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The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



Establishment of Wcndland & Kcimel, Elmhurst, III., Devoted Exclusiv<'ly to (he Killarneys. 



a-ENDLAND & KEIMEL PLANT. 



I lie tirrdinjiaiiyjng illustration is re- 

 , o.luii'.i fiuni a jiliotograph of the 

 ' iu"' "i ^^'l•n(llalld 6i Keimel. Eliuluirst, 

 I The \ lew is looking soiitliwest. In 

 . -|ioii-r iM a request for some of the 

 ' i.iiN ;'~ til construction, \\. J. Kcimel 

 - >|i|iliiil ihe following description: 



• W !■ iiave ten houses 27x200, Mon- 



U' I' materia], fourteen feet south 



-"■pc. -ixTeeii feet north; twenty-eight 



' ntilatiir- I'll each side of ridge, oper- 



■'•''<\ I'V Threi' machines in each house, 



iM ill Tlie i-enter operating the north 



\ iiitilatnr- and one at each end for the 



III. Till' \rntilators are so arranged 



'i:ii tliiix.' nearest the machines will 



I'lii two or three inches before the 



I 'ii!ii'-t Aents will start to open. This 



ili""~ u~ to have a little air at any 



',•■■' n iif tlie houses where it is needed, 



""I Ave lind it very convenient. Seven- 



'•'■II (if the<c machines, with arms, etc., 



'II' furnished by the Advance Co. and 



rteen liy Evans. The gutters are 



iM iron .Tt^-nnings, supported by 2-inch 



- ^anize'l iron pipes. Purlins arc 



• i^ie iron supported by 1-inch pipe. 



'Tlie houses contain four benches, 



' li tive feet wide, holding 750 plants 



li. Twenty-seven benches have Kil- 



' iiiy and thirteen White Killarnev, 



jdants in all. Of these 9,000 



\ !■ li.'en grown two years, 6,000 one 



:ir. and 1.5.000 were planted last 



I'lil. all grafted stock supjilied by A. 



I'ierson. Inc.. Cromwell, Conn. Thi- 



' is ^old in the Chicago market by 



C. Aniling. 



' The place is heated by two SO horse- 

 ^ver horizontal tubular boilers from 



Freeman & Sons Mfg. Co., Kacine, 



'^. There are thirteen li{;-inch steam 



"■> in eai/h house, tliree under eai-li 

 'I'll and one running iust beneath 



li uiitti-r. The return water from 

 ^'- pipes is taken care of by three 

 '■ 1 Scjuires '«team traps and sucked 

 ' iif them by a 4x.")xS Xatii>n;ii 

 '■I'lnn j'unip. which juimps it into a 



'■iver, fi'.m which it is pumped auto 

 itically ba.-k into the boilers by a 

 jx2'',xt l»iaii l)oiler-feed pumji. The 

 'iiHist -'I'.im from this pump, as W(>1I 



th'' .1),. }\<,;\ for puiii|)ing the waier 

 ' thf uii'i'iihouscs, after jiassing 

 '■"Hull ;i ■■'• iii'-ii oil si'jiarator, is loil 

 '" ill'' main ^leam jiipe used for heat- 

 '-• >" that the fuel rousumed foi- 

 i'l'atiii- ihiJ jiumps is almost nothing, 

 pro-^ur'' i-arried on tho lioiliMs is 



"Water is suiiplied by a ."-inch 

 drilled well 102 feet deep, in which 

 the pressure is strong enough to keeji 

 the water within seven feet of the sur- 

 face. There also is a reservoir to catch 

 part of the rain water. A Dean 6x4x(i 

 pump is so connected that it can pump 

 out of either or botli at once. 



"The boiler shed is fifty feet wide 

 and forty feet long, at jiresent so ar- 

 ranged that the west wall can be rr 

 moved and the shed lengthened as 

 needed. The boilers and coal bin oi- 

 I'upy the west twenty feet of the shed, 

 leaving tlio oast half for ))umii room. 



]iai-kiiig shed and ice-box, (he latter 

 being (ix2n and ten feet high, and will 

 easily hold 1.1,000 to 20,000 roses if 

 nei'i'ss.ary. The steel stacks will be re- 

 placed this summer by a 4-foot brick 

 cliimney, which will be able to take 

 care of twice the boiler capacity there 

 is at present. All building was done 

 liv William ^lailander, of Morton 

 drove. III. 



"I think that about covers every- 

 thing, exce])t that I may add that the 

 stock !it present is all in the pink of 

 condition ami promises well for the 

 future. ' ' 



'Jitv 



|"iiiii'ls. which is rc'liiccil to 



I'^e to ii\,. pounds by a K. ^ T. regu 



■'ill- A .'ih.-c. 



FERNS GROWN IN FRAMES. 



Will you kindly let us liear from you 

 ;>s to the best method of growing 

 neplirolepis ferns jind other varieties 

 outside, in the latitude of riiiladelphia .' 

 Would it be best to construct frames 

 ■ind liow mucli sh;)il(> is required.' Couiil 

 tlii'V lie grown under laths or nuist 

 they be jdaced under glass? .\ny in- 

 formation regarding this will be great- 

 ly appreciated by us. T. N. Y. 



Xi'plirolepis and other strong grow 

 ing ferns may be grown satisfactorily 

 outdoors during the suminer, 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 l;>1h shades or thin muslin, the 

 shading matcri.'il being raised above 

 the frame high enpugh to allow an 

 abundance of air at all times. The 

 jiots should be ]dunged in aslns or 

 spent hops, the latter being an excel- 

 lent materi.-il 1o retain the moisture. 

 and also "out.aining some ferlili'/ing 

 value. 



Small ferns, such as are tised for 

 table ferneries, may also lie grown in 

 the sam(> manner, but it is better to 

 ]irotect them from lieavy, besitiiig rains 

 bv covering them with sashes. The 



sashes should be raised aliove the frame 

 about one foot, to jtrovide 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 infornmtion on which 

 to liase a reply. I now send you, under 

 separate cover, a snmll kentia palm and 

 siuue fern fronds. The ferns are in a 

 bed which has been made new au'l 

 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 niontlis. If ymi can do 

 so, please give me a remedy. The palms 

 were in good condition when T got them 

 Mild are jilaccd close to the ferns. 



.\. D. ir. 



The sjiecimens in question jiroved to 

 lie a small pl;int of Kentia Heluioreaii.'i 

 and several fronds, or p.-irts of fronds, 

 of the Pxiston fern. .\II of these showei! 

 injuries of some\\iat similar i-liaractei. 

 the tips of (he kentia leaves turning ye] 

 low ami dying b.ack, and the tip.s of the 

 t'erii leadets likewisi' discoloring and dv 

 ing Iiack toward the stem, without drop- 

 ping otT. This would sciin to indii'.'ite 



