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The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



OCTOBEB 15, 1908. 



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MINNEAPOLIS. 



A Visit to Will. 



October 8 0. A, Will, in his powerful 

 car, called at the stores of Eice Bros., 

 O. Swanson and James Souden & Co., and 

 took us for a ride out on the boulevard 

 to inspect the greenhouses of Will Bros. 

 Knowing the record of the machine, we 

 all took precaution to see that our life 

 insurance policies were paid up, but we 

 arrived at the plant all safe. 



This place consists of twenty-one 

 houses, comprising nearly 200,000 square 

 feet of glass. We first entered the 

 violet section, where Princess of Wales 

 is grown. Three large houses are de- 

 voted to these, and they are all in splen- 

 did condition and promise a great crop 

 of blooms a little later on. From here 

 we entered the first section of the car- 

 nation range, where Victory and Winsor 

 are in splendid condition. From here 

 we passed into the packing-room and 

 cooling cellars, down the long cement 

 walks to range No. 2, where White Per- 

 fection ands Enchantress are grown in 

 quantity, and every plant, laden with a 

 profusion of buds, seems the picture of 

 health. Next we are taken to range No. 

 3, comprising . seven 300-foot houses, 

 which are probably as well built houses 

 as are to be seen anywhere in the coun- 

 try today. Three houses in this range 

 are devoted to carnations. The varieties 

 grown are Winsor, Lawson and Enchant- 

 ress, and such vigor and uniform 

 growth I have never before seen in a 

 carnation range, for every plant shows 

 the hand of a careful grower. Next we 

 were taken to the rose section, where 

 Chatenay, Bride, Richmond and Killar- 

 ney are grown, and they were all in 

 splendid shape, especially the Killamey. 

 A house of Kaiserin is still producing 

 splendid flowers on long stems. Next 

 was the chrysanthemum house. One 

 large 300-foot house is given over to 

 this crop, and no finer house of these 

 can be seen anywhere. The greater por- 

 tion are grown on single stems. In a 

 large house of double violets, every plant 

 is in splendid condition. In the immense 

 boiler-room are four large boilers of 

 500 horse-power, to supply the heat and 

 power for this entire plant. In connec- 

 tion with this is a large concrete coal 

 house, which is already nearly filled 

 with over a thousand tons of coal. In 

 connection with the pump-room is the 

 sterilizing plant, where all the manures 

 are strained and put on by the use of 

 steam pumps. 



As one looks over the entire place and 



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RE VERC 



S E A M L E S S — M O U L D E D CONSTRUCTION 



THE 

 "REEL' 

 GOODS 



LIGHT 



STRONG 



FLEXIBLE 



NON-KINKING 



THE 



GARDEN 



HOSE 



THAT 



WITHSTANDS 



ABUSE 



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 CATALOG 



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Girvin's Handy Cutter 



Mr. Florist, if you once Ret one of these cutters on your flngrer you will never 

 be without it for many times the price. Just the thing for cuttinK your carnations, 

 sweet peas, asters, melons, grapes, etc. Why be bothered with a knife or follow 

 the old way of breaking your tlowers when a Handy Cutter will do the work better 



and save you money and time ? Don't continue 

 breaking your carnations and thus ruin hundreds 

 of young shoots daily, simply because s knife is 

 unhandy to work with, but try a Handy Gutter. If 

 you are not entirely satisfled with it you can return 

 It and h8"e your money refunded. These cutters 

 are made of spring brass, highly nickel-plated, and 

 contain a removable blade. 



IT FITS ANYBODY'S FINGEB 



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Extra Blades, lOe each 



H. H. GIRVIN 



Paradise, Lancaster Co., Pa. 



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notes the system and cleanliness, he can 

 see that no expense has been spared in 

 producing high quality of flowers, and 

 the fine condition of everything on the 

 place makes it well worth one's going a 

 long way to see. After satisfying the 

 inner man, we were all landed safely in 

 our respective stores. 



James Souden. 



