. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. WHITE KILLARNEY ROSES AT PETER REINBERG S, CHICAGO Foreman Coilms in Front. Store JIanager Mjilclien in the Rear. a much stronger grower, germinates easily from seed, as is evidenced in a lot of seed pans that are filled with young stock, which is coming along very well. Planted out in beds along- side of Neprolepis Scottii, it throws up fronds rapidly. Mr. Eisele thinks it has a great future. A. Dickson & Sons' and Paul & Sons' roses were just in from the other side, over 200,000 of them. They are heeled
. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. WHITE KILLARNEY ROSES AT PETER REINBERG S, CHICAGO Foreman Coilms in Front. Store JIanager Mjilclien in the Rear. a much stronger grower, germinates easily from seed, as is evidenced in a lot of seed pans that are filled with young stock, which is coming along very well. Planted out in beds along- side of Neprolepis Scottii, it throws up fronds rapidly. Mr. Eisele thinks it has a great future. A. Dickson & Sons' and Paul & Sons' roses were just in from the other side, over 200,000 of them. They are heeled in at first and as they get time are potted up. They are a splen- did lot. Immense blocks of araucaria fill one of the ranges. It is said that this plant will do well in the store or house if it is frequently given a good sprinkling over the foliage once or twice a day will not hurt in a warm room. J. D. Eisele describes the heating system in use at Riverview as ideal. Hot water is forced or drawn through pipes by a centrifugal pump and it carries the heat to all parts of the place, keeping every house at any desired. It is also used to heat outside frames, one pipe be- ing sufficient to keep frost out in the coldest weather. With this system it is not necessary to have the pipes at any particular level or give them a fall back to the boiler, as the water races through the pipes regardless of levels. An auxiliary plant for use in case of accident has been installed from the first. K. but here in Chicago, covering city lot after city lot with just the space left for streets between the blocks of houses, is this immense plant like the factories in the other parts of the city. It seems odd to compare the floral business to other lines, but one can not but think as he passes through this immense range of houses, built with its iron gutters of Garland's and of Moninger material, to stand for years, that he is in a manufacturing plant turning out roses in the most up-to-
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