Adgust 8, 1912. 



The Florists^ Review 



15 



Greenhouses of the H<U Floral G>^ Geneseo, UL 



hot and, to keep the temperature down 

 and keep the young plants growing, 

 they were sprayed gently three or four 

 times each day. By early fall the dis- 

 ease had started, and it was never 

 stopped until the plants were picked 

 nude and the spring growth overcame 

 the disease. 



Now, as I said before, locality often 

 must decide whether a certain treat- 

 ment can be followed to the letter or 

 not, or whether it must be modified, 

 and how. I live in central Indiana. Our 

 summer temperature ranges from 85 to 

 95 degrees at noon. We find that if 

 the houses can be ventilated properly, 

 the carnations will stand the heat as 

 long as the plants do not suffer at the 

 root. "Whether they would stand 10 or 

 15 degrees more, I can not say. The 

 greenhouses will run about 10 degrees 

 warmer than the outdoor temperature, 

 and yours will no doubt do the same. 



My advice to you would be to dis- 

 pense with the spraying, if at all pos- 

 sible. Outside of perhaps one syringing 

 each day, no spraying will be needed. 

 A^F. J. B. 



HOG MANURE FOB CARNATIONS. 



Is hog manure suitable for carna- 

 tions? E. S. E. 



Hog manure is not necessarily detri- 

 mental to carnations, providing it is 

 used judiciously. If it is used in about 

 the same quantity as you would use 

 sheep manure, it will do no harm. It 

 should be dried and ground, so as to 

 allow even distribution, either as a top- 

 dressing during the blooming season or 

 when mixing it into the soil before 

 planting. If you mean to use it as it 

 comes from the pens, then I would ad- 

 vise putting it on your land while you 

 are preparing it for the benches. Put 

 it on in time to allow thorough decom- 

 position before the soil is to be used, 

 say the year before. A. F. J. B. 



CROP FOR SMAU. GREENHOUSE. 



I have two greenhouses. The newer 

 one, 25x60, I intend to use for carna- 

 tions and lettuce. The old one is 10x40. 

 I have just torn the old benches out and 

 made a solid bed in the center. The 

 distance from the surface of the bed, at 

 the edge, to the glass is a little over 

 four feet. It was my intention to use 

 this house for roses, but your answer 

 to a recent inquiry discouraged that. 

 Then the peas came along, but several 

 little articles in The Review put that 

 back. Now, I am here to get the "long 



green" and as much of it as I can, and 

 should like to get your advice as to a 

 good crop for this house. I have a 

 fairly good sized order in for bulbs, but 

 the time required for these and the 

 space would only use about one-half of 

 the old house throughout the winter. 



W. E. J. 



The house in question is so small that 

 it would be foolish to attempt the cul- 

 ture of either roses or sweet peas in it. 

 You do not state what temperature can 

 be maintained in the house. If it could 

 be kept sufficiently cool, with an average 

 of 40 to 42 degrees at night in winter, 

 mignonette would grow well in it and 

 could be started now. Antirrhinums also 

 prove quite profitable, blooming, as they 

 do, over a long season. These need 8 

 to 10 degrees more heat than mignonette 

 and should be planted during August 

 for a winter crop. You say you have a 

 good bulb order in. Why not grow 

 some freesias and gladioli and use all 

 the house for bulbs? Of course you 

 would not need it for them, except the 

 freesias, much before December, as they 

 could be started in pans and flats in a 

 frame or cellar, though Paper White 

 narcissi could be started right in the 

 house, and this proves a fairly profitable 

 crop. You could, if desired, use part of 

 the house for Easter lilies, and proba- 

 bly these would pay you as well as any- 

 thing. TTse the multiflorums if your 

 heat at night in winter falls below 60 



degrees. The giganteums will need 60 

 to 65 degrees at night to flower them 

 for next Easter, which comes early — 

 March 27. C. W. 



A PROFITABLE COMBINATION. 



The Hill Floral Co., of Geneseo, 111., 

 moved recently into a new store in the 

 Dedrick building, on State street, and 

 in entering the new store the firm also 

 entered into a new arrangement which 

 is likely to prove profitable to the busi- 

 ness, as well as advantageous to the 

 general public. As already reported in 

 The Keview, one side of the new store 

 has been fitted up in the form of an 

 attractive rest room for ladies. How- 

 ever, the unique and interesting fea- 

 ture of the arrangement is, that the 

 rest room was not fitted up at the ex- 

 pense of the firm, but is a public or 

 semi-public institution, paid for by 

 popular subscription among the busi- 

 ness men of the city. This fact gives 

 additional interest to the two illustra- 

 tions, showing the new store and a part 

 of the company's greenhouses, on West 

 Main street. 



"We have our store in one side of 

 the room," says a member of the firm. 

 "The other side is furnished with com- 

 fortable rocking chairs and couches, 

 upholstered in leather. A toilet room 

 and lavatory are situated in the rear. 

 A low railing, passing through the 

 whole room lengthwise, divides the 

 space equally and separates the store 

 from the rest room. 



"By arrangement with the business 

 men's committee, we have the use of 

 both windows and one side of the room, 

 also the basement and the large work- 

 room in the rear, for $28 per year. We 

 agree to furnish an attendant, heat, 

 light and water. 



"Though we have been in the new 

 store only a few weeks, we have al- 

 ready found it a paying proposition in 

 increased sales, aside from the fact that 

 we are in a much more pleasant loca- 

 tion." 



Mount Pleasant, la. — D. H. Smouse & 

 Sons have had a first-class season's 

 trade. In speaking of their auto car, 

 they say: "We have so arranged the 

 chassis that we can remove everything 

 behind the front seat and put on a de- 

 livery bed. We can then haul as much 

 stock as on a heavy spring wagon." 



Store of the Hill Floral Ca, Geneseo, 111. 



