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The Weekly Florists^ Review^ 



Mabch 11, 1909. 



slioiiM lie iilidut 111 ilcyifcs liiylicr. As 

 siiou as tlif liliroiis iimts show on llic sur- 

 face a liylit toji (liTssiii;; of linlf roinjiosf 

 mikI lialf sliO('|i inaiimr must lie apiiliril, 

 aixl irpoatcil as often as lu'ci-ssni v. 



"Tliis is one tiral iiii'iit iiiidcr which I 

 ha\i' jjrowii yanlciiias witli success. Iml J 

 htive irie(| anotlier way also, witli j^ood 



results. 1 ha\e I n ^rowiii^' my phuits 



\i\> to 7 iiicli ]Mits iiihhT ^lass all siiiiiiiicr. 

 \')\ August 1 I iTMiovcil the oliiss and 

 kejit the plants without <;lass until Sep- 

 lemlier ].'), 'J'his ripens the wooil ami tiie 

 lloweriii<,r buds can lie fouml at the I'ud 

 of I'ach orowth liy this time. The plants 

 have to lie iiioMil under the e|;iss aeain 



wIl.'H the lli;^ht^ ect coolef. 1 lia\ f 



|ilanted a heiich. when the jilants iuive 

 lieen treated in this manner, liy Octoln-r 

 1 and cut a line crop of llowers from 

 l)ecemher If) on. 



•■'Pliis metliod gives anyone tlie chance 

 1o have e;ii'denias in siu-ces-ion if you 

 liave differeiif liouses to plant in rola 

 tioii. as you can hold them in a cool 

 luiuse at aluiut 52 to '>'> devices at night , 

 until wanted for forcing. 



•'The \aiieties grown ;ire ])rincipally 

 A'eitcliii. or ihuida. and tlorilniuda. ( dii 

 denia Fortune! prodin-es larger flowers, 

 liut is more suitalde t'oi' ^unmier llowcr- 

 ing. 



•'All plants lia\c' their enemies, and so. 

 also, has the gardenia. The wursl of all 

 i-^ the mealy luig. Syringing with a mix 

 tiiri' of lemon oil and K'lsleaf Ivxliact 

 keep< them lU idieck. liut the lic-;t ;iml 



FLORISTS' PROBLEMS. 



1 A siiiiiiiiMiy of ,•! rt'ccnt adiire.ss by Prof. 

 W. S. l'.l;iii-, of .Mn((loii;il(l College, Quebec, be- 

 foi-o 111,' .Montreal Ciardciicrs' ami Florists' Club.] 



In Montreal and \ icinity there are 

 aliont ;i half million s(|uare feet under 

 gl.-iss. devoted to commercial floriculture 

 and \('getahle foiidng. In comparison, 

 we ha\c one acre nmh'r glass to '2y)0 

 acres devofod to fhi' same line of work 

 in other jiarts of America. It is not 

 m'cessary for nie to state that a number 

 of jirobleins of great interest to you as 

 fhuists could be worked out at consider- 

 able saving to the trade at some place 

 erected for the purpose. So far as I 

 know, no aid has been sought for such 

 work in the I'rovince. Yet you have at 

 your service. v\ithout any cost, and with- 

 out ;iuy effort en your part, a range of 

 greeidiouses thoroughly u[)-to-date in 

 e\('ry jiarticular, donated by Sir Wni. C. 

 Macdonald of your city, and situated at 

 M.acdoiiald College, P. Q.. where experi- 

 ments in your interests are and will be 

 conducted. This certainly is a gift of 

 \vhi(di the florists tuul ganleiuM's of this 

 I'liivince should be proud, for through 

 it we shall be able to keep pace with 

 those iMigaged in similar lines in other 

 |iarts of AnuM-Jca, all of whom are re- 

 ceiving imu'e (U' less state or pr(i\incial 

 aid. 



The College Greenhouses. 



(•nr houses are will kmiwii to the most 

 of vou. Thev coiuiirise four 100-foot 



William Klcinheinz. 



-iili'--I l(Ml!id\ i~ p|i'\ I'lil li il; Thi'- can be 

 .H-ci'iii|di-lied onl\ l'> he:i\\ -\niiL!ing 



',\ I I il .1 ^(Mld I I i| ee Hi W a I rr. Ill - 1 1 ! 1 1 1 1 1 e I I 



vMiiil'l -:i\" I lilie tiM' - a il.i \ . a lei a- 1 iie 



,i:i \ - -.■! >l|,.rtel I I .lllrl' t.i ( '111 . Ill III 



I ,i iiihi .la\ -. I u o appliial mii-. 



■j II!, I,'l.\ II W will ^ep.l the I '..Hik iif 

 I , i:il •, .1 l.'o-i-- fur L'".r. 



iiiiii-ix. built in block, with gla-s p.arti- 

 lioie dividing e.acli span of •2\■'■^ feet, 

 .•ilid the^e hoii-es are a^iaiii divided, gi\ 

 inu 11'^ eiuhl house'-. e:iidi under therino 

 ^i;ili,- conlnd. 1 pei^iiiially planned ihesi 

 Ii,,n^e-. so he-iiate lo -ay much about 

 them. W'lial v\as in mind when de\-eli.|i- 

 liiM i|,, phin \\;i< io ;i--i-i tlio-e wlio in- 

 i,.'i.| ipiikiiiL; a li\ iiiu out of plan!- airier 



glass, so that they would be able to 

 get the largest possible crop at the least 

 possible expense, and would thus be able 

 to supply a larger number of people with 

 such plants at the lowest possible rate. 

 For this purpose, to conduct effective ex- 

 periments, crops nuist be grown on a 

 commercial scale and marketed in a 

 conunercial way. A quantity of certain 

 crops must be produced and placed upon 

 the general market, and this continued 

 for a number of years, in order to de- 

 termine accurately and give reliable in- 

 formation. Yes, in our experiments the 

 business end is always in view, not in 

 assuming what we might have got, but 

 by placing our produce on the general 

 market and taking chances Avith growers 

 in the same line. It has ahvays seemed 

 to me that many of our provincial and 

 state aid experiment stations cut off 

 their work at the business end, sim])ly be 

 cause some grower feels that to place 

 siudi goods on the market would infringe 

 on his business. The idea is entirely 

 wrong from every standpoint, so far as 

 I can see. Of course, it is possible to 

 abuse such a privilege, but if honestly 

 done, no one suffers. 



Tlie only fault I can fiml with the 

 greenhouses erected is that they are only 

 about lijilf large enough to carry on the 

 most etlicicut work. As an educational 

 institution we have to devote consider- 

 able space to demonstration ;iml student 

 practice work, cutting down the area 

 for our exiierimeufal work considerably. 



Our intention at the start was to erect 

 several stylos of construction, but, on 

 close investigation, it was decided that 

 tlie difference in form of up to date con- 

 struction, so far as utility goes, is slight, 

 and that a whole lange oi' uniform con- 

 structi<iii, such as the average grower 

 might jiut up, would be more valuable. 



The Benches. 



( oiisiderable thought was put oii the 

 arrangement and building of the benches. 

 Possibly (Hir exjieriments to determine 

 some of the best styles of bemdi are not 

 duplicated (dsewhere. ^\'e have th(> solid 

 side bem-hes, two and a half feet high, in 

 some cases filled with e.irth to the bench 

 Soil, in other case-; with rough excavation 

 stone, and cinders i!i some cases also. 

 Some of the benches ha\(' LI'-j-foot sides, 

 with openings into Ll'^ iiadi tile, laid 

 clo-e together below the bench soil, and 

 bcdow these agtiiu there is simply soil, 

 (•\ca\ation stone or cinders. In other 

 bemdies with L' ' j I'l ot sides, there are 

 1 imdi openings in line, four in(dies apart 

 and eighteui inches below the top of 

 tlie bemh, opening into excavation rock 

 or cinder, which fills the center of tfie 

 bed. We ha\e low beiudies. with siuiplv 

 Sineli <-iiping. and ele\,ale(| bem-hes. 

 Tlie-e benches are ;irraiiged di Ifeirnl ly 

 in dilTereiit hoii'-es. The ob.ject is to de- 

 termine the best style o I' bench for dif 

 fereiit crii|is. and the best a rr;i ngemenl 

 of' these beiudies in the liouse. 



In the eelisl tiicl Ion o!' the bellidies, We 



aimed to ta\e ip :is little sp.ace as pos 

 sjble with the thickness ct' bench sides. 

 The benches ii le all iii.ade of cinder con 

 Crete, leinl'orceil with wire. Tli(^ bemdi 

 sides, excepi of' 1 he elevated benches. 

 Were made of c MiKMit slabs, three iticlie'- 

 thick at the boltoni, two imdies al tlio 

 top. two feet eigllt iiiidies wide. and five 

 ;i!id one halt' feel long. These Wi re 



i niaile oil their !l;i1. and electric weld 

 1 wire placed in llie middle of the shdi, 

 i allowiiiL; I'oiir inches to jiroiiM't ;it each 

 eii.| ,it' the -l;ili. .\fter the.\- Were W(dl 

 ' -I'l. ihev. \\"ri I.''. I .Hid lakeii 1,. I he 



