. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. A Carnation House at Marlboro, Mass. Exterior and interior views are given on page s;', of a carnation house 110x150 feet, erected by tlie Lord & Burnham Company, for W. L. Lewis, at Marlboro, Mass. Mr. Lewis is a young man, being but W. L. Lewis. twenty-six years of age. and his energy and ambition mark him as one of the heavy weights among the New England growers of the future. He acquired the Howe greenhouses which are seen in the extreme right of the exte- rior photograph, several years ago, and since then
. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. A Carnation House at Marlboro, Mass. Exterior and interior views are given on page s;', of a carnation house 110x150 feet, erected by tlie Lord & Burnham Company, for W. L. Lewis, at Marlboro, Mass. Mr. Lewis is a young man, being but W. L. Lewis. twenty-six years of age. and his energy and ambition mark him as one of the heavy weights among the New England growers of the future. He acquired the Howe greenhouses which are seen in the extreme right of the exte- rior photograph, several years ago, and since then has been rapidly building up a prosperous local and wholesale trade. The local trade of Marlboro, which is an affluent city of 15,000 people, calls for 15,000 geraniums and a corresponding number of other bedding plants, winter flowering placts, lilies and bulbous flow- ers, etc., and the old range is devoted mainly to this material, the new house being filled with carnations, of which Mr. Lewis grows some 22,000 plants, the product of which is being marketed this season through Welch Brothers' City Hall Cut Flower Market in Boston, to the full satisfaction of Mr. Lewis, who states that he has given a trial to other methods of marketing and finds that Welch Brothers secure a better price for his carnations than he can get through any other means. The interior view is taken from near the center of the bed and shows the house as it appeared on August 1, 1904. Mr. Lewis is a believer in early planting and a large part of his stock is raised in pots under glass. The plants are healthy and have been given an uninterrupted cutting of first-class blooms all through the season. Among the varieties noted in a recent visit Enchantress is easily the leading attraction, producing heavily of high- grade flowers. Estelle takes high rank as a scarlet and is very satisfactory. Morning Glory makes a good record as to number ot blooms produced but is decidedly unhealthy and this is its last yea
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