wen li.\ Fi-eil I'liller. ()s-..jniii.', X. N' 

 ler '.") I.:iwsiiii-i ill three enlcir^. 



The F. R, Pierson Company's Silver Cups. 



