. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. C^P !0R P\P?. SVJ??QR1. Daily Record of Work Done at the Lincoln Park Greenhouses, Chicago, 1886. June I.—Temperature : Morning, 68° ; noon, 73° ; night, 73°. Wind SW. Con- tinued planting out arabesques and beds of foliage plants, including coleus. Planted out petunias, phlox and helio- trope. Transplanted celosias into 4-iuch pots. Filled window boxes. 2—Tem. 71, 65, 60. N. Continued planting out. Potted fern seedlings. 3—Tem. 53, 58, 63. NW. to SE. Con- tinued planting out. Potted oxalis. 4—Tem. 60, 78, 73. SW.
. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. C^P !0R P\P?. SVJ??QR1. Daily Record of Work Done at the Lincoln Park Greenhouses, Chicago, 1886. June I.—Temperature : Morning, 68° ; noon, 73° ; night, 73°. Wind SW. Con- tinued planting out arabesques and beds of foliage plants, including coleus. Planted out petunias, phlox and helio- trope. Transplanted celosias into 4-iuch pots. Filled window boxes. 2—Tem. 71, 65, 60. N. Continued planting out. Potted fern seedlings. 3—Tem. 53, 58, 63. NW. to SE. Con- tinued planting out. Potted oxalis. 4—Tem. 60, 78, 73. SW. to SE. to W. Finished planting out central foliage bed and arabesques at south end. Planted geranium beds in front of greenhouses, and commenced planting foliage beds in same location. Potted vinca seedlings. 5—Tem. 62, 77. 62. W. to NE. Same as yesterday. 6—Tem. 58, 72, 63. E. to W. Sun- day. 7—Tem. 60, 60, 55. NE. Continued planting out beds containing coleus and achyranthes. Prepared elevated carpet bed for planting. S—Tem. 60, 65, 62. E. to NE. Con- tinued planting out. 9—Tem. 65, 80, 78. SE. to SW. Con- tinued planting out. Repotted winter flowering begonias from 2-inch to 3-inch pots. 10—Tem. 60, 62, 58. NE. Same as yesterday. II—Tem. 60, 66, 69. Same as yester- day. 12—Tem. 70, 90, 80. S. Finished planting elevated bed. Cleaned frame yard. 13—Tem. 70, 82, 85. SW. Sunday. 14—Tem. 80, 84, So. W. to SE. lin- ing beds with bronze and white-leaved geraniums, coleus and thymus. Planted out erythrinas. Repotted winter flower- ing begonias. Cap for Pipe Supports in Greenhouses. The great superiority in every way of iron pipes over wooden posts in green- house construction is now so univers- ally recognized that any arguments on the question would be superfluous. These pipes alwaj's stand on a founda- tion of stone or concrete, but are attached to the purlin in various ways. A cap for this purpose noticed in the houses of Mr, J. T. Anthony, a flori
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