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The Weekly Rorists' Review. 



April 27, 1911. 



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A Direct-(ieared Pumping Engine 



This cut shows how, in the Standard Pumping Engine, the power Is conveyed 

 from the engine to the pump by machine cut gearing. The small gear on the 

 engine^ fly-wheel drives the reduction shaft, which has another small gear driving 

 the punap crank. 



By this direct-connection, no power is lost in transmission, as is the case with 

 outfits having the engine and pump placed some distance apart, and the connection 

 made by means of pulleys, belts and hangers. This economizes fuel, and makes 

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The en^ne makes ten revolutions to one of the pump, making it capable of 

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GBAND RAPIDS, MICH. 



The Market. 



.The weather conditions in the week 

 preceding Easter were hard on both cut 

 flowers and plants. The whole week 

 was of regular March type — wet, 

 snowy, windy and cold. Saturday was 

 the coldest day of the week and quite 

 disagreeable. All plants were well 

 wrapped and there was little complaint 

 heard about injured plants. 



The retail end of the business was 

 all that could be desired. Plants took 

 the lead, and of these there were 

 plenty; in fact, while the retailers did 

 a satisfactory business, the glut of lilies 

 and Easter plants of nearly every de- 

 scription was the largest since the 

 panic. In cut flowers. Beauties were 

 scarce and violets were practically off 

 the market, but all the rest of the flow- 

 ers were plentiful and sold well. 



It was essentially a retailers' Easter; 

 the growers were caught with large 

 crops of lilies and Easter stock, with 

 little of the usual out-of-town demand, 

 and, as if that were not enough, the 

 Chicago plant market was overloaded 

 with stock and no outlet lay in that di- 

 rection. Bulbs were abundant last fall 

 and were offered at low prices, tempt- 

 ing many to buy more than usual, with 

 the result of an overstocked market. 

 The leading department stores were in 

 their glory with this cheap plant mar- 

 ket at Easter, and they retailed lilies 

 with four to ?ix buds at from 30 cents 

 to 45 cents each, while the florists had 

 to charge 15 cents per bud for short 

 plants and 20 cents for tall ones. Hya- 

 cinths went for 5 cents or 10 cents 

 apiece less than regular wholesale 

 prices. The shipping trade was not as 

 good as last year; the retail trade was, 

 if anything, better. 



A new feature in this market was 

 the persistent call for sweet peas, and 

 they sold well. Lilies, of course, were 

 the most popular flowers, with carna- 

 tions and sweet peas next, then roses 

 and the miscellaneous assortment of 

 bulb stock. 



Azaleas and hydrangeas were in good 

 demand. Some fine lilac and rhododen- 

 dron plants and Azalea mollis found 

 ready sale at the stores. One exceed- 

 ingly scarce article on the market is 

 smilax; it .^au not be had for love or 

 money. G. F. C. 



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