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The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



Jamauv 4, I'JOG. 



GREINER AND THE CACTI. 



'I'lir \\ii|cr dl' till' .•ic(niii|>;iiiyin<; illiis- 

 tmtidiis is tiniii ;i |)li(iti)ur;i|»li shdwiiiji 



A. ti. (ilrilhl, (it St. I.duis, ill (illr (if Ills 

 llcillSi'S (it c.-lcti. 'I'lIKil' xisitdis ill St. 



Liiuis ill tile [i.-ist \t';ir (ir twii li.-nc in- 

 \;iriiililv liccii ;it 1 1 ;ictccl tn Mi. ( ! i ci iht 's 

 I'sliiliits (.t' liis ciicti. At the St. I.iinis 

 \\ ('lid's l";iir his I'xliiliil was mic nt' the 

 iiK'Si ;i1 1 I act i\ c, and at tiif W'urM's Fair 

 lldWd siiiiw 111' ic'cciv cil a mi'(lal award. 

 At thr S. .\, I", cdiiv cut idii his taldc in 

 I hi ti'adr cshiliit was mir id' thi- nii\>'l 

 Icatuic--. 'riiciT aic at St. I.iuiis many 

 I'lniims lit' tlir i-ai-liis, and a hir^c tra(h' 

 i~ (jiiiic ill this s|irci:ilt y liy several St. 

 I.iiiii^ tliiiivis. Mr. (ireinei lia^ inie nt' 



the laiL;i"^I cid leet inns ill I lie (•(lUlltry, ill 



I liiiliii^ many iiii\(dlies. The secdiid il 

 lii^tlatidii i^ t'l-dlii a jihdtdnia |ili. whiidi 

 he says i; •'tile niily l-',ii|ihdrliia nataleii 

 si^ i-iistata dt' its kiihl vd far kiidwii 

 ill tilt- Wdild."' lie has sdiidht widely 

 t'di its in.'ite, Ijiit thus t'a r has I ii nii- 



^llcresst'nl. 



GROWING CROPS UNDER GLASS. 



rilir ■Hill iniiiil iirii III ,1 |i,i|.cr li\ i; T. CmIIh- 

 WM.v. Cliicl' dl' llic r.miMii (if I'lnnl Imliwliv 

 1 clirillleil ill (lie Kcvicw ul lleii'llllnT L's. Iliilii 

 iIh' Yc;nii>i(il< nf ilie ltcii:iil iiieiil ul .\uri<-iili inc. 

 wlicrc il w.i^ (IMC (i( scvenil |i:l|icl-v llllilel llic 

 :;int'r:il licinl, ' '( l|i|i<iiiini ii ic> in Aiiriiiiliiirr, | 



Vegetable Growing. 



\'ei;etalile yi'dwiiii; as a specialty is 

 iiKire [irdliialile near the laryei' (dties. ('it 

 les raiiyin*;- in size t'rdiii l'.-),(III(I in |mi|iii 



and that tlieie can lie a di'inaml for 

 special ci-d|is in laryc cdiiiimiiiitios only. 



I Since tlie lajiid I'.xtensidii of voji;otable 



i lirdwiny in the sniitli and tlu' liettor fa- 

 cilities I'df llie shipment (if sucli crops 



I as lettuce, ciiciimlicrs, etc., llic fiekl for 

 the liriiwth df M'yctaliles under ylass lias 

 lieeii cdiisideralily restri(ded. Tliore are 

 ^till yddd djipdit unit il s here, hnwiner, 

 and the liiryei the (dty the niorc (diaiicos 

 there are fill' siicci ss. The yruwor in 

 this case can sell his d\\ ii ci'iips, or ho 

 can sell them tlii-dii>ili a coininissiou 

 men haul er ulmlosalo ilcaler in the city 

 III I ilies Id whiidi his Ideality is tribu- 

 laiy. 



Ill tlii^ wdfk lai'>i('r areas df land are 

 reijiiiiid. I'riim one tn live aci'os \vill 

 answer tiie piir|idse, Init fur a largo 

 liiisiiiess I, n acres nr e\eii as many as 

 twenty acres may lie nocossary. The na- 

 ture and character dt' the soil pla\' an 

 impdrtaiU part, and the growei- should 



, lie ill a sitnatidii to cuiiti'dl the soil so 

 tar as jiossilile; that is, he slunild not 

 lie so plactMJ ;is to lia\(' tii purchase his 

 sdil, w liiidi is an expensive item in 

 itsidf, ;is tliis taki's nut df his hands to 

 a certain extent tlii' pnssiliility of eoii- 

 tndliiiy cdiidit idiis. In the growth of 

 siK h cfdps a (|iiick, e.arly-maturing" soil 

 is alisdiiitely essential. I'>y this is meant 

 a Sdil readily adaptalile tn eiiltivatioii, 

 that cdiitaiiis cdiiiparat i\ ely little day. 

 and that hdlds iiidistiire readily and vet 

 dries diit (|uickly; in ntlier words, a 



Euphorbia Natalensis Cristata. 



latidii iijiwaril are the diie'- whiidi -hdidd 



lie cutlsidereil ill llii^ ciil I liect ii ill . The 



ii'asdiis I'di- tlii>- lia\e already lieen lirii ll\ 

 alluded Id. Iiiit may a^^aiii lie rcferre.l In 



here. Thev are. ehielly. that \eget;ilile 



• ■rdwinii must iiec. v^ariK' I" ^peidalize(l 



^dinl. rich ;.;ar(leii hiaiii. Tin- sidl iiiiilei' 

 ela^-- must li. chanyeil e\( ry year and 

 viimi'tinie- iiidie than niice ri year. Jt 



i^ i-^s:'llti;il, therefiile. te liaVe dpportu- 

 llities fur lepletlishiii^ the -nil witlldUt 

 t nil much eXpi use. 



The chief croi>s that may be growi, 

 are lettuce, cucumbers and tomatoes. 

 As incidental crops, mushrooms, beets, 

 dandelions, caulitloA\«'rs, etc., may ix 

 used. Lettuce and cueumbers, however, 

 constitute nine-tentlis of the crops thai 

 are grown in this way, :ind. all thiii>i- 

 considered, are more ])ro(itable than 

 anything else in this field. 



Ill beginning a work of this natuii 

 it is essential to consider the fact that 

 when a start is made it will have to be 

 on such a scale as to enable the grower 

 to produce crops not only of good qua I 

 ity, l)ut in sufHcient quantity to pay a 

 dealer to handle them. This is esjn 

 cially true if the grower dei)ends m, 

 commission merchants or wholesale deal 

 ers to market his products. The firs; 

 essential is to grow good crops; tli' 

 .second is to produce them in such quan 

 tities thnt the demand when onci 

 created will not fail for lack of supply 

 Many beginners make the fatal mis 

 take of starting in such a way that they 

 cannot develop a good business for tin 

 reason that the supply of their product 

 is not constant. The commission mer 

 chant or the wholesale dealer depends 

 on a constant supply to build up hi- 

 trade and if he cannot depend on the 

 grower, he, of course, cannot afford te 

 give as high prices as where the quan 

 tity to be had is constant. 



Ix'ttuce, for examj)le, is grown under 

 glass usually from October until ^larcli. 

 three crops being produced in this tinu'. 

 The first crop should be on the market 

 by Thanksgiving day or earlier, and 

 there should be a steady supply through 

 the rest of the season until the middh 

 of ]\Iareh. If the grower, having prti 

 duccd a good product, has found a 

 reaily market for it, he will lose it if 

 for any reason his supply stops for a 

 week or ton days or tAvo weeks during 

 the actual season of demand. This will 

 hold true for all other crops. 



To start in work of this kind on the 

 basis of five acres would require some- 

 thing like the following as an outlay: 



Five .'icro.s of Iiiiid .'it >"L>ri(l iicr .tci-c .<:i.2.")ii 



Otic i:icenliiiiisc, I'oxtfKi feci 1,20" 



Hdtlii'd. s.isli ;iii(l IiilsccllMIiedlls (M|iii|i- 



luciii o'lO 



TdtMl if[',.(yy' 



The intelligent grower, conducting his 

 wiirk ill a proper iiKinner, planning well 

 and using gootl business methods, should 

 be abh' to secure from this amount of 

 land and gJass a gross income of from 

 $J. 11(1(1 to $3,000 annually, or a net in- 

 come (if from $1,0(10 to *L'.000. 



Cut Flower Growing, 



• ill lldwer growing is the most profit- 

 able fiidd in the growing of plant- 

 under glass. It is most profitable foi 

 the reason that there is a greater de- 

 mtiiid for cut flowers than for vege- 

 tables, and while the risks in some case- 

 are' greater the jirofits are correspond 

 ingly large. The work in this field ma\ 

 lie df twii kinds, tiie growing of mixed 

 crojis. dr specializatidii witli one cri'l 

 ahuie. 



l!y mixed crops is meant the growin;^ 

 of three or more crops of flowers, such 

 as roses, carnations, violets and chrys- 

 anthemums. In this field the best open 

 ings are to be found near cities with a 

 population of from 10,000 to .')0,00i'. 

 TJiero is always a demand in cities ot 

 this size for cut flowers, ami this de 

 niand is frequently increased if ther^ 

 are any special institutions in or near 



