Apbil 30, 1914. 



The Florists' Review 



19 



The Establhhment of Arthur Moll, the Largest Grower of Carnations in Germany. 



since it was placed in the yard. Would 

 lime help to sweeten it? P. 0. M. 



I do not think that I would care to 

 use the soil in question for planting 

 this season. From what I have seen of 

 chicken yards, I would not use the 

 soil without first having sown it in 

 grass for a couple of years. Do not 

 use it if you can possibly avoid it. 



A. F. J. B. 



KEEPING CABNATION BLOOMS. 



Please inform me whether carna- 

 tions can be kept better elsewhere than 

 in the ice-box. Our cooler is new and 

 up-to-date in construction and is kept 

 ■day and night at a temperature of 38 

 to 40 degrees. After a day or two the 

 carnation^ become black at the edges 

 and close up. Is a temperature of 40 

 degrees too cool for carnations? 



B. C. B. 



A temperature of 38 to 40 degrees is 

 too cool for carnation blooms and the 

 ice-box is not the place in which to 

 keep them. Out in the open room, in 

 a temperature of 45 to 50 degrees, is 

 the proper place, providing there are 

 no strong drafts. Under such circum- 

 stances the blooms will keep in salable 

 condition for several days and give 

 good satisfaction after they reach 

 your customers. A. F. J. B. 



AMERICAN METHODS ABROAD. 



How Our Ways Work in Oermany. 



When a foreigner spends a long 

 enough time in this country to learn 

 our American methods and then returns 

 to his native land he invariably ap- 

 plies the knowledge he has gained here 

 to old-world conditions with successful 

 results. This is true in the florists' 

 trade as well as in other lines of work, 

 and has proved equally profitable. The 

 application of American ideas in car- 

 nation growing at the plant of Arthur 

 Moll, at Soden am Taunus, Germany, 

 by Otto Bellinger has produced remark- 

 able results. 



Otto Bellinger learned our ways of 

 growing carnations when he was in the 

 employ of the Chicago Carnation Co., 

 Joliet, 111. Five years ago he yielded 

 to his longing for the fatherland and 

 returned to Germany. There he became 



manager of the plant of Arthur Moll 

 a grower of high-class carnations. At 

 that time the plant was a comparative- 

 ly small one and the stock was not of 

 the high quality that Mr. Bellinger had 

 been accustomed to in this country. 



Five Tears Bring Advance. 



The new manager saw the diflFerence 

 between what was and what might be 

 and at once set to work to bring about 

 the change. The improvements brought 

 an increase in business and house after 

 house was built to take care of the 

 trade. Today the establishment is, the 

 largest carnation growing establishment 

 in Germany and has 200,000 carnation 

 plants under glass. There is a large 

 propagating house and the whole range 

 is divided into what are known as the 

 A, B and C plants. An idea of the 

 total glass area may be obtained from 

 one of the illustrations, which shows 

 two of the three plants. 



The carnations grown are the best 

 American varieties. The stand-bys are 

 at present White Wonder, Mrs. Ward, 

 Gloriosa and Beacon. In addition a few 



English varieties are grown. A great 

 deal of attention is paid to the new 

 varieties as they appear and they are 

 all tried out tp see which is the best 

 adapted to German conditions and uses. 

 The American idea of keeping abreast 

 of the times and being always up-to- 

 date is not limited in its application to 

 this country, but brings business in any 

 land. 



An Up-to-Date Equipment. 



The names of the various kinds of 

 apparatus used in the plant are most of 

 them familiar to American ears. The 

 houses are all ventilated with the Evans 

 Improved Challenge apparatus. The 

 boilers are Moninger-Furman and 

 Strebel. The results obtained with 

 these appliances have always given sat- 

 isfaction and they are used throughout 

 the plant. All the houses are heated 

 by hot water, which is driven through 

 the system by means of an electric 

 pump. Electricity is used also to light 

 the entire range. A splendid view of 

 the overhead arrangements is shown in 



Center Work in One of the Ranges of Arthur MoU, Soden am Taunus, Germany. 



