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The Weekly Florists' Review* 



Dkcemuku 13, 1906. 



A FEAT OF ENGINEERING. 



K. O. King, son of R. W. King, and 

 associated with him in the King Con- 

 struction Co., Toronto, Can., has re- 

 cently proven his right to the name of 

 an engineer of no mean order. To him 

 belongs the credit of originating the 

 novel plan, after others had failed, for 

 successfully raising the steamship Ba- 

 varian, which ran on Wye Rock, on the 

 St. Lawrence river, November 3, 1905. 



Tlie plan was an adaptation of the 

 compressed air principle used in sinking 

 great caissons for bridges, or tunneling 

 under rivers. Air is forced into the 

 caisson or tunnel and maintained at 

 such a pressure as to drive out the mud 

 and water and prevent the chamber 

 from refilling. 



After the Lloyds, the English experts, 

 had made an unsuccessful attempt to 

 float the steamer by the old methods, 

 Captain Leslie secured the right to make 

 another trial. To Captain Leslie R. O. 

 King and his associate, W. W. Wother- 

 spoon, proposed the air-pressure plan. 

 ]t seemed feasible and Captain Leslie 

 acceded to the proposal and a syndicate 

 was formed. The capital required was 

 about $30,000. 



Men who were accustomed to working 

 imder enormous air-pressures, called 

 * ' sand hogs, ' ' were secured to the num- 

 ber of about forty. Divers were also 

 engaged, Mr. King and Mr. Wotherspoon 

 working in their diving suits with the 

 rest. 



After the sides and decks of the ves- 

 sel had been strengthened with planks 

 to prevent the ship from blowing up, 

 the work of forcing in the air began. 

 The different compartments were treated 

 as caissons and the hold and ship's bal- 

 last were also filled with compressed 

 air. Slowly but surely the water in the 

 hold was forced out and the great vessel 

 became light enougli to walk off the 

 rocks. Tugs were on hand to tow her 

 to Quebec. 



After the vessel was floated the main 

 task was to maintain the pressure suf- 

 ficiently to keep the water out until a 

 safe harbor could be reached. The 

 work was accomplished, however, with- 

 out any serious mishap, and a vessel, 

 which with cargo was valued at .$1,000,- 

 000, was saved. The syndicate 's share 

 is one-half the valuation. 



Mr. King is a graduate of McGill 

 University and afterwards studied at 

 Harvard. He speaks modestly of the 

 achievement, but to him, doubtless more 

 than to any other man, belongs the 

 credit of originating an idea which is 

 destined to revolutionize the methods of 

 raising sunken vessels. 



ROOTED CUniNGS 



JOHN K. HAINK8, the best commercial 

 scarlet for the general grower, as productive as 

 any carnation grown, starts in early and keeps 

 blooming until thrown out In July. In quality, 

 color and stem it is a top-aotcber. $6.00 per 100; 

 $60.00 per 1000. 



ALBERT M. HERR, — a--' 



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A Great Bargain 



in Boston Ferns to clean them out at the fol- 

 lowing low prices, extra fine plants, out of 6-ln., 

 140.00 per 100; 5-|n.. r20.00 per 100: 4-in.. 112.00 per 

 100: 3-in., fT.OO 'per lUO. Rnbber plants, 5-in., 

 t2.60 per doz. Violets, Princess of W^ales, 14.00 

 per 100. CASH PLEASE. 



CONVERSE GREENHOUSES, "'."/sr- 



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Araucaria £xcelsa, 5-in. pot, SOc and 75c 

 each, three to four tiers; 5%-in. to 6-ln., 

 $1.0(), $1.25. 4 to 5 tiers; 7-in. pots, $1.60, 

 $2.00 and $2.50; 8-in. pots, 3% ft. tall, 

 $3.00 to $3.50. 



Asparagus Plumosu«, 4-ln. pots, $1.50 per 

 doz.; 4%-ln. pots, $2.00 per doz.; extra 

 large in 4% -in. pots, $3.00 per doz. 



Asparagus Sprengeri, $5.00 per 100. 



Azaleas in bloom, 75c to $20.00 each. 



Begonia Oloire de Lorraine, $6.00, $9.00. 

 $12.00 and $18.00 per doz. Also some 

 larger plants. 



Begonia Oloire de Lorraine, wire hanging 

 baskets, $2.00, $3.00, $4.00 each, can be 

 planted to order. 



Superb Boxwood, just arrlyed, perfectly 

 shaped. 



Bushes for window boxes, 12 to 20 in. 

 high from top of root ball, 75c a pair; 

 24 in. high, $1.00 a pair. 



Pyramids, 3 ft. high, $2.50 and $3.00 a 

 pair; 4 ft. high, $3.00 and $4.00 a pair; 

 4 ft. 6 in. high, $5.00 a pair; 5 ft. high, 

 $7.00 a pair. 



Boston Ferns, 5-in. pots, $3.00 per doz.; 

 61.4-ln. pots, $9.00 per doz.; 8-in. pots, 

 $15.00 per doz.; 11-in. pots, $2.60 and 

 $3.00 each. Specimens in 12-in. pots, 

 $5.00. $6.00 and $7.00 each; 14-in. pots, 

 $15.00 per pair. 



Dracaena Fragrans, 6-ln. pots, $6.00 per doz.; 

 7-ln. pots, $0.00 per doz.; 8-ln. pots, $15.00 

 per doz. 



Bracnna Indivisa, 4-in. pots, $10.00 per 100; 

 5%-ln. pots, $20.00 per 100. 



Erica Fragrans, $1.50, $2.00 to $5.00 each. 



Erica Regerminans, 75c, $1.00, $1.50 each. 



Cash or satisfactory New York references. 



Epacris alba, $3.00 per doz.; larger plants, 

 5Vi-ln. pots, $1.00, $1.25 each. 



Ardisia crenulata, berries well colored, $6.00, 

 $9.00, $12.00, $15.00 and $18.00 per doz. 



Scottii Fern, 5 Mi -in. pots. $3.00 per doz.; 

 6-in. pots, $6.00 per doz.; 7 and 8-ln. 

 pots, $12.00 per doz. 



K. Elegantissima, 5^-ln. pots, $5.00 per 

 doz. 



N. Whitmani, 4V^-in. pots. $6.00 per doz. 



N. Fiersoni, 5-in. pots. $4.0u per doz.; 6-in. 

 pots, $6.00 per doz.; 6%-in. pots, $9.00 

 per doz.; 7-in. pots, $12.00 per doz. 



English Ivy, 4V.-ln. pots. $2.00 per doz.; 

 $15.00 per 100, 3 to 4 ft. high. 



Jerusalem Cherries, $4.00, $5.00, $6.00 per 



doz. 

 Kentia Forsteriana, combinations 3 and 4 



plants in 8-in. pots, $1.50 to $3.00; 10-in. 



pots, $6.00 each; 14-ln. pots. $15.00 to 



$20.00 each. Single plants, 50c to $2.00 



each. 



Kentia Belmoreana and Forsteriana, all 

 sizes, single and combinations, from $1.00 

 to $20.00 each. Give us a trial. 



Livistona Sinensis, superior to L.ntania Bor- 



bonlca, 5-ln. pots, $5.00 per doz.; 6^4 -in. 



pots, $9.00 per doz.; 7-in. pots, $12.00 

 per doz. 



Pandanus Veitohii, 5-in. pots, $4.00 per doz.; 

 6-ln. pots, $9.00 per doz. 



Poinsettias in pans, low plants, $1.00 to 



$2.00 each. 

 Primula Oboonica, $2.00 per doz. 



Roman hyacinths in bloom, $2.50 per box. 



Rubbers, 6-in. pots, $6.00 per doz.; 6Mi-ln., 

 branched, $9.00 per doz.; 6Vi-ln. pots, 

 single stem, $8.00 per doz.; 7-ln. pots, 

 branched, $0.00 per doz.; 10-ln. pots, 3 in 

 a pot, $2.00 to $2.50 each. 



Cash or satisfactory New York references. 



Anton Schultheis 



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AZALEAS 



For Christmas. $1.00. $1.25 and $1.50 each. 

 Celestial Peppers, 5-in., 25c; 7-in., 50c and 



8-in., $1.00 each. 

 Jerusalem Cberries, 5-iD., 25c; 6-in., SOc eacta. 

 Romans, .vin., 25c eacta. 

 Paper Whites, 5-in., 2'^c each: 6-in., 40c each. 

 SPKCIAL-Fifty 10-inch Bostons, worth $1.00, 



for $2,50 each or $25,00 for a dozen. 



FOR CHRISTMAS , 



A very fine lot of Eleswitissima, Bar- 

 ro'virsli, Fiersoni, Scottii, Wbiimani and 

 Boston Ferns, in 4 5 and Bin. pots. 



Cliinese Primroses, 4-in.. $12,50. 



Primula Obconica, 4-iD . $12.50. 



Baby Primroses, 4-in , $12 50. 



Rex BeKonlas, 4-in., $15.00. 



Write us for new price list, 



GEO. A. KUHLi, Pekin, 111. 



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Nephrolepis Whitmaoi 



SM-lnch, $26.00 per 100. 



HENRY H. BARROWS & SON, 



WHITMAN, MASS. 



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Bay Trees, 



BOX TREES and 

 Choice EVERGREENS 

 tor outside decorations 



BOBBINK A ATKINS 



Rutherford, N. J. 

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POINSETTIAS 



To close. 2^-ln,. $1,00 per 100, 



Hydrangeas. 2>6-ln 13 00 per 100 



4-in., pot-grown. $8,00 to 10 00 per 100 



" 5-ln., pot-grown 20 00 per 100 



Tariegated Vlncas, 2-in 2.50 per 100 



Besonia Handersonl, 2^-in. .. 3.00 per 100 



Mum Stock Plants 



C. Touset, Early White 11.00 per doz. 



The following at tl.OO per doz.; 16.00 per 100: 

 Pink, Glory Pacific, A. J. Balfour, Wm. Duck- 

 ham, Vlviand-Morel, Maud Dean. White, 

 Alice' Byron, Polly Rose, Ivory, White Jones. 

 Yellow, Robt. Halliday, Col. Appleton, Mra. 

 Wm. Duckham, Yellow Jones. 



CASH WITH OBDIR. 



S. N. PENTECOST 



1790*1810 10l8tSt.,N.E.,CLETELAND,0. 



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Nephrolepis 

 WHITMAN! 



Toung plants from bench. 

 $6.00 per 100. 



DAVIS BROS., MORRISON, ILL. 



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CHAS. D. BALL 



P GROWER or 



ALMS, ETC. 

 Bend tor Price List. 



HaMESBURG, PHILADELPHIA, PA. 



