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the walls, and some are laid in the ^Yalks 

 a few inches above the ground. You 

 will need at least twelve 2-inch hot water 

 pipes with a low-pressure system, but if 

 you use a pump to accelerate circulation 

 you could cut out at least two of them. 

 With the small amount of glass that you 

 Avill have, however, I would prefer hav- 

 ing a boiler pit and depend on gravity 

 for circulation. Pumps, etc., are all right 

 on larger systems and where a night man 

 is employed, but not on a small system 

 like yours. Raise up from the boilers to 

 the highest point and drop all the way 

 around and back to the boiler. A great 

 deal of drop is not required ; two per cent 

 is plenty and less will do. Of greater 

 importance is that the jlrop be regular, 

 with no dips in the pipe which will form 

 pockets and retard circulation. Put 

 valves on every line of pipe, so that you 

 can cut off any or all of them as may 

 . be found necessary to regulate the tem- 

 perature, r 



There are boilers made witu magjtzine- 

 feed arrangements. Some are advertised 

 in the Review. I have had no personal 

 experience with any of them, but t;here 

 is no reason why they should not work 

 successfully. You would do wen to in- 

 stall a thermostat system as well. As to 

 the size of boiler you will need, the mak- 

 ers can inform you more intelligently 

 than I could. 



For the posts of your greenhouse get 

 red cedar if you can, and nail your side 

 wall boards to them. No sill is neces- 

 sary at all. Set the postg. in the natural 

 soil and tamp it firmly, so they will not 

 allow the walls to spread. 



Any excess of water applied to the 

 beds in watering will go down into the 

 cinders. That is what they are there 

 for partly — to afford sufficient drainage. 

 There should not be much of this, hoAv- 

 ever, because when water passes through 

 the soil and runs away it carries plant 

 food' with it. Even a heavy watering 

 should be only enough to wet the soil 

 through and no more. 



The soil should be changed every sea- 

 son, and should not be re-used for several 

 years at least, and if possible, never. 

 Lime is usually beneficial to plant growth 

 and will seldom do any harm if used in- 

 telligently. Under certain conditions it 

 •an be made to do harm, and it should 

 not be applied indiscriminately. A hot 

 lime wash applied to the benches before 

 filling them is a good thing. 



A. F. J. Baur. 



BALTIMORE. 



The Market 



Since last report the market has ex- 

 perienced a condition hardly paralleled 

 in recent years. Summer dullness is al- 

 ways looked for, and just as regularly 

 experienced, but it is rarely that a condi- 

 tion such as has existed in the last week 

 has been possible. There has been no 

 market price to anything. Values have 

 been lost sight of, and the bulk of busi- 

 ness done has been forced. Under these 

 conditions both grower and buyers have 

 suffered. With the existing demand, 

 roses have been more than plentiful. The 

 stock coming in is, of course, anything 

 but prime, but for ordinary needs at 

 this season there is little room for com- 

 plaint. Carnations do not seem to amount 

 to anything. Few of good quality are 

 offered, and the general arrivals com- 

 mand only small prices. ' Asters sell well 

 when they are good, hut poor stock is 

 overloading the market. Dahlias have 



made their appearance and find a ready 

 sale. There is a poor grade of gladioli 

 this season, with little demand. Tube- 

 roses have begun to arrive and sell fairly 

 well. 



Varie^is Notes. 



L. Struntz, of Westport, is building a 

 new house 20x100 for general stock. 



John Williams, of Ruxton, has finished 

 his new house 24x100 for roses. 



F. C. Bauer, of Govanstown, is seri- 



NEVYORK. 



The Market 



The last^eek in August, according to 

 the wholesalje and retail critics, will hold 

 le reconJtor dullness of all the years 

 sinSlJ— the horticultural historians began 

 their Weekly statements of facts concern- 

 ing the ups and downs of the cut floAv- 

 er industry. With the clear and cool 

 weather of Saturday, following days of 



Dufarava's Corner Lock Device for Hotbed Frames. 



ously ill with what is thought to be sci- 

 atic rheumatism, which has caused him a 

 great deal of suffering. 



James Glass, one of Baltimore's prom- 

 inent florists, has returned from a trip 

 to Ireland. 



Chas. Seybold, superintendent of Car- 

 roll park, won the diamond medal for 

 highest individual score at bowling at 

 the convention. . 



The Gardeners' and Florists' Club is 

 talking of inviting the S. A. F. to meet 

 in Baltimore in 1910. 



The members of Ebenczer Church, 

 Chase, Md., under the auspices of the 

 Ladies' Aid Society, will .hold their sec- 

 ond annual harvest home festival and 

 dahlia show in R. Vincent, Jr., & Sons 

 Co.'s warehouse at Cowenton, September 

 22 to 26, 1908. Q. 



THE CORNER LOCK. 



Otto G. Koenig, of St. Louis, says 

 that the disposal of the hotbed frames 

 after they were through with them in 

 spring always was a problem until F. L. 

 Dubrava came to their rescue with the 

 corner lock device exhibited by Mr. 

 Koenig at the S. A. F. convention at 

 Niagara Falls. Before they used this 

 invention the hotbed frames were made 

 with posts set in the ground, the sides 

 being knocked off and stacked up when 

 not in use, but with this coi^r lock de- 

 vice no posts are necessary. The accom- 

 panying illustration shows a frame with 

 three corners fast in the locks, the lock 

 for the fourth corner being set beside 

 the frame. This lock slips onto the cor- 

 ner without effort and may be screwed 

 up with the fingers tight enough to do 

 the work. When the season for the use 

 of frames has ended it is the work of 

 but a moment to unscrew the locks, when 

 the frame falls apart and may be 

 stacked away and the ground left entire- 

 ly clear. 



The .i"<JKes at Niagara Falls consid- 

 ered the device worthy of high com- 

 mendation and a patent has been ap- 

 plied for. 



Norwood, R. I. — The greenhouse of 

 the Norwood Floral Co., which was part- 

 ly destroyed by fire last February, i>; 

 being rebuilt. 



rain and chill, came the first signs of 

 the fall revival and that not in any 

 increase in prices, but in a larger demand 

 for stock and a lesser surplus than usual 

 when the day's requirements had been 

 satisfied. But Monday was hot and dull 

 again and improvement can hardly 

 be hoped for before the frosts have 

 banished the outdoor supplies, and the 

 turmoil and uncertainty of the election 

 are over. Nevertheless, the outlook is op- 

 timistic. The general confidence of 

 grower and Avholesaler is unabated and 

 a great season is evidently anticipated 

 by all. 



Roses of every kind are now abundant. 

 Thousands of Richmonds last week could 

 not be cleared at anj' reasonable figure, 

 and one distributor declared there was 

 no demand for red roses whatever, and 

 lie could not give them away. Quality 

 is rapidly improving, but prices do not 

 keep pace and large quantities can be 

 bought at low rates. At times, the best 

 selected Brides and Maids would bring 

 no more than $2 per hundred. 



The outdoor stock is as abundant as 

 ever, hydrangeas, asters and gladioli es- 

 pecially. Some grand asters are arriv- 

 ing from Rochester and other western 

 cities. No chrysanthemums of similar 

 size can compare with them. These com- 

 nmnd good prices, some" as high as $3 

 per hundred. From Dutchess county 

 comes the complaint of drought and 

 smaller aster shipments than usual. 



One of the violet growers who was 

 in the city Saturday from Rhinebcck, 

 says the violet stock is generally good 

 this season. The number of new green- 

 houses is few, and the prospect is en- 

 couraging for better prices during the ap- 

 proaching season. 



Never were there so many gladioli as 

 this year. The quantity arriving daily 

 shows no diminution and prices do not 

 vary. Every window in the retail sec- 

 tions is full of them, and tritomas, gold- 

 enrod and rudbeckia are much in evi- 

 dence, and there are lilies to spare. 



Carnations are improving fast. An- 

 other week or two will find them as- 

 serting their claims for recognition. 



Various Notes. 



The auction sale of the W. U. Donohoe 



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