March 3, 1910. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



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Establishment of the Holton & Huokel Greenhouse Co.> at Brown Deer, Wis. 



- THE BROWN DEER PLANT. 



The Holton & Hunkel Greenhouse Co., 

 Milwaukee, ia an enterprise entirely dis- 

 tinct from the Holton & Hunkel Co., 

 wholesale florists. The ownership and 

 management are the same, but the two 

 industries are run each as an individual 

 business for the purpose of maintaining 

 an accurate account of what is being 

 done under each head. 



The accompanying illustration is re- 

 produced from a photograph of the new 

 range of the Holton & Hunkel Green- 

 house Co., located at Brown Deer, Wis., 

 •eleven miles from the center of Milwau- 

 kee. Since this picture was taken one 



more house of equal size, namely 26x400 

 feet, was added, making eight in all, de- 

 voted to growing asparagus strings, 

 American Beauties, Killarneys, Brides 

 and White Eallarneys. The place is heat- 

 ed with two 100 horse-power boilers, the 

 condensation being returned by traps. A 

 sidetrack to the boiler-shed makes unload- 

 ing of coal easy. 



The company has another Iflt of four- 

 teen greenhouses located in Milwaukee, 

 which are devoted to the growing of 

 blooming plants, as well as Boston and 

 Whitmani ferns, and valley, of which a 

 specialty is made. All of the stock pro- 

 duced is handled through Holton & Hun- 

 kel Co. 



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MY MARYLAND. 



After reading interesting articles at 

 various times in the Keview, with refer- 

 •ence to My Maryland, it has occurred to 

 me that some of the readers might like to 

 hear how this rose has done with us. 



This is our first year with My Maryland 

 and we were handicapped from the first, 

 as we had our stock shipped in, and a 

 good many of the plants were not what 

 they should have been. We find that we 

 have better stock after we have taken our 

 own cuttings and grown them on. Next 

 fall we expect to have some fine stock to 

 start the season. 



We planted My Maryland in two three- 

 quarter-span houses, 125 feet long, each 

 house having two 6-foot benches. In one 



house we had raised wooden benches; in 

 the other, solid cement benches. 



The house containing the cement 

 benches was planted June 1, and with 

 the best plants. The other house, con- 

 taining the wooden benches, was planted 

 June 26, and with the poorest plants. 



Both houses have been treated alike as 

 to mulching and liquid feeding. We 

 gave the plants a light dressing of mulch 

 about August 1. September l"^hey re- 

 ceived another light mulch. About Octo- 

 ber 1, as nearly as I can remember, we 

 began feeding with liquid manure. This 

 was kept up until about Thanksgiving, 

 when they were given a heavy mulcii, 

 which would carry them through the dark 

 weather. A month ago we started feed- 

 ing them liquid again, every other water- 

 ing. 



I have noticed that in some of the arti- 

 cles it is stated that My Maryland is in- 

 clined to go to sleep in the winter months. 

 We do not find t^t it does so with us. 



for we have been cutting blooms all 

 through the winter. I do not mean to 

 imply that it does as well in winter as it 

 does in the warm months, but we are 

 more than satisfied with it. The houses 

 have been carried at a night temperature 

 of 64 to 65 degrees. 



We have cut, from September 1 up to 

 date, out of the house in which are the 

 cement benches, 17,200 blooms, while 

 from the house containing the wooden 

 benches we have cut 9,340. From this 

 record it would look as if this rose would 

 do better on a solid bench, but I do not 

 think so, for you must remember that 

 the wooden benches were planted with 

 poor stock, and mighty poor at that. 

 Each hmiise holds 1,150 plants. 



I say; again, that we are highly satis- 

 fied with this rose, for several reasons. 

 There^re few unsalable blooms; in fact, 

 the mkjority of stenjs and flowers are ex- 

 cellent. It is not sKibject to mildew. It 

 is easy to keep fre^from red spider. 

 if W. J. Vesey, Jb. 



RAMBLER ROSES. 



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^ Will Crimson Bambler roses do well 

 planted against the west side of a shedt 

 Please state a few of the best outdoor 

 climbing roses in pink and red for cut 

 flowers. M. B. 



Crimson Kambler roses will do well 

 planted against the west side of your 

 shed. A few other good ramblers for cat- 

 ting are : Hiawatha, single red ; Farquhar, 

 Lady Gay, Dorothy Perkins and Tausend- 

 schon, pink, and Leuchstem, delicate 

 pink. There is also a new form of Crim- 

 son Eambler of a perpetual blooming 

 character, called Flower of Fairfield, weS 

 worthy of a trial. C. 



WEAK-NECKED ROSES. 



Can you tell me why my Brides and 

 Maids should have crooked necks just be- 

 low the flower f They are healthy, mak- 

 ing a good growth, with fine foliage and 

 flowers of good color and quality, except 

 for the eroeked necks. It was young 

 stock, j^lanted last July. The soil is 

 rather light. The house is light and airy. 

 Any helpful suggestions wiU be greatly 

 appreciated. C. L. D. 



The reason why the stems of your roses 

 are crooked or weak-necked, is lack of 

 proper ventilation. The fact that a rose 



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