Mav 10, 1006. 



The Weekly Florists' Review, 



1 78 J 



Jasmine Growing at Alvin, Tex., for the Northern Markers. 



l:iliMi|lls flrcly ;ni<l tllC lluwcls lllrMsUl'i' 



l'i''iin ihiiT In llircc ainl oiii'-|i;il I inches. 



,lnlm !■;. Haines, I.etlilelieni, I'a.. leeis- 

 tei's ( 'aniat inn I'ink Imperial, iniie pink 

 i<i iiMMii'iise size ami unnsiiaily lniij; 

 steins, all seasiui tliidULiii; a sti(in<; 

 tiiipwi'i' and tree lilooiner. 



]\U.I(>l|)ll I'isclier, (ileal Nerk. I.. I., 

 leuisti'is ('ainatidh .\niinclaiice, .i pure 

 white 111' fair si/.e ami an nnnsually tree 

 liloomi-r. 



DailltMlun/.e liros., I'latiaish. N. V., 

 register ( ai'nation (limson (linw, a ginw 

 itig riiiiison of imMliuni size. pertVi-lly 

 ?tilV ^tem, an excelletil calyx, ot' godW 

 lie.'ilthy haliit ami a tree .-ukI cnnlinn- 

 .ms liloornei'. 



h'liiierl < . I'ye. Nyack. .\. \'.. registers 

 ' ;iiiiatiiiM AvaianclH', pure white llnwei- 

 three an<! one-halt' iiiche.s in ijiameter on 

 a stilV, wiry stem Iwenty inches in 

 length: haliit resemliiing l.awsnii. its 

 Si'eil parent, Imt without tin' .slioii steins 

 of that \aiiety. 



.\i.iii;i; r M. IIki;i;. Sec 'v. 



THE JASMINE INDUSTRY. 



■■(iieat oaks t'r(un little acorns grow."' 

 rind it was from a \cry small lieginning 

 tiint the rape jasmine imiustry has come 

 to he one of tirst iinpcutame. not only 

 to the people of a certain town in Te.xas, 

 Imt to a large luiniher of florists in all 

 parts of the I'liited states. .\l\in is 

 not the metropolis of tht> Lone Star state. 

 In faet, the ex|>ress agent says that the 

 annual shi|iiiients of jiliout a million 

 ■'eapes'" represents the gathering and 

 packing of five lioxes of lnii each for 

 e\eiy man, woman, child and "'colored 

 ]ierson'' in the community. 



.\lvin is on the Santa i-'e, little more 

 than an hour's ride southwest of Hous- 

 ton and not cjuite that far from (iai- 

 veston and the gulf. it is the rei'og- 

 iii/ed h(^a<h|narters of the cape jasmine 

 shippers, just at this moment lieginning 

 their season's activity. Tin- (irst shi|i- 

 inents from there, many y<'ars ago, were 

 from hushes gi'ouii for no special pnr- 

 l>ose. l-'or several seasons the shijiments 

 were simply such as circumstances pro- 

 vided l)nt as the possiliilitit>s of the 

 northern inark<>t began to lie ajijireciated 

 'he liusiness was jmt on a linn fonnda- 



tioii liy the planting of many a<-res to lie 

 yrown specially to supply cut Inicls t'or 

 shi|imeiit north. 



The cape iasmine is (i.ardeiiia |asmiii. 

 oide's. It is a tender shi'uli four to six 

 feet high, with thick, i;lossy. tiark green 

 e\ergreen foliage. It piojiagates readily 

 from cuttings ;uid in the .\lvin district 

 the liushes ;ire grown in rows across 

 liidad tields, the |ilants ha\ing lieen set 

 aliout eight feet apart, which permits 

 cultixatin;; with the plow as well as the 

 hoe. The tlowers usually liegin to open 

 aliout the inicldle ol' May and for 

 Memorial ilay uses the Imds ale shipped 

 to e\('ry stati' in the I'nioii. The cut 

 ting is done in the liud ami the work 

 yi\t'S employment ihiriii^ the season to 

 as many yirls and hoys as are availalile 

 in the town, ('uttiiig is liegun as early 

 in the morning as it is li;^ht eiioneh to 

 see, and only the luids in the riyhl stage 

 of dexclopnieiit are taki'ii. the fiehl lii'ing 

 j gone over four or (i\c limes a ilay. 

 ]\\i'\\ then a coiisideralile jiart of the 

 i crop is lost, as the Imds |inp open .Mnd 

 I are not suitalile lor slii|iping. 



! The flowers are waxy white, with a 

 strong Ii'o|iical t'layrance. They ;ire 

 I'apidly growing in |iojiularit\ and all 

 the shippers are striving ro improve the 



: ijiiality of their stock l>y ciilline nut the 

 short slemmed Inids and those with poor 



I foliage. The \ariety grown at .\l\in is 

 an im|iro\enient on the ohl for'ui and is 

 called (lardenia grandillor.a. It has 

 larger flowers ainl, more im|inrtant, 

 longer stems. 



The shipping princijially is iloite hy 

 the growers. i'^'ormerly the ti'ade was 

 liandled through commission houses Imt 

 as pi'odiiction increased the growers he 

 gan to take on direct orders as well as 

 supply the connnission Tnen, greatly to 

 the dissatisfaction of tli<> latter, who 

 were thenceforward never sure how many 

 of their customers liad been supplied 

 direct, perhaps by the viM'v shipper whose 

 stock the commission house was liaiidling. 

 The result has been a steadily lowering 

 average price for the buds sold in the 

 big cities, where the commission houses 

 still handle hundreds of thonsands of 

 liiids. for some seasons many are lost. 

 Tlieie aie a nnmlier of shiji]iers'~?rP" .Mviii 



who ■>iiii|ily liuy small Inis a-' ntVeied and 

 t'nrw.'ird ihein iinrlh, ■^niiietiines dimply 

 iiiiisijiii i ii;^ them to the exjiress I'oiiipany 

 at some liie i-|l\. to lie sold t'nr what 

 llie\ will liriliy. lint except as tn this 

 iim-eita i n cnininissinii sinck. the liusiness 

 i~- iinw largely on a cash in advance or 

 < . < ). !>. basis. 



Naturally the sizi' and date nl' the crop 

 is a matter of niiicli luomeiit to the 

 ^idweis and, also to the retail florists. 

 In I'.Mil ihe cutting di>l not begin until 

 .ibout .Ma\ '_' I and the big cro|i did not 

 come until too late tor Nb'inorial day or 

 ders. M;ich season siiici^ then the cidp 

 has been promptly on time ami this \eai' 



advices ;i|e to the elVecl that it will be 



lioth earlv and l;ooi|. 



< 'lie o t' the accoiiipa ny i n;4 il liisl ra t ions 

 1^ from a photograph made last season 



III the lield ol' ( ook iV < onk, W llO for 



■^ouie ye.ars have Keen ainoiiy the lai'gest. 

 shijipeis at .\lvin and are imw said to 

 lia\e the lar;;est field III thai Incality. 

 Ill' thriftv \-nuiii' plants. 



PIPING. 



Ilnw much pipe vvill It take and hn^v 

 >hoiild it be arranged to heat a house 

 isxll'.'i. north wall five feel high, boarded 

 .and -shingleil : south wall tlirei' t'eet high 

 with two feel glass.' The south bars are 

 thirty feet lonir, the imrtli twenty fniir 

 teet. There is glass III both ends. The 

 bniler sheij is at the east end ami liniises 

 a No. I Kroescliell boiler rated to heat 

 |tl..-,(HI feet of glass. We lia\e oil hand 

 I. still feet i,\' L' inch Jiipe and 1.0(111 feel, 

 of I ' ._. inch pipe which we wish to use. 

 How much more will lie reijiiireij .' We 



Ileei] .")."( degrees III M;ISsa chuset I s tem 



I'cr.aliiie. .1. H. I,. iV S. 



The house under consideration, to 

 maintain the temperafiirt; specified, should 

 be provided with l.Slit'i sipiare feet fif 

 radiation. The l.soii feet ,<i i' inch pijie 



is eipiivaleni to 1.117 sipiare feet of 



radiation and the 1.000 i,',>t of P.j inch 

 pipe will gi\e tOT s.)u.'ire feef of radin- 

 tioii. The two togetliiT make about l.tinn 

 s«|u;ire feet, or u'liti sipiare feet -less than 

 the amount reijiiired. If tins is to be 

 made good by the use of i' inch pipe 

 4:{0 lineal feet .MiMitimial will be suHi 



