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Decembeb 30, 1909. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



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Establishment of Byron H. Ives, at Albuquerque, N. M. 



AN ALBUQUERQUE RANGE. 



Part of the greenhouse range of By- 

 ron Henry Ives, at Albuquerque, N. M., 

 IS here illustrated. The picture at once 

 conveys the impression that the place is 

 neat, orderly, compact and substantial, 

 and the facts are such as to confirm the 

 impression. 



The store, work-room and boiler-room 

 are new, and are built of brick, including 

 the smokestack, which is fifty feet high. 

 Two carnation houses, two rose houses, 

 a show house and conservatory have also 

 been added recently. A new boiler has 

 been installed, and the heating sys- 

 tem has been changed from hot water to 



steam. The entire range contains about 

 30,000 square feet of glass. The green- 

 house walls are made of concrete, and 

 there are concrete floors in the store, 

 work-room, etc. Moninger material was 

 used, with Garland gutters and truss 

 construction. The bench legs are cement 

 and the benches themselves are pecky 

 cypress. 



The water supply is also provided for 

 in the same thorough way. There is a 

 new 6-inch drilled well, with a two-step 

 centrifugal pump, connected directly to 

 a five horse-power, three-phase electric 

 motor. The tank has a capacity of 2,000 

 gallons, is made of galvanized steel and 

 stands on a 60-foot galvanized iron tower. 



DISEASED BOSTONS. 



We are sending you another specimen 

 of diseased Boston ferns, in addition to 

 those which we sent you foif examina- 

 tion a few weeks ago. These ferns are 

 grown in a house covered, with corrugated 

 glass. It has been used as a fern hou?c 

 tor years and has always produced the 

 best of stock, under the care of the Fame 

 grower. Hot water is used for heating, 

 •ind the temperature is from 50 to 60 

 'legrees. The ferns have not been frozen, 

 'mt had commenced to act this way be- 

 fore cold weather set in. The water that 

 i"" used for spraying is from a deep well 

 •ind contains mineral substances. Other 

 I'lants, however, are not affected, though 

 "''rayed with the same water. It is good 

 'linking water and has no bad taste. 



These ferns have received two light 



'I istings of tobacco dust. There are no 



^ ts mains or sewers connected with the 



' use in any way. Any information will 



thankfully received. C. S. 



The second specimen received from C. 

 •" shows similar injuries to those noted 

 ' the plant forwarded some weeks ago, 

 ;' 1, as suggested at that time, these 

 ' uries are local in character and such 

 '' may be caused by dipping or spraying 



with some injurious liquid, or by some 

 form of fumigation. 



If the hot water pipes have not been 

 painted and none of the woodwork of 

 the house has been treated with any 

 wood preservative, then I should be in- 

 clined to attribute the trouble to the 

 spraying with water from a mineral 

 spring, or rather to the fact that the 

 water used was impregnated with some 

 substance injurious to vegetation. I 

 would suggest that sufficient rain water 

 be collected to water the aifected plants 

 for a time, noting whether any improve- 

 ment in growth is shown bv this treat 

 ment. 'w. H. T. 



BROWN SCALE ON FERNS. 



Enclosed you will find a fern which 

 is infested with lice. "What would you 

 advise me to do with the plants, as the 

 pest seems to be killing themf 



M. M. H. 



The ferns in question are thoroughly 

 infested with the common brown scale, 

 and if allowed to continue in such a con- 

 dition they will have a hard job to make 

 any headway. 



The best plan would be to cut off and 

 burn the worst fronds and then to dip 



the plants in a solution of Kose Leaf 

 Extract of tobacco, used in the propor- 

 tion of one part of the extract to fifty 

 parts of water, and to repeat the dip in 

 a week or ten days. This solution may 

 injure the tender tips of the fern fronds 

 to some extent, but the injury would be 

 much less than that done by the insects. 



W. H. T. 



RED SPIDER ON ARAUCARIAS. 



Enclosed you will find a cutting of 

 one of our araucarias. Something seems 

 to be the matter. Can you tell us what 

 it is and a preventive? We are using 

 Bordeaux and kerosene emulsion, think- 

 ing the trouble may be rust or brown 

 scale. M. & J. 



The araucaria in question is being 

 rapidly spoiled by an attack of red 

 spider. An outbreak of this kind on 

 araucarias is usually brought about by 

 keeping the plants too dry and too warm. 

 These pines grow best in a moist atmos- 

 phere, and a night temperature of 50 

 degrees at this season of the year is 

 high enough for them. Thorough 

 syringing with a good pressure of clear 

 water is the best remedy, and this should 

 be persisted in on every bright day. 



W. H. T. 



TROUBLES OF THE BOSS. 



A Eeview friend has sent the follow- 

 ing: 



Consider the troubles of the Boss. 

 Don't envy him — pity him. He pays his 

 bills — when he can. He pays your bills 



every Saturday. Your days are 



hours of work. His days are twenty- four 

 hours of worry. He takes a good deal 

 of cursing that by rights belongs to you. 

 Don 't imagine that there 's nothing doing 

 in his head because he looks so calm and 

 unruffled; he works while you sleep. 



,Tust remember these things when you 

 envy him, when you long for his days of 

 ease, and comfort, and luxury; when you 

 wish you had his job. 



If you had his job — you wouldn 't have 

 it. You would have a nightmare all day 

 and all night, and when you saw the pay- 

 roll Saturday night you would long for a 

 lodge in some vast wilderness. 



No! Don't try to work him — work for 

 him. When you work for him you are 

 working for yourself. 



Pull off the blinders — keep to the right 

 and forge ahead. 



YouE paper certainly sella tl^e stuff. — 

 G. E. Fink. Boselle. N. J. 



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