JANCABY 2, 1913. 



The Florists^ Review 



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Another View of the 599-foot Houses on Basiett & 'Washburn's New Place at Gregg's Station, III. 



to stick to the standard flowers where 

 growing cut flowers. 



A committee was appointed to ar- 

 range for a banquet after the next 

 meeting, which will be a sort of banner 

 affair, starting with a visiting trip to 

 Strasburg at 1 p. m, Thursday, January 

 16; return to Lancaster for the meet- 

 ing, and after the meeting the banquet 

 in the form of a social session. Any 

 •out-of-town florists who happen to be 

 in the city on this date should meet 

 the crowd at the traction waiting room. 

 A. M. H. 



GREENHOUSE PHOTOGRAPHY. 



Making a thoroughly good photo- 

 graph of a modern greenhouse is not 

 usually the easiest thing a camera man 

 does — the up-to-date greenhouse is ho 

 long in comparison with its height that 

 the lens either takes in only a part of 

 the house or else is set so far away 

 that most of the detail is lost. The 

 Review has previously published pic- 

 tures of the new range at Gregg's Sta- 

 tion, 111., and the reason for showing 

 the accompanying illustrations is that 

 the photographs are the best that have 

 thus far been made. The range con- 

 sists of five houses, each 34x599 feet. 

 "The type of construction is what is 

 known as the steel flat rafter louse, 

 with steel gutters. The sashbars are 

 •only l%xl%, and carry comparatively 

 little of the strain, the strength of the 

 Jiouse being in the steel frame. In 

 -these houses, thirty-four feet wide, 

 there are only two lines of purlin sup- 

 ports. There is a detached service 

 building of fireproof construction. 



These houses form the nucleus around 

 ■which Bassett & "Washburn purpose to 

 centralize their glass. The older houses 

 at Hinsdale will in the end all be re- 

 moved to the new location. Work now 

 is in progress on twelve of the houses, 

 •each 25x200. The John C. Moninger 

 "Co., -which had the contract for the 

 long houses, is furnishing such new ma- 

 terial as is required, but a considerable 

 ,part of the roof will come out of the 

 ■old houses: cypress gutters, bars and 

 ventilators will be used again, and it 

 IS an interesting indication of the per- 

 manence of well built greenhouses of 

 •even the older type that some of this 

 woodwork has done service for twenty 

 years and still is in condition to go 

 into construction that is expected to 

 stand for another long period. In these 

 rebuilt houses Bassett & Washburn are 

 using galvanized pipe posts for walls 

 -with angle iron purlins. They are put- 

 nng m a complete new heating plant. 



. CrawfordsviUe, Ind.— A. S. Pett has 

 just completed his first vear in his new 

 •establishment in the business section. 



BOSTON. 



The Christmas Market. 



Growers, wholesalers and retailers 

 are agreed that it was the greatest 

 Christmas ever, and are tired but 

 happy. But for the severe driving 

 snowstorm, which started at daylight 

 December 24 and continued until dark, 

 disorganizing steam and street traffic, 

 the stores would have been practically 

 swamped. As it was, they had all they 

 could attend to, but deliveries were 

 difficult, owing to the snow blockade. 



Plants easily asserted their suprem- 

 acy over cut flowers and the high 

 prices of the latter greatly increased 

 the call for plants. All growers were 

 well cleaned out and did a splendid 

 business. Poinsettias were the leaders; 

 then came cyclamens; after that, aza- 

 leas, berried plants, oranges, ericas, 

 primulas, Cincinnati and Lorraine be- 

 gonias and bulb pans. The demand for 

 Lorraine begonias was far below that 

 for Cincinnati. 



Coming to cut flowers. Beauties and 

 Russells shared honors as leaders, but 

 some wonderful Richmonds were not 

 far behind. These latter made $6 to 

 $35 per hundred, with some specials 

 at $50. Killarney, White Killarney 

 and Killarney Queen made $6 to $25; 

 Ward, $6 to $30; Hillingdon and Sun- 

 burst, $6 to $25; Christy Miller, $4 to 



$50. Carnations were in strong de- 

 mand. Owing to many growers being 

 in light crop, the supply was less than 

 normal. Good stock realized $8 to 

 $10; extra fancies, in one or two cases, 

 $12 to $15; ordinary stock, $4 to $6. 

 Carnations never realized better 

 Christmas prices. Violets averaged 

 $1.50, but a few went to $2. Sweet 

 peas made $1 and $1.50 per hundred; 

 valley, $3 to $5; tulips and trumpet 

 narcissi, $4 to $6; freesia, $8; mignon- 

 ette, $1 to $2 per dozen; snapdragons, 

 $6 to $10; marguerites, $1 to $2; poin- 

 settias, $2 to $5 per dozen; lilies, $10 

 to $12.50 per hundred; cattleyas, $4 

 to $8 per dozen, and gardenias, $4 to 

 $6 per dozen. The call for asparagus 

 and ferns was not heavy, owing to the 

 abundance of other greens. The flow- 

 ers which suffered most from the storm 

 and tie-up in transportation facilities 

 were roses, which slumped quite a 

 little late in the day. On Christmas 

 morning flowers which appeared sold 

 well. With clear skies, the demand 

 was quite good. 



Flowers since Christmas have not 

 been abundant and the demand has 

 kept them well cleaned up. Prices 

 have dropped to normal. Rose prices 

 are cut in half; carnations are making 

 $2 to $6'; violets, $1, and bulbous stock 

 has taken a considerable drop. 



All dealers in Christmas greens, 

 wreaths, etc., agree that business with 



Interior of the New Bassett & Washburn 599-foot Houses. 



