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The Weekly Florists^ Review^ 



17 



Establishment of the Newburys, at Mitchell, South Dakota. 



house, set ill ])I;K'c. ami tlic wire at llic 

 onds hooked togotlifr. 'I'Ihii tliiii rou- 

 crote was run in iictwrcn tlic juints by 

 putting' up hoards \n Imld it,' and the 

 whole lnjiced on the inside liy an occa- 

 sional cement lieain to prexcnt s|>readin<T. 

 Slioiild anyone wisli a<ldit ioiial inl'orina- 

 tioii on tlieir const iiiction, I sliould lie 

 .L;lail to supply it. 



We liave not been loiiy eiioiiyli at tiie 

 work to "ive any int'orination on the rela- 

 tive merit of tlicsc liriiclns. Imt liop(^ to 

 do s(i in timi'. 



Experiments With the Soil. 



The prolilcin of ^reeiiiiousc soil will 

 receive our attention. An cxpciiiiicnt that 

 we proptise to take up is the yi'owinfjf 

 of a cidp on tiie hcnches, iiiiiicip.ally 

 in the siiminer, I'or the puiposo of in- 

 coi'|ioial iiior jihrons loots, and hriiiyiiijif 

 Jiboiit a r(dation, saving tlir wurk of 

 rencwiiiii bench soil so often. This, of 

 course, is inijiraclicabie with some crops, 

 but it sicms possible th.'it some quick 

 <>ro\yinj;. Iicat hniiij^- ciop will prove use 

 till in this i-onnectioii. 



The physical condition of the soil foi' 

 \arioiis crops has not received cnouoh 

 attention, mid in tiiis connection \ve lia\e 

 experiments under \\;iy in whiidi tlu; soil 

 has b(>('ii incorporated with cho|)p('d 

 .alfalfa iii diU'trcnt inoportions. Jvxiieri- 

 inonts aiminir to jfct moii^ <lefinito in- 

 formation as to the physical property of 

 soils best suited to or(.cnhonse crops will 

 be t;iken up as rapidly as possible. 



Other Proposed Experiments. 



The best tiint> i'or beiichinj^ up dif 

 terent ci'ops to <;(>t the best results ha- 

 not been well worked out in our northern 

 districts, and .-iloiij; this line we .aim to 

 de\o(e s(.iiie lime. Selection ot' cuttinos 

 t'roiii the iiio^t productive pl;iiits. to in 

 crease the yiehl. is .a problem not worked 

 out on ,'i. conimeici.-i I b.asis. I t'ancy th.at 



it' the llolists could si'c liy concrete ox- 



periiuent< ;in iiidc-ise in cut ot bliMuii 

 ecpud to '-'o cuts -.1 plant. tliroii;^h such 

 a system, some ;ittention wciiihl lie p;tii| 

 ti) this im|iorl;iiil iineslion. Then ue 

 lia\'e the problem of ;;ettinL; piiie, fresh 

 ;iir into our houses duiin<; the coM winter 

 months, when no \cutilaiors c'ln be 

 ofiened. The rpiestioii .also ot' jjcr cent 

 of moisture in the air iliirin^ the winter 

 monllis is om; worthy of alt<Mitinn in 

 this secti(Ui. 



Experiments to del<'rmine the tempera 

 lure ;it which ■we can de\el(i|i diirer(Mit 

 crops most economically diuiiij; our win 

 ter months is one on which several thou 

 sand doll.ars coiild profitably be cxiieiided. 



There are countless experiments that 

 could be carrieil on, ^^iviii^' lioht on the 

 \arions sides of this occupation. Limited 

 space. <-ont i nuiit ion of the experiments 

 oxer a number ot' ye.ars. .and tin' I'act that 

 several dilfereut experiments cannot be 

 coiulinded at ouco in the saim^ house, 

 iii.ake the werkin^ out of these problems 

 iiecessarilv slow. 



THE NEWBURYS' PLACE. 



The accom[).anyiiig illustration is fn 

 a photoKvaph made ;U the esi.-iblishme 

 of the Newbiirys, .at .Mitcdiell, S. 1). T 

 jilant at present contains oS.OdU feet 

 "lass and is idreaily the lary;est cut tlow 

 est.ablishtnent in tlio ])akotiis, but a. fi 

 Iher extension of glass .area is ])lanii 

 for the ap[iroachin<f sunimer, which w 

 l)rinif the ylass up to over ."i(i,00(j feed. 



Xinefy .acres surroiindino iju' '^va 



ini 

 ■nt 

 he 

 of 

 er 

 ir- 

 eil 

 ill 



W, S. Blair. 



'I'rofessor ot lloiticnltuic ;il MaC'lonahl 

 College, "^uctiec ) 



houses are in nursery stock. A i,'enei;il 

 liorii(ailtur,al business is done; the .New 

 biirys will till any order, from a coisi;;e 

 b(nii|iud, to laiidscajiins,^ a ]mblic p.ark. 

 Ibisiiiess has been excellent with them 

 right alojig throngli IIh^ last couple of 

 .M'.ai's ;nid is increasing now taster than 

 it ever did. 



OBITUARY. 



J. S. Haskins, 



.1. .'~^. Il.askins. a pioiicei lloii^t. of 

 • hicago, died at his luuiie. :\'.'.7 I'^ast 

 l'"orty-secoml street, on Sunday, febrnary 

 ■_'*>. .Mr. Il.askins was boiii iti \ermont 



in l^L'lt. lie came Wesl Jli Is,", I ;iii(.l 



settled in .Moiitello. Wis,. o[[ :i larin. 

 .lust after i Ik' f'ivil w . i r !ie nioved to 

 ('hicago and opeiu'd .i letail tlower store 

 at the corner ot' Lake and State stici'ts. 

 Later he inovecl |o T\wut v secninl street 

 and W.abash avenue, where he was lo- 

 cated for ;i luimlier of years, retiring 

 from .active business .about l>'.io, nu ac- 

 count ot' poor health. Since i|i;it time 

 he hail livei' ill ret 1 1 iiiieni . with his 

 wife. .Most of the old thuists of liis 

 lime ,are gone, but no doubt the few 

 tli.ai .are left will letnember lum. 



The burial took place ,ii tic West Side 

 cemetei-y, at li'ockfioil. 111. .loliii W Ill- 

 galls, of Rockford, 1- a nephi.'w 



J. J. Nussbaumer. 



.1. .1 \ Ussbniinier died :il hi^ icsi 

 delice (Ml Koberlin street . S.iu Allgelo. 

 Tex., .at ll':.".o Sund.av, I'eluu.ai}- ll**. 

 I'll net. -1 1 S(aw ice^ Were liehl at the resi 

 deiice Tiiisd.ay iiioniin^, .M.aicii ;_'. inter 

 lilellt t'ollowin^ ;it Laillnoiint cetiieterv. 



Mr, .\ uss|,;iunier was boiii .litnr' 3, 

 l^'iio, .ami v\a^ Iheiet'oie iieiMiiii: the 

 fortv ninth iiiilestoiu' lui lit'e's road. He 

 moved to S:iu ,\ii^e|(i til. Ill < ik.avv V ille. 

 Ill,, in l^lr";. to leLi.aiii his health He 

 w.-i .a diuni^ist liv t r.ade, but .after mov 

 111^ to S;in .Xn^elo he de.aded tha' lUlt- 

 door v\ork was wh.at he nee. Id .lud -tart 

 .■d oreiUlhollsev in Lu-t .Xunel.. 



The inotliei'. .Ml-. \iiiiii \\ Nuss- 

 baumer; tile wite. Mr-. Idi;i .\ VllSS 

 baiinier. and -nii. .Xbu l;:' n , -ii!\i\e him, 



-Mr. .\ U-sbailllier bad lnin uieuiiticii 

 with the growth ot' S;iu .\ii^i.|.i tof thir- 

 teen years, and wa- eii.- i t it- uioS" 



il ii^hlv I'-l eelile. i i-i 1 izelis 



J. B. O'Neil. 



.1. I'.. II '.Xell. - t L. I I .\eli, I he '.\eil 



known lliiii-l at l-duin. III. .lie. I ;ii Ll^ir. 

 I'lid.ay, Maich .'. .-ii'ter a p;iili.iiL;ei| d!- 

 11 ess with t libel cil los is K,. w;],, ;| luaght 



.and ]ioiiul,-ir voiiiii: m.an and was kiiowu 

 to a l.aiee iiuiiiber o| the tra.il tluoiigl; 

 h.aviiig tr;i\e|ed lor sdiue ve.-u-. until his 

 health failed, in the intere-i ,.t N'.iui^h- 



.ail's Seed .^tole. lie Vva- ■_". I \e;i|- ,i| 

 aoe. 'I'lie funei;il was luM .M.iicli ^ .uni 

 was largely .attiuided. .anion- those ju'es. 

 eiit beiii^- many llorists t'lnm l-d^iiu and 

 the -111 ri.piindiiii; towns und ;i nuinl.ier' 



f I otu < 'liic:ii;o 



