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OCTOBBB 24, 1907. 



The Weekly Florists' Review* 



Tr. 



Interior of Peter Reinberg's New Range Outside of Chicago. 



at the new location this summer consists 

 of eight houses 21x300 feet. The style 

 of construction is the same as at the old 

 place, except that wooden gutters are 

 used, the Dietsch pattern, supported on 

 iron posts seven feet high. The ridges 

 are thirteen feet, so that it is practically 

 one house 168x300. One of the ac- 

 companying illustrations is from a photo- 

 graph taken with the camera standing in 

 one corner of Ihe range. The houses are 

 as light as modern building methods can 

 make them, with narrow gutters and 

 wide glass, but the strength is shown in 

 the picture by the number of roof sup- 

 ports. In view of the lens there are 

 seven rows of gutter supports, 2-inch 

 pipe, set seven feet apart. This makes 

 a total of 294 gutter posts. In each 

 house there are two lines of purlin sup- 

 ports; 1-inch pipes seven feet apart. 

 This makes a total of 672 purlin sup- 

 ports, igiving 966 pipes for the 50,400 

 square feet of ground covered, or prac- 

 tically one post for each fifty-two square 

 feet of ground, which ought to be enough 

 to hold the roof up or down, according 

 to the weather. 



One of the interesting features of the 

 place is the heating apparatus. There 

 are two 60x18 return tube boilers. These 

 are second-hand boilers which formerly 

 <iid high pressure duty in the boiler- 

 room at the Auditorium Annex. Now 

 they are expected to carry fifty to sixty 

 pounds' pressure, which is choked down 

 to whatever the weather requires by 

 means of the Eclipse pressure regulating 

 valve, the same device the John Davis 

 Co. has installed in many greenhouse 

 plants. By a simple adjustment of 

 weights on this valve the grower can 

 have any pressure he wants, from one 

 pound up. In each house there are two 

 IV^-inch flow pipes carried on the purlin 

 posts. Under each of the outside benches 

 in each house there are two 1 ^-inch re- 

 turns, giving six pipes to a house. The 

 return of condensation is taken care of 

 by two Morehead traps. It is worthy of 

 note that Mr. Reinberg has discontinued 



the use of hot water since he put in the 

 first Morehead trap. He finds that it is 

 economical to carry the high pressure on 

 the boiler, the check valve makes it easy 

 to thus maintain a steady pressure, and 

 with the return trap the circulation is ex- 

 cellent, permitting the use of the mini- 

 mum of heating pipes. The Martin grate 

 is installed under these boilers, as it has 

 proved a coal saver. Pocahontas coal is 

 used and the narrow openings between 

 the grate bars prevent a waste such as 

 occurs with the use of this fuel in the 

 old-fashioned, wide, stationary bars. No 

 matter how heavy the load^ the grates 

 rock easily and return to the center posi- 

 tion of their own accord. It takes but 

 a little shaking, if done frequently and 

 regularly, to keep the grate clean. 



In each house there are three benches, 

 each five feet wide. These are put lower 

 than in the older houses. The entire 

 plant is given to carnations, the range 

 housing some 64,000 plants. With .six 

 147-foot benches in each house, the 

 varieties are as follows: Enchantress, 

 twelve benches; Lawson, twelve benches; 

 White Lawson, five benches; Lady 

 Bountiful, five benches; Boston Market, 

 eight benches; Cardinal, two benches; 

 Robert Craig, two benches. This leaves 

 the bench along the west wall for propa- 

 gating purposes, and the character of the 

 wall shows that it is expected to come 

 down shortly, when an addition is made 

 to the plant. 



The houses were built by Mike 

 Matchen, who has charge of all building 

 and repair operations for Mr. Reinberg. 

 The foreman in charge is Jacob Geimer, 

 who had charge of the M. Winandy place 

 while Mr. Reinberg was one of the trus- 

 tees in bankruptcy. The plants are not 

 as large as those in the seven houses 

 given to carnations at the Summerdale 

 place, because they were planted later, 

 after a season of growth in a heavy soil 

 outdoors. But they are dean and healthy 

 and give promise of a better crop than 

 Mr. Reinberg has had in the last two 

 years. 



TREATMENT OF SCHIZANTHUS. 



I have quite a few schizanthus in 4- 

 inch pots, three plants to the pot. Will 

 you kindly give me a few cultural direc- 

 tions for carrying the plants up to the 

 flowering season? Morris. 



Keep the plants well pinched to make 

 them stocky. Grow along in a cool and 

 airy house. If you are crowded for 

 room they will do well in a frame from 

 which frost can be excluded. Shift into 

 6-inch pots before the roots become too 

 much matted. The variety Wisetonensis, 

 which is of dwarf habit and the best 

 adapted for pot culture, can be flowered 

 in 6-inch pots by feeding well. A few 

 stakes will be needed before the flowers 

 open. If larger plants are required, give 

 a further shift into 8-inch pots. Varie- 

 ties like grandiflorus, oculatus and retu- 

 sus albus can be grown into quite big 

 specimens by allowing them 10-inch to 

 12-inch pots and staking out well, but 

 as a rule smaller plants in 6-inch to 8- 

 inch pots are preferred. Grow cool and 

 in full sunshine all the time and afford 

 abundant ventilation. The plants are 

 speedily ruined in a close, stuffy atmos- 

 phere. C. W. 



Allentown, Pa.— William Kober is 

 undergoing surgical treatment at the Al- 

 lentown Hospital. 



Galveston, Tex.— James A. Hawkins 

 has opened an up-to-date flower store at 

 2024 Market street, in the Slaughter 

 building. 



Altamont, N. C— Weld & Frankiin 

 say that the demand for galax is ex- 

 ceptionally heavy this year and that they 

 have orders for all the galax they will 

 be able to buy in their district this year. 



St. Joseph, Mo.— The Stuppy Floral 

 Co. has leased the room adjoining its 

 store at Sixth and Francis streets. After 

 thorough remodeling, the two rooms be- 

 ing thrown into one, the 3tore will be 

 one of the finest in the west. 



