. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. •V >-*-* " w ¥ «^ f ^tg^y. ONE OF THE STOCK WATER LILY BEDS AT DREERS NURSERIES, RIVERTON, N. J. down ten to twelve feet. It seems to be a kind ot rotted tree growth, and we find it very useful for all purposes, both inside the houses and for the ground outside. For palms it seems the ideal soil, as they appear to like it better than anything else we have ever ; The two-acre field of petunias for seed is an interesting plot. It is filled with plants of the finest strain, scarcely any two alike,
. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. •V >-*-* " w ¥ «^ f ^tg^y. ONE OF THE STOCK WATER LILY BEDS AT DREERS NURSERIES, RIVERTON, N. J. down ten to twelve feet. It seems to be a kind ot rotted tree growth, and we find it very useful for all purposes, both inside the houses and for the ground outside. For palms it seems the ideal soil, as they appear to like it better than anything else we have ever ; The two-acre field of petunias for seed is an interesting plot. It is filled with plants of the finest strain, scarcely any two alike, but all very beautiful. "These are all grown for seed?" "Yes, and all the seed saved is from hand-fertilized pods; you see they are all marked. We believe our strain to be the best in the world. While petunia seed can be imported and bought by weight, ours is all sold by the hundred seeds and is much preferred by growers who have tried both, although the first cost is somewhat ; "We are now in a measure independent of the weather man, as we make and con- trol our own ; "How is that?" I asked in surprise. "You see this long pipe? Itslengthis SOOfeet. Now watch" As a valve was turned a long, thin spray, which broke at the end into a fine mist, was seen to come from minute nozzles about four feet apart, the entire length of the pipe, which, by the way, was sup- ported on the top of notched stakes about ten feet apart. Beyond the valve and at right angles to the long pipe was a smaller pipe or handle, with which the long one was turned to any desired angle, there being a union which, while water tight, made this possible. By means of this arrangement a space 50 feet wide and 300 feet long can be watered at will. As much as one inch ot water can be de- posited over this entire surface in nine hours. At no point does it fall strong enough to make an impression in the soil so there is no washing. Each spray is alike th
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