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The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



Deckmbeu 14, 1903. 



iiso I'm- siniiKicr l)c(i(|itiii. The m.-uuioci's 



"1' till- ' lii.-;i;^(. |(;m1<>. >crlii to Ik' I'mV 

 IIIOIT plu^lrsNU ,■ III llii^ l.>^|il'rl tli.Mli (Uir 

 •■nstlTll IIH'II. 



Oil 1)h' \\lii>l'' ih.' prrvciit niiil i'liliiic 



lor ihf i;i|ili;i !•- \r|\ i • llci imil ;^ i II 1^. 'I'lli' 

 falllilv li;is iii;iili.' I I ciiirihldilS >lliiics ill 



1 111 I'.-'-l t'lw vc-n-. ;iii.| i> sii|| iinjirnv 

 iiil; •■iii'l iii''i';iiiiiL; it^rlt in i In- lic;iii< 

 I'i' til"' |.. ijili-. ANTiilNi. W'lN'l /I i;. 



A REMINISCENCE. 



.ImIiii i 'iM'liliii.-Hiii \\;i^ ill ,'i ri'iiiinisct'iit 



lliUiiil llii' iillli'T <l.'iy ;i|ii| >|inl<c illtlTcst- 

 illjjlv nt llic i:lll\ ■l;i\'-. n\' till' i-llt lliiWrr 



imiii-lry m ( liic.-mo. It \\;i^ lil'lct'ii vr.-irs 

 ;iy() tli.'i' .\iil;u--1 .'ih'l Jiijiii iiiiiii'il li:iinl> 

 witli A'ln|[ili 1 'dfliliiiMiii. wild \\;is ai- 

 i(^:i(ly ill tiir ^ici'iiliiiii--c lin^iiic<< ;il Mnr- 

 Tdli ili'i,\,-. It w.-c-: :i lypiciil |)l;ire ]'(ir 

 tlldSr i|:i\-, ^liirill. I.iw, .III ;iclici| iii)USc-i 



Imt ;it liiiii iiii;i- i-dhl;iiiir.i ^diiict li iii^ liio' 

 U'lO'Iii -.i|;i:;i c till dl' :ila^^. wliidi \va< 

 protty I'lir tur iliat liiih'. 'i'ln'ii as iinw 

 .loliii I'drlilinami lia.! i liarLic df ihr sell- 

 ing I'll'l "I lIli' li|l--llli'sv. |"d|' 1 lir lirst 



MiiC'.' or I'diir \i'ar< In' caiiic Id ('iiira"d 



riark stri'ct shirc \\;is llicre iind it was 

 ill tliL' liasciiH'ia ;it lliis aiKlrcss that 

 I'dehliiiaiiM jJids. lir-t had a city store. 

 At tliis time the stm-k was shipped in 

 liy tiain in tin- (•\('iiiii}T and Mr. Poehl- 

 itiaiiii took it to the store and sorted it 

 fio- next day's Imsiiiess, tlien making 

 ilaily rounds -with a wajinn. A little 

 later a down town address was seeiired 

 and the waydii dispensed witli. liy that 

 lime llierc were enough wholesale estab- 

 lishments so that the trade had become 

 well at-enstomed to eoming to the vicinity 

 dt' Wtdiash and ]\andolph for its supplies 

 and the roehlmanii establishment had 

 L;iiiwn until it was no h)nger possible to 

 i-aiiy the pin<liii-t abmit the (dty. As 

 years have passed the greenhouses have 

 uidwii and with them the importance of 

 llie citv sah'sroom. 



WITH THE GROWERS. 



Wietor Bros., Chicago. 



Wii'tdi- r.i-ds. Iia\(^ had exceptionally 

 Ljddd le^ciilts ill the di'dwinjr de|iartniont 

 ihiv ^easdii. Their big range of glass at 



Fancy Basket of Primulas and Adiantum. 



three times n week, usually with a horse 

 and wagon Imt sometimes, when cuts were 

 light, bringing the ju'oiluet in a basket 

 dii jii- am;. lie \ i^iled dn eacli tiii' a 

 dozen of Ulteeii df 1ht> h'adiiig llowcr 

 siore-. iii.ludiii;; tlio^,- on llie west side 

 and on liie ■•diiiK ^\<\i- a- lai' a- tin- An 

 ]'"loral Co. I'L'O'e at 'riiirty-nintli street. 

 It was a long day's journey and Mr. 

 I'oeiilmann fi'ei|ueiitly tied the hoise at 

 some eoiiMiiient pl.'ice and made a few 

 calls bv ^lrcet car. carrying liis stock in 

 a basket. This for tin- jmrpose of sav- 

 inc: the horse. He always .arranged to 

 have Some '^tock for the last laistoiiier. 

 but freipiently iiad to relrac'e his steps to 

 sell out. 



N(»t many of the oM stores are in 

 existence now, \'U' \Vittb(dd"s North 



Ji'ogers Park is always kept up in iirst- 

 cla^s shape, but it looks rather better this 

 year than usual, 'i'his is especially true 

 df ]]]!■ iJeauty houses, which number 

 inaiK a ^core. it would be harcl to im- 

 ]Od\r dii tlie length and stitfness of steni 

 .Mild till' t'oli.M^e speaks for perfect health. 

 Liberty .and b'iclimond are a feature of 

 tlie e>t;il,li-hnieiit. At the city store X. 

 .1. W iitor ^ays th.at there is little dilfer- 

 eiice ill llie selling qualities of these 

 ri..-is. but ;it the greenhouses Henry "Wie- 

 tor thinks b'lchmoiid iikely to have a 

 lictler 1 Iddiiiing record at the end of 

 the srisdii. 'i'lie <_■ round shoots are now 

 lii'-inniiig to a]i])enr in quantity and 

 -p,ak lor some splen<lid llowers. The 

 (.•a r Kcs are also in good shape. 



Not a laree list <d' varieties of carna- 



tions is grown here, it being the prefer- 

 ence to grow !i few sorts in quantity. 

 The results this season have been above 

 the .average tind the cuts have been ob- 

 tainable when waidc<l. 



t hrysanthenuuiis are grown in quan- 

 tily. but ;ire all cut excejit a few Merry 

 ( hii>tm;is, which will hold on until close 

 to I he first of the year. A large busi- 

 ness is mnv being done in chrysanthe- 

 inuni stoi-k plants and i)reparations are 

 being made for propagating extensively. 

 The lirni has a very large trade in rose 

 plants and carnation and chrysanthemum 

 cuttings. 



THE READERS' CORNER. 



Painting the Pipes. 



1 noticed a recent paragraph in the 

 liM,\!i w where it is advised that radiat- 

 ing pipes in greenliouses lie in)t ]iainted. 

 1 say pjiint 'em. For why? l^ectiuse it 

 jiays. When we first ]iut in our present 

 steam pipes, jirobably ten years ago, 

 they were not ])aiuted. After about four 

 ye.irs tho.se that were not exposed to 

 sun and air rusted baiUy, some having 

 to be renewed. I came to the conclu- 

 sion iliat it would iiay to paint the pipes, 

 and those that were sound are as good as 

 ever, ami I tun convinced that if painted 

 i'\ery second year they will last indefi- 

 nitely. The painting does not interfere 

 uith the radiidion. Apparently any 

 pipes that are exposed for appearance 

 sake can be painted with white paint, 

 those under the benches rcil. Here is 

 our formula: Take dry mineral red, 

 which can be bought for about 2^ 

 ceiUs to o cetits a pound. Fifty pounds 

 will do a lot of work. Mix it with raw 

 linseed oil and add a little turpentine 

 to it. Have it about as thick as ordi- 

 nary paint. Apply with an old brush in 

 the summer time when emptying the 

 benches, lirush and scrajie off all rust 

 lirst. There is nothing injurious to 

 jdants in this paint. Bl.'ick asphaltum 

 or anything of that nature should never 

 be applied, but we paint all iron work 

 and our boilers with it. Experience is 

 what talks and we should all help each 

 other when we can by exchanging expe- 

 riences. F. J. F11.I-..MORE. 



This paiiding the pipes is :i subject 

 that 1 have watched closely for years, 

 with the result that all pipes we handle 

 are painted as fast as we can get at 

 them, or before we put them in. Just 

 recently we cleaned and painted a line 

 of 1-inch pipe in a propagating house, 

 which was put in just one year ago, and 

 it was more than half corroded because 

 we neglected to ])aint it, iind the con- 

 stant syringing caused it to rust badly. 

 1 Ijelieve such rusty pipes do not give 

 off as much heat as clean painted ones, 

 to say nothing about durability and ap- 

 j^carance. \Ve use lamp black and lin- 

 seed oil, or Dixon's graphite thinned is 

 good. We ne\er had any damage to 

 stock, even when ]iainted while hot, 



Anotlier jioint th.at uouM be well to 

 mention is llie enormous loss to tlorists 

 ctiuseil by poorly cared for biuler set- 

 tings, cracked \\alls and loose castings 

 and linin^^. thus tillowing cold air to 

 ciceii throimh to chill the boiler, reduce 

 dr.att ;iiid lower tlie general efficiency 

 oiteii tweiity-fi\e to tifty per cent, I'^ew 

 italize the inii)ortance of this, A boiler 

 setting when in use shotdd be candleil 

 regularly; that is, gone over with a burn- 

 iuLT candle slowlv, and wliorevcr a crack 



