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The Weekly Florists^ Review. 



Inside Glazed Iron-Bar Greenhouse of the Herms Floral Co., Portsmouth, Ohio. 



soiiii't liiii;; iiiw 1(1 tall'; alimit. and is ;i 

 gODil f\aiii|lc lit' vdiir tt'tiipor. 



Aimtlicr iliiii;^, Mr. I-ImiiiIuxit: wIu'ii a 

 man want^ \i< Talk tn you rcyariliiij.!; tlic 

 (jucstiuii lit' valaiy, iloii 'l lauyli it otV, 

 or ]int liini niV witli in> ilt'fiiiit(> iinilcr 

 stan'tiui;'. lie is cntillcil to cuurlrons 

 troatiiicnt : il' ynii can atVoid to incrcasi' 

 liis salary an. I lie is woitliy do so. 

 Jiuil \ou will I (• ic|iaii| a linnilrt'd \>vv 

 ront. ll' \ipii can"! all'oril it. tell liiin 

 why: ilon'i tool him. ^'oul' own rcpu- 

 tfition i^ always at stake. I nu'an the 

 ri'iuit.'it ioii you liear witli tlic inon. 



Jt i< a line lest ot' yiniv manners. Mr. 

 ]']m|iloyoi . to tail to aclsiio\vl(>d};;o a 



|il('as;iur ••(< i morning'' wht'ii \iiu 



cntiT your pl.act' of l)iisiness. The atinos- 

 plicrc serine so ins|>irin^ during.; the rest 

 of the day! Oni" more thiny. ^^r. Km- 

 idoyi-r: W lioiu'xer a man haiipons to 

 lirt';iU --ouirt hing, procci'd to <i;i\(> liim a 

 ton<:u<' la^liinLT. It improxos the w orlv 

 7U('n "s cnv ironnicnt ! Not ! 



'riitTi' 's .a jot to this ipii'stioh, all 

 li-ilit. 



'rh<' lic-^t I can say is: 'I'hink. Mr. 

 l-lmploy.r. ot your inon. Put your.solf 

 in thoir pkaco. ;md tilings may seem 

 dillciiMii. .\ni| to yon. Mr. i^mphi\ee, 

 work t'lo llo' r.oss ' interest .at .all times. 

 Let haiinoii\ |iie\-;iil in \onr rel.afion 



with ll tlier ti'llows ;inil ,\()n "11 \>c 



liaohv. I". K. I*.. 



WINTER STOCKS. 



Will yon iiJMa-e inl'<oni me whether 

 lionlile Aliile -tocUs can lie oi-,i\vM 

 prolilalily in the winter.' It ~-o, in what 

 tcinper.ai 111 e ■-lioulij thc\ lie f,ndwn ami 

 whi'U should they bo started to have 

 tlowfi- h\ Tli.anksoivinijj and Christ 

 mas.' C. M. W. 



Slork^ |o|- winlei- tlowerin^ are only 

 tairly ].rolii a Ide. The s.ale tor them in 

 the lii^ inaiki't>> is somewhat limiteil in 

 winlei'. I'll! iiii|iro\-es toward ^prinii and 

 is e--'ieciall\ ;_;ood toi Meniofi.al da\. 



It', however, you li:i\e a yjood local 

 trade, <'al]iri<4' tor this (dass ot llowi'rs, 

 they would lUdlialdy pay you well. Sow 

 seeds id' any ot the winter l)looinin<; 

 sorts earl\- in .\uyiist I'or Tlianksifiviiiy, 

 and in the middle ot the same month 

 tor ('hristmas. A nij^ht temjierature in 

 winter ot lo to oO decrees is suitalih'. 

 The latter figure shoiilii not lie e\ 

 ceeded, ('. 



FORMULA FOR PUTTY. 



.\ suliscrilier w.iiits to know ''the 

 tormul.a t'or a ;;reenhoii^e putty, I'or use 

 in :i I'Otty hnlli. th.-it will not run in 

 warm weather or he;i\'e in colil weather 

 aiicl that will he plialde at all seasons. * ' 

 ( an anyone supply it .' 



AN INSIDE GLAZED HOUSE. 



Ilonieniade eroonhouso .are the e\ 

 eeption, now that the mannl'act urirs ot' 

 stiaietnral inateri.al h,a\e leduced tlieii- 

 linsiness to an exact science. They I'lir 

 nish mill work that goes together with 

 the utmost ease, while the i|u;ility oi' 

 the nniterial ami the prices nuole pos 

 silile 1)}' a large output m.ake it practi 

 callx' out id' the (juestion t'or the local 

 planing mills to compete. IJut now aiol 

 then some grower liuilds a house for 

 liims(dt to work out some long idierished 

 pl;in, now anil then aidiieving a result 

 ot such |ir,actii-al cliar;icter th;it the 

 ideas em|iloyed conii' into gem'r.al ii-e. 

 There .are several points ot speci.il in 

 terest aliout the house huilt by the 

 lli'iins l''lora] *'<<.. Portsmouth. < ).. :iiid 

 shown in the accompanying illnsf r;il ion. 

 The root construction, on which a pat 

 eiit recently has been granted, embodied 

 'nsi(|e gla/ing with a (du'ap torni ot' 

 iron root lainstruct ion. using glass l<i\ 

 t*^. with no |iutty. Wood i^ steadilv 

 dropping (Mit ot greenhouse coii^lriic 

 tion. Perh;i|is the day will come w iien 

 cy|iress will be so sc.ari-e other root' ma 

 terials will bi'come ;i necessit\. .\t ;iiiy 

 r.ate. the lierm- hoii~-e. which coiit,aiii< 



no w I whatever, not in w;il|s. heiiches 



or even in \ I'lit i lat i ng cashes. i> inter 

 esting as a step in that direction. Mr. 

 ilernis describes the house as toUows: 



''The pii-tiir(> does not show the ven 

 lilators. which are not ipiite completeii, 

 lint will be ot small galvanized iron 

 t'r.anie and will add no noticeable shaile 

 lo the house. We used iiii I i ii.a ry tee iron 

 liar-. I'lXo'Ki. and the gla^s is Imtted 

 and laid underneath, using double ' \' " 

 l;;! I\ .an i/ed iron diaji conductors to sup 

 |iiiri the glass, and si'cnied by br.as- 

 thumb screws. There is no drip to this 

 root, and leakagi^ is trilling, though no 

 |intt\ or tilling ot' any kind is used. 

 I..(\ad washers ar(> used to butt the bot 

 toni lights, and though hist winter wa< 

 a severe one, we had no cr.acked glass, 

 showing pel tect allowance tor expan- 

 sion. 'I'liis method may not be prai- 

 tic.able on wide ro(d's, \\ here |iiirlins are 

 necessary. Init we see no .adx .anta^es 

 ii\er the short span, as the hea\ier ridge 

 and ]inrlins make up tor the sni.all iron 

 gutters. There is no climbing over the 

 root', and the glass can be laid in halt 

 the lime ot the tack .and-jiut ty niethoiK. 

 We ha\e two lights l(ix|s; on a side. 

 whiidi means only one butt, ami this c:in 

 be made ;i good one, .and l.aiec gl.ass i- 

 laid iiiiicker. "\'on can re.adily see the 

 i|;ini;er by blowing mit ot' el,a-^ i^ eliiii 

 in.aled by this method. a> the pre--iiie 

 is iinil'orm .along the bars and there i- 

 no jintly to cr.ack oil', leaving the tack 

 jiressnre .against the ^l.a--. I al-o \\ i-h 

 to empli;isi/e th.al tlii'- root' w;i< de 

 signed tor c]i(\apne>-v a- widl ;i- tor 

 ijur.a bi I ity. .and sn tar i- im d i^.a ppi o lit 

 ment. 



The --iiKiller illustralein -how-- the 

 lleini- ]il,ant as it appears tiom tlie 

 I'liiHicothe |iike. The location i- three 

 miles north ot Port siinuith. 



Hingham. Mass. .lolm i;ie-iiali;iii is 

 I •iihliict i iil; a llower -f.aihl in tin- r.ail 

 1 I '.ad si ,a 1 inn . 



