. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. FLOWER SHOW OF THE TEXAS SEED AND FLORAL CO., DALLAS. A Visit to Mt. Clemens Growers. The Detroit Florists' Club is becoming famous for the frequence of its outings. The last one, and by far the most nota- ble and interesting, was to Mt. Clemens, Thursday, October 30. John Breit- meyer's Sons, with their characteristic generosity, chartered a special car on the Rapid Railway, which left their Miami avenue store at 10 o'clock in the morn- ing. ThejoUy party numbered just fortj', including two visitors, A. Zirkmann,
. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. FLOWER SHOW OF THE TEXAS SEED AND FLORAL CO., DALLAS. A Visit to Mt. Clemens Growers. The Detroit Florists' Club is becoming famous for the frequence of its outings. The last one, and by far the most nota- ble and interesting, was to Mt. Clemens, Thursday, October 30. John Breit- meyer's Sons, with their characteristic generosity, chartered a special car on the Rapid Railway, which left their Miami avenue store at 10 o'clock in the morn- ing. ThejoUy party numbered just fortj', including two visitors, A. Zirkmann, of New York, and Wm. Trillow, of Chicago, The weather was delightful, which added much to the pleasure of the event. An hour's journey brought us to the lireitmeyer greenhouse establishment, where lunch was awaiting us. After that important part of the programme was concluded a tour of the houses was com- menced. The most interest centered upon the new range of four large houses and they were first inspected. A description of these recently built and most modern of houses not heretofore appeared in the trade press. Their location is at a considerable distance from the old range and the situation, alone, is an improve- ment. The houses run east and west, parallel to the Clinton river, close by, from which the water supply for the whole place is obtained, since the use of Mt. Clemens citj' water was discontinued some time ago because the mineral properties of the same proved injurious to plant Hfe. Three of these houses were completed last sea- son, each 3ox276. The fourth one was built the present season and is the same length as the others, but one foot wider, 10x10 double strength glass being used on all. They are heated with steam from two boilers each 100 horse-power. The tables are constructed with brick side walks filled in with earth, on wliichis laid 4-inch tile, forming the bottom for the soil, which is five to inches deep. These tables are five feet wide and
Size: 1820px × 1373px
Photo credit: © Library Book Collection / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookcentury1800, bookdecade1880, booksubjectfloriculture, bookyea
