May 'J I, r.KH;. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



17 



])iit llu'st' nccliiiiis jii^cllirr wlicii <l('sir('il, 

 iii.'iKiiii; PiMct itnlly n pcrrcct lnokiiii^ |»i('('(' 

 .'li^.iiii. As IIh' 1(i|i Mild botldrii sections 

 ;iii' iMiiiilii'icil lo (■(iii('S|>(>ii(l, llic s;mH' 

 Ki'ctiiins (•.'III .'ilw.-iys In' innd'il, ;iiiil llnis 



;i iicllCrt Ji>illl is scciliril. 



'I'lic sil|>|ioll of liic riirliiscd |pi|ifs is 

 :ici(iMi|ilislii'<l liy sii|i|i(ii-( iiiLj Icc-srrt ions, 

 which .'ire jdaccd in llii> line id' cuiidiiil- 

 liiiin fwolvc to t>iL;h(('('ii I'ccl. apart, dc- 

 jiriidiii^ U|i<iii till' size of iiijx's i-iicloscd. 

 'I"hi> siipi'orl iiiL;- Ice sect ion is jilaccd 

 (innl\ on a In'd id' coMcrcIc, wldcli is i-ar- 

 lit'd np into the support iii<^ loe sect ion, 

 tlic ciJiicri'lc liuhlinij;- tiic metal roll frame 

 (■an \ iiii; the rods and ndls upon winch 

 IJM- jiipes resl. Thus tlie entire WiMffllt 

 III Ihe |iipes and tiieir coidents is cn- 

 1iii'l\- indc'pciident of liie coinhiit itself, 

 and it IS so linn as lo |iei-iiiit of any 

 iei|iiiii'd weiLjIil and riio\ i-nient, of the 

 j>ipcs witiioiil any iiijiii'v to tiie coiuluil. 



'I'iio coiniuit with snpportiii;^ lees .'iiid 

 idli Iranies is laid section by section nn- 

 til a liiH' is coiiipieted, and then tlie jiipes 

 lie pill ill place and tested, aftiT whii'ii 

 llie insulation may lie ajiplied. 'I'liis in- 

 siilaiioii may he of eillier llie seelional 

 |iipe coxeriiiL;' I'orni, or what is more 



used and r pnimi-nded is the ''asbesto- 



spoiiL;'''' c-ondiiil lilliiiLT, with which the 

 eiiliie remaiiiin;^ space in Ilic coiidiiil 

 aiioiii the Jiipes is tilled. 



Ii is ciislomary to jilace under this con- 

 diiii an nndeidrain to reiiioNc the surplus 

 wali'i. wliirli Would othei'wise lie against 

 Ihr roiidiiil and absorb the heal. 



< I'll a Ml t'ea I iir<'s n f this coiidn if are 

 es|iiMi:il|y liieliliillolis. The siniplicily (il 

 Ihi -.\s|i'iii IS due lo its few parts. The 

 I'ljie^ may be iiislalled more easily in this 

 coiidiiil than in oilier forms of conduit, 

 ami llii' insiilalion may be applied more 

 easil\. while the Jiipes c;in be ie:iclied for 

 till- jiiiijiose (if reji.airiiii^, if desired, as 

 easily as an\ olliei' form of conduit, cx- 

 cejil jiossibly the lar^e tunnels, which 

 arc Usually j iroh ibit i\ c on accdimt id' the 



Ci.-I. 



Ihe coiiibiil is water, lire and acid 

 jniiof: ihc conduit itself bein^- imle- 



Sl nnl ible. ;i|ii| I JienillL; of the jiiints 



is caiiscil b\ mii\cnicnl or wciL;lit ot' llie 

 pijic^ oil acciiiiiit (if the fiinii of snjijiorl 

 Jiro\ ided. 



(aiid'nl lests li:i\(> been made to deter- 

 mine the Idss (d' heat in t laiismit t in^^ 

 Pteain nmlcrdidnnd in this form id' con 

 <lnit. The most recent test, which was 

 made by (b'o. II. I'.arrns, exjieit and 

 coiisnit iiiLj' engineer, of iioston. has shown 

 that the loss of lie.at was less than that 

 usually fciind in jdjies iiislalled in build- 

 in^^s wilh the besi colliniercial i^rioles of 

 sectional jiijii' covering, which Wduld 

 seem the iiiiisl sal isfacloiy in \ iew ol' the 

 lact that the pipes installed under^rmiiid 

 are jdaced in a more dillicult posilioii, 

 because df the anioiiiit ot' water in the 

 oroiind, .-iiid Ihe Idwcr temjieratiire of the 

 f^r.iiind. 



'file det.ails as to this new niethdil d| 

 Cdiisciviim heat are frimi data sujijilieii 

 \'} 'he II. W. .IdhnsMauville Co., wjio 

 lia\c ddiic much for the economy ot' llo 

 risl>' fuel :ind who lia\e jniblislicd a neat 

 illnstiatcd I klet on the sysicm her(> de- 

 scribed. 



Tin; l.'Kvii.w will send lIerrin(>ton 's 

 ('luysant lienium I *.ook on receijit of .50 

 cents. 



Sr.i).\Ll.\, Mo.— Cliailes A. l'f(>ilVer 

 says that a month of dry weather lias 

 interfered with sprinjj trade to the ox- 

 b'nt ih.at lie liiids liinisclf with a sur|diis 

 (d (Acejitidimlly (Tood bcddiiic: jil.uils for 

 vvhicli thei-e is no local deniand. 



Budlong's Gasoline Soil Pulverizer. 



BUDLONG'S SOIL CRUSHER. 



To tJie lar^e ;4row(M's lor the < hicai;o 

 market ihe (|iiestioii of a .siijijdv of soil 

 is of ini Jioi 1 .1 lice second oiil\ lo Ihe cd:il 

 siijijdy, ;iiid eiilailino' aliiiosl :in eijiial 

 .anioiiiil of Work. When a grower has 

 anywhere finm |(in,l)()ii lo I .(Umijmki 

 sijiiare feel of liencli surface ami must 

 brin^ his soil frdiii a coiisideia ble di^ 

 lance, il nie:ins hard work and exjiensive 

 work. 



.Most of Ihe bi^ ^idueis north of < lii 

 caeo eo :i consiilera ble disbance for their 

 soil, and when lliey ^;el il it is not, alwa\s 

 in the mechanical condition Iliey wonhl 

 like. To remedy this defe.-t A. 1 1 . |;nd 

 liuiLj, who manages the didwiii^ end of 

 Ihe ,1. .\. I'.ndlont: business, has built 

 the m.achine shown in the accom jia ny iiij^ 

 illustration. It is mounted on ;i low 

 wa^dii, so liial il may be inosc'd from 

 place 1(1 [ilace. The .-i jpji.a rat its is set nji 

 .at, the siMirce ol' soil siijijdy, instead of 

 at till i^reenliouse, ,'is is the usual cus- 

 tom. The soil from ihe Held is thrown 

 njioii lh(> (irsi coineyer, which carrier it 

 i n ;i iie\ er eiidi iil;- st rea m ii ji to I In 

 crusher jiiid jiiil\eri/.er, which rests eii 

 the w.aeon. Mere it jias^es downujird 

 throiiyli the ndK'rs ;ind is jmi into tin' 

 lanlit ineidianic.a I sh.ajie. balling n|ion 



the second coli\eyer, it is e|e\.ale,l ;niil 



drawn into the wailing; wMnon wilhoul 

 further hamllino- |,y sh((\(d. .\li-. jtml- 

 lonj,f ojierates lii.s soil crnshor with L;aso 

 line eii^^ilie Jiower, also mounted oil the 

 waeoii, nml liiids in it a \'ery t^i'ea; s:i\ 

 inL; o\er olhei- meihiMis ot' wdiKiiiL; his 

 coinjiosl, to >;iy nothiiiL; ot' accomjilish 



'lli: the de'-ireij result witll the e\|i.<ili. 



lion essential wlie](! a \-\l-'j,K' anmniit i.t 

 niateri.al miis| |,e hamlled in :i -noil 

 I ime. 



Ti.w Ksi;ii;\ , .Mass. --Work i- jud^re-- 

 sin^ r.ijiidly on .\llieit T'ojier's nrw 



e reenhoiise. 



llliisnoiai. III. --!■". C. WinkelmaMii 

 rejiorts a vc'iy late spring, but s.ays tiiat 

 bir tile past three weeks he has h:id 

 the l;ii'i,rest demand for all kiiid.s of 

 jdants exj)erieiiced in liis many ye.irs of 

 Liardeniiii;. 



S(ii;tii 1!km., I.\1).— The South ll.nd 

 l-'lor.al ' 'o. rcjiorts that this has been the 

 most siici-essful spring Unit it litis nad 

 since it beoan business. The fact that 

 it has just broken ground for tin .addi- 

 tion of ijd.OdO feet of glass shows what 

 it thinks of the future. 



Vegetable Forcing. 



VEGETABLE MARKETS. 



< NUM. II, M.ay :.'■_'. • iiciimber-. b ic to 



7-"ie do/.; lettuce, head-, .")Oc I,, ^\ ,.i~e; 

 lea f. :;oc case. 



I'.iisTiiN, May J 1 . I.etliice, I'.",,- 1,1 7"c 



box; inii-hioonis, .'^ 1 ..'iM to ,-^:i.."ii l-Mi. 

 ba-ket; bllllcll 'limiji'-. .* I to > I .'J."^i do/.; 

 Iiiliich liee|<, .-il.To to ■*-■_' do/.; toinaloe-, 

 |lli- to I .'ic lb.; cilclim hers, s'J lo s| box. 



\l,w \'iii;K, May l'm.- - ( dciunber-. l!os- 

 loii .\o. I, .-f^ t lo .-fo box; lloston Nil. i;, 

 .^L' to .--L'..",!) box; < h.irle.sinii. -r 1 lia,-.k''t : 

 caulillower, s-J to >."i do/.; h'ltiice, .'mc 

 to $1 do/.; M lishloi iliis. I.'ie lo VTic ||j.; 



radishes, ."lOc to ':„■ Ion biinche. . rim 

 barb. .")Oe to y.'ie Inn bmichc's; tnMia i . les, 

 iDc to |."ic lb. 



FORCING LETTUCE. 



.Mori> failure-- in ^id\i,i!i'/ lettuce under 

 L:lass cull be ; r.aced to .insuitahle soil 

 than any nlhei one cau-e, A i,dO(l soil I'or 

 left lice ^iiiiidd be :i ri'-h, iiiellow turfv 

 leam and of ;i siiiieuhat sandy character. 

 Ile.ail lettuce re(|iiires ,a ligliti.T soil thtiii 

 the loose or le.ify varieties. All heavy 

 cl.a\- soils sli'inM !"■ axdided. .\ Lro(;i| 

 compo-t for leltiice i- coni[io-eii .if thr'.'C 

 liarl-- (if Well rotteil so. I mixe.l witii one 

 jiart of thor.iaulily r.itlcd cow or -table 

 ma nil re and eiioii^li saiid to inak.' it 

 gritty. 



As to beds, lettuce '■an liest be ^nuvn 

 III siiliil bi'ds because tile nioi-tiir. run 

 lie maintaine.l ni.ire aiii t'oianly at tlie 

 loots, also the lemjierat are ef t!je iie.j 

 is always cool. W'lier.' Iieii.-h. -, i.nlx ar>- 

 a\ailabl(' -we iiiii.-t niak.' the be-i ,.i' it. 

 I'd ;4row the lirst croii, or that .\hi.-li 

 .■.iiii'.'s intd nititurity .■ibdut T!;anl;s^iv ing. 

 will t.ake I'roin i/iglit to ten w.id;.-. The 

 i-rop that cdines in about niidw iiit'T rt.-- 

 '|iiires two to I'our w<'cks jiiigor. If 

 iiidri- houses than one are to l-e plante'], 

 v.arious sowings must be ma.h} accord- 

 ingly to keep up a steady supjdy. .Make 

 a sowing every ten days or two weeks. 



The most prolittible variety to ;jr(V,v 

 will depend entirely on tlio tnarket av.ail- 

 abh>. It is dillicult to gi\e advice a- lo 

 tiie iiest vtirieties, as condition.s wiry 

 widely in different sections of the .■.uin 

 try. Jf head lettuce is reijuired I tliink 

 Uoston Market still Indils its own. If 

 loose or le;if\' hMtu.-e is wanto.i. (iratiu 



