Seipthubeii 10, 1012. 



The Florists^ Review 



11 



<!Omprossor l>y iiirjiiis of a liolt. Tho 

 ammonia ciirnlcnscr is ol' tlic iloublo 

 pipe tyj](>. 'J'Ik' three rooms are iii{>cci 

 for tho direct e\|i;nisi()ii of jimiimnia, 

 a portion of tiie pijiiii^ lieiii<i jilaeod 

 within ovtMhead tanks containin}!; hrine 

 sohition. |)iirin;,r the time the maehin(> 

 IS in operation the driiie i-. eooh'd :ind 

 the snrl'ace ot' the tanks arts as a re- 

 frifrerant dnriii;; tlie tinir the plant is 

 shut down. Ill aildilien In r(Miiin^ the 

 rooms till- appaiatns maiiiiractures 

 about l-'id pounds oT ii-e jier dav. I'(»r 

 this purpose a separate l.rine tank is 

 provided, eoinplete with ;niimonia eoil> 

 and ieo ean>. 



More About the Cost. 



■Owinti to the varied nature ot tho 

 refri^eratinj.' maehine hnsiness, it is 

 almost im|iossilile to .'vcn approximate 

 the cost of siich installations, as same 

 will depend eiitircdy u|>on tiie si/e of 

 the rooms to We cooled .-iini the temper- 

 atures (lesir(>d : also, the cjNestion of 

 power enters lari^eiy into the cost of 

 plants. A jilant sindlar to t lie one in- 

 stalled liy Mr. nasnuissen would cost 

 in the neijilihorhood of f I .onii, cxilus 

 ve of the jiower. Mr. IJasmussen pur 

 I'hased his own yas engine, and we do 

 not know just what this cost. .\s to 

 the cost of o|i(M'ation. tliis also dejieiids 

 upon tho kind of power nnd tlu; num- 

 ber of hours per ila\ the plant is oper 

 ated. A ma(liine simil.ar to Mr. Ra« 

 uaiissen 's recpiires about seven horse 

 power to i)perate it. With (dc^ctric cur 

 rent at tlie a\er;iL:e <-i«u j'ower would 

 amount to •*l.")i* to ^i' jicr day, stip- 



posinjj tile )ilant o|iei;itcd in the da\ 



tin'e only. 



THE WESTERN ASSOCIATION 



Establishment of Anders Rasmussen, New Albany, Ind. 



of seedlings, was n oood show. One 



Dahlia and Gladiolus Show. 



I'Ih' liist .'10^1:11 e\hiliition ol" the 

 Western Dahlia and (iladioliis Associa 

 tiou was held on the i^iounds of flic 

 \Vi,-consiii St.ite fair, .Milwaukee, Scp- 

 teudier In to II. \lthoii'_di not so hiiuc 

 aH was e.\|)ected. still tlie show w;is 

 er.'.iitalde. \carly :'.i>ii vases of the 

 leiidiiiLl varieties ol' il;ilili:is ;ind yla- 

 Jioli, and ,1 hue .assoitment of seed- 

 liu,i,'s, weie show n. 



in d.ahlias. the evhilot of If. W. 

 t£.«erner. M ilw.aiikee. . iiii<i-:t mil' larj,.|\ 



•white rivals Storm King, a better flow- 

 er, and the stem of nearly the same 

 te.xtiiit'. Suow Stoiiii. ;i single whit(\ 

 is of exceptional \ aliu'. .\ line exhibit 

 of his own liybrids w.as staged and 

 siuwed aclv ancenieiit in this line of 

 work for the exhibitor. 



.\ new exhibitor in the dahlia field 

 is .1. T. Fitchett. of .lanesville, Wis. 

 lie showed III vatiidies <d' standard 

 u::nied dahlia-, of both .\inerican ami 

 fairope.-i II i lit Induct ion. Souvenir ile 

 ''Ustave l>n;i/nii wa- a niaenilicent 

 bloom, over ei^ht iiiclii'> m diameter, 

 ••'ud tcxdx the pri/e t'or the largest 

 d.'ihlia Idooiii on I'xhibi t ion, Htdice was 

 tine, .leaniie <'haruiet an<l boni Milner, 

 both new l-airopeaii v.arieties. are tine 

 .acipiisit inns. (leislm. a new .lapanesf, 

 orieiit;il reil .-ind vellow. was reallv the 



iTiost striking tlower in tho show. Phil 

 adelphia is a good tl-inch lavender and 

 white. Di-eer's M'hite also showed up 

 W(dl. 'j'he ;;cneial dahlia display of 

 -Mr. Fitclu'tt would hav(^ carried off 

 all honors had the right complement of 

 tlowers of each variety been placed in 

 eatli \-.MS(^ as tho rules required. 



II. \\'. Koerner took tirst premium 

 for six dahlias for commercial pur 

 poses, with two (d' his own seedlings, 

 Sv Ivia, l-lmily. Snow Storm, and an un 

 named v.niety. i;. S. 'riioiupson, Ben 

 ton ll.irbor, .Mich., took seciuid with 

 two ol' his own seedlings, i'iidv P<^ony 

 and No. b'l,'.. and (Iloiia. Sv lvi:t. riivon:. 

 and -Alexis, .Ir. 



Iv S. 'J'homjisoii took lirst on table 

 decio'.at inn of tiladioji. with America 

 and .\o. '.t7. the batter a seedling of 

 Mav. white thro.at with a deej) blush 



Engine and Condenser in the Rasmussen Refrigerating Plant, 



