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The Weekly Florists' Review. 



Febbuabt 15, 1012. 



snapdragon, as well as in the varieties 

 selected. Perhaps the idea is most 

 clearly brought out in the growing of 

 roses. The fancy or special rose is 

 discouraged; the shorter grades are 

 desired — roses that are within the reach 

 of buyers of mo^rate means at any 

 season of the year. In the carnations 

 this idea is shown in the varieties 

 rather than in the methods of culture, 

 while in sweet peas the cultural meth- 

 ods are as evident as in the roses. 



The next idea, and one that is not 

 generally understood even by those who 

 have visited the Florex Gardens, is 

 clearly shown in the monster house. 

 This idea is that every rose should 

 be an outside plant. To those accus- 

 tomed to planting three, four or five 

 roses in a row in each bed, this idea 

 seems preposterous; yet it is feasible 

 and most ingeniously carried into exe- 

 , cution. In the first place it was decided 

 that, while every rose plabt must be 

 an outside plant, there must also be 

 exactly the same number of roses in 

 the monster house that it would have 

 held under the usual method of plant- 

 ing. To do this, each walk was nar- 

 rowed two inches; between these walks 

 the solid beds were made of just the 

 width required for two rows of plants; 

 the plants were set out in these beds 

 in the same way that the spots appear 

 on a "five" in playing cards. This 

 will show how every plant becomes an 

 outside plant, securing the largest pos- 

 sible amount of light and air. The beds 

 are made two inches narrower than 

 would ordinarily be the case, while the 

 plants are kept from encroaching on 

 the walks by two rows of galvanized 

 wire running horizontally. 



The roses grown in this monster 

 house are Maryland, Richmond, Kil- 

 larney. White Killarney, Bridesmaid 

 and Bride. 



The idea brought out most strongly 

 in the second monster house, about one- 

 half filled with carnations and the other 

 half with sweet peas and snapdragon, 

 is the planting of carnations in solid 

 beds. This may be familiar to growers 

 in certain sections of the country, but 

 the principal growers in the neighbor- 

 hood of New York, Chicago and Phila- 

 delphia are unanimous in favoring the 

 raised bench. To see half a house, con- 

 taining thousands of plants and hun- 

 dreds of thousands of buds, all in solid 

 beds, was unusual. The varieties grown 

 are Enchantress, White Enchantress, 

 Beacon, Winsor, White Star (an own 

 seedling), Ruth (another seedling 

 named for Mr. Bernheimer's little 

 daughter), and Dorothy Gordon. The 

 two last named were in another range 

 of two houses, in raised benches. 



The heating ideas in the North Wales 

 power plant may be briefly summarized 

 as centering in the battery of marine 

 boilers and in the reducing valve. The 

 great length of the marine boilers, it 

 is asserted, makes them more econom- 

 ical than the return tubular boiler, 

 while the reducing valve, whereby a 

 pressure of forty, thirty or twenty 

 pounds may be reduced to two, one or 

 even one-half pound, solves the prob- 

 lem of heating the monster house. 



There are, of course, other ideas of 

 value and of deep interest now being 

 evolved at the Florex Gardens, but 

 these are suflBcient to give an idea of 

 what is being done in one of the largest 

 establishments in the country, and will 

 give food for thought to growers who 



are determined that their places shall 

 stand second to none in the march of 

 improvement. Phil. 



GLASS MANUFACTUBEBS MEET. 



A well attended meeting of glass 

 manufacturers was held at Pittsburgh 

 February 7 to 9, and the feeling ex- 

 pressed at that meeting was such that 

 some sort of an arrangement is pretty 

 sure to be instituted that will mean 

 better returns for their product. With 

 any one who thinks on the subject, it 

 goes without saying that it is abso- 

 lutely impossible for any window glass 

 factory in the United States to sell 

 16x18 's and 16x24 's in carload lots at 

 the rate of a little over 3^ cents per 

 square foot, f. o. b. factory. They can- 

 not do it. It has been demonstrated to 

 them and they now seem ready to 

 bury the hatchet on past performances 

 and start anew with the hope of get- 

 ting at least six per cent on their 

 investment. 



THE JOHN YOUNG PEOPERTY. 



The John Young property at Bed- 

 ford Hills, N. Y., is well known to the 

 trade. The first greenhouse built was 

 54 X 700 feet and was of the flat iron 

 rafter construction. Three years ago 

 another large house, 54 x 561 feet, of 

 the King iron frame type, was erected, 

 and later a house, 21 x 561 feet, of the 

 same type, was built. The John Young 

 Co., owner of this range, became flnan- 

 cially embarrassed and the property 

 was sold at public auction at White 

 Plains, N. Y., December 29, 1911, on 

 account of proceedings taken by Mr. 

 Schenck, holder of the second mortgage, 

 for $14,000, against the property. There 

 were many judgments against the prop- 

 erty, the largest of which was held by 

 the King Construction Co., for about 

 $10,000. The property was bought at 

 this public sale by R. O. King, in the 

 interest of the King Construction Co., 

 for the sum of $37,100. The property 

 was sold February 7 by Mr. King to 

 Charles L. Roberts, of Basking Ridge, 

 N. J., for $48,000. The property will 

 be managed and the product sold by 

 Messrs. Moore, Hentz & Nash, New 

 York city. 



FARMEES' WEEK AT CORNELL. 



The Fifth Annual Farmers' Week at 

 the New York State College of Agri- 

 culture at Cornell University, Ithaca, 

 N. Y., will be held February 19 to 24. 

 An invitation to be present is extended 

 to everyone in any way engaged in till- 

 ing the soil. 



The program includes a number of 

 features of interest to florists, among 

 them the following: 



Tuesday, February 20, "Greenhouse 

 Construction," an illustrated lecture by 

 W. R. Cobb, of Lord & Burnham Co., 

 New York. 



Wednesday, February 21. "Green- 

 house Construction and Heating," illus- 

 trated lecture by R. 0. King, of King 

 Construction Co., North Tonawanda, 

 N. Y. 



Thursday, February 22, "Filling Win- 

 dow Boxes," demonstration by C. E. 

 Hunn. 



Friday, February 23, "Opportunities 

 in Floriculture for Men and Women," 

 by Prof. A. C. Beal. 



Friday, February 23, ' ' The Aster and 

 Its Culture, ' ' by George Arnold, Roches- 

 ter, N. Y. 



Friday, February 23, "Flowers as a 

 Field Crop," by I. S. Hendricksou, 

 Flowerfield, L. I. 



Friday, February 23, "The Gladiolus 

 as a Special Crop," illustrated lecture 

 by Arthur Cowee, Berlin, N. Y. 



Many other lectures also will be of 

 interest, treating on spraying, nut cul- 

 ture, vegetable growing, etc., etc. 



TO REPAIR CRACKED CISTERN? 



Does anyone know of a cement or 

 anything to calk a brick cistern that 

 has cracked by freezing? Our cistern 

 is twenty feet in diameter and six feet 

 deep, built in barrel shape, built of 

 brick laid in cement. The brick arc 

 laid the flat way and one ply, banked 

 around by earth, but not covered. If 

 you know of anything to repair the 

 damage, please let us know as soon as 

 possible. G. N. Garland. 



Finleyville, 0. 



AMERICAN GLADIOLUS SOCIETY. 



Public notice is hereby given that the 

 following varieties of gladioli offered by 

 John Lewis Childs, Floral Park, N. Y.,. 

 have been registered by the Nomencla- 

 ture Committee of the American Gla- 

 diolus Society: 



Gladiolus Alaska, 1911; now offered 

 for the first time; a pure white variety, 

 having a strong constitution and pro- 

 ducing a long spike of well formed 

 flowers. This variety was exhibited at 

 the convention of the S. A. F. at Phila- 

 delphia, in 1907, as No. 27, and was 

 awarded a certificate of merit. 



Gladiolus Silver Sheen, 1911; a fine 

 white variety, the petals of which have 

 the appearance of being overlaid with a 

 coat of glistening silver; very fine and 

 effective. A. C. Beal, Chairman. 



FLORISTS BUYING GLASS. 



During the last few weeks the popu- 

 lar sizes of greenhouse glass have been 

 selling well below $2 per box, at the 

 lowest prices on record. As a result, 

 growers have taken round lots. Some 

 of the recent sales reported by Sharp, 

 Partridge & Co., Chicago, have been as 

 follows: One car each to F. Dorner & 

 Sons Co., La Fayette, Ind.; to Frank B. 

 Smith's Sons, Danville, 111., and to An- 

 drew Peterson, Hoopeston, Ijll.; two 

 cars to the University of Illinois, Cham- 

 paign, and four cars to E. G. Hill Co., 

 Richmond, Ind. 



WHERE THE MONEY GOES. 



The trade is interested in several 

 provisions of the agricultural appropri- 

 ation bill, which was reported to the 

 house of representatives recently and 

 will be taken up this week. These pro- 

 visions include the following: $285,680 

 for the free seed distribution; also $1,- 

 425,850 for the general expenses of 

 the Bureau of Plant Industry; over $5,- 

 000,000 for the forest service, nursery 

 investigations, etc.; $290,000 for inves- 

 tigations and studies of soils; $624,880 

 for investigating and combating injuri- 

 ous insects; $100,000 for investigation 

 and extermination of rodents and other 

 animals that interfere with the horti- 

 culturist and agriculturist; $1,500,000- 

 for horticultural experiment stations; 

 $87,000 for enforcing the insecticide- 

 law. H. C. H. 



Montpelier, O. — L. W. Franks an- 

 nounces that he is now out of the flo- 

 rists' trade. 



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