. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. IDA L. CHITTENDEN'S VIOLET HOUSES AT LANSING, MICH. VIOLETS. SUCCESS WITH MABIE LOUISE. Within recent years a number of estab- lishments have sprung up in various sec- tions of the country, making a specialty of one flower and growing it so success- fully that reputations more or less wide- spread have been the result. Of the many growers of good violets few have attained more satisfactory results in a brief period than have attended the eflforts of Ida L. Chittenden, at the Maplewood Violet Houses, corner of Wash
. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. IDA L. CHITTENDEN'S VIOLET HOUSES AT LANSING, MICH. VIOLETS. SUCCESS WITH MABIE LOUISE. Within recent years a number of estab- lishments have sprung up in various sec- tions of the country, making a specialty of one flower and growing it so success- fully that reputations more or less wide- spread have been the result. Of the many growers of good violets few have attained more satisfactory results in a brief period than have attended the eflforts of Ida L. Chittenden, at the Maplewood Violet Houses, corner of Washington and Mount Hope avenues, Lansing, Mich., of which two views are herewith presented. It was not until the autumn of 1896 that the first of this glass was erected, a house 14x40. This was very much in the nature of a venture, as there was no experience with the violet upon which to base operations. Miss Chittenden had, however, for more than a year, been studying the peculiar requirements of the plant with a view to undertaking its cul- ture commercially. The houses are built upon a somewhat unusual plan. All the plants are in solid beds and in the houses extending east and west the beds are on the ground level of the south side. Hot water is used for heating and all the pipes are above the beds. The latest addition to the range is the house run- ning north and south, 16x100, but prac- tically like the others. It was completed too late last fall to have this season afford a fair test of the merits of the house, but it is expected to prove itself the best in the range. The advantage of this style of house for violets is the full exposure to the sun which is secured. The cultural methods employed are not different from those ot many other suc- cessful growers. The cuttings, first rooted in sand, are set in the field as early in May as circumstances will permit. Here they receive frequent cultivation and the runners are cut back every week during August. The clumps are moved i
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