. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. 370 The American Florist. May /, azaleas, etc., tier upon tier, flanked on either side by ferns and palms. The base of the large mirror was banked with ferns and orchids, to the right and left of which stood stnrdy plants of the tall I'icus elastica, while from the npper cornice hung suspended in graceful gar- lauds the delicate Asparagus tenuissi- It is no disparagement to a number of other successful and highly deserving florists at the national capital to say that the Smalls, both father and sous, deserve well
. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. 370 The American Florist. May /, azaleas, etc., tier upon tier, flanked on either side by ferns and palms. The base of the large mirror was banked with ferns and orchids, to the right and left of which stood stnrdy plants of the tall I'icus elastica, while from the npper cornice hung suspended in graceful gar- lauds the delicate Asparagus tenuissi- It is no disparagement to a number of other successful and highly deserving florists at the national capital to say that the Smalls, both father and sous, deserve well of their fellow craftsman for the enterprise they display and the merited success attained as successors to the well- known James Watt, President Lincoln's favorite gardener at the White House, who just twenty years ago sold to the elder Small the then very limited busi- ness, which, by dint of perseverance and skill and pluck, has attained its present large axid highly creditable proportions Ventilation. I have two houses of the same area, but of slightly different cubic contents, they are connected by a door which is always open. House No. i was built bj a carpenter in an unusually thorough and careful manuer, and is as nearly air- tight as a sash house can be. No. 2 was built by myself from the remains of an old house, and is decidedly leaky. The difference in the growth of plants (carnations), and .size and quality of flowers between the two houses is very marked and altogether in favor of the leaky house. The difference between the atmospheres of the two houses is so great that visitors at once notice it. (lOing from house No. i to No. 2 is like goiug out of doors, even with the ventilators closed. No. 2, in fact, ventilates Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original American Florists Comp
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