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The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



Makcii 8, lltOO. 



thou^his mill ell'oits concentrate, and , 

 from iliis radinti's .•ill that Ave do and 

 all tli.it \\f lt';i\(' niuioiio. A railroacl 

 <'Oiiiii;iiiy i|(!i"- iHit liraiitit'v its st.'itioii 

 yrdiinds fur ]ihihiiitiii(i|iic irnsoiis. The 

 Ijjisic idcii is t(p iiicj'Ciisc tiaflic and lo 

 do this, suri(iiiiidiii;^s .-ii'i' made as .at 

 tr;i('fi\c' as iKissilijc. 



.Aiiotlii'i' |Hiiiit wf li;i\r aimed at i.s 

 iiodixiiiu liT till' |Mir|Mis(' (if )iCf\Tiit iiii^ 

 siiow-dii ft s, MS Well as for ninaiiiciit. 

 For Iliis |iur|i(isc we lia\e found JKitliitiy 

 to liral (111' ('aJifiunia ))ri\rt. \Ve lia\t' 

 lirard sninc i-ntiij'l.'rnit as to the hai'diiu'ss 

 ni' this |ilaiit. liii! (iiir cxiicrit'iH-i^ has 

 lit'i'ii \i TV I'nrt iiiiati . W'r lia\r lost luit 

 lew. cxrii ill tlir 1i;hI yrais that killi'd 

 nJV SI, iiKiiiy ill tliis l-ilitudr. The (Nayo 

 ipraii;.'.r \\i' lia\i iji^rnrdi'd riitii'idy. Ft 



is Sllliiri-t 1(1 xiali' and the loliliri' Tddts 



run ail nM^y tiir ail juiniii;^ held. iio- 

 sidc-- t)i;ii. if i-^ \iTV hard to trim i'Ni-('|>i 

 when ' i^ in till -iit't st.-itr. < .';ilifnnii;i 

 |iri\il .^ \i'i\ i;;~ily triiiiniril. 



Use of Evergreens. 



I)ilii!ii: till' vi'.'il'- tliat ]i;i\r rl;i|isi/d 

 siui-i- I taiki'd 111 villi lirfiiii', till' iiiiisl 

 ilcridi'd rli.anuf tluil lias taken |ilai-i' in 

 nirtliiid< is ilir i mrca'-ed ii^r ill' hardy 

 ii('rli:ii'eiiii< ]ilaiils and e\ cri^iiTiis. 'I'Ih' 

 I'Ncrurciii i^ iiiil (inly showy in suniiiii'V. 

 liui is siioliiin;: ;iiid |iirtnri'sniir in \\iii- 

 tcr and i;i\es that plra.sin;; tourh to thr 

 Lands. -I 111' whirji \\i- all su murli apprr- 

 i-iatc. All till' llnivas and i rt ini>s)ioras 

 .ail' ^oinl. lull I ilii not iiTiiiiiinciid tln' 

 .•irlior-\ ita' mi arroniil of the li.a;^' A\iirm. 

 j'oi' (iiilia nknii'iil ^ v\i lind the Scotrii 

 luooin a \iiy ^at isfai-tury shrub. We 

 ijo not use llir W'iidiiiraiana rose mui-h 

 for cmlianknii'iil ^. ;is it cost,-- loo mui'h to 

 |ii'('jiair the soil. 



for shrulilirry Liionji^ tin- wciyclia, 

 forsythia. l.aliurnnm, I'liinus I'issardi 

 and aniyjidaliis .'irr c.Mrllcnt. Of coursf 

 we lia\(' to depend on the old-fashioned 

 cai'liet lieds to luiiihten tilings up with 

 color around the .stations. 



Bedding Plants. 



<)nr lie-^t si-arlet oi'vainuiii is Denisoii's 

 Seedline, anil we also use a j^ood in.any 

 il' .lolin |)oyle. \\liirli is the saiiic color. 

 V^. A. Xutt is too dark lor railroad |)ur- 

 ]iose> and it i|(ie>~ not (di'.'in itself 

 eiiiiiii;li. l.e I'ilot is alioiit :i.s dark as 

 we i-aii use effei-ti\ ely, tint llii.s varicty 

 is ruiiiiiii;^ out sninewhat and \\e need one 

 with a lietter ron<l it lit ion. In ]iinks 

 \ve jiiii oiir faith to (lloi'ieanx. li.'i Fa- 



\r)iitl' i-^ one ol' 1 he liest wllitCS J llilVe 



tried. 



In eaniia^ we still lielieve ill l''uor.st 

 liistnarik. It is an (levant luidlit scai- 

 let with ^leiii foliat^e, a fine <^rower and 

 Idoonis .-dl the time. It also cleans itscdf 

 nicely and alwa\s look^ fresh and liii^ht. 

 .Allle. l>erat is a i^ooil pink and is grand 

 ;ill by itself in .'i lii^: lied. We like 



I'.llltercup liettel- tliail I'lorellce A'auylia II 



foi' a Yellow. < )t' the L;i;int, orchid- 

 Ijowcrino- c;iniias. we like Kate (irey the 

 best. l"or a l:iri:e l.e.l iw.ntv or thirty 



feet in diameter this is hard to beat. I 

 Bouvier, Egandale, and Madame Crozy 

 are still .itnonr; our stand-bys. For a good 

 all-around dark foliaged variety, Egan- ; 

 dale is still in the race. ! 



1 

 Effective Bedding Pieces. 



One of the most efl'ective pieces of bed- 

 dinjj^ last season Avas composed of cannas 

 and yonvenir d 'Bonn abutilon ■with 

 < 'oleus Verschafl'eltii, Another was com- 

 ])osed of Admiral Avellan canna, scarlet 

 s;i},a' and ne.xt the grass < oleus Ver- 

 sclialfeltii. This had a fine effect, flowers 

 reil, foliage red, the whole thing red, 

 Avunderfully striking, indecil. 



We use enlalia quite freely for orien- 

 tal effects; but the arundo and jiennise- 

 tiiiii are not hardy enough for us. The 

 dwarf growing begonias sucTf as Vernon 

 .•I ml other seinperfloriMis varii'ties are 

 \ery useful and keep in bloom all sum 

 rner long. They look best with an edg- 

 ing of .Madame Salleroi geranhiin. .\ 

 combination of Abutilon Savit/.ii and 

 aralypli;i makes a beautiful contrast. 



We still use the (iolden P.eddei 

 coliMis. 't is hard to beat a.s a good 

 ;ill :irouiiil yellow. Xem and N'ersdiaf- 

 feltii ar(> also good. AVe use peonies 

 freely, mixed in with the shrubbery. 

 Ilaniy jihloxes are iu>w much in vogue, 

 and we are finding them most valuable. 



I'or backgrounds, the linrdy sunflower-- 

 are grand and there is now a fine v;iriety 

 of these to choose from. Aiieniones. 

 tulips, crocus and oilier things that can 

 not be seen in Avinter, we leave alone, 

 as railroad workers have no respect for 

 .•my thing they can't .see. livery thing 

 goes right under when they get .-it it 

 witli pick and shovel. 



Station Grounds. 



from what I hear, I'hilndelphi.'ins are 

 ipiite proud of the ornamental characti-r 

 of the Heading Railroad stations in their 

 vicdnity. It gives them something to 

 ])oint to with satisfaction when strangers 

 are around, besides lieing pleasant to look 

 at for themselves. F'ersonally. it would 

 not be in good taste for me lo lalk 

 about tliat. but 1 may be pardoned for 

 saying that in my recent travels through 

 the south. I saw nothing in fiie same 

 line that I v\;inted to take my hat (df to. 



I did see a tew v\onderful things, 

 however. One of them was the croton 

 hedges 111 I'lorida. Im.agiiie a lie<|ge of 

 this brilliant foliage jdant eight or ten 

 feet high and splendidly developed. 

 This was a revelation to me and really 

 a grand sight. The liiliiscus, single and 

 double, was in bloom during my visit 

 and w;is simply covered with tiumsands 

 of blooms. These latter were especially 

 line in the l-]nglisli colony in .Xassau. 

 Hut as a rule, Ihe soul hern country 

 looked to me poor and miserable. A 

 trip to Atlantic ('ity is a treat in com 

 liarisnn. When you come to a hotid it 

 is ( ). K.. but outside of thai ymi might 

 ;is well go to sleep. 



Greenhouse Heating. 



A HEATER FOR HOTBEDS. 



The accompanying illustration is from 

 a drawing of the apparatus for heating 

 hotbeds, invented by Henry Austin, of 

 Felton, Del., and patented. The ob- 

 ject of the invention is to provide 

 a simjile, inexpensive and efficient 

 ajiparatus for supplying heat for hotliecLs 

 for starting ;uid forcing early vegetables 

 and to enable the draft to be controlled, 

 so that the apparatus may be safely left 

 without attention for a considerable 

 length of time. A further object is 

 to provide an apparatus in which a 

 comparatively small amount of fire 

 will eifectually heat large areas and 

 to jijdvide means for pre\enting the 

 jilants close to the lire from receiving 

 too much heat and those ri'iiiote from 

 the fire receiving too little heat. 



The illustration shows a longitudinal 

 sectional view. No. 1 designates a hot- 

 bed designed in ]ir;utice to be' fifty feet 

 in lengfli and ten feet in width; but it 

 may be of any other desired ;irea, as will 

 be readily understood. IJeiiealli the bed 

 is .'riaiiged a longitudinal chamber 2, 

 in which is loi-aled a loiiyitudiual heat- 

 conduit 3, extending from a horizontal 

 furnace or heater -1, and the latter is 

 loca.ted lielow and extends beyond one 

 end of the bed. Ill constructing the hot- 

 bed a trench is dug .'iiid is covered with 

 transversely arriinge<l pules .3. which 

 su]iport the hotbed 1. 



The furnace or heater 4, which is pref- 

 erablv cylindrical, is embedded in the- 

 ground and is designed for luirning 

 wood, but any other fuel may be em- 

 ]iloyed. The furnace is jirovided with a 

 vertical < yliudric-il fuel-inlet (!, having 

 a removable fop or cover 7 and extend- 

 v,ing above the surface of the ground. The 

 heat-i-omluit extends longitudinally from 

 and merges into the furnace or heater 4. 



Air is admitted to the outer end of 

 fhe furnace by a substantially 1. -shaped 

 inlet-pipe in, which extends from the 

 lower jiortion of the he.-iter or furnaco to 

 a point ;ibove the surface of the ground. 

 The air-inlet jupe is ]iroviileil at its up- 

 ])('r or outer end \\ith means for controll- 

 ing the ailmission of air. This means 

 consists of a ciji 11. having a tubular 

 Jiortion I L' extending into the upper end 

 of the air-inlet pipe :iud jirovided with 

 an annular series of apertures 13, adapt- 

 ed to |>ermit air to cuter the jiipe 10. 

 The si/e of the .aperfuies nuiy be con- 

 trolled by raising or lowering the caj> 11. 

 which telescopes into the air-inlet idjie. 

 The upwardly extending branch or por- 

 tion of the air-inlet Jiipe is supported by 

 a brace 14 of sheet metal oi' other -iiita- 

 ble n;.iteri:il. \\hich embraces the air inlet 

 pipe ,iiid which has its fermin;ds .se.-ureU 

 to the outer end of liead 1" of tile fur- 

 nace or heater. 



'file heat -conduit . which rests upon tin- 



Henry Austin's Device for Heating Hotbeds. 



