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The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



489 



Rose Range at New Plant of G. Van Bochovc & Bro., Kalamazoo, Mich. 



jiuuiiio .sti(Hi>; ami lit:iltliv. \,<\\i h'lii 

 p' i:itiiics are I'iylit. All you ran ■!.. i^ 

 ■I pioinotc a sturdy gruwth and in ti:ni' 

 :!i<y will eonie with a cro]) of buds and 

 li'oiii. I would run a little on the dry 

 idf for a week t>y tell^lays. Tiiai will 

 nconrage them 1o uuikc huds. hut you 



■ innnf induee them to yo ri<iht to Idooui- 

 iiu. if you are williu}; to sacrifice half 

 •t a later cio)) in order to <;et a crop 



lier, then cut hack about lialf of tiic 



-lioofs that are on the plants. That will 



■ iii~-c tlie rest to orow more rajiidly and 

 ^"11 will j^ct a cro|> sooner, thouiih it will 



" only half as lar^c. Sometimes run 



'ino a knife fhroujj;!! the soil between 



'iie rows across the lieiich will ludp. as 



' causes a sliuht clu^ck by cuttinj: the 



l"ny roots. It is at su(di times that tiic 



flower is temj)ted t() iidopt radical meas 



res to pet results, but it will pay yon 



" «() carefully. .\s the days yet Icuiifer 



'id the sun "^ets stronjrcr. tliey will conu' 



'"uy faster and tlie crop will come. 



A. J'. ,1. P.\i I,. 



McKINLEY DAY. 



It is time to beyin to advertise AbKin 

 V day to the pul)Iic. The date is .lanu 

 'V l!!) and its near ajiproach sIkiuIcI lie 



lied ti the attention of e\erv local 

 ■'^spaper man. I'nf a neat caid in your 

 iiido'v announcine the date. There 

 "iinise to be larye supplies of carna 



iis this year and a pood business can 

 done. IJaisiny jirices for this .H-ca 

 "M will 1)0 apainst the best interest^ ot 

 "■ trade, so lou<i as the (diservaiice of 

 ' • day is not a tlmi'ou^hly establjv^hed 

 i-toin. 



MERICAN CARNATION SOCIETY. 



Tlie complete schedule for the fifteenth 

 ■mual e.xhibition of the American ( ar- 

 -tioii Society has been mailed to mem 

 •■'■^. The meetino- and exhibition will 

 • held in Ilortictdtural hall. T5nston. 



.lanuary :.' 1 and l'.'. The exhibits must 

 lie staj;e<l iiy ] p. Ml. on the openine da\. 

 The prinidjial coiu|)et ition will be for the 

 Lawson <,rold nu'dal. but there are a nuni 

 ber (if very attract i\c special preminm-^. 

 The judycs are W. .\. b'udd. Mt. fJreen 

 ^\oed. 111.; W'm. NhIioIsoii, Iramme 

 ham. Mass.; Kucjene I )ail le<|oii/,e. I'lai 



bush. \. y. 



Aside from the routine business of the 

 society the new bydaws will be iiji t<ir 

 adopt i(ui and tiiere will be papers as 

 follows: •'( arnations from a K'etailer'- 

 iNdnt nf ^'iew■.'•' by Thomas 1'. (iahin, 

 Moston; "Carnation P>reedinti. " ' li\ 

 i'rof. il. F. Hall. Durham < oIIcm.'.. 

 N. II.: '"Carnations in the J\ock\ Monn 

 tains." by ,1. A. X'alentine. Dcnvei. A 

 pa|ier will also be read by a wholesale 

 man. yivinjf his point of view. 



The <'o|d(n- S(|uare liotid will he jiead 

 ipiarters duriiiu the week, and c\ery in- 

 djc.ation points to one of the nnt^t ^\\i-- 



lessfui meetini^s the SOciet\ has e\er 

 held. 



A MICHIGAN PLANT. 



The new jdant of {>. \'aii I'.ochoxe iV 

 I'.ro.. Kalamazoo. Mich., is located on 

 South ]'orta<fe street, within the .jtv 

 limits. (Ui :i thirty-acre t r;iit ol land that 

 i-< admirably suited for the bu'-inov. 'I'he 

 Liieeidmuses a !< ' conuecti'il with a ti inch 

 pipe to the city water nuiiu and by the 

 -ysteiu installed a steady pressure ot' 

 -ixty pounds is maintained. 



b'ii~.'v and carn.Mtions are the oiilv 

 e|,,pv :^iowii on the new )d;ii-e. bulbs. 

 mums .mil other miseellaneoiis stock be- 

 iiiy e|,,\\ii at their rdd ]ilaiil on Third 

 strict. With the aiMition oi' this new 

 plant thi-- firm now has about lini.nOd 



feet of ;;lass. 



The new houses are ;;(ii» teel \in\u and 

 tv\enty v|.\en feet wiilc. with t;iitters 

 ^c\en tert lii;^h. aiul slopiuj; I'rom the 

 center to each I lid. There .are four 



l.e||,-he^ |i\(. t'eet wide fo each lloUSe. The 



|ilh toyraphs irprodiiceil ^i\e ;i \er\' L;no.l 

 \ H'W ol' the mannei of const iin-lion. 



The he.Mtiny pl.-mt is contained in a 

 liriik boiler room, which is l.-irye enouj^h 

 lor additional boilers. There is now in- 

 stalled two ]•_'.") horse power hori/ont.al 

 tnliular boilers, connected to an s-inch 



main steam f I pipe with a (1 inch reon 



latine valve, pi\in<i peit'i'ct control of the 

 >-te,ani pressure in the houses. The iieat- 

 me plant and houses are phnind so 

 that ill future .-idditiiuis notliilij,^ ne.'d be 

 c 1 1 a 11 e ( •( I . 



>"Ieck iv douiy \eiy well in these Ihni'^es 

 :iiiil the owners are widl satisfied with 

 tlicai. The K'ichmoml rose is well thoii>,rht 

 of, .and i)l;intin<TS of this variety wifl be 

 i 111 lease. I and .Meteor c(n'respondin;ilv di 

 ininished. Other roses will be idanted in 

 nlioiit the usual amcuints. 



In carnations the fidlowiuy \aiietiev 

 will be dropped: K. I'.urki. (ilacier. Her 

 Majestv. Indianapolis. Fiiir .Mai.i. I'nw 

 peiity. P.radt. .Vrma/indy, Harry Ceiiii, 

 .loost. and possibly I'"iaiu-ee. The pmuiis 

 ine nev\ \arieties will be oiveii a trial. 

 I'laiitine;, ,,!' I.ady T'.ountiful. (^n.-en, 

 White T.awson ;iud I'.uchant ress will be 



I llere;iscd. 



MR. HARTSHORNE'S VIEW. 



< oiisjderable free advertisiuir ha- heer; 

 L;i\en to •'arnation .\ristocnit li\ the 

 daily pie-s ;:II over the cniintry. We tj,, 

 I'i^'- '' "lie time used to ii;,nire -uch 



stulie- of .•f.'In.lllMI ;,,|,| .^JUJKIO )■,,,. ., ,,,.„ 



earnalion as .-il-erd ;ind hiutfiil. .aiid 

 were ashanted et' them when (|uest'oried 

 by tlie public reeardine- their reli;,hilit\ 

 I'lit of late years we have eonie to re 

 alize that these same stories h.ave ad\er 

 li-ed and helped our business to a .-,,,, 

 sid. r.able extent, and ha\e hurt no one in 

 1lc' least. Let me state, however, that 

 neither the orifjinator, Mr. Witterstaetter, 

 nor the Chica<ro Carnation Co. is sckiier 

 notoiiety })y these methods. The price 

 my company has paid for Aristocrat has 



