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The Florists^ Review 



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New Rangfe Erected by Rosehill Cemetery Association, Chicago. 



There is at this early date already 

 a strong demand for supplies and mate- 

 rial for Christmas. Eight now the de- 

 mand is principally for accessories. It 

 will, however, soon turn to the actual 

 Christmas decorative material. 



Various Notes. 



The club meeting Monday evening, 

 December 2, was not well attended, 

 only about twice as many as was 

 needed for a quorum being present. The 

 report of the entertainment committee 

 was optimistic and showed beyond a 

 question ' that the banquet and lecture 

 by R. Vincent, Jr., at the Bennet House 

 next Monday, December 9, at 8 p. m. 

 sharp, is bound to be a success. Tickets 

 can be obtained from any wholesaler. 



Peter Herb, Mt. Healthy, O., is 

 sending excellent pansies and Chad- 

 wick mums to C. E. Critchell. Mr. 

 Critchell has received his first bronze 

 leucothoe of the season. 



Albert McCullough and daughter, 

 Mrs. Chas. Blackburn, have gone to 

 California for a visit. 



E. G. Gillett reports a good Thanks- 

 giving business. 



The Cincinnati Cut Flower Exchange 

 received some excellent poinsettias for 

 Thanksgiving. 



L. H. Kyrk is finding a good market 

 for the double stevia from Geo. Klotter. 



J. H. Bode wishes to brand as an 

 untruth the story that has been circu- 

 lated here that he is to leave the park 

 department and enter the service of 

 the Miami Floral Co., Dayton, O. 



Peter Weiland was down from New 

 Castle for Thanksgiving. This was 

 the first anniversary of the opening of 

 the Cincinnati sales oflSce. 



P. J. dinger enjoyed a good Thanks- 

 giving business. 



Geo. Magrie has made his usual ar- 

 rangements for his carload shipments 

 of holly for Christmas. 



Victor Thomas, Augusta, Ky., is 

 erecting a greenhouse 22 x 118 feet. 



Those recently in the city from other 

 points include L, F. Benson, Indian- 

 apolis, Ind.; M. Anderson, Dayton, O.; 

 Martin Reukauf, with Bayersdorf er 's, 

 Philadelphia, and Robert Groves, 

 Adams, Mass. C. H. H. 



This will be an extremely busy 

 month with J. A. Peterson & Sons, 

 who have, among other holiday 

 specialties, eight houses of Begonia 

 Glory of Cincinnati grown for the 



Christmas trade, just coming into 

 shape — it is a grand sight and each sea- 

 son attracts many visitors at this date. 

 Only a small part of the stock is sold 

 locally, the bulk being shipped to the 

 retail stores throughout the country. 

 Glory of Cincinnati, as is well known, 

 originated here, and it is Mr. Peter- 

 son's boast that it has relieved the 

 trade of the troubles that grew out of 

 handling Lorraine, for Glory of Cincin- 

 nati will ship safely and keep well. 



CEMETERY GBEENHOUSES. 



Rosehill Cemetery, Chicago, has just 

 added to its greenhouse facilities the 

 range shown in the accompanying illus- 

 tration. The new range consists of 

 four houses, a palm house, two plant 

 houses and a propagating house. The 

 palm house is 25x50 and is built south 

 of and connected to an addition to the 

 administration buildings. It has a 

 curvilinear roof covered with ground 

 glass, while large plate glass is used in 

 the walls. South of the palm house and 

 connected thereto are the plant houses, 

 each 25x100, separated by glass parti- 

 tions and to be used mainly for the 

 growing of pot plants. The propagating 

 house is 13x100 and connects to these 

 houses on the west. The north end is 

 used as a potting house. All the houses 

 have continuous ventilators on both 



slopes. The layout of the houses allow» 

 for a large open court in front of the- 

 palm house, which court will be filled 

 with flower beds early in the season. 

 The material for the houses was sup- 

 plied by A. Dietsch Co., Chicago. The- 

 walls have deep concrete foundation» 

 and are built of concrete blocks above; 

 the ground. The houses, which are built 

 on the Garland iron gutters, thus are in. 

 harmony with the administration build- 

 ings. 



BOOTIKa FIOUS OUTTINQS, 



Please tell me whether there is any 

 way to root cuttings from a rubber 

 plant without allowing them to remain 

 on the plant. I have a plant with, 

 about 200 cuttings on it. H. C. K. 



Cuttings^ may be taken from a FicwK. 

 elast^c^< or rubber plant, and plaxtadu 

 in sand in small pots, and the pots- 

 should be placed in a propagating 

 frame where they can be kept warm 

 and protected from the sun. 



If given proper care and attention, 

 such cuttings may root in the course: 

 of four to six weeks, but it is much» 

 safer to cut the shoots halfway thvough< 

 on the tree, and then to bind them up- 

 in wet moss, keeping the moss moists 

 at all times until the roots show 

 through, when the cuttings should be 



Curved Eave Plant House Erected by Rosehill Cemetery, QucagOk 



