February 20, 1913 



The Florists^ Review 



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Auto Truck Just Put into Commiuion by One of the Chicago Cut Flower Growers. 



seal. The 'strip' is of zinc, which is 

 durable, and bent in the shape shown 

 in the illustration. The hooked por- 

 tion is placed over the upper edge of 

 the lower pane, the other portion lying 

 on the upper portion of the glass and 

 extending down onto the pane accord- 

 ing to the lap desired. The remainder 

 of the strip forms a shelf, or ledge, 

 against which the lower edge of the 

 upper pane rests, and takes the place 

 of the glazing points as now used to 

 prevent the panes from sliding down 

 onto the glass below. The strip is 

 made long enough to cover the entire 

 edge of the pane, or as long as the 

 spacing between the bars, and forms a 

 seal that makes the joint perfectly 

 tight. Cold air, moisture and every- 

 thing else is prevented from passing 

 through the roof. The strip will prac- 

 tically do away with roof drafts, which 

 cause inestimable trouble and much 

 loss and which account for a great many 

 failures to produce the best crops. 

 Every florist knows the imperfect con- 

 tact of the glass at the lap; as feW 

 panes are perfectly flat, the curvature 

 of the panes will not permit the panes 

 to come into perfect contact. The con- 

 trol of ventilation is only partially pos- 

 sible, as the air passing through these 

 openings between the laps is uncontrol- 

 lable. The heat of the building is lost 

 through these openings, and also fumi- 

 gating vapors, and all these losses mean 

 extra expense, which the use of this 

 strip will save. The strip forms a 

 frame for every pane and positively 

 prevents them from slipping from place. 

 The panes are kept from being lifted 

 from their seats by glazing points 

 driven into the sashbars on top of 

 the glass." .^ . 



BEINBEBG'S BIG TBUCE. 



One by one the large growers who 

 have stores in the city and greenhouses 

 in the country are adopting the motor 

 truck as the means of conveying the 

 stock from greenhouses to store. In 

 some cases the truck is doing the work 

 formerly done by the express com- 

 panies, and in other cases it is taking 

 the place of horse-drawn vehicles. 



Peter Reinberg, Chicago, has just re- 



ceived delivery of a truck to replace 

 five horses, which formerly were needed 

 to maintain the wagon service between 

 greenhouses and store. The truck was 

 on exhibition last week at the Chicago 

 automobile show and attracted probably 

 more attention than any other one ex- 

 hibit in the show. The body is ex- 

 tremely large and extremely striking, 

 in design, finish and lettering. The 

 color i» rich dark green with gold let- 

 tering. 



The Reinberg truck is a Mack chassis, 

 built by the International Motor Co. 

 It has a special body, built by Wm. 

 Erby & Sons Co., Chicago. The body 

 was designed to hold forty of the big 



Gowen's Glazing Strip. 



boxes in which Beauties are brought 

 from the greenhouses, and to close on 

 them in cold weather. When the tail 

 gate is down the truck will carry fifty 

 boxes. It will be noticed that the 

 driver is inside, protected from the 

 weather, the same as is the load. It 

 has a carrying capacity of one and one- 

 half tons. The wheel base measures 

 thirteen feet six inches, with an over- 

 all length of twenty feet. It is equipped 

 with solid tires, both front and rear. 

 The engine is four cylinder and is rated 

 at thirty-eight horse-power. 



BOSTON. 



The Market. 



Flowers continue in oversupply. We 

 have had clear skins, and outside of 

 roses, which are not yet abundant, 



there is no shortage of anything. Amer- 

 ican Beauties still bring fancy prices, 

 but there has been a drop in about all 

 other varieties. The special favorites 

 continue to be Ward, Melody, Taft, Car- 

 dinal and Hillingdon, Richmonds are 

 not equal in quality to what they were 

 a month ago, but Killarneys are good. 

 Carnations are something of a glut 

 and little but strictly fancy stock goes 

 over $2.50 per hundred. Gloriosa, Pink 

 Delight, Benora and White Wonder are 

 the favorites. 



Violets are selling low. For Valen- 

 tine's day they averaged 60 cents per ' 

 hundred, but they are down to much 

 lower prices now. Bulbous flowers are 

 of grand quality, but the heavy supply 

 causes prices to be low. Snapdragons, 

 bachelor's buttons, white and yellow 

 marguerites and English primroses are 

 favorites among miscellaneous flowers.. 

 Valley sells only moderately well. The 

 same is true of cattleyas and gardenias. 

 Mignonette is fine, but the sale is slow. 

 Sweet peas are in heavier supply. Flow- 

 ers on long stems sell well. Short stems 

 have to be practically given away. In 

 lilies Formosas are the best. There is 

 a good supply of callas. Trade in green 

 stock continues quiet. 



Club Meeting. 



At the meeting of the Gardeners ' and 

 Florists' Club February 18 there was 

 an attendance of 200, and much enthu- 

 siasm. Twenty new members were 

 elected. Peter Fisher and A. A. Pem- 

 broke spoke on carnations. Mr. Fisher 

 discussed especially the qualities of the 

 flowers and what types should be grown. 

 Mr. Pembroke talked on cultural de- 

 tails. A long and animated discussion 

 followed, participated in by F. E. Pal- 

 mer, George Page, William H. Elliott, 

 William Sim, V. T. Sherwood, Alexan- 

 der McKay, Kenneth Finlayson, .lames 

 Wheeler, William Downs, M. A. Patten, 

 Thomas Roland, S. J. Renter and James 

 T. Scott. 



J. K, M. L. Farquhar spoke ou the 

 National Flower Show and the Minne- 

 apolis convention. It was voted to in- 

 vite the S. A. F. to hold its convention 

 here in 1914. An invitation was ac- 

 cepted for a fleld day at the establish- 



