June 9, 1910. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



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Establishment of ^endland & Keimel, Elmhurst, UL, Devoted Exclusiv<'ly to (he Killarneys. 



WENDLAND & KEIMEL PLANT. 



The accompanying illustration is re- 

 produced from a photograph of the 

 lauge of Wendland & Keimel, Elmhurst, 

 111. The view is looking southwest. In 

 response to a request for some of the 

 details as to construction, W. J. Keimel 

 supplied the following description: 



"We have ten houses 27x200, Mon- 

 inger material, fourteen feet south 

 slope, sixteen feet north; twenty-eight 

 ventilators on each side of ridge, oper- 

 ated by three machines in each house, 

 one in the center operating the north 

 ventilators and one at each end for the 

 south. The ventilators are so arranged 

 that those nearest the machines will 

 open two or three inches before the 

 farthest vents will start to open. This 

 allows us to have a little air at any 

 part of the houses where it is needed, 

 and we find it very convenient. Seven- 

 teen of these machines, with arms, etc., 

 were furnished by the Advance Co. and 

 thirteen by Evans. The gutters are 

 cast-iron Jennings, supported by 2-inch 

 galvanized iron pipes. Purlins are 

 angle-iron supported by 1-inch pipe. 



"iWe houses contain four benches, 

 oach five feet wide, holding 750 plants 

 each. Twenty-seven benches have Kil- 

 larney and thirteen White Killarney, 

 •■"•OjOOO plants in all. Of these 9,000 

 iiave been grown two years, 6,000 one 

 year, and 15,000 were planted last 

 April, all grafted stock supplied by A. 

 N. Pierson, Inc., Cromwell, Conn. The 

 ' ut is sold in the Chicago market by 

 ^'■- C. Amling. 



' ' The place is heated by two 80 horse- 

 ! ower horizontal tubular boilers from 

 "- Freeman & Sons Mfg. Co., Eacine, 

 ^Vis. There are thirteen 1%-inch steam 

 I pes in each house, three under each 



■nch and one runiung just beneath 

 " leh gutter. The yfeturn water from 

 ' 'ese pipes is- takea care of by three 



0. 4 Squires steani traps and sucked 

 '-•v-t of them by k 4x5x8 National 

 ' acuum pump, which pumps it into a 

 ' ceiver, from which it is pumped auto- 

 "latically back into the boilers by a 

 ^%x2%x4 Dean boiler-ffeed pump. The 

 ' xhaust steam from this pump, as well 

 ■|^ the one i;sed for pumping the water 

 '".'^ the greenhouses, after passing 

 ' 'trough a 3-inch oil separator, is led 

 "ito the main steam pi|)e used for heat- 

 '"g, so that the fuel consumed for 

 ''Perating the pumps is almost nothing, 

 '•le pressure carried on the boilers is 



ighty pounds, which is reduced to 

 [hree to five pounds by a K. & T. regu- 

 lating valve. 



"Water is supplied by a 5-inch 

 drilled well 102 feet deep, in which 

 the pressure is strong enough to keep 

 the water within seven feet of the sur- 

 face. There also is a reservoir to catch 

 part of the rain water. A Dean 6x4x6 

 pump is so connected that it can pump 

 out of either or both at once. 



"The boiler shed is fifty feet wide 

 and forty feet long, at present so ar- 

 ranged that the west wall can be re- 

 moved and the shed lengthened as 

 needed. The boilers and coal bin oc- 

 cupy the west twenty feet of the shed, 

 leaving the east half for pump room. 



packing shed and ice-box, the latter 

 being 6x20 and ten feet high, and will 

 easily hold 15,000 to 20,000 roses if 

 necessary. The steel stacks will be re- 

 placed this summer by a 4-foot brick 

 chimney, which will be able to take 

 care of twice the boiler capacity there 

 is at present. All building was done 

 by William Mailander, of Morton 

 Grove, 111. 



"I think that about covers every- 

 thing, except that I may add that the 

 stock at present is all in the pink of 

 condition and promises well for the 

 future. ' ' 



FERNS OBOWN IN FRAMES. 



Will you kindly let us hear from you 

 as to the best method of growing 

 nephrolepis ferns and other varieties 

 outside, in the latitude of Philadelphia? 

 Would it be best to construct frames 

 and how much shade is required? Couid 

 they be grown under laths or must 

 they be placed under glass? Any in- 

 formation regarding this will be great- 

 ly appreciated by us. T. N. Y. 



Nephrolepis and other strong-grow- 

 ing ferns may be grown satisfactorily 

 outdoors during the summer, and, as a 

 matter of fact, have been used in Phil- 

 adelphia and some other localities for 

 bedding purposes. But in order to grow 

 good, salable stock, they would better 

 be grown in frames and covered with 

 either lath shades or thin muslin, the 

 shading material being raised above 

 the frame high enough to allow an 

 abundance of air at all times. The 

 pots should be plunged in ashes or 

 spent hops, the latter being an excel- 

 lent material to retain the moisture, 

 and also containing some fertilizing 

 value. *'«% 



Small ferns, such as are used for 

 table ferneries, may also be grown in 

 the same manner, but it is better to 

 protect them from heavy, beating rains 

 by covering them with sashes. The 



sashes should be raised above the frame 

 about one foot, to provide ventilation, 

 and also shaded with whitewash or 

 whiting and oil. W. H. T. 



DISCOLORED AND DEAD FRONDS. 



Some time ago I made an inquiry about 

 the leaves of Boston ferns, but did not 

 give you enough information on which 

 to base a reply. I now send you, under 

 separate cover, a small kentia palm and 

 some fern fronds. The ferns are in a 

 bed which has been made new and 

 planted three times, but they will not 

 grow; the new fronds soon die back. I 

 have some in pots that are doing the same 

 way and have been in that condition 

 about eighteen months. If you can do 

 so, please give me a remedy. The palms 

 were in good condition when I got them 

 and are placed close to the ferns. 



A. D. H. 



The specimens in question proved to 

 be a small plant of Kentia Belmoreana 

 and several fronds, or parts of fronds, 

 of the Boston fern. All of these showed 

 injuries of somewhat similar character, 

 the tips of the kentia leaves turning yel- 

 low and dying back, and the tips of the 

 fern leaflets likewise discoloring and dy- 

 ing back toward the stem, without drop- 

 ping off. This would seem to indicate 



