May lit, 1!)U(>. 



The Weekly Florists' Review* 



1783 



Establishment of Ludvig Mosbaek, Onarga, Illinois. 



layiiiyj pipes in ;i trcni-h and covoriiiir 

 ueil with asliostos or iniiioral \\0(il or 

 sonic otiicr noncondiietinjjf fire-prool' ma- 

 teria]. We liave a il-inoh steam pipe 

 erossiu<:j an orcliard a distance of I'oO 

 feet, ten feet above the jrroinul. It 

 carries thirty pounds of steam to a range 

 of honses the fartliest end of wliich is 

 50U feet from the boiler and in crossing 

 the orchard ue frequently notice icicles 

 hanging from the covering of the pipe, 

 luit you will, if you are wise, use hot 

 water and put in a heater large enough 

 to warm well what you may build in 

 future; or, if yoii can't ali'ord to do 

 that, then be sure to have heater and 

 pipes enough to keep the proper tem- 

 perature at your coldest weather. Then 

 all the rest of the time you will be sav- 

 ing fuel, and when you duplicate your 

 range of glass put in another heater 

 of ample capacity and connect them so 

 that in case of a break-down in one 

 heater you are not thrown on your beam 

 ends, wiiich in nautical slang means that 

 the ship is laying on her side ready to 

 sink. 



As far as building material and build- 

 ing are concerned, write to the many 

 experienced horticultural builders telling 

 them the height and width of the houses 

 and how much side glass you wish, size 

 of doors and ventilator.s ami they will 

 .send you estimates on everything i-ut and 

 fitted, so that any ordinary mcihanic, or 

 yourself, can put it up. l\)on 't think of 

 a local contractor. They know as little 

 about greenhouse building as tiiey do of 

 <ii'eck mythology. 



I.i't your Acntilation be ((Hii iiniwus and 

 thirty six inches deep from tli<- ridge 

 You don't 7U'ed side \ cut iintion. And 

 don't use in your heating pipes aiiytliing 

 less than 'J-im-h jujie'^. If yoii run against 

 •'I .Miag in vdur heating pr(djleiii \\rite1i) 

 the liKVIKW and W(> ^ill help you out. 

 nf course you will use for material only 

 tlie best cy|)re.ss lumber ami lOxi' I glass. 

 I have ii(\f^r seen a ]U(\e of dcr.-iycd cy- 

 press yet after using it twenty years. 

 Possibly about the time I pass away, 

 li^'oO. there mav be some di^emered. 



W. S. 



Okmveix, Ia.— J. Dickson has charge 

 fif the Chicago & Oreat Western railwav 

 greenhouses here. 



QUICK ACTION WINS. 



Si)ni(> men know better tiian nthers 

 how t;) grow j)lants. ami in some the 

 business instinct is the more hiyiily de 

 veloped. Jjudvig ^Mosbu'k not only knows 

 how to ])roduce the .stock but he has the 

 faculty of selling; he knows how to make 

 the stock move, how to make the wheels 

 go round, faster and faster. 



l'\)r years Mr. Mosbiek \\as in market 

 gardeniug at South Chicago. 111., but 

 after a time he began to .see a larger 

 field and a better profit in devoting his 

 glass to plants and gradually displaeeil 

 lettuce with spring stuff. With ids com- 

 mercial ideas it was not long uidil he 

 needed more room. The old place accord- 

 ingly was sold and a new range of eight 

 houses built at Onarga, ill., since which 

 time the business has as.sumed several 

 times its former proportions. Not only are 

 spring plants grown in quantity, but 

 stock for fall and winter is provided for 

 a quick rotation of crops and a large 

 collection of hardly j^erennials. phlox, 

 jiconies. etc., is being establisiied. Se\ 

 eral acres are devoted to cannas and 

 dahlias, and ])ansies are grnwn by thi' 

 hundre<l thousand. He secures ids pansy 

 seed abroad. Several thonsand pansies 

 are shipped daily duriii;.' the s|,iin<: 

 planting season. 



Having the stock ready, Mr. .Mosliak 

 came to ;i shrewd conclusiDii that miglit 

 well be imitated by others; he conceived 

 the notion that promjitness would [lay. 

 lie does not let a deal hang fin-. If it 

 is an inquiry it is answered the day it !< 

 received. It' it is an order it is siniiped 

 the day rereived. It i-^ a ]ioliey uhiiii 

 has had .a great deal to do in liuilditiLT 

 \\p lii.s business. He had forty-six peoide 

 on his ))ay roll la.st week, for of emirse 

 this is the busiest season, several \vai^(ins 

 of .express going out every day. Of 

 course the bulk of the slii|iinents go tn 

 points ill Illinois and eont igiious states. 

 but the trade extends to tlie most dis- 

 tant parts of the country, aii<l every dny 

 stock goes out to Wasiiiiigton. Oregim. 

 Texas and New England. This is the 

 liea\iest year to date and the trade 

 promises to keef) up well, so that ne\t 

 year a still furtlier increase will lie 

 stri\en for and may reasonably be ex- 

 perted. ^^ V 



Vegetable Forcing. 



I<||M><>. ( ». I raiie I'.id^., wiio are said 

 to lia\i- the laigetit range of greenhouses 

 Hi the state, are just finishing an addi- 

 ii"!i. They are lettm-e growiu-s. 



• ioi \i:i;M,n;. \. V. A number of 

 \oiiii^ tmsiiiess men nt' tliis \illago have 

 iiiidei' eonsider;M ion a plan t'or the or- 

 Liani/.atioii ol a company to engage in 

 the raising (d' vegetables. An option ha.s 

 lieiii pidriired on ten in-res of land on 

 the Clinton street road, ami it i.s pro- 

 posed to erect eight greenhouses, each 

 l<k» feet long. It is hoped to incorpo- 

 rate within a few days with a eapital 

 stock of .tlU,OOU. K."('. (londerman is 

 inteicsted in the movement. 



l'iii;.MO.\ 1. .Mich.— R. L. Chamberlain, 

 of Chamberlain i*i- Bunker, made a spe- 

 'lal trip to Cjiicago to investigate the 

 working of the Wittbold watering de- 

 \ lee. lie was so well jdeascd with it 

 that he j,laee(| an order for a lot of pipe 

 and noz/.le> for trial. lie says that 

 ■•after looking over the systen'i I am 

 eoiuiiK-ed that mechanical spravin<r is \i 

 -leeis-.. \\ ,. cxpeet to eipiip our whole 



- ' ec of llMl.dllM t'e,.I ,,t gla-s With the 



We .-au get 



W'ltthold system as fast as 



;ii it. ■ ' 



CUCUMBERS. 



With ini-reasing warmth and aiinml- 

 ■iii'-'' of li-hi the- jdaiits make a. iinicli 

 'I'leker ;ii,,; stroii;:er giowth a-> the 

 -e.-i-^oii ad\aii.-es. Setting of ihe i|,,uers 

 1- also ae<-oniplislicd iiii;i-li easier, liut 

 iii-e,-L pests become eoi ;■. -pondinglv 

 Moo-e numerous and nioie t r, ,|jli|(><^,,,,("> 

 ' niet' aiiioti^- these an il.rij.-^ and red 

 M'"'-''!' \> I ha\e -t.'ile.l i,. r,,|,. ii, I|,,.v,. 

 :'llli-|es, these might \y K.|'i d(;Wn by 



vyiiiieiti^ if if were no' 1mi i||e teiuh-r- 

 Me-s of. tlie foli;i:;e, w'hi^-h m ii lot tun.'lteh 

 ^■. ill not withstand without la.eratioji tlu- 



^^.■|ler ap[ilied with -llllicl. lit loi-ee 1(, i|i.<. 



lodi:e the insect^. Tin- makes it nei-es 



-aiy to ll^e SMliie i-lieap ;ii;.| e|Verti\e in- 

 seitieide t'lU' spraxiii- lie tolii-, .,-ra 

 >ion:ii|y. 



\\ e lia\e found tcdi.'ireif extraef as 



