. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. igii. The American Florist. 1135 Edwin Lonsdale at Home. We aro able this week to present to the many friends of Edwin Lonsdale an illustration of his home on the Bur- pee seed farms at Floradale. Lompoc, Calif. It was taken on Mothers' day, Sunday, May 14, and he is at ease in his hammock on the rose covered porch, where he can sit and look upon the beauties of nature in the gar- den in front of the house, which he so much admires. Co. of Buffalo, N. Y., who are exten- sive manufacturers of this and other lines o
. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. igii. The American Florist. 1135 Edwin Lonsdale at Home. We aro able this week to present to the many friends of Edwin Lonsdale an illustration of his home on the Bur- pee seed farms at Floradale. Lompoc, Calif. It was taken on Mothers' day, Sunday, May 14, and he is at ease in his hammock on the rose covered porch, where he can sit and look upon the beauties of nature in the gar- den in front of the house, which he so much admires. Co. of Buffalo, N. Y., who are exten- sive manufacturers of this and other lines of special machinery. The Postal Express. The sub-committee on post office and post roads met June 14 and took up for consideration the Lewis bill, which pro- vides for condemning and purchasing the express companies and adding them to the postal system, and establishing a complete system for the quick trans-. THE KLEINSCHMIDT SOIL GRINDER. The Klelnschmldt Soil Grinder. AH greenhouse owners recognize the desirability of getting the soil thor- oughly well ground and perfectly in- corporated with fertilizer. In a great measure this is a thing not thoroughly done by the crude means generally employed. The machine here illustrated was designed by Frank Kleinschmidt in IwOl for general grinding purposes, such as stable manure, etc. During the past year this grinder has been tried out on various kinds of soil grinding, and a special mill designed particularly for high class gardening and green- house work, with a view to producing a mill that *ill not only grind much more rapidly than any known mill, but at the same time most thoroughly in- corporates all parts of the soil and fer- tilizer and grinds to any desired fine- ne.'^s. These mills are carefully made. AH working parts of the machine are made extremely heavy and substantial. The material used in the working parts being of either crucible cast steel or steel forgings. One of these mills has for some time past been in service a
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